Author Topic: Happy 10th Birthday Quake II (Read 4608 times)

RailWolf · « **on:** December 06, 2007, 02:35:54 PM »

Happy birthday Quake II!
10 years is a long time; it is a game that has withstood the test of time and still keeps pumping out new stuff. It deserves more praise than it gets.
So, I've been thinking this week of some sort of event to hold to celebrate. Cause what is 10 years without a party ?
I'm a full ten year player of this game, even when I lost internet I played the OSP bots and went through single player. I may not be the best player of Quake II, but I love it and devote time to it just the same. Thrill of the challenge, the great people you meet, all of it. Worthy mention is id software and what has come from them and other companies working side by side. Anyone remember the biggest breakthrough in graphics, ever, called GLQuake; that several hundred dollar card called the Diamond Monster 3D. The very foundation of what is used today, OpenGL. The first 2 Quake's will never die, even in another 10 years if noone plays it anymore, it will still have it's place in history as being a revolution in gaming and graphics. Any error in this statement please let me know, but that december when the Diamond Monster 3D came out and I bought one, hooked it up, and loaded GLQuake...That to me was one of the greatest moments in not just gaming but computer graphics entirely. It was visualy mesmerizing to just fire the weapons and look around. Anyway... on to the event.

So far the best thing I've come up with that has gotten the most positive feedback, is to hold an all afternoon/night event that will run through the best mods that have come from Quake II.

m4$73r j14u · « **Reply #1 on:** December 07, 2007, 10:17:48 AM »

Nighthunters is a cool mod that can be played with few people (only). One is the alien prey and has some special weapons. The other guys are marines and try to kill the alien. The one killing the alien becomes it. This mod works with all maps. But there are no lights. So the marines have flashlights and the alien sees them infrared. A good map is strike to play this mod. The alien can jump higher and has no faling damage. The maps are 100% dark and you can only see the sky and the flashlight spots. Oh i think the alien is half transparent. Great fun mod for 3 to 5 people i guess just for a couple of half hours. Should be on TS aswell.
--Happy birthday Quake 2

RailWolf · « **Reply #2 on:** December 07, 2007, 02:05:14 PM »

Yes, thank you for trolling xtfye. [click+deleted] I thought you retired ? or was that all a joke as well... anyway
I'll have to check out this nighthunter mod. Sounds cool

X'tyfe · « **Reply #3 on:** December 07, 2007, 03:10:43 PM »

both actually

[BTF]Jehar · « **Reply #4 on:** December 08, 2007, 12:44:06 AM »

*cough* You know RailWolf, it may be good to respond to the one person who wasn't actually trolling.

Anywho, I'm getting a hardon for some light, teambased mods such as QPong (one of the greatest zany q2 nights of my life), weaponsfactory, etc. That nighthunters thing sounds fun too.

Props to QPong though. I crave more.

adrenal1ne · « **Reply #5 on:** December 08, 2007, 02:10:47 AM »

Quote from: m4$73r j14u on December 07, 2007, 10:17:48 AM
Quote from: m4$73r j14u on December 07, 2007, 10:17:48 AM

Nighthunters is a cool mod that can be played with few people (only). One is the alien prey and has some special weapons. The other guys are marines and try to kill the alien. The one killing the alien becomes it. This mod works with all maps. But there are no lights. So the marines have flashlights and the alien sees them infrared. A good map is strike to play this mod. The alien can jump higher and has no faling damage. The maps are 100% dark and you can only see the sky and the flashlight spots. Oh i think the alien is half transparent. Great fun mod for 3 to 5 people i guess just for a couple of half hours. Should be on TS aswell.
--Happy birthday Quake 2

i played that mod a good bit back on zone...id have to agree about the amount of people too..all in all its fun for a bit

krez · « **Reply #6 on:** December 12, 2007, 05:10:44 PM »

Q2 came out december 9, not 6th. And I got the game the 3rd day it came out. Played in software for a while, then bought a 3dfx voodoo2 pci card and man that was the shit. You wouldnt believe how much better the game looked. Q2 is the best fps game ever made for online play, possibly the best online game ever. Either q2 or everquest.

DaHanG · « **Reply #7 on:** December 12, 2007, 08:56:32 PM »

Quote from: krez on December 12, 2007, 05:10:44 PM

Q2 is the best fps game ever made for online play, possibly the best online game ever. Either q2 or everquest.

or WoW?

jägermonsta · « **Reply #8 on:** December 13, 2007, 05:02:48 AM »

Quote from: DaHanG on December 12, 2007, 08:56:32 PM

Quote from: krez on December 12, 2007, 05:10:44 PM
Q2 is the best fps game ever made for online play, possibly the best online game ever. Either q2 or everquest.

or WoW?

WoW is a rip off. There's no nostalgia in WoW.

krez · « **Reply #9 on:** December 14, 2007, 07:49:00 PM »

do not diss eq dahang. all respect

jägermonsta · « **Reply #10 on:** December 17, 2007, 06:00:20 AM »

old school loots on that dude

krez · « **Reply #11 on:** December 18, 2007, 10:14:41 AM »

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[BTF]Gator · « **Reply #12 on:** December 19, 2007, 01:23:29 PM »

yeah, use your power as the thread creator to clean it up if you wish. Most all threads here run off the tracks.

jägermonsta · « **Reply #13 on:** December 19, 2007, 01:26:13 PM »

Quote from: [BTF]Gator on December 19, 2007, 01:23:29 PM

yeah, use your power as the thread creator to clean it up if you wish. Most all threads here run off the tracks.

RailWolf · « **Reply #14 on:** December 19, 2007, 02:36:51 PM »

Author Topic: Happy 10th Birthday Quake II (Read 4608 times)

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