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best server(s) for relative n00bs? ;)

  • 04-11-2002 01:39PM
    #1
    Bard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,311 ✭✭✭✭


    Ok- used to play Q3A a good while ago (think it was 3 years ago - when it came out) for a while until it got too expensive. Now that I've gotten my surf no limits account transferred (finally!!!) to my new phone number, I thought I'd give it a whack again... but as I'm now a relative newbie to it, having not played for so long, I don't want to be joining servers where I'll just be hammered out of existence with alarming regularity... ;)

    I'm not "bad" at Quake... (I used to be fairly good actually) I'm just a bit rusty... what servers (preferably Irish or UK) would you good folks recommend for a relative n00b to the game to get some decent practice on?


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  • #2
    zAbbo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,985 ✭✭✭✭zAbbo


    cloud.ign.ie - irish server

    Drop into #jobos on IRC, or #quake.ie

    If you`re on a modem, there are one or 2 UK servers which have a better ping than cloud.


  • #3
    ButcherOfNog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,316 ✭✭✭ButcherOfNog


    q3 with a modem? u'd be better off watching daytime tv


  • #4
    zAbbo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,985 ✭✭✭✭zAbbo


    benji swears by it:D, altho the pings are nastee, 150+

    Thats not to say you wont be made welcome
    :)


  • #5
    Bard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,311 ✭✭✭✭Bard


    Cheers, - will probably check it out tonight :D


  • #6
    dardoz
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 933 ✭✭✭dardoz


    put it this way, i'f u'v never known any different u will enjoy modem play. When i started playing UT it was on modem for about 6 months with a 300 ping cos of the desperate phonelines around my area. I loved it. Its only now that Im on cable that I ccant stand playing with a high ping. Anything over 80 in q3 just pisses me off too much to play now.


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  • #7
    Bard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,311 ✭✭✭✭Bard


    I've played Quake via both 64Kbps leased line and 56Kbps dial-up - and, of course, over a LAN. Never had any really major lag problems. Look forward to getting back into it ;)


  • #8
    Illkillya
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭Illkillya


    Most q3 servers that are in baseq3 (default) mode, i.e not running OSP, have a lot of players of a low standard, so even on 200 ping you'll be able to own there. You can find these in the in-game's built-in server browser, 194.159.164.181:27985 and 194.159.164.177:27970 are Demon UK servers.


  • #9
    Pepe LeFrits
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    Yeah, just watch out for the pros like Iky here :)


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