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no...@nowhere.com says...> 
> I loved Quake 2 multi-player, but when I couldn't get it to run under
> XP, 

Didn't know there were problems with Q2 at all. I belive Q2 is the most 
stable game ever.

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.

Either that, or they're not as popular as they once were, since the game 
industry has moved on to a whole raft of new types of online games, 
especially concentrating on team-based and objective-based games.

> 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.)

It's not very much of a decent explanation.  _Unreal Tournament 3_ tries 
a more coherent explanation, but it's still not very convincing (and 
didn't receive very good reviews in any case).  If you're looking for an 
"arena"-style deathmatch game where you die and respawn, then I think 
you're just going to have to face the fact that there's no real rational 
way to explain that and just play and enjoy yourself.

> (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.)

A large majority of the modern team-based FPS games have vehicles, 
because that's what people want.

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On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:03:07 -0800, Todd <no...@nowhere.com> 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.)
>


Stopped playing Q3 about a year ago, after ASE crapped out. Decided to
give UT (Urban Terror) a go and love it. Simple, free, lottsa fun and
despite more hacking than I saw in Q3, there are enough good servers
that police themselves well.

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.)
> 
> 
  Urban Terror. And q3 instaunlagged instagib if I can find people.

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.

I am playing on Comcast and suddenly 4-5 months ago I can still see many 
many servers of Enemy Territory on xfire (100 or less ping) to play BUT 
always have problems with connection or server message 22. When I try to 
stay online with Enemy Territory and "play online" no servers show to play 
.. always getting errors about pak. Been playing for year w/no problem 
except about a year or so ago had the same problem. Forgot solution.

Also about 3 years ago I changed to new video board and lcd and have not 
been able to play Quake 3. Using pny geforce 8500gt 512 ddr2. Lost settings 
I had in config file and xfire startup for the game but somehow low it and 
thought could be problem. Now computer just locks up.


"Mr Buckly" <mrbu...@windstream.net> wrote in message 
news:e5696$49509c8c$471e51b5$15158@ALLTEL.NET...
> 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. 

Quake 3 Arena.

Killings those cheating bots at nightmare mode gives me some statisfaction
:)

Also little bit of L4D but got a bit bored with it... it's too easy...
(zombies don't shoot) and then too difficult too when there are 20 around
you ;)

And ofcourse the occasional BF2 :)

I'm kinda looking forward to Aliens: Colonial Marines... just because I'm a
little aliens fan too...

Even if they game sux I still wanna play it lol :) just to soke up the
atmosphere me hopes ;) :) and good sounds me hopes ! ;) and good animations
lol yadyayadyaydyadyada lol.

Bye,
  Skybuck ;)

Still playing Quake 2 :)

"Mr Buckly" <mrbu...@windstream.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
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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.

still playing quake 1, quake 2, quake 4, and doom 3... till doom 4 come out
some day... :-)

bye, DUDI

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On Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:57:51 -0500, The Pope <pope@no.mail> wrote:

>On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:03:07 -0800, Todd <no...@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>>I loved Quake 2 multi-player, but when I couldn't get it to run under
>>XP,
>
>I tried a manual install with XP and it runs. I found instructions for a manual installation at
>gamespot, see below.
>
>I have't tried the update (q2-3.20-x86-ful.exe) from idsoftware.com and I'd like to know if it works
>in XP.

I found some answers.

This udate only extracts files into the quake folder using winunzip and you can choose where to
extract them.

> The update is needed to connect to a server. I couldn't get openGL to work. It's a new
>computer (Dell) with onboard graphics (Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100) that is supposed to
>support OpenGL. Does anyone know how to make this work?

Change the Windows desktop color from 32 bit to 16 bit and OpenGL works. I vaguely remember that now
from several years ago.

I've been playing a little at tastyspleen.net
74.54.186.226:27916

>
>It might be time to just move on to something newer but I'd like to have the option of playing
>Quake2.
>
>================
>
>From: The Admiral 1/14 7:55AM
>
>You need to do a manual install. This can be a little tricky, but it's been confirmed to work for
>Vista and is recommended by Activision.
>
>1) Install the CD and enter the MS-DOS Prompt (START / Programs / Accessories / Command Prompt or
>whatever way you want)
>
>2) In the DOS Session type the following:
>
>cd\ (press the Enter key)
>md quake2 (press the Enter key
>cd\quake2 (press the Enter key)
>xcopy d:\install\data\*.* /s/e/v (press the Enter key)
>
>This creates the Quake 2 folder in the root directory, but you can create or later move the
>directory any where you want.
>
>3) After it's done copying the files, type "Exit" and then press the Enter key. You should now be
>back in Windows.
>
>4) Go to the "Quake2" folder you created above.
>
>5) Right-click on the file called: Quake2.exe, choose "Copy".
>
>6) Now close all the windows and right-click on the Desktop of Windows and select "Paste Shortcut".
>
>7) Next, right-click on the "Shortcut to Quake2" and choose "Properties". Click on the "Shortcut"
>tab at the top.
>
>8) In the section that says "Target", add the following to the end of the line (after adding a
>space):
>
>+set cddir D:\install\data +set basedir C:\QUAKE2
>
>It should look like this when you're done:
>
>C:\Quake2\quake2.exe +set cddir D:\install\data +set basedir C:\QUAKE2
>
>9) Click on "Apply" and then "Ok"
>
>10) To run Quake 2, double-click on the "Shortcut to Quake2" icon.
>
>
>
>
>> 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.)
>>