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<christopher.secord@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Miss Understanding wrote:
> > he
> > had altered his own config file to force the Keel model on all other
> > players - that way, as he told it, everyone is easier to see.  So in
effect,
> > my changes were not visible to him.
>
> That's what most people do.
>
> In plain vanilla quake, it's not all that useful in the team-based
> games because it sets everyone, both friendly and enemy, to the same
> model.  But in mods like threewave, you can make the other team one
> model, and make your team a different model.  See, the different models
> make different noises, so this way you can tell just by listening if
> the guy around the corner is friendly or not.  It's more of an
> advantage than you can possibly imagine!
>
> The loudest one is probably TankJr.  If you're bounding along with the
> flag, making a mad dash for your base, you can tell in a fraction of a
> second that there are bad guys down that hall, but the other hallway
> sounds clear.  You can tell where friendly's are and follow them for
> protection.  It's great.  Also (again, in mods like threewave) you can
> set the enemy's color.  So the bad guys aren't red or blue, for me I
> have them set to a bright green.  It's very easy to see them.
>
> For a while, I didn't believe in changing the enemy model.  My thinking
> was, some of the people on the enemy team are really good, and it's in
> my best interest to be able to spot them quickly.  If I realize that
> this guy over here who's using Major is some kind of steely-eyed killer
> while this guy using Klesk is a noob, then when I meet one of them if
> it's Klesk I can just blow through him and drive on, but if it's Major
> I need to play a little more defensively.
>
> That's what I used to think.  But the reality is that pretty much
> everybody is good these days so it doesn't matter anymore.  I suggest
> that you download threewave and play a little capturestrike.  You'll
> really like it.

Everything you said makes sense - thanks for that.  I will look up
threewave - I hope it can be played stand alone at home ..  :)

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M

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