I could see the potential for Trem2 x Unvanquished if the teams fused into one...
What would be the benefit to BOTH teams?
identical gameplay highly unlikely
If people wanted "identical gameplay" we would all play doom2 still. Or 1.1 for that matter.
Doom2? I think you mean gloom.
Anyway the potentials are:
1. Identical gameplay is possible. (unv)
2. Better assets. (trem2)
3. Better engine that's familiar to the trem community (unv)
4. Open Source (unv) hence leads to modding. Tremulous would've died out years ago if we weren't able to mod it. Rotacak modded his server, hence made his server popular. If you want "pure vanilla" 1.1, go to a server that is named, for example, "Tremulous 1.1.0 Server."
5. Popularity, from the 2nd and 4th point.
6. Freeware is able to gather a larger variety of players
7. Less/No complaints from timbo (he's the person who leads the original tremulous project, he actually did "wish" for trem2 to change their title, and he was ignored)
The only downsides that I can think of is the problem that rotacak dug himself into:
1. "jobless" (he quit is job, hence if he gives up this project, he'll be on the streets)
2. Only way of receiving money is through donations, and franchise including the granger plushie (trem2 uses kickstarter, that sort of counts as "donations")
Haha have you seen 1.1. ? I think not. It's no way the same
If you were there for the tremulous golden years... Extreme sudden death... Total annihlation.. (dretch storm's server) Vampire sudden death... Advance tyrants... Pick-up-able guns off walls (amp + blackout-b1 map - youtube it)... Awsome mission maps (blackout, rush_human_a2, mission_one_b7, tremship etc.)... Trem/Netwars... Ambush 24/7 mod server (Aliens rush at you in stages, starting with adv grangers all the way to tyrants, if you pass tyrants, you win)... !slap spams...