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WHAT YEAR IS IT (6 comments)
Posted by jstn @ 22:57 CDT, 13 April 2025 - iMsg
I got it in my head to play Quake again and remembered I used to bum around this place constantly back then. Last time I played was circa 2013 probably I think. What'd I miss?

Is like QL still ass but the only place anyone plays anyway? Is Q3 still 12 dudes on IRC? Does that one brain damaged english dude still rant about Q4 and militia every other day? Did cooller get conscripted to fight in Ukraine and, if so, is rapha planning a daring and romantic rescue mission? Someone fill me in here. I heard czm solved math finally.

I did hop on QL and play a few duels and I actually won all of them instead of getting stomped 20-0 so obviously someone went and fucked something up somewhere because that's never been a thing before.
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RECOVER DELETED ACCOUNT (No comments)
Posted by Primal @ 18:01 CDT, 8 April 2025 - iMsg
Is it possible to recover my recently deleted account from qlstats?
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250 FPS QL League - Season 2 (1 comment)
Posted by Danmer @ 12:58 CDT, 2 April 2025 - iMsg
250 FPS QL League returns with a second season!

The league will run for two months, starting on April 12, 2025. There will be a lot of interesting matches for the total prize pool 3,500$ by EGB. They also provide an opportunity to place bets on each match. So you can even earn a little money if you know the players well enough.

The league will start with four qualifying tournaments for everyone. First and second places will advance to the main part, where they will play with 8 invited players in a round-robin system. The top four players will compete in the super final for an additional prize.

The fate of the next seasons depends on your support: reposts, views, reactions, comments, and bets. So don't let us down!

Schedule, streams, rules, links, etc: https://250fps.com

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Quake Strike v0.82 (1 comment)
Posted by baron Railgun @ 19:34 CDT, 31 March 2025 - iMsg
I made Quake Strike, which is a combination between Quake3 and Counter Strike mechanics, which you can play versus your friends if they are skilled at fps players but not so good at Quake, given increased weapon damage, movement hinder if you wear too much armor, increased gauntlet damage based on the scarcity of player's health (the lesser health you have, the bigger the damage), increased lightning damage versus armored opponents, bc electricity versus iron, weapon and items spawn increased to 30 s and more, like in Quake2, to strategize more, and so on.

Mod based on ioquake3,
link for the code and exes here:

https://github.com/baronRailgun/QuakeStrike-v0.82

Gonna set a server online as well at a later time.


The code have only been tested versus bots, their code have not been modified though, yet. It should work ok with players though.


small gameplay footage here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWgmVuYNOCA&t=1s
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Magnetic keyboard (No comments)
Posted by BalkanFM @ 17:01 CDT, 29 March 2025 - iMsg
Anyone have any experience with these type of keyboards? Im interested because of the instant activation and deactivation that you can configure.. im thinking about getting one to be able to play defrag and jump with the spacebar like im used to after so many years. I just cant get myself to jump with mouse2 and i think its a bad option for all other quakes as it hinders your aiming.
Please post some suggestions which one to get
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Best mouse in 2025 (4 comments)
Posted by BalkanFM @ 16:52 CDT, 29 March 2025 - iMsg
So whats the mouse to get nowadays? 1000hz, no smoothing and no accel or other processing interfering.. no negative/positive accel when doing fast motions and a high malfunctioning speed.. quality switches that are responsive and fast.. thats what im looking for in a mouse if anyone has any suggestions based on those criteria
Edited by BalkanFM at 17:37 CDT, 29 March 2025 - 751 Hits

<< Comment #1 @ 22:16 CST, 9 January 2009 >>
By LOLBARN endi 
hahaha
<< Comment #2 @ 00:36 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
nono imho that's not the sport... absolutly...
but imho it's can to be absolutly NEW thing... more interactive then REAL sport - after TV go to internet...
<< Comment #3 @ 02:05 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By zerg vedic 
fail poll
<< Comment #4 @ 03:33 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By Sweden oreozz 
I don't see the point of arguing this. The talent needed is similar I guess but in the end it's not extraneous "physical" activity so it wont be defined as a sport.
<< Comment #5 @ 04:28 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By zerg vedic  - Reply to #4
Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.

The definition of sport has nothing to do with "extraneous" physical activity.
<< Comment #9 @ 06:37 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By Sweden oreozz  - Reply to #5
Definitions of sport on the Web:

* an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

There's going to be millions of definitions going either way, and I'm not going to bother arguing with someone as retarded as you.

I'm not for or against what you want to classify gaming, I just don't really care and mainstream isn't going to listen anyways!

ps u suck
<< Comment #10 @ 06:43 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By zerg vedic  - Reply to #9
You're not arguing with me, you're arguing with a dictionary.

Learn to read one and THEN we can argue.
<< Comment #13 @ 09:02 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By Sweden oreozz  - Reply to #10
You can ignore all the other dictionaries on earth for that special one you found, esport crusader!

You should probably play more games instead of talking about them.
<< Comment #16 @ 09:54 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By zerg vedic  - Reply to #13
<< Comment #18 @ 10:11 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By Sweden oreozz  - Reply to #16
I have my facts straight. Maybe you should reread those definitions and my first/second posts!

Or you could um, continue to ignore the words in front of you and make cool comments.
Edited by oreozz at 10:12 CST, 10 January 2009
<< Comment #19 @ 10:33 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By zerg vedic  - Reply to #18
These definitions nowhere say (and in some cases, go out of their way to make evident) that a sport requires any kind of extraneous activity. Is English really that difficult for you?
<< Comment #26 @ 15:17 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By Sweden oreozz  - Reply to #19
Physical activity is mentioned in almost all of them!

nt though
<< Comment #40 @ 07:18 CST, 11 January 2009 >>
By zerg vedic  - Reply to #26
Moving a finger is physical activity.
<< Comment #42 @ 09:23 CST, 11 January 2009 >>
By aggnog_duck spyteman  - Reply to #40
so is anything but being dead.
<< Comment #67 @ 20:26 CST, 15 January 2009 >>
By United States of America wrl  - Reply to #26
did you mean strenuous physical activity?
<< Comment #68 @ 22:39 CST, 15 January 2009 >>
By Sweden oreozz  - Reply to #67
quakelive motha fucka
<< Comment #74 @ 13:36 CST, 21 January 2009 >>
By Netherlands Terifire  - Reply to #9
chess aint a sport1!
<< Comment #82 @ 07:15 CST, 28 January 2009 >>
By sloveniaAF FTY  - Reply to #74
That's why it's always announced as "sports & chess"
<< Comment #85 @ 04:20 CST, 30 January 2009 >>
So chess is a sport?
_
xeno
<< Comment #86 @ 08:20 CST, 30 January 2009 >>
By zerg vedic  - Reply to #85
A sport is merely a competitive activity, so yes.
<< Comment #6 @ 04:46 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By blank koekie  - Reply to #4
chess, checkers, go?
<< Comment #7 @ 05:52 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By Russia Alchemist03  - Reply to #6
some nerds rulez here?
<< Comment #8 @ 06:00 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By blank koekie  - Reply to #7
I don't get what you are saying, nor what your point is.
My point was that aforementioned are called a sport while they don't require much physical activity.
<< Comment #20 @ 10:38 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By Transparent cumrag  - Reply to #8
those aren't sports. they're board games.
<< Comment #28 @ 16:14 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By United Kingdom ix  - Reply to #20
Darts and target shooting are not more active than Quake.
<< Comment #32 @ 16:55 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By Transparent cumrag  - Reply to #28
moving a mouse or a thumbstick is active man
<< Comment #83 @ 09:45 CST, 28 January 2009 >>
By Netherlands Terifire  - Reply to #32
Lot more active then throwing a dart, for the mouse at least.
<< Comment #33 @ 16:57 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By blank koekie  - Reply to #20
"The tradition of organized competitive chess started in the 16th century and has developed extensively. Chess today is a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee."
<< Comment #36 @ 17:01 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By Transparent cumrag  - Reply to #33
that's nice for the olympic committee to consider a board game a sport.
<< Comment #21 @ 10:38 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By Beer! becks  - Reply to #6
not sports at all, and I played normal chess and still play chinese chess competitively.
<< Comment #34 @ 16:57 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By blank koekie  - Reply to #21
"The tradition of organized competitive chess started in the 16th century and has developed extensively. Chess today is a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee."
<< Comment #35 @ 17:00 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By Beer! becks  - Reply to #34
so some old farts had a lobby strong enough to make other old farts agree with them.


New Olympic sport:

competitive crossword solving
<< Comment #56 @ 07:34 CST, 12 January 2009 >>
By Half-Life anyk3y  - Reply to #35
been there, done that ... 2on2 is the most fun!
<< Comment #59 @ 10:29 CST, 12 January 2009 >>
By Beer! becks  - Reply to #56
one - pen or two - pen ruleset?
<< Comment #61 @ 13:19 CST, 12 January 2009 >>
By Half-Life anyk3y  - Reply to #59
two-pen ruleset, talking permitted - thats´s the international standard afaiac
<< Comment #70 @ 21:22 CST, 17 January 2009 >>
By Earth Antigen07  - Reply to #6
I love Go
<< Comment #22 @ 10:39 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By ezQuake f0cus  - Reply to #4
I voted yes, but then again, I think Billiards is a sport, requiring comparable skill sets on the physical side, and Tennis for the mental side.
<< Comment #11 @ 07:52 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By Copyright by Jazka Jazka 
A question behind this poll, seeing some comments, is in my opinion : do you think a non-hygienist activity can be called sport ?
If yes, gaming can be a sport with no doubts
If no, it won't.
As chess is recognized as sport, as some sports aren't hygienist, there is NO reason gaming couldn't be a sport.

Seeing sport only as hygienist is imo ludicrous.
<< Comment #24 @ 11:04 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By ezQuake f0cus  - Reply to #11
hygienist

does not compute.
syntax error
Edited by focus at 11:13 CST, 10 January 2009
<< Comment #29 @ 16:15 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By United Kingdom ix  - Reply to #24
Quake players smell bad, hence non-hygienist sport.
<< Comment #12 @ 08:17 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By aggnog_duck spyteman 
It clearly has the competition part of sports, requires practise and discipline, blablabla. And lot's of non-physical activites are considered sports, too.
But it comes with way worse side effects I'd say, chances are good you become a fat socially disordered and isolated computer/internet addict that drops out of school and never leaves the house. Imo there's less feedback from the real world in gaming, people can always keep hoping to make it and become a star while in real sports they'd probably get their ass handed and mouth shut earlier and more distinct. It's easier to make up excuses online than to realise the facts: you suck.
<< Comment #14 @ 09:09 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
It probably isn't, because sports are boring.

MMA, quake/sc, poker are the only means of competition worth watching.
<< Comment #31 @ 16:54 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By Copyright by Jazka Jazka  - Reply to #14
MMA = ?
<< Comment #38 @ 23:14 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By Sweden Bluder  - Reply to #31
Mixed martial arts, like UFC etc.
<< Comment #55 @ 07:20 CST, 12 January 2009 >>
By amerikkka voodoochopstiks  - Reply to #14
faggot compo's
Edited by voodoochopstiks at 07:21 CST, 12 January 2009
<< Comment #15 @ 09:46 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By ratmstar Kaloos 
Ask Liam.
<< Comment #17 @ 10:05 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By Quake 3 revoN 
If poker is considered a sport then so should be gaming.
<< Comment #23 @ 10:40 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By Transparent cumrag  - Reply to #17
But who the fuck considers poker a sport?
<< Comment #27 @ 15:51 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By Hasu No Ue Keroppi wata  - Reply to #23
retards
<< Comment #25 @ 11:23 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By Netherlands sizah 
There should always be space to argue about it. That's the point of this Poll and I have posted this poll out of curiousity what the opinion from different people is. Not to confirm whether it is or isn't a sport.
<< Comment #30 @ 16:17 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By United Kingdom ix 
Esports is the mess of game hopping to the latest titles that could never be focussed enough to make any claim on being a sport.
<< Comment #37 @ 19:10 CST, 10 January 2009 >>
By Iceland hnns 
zzzz thread 399394 about whether gaming is a sport. every reply here will be predictable and unimportant. chess blablabla. excuse me while I vomit.
<< Comment #39 @ 05:51 CST, 11 January 2009 >>
By Copyright by Jazka Jazka  - Reply to #37
omagad ! How many times do you vomit a day ? Considering you're registered since 2002 and that's you're 399394th thread, let me count... wowowowow ! approx... you vomit 150 times each day !
Courage, I am with you!
<< Comment #43 @ 09:45 CST, 11 January 2009 >>
By Iceland hnns  - Reply to #39
it's unhealthy i know
<< Comment #41 @ 07:29 CST, 11 January 2009 >>
By cky riske_of_h8  - Reply to #37
your comment was also 100% predictable :(
<< Comment #44 @ 10:52 CST, 11 January 2009 >>
By Beer! becks  - Reply to #41
i predicted yours :(
<< Comment #45 @ 10:56 CST, 11 January 2009 >>
By cky riske_of_h8  - Reply to #44
i predicted that you would :(
<< Comment #46 @ 12:12 CST, 11 January 2009 >>
By Beer! becks  - Reply to #45
I didn't predict that, tho :´(
<< Comment #49 @ 14:05 CST, 11 January 2009 >>
By cky riske_of_h8  - Reply to #46
damn you for making my prediction about you predicting my previous prediction wrong!
<< Comment #50 @ 15:35 CST, 11 January 2009 >>
By Beer! becks  - Reply to #49
i have a green jello house with a blue horse on top
<< Comment #51 @ 17:03 CST, 11 January 2009 >>
By cky riske_of_h8  - Reply to #50
what's its name?
<< Comment #52 @ 17:21 CST, 11 January 2009 >>
By Beer! becks  - Reply to #51
House: Gwendoline
Horse: Horst (his mother's idea :/)
Edited by becks at 17:21 CST, 11 January 2009
<< Comment #53 @ 06:01 CST, 12 January 2009 >>
By cky riske_of_h8  - Reply to #52
I'll tell you one thing: Horst's mother is certainly not predictable. What is the horse made of?
<< Comment #54 @ 06:19 CST, 12 January 2009 >>
By Beer! becks  - Reply to #53
bones and meat and water.
<< Comment #57 @ 09:12 CST, 12 January 2009 >>
By cky riske_of_h8  - Reply to #54
can it fly or shoot heart-shaped rays from its eyes?
<< Comment #58 @ 10:28 CST, 12 January 2009 >>
By Beer! becks  - Reply to #57
no, I'm sorry,
it's just a normal blue horse named Horst :(((
<< Comment #60 @ 13:01 CST, 12 January 2009 >>
By cky riske_of_h8  - Reply to #58
do you think it could join x-men if it learned at least one of the two traits i mentioned?
<< Comment #63 @ 15:41 CST, 12 January 2009 >>
By Beer! becks  - Reply to #60
hmm, I guess so, if they do accept women then horses is the obvious next step.
<< Comment #64 @ 08:08 CST, 13 January 2009 >>
By cky riske_of_h8  - Reply to #63
do you think kids that eat crayons grow up to become more mighty than kids that eat vegetables?
<< Comment #65 @ 11:21 CST, 13 January 2009 >>
By Beer! becks  - Reply to #64
<< Comment #66 @ 12:15 CST, 13 January 2009 >>
By cky riske_of_h8  - Reply to #65
this is conclusive evidence that vegetable-eating turns small kids into evil adults!
<< Comment #47 @ 12:17 CST, 11 January 2009 >>
By clawo ini 
This is how I've always seen things since I was little:
Games (goals, rules, challenge, and interaction):
- Non-Competitive (e.g. Puzzles etc)
- Competitive: Billiards, Board, Card, Computer, Fighting, Racing, Sports, (Some term for stuff like Darts/boules)

Athletics, Swimming & Gymnastics

So for me, sport has always been about physical activity such as tennis, football, hockey, rugby, cricket etc.

I don't see the need to classify it as a sport or even associate it with sports (Hi eSports!). For me, certain areas of the "scene" seem rather desperate to do so and I can only think they want to in order to justify all the time spent playing computer games.
<< Comment #48 @ 12:19 CST, 11 January 2009 >>
By United States of America Lo 
trying to convince people that it's a sport is detrimental to competitive gaming, imo.
<< Comment #62 @ 13:32 CST, 12 January 2009 >>
I think we need to let the general population decide. Let competitive gaming and e-sports grow, and see how it evolves. We can't force it, and tell people it's a sport. It needs time, so people can decide.
<< Comment #69 @ 20:25 CST, 17 January 2009 >>
By United States of America mastab 
no.

...no.
<< Comment #71 @ 11:59 CST, 18 January 2009 >>
By claw0 pizz 
no, no and no
<< Comment #72 @ 06:56 CST, 21 January 2009 >>
By Unset bobbles 
I doubt esports will ever truly make it as long as there is a varying number of games being used for competition..

You would need to basically build the entire esport scene for each game individually, rather than just trying to use 'esports' and make it.

Unless there was 1 and only 1 game that everyone could get behind and support then it just wont have the longevity to survive like any other sport, and with the entire basis of the idea being based on technology (which progresses steadily each year) I doubt that it is ever going to change.
<< Comment #73 @ 10:48 CST, 21 January 2009 >>
By -nepal- mhr 
in my opinion eSports can be a sport in the 21 centaury :)
<< Comment #76 @ 13:43 CST, 21 January 2009 >>
By Netherlands Terifire  - Reply to #73
This is the 21st century:(
<< Comment #75 @ 13:41 CST, 21 January 2009 >>
By Transparent cumrag 
just because an activity is competitive doesn't mean it has to be labeled as a sport.
<< Comment #77 @ 15:24 CST, 21 January 2009 >>
By Mongolia led 
I think you need to sweat in order to be a sport.
<< Comment #79 @ 17:50 CST, 24 January 2009 >>
By QuakeLive.cz baron Railgun  - Reply to #77
like golf ?
<< Comment #80 @ 15:58 CST, 25 January 2009 >>
By Mongolia led  - Reply to #79
yes it crossed my mind too.
<< Comment #78 @ 17:50 CST, 24 January 2009 >>
If you consider the training at professional level, with 2 hours/day ffa, then go for 10-15 duels, then go for some relaxing instagib or tdm, then repeat, 2 times/day, then yes, it is a sport -hi there, idiots which only "hahaha, no sport at all", reconsider ur born condition, lol
<< Comment #81 @ 14:04 CST, 27 January 2009 >>
Unless it's life-or-death, it's sport. You don't hunt beasts for food, you hunt them for sport.
<< Comment #84 @ 08:16 CST, 29 January 2009 >>
By Exelent HamstaHue 
i don't consider it a sport. just like chess, darts, pool. yes they require skill but in every day life the word sport makes me think of physical activity. it doesn't matter what a dictionary says it's how the word is used.

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