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Re: LOX Mod & Online dedicated server...

#281938
From: Tom Chaudoir
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 07:26
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Looks like I missed a chunk of this thread. My news group server has
big holes, or I'm not checking in often enough.

Tommy is our latest contributor to the ftp site. As I type this, he's
uploading tons of maps. Many thanks to Tommy and all who have taken
the time to preserve Q2 files.


On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 19:01:44 -0400, Tommy <chezzy@charter.net> wrote:

>In article <pe2dnWJqQu0wI2jdRVn-jw@comcast.com>, George M. Reagan
><georgeunderscorereagan@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "Tommy" <chezzy@charter.net> wrote in message
>> news:140720041725124327%chezzy@charter.net...
>> > In article <suOdnSu8rrHjT3vdRVn-jA@comcast.com>, George M. Reagan
>> > <georgeunderscorereagan@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > >     Could you add text files for the zips?  I know it will take some
>> effort
>> > > on your part, but it would greatly improve the site.  Thanks.
>> > >
>> > > G.
>> >
>> > What exactly do you mean by text files?
>> >
>> > Tommy
>> 
>> Hi Tommy,
>>     I mean the associated readme file, describing the contents of the zip
>> file.  It can usually be obtained from the zip itself.
>
>Yeah, that would be nice, but unfortunately impossible. It's not even
>so much a matter of the enormous work that would be involved, but
>rather the fact that I just never had the files. A large amount of the
>maps were obtained from connecting to servers and downloading them. As
>you know, read me files don't come down during downloads. I just
>bundled the maps with their associated files manually into zips and
>that was that. Googling/yahooing most of these maps produces zero
>results. All in all though, I think it's better to at least have the
>map without the read me then no map at all. Had I started this project
>a few years earlier I would have had more, but this is the best that
>can be done.
>
>Tommy

Best,
Tom

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