John Breslin's blog

Rant

Posted Sun, 02/01/1998 - 17:00 by John Breslin

Spring time... Ah, the lovely smell of gibs in the air, bodyless axe-gripping arms littering the floors, singed backpacks lying by the lava pits, don't you just love it? Busy weekend, with Ross (toilet) coming up to visit us and a good old set of one on one games with demos and every screenshot you could possibly want from the weekend at http://weber.ucg.ie/quake/news.html. Glad to see that "pretentious git" Sujoy is back on the web (he said it, not me!) with the latest news from the UK Quake scene, check it out at http://www.sujoy.com/.

quake.ie Q2 FFA and CTF

Posted Mon, 01/26/1998 - 22:00 by John Breslin

Okay, got the two quake.ie Quake 2 servers working now, at q2ffa1.quake.ie:27910 and q2ctf1.quake.ie:27920. The second one is running the Vanilla CTF server- side patch, so doesn't require any client downloads, pretty nifty, eh? Will be replacing this with the official Id patch when it comes out, mid-Feburary according to Blue's News, I think they were talking about some release party somewhere or another.

Miscellaneous

Posted Mon, 01/26/1998 - 17:00 by John Breslin

Still getting that q2ctf1 going to q2ffa1 problem but looking into it today. We may be having visitor from UCD this weekend, none other than toilet, so hope to organise some games around that. Seven new entries into the IQCL over the w/e, did up a logo for it there last night, looks okay, may refine it some later. MoonGlum is hard at work on designing a level for the UKCL, it looks pretty class so far from what I've seen on the beta testing server.

Rocket Arena Maps Added

Posted Sun, 01/25/1998 - 17:00 by John Breslin

I added a larger selection of maps to the ra1.quake.ie server and it now cycles through about 20 or so I think... Seemed to crash out on one called dom2_lra, not sure if there is a bug in the map or what but I will be removing any other ones that start causing the same problem.

Untitled

Posted Fri, 01/23/1998 - 17:00 by John Breslin

quake.ie Server Stuff

Ah, my first .plan for a couple of years, and what better way to pass on information of what I am working on and what to expect in the future from quake.ie. After talking to Eric (Mindphuck) on the phone yesterday about Clan Survival, I have replaced war1.quake.ie's qwring mod with the Clan Arena patch. This is a temporary measure I think, hope to set up a separate server later on at ca1.quake.ie. Obi-Wan tells me there may be a problem with the q2ctf1.quake.ie server, in that it is just sending people to q2ffa1.quake.ie, so we are looking into that now.

Review: Zerstörer

Posted Fri, 01/09/1998 - 17:00 by John Breslin

This is a copy of a review I did for files.quake.ie earlier on in the year. Zerstörer is a PC (partial conversion) for Quake. If you don't have Quake, read no further and avoid disillusionment.

I should start by saying get Zerstörer now...  it's great!  This is the mod that really impressed those people at id Software, and when you begin on the "start" level you will see why.  The atmosphere is wonderful, blood-filled moats and new killer weapons.

Where to Find Q2 Servers

Posted Wed, 12/10/1997 - 17:00 by John Breslin

Check out PlanetQuake's Quake 2 server list. You can also query any Quake 2 servers you know of using qstat20a. The latest GameSpy with Quake 2 support will be released soon.

Untitled

Posted Mon, 12/08/1997 - 17:00 by John Breslin

First Irish Quake 2 Clan

UL Quake clan Na Daghda has formed the first Quake 2 clan in the country under the name Clan Rebirth. Check out their web page here.

No More Demos

Latest news is that Id Software will NOT be releasing another demo version of Quake 2 until the full version is available in stores.

Quake 2 Manual

A preview of the Quake 2 Manual cover has been released, looks pretty authentic to me!

Introduction

Posted Wed, 06/04/1997 - 16:00 by John Breslin

Cloudlands

Name given by the First Family to an unspecified location which, as its name suggests, appears to be an exclusive and very private retreat on, or very near to, the overground where the President-General cultivates roses. Apart from that, very little is known save for the suggestion that it also functions as an R&R centre for special agents of the First Family. (Dark Visions: An Illustrated Guide to the Amtrak Wars.)