"The Scene" has grown!

2006-03-27 12:00 by zanne

It's with pleasure I look through all the divisions, I sat here and thought things like,
"I wonder what Xorcist, does these days" and then I found him in Team Freedom.

It's amazing, that a game which was released 1996 is still being played, it's even more amazing that we do have serious competions, such as EQL, NQR, DuelMania etc etc. This season we do have a really really strong Div1, but we should never forget the lower divisions either, there's alot of potentional players there and they might be the next generation of quakers.
It's fun to say stuff like "next generation" about a game, but I guess it's alot like Hockey, soccer or whichever sport, it never grows old.

We should never forget that we do have alot of people to thank for these things, I think, among others, about people like, ParadokS, for running QuakeWorld.nu, Sassa, for making every single game interesting, NQR Crew, for keeping NQR alive, EQL crew, for keeping EQL alive (duh), and all the other great human beings that have contributed so much to the Scene, and ofcourse, none the less, the players :)

We have never had as many attenders for EQL as in this season, who knows about EQL4, we might need to add another division!

It's something special about Quake1, people tend to come back, I dont think I only speak for my self when I say "I couldn't stay away from it".

As a summery to all this, the Quake Scene has grown bigger again, and I hope it will continue to grow, GG's everyone, and keep rocking the Quake-World!

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Comments

#1 2006-03-27 13:00 by murdoc (213.84.248.XXX)

word!

#2 2006-03-27 13:25 by menth0l (82.181.141.XXX)

I think at this point qw is a hobby to many players. And hobbies tend to last :)

#3 2006-03-27 14:08 by z (212.32.187.XXX)

word!

#4 2006-03-27 14:50 by bps (85.225.140.XXX)

word!

#5 2006-03-27 15:02 by almeida (213.113.151.XXX)

qw=computer geek :P

#6 2006-03-27 15:03 by sassa (213.113.96.XXX)

QW isnt like other games (for example wow) were u gotta play 24/7 and if u miss 1 day ur screwed for 1 month!

You can play 1-2 times / week and still be in the game.
And the flamewars just put some extra push on it all, like sr vs cmf or the upcoming cMF vs tVS, the clash of finland (sry koff)

#7 2006-03-27 15:09 by flinty (83.249.207.XXX)

yeah it's a hobby... playing with friends etc. and after 10 years of qw and a few years in the same clan you know all the ppl you are playing with :)

#8 2006-03-27 15:19 by zanne (195.198.202.XXX)

I love Flintheart
And I gotta add him to the "Have done alot" list for all his loc's that we use without knowing the author.
And I do agree with Sassa

#9 2006-03-27 16:39 by Tuna (84.191.29.XXX)

and dont forget the nice ppl donating and/or running the servers. BTW: thanks Splatterworld for your hardware, time and bandwidth :-)

#10 2006-03-27 16:41 by EnginEEr (195.56.236.XXX)

i agree.

#11 2006-03-27 16:53 by relic (62.72.237.XXX)

ppl should play more maps than just 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! qwdm sux balls because of lack of maps.. and players must change their attitude and be more open minded for new TP-maps!

#12 2006-03-27 17:15 by peppe (82.212.77.XXX)

:') beautiful words

#13 2006-03-27 20:16 by Hagge (83.233.145.XXX)

zomg even the hagginator is back in action B<

#14 2006-03-27 21:14 by Hooraytio (212.214.218.XXX)

#11 let the mapwhine begin?

i am happy with tb3
i dont get bored playing 3 maps over and over but thats just my opinion, you can have yours

#15 2006-03-27 21:15 by ?ke Vader (217.210.101.XXX)

I also think that the stuff that really makes Quakeworld stand out compared to all other games is the technology(!). While we don't have the hottest graphics engine (sure, there's been alot of improvements but let's face it, it's not Q4 :)) we have kickass clients and server mods instead. If you look at a new game like Quake 4 they don't have anything of this and it will take years just to get the game to a decent level. Sure this didn't happen to Quakeworld over a night either but what the fuck, why switch to a newer game if the old one is better. I need these new games though...every now and then i launch them up, hop onto a MP server and play some just for fun. The thing is that the fun doesn't last as long as in QW when you're in there and then you realize what's so great about this game. ;)

Anyways. The last few weeks there've been some mad games to watch and to watch the EQL2 finals with like 300 players on the various Qizmos is really nice. I really hope things will stay the same for quite a while now and that we will have some major LAN that loads of people attend to when next winter approaches. :)

Well written and good luck to everyone in the future, both online and in real life. ;)

#16 2006-03-27 22:31 by mOps (83.89.67.XXX)

Somethimes when people want us to play more maps i come to think of soccer.. thats played all over the world on only one map.. and we got at least 3 good maps.. so who are we to complain :D

#17 2006-03-28 02:58 by sassa (213.113.96.XXX)

hahaha, well said mOps

#18 2006-03-28 03:16 by sa7yr (81.228.240.XXX)

well, if soccer was played on aerowalk even I
might be interested in soccer xD

#19 2006-03-28 04:22 by eriko (85.228.181.XXX)

nah soccer use tb3 too... plastic grass, grass, and sand / (grus) ;)

#20 2006-03-28 11:31 by mirage (130.233.41.XXX)

We need to promote new maps for div1 clans too. I know ppl hate losing because they don't know all the fancy tactics of new maps, but that's something we need to change. I personally don't like e1m2 and I would rather play cmt4, but I bet there are dozens of players who thinks the opposite.

Lets hope div1 clans will get to play some new maps in future tournaments.

#21 2006-03-28 13:06 by sassa (213.113.96.XXX)

leave the other maps for div 2-5

#22 2006-03-28 13:27 by imhotep (193.167.10.XXX)

i'd say lets have 10 maps in div 5, 8 in div 4, 5-7 in div 3, 5 in div 2 and in div1 tb3.

after a while the maps which have the potential to become popular will pop up in the lower divs and when the low div players advance to higher divs they'll bring their maps with.

#23 2006-03-28 15:30 by peppe (82.212.77.XXX)

eriko, that's not new maps, only texture-sets ;))
I say make duelmania-kenya and skip tb3 and go for skull, aero and ztndm3 or why not rf2
imhoteps suggestion doesn't sound bad at all

#24 2006-03-28 18:12 by mushi (85.138.138.XXX)

nice words zanne, and some true comments here... Imo i feel Qw has the potential to get ("steal") some players from other games... and that would be great for the future of qw. What can we about it? What we can do to launch such a campaign?

I say, and thats what i remember now, put qw in the best game-news sites around. with what news? the best qw movies (i really liked the latest trailer from temporal productions or whatever. great and different video), the final results from the leagues (both team and 1v1) ... yeah esreality does that but what about the other news sites? also could do a video with a map of one of the latest 4v4 finals with comentary, like the one thats in blueyonder of NQR5 or 6... anyway, what do YOU think of launching such a campaign ?

#25 2006-03-28 18:21 by panic (212.181.130.XXX)

its amazing morons like u still hang around zanne !

#26 2006-03-28 18:45 by dog (83.89.67.XXX)

we need a server thats allows newbies to tryout the game without getting smashed to piece by people who played for years!

#27 2006-03-28 18:46 by fisto (81.236.232.XXX)

Mushi, sounds nice. But it suxs to start play qw, everyone is so good. Me for example, lowdiv4. Have tried many times to get my friends start play and played some 1on1 and played 2on2 with them against others on internet. But they dont think its fun at al, they are to bad.

#28 2006-03-28 18:49 by dog (83.89.67.XXX)

thats what im talkin about!

#29 2006-03-28 20:13 by ?ke Vader (217.210.101.XXX)

How about a league for _REAL_ newbies? Not "div5 players" who never level up, but people trying the game for the first time and come from games like UT, Q3/Q4, whatever. Could be 1on1 or 2on2 or something if 4on4 is too hard to get players for. :)

#30 2006-03-28 21:35 by sassa (213.113.96.XXX)

what about renaming a new div "Beginner division" ?

#31 2006-03-28 21:53 by dog (83.89.67.XXX)

yeah but we need the people who doesnt even have a clan too

#32 2006-03-28 21:54 by Defcon 5 (85.124.5.XXX)

its not easy to begin, but its very rewarding!

#33 2006-03-29 12:10 by Mushi (82.155.141.XXX)

Yeah its hard to start... I agree with Ake, lets make a league! could start with 1on1 and then a 2on2 league (ladder? or not?) mmm i think its better to create a thread in the forum... just a minute :)

#34 2006-03-29 12:24 by mushi (82.155.141.XXX)

ok here it is mates. lets continue here

Thread on QW.nu
comment

#35 2006-03-29 13:56 by ?ke Vader (217.210.101.XXX)

I edited your post a bit Mushi, making a linktext of your original link as it made the site go weird in some ways. :)

#36 2006-03-29 14:55 by mushi (82.155.141.XXX)

you did well my son :)

#37 2006-03-30 00:15 by TheBeats (24.132.183.XXX)

Hi guys,

To really get new people into QW here's a plan:

1. Client & community
- You'll have get more work in the new eQuake package.
- A clear website to be a guide the new QW players.
(qw stuff is all over the web, we need a place that has it all)

2. Movies
There must be a about 2 new qw movies. I'm not talking about more fragmovies, we already have enough out there.
- One video that will promote QW
- Another one that will be like a tutorial/guide through the diffrent aspects of the game and community.

3. Coorporate
- Work to get all these points finished. Until then, don't news/release make them ready, and then launch the campaign, not earlier.
- The whole community should know of this massive campaign, and be helpful.
- A website for this campaign

4. Who?
Who is willing to put a lot of time/effort in this campaign?

#38 2006-03-30 00:58 by mushi (85.138.138.XXX)

U've read my thoughts theBeats. i thought of something similar. add some things to equake package, maybe remove others; do a proper "readme" for it; and lauch the campaign worldwide, not just eu.

how? who? lets discuss this in the forum thread

#39 2006-03-30 01:02 by mushi (85.138.138.XXX)

as theBeats just said it, and i quote "Work to get all these points finished. Until then, don't news/release make them ready, and then launch the campaign, not earlier"

anyone whos interested in participating in doing this, mail me: mushis@gmail.com

Continues in forum... tomorrow

#40 2006-03-31 03:49 by dread (69.196.194.XXX)

more div5 for shitty NA clans please 8)

#41 2006-03-31 18:17 by t1s (83.93.180.XXX)

haha why should this game get old?
it's the best game ever made.
THE END

#42 2006-04-01 22:15 by Tezz (195.149.46.XXX)

I must admit, after stopping QuakeWorld for a year to play World of Warcraft, I recently found myself browsing servers to see what was going on. The tendrils of Shub, clearly, never fully withdraw ;)

#43 2006-04-02 03:09 by sassa (213.113.96.XXX)

we are working on exactly the same way you have writen beats!
we got the client ready (90% done) it will contain all diff. languishes aswell.
The site is on its basic mode right now, but I will start on it tomorrow!
We now need the movies to be ready I guess!
this site will include on a huge advert. on the new upcoming www.QuakeWorld.nu site so when ppl visit the site they can eazly get their geers ready to play.

#44 2006-04-03 20:51 by Eta-bETa (81.229.245.XXX)

Geee, I really wish I had the time for all this great stuff you're talking about. But QW intend to take a lot of time from stuff that really(!) is more important. Like setting new life to earth for example (keep in mind they could be ?the new generation? you?re talking about! (Eta-bETa jr.)). And before you do that you have to get a working relationship (this is where all the time comes in), some cute friends and a steady economy together. Nothing of this comes with QW. Although you need a hobby... That's where QW enters my life nowadays.

Sorry for not putting more effort into the scene. I'm doing my best to get some mixed games going. Just don't be too harsch on me when I try to get all the fakers to drop, they really make me, and others, to go nuts. And also don?t mind my .qw followed with 10 .spam about mixed games. That?s just how it?s done. Omg, I?m blushing. Over and out. Keep up the good work with quakeworld.nu. I've said too much allready. But QW intends to make you nostalgic.

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