QuakeLive open beta now ope... dammit

tsplitter

tsplitter

msuitepyon

msuitepyon

I'll try to be on later for some CTF/TDM. If I can find a mouse to replace this damn trackpad...

tugga

and the queue is moving much faster, the wait is only about ~30-45 minutes during peak times

msuitepyon

Man, it took me like 5 minutes to download all that shit.

tugga

last night after i finally got in, the few times i had to log back in the queue was less than 100

right now its 19,000 but its moving pretty fast

ive moved up 2000 places in five or so minutes

Darkness Mundus

FirmSkater wrote: »

Randall_Flagg wrote: »

FirmSkater wrote: »

Randall_Flagg wrote: »

this seems vaguely illegal

given that, y'know, they're making a rated M game available to anyone without proof of age

I'm just sayin'

There are no laws about whether or not someone can play a game because its rated M.

dang

I had always sort of assumed there was some sort of law regarding distribution of m-rated games

I guess not?

Nope, not for movies either. Anybody can go see a rated R movie or buy a rated M game legally, regardless of age. Stores just chose to ask people for their ID to make sure they are 18 because it makes them look responsible.

...this sounds like shenanigans
can i tell the bitch at the window to fuck off next time she ids this 24 year-old

Fandyien

There are people out there who are actually stupid enough to think you can't legally sell an m rated game to a minor?

Darkness Mundus

That was more for rated R movies.
(every time they card me they're suggesting I'm 16 and that makes me angery)

tugga

selling M rated games to minors is a store policy thing, not a legal thing

Rolo

Selling or making porn available to minors is illegal though in some states, right?

Darkness Mundus

I did a quick googling. No real information in regards to any of that shit in the first few pages so I gave up.

tugga

yes but the definition of porn varies as well

msuitepyon

Man, there is no federal or state law preventing the sale of M-rated games to minors. It's just a company policy.

bent

It's illegal in Britain!

msuitepyon

Yeah, in crazy Limey-land.

bent

Technically we own you. Someone told me in a youtube comment.

jwalk

Germany, Australia I think, serveral countries have laws against selling mature games to minors. This isn't just a USA release.

Anyway last night the queue was down under 100 and I got in very quickly, there were plenty of servers, in fact about half them them were empty...

tugga

290,000 people have registered since it went open beta

8500 people are online now

SpeedySwaf

Tag is SpeedySwaf

Currently 4317th in line.

RabidDeathMoose

Update

Ripped shamelessly off of EvilAvatar.

Those trying to play Quake Live may have had some serious issues with the whole playing aspect of things. Long, brutal queue times have been there since the open beta launched a week ago. Now however, word is that everyone should be able to actually get in there and play a game without waiting in line to do so. This news comes from a Tweet by Quake Live:

Quote:
Yesterday's changes have worked out really well, we have turned off the site queue.

Fandyien

Shit, awesome. I've gone to the site and sat queued for awhile but haven't gotten a chance to play this yet.

That'll make class substantially more tolerable.

jwalk

I was wondering why they even had a queue when there was always like 50 empty servers.

Artreus

So now that it is in open beta are there new maps? Iplayed it a bunch in January but it got old after a while. Not too much variety.

ThatDudeOverThere

so how well does this work?

should I try it?

Fort1tude

does anyone know if you can import quake 3 maps? Ive got a couple i made that kick ass

Artreus

Fort1tude wrote: »

does anyone know if you can import quake 3 maps? Ive got a couple i made that kick ass

I doubt it. It seems to be all run on servers run by id.

Also tdot. It is basically quake 3. If you liked quake three you should like this version. It will run pretty well on even old machines I should think.

ThatDudeOverThere

I have never played any quake game, that's why I'm asking.

Artreus

ThatDudeOverThere wrote: »

I have never played any quake game, that's why I'm asking.

Ooohh. Well. It is a pretty awesome game to just pick up and play for a little bit. I heartily recommend it as the Quake series is fucking awesome.

RabidDeathMoose

There are currently only the original Quake3 maps plus a few made specifically for the release of QuakeLive. As far as I'm aware there is no way to play your personal Q3 maps since ID controls the servers. There was talk of including more community created maps at some point but I'm not sure how far along that initiative has gone.

tugga

Ok the queue times were there so thousands of people wouldn't log in simultaneously and most of the queue was some half million people that downloaded the game the first week

And as far as custom maps go you'll most likely have to rent a server to make your own maplist and rules

I'd has said this on multiple occassions

Publius Aelius Hadrianus

I gotz da medalz yo

Fort1tude

so how would I go about doing that?

couldnt i just host it on a seperate comp for me and friends to lan on?

or do i have to rent from them?

Artreus

No.. it is still a good gun. It just isn't completely unbalanced for multiplayer gameplay.

jwalk

Um, ahh...

There's no more queue, the stats are even working now too.

There is no server, just the client. You can't run your own server, they are all run by iD or whatever host they are using.

tugga

in the future you can run your own server for a fee

sonzai

Is there a PA clan or anything like that yet?

Mr. Henry Bemis

Randall_Flagg wrote: »

this seems vaguely illegal

given that, y'know, they're making a rated M game available to anyone without proof of age

I'm just sayin'

you're fucking retarded

game ratings are not a legal issue, they're a store policy issue

ThatDudeOverThere

Rated F for Randall_Fag

jwalk

Mr. Henry Bemis wrote: »

Randall_Flagg wrote: »

this seems vaguely illegal

given that, y'know, they're making a rated M game available to anyone without proof of age

I'm just sayin'

you're fucking retarded

game ratings are not a legal issue, they're a store policy issue

No, it's a legal issue in several countries.

tugga

jwalk wrote: »

Mr. Henry Bemis wrote: »

Randall_Flagg wrote: »

this seems vaguely illegal

given that, y'know, they're making a rated M game available to anyone without proof of age

I'm just sayin'

you're fucking retarded

game ratings are not a legal issue, they're a store policy issue

No, it's a legal issue in several countries.

lots of things are on the internet and are free and are illegal in places and legal in others

like porn: in oklahoma, where i live, hardcore porn is illegal by law, but can i still find it on the internet if it is free? of course. are the cops gonna bang on my door cause i like to see scat porn with a hint of bestiality and arrest me? probably not.

i know we arent allowed to discuss it, but the guys at pirate bay (sort of) get away with what they do based on the same principle