DvSD
Quake 2 Mapping Club
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Post by DvSD on Feb 28, 2020 20:31:37 GMT -5
Pretty simple thread/post. Unfortunately there are many dead links scattered throughout the Q2C along with comments that come from the frustration of dead links. Many of these links appear to lead to some interesting files as well as useful information-- it's a shame that they aren't readily available. From past posts I have read, I see there used to be some sort of ftp server (or an attempt at one) at one time for the Q2C but that is also another dead end. So, I am looking for action-oriented members or any non-members that surf through the Q2C to contribute to a file storage house for The Quake 2 Cafe community by opening up your personal Quake 2 vault/vaults sitting on your hard drive, usb sticks, disks, drop boxes, etc. You would be helping other Quake 2 players like yourself by sharing these files rather than them sitting in a dormant state. I can take care of organizing, categorizing, indexing, etc. as well as hosting. In the end, no one will ever see dead links for as long as the Q2C doors remain open to the online grid. Furthermore, should the doors to Q2C ever close due to inactivity or reasons unknown at the present time, I will continue to maintain hosting of the files for any past, present, or future quakehead gamer seeking out the information collected by the Q2C membership. Anyone needing financial assistance to get the files to me via snail mail if this is the only option you have, please let me know and, depending on the circumstances, I can provide that. Vault contributions is what this thread needs, especially from members of The Quake 2 Cafe that have collected the wealth of knowledge and information that has been offered over the years through the many internal threads, posts, or independently collected. I don't think this thread really requires much conversation but if anyone has any questions, comments, concerns, feel free. No one's participation should be seen as mandatory in any way, but any contributions you choose to make are welcome and strongly encouraged for further development. In the end, what will be accomplished is a maintained, fresh and updated knowledge base for The Quake 2 Cafe.
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Post by grieve[Q2C] on Feb 29, 2020 4:59:06 GMT -5
right, so where do we begin ? creating a FTP server, and everyone uploads his goodies to directory with his name ? like, *grieve/maps/DM*, or *grieve/models* .... etc
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DvSD
Quake 2 Mapping Club
Catching up on sleep, having a good drunk.
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Post by DvSD on Feb 29, 2020 20:28:33 GMT -5
If you or anyone wants to categorize what you have in your vault, make or add notes, separate whatever from whatever, combine what you feel should be grouped together, whatever you wish to do, etc., feel free, but it's really not needed. Yes it will help a little if you choose to do this by making things a little smoother, but once again I am not asking anyone to take on this task. If there are any questions about files in your or whoever's vault, they would just get a pm or email. If you or anyone doesn't want to do this because your vault(s) are just heaps of everything, it's not really a problem as I have all the resources needed on my end to accomplish the task. I've done this process quite a few times before and already have a highly skilled team in place that is very experienced at doing this. The important thing here action-wise is that you are ready or have decided to give access to your vault(s). If participation is low, i.e. you are the only one willing to contribute from the Q2C community, there really is no need to continue. If that's the case just know that your participation won't go unnoticed, not to mention the respect earned from coming forward and stepping up to the plate. Once you or whoever has released their vault(s), that's when the process will come in of either being downloaded from where you have it stored, picked up via snail mail if it needs to be shipped, etc. After that it will go through a thorough process of being scanned for viruses, hacks, malware, bots, trojans, (you name it, its getting scanned for it) etc. then placed appropriately in the knowledge base. For now, no one will be given access to uploading freely to the server(s) until all systems are in place for the Q2C. Once the system is in place, we can then discuss uploading to a secure sandboxed area but at no time will anybody ever be able to upload to the servers directly for obvious security reasons. To clarify, I'm trying to make this as simple as possible for those who find this "archiving" endeavor a worthy cause. It doesn't need to be a complicated process-- people can share their vaults or they can choose not to for whatever reason they feel. If there is enough participation for a Quake 2 Cafe file house it'll happen, but in the end there is little I can do to motivate people to see the high value of contributing to the accomplishment of a task such as this. I hope this answers your question as well as provides clarification for any lurkers out there.
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Post by grieve[Q2C] on Mar 1, 2020 14:16:32 GMT -5
right .... so what are the next concrete steps ? my stuff is available anytime.
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Post by Wixen1 [Q2C] on Mar 1, 2020 16:28:42 GMT -5
I will be ready, but only a small amount at the time. We could use this great transfer I have been using for a couple of years. It allow up to 2 Gb a time, with no limits a day. wetransfer.com/Have a great sunday. -W1
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DvSD
Quake 2 Mapping Club
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Post by DvSD on Mar 2, 2020 0:44:44 GMT -5
right .... so what are the next concrete steps ? my stuff is available anytime.
Cool, good to hear :-)
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DvSD
Quake 2 Mapping Club
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Post by DvSD on Mar 2, 2020 0:45:55 GMT -5
I will be ready, but only a small amount at the time. We could use this great transfer I have been using for a couple of years. It allow up to 2 Gb a time, with no limits a day. wetransfer.com/Have a great sunday. -W1 Glad to see you on board and thank you for the suggestion. Much appreciated!
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DvSD
Quake 2 Mapping Club
Catching up on sleep, having a good drunk.
Posts: 171
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Post by DvSD on Mar 2, 2020 0:54:23 GMT -5
K, this is a very brief update, that f**kin pandemic virus covid 19 (coronavirus) just spread too close for comfort. Been running around all day taking care of shit. More than likely I will post tomorrow or Tuesday, possibly Wednesday with how to proceed next. Sorry for the delay guys, but things just got hectic real quick in my irl community. Hang tight and I will get back to you.
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Post by NullNotZero on Mar 3, 2020 12:09:43 GMT -5
I think this is a very worthwhile effort. I too have been disappointed with the number of dead links to old archives. I have a sizable archive of old stuff and I had been pondering spinning up a file server myself to offer them from but have not had the cycles to do so. As it is I do have a ton of my stuff in Google drive and you are free to have at it. I know it's inefficient and someday i will get around to creating an actual repository. Anyway here's the link to my archive for all to have, it's poorly organized and there may be duplicate stuff in there but feel free to take a look and grab anything you like. drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_-_sswK4QQM0uGg-5wDwAcowN-lXhJ2M?usp=sharing
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DvSD
Quake 2 Mapping Club
Catching up on sleep, having a good drunk.
Posts: 171
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Post by DvSD on Mar 3, 2020 22:18:37 GMT -5
@ NullNotZero This is just a quick stop in because I saw that you are new to the Q2C and I wanted to welcome you to thread and the Q2C! Thanks for slamming up your vault right off the bat, that's action!!! I haven't looked at it yet and won't be able to for a couple more days yet while I continue to deal with the growing situation surrounding Covid 19. Btw love the color theory in your avatar, really hope to see you in the future mapping competition. A little birdie let me know that you quake with your kids, awesome! Might have to show up on your server with some close friends of mine and let your kids school us around on a map or two in the future. I'm sure they would get a kick out of owning us and turning us into gib meat Look forward to communicating with you more in the future One last thing, thought you might get a kick out of this
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Post by NullNotZero on Mar 4, 2020 19:49:24 GMT -5
Thanks for the welcome! Quake2 has always been my favorite and I've been trying to get myself back into the Quake2 community after a many-many year hiatus. I thought it would be a good time to pass it on to the next generation so I recreated a server like the one I ran decades ago and taught my kids to play. I quickly realized how rusty my twitch skills are and my 9 year old proceeded to wipe the floor with me! But it's fun and I am planning on keeping up my skills when I am able and to help keep the community alive.
By the way, if I had that geared contraption in my house I would literally just sit there all day watching and waiting for the next gear to turn.
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DvSD
Quake 2 Mapping Club
Catching up on sleep, having a good drunk.
Posts: 171
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Post by DvSD on Mar 4, 2020 23:47:09 GMT -5
@ NullNotZero
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DvSD
Quake 2 Mapping Club
Catching up on sleep, having a good drunk.
Posts: 171
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Post by DvSD on Mar 4, 2020 23:56:31 GMT -5
@ EVERYBODY I know there are more personal vault(s) out there ....be nice to see more people jumping on board with their personal vault(s). K, that's it for me tonight. Am majorly exhausted from lack of sleep with everything that's been going on around covid 19 and it's gonna be a "couple" more days yet before I get to relax. BUT thankfully I have major training in pulling all nighters playing Quake 2 lol. Gotta maintain your sense of humor in shit like this.
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DvSD
Quake 2 Mapping Club
Catching up on sleep, having a good drunk.
Posts: 171
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Post by DvSD on Mar 5, 2020 1:26:07 GMT -5
right .... so what are the next concrete steps ? my stuff is available anytime.
Cool, good to hear :-) Sorry for the delay grieve, you can either post your link in this sub as NullNotZero has done or pm the link and I will get to it as soon as I can.
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Post by grieve[Q2C] on Mar 6, 2020 7:37:06 GMT -5
jo, let's keep that going. no sweat !
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