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Started 3 years ago by Malice
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Malice

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When was the first time you heard about quake live and how exactly did you go about getting an invite?

Personally, a few months ago, back when I had forgotten all about games and hadn't touched quake for like 3 years or more, Teecee told me I should start playing quake again cause the community is still very active. Seeing how I actually had quite some time to kill with 15 hours of lessons per week this year, I tought why not...

Yet soon he started telling me about this thing called "quake live" which runs in a web browser. I actually told him about 3 times to fuck off with his stupid browser quake... what could be better than just the original anyway?

Boy was I wrong when I first started! The thing that amazed me the most about Quake Live is how responsive it is. It's like there's no delay at all (not talking about the ping though, just the general "feel" of the game). Also I immediately noticed how easy it was to hit someone. If I recall right I spent the first few hours on the instagib servers getting owned

Several months later I'm ranked first in time played and Teecee quit quake live to roam the dungeons of World of Warcraft. (screw him ).

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Posted 3 years ago #
xephyr

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I was like ... retired ... from gaming. Really, I got fed up with only bad games being released like Call of Duty etc.
Then somewhere at the beginning of september an old clanmate of mine told me about Quake Live and him wanting to start a clan with all the oldskoolers again. I liked the idea so I tried to get an invite. After getting invited, I noticed all my old clanmates weren't interested anymore so there I was, all alone but hooked to the game already

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Posted 3 years ago #
Roychez

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I've played Quake 3 for ages, switched to Call of Duty, but always kept following the Quake scene.. when the "official announcement" was made that Quake Live was in Beta, I signed up.. but failed to get a key. A few weeks back a mate got his invite and invited me! And now I'm basicly playing 24/7 and still get raped ;(

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Posted 3 years ago #
xephyr

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Roychez, did you like Call of Duty?
The only reason I switched from Quake to Call of Duty was because Quake was kinda dead and in Call of Duty you could find practice wars at any moment of the day. I kept on playing Call of Duty because I had a nice team but I never liked the game itself

Long story short, I'm happy to be back in the quake scene

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Posted 3 years ago #
Lashknife

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I went from q3 to q4 to etqw which i thought to become a very active competitive game but due to lack of a competition mod so long after release, the scene died before it got alive. True shame as i still enjoy it very much.
In the mean time I knew about quakelive for quite some time but never got hold of a way to get in. Then talked with Impulse who sent me an invite on the next batch. Got the key in september somewhere and started playing again. AWESOME to play quake 3 again

Posted 3 years ago #
Roychez

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I like vCoD and CoD2, didn't like CoD4 so stopped playing the game and became writer, xephyr. Still <3 the community though, but Quake Live is a much better game than CoD4 or 5.

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Posted 3 years ago #
Malice

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I love Call of Duty tbh. Only singleplayer though. Did CoD 1, CoD 4 & CoD 5 singleplayers. Like playing a part in a real war movie. Excellent screenplay

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Posted 3 years ago #
NIN2

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I've played CoD2 for 2 years and then dipped into CoD4 but that game is shit.
So in summer 2008 I lurked the NeoGaf forums and found this thread, got lucky and got an invite.

And I still know Roychez from the Gotfrag forums.
Haha great times.

Posted 3 years ago #
Malice

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I've played CoD2 for 2 years and then dipped into CoD4 but that game is shit.
So in summer 2008 I lurked the NeoGaf forums and found this thread, got lucky and got an invite.
And I still know Roychez from the Gotfrag forums.
Haha great times.

Never tought you were an old COD player. Always tought some kind of oldschool quaker.

Quake Live Nations Cup 2009 Now running!!
This is quake: Get Quaked 3 & w3sp strafes

Posted 3 years ago #
NIN2

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I've played CoD2 for 2 years and then dipped into CoD4 but that game is shit.
So in summer 2008 I lurked the NeoGaf forums and found this thread, got lucky and got an invite.
And I still know Roychez from the Gotfrag forums.
Haha great times.

Never tought you were an old COD player. Always tought some kind of oldschool quaker.

Am I really that awesome? D:

Posted 3 years ago #
Malice

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Well I havent' played with you that much ... maybe you were just having a good day when I came to that conclusion

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Posted 3 years ago #
hatestreets

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i like cod 4 and world at war for ps3 but i havent played it on a pc and to me fps was made for a mouse.. although in cod there is always people playing... hence the reason i dropped quake a few years back... not on live yet but im sure its like always few rounds and ill be cj and strafing all over the place

Posted 3 years ago #
hatestreets

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i like cod 4 and world at war for ps3 but i havent played it on a pc and to me fps was made for a mouse.. although in cod there is always people playing... hence the reason i dropped quake a few years back... not on live yet but im sure its like always few rounds and ill be cj and strafing all over the place

Posted 3 years ago #
Yamanaka

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I heard about the browser version, and having played quake 3 in the past as well, I signed up with 4 e-mail addresses :P.

And after a few months I got a e-mail! Two actually, so I gave one to my nephew. And god, I missed Quake. I forgot how it was like to play a real game. A game with balls and not the hello kitty's from today like Call of Duty or Battlefield or whatever realism shooter.

That and the fact I stopped with WoW after 4 years and having to many classes at high level, gave me more time to do social stuff and Quakelive in between.

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Posted 3 years ago #
Hartner_X

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Heard about a browser-based Quake 3 being in development, signed up as soon as id made it available.

I have not played Quake 3 Arena before, mostly because we didn't get broadband till 2006 (lives 14 miles outside nearest city, Kiruna). I have wanted to play Q3A since launch but didn't bother later on, but Quake Live just seemed to be the perfect place to start.

> instagib 4 Ranked <

Posted 3 years ago #
xephyr

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Hartner_X - 17 minutes ago »
(...)Quake Live just seemed to be the perfect place to start.

Damn right, it is!

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Posted 3 years ago #
BootGuyJoe

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Joined: Jan '09
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I first heard about Quake Live at quakeunity.com. After that, went to the website to see what's up, and I saw the "testing...1, 2, free!" box. So I put my e-mail in.

Everyday.

For about 2 months.

Eventually, I got in. Like Mal, I was incredibly surprised by Quake Live. It felt fast, more responsive, and just overall better than Quake 3 was. As soon as I played my first game online I knew that Quake Live would occupy most of my time for the next 10 years!

Posted 2 years ago #
Gimpylung

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I had been playing Quake 1 and Quake 2 in my final year in college(98/99) in our computer lab against other students on the college net(Uni of Limerick). I remember the Q3Test release, a m8 of mine had borrowed a 3dfx card and we installed it in a Pentium II Dell Optiplex in the lab so we could have a go bouncing around The Longest Yard and Temple of Retribution :). Couldn't really get into Q3 a bit more until after we graduated as the lab machines couldn't really run it and we were poverty stricken students. But I've been casually playing it off and on since then. And here am I again absolutely delighted that Quake has returned to the mainstream via QuakeLive. Ironic really as the poverty stricken student days are behind me and I have a machine that can handle Crysis quite well and what am I doin... playing QuakeLive (coz u can't substitute gameplay with shiny graphics :))

I'll be seeing you folks on the servers, be gentle I'm getting old

Posted 2 years ago #
xephyr

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Gimpylung - 29 minutes ago »
(...)u can't substitute gameplay with shiny graphics :))(...)

so very very true

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Posted 2 years ago #
iKillez

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Joined: May '09
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YO! Is this thing on still?
I started playing Q1 when I was like 14 or 15 under the name hookups and menace and was instantly addicted. Didn't really get into Q2 or Q3 but while I was in college I heard about Q4 and started playing again and then for whatever reason my computer died, so I'm all whatever screw games can't afford computer with awesome vid card and all the trimings so I just bought a crummy toshiba laptop for 400 bux at walmart. So a couple years goes by and I hear about QL and I'm like whatever my computer can't handle the graphics or my connection would be slow, so randomly one day im like bored off my ass and decide to give it a try and I was fucking amazed, the end!

Posted 2 years ago #
intENZOR

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I used to play Unreal Tournament, and then I moved onto Quake Arena!
I also got Quake 4 here somewhere, but I enjoy playing QuakeLIVE the most! : )

Posted 2 years ago #
BusT3D

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Joined: Jul '09
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I always played Unreal Tournament, so I'm a big fan of the quickness of Quake too..
In the beginning, when the Beta started, a friend of mine told me Quake Live was coming.
So I signed up and got in ^^

Posted 2 years ago #
unisaw

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I've been playing Q3 daily for the last 8+ years. Maybe just a single game but steady with Friday night groups and heavier weekend play (Pleasure Dungeon, Absolute Carnage groups). It became harder and harder to find active servers. I hosted my own for a year or so but even that was sparse. I've been addicted to this game for a long time and haven't played much else.

I actually forget where I first heard about QL. I got an invite when peeps were begging for them and have played daily (with a few exceptions) since. I suck but enjoy playing it.

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