Natural Selection (video Game) - Competitive NS

Competitive NS

Traditionally clan play in Natural Selection comprises 6v6 gameplay - Aliens versus Marines. The objective of clan matches is the same as in public matches - to eliminate the opposing team. After one clan is successful, they then switch sides. If the score is 1-1 after two rounds, they generally accept a tie if in group play or play another set of rounds when playing a playoff game of a tournament.

Though never reaching the popularity of other Half-Life Mods such as Counter-Strike, Natural Selection has had a competitive community since its inception - one which still exists today, since the original release in 2002.

Previously North American clans competed in the Natural Selection division of the Cyberathlete Amateur League before it was shut down due to several factors, those being a lack of participating teams, mostly attributed to a rise in player's cheating, and poor leadership of League Officials. The remaining League community created the American Natural Selection League, which remained active until early 2008. European players formerly had several Cups and Leagues to compete in such as UGL, Clanbase, and Gamingorb, but now they play exclusively in the European Natural Selection League, with occasional single-day tournaments. Australia and New Zealand formerly had semi-frequent online tournaments run by the now defunct Ausns, and OGR, and then later NSPlayer.net, which also drew in teams from Asian countries such as Singapore and South Korea, but have since stopped due to lack of participating teams.