[Cialug] Quake Live is out of Beta

[David Champion]

I got accepted for the closed beta, but didn't play it because of the 
lack of a Linux version... and my Windows gaming box was under the 
weather at the time.

I also don't really "get it", why this is such a big deal. It's Q3A with 
slightly tweaked graphics, and a built-in friends / chat / lobby area. 
You can achieve pretty much the same thing by using a service like Xfire 
(sorry, Windows only) and ioquake.

I am looking forward to Id's next project, Rage. It's a very Mad Max 
inspired FPS with vehicles and stuff.

-dc

Aaron Jensen wrote:
> Quake Live is actually still in beta, just under Open status now.  :) 
>  For a beta product it plays very well and would recommend it if you 
> played Quake 3.
>
> The one downside is that it will not play in Firefox under Linux or 
> Mac.  Although it is in development, we probably won't see that until 
> August.
>
> Aaron
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> On Feb 24, 2009, at 6:50 PM, Tim Berneman wrote:
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>> If anyone is interested, the online version of Quake went live at 
>> approximately 6pm CST today.  You play it through a browser plug in 
>> and works with IE and Firefox.  If using IE in Vista you have to run 
>> as admin otherwise you get an error regarding PnkBstrB.exe after 30 
>> seconds or so of play.  I was one of the Beta testers and it is 
>> really good play.
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>>   http://www.quakelive.com
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>> Have Fun!
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