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Trailer For First Person Shooter Documentary

Posted by Hemos on from the behind-the-curtains-with-quake dept.

bob jacoby writes: "As reported by the Cyberathlete Professional League, Butterdish Studios has posted a sneak preview trailer for Frag , a documentary focusing on the business, technology and competition of the 3D gaming industry. Frag is currently in production and scheduled for released on January 1st, 2001."

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  1. Mom will be proud by bluesclues · · Score: 5

    A documentary of me sitting around in my underware, yelling at the computer monitor, I always new I'd make it to the big time.

  2. Re:Uhhh.. Riiiightt.. by Bieeardo · · Score: 4
    I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who thinks that the "PGL" is a load of horseshit. I mean, they're glorifying the twitch reflex, and the ability to run a flipping maze. Given the hardware that these guys are using, and the time that they've thrown into becoming "l33t", I could probably kick ass with the best of them.

    Jesus H. Christ, Thresh and Co. are merely older and slicker versions of Thor Ackerlund (or whatever the name of the once-famous "Nintendo Wizard" was). If anyone offered me a million dollars or a Ferrari in return for showing off my Diablo II skillz, I'd have to make sure that he wasn't carrying any sharp objects, and then get myself away from the lunatic as fast as possible.

    I don't think that I'll be very impressed with "Frag". I mean, does the computer gaming "community" really need its own half-assed answer to the "Trekkies" documentary?

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    Five tons of flax.

  3. I'm disappointed by Captain+Pillbug · · Score: 4

    I was expecting a Fraggle movie. Don't let the man get you down, Wimbley!

  4. Sometimes they scare me by BadBlood · · Score: 4

    Now don't get me wrong, I've been to LAN parties and used to consider myself a pretty good FPS player. I've won my share of internet games be it on dialup or cable.
    However, after seeing the dedication and "mad skillz" some of these near full-time players, I'm simply amazed. I don't want to denigrate their abilities, but really, what's it all worth?
    All that investment in playing and perfecting that 180-degree spin-rocket jump-switch to railgun-mid-air frag doesn't amount to much anywhere else except in that virtual world. Isn't there anything more constructive to do? Again, don't get me wrong, I love to play, but I think I do so in moderation. I can't imagine that these skills are developed overnight, so investing all those hours and hours of playing just seems so wasteful.
    Or maybe I'm just jealous....:)

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    Praying for the end of your wide-awake nightmare.
  5. "Trash Talk" by rattid · · Score: 5
    I love gaming. I game a lot. But Ive noticed a depressing chain the past few years.

    I remember about 4-5 years ago in the War2 community. People seemed intellegent. People were nice. There was a community, and it was great. Yes there was the occasional "trash-talk" between clans (heh, Stormreavers). But generally, at least for me, I could play games for fun.

    Now I look at the war2 community, and its terrible. People talk like "i raped u srub" or "0wNed". I cant stand it. I used to be able to talk with people after games in KChat. Now, I avoid it as much as possible. And all this trash-talking that goes back and forth. Its pointless. Its an f-ing computer game. Its a real fun one, its a real deep one, its a competitive one, but its a computer game. When people start insulting each other and become obsessed with winning... its just sad.

    Im sorry, I just want to play games like I used to :(