ProvingGrounds Spotlight On: Quake 3 Excessive

 
 

Quake 3 Excessive.

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Participants:

Ingame names
[MgA]Extreme*Z28 [MgA]Oden |U9|Rocafella
*Bonedaddy*{BNB} -DS-Kyvec fUkSt|cK*EQA*
3d[HayHauler] His_Own_BlackHole His_Own_Quikie
^iX^w0rM Killathug{THC} Meatgrinder -XTC-
redkiller -TKC-NiKoN -TKC-Olympus
-WoE-BagFly


Introduction

The Q3 Excessive community is a colorful bunch that has an impressive amount of enthusiasm for their mod of choice. BigRod and Pure Imaginary sat down with many of the team captains in the community and below is the result in this month's Spotlight On.


Outsiders.

Bigrod : Briefly, how would you describe Quake 3 Excessive and the PG community to someone who has never played the game or experienced our forum?

fUkSt|cK : Excessive is the keyword.

iX|w0rM : A completely disfuctional family full of some of the strangest people in online gaming.

His_Own_Quikie : It's a great game to play with great competition. The forums at PG can give you lots of hints and great info on the current gameplay.

Meatgrinder-XTC- : An intense, tight community with more than its share of bungholes.

RedKiller[EQA] : Q3 Excessive rocks. There is no other faster paced game out there and it has a great community but people on the PG forum are also always trying to start flame wars.

TKC_Olympus : I would honestly tell them we are a dedicated and close-knit community. However, as with any game it's very competitive and fast-paced and definitely not for the faint hearted. Sometimes things get a bit intense between rivals.

HayHauler[3D] : PG is a good way to keep track of matches, maps, teammates, and other clans. Games are organized (somewhat) and matches are held at mutually approved sites. Excessive is a very fast paced and competitive. It's really not like the original Q3 at all.


Excessive.

Pure_Imaginary: What or who brought you to Q3 Excessive?

[MgA]ODEN : It's fast and there's no need to find weapons... Did i say fast?

His_Own_BlackHole : I just found a server and started playing it... I got hooked to it and have been here for 2-3 years since.

TKC_NiKoN : It was a co-worker for me. I guess you could say a friend who played the mod before me.

DS^Kyvec : I came to Q3X after my Quake 1 mod died out. It was the only mod that quenched my thirst for furious gameplay. :)

[MgA]Extreme-Z28 : I clicked on an Excessive server by accident.

|U9|Rocafella : A friend of mine stole this game [Quake 3] in a breaking and entering incident. He knew I liked video games so he brought it over to my place. This was the first and last online game I have and will ever play.

Bonedaddy : Yeah, I got tired of picking up ammo.

fUkSt|cK : For me it was the very first game online I have ever played. I have tried others but keep coming back to Excessive because of the speed of the gameplay and the great friends I have met.

Meatgrinder-XTC- : I mistakenly found it through the game browser about a week after it was released by Mr. Pants . I searched desperately for more servers with it for weeks after that.

iX|w0rM : I started playing on the old Llarians server. I stumbled across it one day by accident and fell in love with the excessiveness of it instantly. I've played every day since.

KillathugTHC : I found Q3 Excessive by complete accident.

His_Own_Quikie : I played Quake 2 for a long while but then the dreaded rail bots drove me away. I loaded Quake 3 and soon found an Excessive Deathmatch server, joined a clan, then moved on to CTF and never looked back. I've brought a few friends and my nine year old son with me.

BigRod : What is your favorite aspect of Q3X?

fUkSt|cK : The speed, plain and simple, the speed of the gameplay.

His_Own_Quikie : The competitive nature of the beast!

RedKiller[EQA]> : The unlimited gun power and being able to move around the map as if I am flying.

Meatgrinder-XTC- : Fast gameplay, no hunting for weapons, and the women are the hottest!

KillathugTHC : Fast-paced action, infinite ammo, and more health.

TKC_Olympus : 360 degrees of absolute gibbing carnage!

[MgA]Extreme-Z28 : The speed and brutal nature of the game.

iX|w0rM : For me it's the closeness of the community. It's small, so we all know and help each other although that does lead to some heated arguments too.

His_Own_BlackHole : There's no ammo to pick up and for the most part we all get along. Just like any other community we have our differences.

Pure_Imaginary : To you, what makes Q3X better than other games/mods?

DS^Kyvec : I suck at everything else. :(

Meatgrinder-XTC- : It doesn't constantly change (i.e. get ruined) by constant beta releases like other lame mods.

iX|w0rM : The speed and intensity of the game is what I love. You just don't get that in other mods.

KillathugTHC : The community and the fast pace of the mod.

[MgA]Extreme-Z28 : Even though we fight a lot our community is a lot closer than any other out there.

|U9|Rocafella : I like the pace of the game and the fact that there is constant room for improvement.

His_Own_Quikie : The amazing Excessive mod changed the way gaming will be forever. I have played other excessive games, but Quake 3 Excessive has it all.

TKC_Olympus : Most people who first play the Excessive mod are overwhelmed at the range of productivity each weapon is capable of. I feel anyone who knows anything about this mod truly appreciates the additional challenge you are given.

[MgA]Extreme-Z28 : Other mods play too slowly after you've played Excessive.


Ladders.

Pure_Imaginary : Q3X started as a single ladder at PG over 2 years ago and has now grown to five strong ladders with over twenty active clans. What do you think has helped the Q3X community grow when almost every other Q3 ladder has shrunk?

TKC_Olympus : There is no other mod for Quake that can compare to the speed and thought that goes into an Excessive game.

[MgA]Extreme-Z28 : There are people that still play Excessive after three years and it doesn't have as big of a turnover rate as other mods.

His_Own_Quikie : People play Excessive and they are hooked, then they want more and more and more, so they join the ladders for real competition.


Quake 3.

BigRod : A lot of people think that Q3 is slowly dying off. How do you respond to these statements?

TKC_Olympus : Absolute bollix!

Meatgrinder-XTC- : You might be prettier but we still got the best gameplay.

His_Own_BlackHole : *laughs* Q3 dying? Please.

[MgA]ODEN : F#$@ them.

KillathugTHC : I say that they are stupid. Q3X will never die!

HayHauler[3D] : Well, they haven't played Excessive. They played the old style with picking up your weapons and ammo. "Ancient" Q3!

TKC_NiKoN : Q3 will live forever no matter what happens. It's like a crack addiction!


Excessive Skills.

Pure_Imaginary : Q3X has often been criticized as a "skilless mod." What do you say to people who question the "skill" that Q3X requires?

Meatgrinder-XTC- : Play a round then we'll see!

Bonedaddy : Come try it and see how much skill you have.

DS^Kyvec : I say that's just frustration at not being able to learn it so quick. :) Excessive takes a lot of practice to master.

His_Own_Quikie : I say invite us to your mod and we will punish you there as well.

fUkSt|cK : It's because they do not know how to control their jumps and movements in Excessive and they do not have the patience to learn it.

iX|w0rM : Any mod requires skills. The skills are just different. What wins you maps in RA3 probably won't get you very far in Q3X.

RedKiller[EQA] : They just dont get it! They have no idea how to move fast and kill in such a fast way. Sometimes in free-for-all I would agree that it's all spam but play some skilled players in 1 on 1 and see how you do there.

BigRod : The Q3X community is very intense and demanding. What has kept you playing Q3X? What helps keep the game interesting?

fUkSt|cK : The people.

[MgA]ODEN : Custom maps.

His_Own_BlackHole : Great people to play with and hang out with.

Meatgrinder-XTC- : NBF and Worm keeps me playing and the PG community here in Excessive. Good peeps. Good fun.

TKC_Olympus : My clanmates and the wonderful people I know and talk to on a daily basis.

KillathugTHC : The people and the endless amount of maps.

iX|w0rM : I find doing things for the community is what I love most like making maps and running servers.

His_Own_Quikie : Just trying to compete and be as good as some of the great players is enough to keep me around.

DS^Kyvec : I could speak for a lot of people in my clan if I say that having close friends in the game keeps us all playing.


Community.

Pure_Imaginary : Do you enjoy the size of the community? Do you think this helps keep the game interesting?

Meatgrinder-XTC- : The size hasn't changed too much to me it seems through the years.

[MgA]ODEN : I would like to see the community grow.

TKC_Olympus : Definitely. With a much smaller community there would be less competition. However, I agree, the community has plenty of room for growth and improvement.

RedKiller[EQA] : I wish we had more peeps playing but the newbies have a hard time keeping up with so many skilled players.

His_Own_Quikie : Yes it does. There's always somewhere to play with people in a server.

iX|w0rM : Yes, very much! We're always trying to get new people to play but I like the fact that we are small.

DS^Kyvec : I think we're the perfect size. It reminds me of the Q1 mod. It's just small enough to remember mostly everyone but large enough to keep it alive.

WoEBagFly : It helps that it is small enough that you pretty much know everyone.

Meatgrinder-XTC- : It's not the size. It's how you use it.

BigRod : The PG Q3X forum (the largest at PG by over 10,000 posts), is clearly a large part of the community's interaction. What are your favorite and least favorite parts about the forum activity?

Meatgrinder-XTC- : My favorite part is watching Jalis and Slang spar in the forums. *laughs*

WoEBagFly : The forums are a joke in my opinion. That's all I have to say about that.

His_Own_Quikie : The whining is the worst part.

TKC_Olympus : All the flaming retards who insist on negativity all the time is my least favorite. The constant updates and interesting topics keep me involved.

iX|w0rM : It's a love/hate thing. From flame wars to helping each other through all kinds of problems, it's all there.

|U9|Rocafella : The only thing I dislike about it is that it gives all the complainers a place to cry about everything.

KillathugTHC : I like how we can leave our thoughts about the many things about the game and the people playing it whether it's serious or not.

TKC_NiKoN : I basically read the PG forum to see the soap opera. That's what I think of it as.

Pure_Imaginary : Q3X is well known as one of the more colorful communities here at PG largely due to the forum activity. Why do you think the Q3X community gained this reputation?

Bonedaddy : We are all excessive .

WoEBagFly : We're all smart-asses.

DS^Kyvec : We are such a soap opera. We should get our own daytime show.

RedKiller[EQA] : It's the amount of spam and different attitudes.

KillathugTHC : We all are different but we clash together very well.

HayHauler[3D] : I think the age group has a lot to do with it... :)

Meatgrinder-XTC- : It takes a real man or woman to handle this mod with type A personalities.

iX|w0rM : I think Q3X attracts creative and disfuctional types which makes for an interesting mix of personalities.

His_Own_Quikie : Most of us are whacked out of our skulls so it makes for interesting conversation.

Pure_Imaginary : Is Excessive a reflection of your real-life personality, and if so, in what ways?

fUkSt|cK : I am just a freak in general.

TKC_Olympus : Only certain facets of my online play are reflected such as my personality and attitude about the game.

iX|w0rM : Yeah, I do everything in excess, which explains my collection of CDs (1000+). :)



Congratulations to the Q3 Excessive community for earning the Spotlight On for December 2002. The Q3 Excessive community has been a vocal part of Proving Gorunds for a long time now and we appreciate their ongoing enthusiasm and participation.


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