🚀 go-pugleaf

basically youre implying that the formation of p0rn0finish started the
downward spiral, which in my opinion is true to the dot...

when i first came to this NG, i wanted merely to get some tips and help with
quake 3. except when i got here, something was going on that was a bit
unexpected to me. there was a community. there were people that actually
KNEW each other, played with each other, attended lans, and shared their
situations with each other through the newsgroup.

so i hopped right in. connected to PITS instagib and overkill servers, got
to know some of the regulars, and started to feel comfortable talking in the
newsgroup. some people wore the [AGQx] tag so others would know that they
were from the NG. then, the clan arena overkill server was starting to get
competitive. everyone was improving and the games were extremely fun.

i believe it was cheet and a few others who had an idea to start up a clan
based out of the NG to compete on some ladders. i think these people
anticipated a split in the NG and i do remember that a lot of time was spent
trying to make sure everyone was cool with it. many a post were made trying
to keep the NG united while pF forked out into some ladders. despite me
being around for some time, i still didnt feel like part of the community. i
figured that this would be the best way for me to get involved more. i asked
to join and they said, "sure why not"

we played in matches and scrimmages and such and started to move our part of
the AGQx community to IRC. pF sort of branched off and never looked back.
people still had that competitive side of them and other clans were formed
out of pF. many stopped coming to the NG (including myself).

so here i am. 3 years later. back to the NG that basically nutured me
throughout my early q3 days. looking back i guess i can say that im somewhat
happy with what ive done in q3, somewhat sad that many NG people lost
contact with me and i with them, but overall content with where i ended up.
i think a lot of people just moved on to other things. i, for one, am very
competitive by nature, and i wanted to play in ladder matches and such. i
think as people progressed in the NG, they sort of "came to their own" and
went in the direction that they felt fit.

just my opinion.

-illusion




Chicken <n...@no.net> wrote in message
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>
> I speak from much experience here. Lets get one thing straight, I do
> not think because I have been arround that I am better than anyone, or
> that I know any better than anyone. I can only speak from what I have
> seen, in sadly what is several years now.
>
> When I started out in the ol NG , q2,  agq2 actually, there were no
> clans really, but this guy named sigil started a server just for folks
> on the NG to play on. There was much talking about who could kick
> who's ass and so forth. Sigil started a server and the "who could kick
> who's ass"  threads turned into "man that was fun last night"  or
> GG's at sigils, gg's at the backup haus threads. Was always fun. Other
> folks such as ford and Killer tossed up other servers for people to
> play on and the fun continued.
>
> Then Q3 came around and PIT fired up his servers. There was a lotta
> crap going on in this NG at the time, but after there was a server for
> everyone to play on it was really very fun. There was IG, DM, and CA.
>
> There was a community. People played and had fun. Even folks from
> across the seas joined and despite the outrageous pings seemed to have
> fun. Well I had fun lag killing them anyway, but I am silly like that.
>
> The thing that ruined it for me was the introduction of clan nonsense
> into it all. I was part of a NG clan and quickly quit while denouncing
> it at the same time. Others sadly did not listen. they formed clans
> and displayed this holier than thou attitude while quickly abandoning
> the NG, only to come back at their leisure expecting to be treated as
> royalty in the imaginary kingdom that the felt they created ,but had
> left behind.
>
> What this place needs is a place for regs to play on. No clans, no BS,
> just some fun.
>
> Whatever has offered a server, I can offer servers as well. Maybe not
> the best pings, but that never mattered before when playing amongst
> friends.
>
> I am sure there are others here that have bandwidth that can offer up
> some servers. What mods, maps and options do you all want?
>
> Let's get something going /