One of the early chapters from the story of multiplayer online gaming, Quake 2 is an endlessly expanding universe, and at the big bang, we find a singularity: the first pro gaming tournaments, seemingly boundless creativity from the amateur modding community, the movement of women into gaming, and the beginning of our lives on the internet. Why not?
Online gaming was just ridding itself of diapers. A scant few massively multiplayer games existed (Lineage for one, it was released that year). Quake 2 was the game to play, having been released the year before. A childhood friend of mine, (Asmodai by name) invited me to play a new mod for Quake 2. The mod was called Loki's Minions Capture the Flag - #LMCTF , the first Capture the Flag modification for Quake 2, released the day after the Quake 2 source code was released.
EarthBreaker's Quake Italia, The Original 'Spaghetti' Quake Site: Quit'97 Benvenuti nel sito ufficiale di Quake Italia '97, prima manifestazione nazionale di multiplaying Quake. La manifestazione si e' svolta il 6-7 Settembre (non stop, 33 ore continuate dalle 15:00 di Sabato a mezzanotte ed oltre di Domenica) nei locali del Virtual Pub, in La Spezia. Nelle interminabili ore …
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'Quaddicted' sein koenntest? Gibt's ruhig zu!!!!! Ich denke, dass eine Problemseite wie diese wirklich weiterhelfen wuerde! Vielleicht gibts ja auch einen Verein oder sowas. Ja, vielleicht sogar die anonymen Quaker. Ich denke das Ihr sonst in 2-3 Jahren alle dort sitzen und zittern werdet und Euch ueber die Zeit unterhalten werden, wo wir noch "drauf "wahren!!! - Unsicher? - Verwirrt? - Durcheinander? - yu lange RailOnlz geyockt? - keine Panik!
My parents were my first restaurant mentors. At the Hickory House, our family's barbeque restaurant in Oklahoma City, they made sure I recognized the importance of freshness. Freshness of the food, of the look of the place, of the staff. They taught me that a restaurant needs to look like it's just opened, while giving the impression that it's been there forever. Constant change, growth and improvement were their freshness secrets, and I've striven to walk in their footsteps: Frontera in 1987, Topolobampo in 1989, a daughter in 1991, Zinfandel Restaurant in 1993, a new book and product line in 1996, and a new, improved, expanded Topolobampo and bar area in 1997. That last one might sound like enough to tackle in one year, but it hasn't been my greatest challenge. My garden has. -Rick Bayless
The arrival of Quake 2 signalled the end of just about everything else (other games, a social life, personal hygiene) for at least 6 months, as well as being another great leap forward to Upgrade Time for those with non-meaty PCs. Watching the phenomenon blossom is intriguing, though plotting its course is a no brainer. As expected, the online community swung into action from the outset. The existing 7.8 million or so Quake fan/news sites embraced the second coming with gusto, providing up-to-the-minute news and downloads... Quake 2’s long term value has been assured even only a few weeks after its release. There are enough hacks turned editor out there to sink the proverbial ship and the rate of people having a dabble is increasing every day. How long will Quake 2 last? Well let’s just say that if you played every single level, used every patch, made your own levels, played every TC you would be very old by the time you had finished. You would also die very happy.
LAN (Local Area Network) parties can be fantastic experiences, but they can also be difficult to set up and run. Fear not though, Munly Leong will walk you through it. What is a LAN Party? A LAN (Local Area Network) party is basically a local network get together. A bunch of people bring over their computer somewhere, hook them all up, play network games and engage in other network-ish activities. Why a LAN party? No matter how much fun playing against the computer A I is, nothing beats the adrenaline rush from playing a live, thinking (usually) human being.
Multiplayer United (MPU) is a Local Area Network (LAN) gaming group located in the Sydney Australia area. Typically MPU runs from 11:00am until 11:00pm on a monthly basis. For details of the next MPU event check the next event page. Currently any number of the latest games are supported on a fast 10/100 m/s network. The benefit of network gaming is that you can play against your friends, enemies and total strangers alike, in a friendly, fast and exciting environment. You can meet your online pals and discuss strategies or just go hard and game for the whole 12 hours ignoring all. The atmosphere we strive for at MPU is one of friendliness with a touch of competitiveness.
