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Re: Quake 2 and modem support comments.

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From: D... Dr.Killgood
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 1997 00:00
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I've never met Brian Hook, but he seems like a loud mouth asshole.
That is, at least, my perception of him through his writing. I dunno,
but he just seems to rub me the wrong way all the time with his cutsy
cutdowns and insults. What exactly does Hook do? (Besides piss people
like madness.unreal.org off.)

>Yeah, there is :). That's how modem to modem works in Quake. However,
>that's also why modem to modem is shite in Quake - 100+ms lag for the
>client, no lag for the server. Check Brian Hook's latest .plan - he
>basically says exactly what I said, but he has a hell of a lot more
>authority :)
>--
>Adam Williamson
>Real Mail: adam "at" scss.demon.co.uk
>88.3% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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From: D...@INHELL.COM (Dr.Killgood)
Subject: Re: Quake 2 and modem support comments.
Date: 1997/07/04
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