Monsto has started a server which runs some of the top Quake 2 maps which he has reviewed. Pop over to the lastest reviews for the exact details.

Something I hadn't realised until yesterday. Two Quake maps this week are best played in Deathmatch 3. Well I have a .bat file which loads GLQuake with the Omicron bots. I've had Deathmatch 3 set in that .bat file for ages, over a year probably. So every map I've reviewed (gulp) has been played on Deathmatch 3. Oh %^$!

I've also written a rant. Its not on Half-Life or How we review (ones I'd promised I'd do, they're there, just not finished) but on Joypads. Imaginatively titled Fe*king Joypads...

I've fixed some links on the links page due to sites moving. A site worth mentioning is Rapid Eye Movement. This is SleepWalkR's really lovely looking website.

The qboard will probably be moving soon. Those of you that have been visiting it recently will have read about plans to create a central location for everything relating to custom maps for Quake and Quake 2. Hosting has been sorted out, Terrafusion will become this new DM portal. As to what happens from here, I'd keep visiting the qboard to see what goes on.

Last call for CTF2! MPQ needs a CTF2 reviewer. So if you're interested in the position email me. You'll have to have the facilities to play the maps, etc. If nobody applies its goodbye CTF2.

Speaking of CTF2 a new version has been released... Heres a cut and paste from Zoid's .plan file.

A new release of Quake2 CTF is now available. This and is an official release of the previous 1.09 beta that was made available earlier and also includes three new maps.

What this adds is:

- Full timed competition mode
- Voted admins who can change maps/kick players
- Three new maps
- Full VWep support
- More server adminstrative functions such as sv_maplist, IP banning, etc.

The new maps are:

q2ctf6 - Borders Canyon. Original map by Zoid in base style without side canyons.
q2ctf7 - Boxed In Based off a Rogue: Ground Zero dethmatch level of the same name. Original map by Jim Molinets, CTF version by Zoid. Warehouse style map with many paths and twisting cooridors.
q2ctf8 - The Hangar Scenario. Original map by Mike "]BC]Casey" Goodhead. Large open map with large hangar rooms to fight in.

***NOTE: The additional maps come in a pak1.pak that go into your CTF directory. If you already have a third party addon in your Quake2/CTF directory, you will have to rename it to pak2.pak or a higher number since the Quake2 CTF 1.50 installers will overwrite any existing pak1.pak (with confirmation).

Quake2 CTF 1.50 is now available from ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/ (check other major Quake news sites for mirrors later on in the evening):

Q2CTF 1.50 Windows 95/NT Full Client Installer
Q2CTF 1.50 Full Client ZIP manual install
Q2CTF 1.50 Windows 95/NT 1.50 Upgrade Installer
Q2CTF 1.50 Upgrade ZIP manual install

Q2CTF 1.50 Game shared library for Linux Alpha
Q2CTF 1.50 Game shared library for Linux i386 (glibc systems)
Q2CTF 1.50 Game shared library for Linux i386 (libc5 systems)
Q2CTF 1.50 Game shared library for Sun Sparc Solaris 2.5.1

Action Quake. I mention the site and don't give a link, seesh. Here it is.

An apology. On the 4th I said "Its probably just me but these two games are complete *CRAP*" I was talking about GoldenEye and Turok 2. They are, of course, not crap. They are extremely good games, for the N64 that is. The problem was I couldn't use the joypad properly so playing the games was a little hard. Ticked me off a little! It just annoys me the fogging which is apparent in these games. I have seen some N64 games now though that don't have fogging or pop-up. Top Gear Overdrive is one such game, pity it plays badly though =).