I wana know too. As a newschool quaker, defrag is hard to get in to.

Get Q3A
Get 1.32c patch for Q3A

download DeFrag here:
http://www.breakdown-hq.com/downloads.php?id=111


Installation instructions here:
http://www.q3df.org/board/viewtopic.php?p=1022#p1022

Simple Strafe tutorial. There is no easy way of learning movement, you just have to watch and practice. I suggest running in CPM movement option because it's faster and gives you more control. (But try VQ3 and CPM to see which you dig more.)
http://www.trickingq3.com/Tutorials/Strafing_Tutorial.html

Maps you can find here:
http://q3a.ath.cx/

Servers here:
http://www.quakeservers.net/quake3/servers/mod=dfrg

(hopefully you're lucky enough to run into some people on the servers that will answer questions and show you things without being complete assholes :D)

good luck. happy defragging.

thanks for the maps and the strafing tutorial as well as game servers :)

as for strafing, when i started to learn movement I just loaded up a big open map and started running back and forth across the map until I figured out the technique to build speed.

I know how to strafe dude, I just don't understand how cpm players move that fluently fast in cpm :/

but thanks for help anyway :)

well, go forth and destroy then.

what??? :DDD

hmmm... i guess i mean: Go forward and kick ass bro!

they combine bunnyhop with strafejump i think

servers: http://q3df.org/server

also dfengine is a must: http://www.breakdown-hq.com/downloads.php?id=200

I have an interesting situation.... have defrag installed... was running... but now everything feels like g_synclient is on... i check it... it is on.... but when i turn it off.. i get instantly disconected from servers..... ??? whats all this about?

that IS an interesting situation :( one better suited for someone with more server experience than myself, i'm afraid. I have never had that problem.

www.q3df.org
www.defrag.ru
www.breakdown-hq.com
q3a.ath.cx

Create an account on q3df.org, join one of the server and you can login and start making recs.
Login by "!login Username Password"
I recommend downloading dfengine and joining, it should automatically download the maps, but if not you can get the maps from q3a.ath.cx

murph already wrote alot about it :P whups

my pika avatar :E

lg, fox's and pika avatars are the only normal ones :)

The steps to play defrag really haven't changed since the first days :

1. Download defrag
2. Install defrag
3. Play defrag
4. Realize you suck and that you will never even come close to the best times on any maps and any physics
5. Uninstall defrag in a fist of rage and never look back

there's something there about the french and surrendering but I can't put my finger on it..

You are probably thinking about an old and tired stereotypical joke that unoriginal people like to regurgitate mindlessly.

But on a more serious note, I really do think that defrag is extremely discouraging to play, it takes a ridiculous amount of time and practice to even get a "perfect" run which will get you a time nowhere close the best times.
Plus it's easy to get bored and frustrated playing 30-60 minutes on the same map and doing the exact same run over and over again just to get 1 run worth something, which again never actually translates into a record breaking time.

You want a record breaking run in an hour? Without experience? Do you realize that's like playing ql for 1 hour and expecting to take a map off cypher? Ofcourse it's not going to happen like that. But you can still have fun playing the game and improving, even if you're not top1 material.

Record breaking time was obviously a poor choice of words, what I was trying to say is that it's not rare to do a run that you feel is perfect, ie. you don't see any room for improvements in term of path, execution etc and still be 2-3 seconds behind the best times, which most of the times is pretty huge.
To me it's way more frustrating that duel for instance where it's less common to feel that you played a perfect game and still lost.

But you're right that defrag is globally very fun and competing with the very best players is something that shouldn't be the main focus. I still think that it's very repetitive though, so you can't really have fun over extended period of times.

You are probably thinking about an old and tired stereotypical joke that unoriginal people like to regurgitate mindlessly.

fxd

this is a defrag tutorial movie made by Quan-Time a few years ago:

part 2 has no sound on youtube unfortunately, you can download the full video here though: http://www.quakeunity.com/file=2170

have fun!

Maps:
I personally suggest maps like tr1ckhouse_beta3 and b0_beta6 (unsure about the former's name, but t's the one you see in the video posted above this comment) and xcm_tricks2 (again, unsure), as they offer vast areas and different exercises which allow you to learn all the mechanics in an organized way, rather than randomly downloading a map and play it over and over and over.

Plus, it's kind of rewarding for a beginner to be able to steadily progress in these.

(no clue how to embed)
mastering b0_beta6 by mew
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KVsSAw01Uk

Wow, that video shows what I am aiming for. Looks so easy, but it's actually so hard to execute. :(

What's the logic behind 0:50 to 0:55 and how is it done. I've seen that on a QL youtube video (troubled waters rg to side platforms using one of the skulls) but never pulled it off rofl (also can't do the wall glitch at the lower armor on dm6)

Is it useful in any QL map besides ctf2?

It's a doublejump: when you can't get a full jump height you can double jump the floor.

so it's as easy as jumping twice (first hits the ceiling) then W?

it sounds so weird lol.

Ye, you just need to have a horizontal speed so you don't hit the ceiling again after the second jump.

q3df.org has more or less everything you need to start Defrag.

ah yes, defrag...a kind of game that you can never truely beat, but if you're lucky you fail a little less each time...

It's got a nice balance of art (creativity) and science (technical strafing aspects) to keep you busy for a while that's for sure.

hey if any1 wants to defrag with me and my friends, add me on skype tw1st3done, were up for teaching new people how to defrag