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"Bill M." <wbmcl@removexcite.com> wrote in 
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> "Matthew Vaughan" <matt-no-spam-109@NOSPAM.hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:R4Maf.2130$te3.33926@typhoon.sonic.net: 
> 
>> "Bill M." <wbmcl@removexcite.com> wrote in message 
>> news:Xns9702F36362812wbmclexcitecom@65.24.3.143...
>>>
>>> What site? I'd like to bind some commands. I also need to find - if
>>> stil out there - a quakeworld server or two. I d/led gamespy arcade
>>> and it seems to indicate that there may be some activity but very
>>> infrequently. No one was in a QW server when I booted in.
>> 
>> There was a great site called quakeworld.nu that had become the center
>> of online Quake activity (mostly Euro-based, but not entirely). This
>> was where you'd find out about the tournaments still taking place
>> (again, mostly in Europe), there were forums, and they hosted, among
>> other things, a great download for Quake called eQuake, which
>> consisted of FuhQuake (definitely the dominant version of QuakeWorld
>> these days), The All-Seeing Eye (the generally preferred alternative
>> to GameSpy), some of the most common Quake levels for online play and
>> many useful utilities. Unfortunately it is down at the moment after
>> the server got hacked. There was talk a couple of months back about it
>> being ready to come up again, but I think it got hacked again and will
>> be a while before it's available again (if ever). :( 
>> 
>> eQuake is also available from ftp://ftp.yi.se/pub/software/equake/
>> 
>> George M. already posted a link to FuhQuake - if you want to play
>> QuakeWorld online you should definitely be using FuhQuake. I think
>> some of the competitions may actually require it. (You can also play
>> single player with it.) OK, since I think this one is so important,
>> here it is again: http://www.fuhquake.net/ But if you download eQuake,
>> you won't need it separately. (BTW, I play FuhQuake with a very basic,
>> standard QW appearance, rather than all the fancy new graphics.)
>> 
>> There are also some forums at http://www.quakeworld.us/forum/ that may
>> be helpful (including one devoted to Configs/Scripting)
>> 
>> There's also one at Besmella-Quake:
>> http://www.besmella-quake.com/forum/ 
>> 
>> Also check out http://qw.fragzone.se/
>> 
>> And for the latest demos (of various games), go to 
>> http://www.challenge-tv.com/ (QW demos are still the most popular,
>> though most these days are actually .mvd - multi-view server-recorded
>> demos playable on modern clients like FuhQuake, that allow you to
>> switch between all views.)
>> 
>> Well that should get you started on the modern world of Quake. 
>> 
>> 
> 
> Thanks for the info MV. I did d/l Fuhquake, but the screen is very dark 
> - almost corrupted. I can't read the opening text at all due to the 
> darkness. I can only get out by assuming ESC/up arrow/ENTER (for quit). 
> I'm not sure why I have this issue, but I'll check the forums you 
> mentioned.
> 
> Bill M.
> 

gamma .8 in the console, and then in a .bat file fixed it.

Bill M.