Has anyone else tried the beta yet? I haven't played Quake 3 in years but this will definitely get me back into it.

I still play Quake 3, atleast once a week offline and once a week online. Can't wait to try this out.

Yeah, I'm playing in it. Its damn good guys, all the Q3/TA content, but tweaked to perfection. Q3DM17's been 100% re-done and its amazing.

I'm very pleased.

I'm really excited about this.

Damn, I never got an e-mail or anything for the beta...so I guess I won't be able to try. But if it's a Quake 3/Team Arena tweaked to perfection then I don't even need to try it to like it

I never got the email either. Hopefully I will though, I'd love to enjoy it and it'd be the first id game since Final Doom I never got a beta preview of :shock:

EDIT: No invites left.

i want in!!!

can someone invite me please?

someone invite me too PLS.

gavavva wrote:

Yeah, I'm playing in it. Its damn good guys, all the Q3/TA content, but tweaked to perfection. Q3DM17's been 100% re-done and its amazing.

got an invite 4 weeks ago and what shall i say?

...

mkay, to make it short: for me personally it's quite the opposite. dm17 looks like sheit now and the phun to play quake3 died almost with rtcw, around 2k1

how time passes,,,

//no more pm's pls! the invite is already forwarded.
(err, and the beta account was wiped on the 7th so if somone has interest just pm me and you can create a new account, u'll just need my logins for the beta site, the rest is then up to u

)

I'd say it looks pretty much fun to me. Looks like a 'shinnier' Quake 3. I'm still interested in this.

everyone who signed up for qcon gets in the beta.

i don't want to be in the beta. :/

i saw a video of it and it appears to have been germanized.

ViPr wrote:

i saw a video of it and it appears to have been germanized.

Whatever that means - they drive reliable cars now? You can play football? It's all black, red and gold? You have to pay 42% income tax on a frag? Women go unveiled? Everyone got health care?

They all walk around wearing Lederhosen and drinking beer? They spawn in before everyone else and place towels over all the best weapons? They win football matches despite not being able to play that well. They always sound angry?

Sorry, couldn't resist

Yeah, I don't know why he called it that. But I think he is referring to the lack of blood in reference to the strict game laws in Germany ?

BNA! wrote:

Whatever that means - they drive reliable cars now?

my brother wouldn't say that, they're just damn expensive to fix (here in the states).

The Happy Friar wrote:

BNA! wrote:

Whatever that means - they drive reliable cars now?

my brother wouldn't say that, they're just damn expensive to fix (here in the states).

Import penalty tax on spare parts

(or better - we build in EURO but have to sell in severely depreciated USD after shipping cost)

wal wrote:

They all walk around wearing Lederhosen and drinking beer? They spawn in before everyone else and place towels over all the best weapons? They win football matches despite not being able to play that well. They always sound angry?

Sorry, couldn't resist

Hilarious! Especially the towel part cracked me up - that was so spot on! :lol:

I'm liking it. I can't say much due to the non-disclosure agreement. But it's basically Quake III Arena, except in a browser, but spiffed up with lots of polish and a few new tricks, maps, etc.

I wish I could help out with it though... I'd do it for free! Q3Map2 has come a long way since Q3 was first released and I have lots of tricks up my sleeve that will make things really pop.

They are supposed to be using Q3map2, or at least ZeroRadiant has Ydnar in it's credits so I'd have assumed they were extending what used to happen with the inbuilt compiler choices?

I'd *hope* that right now all they're doing is 'choosing' the maps to include which might then get a recompile? I definitely agree with you that they should 'update' the levels with newer Q3Map2 features. Send um an e-mail obsidian, they do know who you are so you never know

obsidian wrote:

I'm liking it. I can't say much due to the non-disclosure agreement. But it's basically Quake III Arena, except in a browser, but spiffed up with lots of polish and a few new tricks, maps, etc.

I wish I could help out with it though... I'd do it for free! Q3Map2 has come a long way since Q3 was first released and I have lots of tricks up my sleeve that will make things really pop.

ydnar still lives? don't tell me so after all...

anyway (what a great english word!) i may rest my case her too (not political wise, more of boredom due quake3)

Has anyone else tried the beta yet? I haven't played Quake 3 in years but this will definitely get me back into it.

I still play Quake 3, atleast once a week offline and once a week online. Can't wait to try this out.

Yeah, I'm playing in it. Its damn good guys, all the Q3/TA content, but tweaked to perfection. Q3DM17's been 100% re-done and its amazing.

I'm very pleased.

I'm really excited about this.

Damn, I never got an e-mail or anything for the beta...so I guess I won't be able to try. But if it's a Quake 3/Team Arena tweaked to perfection then I don't even need to try it to like it

I never got the email either. Hopefully I will though, I'd love to enjoy it and it'd be the first id game since Final Doom I never got a beta preview of :shock:

EDIT: No invites left.

i want in!!!

can someone invite me please?

someone invite me too PLS.

gavavva wrote:

Yeah, I'm playing in it. Its damn good guys, all the Q3/TA content, but tweaked to perfection. Q3DM17's been 100% re-done and its amazing.

got an invite 4 weeks ago and what shall i say?

...

mkay, to make it short: for me personally it's quite the opposite. dm17 looks like sheit now and the phun to play quake3 died almost with rtcw, around 2k1

how time passes,,,

//no more pm's pls! the invite is already forwarded.
(err, and the beta account was wiped on the 7th so if somone has interest just pm me and you can create a new account, u'll just need my logins for the beta site, the rest is then up to u

)

I'd say it looks pretty much fun to me. Looks like a 'shinnier' Quake 3. I'm still interested in this.

everyone who signed up for qcon gets in the beta.

i don't want to be in the beta. :/

i saw a video of it and it appears to have been germanized.

ViPr wrote:

i saw a video of it and it appears to have been germanized.

Whatever that means - they drive reliable cars now? You can play football? It's all black, red and gold? You have to pay 42% income tax on a frag? Women go unveiled? Everyone got health care?

They all walk around wearing Lederhosen and drinking beer? They spawn in before everyone else and place towels over all the best weapons? They win football matches despite not being able to play that well. They always sound angry?

Sorry, couldn't resist

Yeah, I don't know why he called it that. But I think he is referring to the lack of blood in reference to the strict game laws in Germany ?

BNA! wrote:

Whatever that means - they drive reliable cars now?

my brother wouldn't say that, they're just damn expensive to fix (here in the states).

The Happy Friar wrote:

BNA! wrote:

Whatever that means - they drive reliable cars now?

my brother wouldn't say that, they're just damn expensive to fix (here in the states).

Import penalty tax on spare parts

(or better - we build in EURO but have to sell in severely depreciated USD after shipping cost)

wal wrote:

They all walk around wearing Lederhosen and drinking beer? They spawn in before everyone else and place towels over all the best weapons? They win football matches despite not being able to play that well. They always sound angry?

Sorry, couldn't resist

Hilarious! Especially the towel part cracked me up - that was so spot on! :lol:

BNA! wrote:

Import penalty tax on spare parts

(or better - we build in EURO but have to sell in severely depreciated USD after shipping cost)

he said cuz it's a V6 & most VW's are turbo 4's. Loves his car though.

But I'm sure the importing has something to do with it (no el-cheapo parts for imports here!)

i was referring to the german government's apparent desire to portray war & killing as not horrific, as if they were preparing to gear up for a repeat of their past.

The Happy Friar wrote:

BNA! wrote:

Import penalty tax on spare parts

(or better - we build in EURO but have to sell in severely depreciated USD after shipping cost)

he said cuz it's a V6 & most VW's are turbo 4's. Loves his car though.

But I'm sure the importing has something to do with it (no el-cheapo parts for imports here!)

Yes, it's importing and especially the weak USD. VW however will built a large fab in the US now as a natural hedge against these two specific issues. And by September Porsche will overtake VW, that should help in the long run in terms of productivity and additional quality increase.

ViPr wrote:

i was referring to the german government's apparent desire to portray war & killing as not horrific, as if they were preparing to gear up for a repeat of their past.

You have no clue. It is not allowed to portray cruelty in a glorifying, distorting or self serving purpose type of way in Germany to prevent a repeating of the past. Most people get that wrong about Germany, which, as far as I am concerned, is fine. The reason for this is that people should not link cruelty and violence (excessive blood, dismemberment...) with fun (like in computer games) to prevent society from acting sensible. You can pretty much compare it to the amount of billboards with naked women in the UAE.

BNA! wrote:

ViPr wrote:

i saw a video of it and it appears to have been germanized.

Whatever that means - they drive reliable cars now? You can play football? It's all black, red and gold? You have to pay 42% income tax on a frag? Women go unveiled? Everyone got health care?

Porn, I bet it's porn. :p
Seriously though, it's ViPr, can't expect him to make sense.

Kristus wrote:

Porn, I bet it's porn. :p
Seriously though, it's ViPr, can't expect him to make sense.

You're right, on both matters

ViPr wrote:

i was referring to the german government's apparent desire to portray war & killing as not horrific, as if they were preparing to gear up for a repeat of their past.

right. they ban blood and gore in videogames but throwing down bombs in africa or afghanistan. makes no sense at all. blood in videogames dosn't kill u, but bombs do.

qwertz123 wrote:

ViPr wrote:

i was referring to the german government's apparent desire to portray war & killing as not horrific, as if they were preparing to gear up for a repeat of their past.

right. they ban blood and gore in videogames but throwing down bombs in africa or afghanistan. makes no sense at all. blood in videogames dosn't kill u, but bombs do.

Immature and invalid link of unrelated items.

wal wrote:

They all walk around wearing Lederhosen and drinking beer? They spawn in before everyone else and place towels over all the best weapons? They win football matches despite not being able to play that well. They always sound angry?

Sorry, couldn't resist

massive lol :lol:

Any chance we can get back on topic? A trailer has been released, http://www.gametrailers.com/game/9224.html

Wonder if or how many of the pro maps are included iirc there where the official pro-dm maps like pro-dm6 and pro-dm13 and maps with "item-shifting" (replacing quad with MH etc.) like the *tmp`s (cpma?) and the teammaps with the mixer as decal textures (dont remember the mod though) ? Are there more info about the game_modes beside DM/TDM/Tourney?

It's shiny and very colorful, I like that. Over 30 maps is quite a lot, considering this game will be for free.

well, they're 30 maps that were released 10 years ago.

BNA! wrote:

qwertz123 wrote:

ViPr wrote:

i was referring to the german government's apparent desire to portray war & killing as not horrific, as if they were preparing to gear up for a repeat of their past.

right. they ban blood and gore in videogames but throwing down bombs in africa or afghanistan. makes no sense at all. blood in videogames dosn't kill u, but bombs do.

Immature and invalid link of unrelated items.

so join. if u haven't already.

and by the way, me thinks quake3 is kinda dead, at least after nearly 10 years that it's now.

qwertz123 wrote:

and by the way, me thinks quake3 is kinda dead, at least after nearly 10 years that it's now.

Guess you don't think well. It's the #8 game tracked by gamespy. Dozens of newer games are far less popular. And to top it off, UT3 is about as popular as Quake 2. Pwned. :twisted:

qwertz123 wrote:

so join. if u haven't already.
and by the way, me thinks quake3 is kinda dead, at least after nearly 10 years that it's now.

You're wrong on multiple levels.

I guess it was pro-dm6 where they "removed" a clip-brush to make the jump from bridge to rail easier - or "doable" at least. Never did the circle-jump on the non-pro map. :d

BNA! wrote:

ViPr wrote:

You have no clue. It is not allowed to portray cruelty in a glorifying, distorting or self serving purpose type of way in Germany to prevent a repeating of the past. Most people get that wrong about Germany, which, as far as I am concerned, is fine. The reason for this is that people should not link cruelty and violence (excessive blood, dismemberment...) with fun (like in computer games) to prevent society from acting sensible. .

Censorship is *NEVER* sensible. Video games are just as much art as paintings books, and other forms of speech/expression. The whole "cruelty" argument is totally bogus. Boxing is fun, and in fact a major sport in Germany - would anyone seriously argue that the sport of Boxing is not violent?

Its apparent that Germany - and Europe in general - still does not understand the most basic concepts of freedom of speech - which is sad because the Enlightenment mostly occurred over there. To quote Voltaire "I may hate what you have to say, but I will die to defend your right to say it."

QuakeLive Beta on one hand, Violence and Germany in the other. Whatever next? Rage Beta and World Peace!

Wobbo wrote:

Its apparent that Germany - and Europe in general - still does not understand the most basic concepts of freedom of speech - which is sad because the Enlightenment mostly occurred over there. To quote Voltaire "I may hate what you have to say, but I will die to defend your right to say it."

Nipplegate. Just different standards. The foundation of "censorship" in Germany was instituted by the Allied forces after WW2. I rest my case.

I'm liking it. I can't say much due to the non-disclosure agreement. But it's basically Quake III Arena, except in a browser, but spiffed up with lots of polish and a few new tricks, maps, etc.

I wish I could help out with it though... I'd do it for free! Q3Map2 has come a long way since Q3 was first released and I have lots of tricks up my sleeve that will make things really pop.

They are supposed to be using Q3map2, or at least ZeroRadiant has Ydnar in it's credits so I'd have assumed they were extending what used to happen with the inbuilt compiler choices?

I'd *hope* that right now all they're doing is 'choosing' the maps to include which might then get a recompile? I definitely agree with you that they should 'update' the levels with newer Q3Map2 features. Send um an e-mail obsidian, they do know who you are so you never know

obsidian wrote:

I'm liking it. I can't say much due to the non-disclosure agreement. But it's basically Quake III Arena, except in a browser, but spiffed up with lots of polish and a few new tricks, maps, etc.

I wish I could help out with it though... I'd do it for free! Q3Map2 has come a long way since Q3 was first released and I have lots of tricks up my sleeve that will make things really pop.

ydnar still lives? don't tell me so after all...

anyway (what a great english word!) i may rest my case her too (not political wise, more of boredom due quake3)