Quake Live Open Beta Goes Live

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  I think the fact that it is free will be a bigger draw than you think. I'm not expecting anything in the... : r_picmip 5
  • You raise some very good points...you never know how the cost may affect things and if they can manage to... : wytefang
  • Looks like they have a good built in clan system working or planned as well. That could be cool. It is ... : matrixneo42
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  1 thing about quake is that it can be used in tournaments unlike MMO's (besides wowarena). And with this ... : kempps
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    What do you mean we have never seen before? Quakecon has been going for over a decade in the same exact ... : FalseGod
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      but you had to pay for Q3, then you have to find cpma and learn cpma : kempps
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        You still make no sense. First of all, your average gamer has no chance of ever winning a major tourname... : FalseGod
        • my main point is that a whole new demographic of people will be subjected to the competitive gaming commu... : kempps

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• http://www.plasmaburn.net/2008/10/14/quake-live-and-your-config-cfg-file/ theres some cfg help : logan
• Vista C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\LocalLow\id Software\quakelive\ : guyver-za
• Hey Guys, Owner of Plasma Burn Here.. We have 2 extra Quake Live Beta Keys. Keep an eye on the Site,... : sammyboy405

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• That is why they are running a beta. Most the issues to me seem to be load related. If they can bee... : FalseGod

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• It's in the settings, I think under gameplay? I noticed not all my settings from the browser config se... : r_picmip 5
• You *can* actually use your q3 config. You've just gotta put find where QuakeLive stores all of it's loca... : wviperw
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  cg_autoswitch 0 i wonder if seta cg_autoswitch 0 will stick that really should be in the menu optio... : mcquaidster
  • It is in the menu options. : Johnny Law
  • There is CTF, but if a server is full it will not show up in the game browser. So sometimes it will show... : FalseGod

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• Especially a browser game. I'm pretty dissapointed. They should have had better foresight on the amount... : r_picmip 5
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  The queue is a launch solution only to keep the site online under the massive load, once things smooth ou... : patd
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    So once more people give up and don't give it another shot? Kind of a flawed business plan, no? : r_picmip 5
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      With hundreds of thousands of people hitting a site all at once, trying to register all at once, trying t... : patd
      • I hope you'll reconsider it for the final version launch. I tried getting my local LAN crew to try it ou... : r_picmip 5
• Immediacy of experience ? bam load it up play it ? Let me ask you something, how much many did you pa... : kempps
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  money* :] im dumb. but the point stands, its FREE, its a free commodity and its a beta. 2 things youre no... : kempps
  • Some people just expect too much. You hit the nails on the head. : matrixneo42
• Probably just too busy the first day. Doesn't surprise me. May take a few weeks to normalize. : matrixneo42

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  I'm pretty happy my closed beta stats got wiped :P Even at it's peak, the most concurrent players I ca... : jet-poop
  • Great point about the concurrent players. 36000+! : kempps

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  Uswe the same login details you used in the closed beta. Not the beta login detaisl but the actual site l... : guyver-za
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    doesn't work here and I can't reset my pwd ? :( : Mercador
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      When was the last time you logged into the beta? They did an account wipe on anything that hadn't been u... : Aeradin
      • Hmm, that's was close to that I guess. I'll try to register again then : Mercador

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• same here. wtf. annoying. wasting my time. : yacoub35
• might be related to server load? try again later.. maybe tomorrow or something : pullmyfinger
• same... and then it crashed. : r_picmip 5
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  if you hit the play again button after the match it doesnt count it. you have to click go back to webpa... : logan
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    I did that but it still didn't record it. I got a message that said I have to play my 10 minute match. ... : r_picmip 5
    • That sucks, I played it through 4 times and that seemed to do the trick for me, guess it's probably just ... : Iazu
• Here's how I got past the training match http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19296353#itemanchor_19296... : Iazu
• Same here. I've tried all the cargo-cult methods to make it work, nothing helps. Bah! Of all the times... : Johnny Law
• http://twitter.com/quakelive "We have now resolved our issues with the Crash training matches not acti... : pullmyfinger
• I rebooted this morning and it worked. Reading the forums it looks like that is the common fix. Reboot ... : r_picmip 5
• As a Q3A addict from way back, I was very interested in this. I spent nearly every free moment I had in a... : eskimo spy

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  Yeah, but how much did you beat crash by on expert? 15-6 here, but only because I started sucking mid-mat... : wviperw
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    Eeked it out 12-11 , I'm very rusty. Then the site didn't acknowledge my win >_< Had a 6 point lead o... : r_picmip 5
    • Yeah, didn't acknowledge mine either. :( : wviperw
  • I lost to crash but that was because my config wasn't set up how I like (got booted to the game screen be... : lordlobo
• oh hi : anal justice

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• oh now the server browser is timing out. hehe : yacoub35

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  Hate to say it, but my efforts to play today have been an absolute waste of time. Waiting in queue, bu... : FireCage321
  • Yeah, I think I'm going to quit as well. I don't understand why I can't play -- all I get is a blank whi... : Jobos
• Queue 3759, not bad. But it'll be much better for me to install Q3 from the disc and play. Would the ... : kenok
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  queue: 8500 ... nope. : Jockiboy
  • well my queue dropped from 8500 to 5500 in 5 mins so I think I'll hang on :) : Jockiboy

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• Agreed. wtf is this crap. if i have to wait in a queue everytime i want to play this, i'll go play someth... : yacoub35

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• I don't like it. Before I got into the beta the excessive overkill had completely overrun all the Q3 ser... : dael

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  Art style is a little tired. : molaughlen
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    So yacoub35 are you just going to sit there and let him badmouth your art style like that? : Johnny Law
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      busy crying and cutting, brb : yacoub35
      • LOL I meant can Q3 still bring the thunder... But maybe you can send me a drawing of a spider to bring ba... : molaughlen
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    tbh the gameplay is tired. vanilla DM was out a long time ago : dantastic
    • I don't know, I still think it's fun as hell. I enjoy newer games like COD4 as well, but Quake style dm i... : scythe_guildhall
• Not a lot of people named yacoub running around. You don't live in Michigan, do you? : creeping-judas
• it did for me in the closed beta : blindi0815

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• That's close to both Q3 and TF2. Well done. : molaughlen
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  Clan base Eurocup vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV5OiaPtxTA Still amazing :D : r_picmip 5
  • I've seen better pwnage. : molaughlen
  • this brings back so many memories : blindi0815
• That was impressive. Even had all the junk on the shelves. Someone out there must REALLY like the Simps... : Jobos

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• Nevermind, IE was "blocking" the plug-in from loading too. : jake

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  it installs a plugin for whichever browser you're using. Then while you're setting things up it d/l's th... : casteevo
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    How big is it? : Johnnsen
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      The plug-in is around 2 MB. The game files took me a couple minutes to download, so I'd say maybe like 50... : TheIneffableBob
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        Total download is around 260MB. : idolminds
        • That's a lot bigger than I thought. Seemed to download pretty quick for me, though. : TheIneffableBob
        • Is that was this Queueue stuff is about? : Jobos
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          Wow 260 meg! I thought this was designed to be played in a browser? That's half the size for the origin... : MuzixMon
          • You don't need all that at once though. Like they've said it streams the stuff to you as you play. If you... : deculture
• i logged in que 10 : sanewave

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• Yeah I love it, can't wait to see where it will go from here. I think it can only become better :) : Johnnsen

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  I have twice before this. First was in the arcade waiting on the damned vietnamese kids to let someone e... : o0JediBeavis0o
  • Those Vietnamese are awesome at SFII. : Jobos

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  picmip means "asshole" in Eskimo. But, you probably knew that... : Jobos
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    So some asshole Eskimo has my name? : r_picmip 5
    • haha, they're all assholes if you ask me (I'm not allowed to drink from the Eskimo water fountains and th... : Jobos

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  Now you are complaining that they let the rest of the internet in, before people were complaining about t... : Johnnsen
  • get em! : Lionel2b
  • It was more of a tongue in cheek thing. I'll be glad to have more players for CTF games. : Visceral Monkey
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  I started there but after 40 minutes I'm playing... Still waiting for TF2 update. : molaughlen
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    Typed too soon... Downloaded the plugin and restarted browser and it knocked me back to position 15K. : molaughlen
    • Appears my XP x64 + IE7 isn't good enough kung fu... Launching FireFox. : molaughlen

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  True that. Q3A, for me, was one of the all time greatest FPS games. There was a flow to it ... a zen if... : ngsmack
  • It's like the purest twitchcrack fps experience. i loved it but my response times have aged a decade and ... : yacoub35
  • Q3TDM is the epitome of fast paced deathmatch team play in my very humble opinon. CPMA takes the cake fo... : r_picmip 5

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• Ooo... Maybe not. I'm sub 3000 now. : JediDwag
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  14k :/ That tour video is not on the middle of my browser, little buggy. : r_picmip 5
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    you have to go full screen to get it to center up ... at least that worked for me. : ngsmack
    • Will that refresh my browser? I'm scared of losing my queue. : r_picmip 5

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• If only you could play a game while waiting in line... : molaughlen

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  Works 100% in FF on Win7 : Visceral Monkey
  • Thanks ... back in the saddle again. 14,938 in queue. : ngsmack