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QuakeCon Registration Stats
Community News | 4/19/2005 | 6:07 PST - Jube QuakeCon struts their stats from Friday's big registration grand opening. Here are a few facts regarding sign-up for this August's mammoth gaming event in Grapevine, Texas!
At this time, all 3,200 seats in the BYOC are full.
At this time, all of the tournaments are completely full.
As of April 18 @ 5:15 PM CDT over 4,800 people were registered
Of the 5 servers handling registration, the crush of people managed to bring only one to its knees.
It took 9 minutes and 38 seconds to go from w0lfy (#1) to lilfields (#1000) on registration night.
The official QuakeCon IRC channel topped out at nearly 400 users
If you didn't make the BYOC cut, take heart, you may see your waiting line number decrease as people drop out. Keep an eye on QuakeCon.org, and remember there's still time to register!
Radio iTG Has Your Q3
Quake III Arena News | 4/19/2005 | 6:04 PST - Jube Radio iTG has lots of Quake 3 on the menu today, starting with Urban Terror from the ClanBase Open Cup this afternoon, and leading in to some AmeriCup 2v2 action this evening. Here's today's schedule:
2:00PM EST: Nemesis Corp vs pr0 5 (Oswald)
5:00PM EST KiCK: vs Terror Ad Vincit (Oswald)
9:00PM EST: Nobody is Perfect vs Straight Cash, Homey (DeeAy)
Morning Gas
Community News | 4/19/2005 | 5:49 PST - Pappy-R I actually figured on my theme getting busted on yesterday's quote from "Psycho", and you all came through like the fraggers you are with many railing the theme straight in the head. Nice! The theme for this week is "Movies that were/had remade/remakes" and while the remakes we've seen so far don't measure up to the classic originals, that's not always the case as you'll see in quotes through the rest of the week. Now as to who got our theme first, it was gangstaar taking the gold and the three phat bonus points. Points on the quote went to keshav for First, gangstaar in Second and viboobz gets Third. GG all!
Movie Quote:"I know I'm human. And if you were all these things, then you'd just attack me right now, so some of you are still human."Name that flick!
���Monday, April 18, 2005
New Q3DM Map: Fresh N Clean
Quake III Arena News | 4/18/2005 | 10:13 PST - Jube There's a new Quake 3 map available for download over at Steveo's Chamber today. Fresh N Clean is the name and Deathmatch is the game, serving up the frags DM, Tourney and TDM style, and housing up to 8 players comfortably. Visit Steveo's Chamber for screenshots, readme and download.
Prefab Competition Gets Cooking
Community News | 4/18/2005 | 8:14 PST - Jube To help kick off the relaunch of the Worldwide Gaming Network, they are having a Prefab Competition. The deadline for submissions will be May 15th, and prefabs can be pretty much anything from buildings to weapons to furnishings and equipment. Participants must submit a .pk3 file with a .map file of their prefab and all associated assets, the .bsp and .map files will later be inserted into a display map for public viewing and download. Read more about the contest.
QuakeJam's Making Some Noise!
Community News | 4/18/2005 | 6:08 PST - Jube QuakeJam pumps up the volume this week with all sorts of new content for the budding musician in you! New to the site is an FAQ, answering all of your what, where and when type questions. Also available is an updated equipment list and the QuakeJam Band roster, which includes one of our favourite chicks in all the gaming lands, Hellchick! Visit QuakeJam to check out all the latest stuff and to get your name on the list of performers!
3D Gamer's Edge Checks Out 666
Quake II News | 4/18/2005 | 5:56 PST - Jube 3D Gamer's Edge brings Quake 2 fans a new review of a recently released eight map Single Player mission set! The pack is called "666" and comes to us from Milous. The good, the bad, the in-between, find out if "666" makes the grade here.
Psychic Rumblings
Community News | 4/18/2005 | 5:46 PST - Jube It's no secret that Mondays typically suck, but how 'bout you? Will you suck? Find out with an astrological look at the week ahead in the PQ QuakeScopes! After you're done scoping out your future, be sure to see who's having a Birthday in April, and then submit your desktop image for your very own digital palm reading!
Morning Gas
Community News | 4/18/2005 | 5:25 PST - Pappy-R It's Monday and this week's going to be a hum-dinger! If you haven't noticed, I've been sorta/kinda MIA due to some Real Life (tm) shtuff that just seemed to gather and attack as one, but it's all been defeated and I've scooped it up and bagged it for pick-up. Now it's time to Quake and I'm cranking up some treats for y'all aside from our ongoing prize round for our "Name That Flick" feature. Buckle-up Buttercup!
Yesterday's starter for the week got few correct entries and not one for the new theme, but that's as expected so don't go feeling all dumb and start cleaning your ears with pointy sticks. The quote was from the 2002 version of the movie, "Rollerball" and I definately agree with those that said the original was better. Much! But back to the points, three went to keshav for First while laser snagged two for Second leaving the final point for viboobz in Third. GG all!
Movie Quote:"Oh, we have 12 vacancies. 12 cabins, 12 vacancies."Name that flick!
���Sunday, April 17, 2005
Masters Of Doom Casting Call
Community News | 4/17/2005 | 6:00 PST - Jube Last week it was announced that Showtime will be producing a new bio-pic movie based on Masters of Doom, David Kushner�s non-fictional account of the rise of id Software and its two well known founders, John Carmack and John Romero. Since the announcement Computer Games Magazine has been having a little fun with the question of which actors should play the roles of John Carmack and John Romero. Check out their picks for the Masters of Doom casting call here.
Morning Gas
Community News | 4/17/2005 | 5:54 PST - Pappy-R Did everyone register for QuakeCon 2005 yet? Start thinking about the pilgrimage to the holy land now or you'll get left out and you know that would just suck rockets. We're getting plans drawn up for our assault on the event and I'm planning on a little something special for the tenth anniversary of the event, but more on that later. For now, just make sure you're going. This one's going to be one for the books I tell ya. Q4 will be there and so much more I'm pretty much wearing a bib 24/7.
A new week begins and a new theme is unleashed! Answer the quote for points and guess this week's theme for three phat bonus points on your way to the prize at the end of the month, that's all you have to do. Ready to roll? GL, HF!
Movie Quote:"I will kill you myself! I will disappear your whole family! Tell your people, you want to do business with us, we are on channels 1 through 5! Got it? "Name that flick!
���Saturday, April 16, 2005
Quake 4 In The House!
Community News | 4/16/2005 | 5:38 PST - Jube Activision and Raven have released some teaser information and a screenshot from the upcoming much anticipated fourth game in the Quake series! As we've been told previously, Quake 4 will begin where Quake 2 left off, still at odds with the Strogg. Here's a snip of the game's synopsis, written by Raven's Eric Biessman.
Earth is under siege by an alien race. The Strogg are cybernetic warriors -- a mechanical frame and decaying body parts stabilized by flesh consumed in a systematic annihilation of other species and civilizations. In a desperate attempt to survive a Strogg attack on Earth, an armada of Earth's finest warriors is sent to take the battle to the Strogg home planet. Earth's initial assault force is nearly annihilated immediately, but one marine manages to infiltrate the base, bring down their planetary defense systems, and kill the Strogg's collective brain and leader -- the Makron. Earth assumed the destruction of the Makron would end it all, but it didn't.
That's where QUAKE II leaves off and QUAKE 4 begins.
The Strogg are quickly regrouping. However, with the Strogg's planetary defenses still destroyed, Earth's forces can deliver a full and final assault. This time, you're not alone. You are Matthew Kane, an elite member of Rhino Squad, and part of Earth's next invasion wave. An army of soldiers are fighting with you and an arsenal of weapons and vehicles are at your disposal in this heroic and epic battle between worlds.
See the Quake 4 screenshot in today's PQ Pic of the Day, and watch for the game to make an appearance at this August's QuakeCon event in Grapevine, Texas!
QuakeCon 2005 Registration Report
Community News | 4/16/2005 | 5:33 PST - Jube Prior to registration opening, QuakeCon decided to increase the number of player slots for two of the QuakeCon 2005 Tournaments. Due to increased demand, DOOM 3 jumped to 256 slots, and Enemy Territory doubled in size to 64 team slots! The Attendees List is available, already over 3,400 names strong for the BYOC, and you can also see how tournament sign-up is going from the same page. All of the tourneys appear to have gotten a great response, check it all out on the Attendees List! There's also a QuakeCon Game Survey up, asking which ten games/mods you'd most like to see being played on Official QuakeCon Servers.
Saturday Frags GenArena Style
Quake III Arena News | 4/16/2005 | 5:33 PST - Jube Generations Arena presents Saturday Night Slugfest, a huge free for all Gen style! Hit the Generations Arena site for full details on tonight's games, coming at us in both North American and European varieties. Also, if you missed last week's Lithium Q2 style games then scoop up the new demos from Tabun, showing off the highlights!
Morning Gas
Community News | 4/16/2005 | 5:19 PST - Pappy-R There's some Q4 buzz in the air today so I won't pretend you want to read this drivel past the "end of the week point totals", so let's get right to it. At the end of week two in our special prize round of the movie quotes it's still anyone's race. Yesterday's quote from "The Warriors" grabbed a whack of entries with folks fighting for the points as expected and some winners and losers were made. First in for three was keshav with laser right behind in Second while Crimson Pig scoops another one for Third. GG all! Now here's your weekly winners who will take points into next week.
keshav: 12 First!
laser: 6 Second!
Matariel: 5 Third!
Who's gonna come out on top? We'll get a little closer to that answer when a new week starts up tomorrow!
