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Quake Live is going downloadable, dropping Mac/Linux

Today in the good news/bad news department...

Good news: Quake Live is finally getting out of your browser and into a downloadable game. Even though it always worked fine, having to go to the site to launch always seemed odd and added a few steps.

Bad news: As part of the transition, they're dropping support for Mac and Linux. The browser plugin they previously used was cross-platform so they didn't have to maintain three versions of the game, but rather than putting a little more effort in to support everyone, they're skipping Mac and Linux.

This is disappointing, because id used to be the one company you could count on to release Linux versions. It may require an extra... Read All

rettisawesome wrote on 11/08/2013 at 07:42pm

Damn too bad.

Also i actually liked the browser version. I mean really that is quake live. Haha. Oh well.

jdodson Admin wrote on 11/08/2013 at 09:20pm

Yeah, this is too bad. In a way. I never really liked how the web UI worked all told. So doing it Desktop sounds better.

That said dropping Mac and Linux is a huge bummer. Theyd need to port native to make those versions work anyway, but I guess its easier to support on platform.

Still a huge bummer to see cross platform out.

rettisawesome wrote on 11/11/2013 at 07:26am

Web ui was odd. But i guess i liked it because it streamlined the social media experience of quake. I could compare stats. see players you've played against. And all that jazz.

i wound up in free-for-alls all the time against fatal1ty. I even have a screen cap somewhere of me headshotting him with a rail gun. So awesome. Thats my only brush with greatness in video gaming. Lolol

jdodson Admin wrote on 11/12/2013 at 12:52am

To bad the game doesn't give you a trophy when you frag a Quake Legend.

"Fragged the Quake legend fatal1ty. Good one."

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Online Meetup Tonight!

Just wanted to remind everyone that tonight we are having an online meetup and play session for Quake Live! It will start tonight 10/24 at 6pm PST.

Ill use this thread to co-ordinate the game, so check back for what specific games we will be in and the sharing of our in-game accounts to play together.

Original Post:
http://cheerfulghost.com/jdodson/posts/657

Travis Admin wrote on 10/25/2012 at 12:05am

Looking forward to getting ripped apart by all you better FPS players! :)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/25/2012 at 12:34am

HAHAHA! We shall see.

Just getting my machine setup and ready to go here.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/25/2012 at 12:35am

Game updating.... Going to check on my heating pizza.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/25/2012 at 12:41am

OK you can add me in quake live as a friend my username is... wait for it....

jdodson

Travis Admin wrote on 10/25/2012 at 12:47am

I have added you.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/25/2012 at 12:51am

looks like i invited you to the match.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/25/2012 at 02:55am

Heading over to Left 4 Dead. Join us if you can.

Travis Admin wrote on 10/25/2012 at 03:42am

You all missed out on some fun! With the exception of the people who kept reciting lyrics from Gangnam Style, the Quake Live games were a blast, and my first real L4D experience was exactly what I had hoped for.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/25/2012 at 04:19am

Quake Live was a blast! I still love the rocket launcher!

Left 4 Dead stole the show for me though. After about the 3rd wave we started I was really digging the game and the strategy of it. I really enjoyed helping people and healing, which is odd as I don't particularly like playing the medic in TF games.

BR Supporter wrote on 10/25/2012 at 10:01pm

Sorry, I couldn't join you guys. I didn't even see the post until today. I was pretty busy playing apb as I just started playing again.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/26/2012 at 04:33am

No problem, I plan on running a game meetup every other week so ill try and make the next one more visible!

Tungsten wrote on 10/27/2012 at 02:04pm

Ya, try to another one this weekend. I'll get it running so I can shove rockets up your quake holes

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Online Game Meetup and Play: Quake Live

I want to meet up with you all and play Quake Live next Wednesday the 24th @ 6pm PST. Quake Live is a modern port of Quake 3 Arena that is sponsored by iD Software and free to play at http://www.quakelive.com.

See you Wednesday!

Jacob_Richardson wrote on 10/19/2012 at 05:54am

My cousin is extremely into this game. He is really competitive. He played it a heck of a lot. He's pretty interested in the new E-Sport type game Shootmania.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/19/2012 at 02:14pm

Haven't heard of Shootmania. I'll have to look it up. Interesting, they seem to be promoting the map editor pretty heavy.

Travis Admin wrote on 10/20/2012 at 04:48am

I'm installing the stuff necessary for Quake Live now. So weird that at the turn of the century my PC could barely handle Quake 3, but now I'm playing it in a browser.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/20/2012 at 10:44pm

:D I know it's awesome how things progress.

Travis Admin wrote on 10/24/2012 at 05:52pm

Still happening? I haven't seen anything about it since this post.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/24/2012 at 06:04pm

Yep, still on! Ill post something to the main page again to remind folks.

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