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Re: QUAKE Mini-FAQ

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From: Scoot
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 00:00
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On Wed, 6 Sep 1995, Tracy Walker wrote:

> In article <quake_8...@news.mantis.co.uk>, jsc...@ftp.cdrom.com (joost schuur) writes:
> |> 
> |> +----------------------------------------+
> |> | Q U A K E  M I N I  F A Q  -  08/21/95 |
> |> +----------------------------------------+
> |>    by joost schuur (jsc...@ftp.cdrom.com)
> |>  1 - What is Quake?
> |>      Quake is a 3D 'point of view' action orientated role playing
> |>  game from id Software. It is the successor to DOOM and features
> |>  an engine with many enhancements, such as:
> |> 
> |>    . full six degrees of freedom. no more 2.5Dness as in DOOM
> |>    . all items are polygon based and texture mapped.
>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>        Ummm No.  All items are NOT polygon based..   Please read 
> Quote from Finger he...@idsoftware.com:

[quote from "finger he...@idsoftware.com" deleted]

Let's be a little forgiving to Joost.  There are a few lines before the 
part of the .plan that you cited which would help shed light on this 
disagreement of facts:

-> -------------------------------------------------------------------
-> Status of QUAKE---Updated: Tue, Aug 29 at 11:47pm
-> 
-> Please do not send us mail about Quake. It just slows us down.
-> Thanks.
-> 
-> Well, we just got sprite 'models' animating with frame changes and 
[...]

Joost's mini-faq was last updated 8/21, help's .plan was updated 8/29, 
and that was the first we officially heard of id's decision to include 
sprites.  Thank you, though, for pointing out the difference.  I'm sure 
the next edition of the mini-faq/QuakeTalk will reflect this new 
information.

Scott

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From: Scoot <st...@cec.wustl.edu>
Subject: Re: QUAKE Mini-FAQ
Date: 1995/09/06
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