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Re: So what multiplayer games are Quake fans playing these days?

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From: Mr Buckly
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:06
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Todd wrote:
> I loved Quake 2 multi-player, but when I couldn't get it to run under
> XP, I went to Unreal Tournament.  When I tried to get back to Quake 3,
> I couldn't quite get the hang of it.
> 
> UT is now up to version 3.  From the Quake/Doom people, an arena only
> game hasn't been released since... Quake 3 Arena.  I guess Id realized
> that they did it right the first time, and chose not to try to improve
> on perfection.  On the Unreal side, there are more players on original
> UT than either of its two (or three) sequels.
> 
> So, for those who've tired of the Arena, what multiplayer games do you
> find to be the funnest?
> 
> (Another plus for Quake3: The background story makes more sense.  UT
> never did explain how the players eternally die and respawn.  Q3 is
> some kind of afterlife.)
> 
> (One negative (to my knowledge): No vehicles.  I don't much care for
> the vehicles, but Onslaught has the most servers running of all UT2004
> game types.)
> 
> 
Man, i cant believe this old group is still here........lol

I have not posted to this group in years now. Glad to see its somewhat 
still alive.

But to answer your question, i more or less play Enemy Territory now 
more than anything. But i still have a few Q3 servers up and running 
right along side my Enemy Territory servers.

JAKS.
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