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Post by Le Ray [Q2C] on Sept 28, 2016 7:05:32 GMT -5
Hello everyone!
Glad to see the forum I created back in 2004 still alive and kicking.
Hope all of you are doing well.
If anything is needed, please post it here and I'll try to answer you.
Cheers! Le Ray
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Post by grieve[Q2C] on Sept 30, 2016 10:16:50 GMT -5
hi Le Ray !! good to see you back, bro . where have you been all the time ? drop in more often, don't be shy ! l8er .... ! -- g.
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Post by Wixen1 [Q2C] on Oct 3, 2016 12:41:46 GMT -5
Yep, don't be a stranger.. Good to hear from you again. -W1
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Post by Le Ray [Q2C] on Oct 4, 2016 10:47:31 GMT -5
Hi guys! Glad to see you too. I will try to stop by more often. Just busy with life and stuff. Glad you guys are still here. Take care.
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Post by Butane on Oct 9, 2016 8:01:19 GMT -5
I just discovered this forum a few months ago. Found some great single player maps through it. Hope to find many more.
Thanks for making this place. This and tastyspleen keep the Q2 community alive.
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Post by Null on Nov 7, 2016 20:00:06 GMT -5
Hi guys! Glad to see you too. I will try to stop by more often. Just busy with life and stuff. Glad you guys are still here. Take care. Hey Le Ray, Good of you stop by But we need more life on this forum! Right now it's just not happening under current management as far as anyone can see. We haven't had a contest in years and it doesn't look like another one will ever be organized. And just so you know, I'm still waiting for that administrator position if one is still open Let's hope this comment will not be deleted, because this place is in some desperate need of life
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Post by sP1Sp0pD on Dec 1, 2016 13:00:31 GMT -5
It's always nice to see some of the old folks around. Q2C is one of the last places on the Internet for us Q2 mappers, so just keep it alive, it's all I personally need. Kudos!
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Post by Le Ray [Q2C] on Jan 9, 2017 10:18:52 GMT -5
I count on Wixen1 to keep me up to date with things here.I just don't have the time anymore. If you have any concerns, please let him know.
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Post by Wixen1 [Q2C] on Jan 10, 2017 0:27:49 GMT -5
I count on Wixen1 to keep me up to date with things here.I just don't have the time anymore. If you have any concerns, please let him know. Thx. Le Ray. As some of you may already know, the Café has made Knightmare new admin inhere some months ago. Knightmare has been around for a long time and has visited the forum daily, and often contributet to the forum when needed. I think Knightmare is highly qualified for this position, as he among other great stuff, is the developer of the KMQuake II Mod/engine and the Quake2 Unofficial v3.24 Patch. Visit his website here: Mark ShanThank you Knightmare for taking the job and for all your help so far! I will remind everyone, that making a map contest here at the Café is for everyone to do, you don't need to be an admin or moderator. If you wish to make a map contest, Knightmare and I will help setting it up for you (boards and so on). -W1
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Quake 2 Mapping Club
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Post by m on Jan 13, 2017 18:55:29 GMT -5
What is this Quack Too thing you guys keep posting about? And maps? You mean like road maps?
Yeah, that wasn't funny at all. BUT, howdy ya'll! It's been long and longer. I do miss the grand old times we had when we were young whippersnappers.
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Post by grieve[Q2C] on Jan 16, 2017 11:40:40 GMT -5
sup m ! well, we are still young at heart, no ? at least i have ambitions to get back into mapping (I mean the creation of road maps, of course ....)
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Post by m on Jan 17, 2017 11:46:42 GMT -5
sup m ! well, we are still young at heart, no ? at least i have ambitions to get back into mapping (I mean the creation of road maps, of course ....) sup? = Dang busy these days but I don't mind. How about with you? I keep telling myself I'm young. In fact I took up running/jogging a few years ago and discovered that young at heart and young in body are two very different things. I still do major cardio but all low impact on the bones and muscles. I still run a few miles once in awhile because reasons. I certainly want to map, always have and will always miss it. It's awfully hard to get motivated to use what little free time I have making something so few people will bother with. Brings to mind this amazing song from this wonderful group, and one of my all time favorite bands. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_QZzb9WONg
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Post by grieve[Q2C] on Jan 18, 2017 14:00:25 GMT -5
jo m, well, I do have some free time at my hands .... enough for some mapping, if it wasn't for my damned laziness .... doing sports is of course a good thing to stay in shape. I don't do it systematically, only here and there. I am currently halfway satisfied with my condition, but it could still get a lot better. about the age - keep in mind that *a man is as old as he feels* and *old age aint no place for sissies* yep, the Quack Too scene has become very tiny - with even planetquake been shut down. still, there is something special about this game. once captured by it, you will always return. nice song, m. I also like it *proggy* , Yes, Gentle Giant, Van der Graaf Generator, Soft Machine .... and a lot of others. here a cool song by The Strawbs: The Strawbs - Tomorrow
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Post by reefer on Jan 23, 2017 8:19:43 GMT -5
holy cow what a cool thread to start off the 20th anniversary year of quake 2.
welcome Knightmare - thank you guys for keeping quake2 mapping forum going here.
man I have some thoughts. I'm a railwarz player (also play lfire ctf, expert ctf, dm, rocket arena, jump) and we had a great 2016 with a kind of unofficial map thing happening. last year 5 new ctf maps were created and we continue to enjoy playing them in railwarz. macanah made bite ctf. newbie made one (always forget his' name but its awesome map). and legendary railwarz player KiD made 3 maps, trapped, theshack and fatal2way.
We have a lot of cool things coming up for this big anniversary year, map-wise: the first new CTF map of 2017 is currently being play tested on our servers, made by Lil' Goner, it's amazing let me see if I can put up a little preview today. Lil' Goner also made the amazing map Fort Supertough (fortsup.bsp) Slime Mixer (slimyctf.bsp) amongst others, and was part of COD Combat Oriented Designs back in the day.
Maric we obsess over your CTF maps to this day. The Pit and Variation on the Blues are probably the big 2 for the whole community, but many of the top players love Valley of the Shadow (myself included.) I also go through these weird phases where all I want is Ride the Dragon Lite, and late at night I'm prone to 1v1 and 2v2 CTF matches on Underneath with the gravity turned to 300. Love the fast hook over the 3D terrain.
Anyway I could go on and on - like the other day when I met Underlord for the first time on voice chat, so much fun. The thing is, we are an active player and mapper community, and we are looking at 2017 as a year to grow. I am going to be shining a light on map making because that's a big part of what keeps the game going.
There are at least 3 unreleased maps from back in the day - Maric I know you had an error in Marics 8 (or maybe 7? or 9?) and so that was never released, because you'd already finished the next numbered level. Is there any chance that you have that .bsp - or unreleased CTF maps - that you would share with us to play railwarz on? The cool thing about railwarz ctf is that you don't need to place any items - it's instagib all rail CTF with fast hook, so no item placement is needed.
I reached out to Hafhead and he may be sharing with us his unreleased CTF map - the first and only custom skybox he ever made - called Tubby Bomb Factory. And if anyone has contact info for ProdigyXL I would really appreciate sharing with me please - ProdigyXL has an unreleased small CTF map (those work the best in 2017) xlctf1.
OK thank you guys again for all the amazing fun you have created over the years, still being enjoyed on a daily basis, you guys are legends.
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Quake 2 Mapping Club
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Post by m on Jan 24, 2017 16:19:47 GMT -5
jo m, well, I do have some free time at my hands .... enough for some mapping, if it wasn't for my damned laziness .... doing sports is of course a good thing to stay in shape. I don't do it systematically, only here and there. I am currently halfway satisfied with my condition, but it could still get a lot better. about the age - keep in mind that *a man is as old as he feels* and *old age aint no place for sissies* yep, the Quack Too scene has become very tiny - with even planetquake been shut down. still, there is something special about this game. once captured by it, you will always return. nice song, m. I also like it *proggy* , Yes, Gentle Giant, Van der Graaf Generator, Soft Machine .... and a lot of others. here a cool song by The Strawbs: The Strawbs - Tomorrow As for staying in shape, I'll quote Indiana Jones here "It's not the years, it's the mileage" although age isn't making it any easier. That is some oooooold school prog. I used to listen to a lot of that but have been polluted by the modern stuff, particularly Anathema. That and a load of post rock these days - Oh Hiroshima, Jakob, Message To Bears, Astralia, The Living Sleep to name a few.
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