with reactive drop's release impending is there any interest/ plans to revive this group through a newer, better, chat service like dsicord?

seems as if the aliens have taken over hehe

Any server operators out there, I need help! I am trying to run an ASW server with Metamod and Sourcemod and it's giving me an error "srcds.exe - Entry Point Not Found... The prodedure entry point _AssertValidStringPtr could not be located in the dynamic link library tier0.dll". This only happens when I try to run Metamod, if I don't have Metamod in the addons folder this does not happen.

Check out the new Alien Swarm mod, Reactive Drop! [sites.google.com] New modes and maps!
Download Client [sites.google.com] TAKE NOTE: The dedicated server wiki [sites.google.com] instructs you to install ASDS, then copy the reactivedrop folder into your X:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Alien Swarm folder. The regular client requires the reactivedrop folder to be inside your X:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\sourcemods folder to show up in your Library.

I just watched the videos for Warframe and got a warm feeling inside. Long have I waited for the next great co-op where you have to think and coodinate and collaborate. My favorites thus far have been Alien Swarm and DarkSpore. This one is Free-to-play and only ~1.5GB, so worth checking out imo.

Anyone who hates Orange hates all that is good in the world of swarm.

http://smotr.im/5PLm look for the freenzzys no anticheats servers
and look how his friends do provocations from my name
http://smotr.im/5PLl avatar and even name changes are same - this is not my profile!

heavy cheaters got removed, ofc they will rage and try to ruin database from frenzzys servers as they did day ago. But DB got restored no problem, crap servers are removed So u can cry now and this is nice^^

Compare previous and current ASBI Stats...
Two days ago: http://vsdir.com/2012-07-06-asbi-stats.png
Current: http://naru.mooo.com/bi-stats/index.php
Database admins change the stats for himself^^ nice

Just got a gift card for 50% off of "King Arthur II: The Role-Playing Wargamee". IM me if you want it..

2 rude. u know i have never cheated in any computer game. only gf and games on dendy

no stats for cheaters ♥♥♥♥ off from here

*ASBI* Difficulty Mod No Stats [Moscow] - steam://connect/87.228.121.208:27017
• *ASBI* Difficulty Mod No Stats [Moscow2] - steam://connect/87.228.121.208:27018

hello. 2 moscow srvs are online. we wanna get stats for them. can u contact me? muffin doesnt accept my invitation

Sign here if u want to (maybe) get new AS content:

https://www.change.org/petitions/do-you-care

I must say that, this is a very unique group. Members are playing the game the group was designed for. look at the # of hours for AS :D way to go guys. It's too bad more campaigns didnt come out of it.

Happy New Year

There is a great idea. x5-pro is making campain on famous objects like china wall, efiel tower, moscow kremlin, taj mahal. it is really hard work, so volunteers are needed. anyone who can help - talk to x5-pro

ZOMG wut! WAAwaAAAAHAHHHH! ALIENS... they're everywhere! AHHHHH

zomg i have added new comment here -_-

http://naru.mooo.com/bi-stats/

I'm going to be leaving this group as I don't play ASBI and I'm not mapping anymore.

New version of Dead City - http://swarmarmory.com/maps?action=view&id=358-Dead+City

That will be interesting to see, the amount of firepower on a moving train in a BI server.Hopefully it squishes a couple bugs while its pushing thru :D

I soo want to start on my map for alien swarm. Its 90% complete, it should be good. The plan was to use part of the map again as a deima surface bridge tribute but with a train packing firepower.

S.T.U dont leave us for so long man :(

nice, btw anybody who wants to join the L4D2 sis group has only to ask any member who is already part of the group to send an invite (doesn't have to be an officer). However, please refrain from inviting non-ASBI players for obvious reasons (there are other groups for that)

wise man

Sure, but also we must give credit to those who helped us. We all stand on the shoulders of giants.

ahah nice videotutorial teddy, so now if someone will make it, it will be in part our merit ;D
oh and i knew that those 2 bullets were worth enough to save my life :D

Here's a movie of Syntek NF SR on Insane from a demo Shinken recorded: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94_BA1w8kkQ

We missed SE in the last mad dash..

I could agree with this - in fact i thought about this mechanism many times - anyway you just think about the game spawning system. On each difficulty, for each map, play etc. you can get unique situations that may vary a lot. That's why I think that reducing a lower difficulty only to an easier clone than harder ones, sounds a bit limiting - especially on asbi servers - where having a map on brutal doesn't mean you won't lose at hard, maybe because of a *bad spawn*. Furthermore, having all achievements on all difficulties really means that you gained a full fledged experience, that doesn't rely only on a *lucky spawn*.
So in my opinion this system is fun and valuable enough considering the benefits over the game longevity.

Hey guys, what are your thoughts on having higher dificulty achievements automatically give you the lower level achievement if you dont already have them? So for example if you have never played Lana mission 1 on any difficulty and then one day, you beat it on insane, you would recieve the achievemnet for completion on insane and hard.
What about having the same mechanic for fastest map times - if a team gets a fast time on brutal, for example, that is faster than the fastest time for that map on insnae and hard, that team should then also be credited with holding the fastest time for that map on those lower difficulties as well.
My reasoning behind this is that if a team can beat a map on a higher difficulty, then they can also beat it on lower difficulty with similar or better results. However, actually going back to the lower difficulty and spending time to get all the achievements and the time that you already have on the higher difficulties feels like a chore.
Thoughts on this?

oh and... is there a way to fix that adrenaline bug at amsterdam 2? which affects the in-level slow-mo too... thanks :D

yeah , Honk seems to be offline, maybe busy with other things.

oh sorry - since i dont play much on US servers - i didnt think to them, however among euro servers, beta's one seems the only featuring deadcity 7.0, amsterdam 1-2 seem stuck at 0.62

Chicago, New York, London have Dead CIty 7.0
NY and London do not have stats yet

Budapest seems the only server supporting dead city 7.0

Amsterdam-2 has the Adrenaline_bug^^

wowzers, that is perfection indeed

harhar, not to toot my own horn, but yesterday I (along with 1up, bdub, and sp_sparrow) completed Landing Bay hard nf se sr, and we took NO damage at all (everyone got perfect). Now there should be an achievement for that! I vote calling it "perfect execution"

lol, that's nuts

here's something to lighten up the mood for the holidays! Now I don't condone ASBI players to exhibit this behavior in public (we have a reputation to uphold) but I'm sure at least some of you out there must be thinking "been there, done that" at some point in you Alien Swarm careers :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGECFx4K7qo

I might have a solution to this all this ragequiting bizzy-ness i keep reading about in the papers... chillax y'all.

Not every good player can solo timor, nor is every good offy even a passable medic. WE ALL bring something unique to this community and playing with four 'randoms' CAN BE DIFFICULT.
I thought the idea of ASBI was to collectively build towards the goal of "win," certainly not whining about achievement ♥♥♥♥-wagging and stat whoring.
Look, I'm hardly horrible at this game but I know that I could improve VASTLY. Isn't that a healthier mindset than "♥♥♥ tihs imma play WoW"?
C'MON t3h gayme iz funz giiizzz ch333333l !!!1! :P
xoxoxoxoxox
- K

sry to hear, would rather you message me with info regarding these problems and as adults we all sort it out. I'm not sure about moving to more popular servers and ragequitting, but i am guilty of telling other asbi members when a slot is reserved or we're waiting for someone who crashed etc.

hi fellas! seriously, i'm sick of this ragequit and switch-to-more-famous-player-servers mentality. thank you for good times, i'm out. bye

How about this? http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Technology/Pix/pictures/2008/02/01/SeaCableHi.jpg

Or at least - if i'm not wrong - the closer backbone with transatlantic cables should be in France but i dont know if helps, anyway there should be no (important) direct connections to Spain from US

I don't think there are any major transatlantic cables landing in Spain. They all go to either the UK or Germany:
http://www.computescotland.com/cables-that-girdle-the-world-1390.php

I want to see what kind of ping we from the US/Canada get in Spain as it is slightly closer than Londn.