Quake Live Beta Signups Open

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  You mean stuff like bunny-hopping, or that exploit where with certain settings and certain hardware, one ... : code-e255
  • It's not exactly bunny hopping but it's the same effect: moving at a much faster speed. The bouncing bug... : r_picmip 5
  • What you're talking about is "overbouncing", which happens very rarely, and only on pubs. It's more of a... : mourningstar
• Cool nick. : MrGrindy
• They said they wanted it to be like Q3, why would they disable strafe jumping?? Cvars is a good questi... : zehh
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  We'd much rather teach new players how to strafe jump than remove it. : SyncError
  • Thank god. Seriously, it takes 10 minutes to learn. All of the players that don't want to learn how to ... : mourningstar
  • CPM physics please... : synapse19
  • You sir, have made my evening (wanna cyber). : Vorlonesque
  • Dis guy, he's a good guy. Please have more maps in style of Q3DM13 and 14. In terms of flow and space... : SpaecKow
• i was under the impression that they had competitive gaming in mind with this project so im guessing stra... : Sinister Evil

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  A wild guess would be they will keep all maps from Q3:A and then add some. 5 maps is way to low for this ... : FTY
  • Most of those maps weren't very fun to play on and most weren't supported by match/competitive play. So,... : ImageOmega
• I can agree w/ a minimal/awesome/streamlined number...but, 5 is a bit too low. There's also so many game... : ImageOmega
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  q3dm6 is the only map that this game needs : maulla
  • q3atourney01 FTW ! : Mercador
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    DM4 from Quake. : guido anchovy
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      This is the right answer. : zakazi
      • DM4 , also known as "God" : BicycleRepairMan
    • DM6 was the best map ever made in an FPS. THE DARK PLACE. : Joshvar
  • You mean pro-q3dm6 : Kentor
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    Dm7 made a great TDM map. I hope user made maps like ZTN and hubq3 get added though. : r_picmip 5
    • :) : DM7
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    I love DM6. Also DM17 plz. : tomservo
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      SPACE MAPS KILL BABIES AND PUPPIES AND KITTENS. : Joshvar
      • it's not q3 without them tho. : dumptruck
    • <3 DM17! <3 : code-e255
    • DM17 for randomness, but not in map rotation. : Kentor
  • Nobody mention fucking q2dm1 yet? oh shack. :( : lapskaus
• mod support would be sweet. : kewda

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• yeah I was thinking the same thing. The great thing about RA3 is that you can play a fast match. Perfec... : ease one
• agreed : Dravenport
• For fucking real. I'd also like to see some 1v1 arena mode. : code-e255
• No kidding... : ^rec

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  .Net straight up can't do that- but an ActiveX control that you download/install can, then the page just ... : jeffcox111
  • Nice. I was thinking it had to be ActiveX but was hoping that there was some real cool libraries I had mi... : valcan_s
• I think you just use the Web to start a local application. : matthaeus
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  it doesnt play in a web browser, it uses a webpage that has stats etc etc that launches a local applicati... : orpheusnz
  • Yeah. It's a normal 3D game application with a web-based stats backbone. : MrGrindy
• ANYTHING that can produce an exe/dll can "have these capabilities" since you can just build a plugin/acti... : zehh
• it's coded in php. The image is rasterized into a 640x480 table with 1x1pixel cells. Your framerate depen... : lapskaus

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• 32 per scene? : SpaecKow

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• O_o : CrustaR
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  Your post history seems to indicate this isn't a parody post. Mind explaining why you mind them? : -efx-
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    Quake 2 is my favourite quake I'm not religious or anything but the devil stars and demon faces were e... : sherwinpg
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      Quake 1 brown quake2 was yellow brown and green quake 3 brown and red just gross : sherwinpg
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        So you're saying you want slight amounts of green in your games. : famine101
        • i think thats why they included that bright green guy in those pictures to make it seem like their game w... : sherwinpg
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  not me, I want MORE devil graphics! MORE DEVIL GRAPHICS! YAY! who's with me? : spl
  • me! more splattered guts and burning babies! : Sludgehead
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  Don't worry, I'm sure they'll clean it up so people don't cry about things outside their flimsy spheres o... : Vangoghs Ear
  • Can we cry instead about lazy cliches like pentagrams et al? :-( : rasputinreborn
• are you one of those people who won't read harry potter because it has witches in it? : nandu666
• Satan's power deflects sherwinpg's telefrag! : Lukiopimp
• OMG, this takes me back to conversations we had back in 1998 on here (shugashack Q3 msgboard) about that ... : Vorlonesque
• i'd prefer MOAR "devil graphics" and throw in a little virgin sacrifice for good measure : techx4

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  I bought it when it was on sale like a month after release (lawl) and gave RA4 a try. I played it for a l... : code-e255
  • Oh ok. I actually played most of the singleplayer, and played the multiplayer for a bit but then got dis... : OmegaRed59
• I did not buy quake4 because my computer kinda sucked at the time and I heard it was the same engine as D... : sherwinpg
• Quake 4 is an abomination. I can't post again about how much I am baffled that they screwed up a game's ... : ImageOmega
• Yes. It was complete trash, even after patches. You can thank Raven Software for that. : mourningstar
• I never had a problem with q4. Having been through q1, q2, q3 then q4, I know how idiotic people can be ... : paravis
• Personally, the main reason, among others, that I didn't like Q4 because the whole game felt really clunk... : synapse19

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• I remember the animated tounge in IHV test. Such awesome times man!! : -efx-
• same here i think its the same model (visor) and they did it for that same nostalgic reason : doomed
• yeah, i was completely obsessed with all those early quake 3 videos... the tongue, and the one with the r... : formkatze

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• who said its going to be played on a browser? : doomed

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  I think there are some that think this will cause a comeback in Q3 numbers. But if its the same ol not ... : mc-fine
  • Well I'm a deathmatch lover so I signed up for the beta to test it out. However I just don't see what mak... : avatar_58
  • Yes! FE:L! Although I hope that if the Q3 redux succeeds that someone will do the same for Tribes 1. G... : jeffcox111
  • Maybe the fact of system requirements being extremely low by today's standards will help? :/ I dunno, I'm... : Joshvar
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  I need a new copy and refuse to pay $20 for something I will only play occasionally. : Vangoghs Ear
  • You sir, are cheap = ) : pixelat3d
• I grew up playing quake and quake II as a teen but missed the boat on Q3 because my parents computer's ha... : focusdaily
• It's free, but hopefully it'll also bring some new tweaks to the table. They say they are tweaking it to... : ImageOmega
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  Well for me there are too many modded servers out there. I like vanilla CTF online and 1v1 local matches... : dumptruck
  • True... if you're not a die-hard Q3 player, it's like impossible to just pop online and find a game of va... : code-e255
• Really I think that this is just the pet project of the "Team B" that id has started. It's being used to ... : Schnapple
• People get pissed with the *lack* of focus in the game. The game still works, but they look at it and it ... : zehh

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  Yes, Quake Live is basically a free version of Quake 3 with web based matchmaking and community features.... : jet-poop
  • oh thats cool maybe a game I can actually play on my ancient machine! : bagelcc
  • erm, DID WANT to keep the system requirements very low. : jet-poop
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    The map is q3dm11 (according to folks on ESR). I'm not sure as I may have played it thrice in 8 years. : Joshvar
    • Yep. Deva Station. I'm hoping they do some new official maps or tourney-size the old ones.. : dumptruck

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• Not only does PB suck, but it doesn't work! Cheaters have been caught via screenshots that haven't been p... : Joshvar