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tmonoxidechild
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posted 04-30-2002 06:51 PM

how can i play quake 2 over the internet?????

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tmonoxidechild
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posted 04-30-2002 07:01 PM

i mean..do i have to download some stuff or do i have to type in an i.p address in multiplayer..or what???

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wolfien
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posted 05-01-2002 09:45 AM

one of the easiest way for you would be to get gamespy. ( www.gamespy.com ) get either the "arcade" or "3d" version. When you'll have installed it, you will see directly the game available to you. Try to pick the one with the lowest ping possible ( if on cable/dsl accs you should have some under 100ms, thats good).

hope it helped you

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tmonoxidechild
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posted 05-01-2002 03:28 PM

i have that now...but it says when i chose it, and the games starts that the "version is 3.2"
i don't know if i need to update my quake 2 files or if i did something wrong...one of my friends said to try mplayer at www.mplayer.com
accually i'm goin to try it right now...i'll let you know if it works

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posted 05-01-2002 03:34 PM

Go here, click on the '.updates' link on the lower right hand side of the page. You'll find the 19 meg 3.20 patch for Q2. Download that and apply it to your installation. Now you can join 3.2 version servers.

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tmonoxidechild
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posted 05-02-2002 07:18 AM

you know what?....i went to download.com and searched for quake and i found the update and i got it. i had like version 3.15...or somthing multipayer works fine now.
thanks
monoxide

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posted 05-02-2002 03:14 PM

The newest version is 3.20.

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tmonoxidechild
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posted 05-02-2002 05:13 PM

i have it now....i got my a$$ kicked like 4000 times already since yesterday

thanks anyways

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posted 05-03-2002 12:23 AM

That's the spirit!!!!

You have to shop to find a server where you'll play against some people who might be at your level.. but anyway playing against pro is also one of the best way to learn (and one of the hardest also).

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posted 05-03-2002 04:06 AM

It's important to try to learn from the people owning j00. Sooner ( or later in my case) you will find that you are playing at their level.

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posted 05-03-2002 07:15 AM

does anyone know a server where intermediate players go? i consider myself that because i had this game for a while now and i know all the buttons but i'm still getin my a$$ kicked by better people.
besides that. What is "j00" ?
and why at the end of a game everybody says "GG"?

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posted 05-03-2002 08:25 AM

Good Game. Most consider it good quake-ettiquete (sp?) to say good game after a game, no matter who won or who lost.

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posted 05-03-2002 08:26 AM

And it's mostly just die-hard Q2 fans still playing that game, those are all usually pretty good, so I don't know if you'll find any/many 'intermediate' level servers.

Try Q3. Wait's for the q3 bashing to begin...

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posted 05-03-2002 08:37 AM

j00 means you... it's called l33t sp3ak or leet speak if you prefer... You actually replace all the letters in a word by number wich may have some same look or other letters. Beer in l33t would be b33r.

For medium player, servers, quake 2... I don't know too much. I've stopped playing Quake 2 a looooooooooooooooong time ago. But it was so fun.... My best one was LMCTF. With all the runes! Man! I miss those days... The other mod I really enjoy was Holy Wars... There would be a halo spawning in the map and whoever got it would be the only one making points while fragging.. all the other ones had to kill this "saint" to get the halo and frag so that you could get some points. It was everybody VS one person... They did an alpha version for Quake 3 also but stopped working on it to put more time on the mod for Half Life (traitors! )

Okay that was my nostalgic moment..

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posted 05-03-2002 12:12 PM

I just want to say that Quake 2 ownz me! Kudos to those that sill play.

edit ~ For 40, Q3 Sucks!

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posted 05-03-2002 01:54 PM

Old school!

I loved Quake 2... but for me nothing beats Quake 3 Arena!

I must confess that I'm missing the online Quake 2 sometimes!

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posted 05-03-2002 03:53 PM

thanks for the replys..if you have anymore info just let me know and it will most likly make me a b3113r p1ay3r

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posted 05-03-2002 03:54 PM

thanks for the replys..if you guys have anymore tips or tricks just let me know and it will most likly make me a b3113r p1ay3r

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posted 05-03-2002 10:20 PM

Use the mouse and the WADS config, increase your sensitivity, and I like my fov set greater than the default 90, I like it around 110-120.

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posted 05-04-2002 04:25 PM

i don't know what you mean by WADS files or whatever..letme know

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xanthan
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posted 05-04-2002 07:06 PM

WADS means Using W to move forward and S to move backwards. A and D move left and right, its generally considered one of the better first person shooter configs. So, you can use your left hand to move and your right one to aim.

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posted 05-04-2002 07:29 PM

What xanthan said, but I use ESDF - E for forward, D for backwards, S and F to strafe left and right.

It just means you've got more keys in reach of your left hand. It's helpful in a game like Half-Life where you have to reload, use, use a flashlight, use alt-fire, etc. In Quake it's just generally more comfortable with your hands further apart.

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posted 05-05-2002 02:22 PM

i use the direction arrows up-forward, down- backwards, left/right- straft and the mouse to look, duck, jump and change weapons.....works great for me, it is easier to look around and aim to fire weapons that way, i prefer optical mouses over the regular ball mouse, this is all in my opinion.....

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posted 05-05-2002 02:27 PM

next to my name there is a thing that says rate user or user rating....what is that all about and how could i get some marks beneath it like everyone else???

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posted 05-05-2002 02:28 PM

it says member rated, and mine says rate member

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