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NetStorm is a real-time strategy game from 1997. The game has a pretty special story, it was one of the first real-time strategy games that was released. But the producers (Activision and Titanic Entertainment) unfortunately did not play the game, so there was no advertising for the game.
At that time it was voted the best realtime strategy game of opting for more computer magazines, and recently it has also been voted "The Best Game Never Played" by a Large American Computer Magazine.
The producers have given up the game as it did not get popular, but a group of players took over the job of running a server, and from here they have expanded a lot, made patches for the game and they have a server that always runs. All this is made by people who play the game, refusing to let the game die.
There are about 50 active players at a time, but the NetStorm community consists of some hundred players, where everyone knows everyone. This is clearly the biggest charm of the game. I am currently the only Dane who plays the game so I would be very happy to see any Danes online.
At the moment we are launching a new patch that will change the game in total. We will for the first time ever add a new weapon to the game.
The game is incredibly hard to explain without it sounds very strange, it has to be tested, not told, but I will try anyway: The game takes place in the air, one has a main island and a priest + 6500 grandmother from the start. Your job is to sacrifice your opponent's priest. To get to his opponent's island, build bridges. On these bridges you can place their units (weapons). Thus, they depreciate the opponent's weapon.
Weapons are of course not free, they cost "bigmpower", these you can collect from "geysers" around the map using your "collectors". It is also possible to take over other small islands on the map, so that you get faster money and one's things will be built faster. Small summary:
You have to build bridges to get out and take over islands, you have to collect money and you have to build weapons for your money. The most important thing to know about the game is: "Easy to learn, hard to master".