I actually agree that TEAMShambler was the best SPQ site during the time it operated. I'm actually just making the point that there was an earlier era where there were different sites in operation. 

http://www.realm667.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=466
Dark GZDoom map with unusual gameplay by Tormentor667 (so it's probably nice but hard). 

Kind comments. Even if I agree with them ;).

Lack of scoring wasn't fundamental to TEAMShambler's success. Timing, dedication and dilligence were.

I think scoring is fine in theory but doesn't work in practise because firstly you're assigning something fixed to what are at least partially artistic creations and mutually incomparable let alone unscorable, and secondly the system breaks down after a while because the system relies on comparison but comparability changes over time.

Not that I have any real complaints with UWF using scores, if he thinks it helps. 

I think UWF review comments are the thing to take care of: what's in the map is so far what is intersting to know isn't it ?
The scores highlight UWF personal feeling of the map, even if the scoring / ranking process has some rules to respect. At least it gives a comparison point between several maps... 

i bought the quake4 special edition since its at the same price as the normal version (why not have the normal cheaper? gah?).

anyway, playing quake2 w/ expansions and because they all came on a dvd, there is nom usic! and its pretty boring without it! i have the quake2 cd from when it came out, but man, is there a place where i can download the tracks for both expansion packs?

btw, the reckoning is pretty cool so far :) 

Quake music would be nice too! I downloaded my copy of Quake straight from ID's website and that came with no music!! Shame cause the original quake music rocked!!! I could burn a disk if I could download the tracks ;) 

at least, i remember seeing torrents with the mp3s whenever i looked for some live nin songs :)

so if you know how to get songs that way (who doesnt?), then it wouldn't be so hard to find somebody that has them. 

http://www.celephais.net/board/view_thread.php?id=1&start=12635&end=12635
It's also available in mp3 at some blog for ages now, try google. 

 

...the ones for the quake2 expansion packs? i dont think i like those links :( 

...so I saw this SP release called 'badpak' at quaddicted and thought I'd check it out. The rating was 'excellent' for an unfinished map series with some only partially complete resources. "How odd", I mused.

Intrigued, I downloaded it and for sure, if you can suspend dislike for the partially complete heavy/flying/sng/enforcer, this really is an excellent piece of work. Some minor annoyance at things like lightning models not lining up with the guns end fades rapidly in the face of great brushwork and immersive combat.

No "bad" pak this one :) 

not for review but linked to it from memory. Cant remember the name of the mapper but it was one of spawny' friends?? 

http://teamshambler.planetquake.gamespy.com/rev000904.html

Ironhammer. As you say, one of Nano's spanish crew. 

an unofficial fifth map Ih1m5, as well as a few others which use Badpak's base monsters. 

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/3465/splashgl7.png
I am pretty speechless.
Normally something like this would be called a security breach or exploit.

"hey, we got that exploit in our jpeg loader, so don't watch custom jpegs"

Well, obviously an attempt to make gamers BUY addon things instead of STEALING custom made stuff from the internet, is it? 

Unsolicited Advice makes up a huge fraction of what annoys me in this world.

Even an application pop up window that states a simple: Would you like to go on line to find an application to open this file(Recommended)? makes me want to strangle the programmer who dared to put advisory material in an ap I'm using. 

You shouldn't get so angry over stuff. 

you build a huge ass map that takes forever to get from one end to the other and now you think you're God and you can tell me what to do -- though, I guess if you managed to encapsulate infinity inside of a map just like I just said you did, you really would be God, so on that pretext, I'll let that advisory comment pass. 

I forgot to pay my BT phone bill and my broadband service has been rudely disconnected. Every website redirects to a nasty message from BT...apart from this one.

Cheers metl, you just pwned BT.

In the meantime, can someone post transcripts of YouTube Blackadder episodes, describe amusing cat image macros, draw (ascii) porn, etc. etc.?

Being without internet is a new and scary concept for me and I'm not sure I like it :{ 

goatse.cx:

A naked man is bending forward, viewed from behind. Both his hands are in his anus, stretching the rectum wide open. His genitals are visible.


2girls1cup:

Two girls are making out.
Close up of one girl's ass, with other girl holding a cup under it.
Girl poops. A lot. Into the glass.
Both girls proceed to eat and lick the poop.
Girls smear poop all over themselves and vomit onto eachother and into eachother's mouths.
Fade to black. 

ALPHA AND BETA!

But ascii porn creation escapes me. 

Maybe it is time to consider a more extended break from internet activity. 

why several of the hosted PQ sites flicker on and off from day to day, e.g. TeamShambler or SPQ Level Heaven?

Sometimes it helps flushing the DNS cache, sometimes not. 

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2332/1906522870_cad5c683e8_o.jpg

eeewww 

America... what happened to you?