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Re: Quake 2 and modem support comments.

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From: AbRaXuS
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 00:00
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I second this. 1 on 1 is where the brain really gets a workout and lagless
modemplay has been around for a long time since Quake. Heck, if id is
really lazy, rip out the DOOM code and put it back into Quake.

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Lorne Torres <pe...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in article
<01bc7b99$5af74ae0$5cd2b4cf@qb-pers>...
> We know the guys at id are rich, driving extremely nice cars and such..
and
> I'm sure it's not a primary concern from what I can tell so far from the
> interviews of the people in direct contact with the game that modem play
is
> a priority... but we all dont have T1's in our homes to get smooth games
on
> the net of course if we were all rich we'd have them...... there are many
> out there that will only play on LAN's because of the amount of lag...now
I
> dont want to get into why the internet is laggy for games and such, but I
> would just like id software to consider adding good modem code to the
game
> for people out there that want a good smooth one on one game.
> 
> -=Persecutor=-
> 
> 
> 
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From: "AbRaXuS" <AbR...@singnet.com>
Subject: Re: Quake 2 and modem support comments.
Date: 1997/06/21
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