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"Matthew Vaughan" <matt-no-spam-109@NOSPAM.hotmail.com> wrote in
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> "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.