Quake Wars Hits Steam Oct. 9 in NA, Oct. 5 Elsewhere

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  Other way around: TF2 - 24 player QW - 32 player =P : Kurashu
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    i have been playing 32 player tf2 beta for the past 5 days. last i saw quake wars was slated for 24 play... : Dragonhill
    • There are lots of servers with 32 players both in the demo and in the retail game. But the games is be... : Turin Turambar
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  Yes, you've missed something. That doesn't make sense, because both games have no hard set limits. : zehh
  • ussually there is an entity limit in every video game (keeps the darn thing from running out of memory). ... : Dragonhill
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  Does it freaking matter? Since when is the quality of a game based on how many players can play? : code-e255
  • Let's see.. Does more players = more fun? Not always, thats for sure. But it seams it's harder to get in... : Dragonhill
• the 24 player limit was for the 360 version, not the PC version. : Fyunch Click

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• steam only runs on windows officially hence they won't have other versions : dagla

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  This is not comparable to TF2. They both have guns and other people, similarities end there. : Senor PoopyPants
  • They are comparable since they both compete for my gametime and money. : [7]kami
  • You're missing the point. : NUZRUB
• same thing happened to me :( i had reserved Quake Wars --- but i play so much TF2.. i just got my depo... : virtualsinner

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• Yeah it's such a good deal for us. Converting the deposit I put on etqw preorder to store credit so I can... : aeg1x
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  Wow, that's huge savings. It's cheaper for us Europeans too but not by that much : Izanaki
  • Its quite a joke really. Games here are so expensive retail. One of the reasons I love Steam. Company ... : much2much
• Yeh Steam is awesome as it is but with the conversion rate it's a huge savings on new games in Australia.... : moneyshot
• Wow, you're absolutely right. Amazing. : five_percent

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  It's not a benefit when steam goes down and your screwed for a few hours while they fisx the problem. : Pneum0
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    A valid point, but an honest question - how often does that happen? How many times has it happened? : Schnapple
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      Also, in your opinion, how does the benefit of a disc-based copy never needing an external server compare... : Schnapple
      • Also a game like Quake Wars is going to require an external server anyway since it is played online. ... : ovrlrd
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        Scratched / lost discs are your own fault, and you can't point the finger at anyone else. Well, unless y... : Pneum0
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          But scratched/lost discs are a problem. Steam fixes that problem, but since it introduces a new problem (... : Schnapple
          • One only has disc problems if one carelessly leaves them lying around without their cover on rough surfac... : code-e255
    • At least 4 or 5 times. Since TF2 3 times and it pisses me off so bad I can't tell you. Sucks when you h... : Pneum0
    • How about not being able to play from behind a firewall? : Ride-My-Rocket
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  meh. tell me this, when have developers ever said "We want to go to digital distribution so we can charge... : thebigbeefsandwich
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    I don't think developers generally blame retailers and publishers for higher prices. The need to have phy... : Schnapple
    • Oh please not the "games cost so much to develop these days" story. They may cost more, but they also sel... : code-e255
• and no naxes, and no gas wasted buying the thing, and no trees killing printing your manual or making yor... : FushigiDenki
• it's not a benefit if I decide I hate the game and want to sell it to someone else. : Old_Fart
• I've been gaming for years and I've never lost a disc. Plus I love the boxes. My collection is fricking s... : samduhman

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• yea, what a deal. : jonin
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  I'll save about 10 cents (dollar to brazilian real with the "discount"). Woohoo. At least now I will b... : Nitrium
  • It'll be out here on Oct 11th! http://forum.ligaetbr.org/index.php?showtopic=3102 Not sure on prici... : zehh
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  No tax for me on Steam, that saves some money. : rastafar1an
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    Yeah, that's interesting, I wonder how they get away with that. Do they charge tax if you live in the ... : gid
    • What is *supposed* to happen is you keep track of your purchases, calculate the sales tax, and then send ... : Schnapple
• lol, too true. : thebigbeefsandwich
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  What savings ? You are assuming there are any savings to be passed on. But between bandwidth costs and Va... : Kristian Joensen
  • "The market lets people get a away with charging the same on Steam." no that would assume there are al... : thebigbeefsandwich
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  for us europeans thats still 20-30$ cheaper though : imperator
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    No way, the game is about 45$ to pre-order in Denmark, and steam adds a lot of VAT. : Djsoulshot
    • cheapest i can find is 67,5$ for regular and 84$ for specialt edition ... who sells it for 45$ = 230kr ? : imperator
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  I'm happy seeing more money go to the developers. : Sapiens
  • Or so the theory goes. Call me skeptical and let me dance on the rooftops naked. : Baby Batter
  • So what developer do you work for again? : samduhman
• To sell at a vastly different price publishers would need to be left out of the deal, which would mean St... : Senor PoopyPants

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  Full price for Americans, the game is 70 bucks in Iceland so we save 20 :þ : Ravenkettle
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    Ravenkettle...you are my sworn nemesis in TF2...you were owning a team I was on the other night...if we s... : CaptCommie
    • Haha, yeah I remember you :) : Ravenkettle
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  I save $24 buying over Steam. : aeg1x
  • (Australian dollars, $21 USD) : aeg1x
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  I don't know if the game will have copy protection, but if it does, steam is nice in not needing the disk... : ricosapphire
  • The retail boxed version doesn't have a cd-check either. : johnsto
• Taxes bro... : h o s t i l e
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  If you actually look beyond those stupid physical items that really mean nothing you might see the virtue... : ovrlrd
  • Don't forget you don't have to go through an install process, just double click to play. : aeg1x
• Ah jeez not this shit again : Schnapple
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  What is "cool" about all that physical crap? Hell, I'd pay a few bucks more for a download copy over a ph... : Serpico74
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    The desktop map guide is cool, as is the manual. : Pneum0
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      It's just paper -.- You get all that stuff in pdf/html form on Steam. : aeg1x
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        But you can't read those on the shitter! : zipperface
        • You can if you install a touchscreen tft in your shitterdoor. : [7]kami
      • PDF or (ugh) HTML vs. paper? No contest, at least for me, since I hate reading things on the computer. :... : Aankhen
• I'd rather not have a box, or a cd, and know that I can always just resnag my game from steam. I also li... : FushigiDenki
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  I'd much rather have the assurance of knowing that i'll be able to download the games again, anytime anyw... : Djsoulshot
  • I love Steam as well. I pretend it's 1997 again and I'm downloading the game from irc bots. I only wish... : gid

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• sent : dewdman

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• All Xbox versions of Id products have voice built in due to xbox live. try them for VOIP. ~Dragon : Dragonhill
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  Yes, VOIP is in the works. : Turin Turambar
  • This would be really nice. This game has a learning curve, and I wish I could try to help people figur... : famine101
  • And it sounds like they're making good progress on it. : jet-poop

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• I'm confused. : NUZRUB

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  After playing the demo I really can't get excited for this. Not a bad game but it feels like I've been t... : Haku-Jin
  • yeah, how does it differ to the demo? do the campaigns actually fit together? if you get stuck on a bad t... : radula
• it's freakin awesome, was playing it all night last night : moshman
• Fuck yea. Have you played Island or the level where you go into the slipstream? Simply beautiful. : famine101

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  Very very few non-steam games have had this capability. I wouldn't count on it, if you want it on Steam j... : ovrlrd
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    By non-steam I mean non-valve. : ovrlrd
    • Prey for example has it, was surprised and very happy about that :) So does Dark Messiah. : Djsoulshot

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  you did enable it at the top left of the server browser, didn't you? : Neech
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    There is no enable button on the top left of the server browser. Someone else mentioned this, there's not... : festivalman
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      It should be there @ top left corner for sure. I can't remember if the installer promts you to install... : humbleone
      • ah ok, nvm that - saw that you got it working now \o/ : humbleone
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  I had this problem with the Steam demo and finally figured it out - you're right, the forums were of no h... : Waverider
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    hah that completely worked. thanks a ton dude. : festivalman
    • You're welcome! I don't know why it didn't work right the first time either. : Waverider

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  That's okay, I've been too busy playing the Team Fortress 2 beta to do much with Crysis or Quake Wars. =) : Lung Fu Mo Shi
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    I've been too busy with QW for TF2 and Crysis MP Beta :) Got all three though, so hopefully at some po... : zeejay
    • I've been too busy having premiscuous sex with many anonymous partners while experimenting with mind alt... : Pneum0