Feed: sizeof(cat)
Title: The Quake 2 Thunderdome!
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 09:16:52 +0000
Link: http://sizeof.cat/post/the-quake-2-thunderdome/
 
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  Remember, this is the grind, the battle royale between you and your mind, your
  body and the devil on your shoulders telling you this is just a game, this is 
  just a waste of time, your opponents are stronger than you. Drown out the 
  voice of uncertainty with the sound of your own heartbeat, burn away your self
  doubt with the fire that’s beneath you. Remember what you’re fighting for and 
  never forget that momentum is a cruel mistress, she can turn on a dime with 
  the smallest mistake, she is ever searching for the weak place in your armor, 
  that one tiny thing you forgot to prepare for. So as long as the demon is 
  hiding the details the question remains: IS THAT ALL YOU GOT? ARE YOU SURE?
 
  And when the answer is YES, when you have done all you can to prepare yourself
  for battle, THEN it’s time to go forth and boldly face the enemy, the enemy 
  within. Only now you must take that fight into the open, into hostile 
  territory. You are a lion in a field of lions, all hunting the same elusive 
  pray with a desperate starvation that says VICTORY is the only thing that can 
  keep you alive. So believe that voice that says that “you CAN run a little 
  faster”, and “you CAN throw a little harder”, and that, for you, the laws of 
  physics are merely a suggestion.
 
On September 27, 2025 20:00 UTC time, The Café[2] gang will attempt to organize 
several Quake 2[3] deathmatches (no teamplay) on our own Quake 2 server, for 
glory or shits and giggles. Everybody is invited to join us in our attempt to 
have fun killing ourselves in various and innovative ways (just kidding, we’ll 
mostly die due to failed rocket jumps and grenading the walls).
 
The Café members will get a shiny new badge to wear with pride (and prejudice), 
and while the participation is not mandatory, the badge will certify their 
valiant effort in stopping the Strogg… I mean the Cafégg. In the end we’ll all 
be Knights of the Shiny Railgun!
 
If you want to join us, you will need a Quake 2 client (Windows, Linux, BSD, 
macOS, OS X), the Café Quake 2 server address, 46.226.105.97:27910 
(“multiplayer” -> “join network server” -> “address book” and fill that in, 
IP:PORT format) and about an hour of your free time. Server is running Yamagi 
Q2[4] and the map will be q2dm1 because it’s the best-known and the most 
balanced. You don’t need to do this retro-style on your grandpa’s “computer”, 
but bonus style points for original Quake 2 CDs, Pentium machines, CRT screens 
and Pamela Anderson wall posters. Or Nick Carter posters, we ain’t judging here.
Tryhards not welcomed!
 
So, prepare the beer, peanuts, pizza or whatever food-for-the-soul you enjoy, 
chug some Redbulls, pop that old Pantera[5] casette in your tape deck for extra 
energy, send the kids to sleep, brush up your Quake 2 skills, wear your id 
Software t-shirt and practice your rocket jumps.
 
Campers beware, they will be hunted down and gibbed, or even teabagged. There 
will be no winners, only exhausted people.
 
If you’re not familiar with Quake 2 yet (heathens!), it’s just like 
CounterStrike only better.
 
Let the games begin!!
 
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Links: 
[1]: http://sizeof.cat/post/the-quake-2-thunderdome/img/quake2.jpg (image)
[2]: http://sizeof.cat/cafe/ (link)
[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_II (link)
[4]: https://www.yamagi.org/quake2/ (link)
[5]: https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=2-V8kYT1pvE (link)
[6]: http://sizeof.cat/files/quake.gif (image)

