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Last weekend I decided to rally the troops around here a little bit and get some Quake II Deathmatch action going on. We had a fair turnout over the weekend and I know everyone had a lot of fun. This weekend the game will be Quake III Threewave CTF. MalHavoc and I have the server all primed and ready to roll. The address will be quake3.2cpu.com.

Dig out your Quake III cds and install the 1.32 Point Release and the very large Threewave CTF Mod.

We're going to start out hosting Quake III without Punkbuster running as several admins will doubtless be playing all the time. If we discover someone is cheating, that person will be dealt with harshly. Iptables is my friend.

I'll probably start up the server around 5:00PM EST so dig out your rocket launchers and let's have some fun. :-)

UPDATE: A few people from across the ocean complained that they were missing out on some game time since it was already evening over there. As such, the server is up. Enjoy.

08/19/2001 05:44 PM: Weekend News Tidbits... by Jim
*Yawn*. How are you folks doing this weekend? Work was stressful this week (rolled out a new app, which sucks evidently) so I'm trying to get some much needed R&R. At present I'm kicking back, lis...

08/04/2001 10:13 PM: Weekend News! by Jim
Ah good day to you all. I hope you're all enjoying your weekend. The Heritage Festival is on the go in North Bay this weekend, so the city's population has seemingly doubled. My sister and brother-in-...

07/28/2001 06:16 PM: Weekend News! by Jim
How's the weekend going for everyone thus far? I'm busily polishing off a motherboard evaluation for the HoH after which I'll start writing my Rioworks SDVIC review for you fine people. This board is ...

07/14/2001 07:03 AM: Unrelated Weekend Ramblings! by Jim
Wooo, it's late and yes I'm still awake. uberCory and I bolted to Sudbury to catch the late show of "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within". I really enjoyed it. Prior to seeing it I did hear ma...

02/16/2001 11:17 PM: In Case you Haven't Noticed... The Weekend is Here! by J0rdan
Oh yes! Home, safe and sound in my domicile without the fluorescent lighting and bad air (Government Buildings...). What are your plans for the Weekend? I might just order some pizza, fondle my dualli...

cowonmars Registered User Posts: 39 Joined: 2002-03-16

#20960 Posted on: 01/25/2003 12:15 AM w00t. Thanks Jim_ and MalHavoc.

MalHavoc Registered User Posts: 40 Joined: 2000-03-10

#20961 Posted on: 01/25/2003 12:17 AM bring it on! one flag CTF! wooooo!! MalHavoc Systems Administrator for http://www.BeyondUnreal.com and http://www.ReefCentral.com http://malhavoc.homeunix.com/

BuyALambo Registered User Posts: 95 Joined: 2000-03-28

#20962 Posted on: 01/25/2003 01:43 AM Don't forget to stay tuned to [URL=irc://irc.freenode.net:6667/2cpu]#2cpu[/URL] for all the carnage updates and game times

ambit LoveYourFruit Posts: 1246 Joined: 2000-10-15

#20963 Posted on: 01/25/2003 03:23 AM ::looks around:: Well, not many people are left here at work.. need to go find a CD

Jim_ Administrator Posts: 3464 Joined: 2000-03-15

#20964 Posted on: 01/25/2003 06:08 AM Some early screenshots: Hooz swimming for the Mega Health. MalHavoc gliding up from a jump pad. Hooz getting the kill and preparing to take the flag. Sorry for the low quality shots. I'm shackled to my laptop these days. It doesn't run Quake III very well. Heh. We have about 9 people on there right now at about 7:08PM. Get those Quake III cds out people! [url="http://www.2cpu.com"][size=1]2CPU.com[/url] - Because two are always better than one! [url="http://www.jimkirk.org"]jimkirk.org[/url] - Not a Myth any Longer. Just a Dad.[/size]

Derath SMP Newbie Posts: 2 Joined: 2002-01-13

#20965 Posted on: 01/25/2003 06:20 AM Is this Q3 or Q3 Team Arena?

Jim_ Administrator Posts: 3464 Joined: 2000-03-15

#20966 Posted on: 01/25/2003 06:21 AM Originally posted by Derath Is this Q3 or Q3 Team Arena? Just simple Quake3 with the Threewave CTF mod. [url="http://www.2cpu.com"][size=1]2CPU.com[/url] - Because two are always better than one! [url="http://www.jimkirk.org"]jimkirk.org[/url] - Not a Myth any Longer. Just a Dad.[/size]

Derath SMP Newbie Posts: 2 Joined: 2002-01-13

#20967 Posted on: 01/25/2003 06:33 AM Originally posted by Jim_ Just simple Quake3 with the Threewave CTF mod. Any easy place to download this monster install?

Jim_ Administrator Posts: 3464 Joined: 2000-03-15

#20968 Posted on: 01/25/2003 06:35 AM Originally posted by Derath Any easy place to download this monster install? Links to Threewave's Mirror page is in my initial post. [url="http://www.2cpu.com"][size=1]2CPU.com[/url] - Because two are always better than one! [url="http://www.jimkirk.org"]jimkirk.org[/url] - Not a Myth any Longer. Just a Dad.[/size]

Hooz Administrator Posts: 2337 Joined: 2000-03-29

#20969 Posted on: 01/25/2003 06:40 AM Lets not forget Jim_ who is in there fragging away too! [size=1][url="http://www.2cpu.com"]2CPU.com[/url] - Because two are always better than one! Are you folding? [url="http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_summary.php?s=&t=3074"]2CPU.com Folding@Home Team[/url] [url="http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=19979"]My Heatware[/url][/size]

Jim_ Administrator Posts: 3464 Joined: 2000-03-15

#20970 Posted on: 01/25/2003 06:41 AM Originally posted by Hooz Lets not forget Jim_ who is in there fragging away too! Getting 0wn3d you mean. Here are some more shots that I snapped and liked. No commentary this time. [url="http://www.2cpu.com"][size=1]2CPU.com[/url] - Because two are always better than one! [url="http://www.jimkirk.org"]jimkirk.org[/url] - Not a Myth any Longer. Just a Dad.[/size]

MalHavoc Administrator Posts: 40 Joined: 2000-03-10

#20971 Posted on: 01/25/2003 06:43 AM haha, look at me, the camping whore. MalHavoc Systems Administrator for http://www.BeyondUnreal.com and http://www.ReefCentral.com http://malhavoc.homeunix.com/

Jim_ Administrator Posts: 3464 Joined: 2000-03-15

#20972 Posted on: 01/25/2003 07:02 AM Originally posted by MalHavoc haha, look at me, the camping whore. That's not camping buddy, that's defense. Yesssss. Defense. [url="http://www.2cpu.com"][size=1]2CPU.com[/url] - Because two are always better than one! [url="http://www.jimkirk.org"]jimkirk.org[/url] - Not a Myth any Longer. Just a Dad.[/size]

MalHavoc Administrator Posts: 40 Joined: 2000-03-10

#20973 Posted on: 01/25/2003 09:22 AM Yeah. Defense. Something the teams I played on seemed to have been lacking. MalHavoc Systems Administrator for http://www.BeyondUnreal.com and http://www.ReefCentral.com http://malhavoc.homeunix.com/

BuyALambo Administrator Posts: 95 Joined: 2000-03-28

#20974 Posted on: 01/27/2003 04:06 AM Just wanted to thank Jim_ for firing up another weekend of fun gaming on 2cpu. Here are some of my highlights: Witnessing Yoda in disguise doing a Jedi levitation trick: During an intermission I fired off a model rocket.... But positively my favorite moment - I witnessed DracoDan doing his R.Kelly "I believe I can Fly" impersonation:

Acronym B.O.Y. Unregistered

#20975 Posted on: 01/27/2003 11:18 AM I suck horribly, but I'll join in

mbetea Leper of 2cpu Posts: 1383 Joined: 2002-02-15

#20976 Posted on: 01/27/2003 11:54 AM some pretty good matches there. we had one going for i think close to 40min or around there. before this i only played q3/osp ctf maps. these maps were sweet. thanks jim. i was messenger btw. ps. do you guys really play with all the details on? or do they automatically come on for a screenshot? i find all the 3d objects (guns, etc) lighting effects too much of a distraction.

ReMeDy Leper of 2cpu Posts: 12521 Joined: 2001-02-10

#20977 Posted on: 01/27/2003 12:29 PM i find all the 3d objects (guns, etc) lighting effects too much of a distraction. I'm in the same boat as you. I set them to 2D. Minimizing as much as i could in the game. What kind of graphics cards are you guys using? :confused: I notice Hooz and some of the other screen shots have some damn fine looking graphics. Must be Ati Radeons.... |[size=1][url=http://forums.2cpu.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=279831#post279831][color=yellow]FAQ's[/url][/color][/size]|Heatware-Remedy{WcS}|Dual760|Beerology|

Hooz Administrator Posts: 2337 Joined: 2000-03-29

#20978 Posted on: 01/28/2003 04:54 AM I play at 1024x768x32bit, HQ textures, trilinear filtering, etc. I turn off blood... That's it. The Quadro4 700XGL I was using in the dual 2.8ghz Xeon box was good for ~160fps at those settings, but I set my max framerate to 85 (so I stay around 70-80). I have no doubt that the card/machine could handle more, but my 15.1" LCDs have a native resolution of 1024x768, so there isn't much point in going any higher. I haven't even taken my Radeon 9700Pro out of the box yet [size=1][url="http://www.2cpu.com"]2CPU.com[/url] - Because two are always better than one! Are you folding? [url="http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_summary.php?s=&t=3074"]2CPU.com Folding@Home Team[/url] [url="http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=19979"]My Heatware[/url][/size]

mbetea Leper of 2cpu Posts: 1383 Joined: 2002-02-15

#20979 Posted on: 01/30/2003 01:29 AM so... jim... what's on the menu this weekend?

Jim_ Administrator Posts: 3464 Joined: 2000-03-15

#20980 Posted on: 01/30/2003 01:50 AM You know what, I haven't given it a second thought. Suggestions? [url="http://www.2cpu.com"][size=1]2CPU.com[/url] - Because two are always better than one! [url="http://www.jimkirk.org"]jimkirk.org[/url] - Not a Myth any Longer. Just a Dad.[/size]

mbetea Leper of 2cpu Posts: 1383 Joined: 2002-02-15

#20981 Posted on: 01/30/2003 03:44 AM dunno bout anyone else but i could go for some more threewave lovin. i'm sure there are quite the number of UT players here that would like some action.

BuyALambo Leper of 2cpu Posts: 95 Joined: 2000-03-28

#20982 Posted on: 01/30/2003 04:10 AM I'd like to try another Q2 weekend. I'm not sure what other mods are out there, but i'm sure Jim_ and Malhavoc know the good ones.

[L2K]FiShy It does .5 past the Inet Posts: 545 Joined: 2001-09-11

#20983 Posted on: 01/30/2003 05:00 AM only was one good q2 mod, q2 was made for this mod Action Quake 2 best game ever....... (yes this game ruined a large part of my life a few years ago, it mad fun) My heart beats true!

ReMeDy It does .5 past the Inet Posts: 12521 Joined: 2001-02-10

#20984 Posted on: 01/30/2003 05:05 AM Q2 Lithium. Jim_ , what kind of Graphics card are you using?:confused: |[size=1][url=http://forums.2cpu.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=279831#post279831][color=yellow]FAQ's[/url][/color][/size]|Heatware-Remedy{WcS}|Dual760|Beerology|

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