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    Giant Bomb Thursday Night Throwdown: QUAKE

    Again proving that Giant Bomb is forever on the bleeding edge of video-game technology, for this week's Thursday Night Throwdown we'll be playing Quake. Yeah, you heard me, Quake! The original! We'll be giving out the server IP details once the show starts, but if you wanna get ready to get gibbed, just get prepped with your QuakeWorld-compliant client of choice...
    Aug 26, 2010 3:09pm PDT
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      What is the QuakeWorld compliant client of choice these days? I heard nQuake mentioned on the bombcast. I... : Haxim
      • I'm going to be using DarkPlaces. : the archvileThis person is cool!
      • whatever is on steam. when you run it i believe it gives a bunch of options : dantasticThis person is cool!
    • Almost forgot: this starts at 4 PM PDT (7 PM EDT; 49 minutes from now) : the archvileThis person is cool!
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      The broadcast has started; get your Quake consoles ready... : the archvileThis person is cool!
      • 69.12.160.70:27500 GO GO GO maxplayers 16; it's full right now : the archvileThis person is cool!
    • <3 : NitriumThis person is cool!
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      I still fucking love this game :D : Godhatesfatpeople
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        "It was perfected in Quake. And then ruined in Quake 2." Rudds now has my full respect :) : Godhatesfatpeople
        • pretty much, absolutely : NitriumThis person is cool!
        • Damn straight. Filthy rail. : lightly inclined
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          Agreed. Railguns suck. : Ride-My-RocketThis person is cool!
          • God, remember those split second decisions on whether you should fire the LG underwater and taking everyo... : Godhatesfatpeople
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          They went from the best rocket launcher ever to the worst. WTF : Serpico74This person is cool!
          • Yeah, I never knew why they made it so sludge-like. It always felt like I was running and shooting in mol... : Godhatesfatpeople
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      So fucking good, I miss it :( : Serpico74This person is cool!
      • And yes, Quake 1 RL >>>>>>>>>>> * : Serpico74This person is cool!
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      also, lol @ 2000FPS : NitriumThis person is cool!
      • haha :D : Godhatesfatpeople
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      hahaha I love the telefrag sound : NitriumThis person is cool!
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        The telefrag and the Quake guy lava scream sound is the best. : Godhatesfatpeople
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          hahaha yeah the gib sound... the dying sound... hell, that game was so perfect : NitriumThis person is cool!
          • We would purposefully jump into lava just to hear the scream. We laughed for hours. : Godhatesfatpeople
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      Quake1 only needs a railgun to be complete. : sukabljat
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        gtfo : NitriumThis person is cool!
        • Take the railgun and big shotty from Q2 and bring them into the Q1 gameworld and I'll be fine. Quake3 ... : sukabljat
    • Nooo I am missing it!!!!!!! : wurt
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      I gave Brad the hint for "gl_texturemode gl_nearest" last night; awesome to see that he's running it. : the archvileThis person is cool!
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        I forgot what that command did? : Godhatesfatpeople
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          ah, just keeps it in software. Nice :P : Godhatesfatpeople
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            Technically, it steps down the texture filtering to point sampling, making it look like software mode. : the archvileThis person is cool!
            • Ah cool : Godhatesfatpeople
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      always LOVED the sounds in Quake. That match looks insane haha : niceguynickThis person is cool!
      • The jump noise is burnt into my brain : Dave-A
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      hmm why don't we have shack games of this from time to time? or do we? : gnomishThis person is cool!
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        Yeah, we should to bring back that nostalgia. : Link.
        • seriously watching that for a few minutes had me ready to play again : gnomishThis person is cool!
    • hahaha I love the 3 or 4 frames animation when bashing the axe it's so crude but... awesome : NitriumThis person is cool!
    • Hell yeah. : Link.
    • What's going on with that weird swaying when Rudds is rounding corners? Is that some command you toggle? ... : Godhatesfatpeople
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      God damn this game is so fast. : slax0rThis person is cool!
      • yet so slow : dantasticThis person is cool!
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      can we join? I want toplay : boomstickahThis person is cool!
      • It's the server IP I listed above (port 27501 is a Rocket Arena server instance). Unfortunately they p... : the archvileThis person is cool!
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      haha that FOV! : niceguynickThis person is cool!
      • That was some John Holmes shit right there : Dave-A
    • Poor cockmonkey with no weapon model! : Dave-A
    • "OK I set a password on FFA!" "What's the password?" "Cockmunchers" "Thanks Will!" lol : SolrFlareThis person is cool!
    • "Trent Reznor wants the player count increased" lol : Godhatesfatpeople
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      I think I'll start visiting Giant Bomb daily nwo. : freakynipples69
      • FUCCCCKKKKKKKK it's times like this where I wish I had a HTPC so I could sit on my couch and watch this :... : freakynipples69