Million Dollar Unreal Contest

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• remember that thing about 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration? : Mugsy
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  but but, you act like since Unreal, that Unreal Tournament, UT2k3, Unreal 2 (god what a dissapointment) ... : SERIOUSly the SAMe
  • I know what you mean, Game of the Year?! Millions sold!? Who really believes that counts for anything? : eepers2
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  ideas are easy. implentation, not. : johnny rotten
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    Good ideas aren't always that easy to come by. Look at Unreal 2 for example. : |hawkeye|
    • but with hard good work you can make a bad idea a good game. On the other side a good idea with bad crap... : ease_one
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    This is so true. Anyone can make a design doc. Makign that design translate to a real game is another sto... : Fred Garvin
    • and that too! : ease_one
• Pure brilliance: Grand Theft Auto + GT3 + Halo + Halflife 2 all rolled in to one! : Karnov

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  ctf_dust, g0g0g0g : narby--
  • Naw way, bra. CTF_Italy : stelth
  • Something tells me it wouldn't be a popular choice... : david_johnston

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  I thought they already paid people like you to do that for us? : |hawkeye|
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    no, now they pay them to hold contests to do it! : jaga
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      and I assume someone is paying you to constantly tear down a game that is loved by many players? I guess ... : zyklonbee
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        the humor is weak with this one : jaga
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          http://www.shacknews.com/redir_comments.x?id=26833 Here you go I think you got lost. : zyklonbee
          • no I think you missed the humor in my post.. all you diehard fanboys take it so seriously like you have a... : jaga
• Down payment required. : narby--
• "British Bulldog" mod coming right up. : vermiciousknid
• After all of the stupid "Stop posting and get back to work" responses developers get when they post on fo... : Marlin
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  I WAS gonna make a Halo mod for UT...no point in that now... : brewsterdog
  • Nice one : Chod
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  Make a new engine : chicken
  • Note he said "ENGINE" not game -- you should probably give up on those altogether. : Colin Higgins

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  Those BF1942 demo people need to just buy the fucking game already. It's pretty obviously been establishe... : Ben Barker
  • Headed out to do that very thing this very day. Too much fun to pass up on. : carrioN luggagE
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  and with 5,000 players right now they must be making gold. hahaa, there's more people playing Backgam... : dignan
  • yea, cause we all know that everyone that owns the game plays at EXACTLY the same time. and no one anywhe... : Do_Or_Die
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  we've established the masses are stupid.. why are you trolling? : jaga
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    This is a troll? Oh, I thought the "Maybe someone can make a fun game now." shit was a troll. My bad. : Fred Garvin
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      Why don't you reply to the posts that offend your loyalties instead of posting blatant flame bait seeming... : |hawkeye|
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        Hello Mr. Pot. : Fred Garvin
        • Mr. Pot? What does that have to do with anything? : Pneum0
    • Gee, for a company that doesn't make "fun" games they sure have everyone fooled this is the DEFINITION... : jaga
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  Why are you posting this silly flamebait in such an accusatory manner? And why are there more people pla... : |hawkeye|
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    Please show my where I mentioned Q3 in that post? It's okay to trash Epic, but showing that people do enj... : Fred Garvin
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      You didn't mention Q3. You claimed that having two games in the top ten was some symbol of creating "fun... : |hawkeye|
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        So, you are trying to tell me that the people playing UT are playing because they have to? A lot people e... : Fred Garvin
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          Doesn't gamespy count the UT bots as playes? : Pneum0
          • No, that's Q3. : Fred Garvin
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          but your answer to the "its not fun" trolls is a "it IS fun see?" troll.. its just as fucking bad and we ... : jaga
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            Oh, I didn't realize that you represented the Shack. : Fred Garvin
            • Well now you do so please stop. : Spike Spiegel
        • No, I'm not telling you that the people playing UT are doing so because they have to. How did you manage... : |hawkeye|
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  and by top 10 .. .. you mean the list with 1 winner and 9 looser's : imperator
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    looser than what? : jaga
    • Vegas Slots : Chod
• While we love to bash Unreal and so forth Gamespy is certainly not the be all end of all stats. You coul... : Chod
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  id has 2 games on the whole list, but they have 7 games licensing their engine. : Turd Ferguson
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    Nothing to do with game play. Those games use Q3 as a basis, but the play is totally different. : Fred Garvin
    • never said it meant they were fun, but a vast majority of the popular FPS MP games are at least based on ... : Turd Ferguson
• Half-Life is a MONSTER. : EvilDolemite

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  You are smoking crack sir. /me starts the list. QuakeRally Team Fortress Urban Terror King of the H... : dafragsta
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    none of those are really "smash hits". Some are well done, but far from "smash hit" success. Never hear... : kill9
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      Navy Seals then? : enigmatic
      • not really... I mean just look at http://www.gamespy.com/stats/mods.asp?id=22&s=1 and you can see what's ... : kill9
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      Q2 CTF was huge. : Ben Barker
      • yea... and I fondly remember ActionQuake2. Sadly, those were the last of the id-based games "smash hits" : kill9
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      Rocket Arena is big in q3, so is OSP. : Sludgehead
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        Can't believe I forgot them. : dafragsta
        • OSP isn't much of a mod though. More of an unofficial patch. : lapskaus
    • Urban Terror is definately a smash hit for Q3 in terms of popularity. I'm still trying to determine what ... : dafragsta
  • im talking more like mass appeal and long lasting that still holds the same audiance if not more when it ... : ansuble
  • team fortress seamed huge to me at the time. It is only with q3 that nothing really happend : ease_one
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  smash hit = lots of players? gloom for q2 has been developed for ~4 years, it's the best teamplay tc/game... : seas
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    13 players? yeah, that's a hit.... smash hit = lots of players. : edgewise
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      So the Sims pwns all fps? : lee majors
      • Sims would be considered more of a "smash hit" than gloom for q2 : kill9
      • Did he say "better game for hardcore players" or did he say "smash hit?" : batkiwi
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  Rocket arena 3 is a damn good mod with lots of players. : Pneum0
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    yea its probably the best mod out that an id game has, but its mostly hardcore players and its not much o... : ansuble
    • In general the q3 community is hardcore That's why we make fun of the UT and CS girlies so much. : Sludgehead

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• <----points to his own name... : SERIOUSly the SAMe

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  Hope you have a large development team : |mali|
  • www.puppetsoftware.com 2 people going to school at the same time. i'm thinkin 10 year product cycle. : the illuminati

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  ATTN Epic apologists! The time is now! : |hawkeye|
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    Apologize for what? The hours and hours of fun I've had playing UT? : Fred Garvin
    • but furhst I must apahro-gize. for thiss! : jigstah
    • no for all the pre-emptive "IT DOESN'T SUCK!" trolls you've been making : jaga
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  Apologist means disciple. In other words, an Epic fanboy. : SackMan
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    Apologist - A person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as a doctrine, policy, or ... : Fred Garvin
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      Fanboy - a person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as a video game or console sy... : |hawkeye|
      • |hawkeye| - 1 : royaljester
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      Just accept other people may really not like the game. Jesus : SERIOUSly the SAMe
      • What good would the shack be then? : Mugsy

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• http://www.fileshack.com/browse.x?cat=951 : zyklonbee
• Assault was so fun, I wish more people played it. : Fred Garvin

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  I've always wanted to make a suite of levels that were really nice looking, not grungy and broken down go... : Dynotaku
  • Oh heck ya, maybe some Jacobsen Swan Chairs, running around in the Lousianna Museum or VanderRohe's Barce... : kevp

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  We put the book money into the VTM's (Virtual Training Manuals...) www.masteringunreal.com Most of ... : CliffyB
  • Unfortunately, I'd rather read the 3 inch book :( : StuMan1337
  • That's sweet. Both questions answered in one link. :) Thanks. I'm sure all the unreal script stuff will ... : Dynotaku
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    I would like to order a DVD or something that has all of these on there instead of downloading em :( M... : ghost in my shell
    • yeah no kidding. cool stuff : Maarten Goldstein
    • Cliffy B, Nice beefcake pose picture in my Men's Health mag =D - hirez PS. Cool Contest. : hirez

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• oh fuck typo the : xphil

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  Hey you're right. Instead, they should shun the community and gamers in general. : Dynotaku
  • Thats not my point. : ahk-med

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• haha - I know all the mutators I've done have all been attempts to bring some Halo to UT2003. If any : ThomW
• Oh I got one up. I dont disappoint. : jigstah

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• Well either way, $500,000 is a lot of money to be giving out! Also, as a side note, I'm running a 2500... : Dermot81
• Well, it means you can put your mod on a shelf and sell it, that seems worth something to me :-/ : eepers2
• Frome what I know about this contest the winner will be someone who makes a mod on a level that it will b... : Nation
• Its a great prize for a developer. With a free major engine license, your more likely to be able to get ... : bashildy@speakeasy.net

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• heh, the prize is really $10. : edgewise
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  hehe, the ultimate loophole. : the archvile
  • did we say Mod? we meant MUD. Everybody loses, and no, you can't have your files back. :p : edgewise

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• yea me too :\ : kill9

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  if you click on categories they do in fact break it down : kill9
  • Wow. "Best Mutator" gets $10,000. That's a pretty good chunk of change for creating a mutator, me thinks.... : MatthewPhillips