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ad...@rgfn.epcc.edu (Matt W. Spencer) wrote:
>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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It's a shame that ID has to waste valuable "coding" time to refute BETA rumors.
Quake BETA rumors are getting as bad as Elvis sightings. 

Jef