ARCHIVES: WEDNESDAY 12TH MARCH 1997 - TUESDAY 25TH MARCH 1997
| Thrusday 16th October | UK QUAKE NEWS ROUGHLY AS IT HAPPENS! |
PHEW
I've finally finished this month's NetGamer articles. Phew. It wouldn't have been that bed except I ended up writing two more pages than I planned to on editing Quake II, Unreal and so on (damn good article, though- buy it).
So, this is a blatant plug. NetGamer 4 is out today, so go and buy it, and listen to my words of editing wisdom. And if you don't like it, wait until Issue 5, where my articles are even better.
| Wednesday 15th October | UK QUAKE NEWS ROUGHLY AS IT HAPPENS! |
UK MODEM TEAM SELECTED
Coerj has finalised the lineup for the UK Modem Team (cool music, BTW):
"Okey! Now for the news you've been waiting for! The UK modem side has been chosed and I'm not going to beat about the bush these are the players:
Pionir,Best Of British, Dogboy, Bigfoot, MNK, Aero, Bobby2, Maniac, DD,
Wanderer,Trez,Meandy,Tictac,Nut,RockBurn,Kenzie,HKP,Acquiesce,Tyco,
Vapour,Mongoman,Draken,Carver,Rephan,Jibsta."
Good luck to them. I'd also like to apologise to Coerj for sending all those PowerVR freaks to his page...
TOURTURED SOULS SPONSORED
RobertJ emails me about his Clan, Tortured Souls, and their new servers and sponsor...
"Our
clan 'Tortured Souls' have a great server up now, running
QuakeWorld on
a number of ports, all located at ts.thedbs.com (194.88.80.110
for people
in the dark ages).
Public servers are as follows:
27500 features standard QW but with custom maps, pack available
from our
web site's FTP section.
27510 running Threewave CTF
27520 has the Crystal Duel patch
27530 is our novelty server, currently running Rocket Arena 1.1
All made possible thanks to our sponsors BusinessNet.
Also if anyone in the UKCL has a default match any weekend, and
wants a
friendly, feel free to contact us."
Everything I write is happening! Must...write...a...happy...ending...
DEATHMATCH, ER, PINEAPPLE, MOVES
Deathmatch Pinapple, PeeJ's new DM review page, has moved to Quake Perfect.
UNQLE! UNQLE!
Yes, the University Quake League is starting soon- Monday, in fact. DMS emails me with the latest news...
"We have our own cool domain name now! The site can be reached on http://unqle.varsitygames.co.uk/
Lastly, we're holding a Sunday Bloody Sunday league, which will be fast and bloody quake (details on the site)."
If any Edinburgh Quakers with even the slightest connection to the University (Doug, RefuX, this means you) would like to form an UNQLE Edinburgh team, email me.
| Tuesday 14th October | UK QUAKE NEWS ROUGHLY AS IT HAPPENS! |
THE BI-WEEKLY UPDATE
OK, time to clear the backlog...
- The allegations of cheating leveled against Clan RSI in the UKCL have been withdrawn. Killjoy: "Special apologies to RSI - cheating is no joke and I rescind my accusation of such."
- Killjoy has quit his job as head of the UKCL, due to real life problems, or so he stated on the UKCL mailing list this Sunday. However, he appears to be continuing administration for the time being: I'll bring you clarification as I get it.
- Loki informs me that his local computer shop (in Hereford) is looking into the possibility of holding a Quake II release party, including a competition with a P200 up for grabs! If you're interested and able to get there, get in touch with him or Hereford PC.
- Clan News: Silva informs me that The Desperados, recently disbanded after internal difficulties, "will be back for Quake 2 with their original members: MongoMan, Silva, Vans, Darkforce and Chrome and all the golden oldies!"
- The Gib Gurus, the Clan which arose from the ashes of DEV and TD, are recruiting. As a "semi-autonomous collective", they don't have a leader, but if you're interested, get in touch with Kenzie.
- The Rude Monkeys are also looking for members, particularly modem players. Get in touch with Kage if you're interested.
- PeeJ is looking for reviewers for his new page, entitled "Deathmatch Review Forum". Fairly obviously, if you like reviewing custom DM levels, get in touch with him.
- Ettu sent me a statement on Monday about his retirement:
"It's true I have retired permantly from Quake: not for any fancy reasons but purely due to boredom and getting married. I now find my evenings better spent with my other half than the computer: it really is more fun!
I might go down to Fragstock but only to visit friends and not to play. I will not be attending The Gathering 2 as I don't see that theres any point in coming out of retirement.
Love you all,
The Big Ettu"
You'll be missed: have fun.
- SAS-Melee has changed email address to ben@bayliss.globalnet.co.uk
- Slayer's new map, Titan II, is being used in this week's MCW games. Get it from http://spirit.simplenet.com/maps/titan2.zip.
Mr Mauve sends me a match report on probabally the UK's first ever Titan II Clan game:
"Last night the Gib Gurus entertained the Dominion (on MY server, Hidden Agenda) in a friendly 7 vs. 7, probably the country's first match on this new map. A nailbitingly close game ensued, which saw the lead change hands several times. The sheer size of the map meant that the usual stale teamplay style of territorial domination was ineffectual - instead, close teamwork in the few major areas of conflict which evolved was essential, and the lost art of pairing up and working together in firefights was rediscovered. At the death the Gurus scraped through 186-183. (To be fair, DOM spanked us 236-176 on the rematch on Death32a)."
Cool.
- CP-Keeper is looking for people at Imperial College who play Quake. If you do, get in touch with him, as he's thinking of starting a Network Gaming Society there. Good Idea. Fight Oppression.
- If you missed the LPB trials for the UK Team, there's a second helping coming up on Thursday at 9pm, #ukquake. Email Nightwing for details.
FREE DOMAIN NAMES!
Well, sorta. Kane has been wheeling and dealing:
"Last week you may remember that I spoke to my favourite ISP - Gates (Gamesnet), about the idea of getting a domain name and giving UK clans web space, email accounts, and a subdomain name in the form ql.clan.org.uk, dom.clan.org.uk, etc
Anyway, the same day they go hold of .clan.org.uk, and we've sorted out an offer.
Gates are
offering :
5mb Web space (and ftp access to it)
Subdomain name in form *clanname*.clan.org.uk
Unlimited email addresses eg. sal@dom.clan.org.uk
And guess how much this is going to be costing: NOTHING. Bugger
all, free...
We're going over to it as soon as we can as rm.clan.org.uk: I recommend you all follow. So please get in touch with me and I'll get the ball rolling."
Excellent. GatesNet really are an excellent ISP: I'd use them myself, as I'm getting fed up with Easynet's lack of speed, but for the twin problems of my losing my unlimited Web space for NFTF and my nice email address which far too many people know and use. Anyone think of any solutions?
| Monday 13th October | UK QUAKE NEWS ROUGHLY AS IT HAPPENS! |
UH, SORRY...
Apologies for the lack of updates. University life, and in particular the "go out at 9 am, no free time until 2 am" aspect, is causing havok with my even checking my email, let alone updating NFTF. Hopefully things will settle down into a routine soon, but this is likely to go on for a little while. Please bear with me- in particular, a deadline for NetGamer is likely to ensure that updates before Thursday are minimal.
I'm working on ways to sort this problem out if it persists. I will try my utmost to get back to some kind of regular schedule- please bear with me.
| Monday 13th October | UK QUAKE NEWS ROUGHLY AS IT HAPPENS! |
CLAN NEWS
- The GunSharks are recruiting: if you're a "highly skilled LPB", and want to join GS, email Hakeem.
- It's confirmed: Ettu has, indeed, quit Quake, according to fellow Quake Lord DragonTung. He "may be back for Q2".
With Cenobite, LS and Ettu all gone, whither QL?
QUAKE NIGHTS...
Kelvin emails me the following announcement:
"Shoot 'n Surf is happy to tell you that it will be holding weekly Quake evenings on Thursdays in future. The first one was last night (9th October 1997). They run from 7:00 until 10:30.
Expect increasing levels of organisation as the weeks go by. We plan to eventually have proper tournaments with cash prizes and so on!
Anyway, if you are interested, come along and give us a tenner for the evening."
Meanwhile, RealityX, in Edinburgh, is running a late-night Quake session tonight, beginning "when people turn up" (expected to be around 11:00 pm). Sounds fun- I'll be there for a fair bit of it, so I'll report on how it goes on.
| Thursday 9th October | UK QUAKE NEWS ROUGHLY AS IT HAPPENS! |
OK, HERE GOES...
Actually, the so-called "huge" update is really quite managable in size. Whether this is because nothing much has happened or because everyone has stopped emailing me I'm not sure...
- The Jedi Knight demo is out. The best UK site to download it from is http://194.119.129.201/JediDemo.exe: thanks to Pry for providing that.
- If you luuurve DM3, there's an article you should read- thanks to Blue's News for that one.
- Late-breaking news on The Gathering II, shortly to be held up here in sunny Edinburgh. There is a £500 (yes, you did read that right) prize available for the winner of the one-on-one competition, to be held at The Gathering, the RealityX and Refux- organised LAN party on the 25th. There will also be prizes including a 17'' monitor and possibly various 3D accelerators up for raffle!
Email Refux for details.
- The UK Modem Team now has a new Web Page. Email Coerj for any details on that.
- The PowerVR 3D accelerator now has OpenGL drivers available: see http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/street/hm03/ for details.
- Clan news: the Desperados have disbanded, after a long saga of troubles. Their few remaining members have joined Scottish Clan McNailz, who will be replacing them in the MCW and UKQFFL.
- If you're in Nottingham University, email Granny Moo if you're interested in forming a team for the University Quake League.
- If you're at Edinburgh University, and would like to be able to play Quake and other games across the University network, email me, as I'm currently gathering membership for an official network gaming society.
- Any and all low-ping players interested in trying out for the low-ping side of the UK National Quake Team should be on #ukquake on IRCnet at 9:00pm this Saturday. Anyone unable to turn up should email Nightwing.
- The Gib Gurus are recruiting, looking to replace Plas and Copy, who are off to university. If you're interested, email Aquiesce.
- Rumours are flying about Ettu's alleged retirement from Quake. If anyone, particularly the man himself, can clear them up one way or the other, please email me.
| Tuesday 7th October | UK QUAKE NEWS ROUGHLY AS IT HAPPENS! |
LET'S ROCK II
No, no huge update. However, this should keep you going, sent in by Aerotus:
"Nomad:
http://www.norwebcomms.com/pages/press43.htm
Look at this press release made in the UK today. The implications
of this are huge; It means that users will be able to be
connected permanently to the internet at speeds up to 10 times
faster than an ISDN connection, for a flat rate of around
£20-£30 pounds sterling a month. This was also announced on UK
national television news this morning."
Creak. Thud.
| Tuesday 7th October | UK QUAKE NEWS ROUGHLY AS IT HAPPENS! |
LET'S ROCK
Yes, I'm back. No, no update today- I want to go and talk to people, play Quake and stuff...
| Thursday 2nd October | UK QUAKE NEWS ROUGHLY AS IT HAPPENS! |
WHEN YOU SEE ME AGAIN, IT WILL BE ME- II
Blame Telewest- it's taking a little longer to achieve connectivity up here than I thought. ETA Tuesday.
With any luck.
| Wednesday 24th September | UK QUAKE NEWS ROUGHLY AS IT HAPPENS! |
WHEN YOU SEE ME AGAIN, IT WILL BE ME.
Yes, this is the last decadent, soft Southern update. Next time I update it will be from my flat at Edinburgh University, and I'll be called a racist for making English jokes...
So, here's a brief update on what's new, or at least not actually antique, in the days before I move...
- Aerotus is organising another Birmingham Frag Fest! Yes, he is marshalling his resources (and, according to rumour, thinking of hiring an Army base for the event!) and getting ready for another mega-LAN party, sometime "over the Christmas break". If you're interested in a weekend of non-stop gibbage, get in touch with him.
- The UK Quad Frag Fest League had a fairly successful first week, despite problems with servers and deathmatch settings. If you have any comments, contact Avenger, or check the UKQFFL homepage.
- Adze sends out the following email on the restructuring of the UK Clan League following John's retirement:
"Wednesday, 24th September: 11.00pm
Once more, apologies about not updating recently; I have had to vastly cut down on Quake-related activities due to them interfering too much with Real Life stuff.
I'm delighted to be able to say that Killjoy has agreed to become chief admin under the new structure. The general feeling from everyone I talked to was that he would do a great job, having the dedication and experience necessary, so if you don't like this, tough: go and form your own UKCL! However I can't see why anyone would reasonably be unhappy about this, so it seemed pointless taking a vote.
He will officially decide who to appoint to the other posts soon (most have already been decided provisionally), pass the information on to me, and I will announce the decisions publicly when I get back (I'm going away for a few days). For this weekend things will carry on as with last week, under his supervision.
P.S. I still think it would be appropriate for everyone to get together to contribute towards a present for John. Will anyone volunteer to arrange this?"
- Phord is organising the Quake Olympics! Yes, Quake's various spin-off skills, such as Rocket and Grenade-Jumping and Speedrunning, are finally to get their own contest. He's looking for map designers, QuakeC people and anyone with any bright ideas, so get in touch, or check the QOL homepage.
- Player news. EOA-BIlly is off to University, where he may not have an Internet connection, so we'll see him at Christmas.
- Chemical, our probing, roving reporter, emails me a rumour that the King of Quake, Fragga himself, may well be returning to a server near you soon! Apparently, according to fellow Quake Police Department members Dogboy and Killjoy, he should be back "any time now"!
- Kernow QuakeCon is progressing: Mikus speaks.
"Kernow QuakeCon '97 got its first Turbo Charged boost on Wednesday, with the news that the excellent NETGAMER magazine is to support the event with their presence and some prizes. They have agreed to talk to some of the biggest names in the software business, to come and show us their goodies, notably ACTIVISION, UK distributors of QUAKE 2, and so close to their release date as well . . .
Details are to be discussed shortly, but this coupled with the expansion of the proposed LAN party into a full blown Computer show, will mean that Cornwall will have its biggest gathering of quake players and computer buffs all in one place, all at the same time, ever."
- Copy has released a Rocket Arena level, "Repressed". Go take a look.
- MM-The_Borg has decided to enter semi-retirement, for financial reasons. He will still be a member of the Clan he has led to success for 6 months, the Mere Mortals, and wil still be involved in leadership, but will be on-line for only as small time each week. He would like to express his thanks to all those who have given him support in this decision.
THE SALAMANDER INCIDENT
TG-Interphaze sent the following email to the UK Quake mailing list on Thursday:
"Tonite at 20:00 we discovered our finest modemer TG-Odyssey is in fact DOM_Salamander and has been promptly expelled from Terminal Gibbage. He has been playing in this guise for over 4 months now, during which time a lot of league games have been played. Following the rules of MCW/UKCL we have decided to make this public, in an attempt to absolve Terminal Gibbage from any blame appertaining. MCW/UKCL admins have been informed, and will deal with this matter : if there is any action to be taken, then Terminal Gibbage will take it on the chin.
I must add that not one member of Terminal Gibbage knew about this: in fact we spoke to Sal at BFF and mentioned "Odyssey"'s "turn up, play a game, disappear" routine. Quite funny, thinking back.
Terminal Gibbage do NOT cheat, and if we hide this fact, then we are all cheats. from this day forward. I would like to publically appologise to all the clans we have played in MCW and UKCL in which Ody(Sal) took part in. I also appologise to the clan Dominion, as this may come of a shock to you too...
May i just add there are no hard feelings towards Sal (from me at least) he explained why he did it in a mail he sent me straight after. I understand his reasons now, but cannot condone them."
Killjoy, Chief Administrator of the UK Clan League, then sent the following message out explaining the UKCL's position and the action that they will take:
"i have had a long chat with salamander about the situation and he has apologised enough for what he has done. I am going to take no action whatsoever against the clans Dominion and Terminal Gibbage, because it isn't their fault and I can't take action on one without taking it out on the other too.
So the official decision is this: Salamander knows about it already.
Salamander is as from today BANNED from the UKCL for the rest of the season. He has also told me that he will NOT use another name to carry on playing and will see out the ban - thank you Sal.
This goes for anyone else now - i have my eyes on quite a few people, so be very careful. A similar ban will take effect if I catch others at it, no matter who they are."
EDITORIAL COMMENT
From all the evidence I have seen, Salamander is a good, honourable person who did something stupid and dishonourable for reasons that only he knows. It happens.
I'm writing this because I've seen the transcript of a conversation with Sal about his cheating and the reaction to it. It was painful to read. Salamander is obviously in agony about his stupidity and the general reaction to it.
People make stupid mistakes all the time. People do things that they know are wrong for many and complex reasons. The prime tenet of any civilised society, and the single thing that separates a good man from an evil, vengeful man, is the ability to forgive, to believe in the willingness of another not to repeat his wrong. If you cannot forgive others their mistakes, you should not expect forgiveness or celemncy from others. Don't condemn forever for a single mistake.
I'm using long words and philosophical arguments here to try to express something that I feel very deeply, and I'm failing. I guess what I'm saying is that Salamander has been a good friend of many people in the UK Quake community for a long time. He is still that person. He is still my friend, and the friend of many of you. Try not to forget that.
| Wednesday 24th September | UK QUAKE NEWS AS IT HAPPENS! |
HOLY APPROPRIATE
Uther mails me about some exciting new additions to The Grail:
"I've put up tactics guides for DM1,2 AND 3 now, and I am working on reformating the old CP guide for 4,5,6 and adding some of the UKCLDM and UKOOL levels as well. Also there's a fantastic article there by Rorshach on how the QL skin, and his interest in skins, came about. It is really worth a read."
The Grail really is a superb site, and I really should plug it more. Go visit it now.
MCW LIVE!
Getting fed up with my lack of Modem Clan War updates? Sorry. You will, in that case, definitely want to check out the new Modem Clan War Stadium channel on IRCnet (#mcw_stadium): a live feed into IRC from a Quake server. Impressive? I think so.
DMZ- THE FIRST TRUE FFA LEAGUE!
Yes, it looks like this idea is finally going to get off the ground. If you'd like to help administrate the first Free For All league in the UK, get in touch with Reaper now!
This could be cool.
PLAYER NEWS
- Zendog is back. His new email address is a.e.hill@dcs.hull.ac.uk.
- Dark Deviants breakup news: Aerotus and Reaper have joined SAS. Cheeky, Chubby, Plas and Copycat have all gone with the merger with the Gib Gurus.
| Tuesday 23rd September | UK QUAKE NEWS AS IT HAPPENS! |
RIP DEVIANTS
Yes, the Dark Deviants are no more. The collapse started after DEV-Aerotus resigned on Sunday, saying
"My reason {for leaving} is basically that there is endless bickering - a lot of it I am to blame for but this is to do with differences between myself and other members of the clan.It's just the second we patch up one argument, theres always another one around the corner. "
Shortly after this, DEV-ReaP resigned, and with Copy and Plas currently unsure as to their status at Reading University with regard to Internet connections, they considered it best to fold the Clan.
Good luck to all the individual former members of DEV. The Clan will be missed.
UPDATE: Cheeky informs me that the Deviants have, instead of folding, decided to merge with the Gib Gurus, thus allowing GG entrance to the Modem Clan War. More as I get it.
PC GAMER SCOOP QUAKE II?
In case you hadn't heard, no, this is not true. Sorry.
UKQFF NEWS
The UK Quad Frag Fest League has moved to http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~xc-productions/ukqffl/.
CLAN NEWS
- Redshift is back. Yes, in the shortest retirement in recorded history, he has joined Clan SAS, and will be kicking Quaker butt soon. Apparently.
- Groffy informs me that Boywonder has joined SPG. I can't say any more. Sorry for any earlier misinterpretation...
Boywonder will be issuing a press release later.
| Sunday 17th September 1997 | UK QUAKE NEWS AS IT HAPPENS! |
KERNOW QUAKECON
Mikus emails me this message about the upcoming Kernow QuakeCon:
"This is an update on a previous email. There was, due to me, a little confusion about what we are trying to achieve with this event.
"Organised by gamers for gamers" is our motto and driving force. The whole emphasis of this weekend (29th/30th November) is to deathmatch til it hurts. CTF, TF and other patches will be optional side events giving players a little diversion. There will also be opportunities to play lesser 'mortal' games
The function room at The Berkeley Centre in Camborne is a first class venue, and they are rolling out the carpet for all!
We will have a website with more info by the end of this week and will pass the site address around around. We hope to have some cracking prizes and a bundle of laughs: please drop us a line if interested.
Our official limit for players is 128 and the spaces are filling up quickly. Due to the wide range of abilities we will bend all our efforts into getting the seeding games right.
Thanks to Rawmeat for the warning about a possible clash with Fragstock: we appreciate that many of the better players would favour that over a luxury trip to Cornwall and we will make sure that the two events don`t collide."
CLAN NEWS
- The Doppelgangers won their second ever match, against the Quake Lords. This Clan, incorporating Rorshach and LordStorm, both ex-Quake Lords, could well be one to watch.
- The Desperados have moved again, to http://sneezy.dcn.ed.ac.uk/td.
| Friday 17th September 1997 | UK QUAKE NEWS AS IT HAPPENS! |
PROD EUROBUTTOCK!
Clans, sign up for the European Clan Ring T3 Tourney, and kick some European ass!
FRAGSTOCK _IS_ HAPPENING
For some reason, some people have decided that NFTF has mentioned Fragstock's cancellation. I haven't. I assume that Zendog's statement that his maps would not be submitted to Fragstock because "that's not going to happen now" referred to something within his own life which made it impossible. FRAGSTOCK IS STILL ON.
Uh, if it was off, I might have actually made more of an issue of it? Like, a headline or something?
UKCL NEWS
The Dark Preachers have left the UK Clan League, apparently due to insufficient numbers for their matches. Under normal circumstances, this would result in all Clans they were due to play getting default wins.
However, the Gib Gurus have wished to enter the UKCL for some time, and with this space, it would appear that there's a way to get them in. Acting Chief Admin Killjoy:
"The point is this - it seems to me that there is no fun in defaulting games and so would any of the remaining teams who are due to play DP have any objections? If you are like me then I am sure you would rather play a game!
The remaining teams are: RM, MA, RTW and FAS.
If any of
you have objections to the Gurus' joining please mail me so I can
sort things out. If any of you say NO, and I mean even one
person, then the Gurus are going to have to wait. "
CLAN NEWS
- TG-Kamikaze emails me, in short, to boast. "Remember I sent you a mail at the beginning of the year boasting how we were gonna kick some serious ass this year? Guess what! As of now we have had 8 straight victories - the only losses we have were in the UKCL against Clan Pendragon and Dominion in the first two games of the season."
No, I'm not going to turn this into the regular Clan boasting spot...
LAN PARTY NEWS
- Ticket sales for the BangBash party in Bournemouth close on- um- either the 27th of September or today. It's unclear. However, email Zucc for enlightenment.
- There's a LAN party coming in Bolton: TFS-Wanderer speaks.
"For all those of you who live in the NW of England there is a LAN party being held in Bolton on Sunday the 28th September. We already have around 20 people attending but still have room for around 20 more. The event will start at approximately midday and finish at around 10:30 pm: cost is to be decided but should only be a few pounds as we will get the room very cheap. It won't be a very well organised event like Fragstock, but there will be a lot of Quake played, so if anyone is interested, please mail myself or Scanman."
- Shoot And Surf are starting a new event. Kelvin:
"We at Shoot 'n Surf are starting up what will hopefully be weekly gaming evenings, starting with Quake and Red Alert (and various offshoots of both).
For just £10 per evening you will be given the ability to play these games networked on a regular basis. If drinking beer and playing Quake are two vices youd prefer not to separate then by all means bring your own alcohol to Shoot n Surf. For those of you too young to consume alcohol we will still have plenty of soft drinks, coffee, burgers and pizzas to keep you going. Prizes will be awarded to the most accomplished player of the evening along with the right to come back the following week and play for FREE! Cant be bad, can it?
At the moment we are thinking about holding the Quake meets on Thursday nights and the Red Alert ones on Friday nights from 19:00 to 22:30. Email me for more information, or email quake@shootnsurf.co.uk or redalert@shootnsurf.co.uk for details on the individual events.
- Fragstock isn't happening.
Joke, joke...
MODEM CLAN WAR- QPD VS DOMINION- NFTF REPORT
Well, some of the giants have clashed, and NFTF's new roving reporter Chemical was on the spot with this report:
"The most eagerly awaited match of the MCW for quite some time finally arrived last night as QPD and DoM fought it out on UKCLDM2. The preparation by both teams before the match had been very good with QPD hosting practices almost every night and even putting Spirit on modem for the match. DoM's preparation for the match was also good, holding practices very often to decide the team, and eventually settling on Vapour,Maniac,Mongoman and Jamanio to go up against QPD's formidable team of Spirit,Coerj,Cenobite and Dazza.
On paper it looked as though QPD had the edge but DoM are well know for causing surprises and so people were expecting a very, very tight match.
As the countdown commenced both teams were quietly confident, QPD and DoM both expecting the game to be close, but planning to sneak it at the end. Eventually, at 10:35, the match started and QPD raced into a quick 15 - -1 lead, snatching control of the Red Armour and Rocket Launcher area and pentagram. DoM had a very bad start but got things together with Vapour playing excellently to get DoM back within 5- 10 frags after the first 5 mins: once again it looked like being a close game.
QPD always seemed to have control of the RA and RL area and therefore always kept a good solid lead over DoM, who battled valiantly through the match and had some great periods of play when QPD were hard pressed to keep their positions and their lead.
QPD did look the better team until the end, when DoM finally looked like the team who beat the Quake Lords in Season 1 and played brilliantly to get control of the bridge at last: QPD were rocked as their lead became 60 frags then 50 then 40 as DoM gained more and more confidence. Unfortunately, though, it was too late to seriously trouble the result. QPD finally ended the match victors by 48 frags but full credit to DoM, who played excellently, with good all round individual scores."

| Thursday 16th September 1997 | UK QUAKE NEWS AS IT HAPPENS! |
SORRY...
Date screwup again...
ZENDOG- LEVELS AND OFF.
Zendog emails me this message:
"This is my last email before I attempt to get my uni stuff all sorted out.
"I've just released two copies of my "Moobase" level. If anyone wants to download them, then these addresses should come in handy:
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ahill/clanmoo/levels/moobase_vised.zip
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ahill/clanmoo/levels/zendog_vised.zip
Moobase is meant for two on two play, and was going to be submitted for Fragstock, but it seems that that's not going to happen now. I've decided to put it out on public release so that people can plonk it on their servers for new, improved, two on two fights... The zendog.bsp file is a larger level, intended for FFA play.
I havn't yet include a txt file with it, but I'd like to thank anyone who paid any interest in it, and Granny[moo], for vising it for me!
Okay now, I hope to see everypone later, once my uni connection's been sorted out."
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