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Raphael Quinet (Raphael...@eed.ericsson.se) wrote:

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: I received this message from Jay Wilbur (CEO of id Software), in reply
: to my question about the recent Quake hoax.  He told me that his newsfeed
: was down, but he would like to post the following statement about the
: beta version of Quake.  So here it is:

:)

: > From: Jay Wilbur <ja...@idpentium.idsoftware.com>
: > Subject: Re: Fake Quake beta...
: > Date: Fri, 22 Sep 95 08:00:21 -0500
: > Message-Id: <950922130...@idpentium.idsoftware.com>
: > 
: > [...] Please post the following for me.
: > 
: > Anyone who says he has a beta copy of Quake should not be believed.  id has
: > not, nor will it, release a preliminary copy of Quake to the public.  Anyone
: > offering you something they say is a prelim copy of the game....is prolly
: > offering you something nasty you really should avoid.
: > 
: > ---
: > -j
: > The official release date of all id's products:
: > AS SOON AS IT IS FINISHED!

Some nice good advice... 1) Do not believe "I have the beta"ers.  2) 
Don't ask about the release date because it'll be AS SOON AS IT IS 
FINISHED. :)

: You should save this posting for future reference...  I'm sure that we will
: see more and more bad jokes by the time Quake is about to be released.

I'm sure we will.

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