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Re: Doom on the Internet

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From: vanh... Todd E. Van Hoosear
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 1994 01:42
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I would caution the use of the network version of this game over the
Internet or any LAN that other people use besides the game players; a
network Doom game _killed_ the net here. The network load was so high
no one else could get a packet in edgewise.

2 cents,

- Todd
 
Mike Mooser (sco...@netcom.com) wrote:
: mgr...@unomaha.edu (Marcus Graham) writes:

: >A long time ago before Doom was realeased, a bunch of guys were talking
: >about playing doom over networks...
: > 
: >We started talking about the possibility of playing it over the Internet,
: >does anyone know if this option has been ruled out, cause if we could, I
: >could host a really cool Doom site where you could play four player games...
: >I belive it could be really successful!
: > 
: >Any ideas?
: >Marcus

: Wouldn't the way to do so be to (when modem support is possible) use 
: Interenet Head to head (or whatever), something that is supposed to allow 
: Modem-able games to be played over the the Internet... Some program I 
: think... Saw something about IHHD in Gamebytes.

: -- 
:                                              sco...@netcom.com

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Subject: Re: Doom on the Internet
Date: 6 Jan 1994 01:42:40 GMT
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