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Carmack Discusses Delay of Q3A Source

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hate-when-that-happens dept.

Time Doctor writes "John Carmack moved to a blog format, and updates everyone with his thoughts on graphics and why licensing delays the (still) inevitable Quake 3: Arena source, when it was expected before the end of 2004."

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  1. Some TA Stuff is out by 00Monkey · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm not sure exactly what it is but there is some source for something in Team Arena out:

    ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake3/source/

  2. Re:Well at least he has a good point. by Apathetic1 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    A few reasons...

    It runs on everything. There aren't very many games I can play with my housemates because my Windows machine is the only one in the house.

    The level design is great. Maps like Entryway or Dead Simple are the perfect size for two to four players because there's room to run but not so much that you never see anybody else.

    I love the weapons, the plasma gun in particular.

    Don't get me wrong, I still fire up Quake 3, Tribes, C&C Renegade, etc. occasionally but I always find myself coming back to Doom.

    --

    My username does not make me Apathetic. It's irony, get it?