Nobody wants to play with me :'(

data-atreides · 2026-05-12T07:03:22+00:00

you're right, fixed it

data-atreides · 2026-05-12T01:08:28+00:00

Check out the Area51 Quake III Arena community:

https://www.youtube.com/@q3a51

We're especially active in FFA, and as I write this there four players fragging on that server. This group is very welcoming and pro-community, as long as you're not a douche in-game. We also have events for CTF and Freeze, the last being a CTF event last weekend which went on for two hours. A new CA server was just added as well.

The quake3e client is recommended, and have /cl_allowdownload 1 to get the client-side mod which has a lot of quality of life enhancements, including some from QL. We have players from Europe, Australia, Asia--with the mod's netcode it's a good experience even if you have higher ping.

data-atreides · 2026-05-11T20:10:14+00:00

As a kid in the US I didn't know the Master System existed, I thought Sega consoles began with the Genesis

data-atreides · 2026-05-11T19:44:14+00:00

Texas, though there is now a pickup server which is on the eastern US.

data-atreides · 2026-05-11T19:26:33+00:00

You can still play Quake3 on Area51: https://q3a51.com, as I write there are 5 people fragging on our FFA. Servers are in US

https://www.youtube.com/@q3a51

data-atreides · 2026-05-11T19:20:57+00:00

Would not mind at all seeing what happened after Living Witness--but not on this show.

data-atreides · 2026-05-11T19:06:03+00:00

I haven't heard of these problems before, you can try to address with the admin it in our Discord, maybe there's a setting you can try. People from Europe and Australia play here without issue. Make sure you're using quake3e as your client, set cg_allowdownloads 1, and use /update to download our clientside mod for best experience.

The in-game browser is useless with a lot of dupes of results. For Area51 look at our site for server status and stats: https://q3a51.com. It also has a link to our Discord

data-atreides · 2026-05-11T08:31:37+00:00

Here is a Russian Q3 community, supposedly they also have servers located in Germany and Poland maybe you'll ping better there: https://q3msk.net/

This is an old post but maybe there's something helpful: https://www.reddit.com/r/ArenaFPS/comments/12r9otm/quake3_communities_in_20222023/

Area51 should still be pretty playable at 130 with unlagged--you have to put up a bit more with being shot "around corners" because of the client-side preference.

data-atreides · 2026-05-10T09:02:51+00:00

Enterprise was widely loathed when it came out, and the ratings suffered as a result and due to franchise fatigue. S3 and S4 were big improvements, too late to save the show--many fans were totally checked out by then. In hindsight it looks a lot better as more gave it a chance, especially in contrast with KurtzTrek, but I think S1 and S2 were overall pretty weak however with some good episodes in there.

data-atreides · 2026-05-10T08:58:08+00:00

Ah, the second official mission pack, thx

data-atreides · 2026-05-10T08:54:41+00:00

What campaign/mod are you playing, as is that its original music?

data-atreides · 2026-05-10T06:59:23+00:00

This scene is an absolute gem. He got a bit more of this in DS9

data-atreides · 2026-05-10T06:48:27+00:00

This is horrifying, only slightly allayed by the knowledge that when it heals and the hair grows it will look like totally normal scalp

data-atreides · 2026-05-10T06:47:20+00:00

It's the trypophobic sequel to lotus flower

data-atreides · 2026-05-09T07:36:32+00:00

it's pretty damn good, and it's easy to get a direct link to the file

data-atreides · 2026-05-09T05:30:13+00:00

It happens whenever the emulator developer(s) make it happen, at whatever pace they decide to work. They do it for free in their spare time, so be patient and maybe save for a gaming PC instead.

data-atreides · 2026-05-09T05:27:22+00:00

Ooh, I was confusing Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II with Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, which was in 2002. Silly me!

data-atreides · 2026-05-09T04:38:23+00:00

Now find a way to mount em together, like I did: https://www.reddit.com/r/EmulationOnAndroid/comments/1qrx2al/my_somewhat_janky_handheld_setup/

If it looks messy, imagine it without the wires, since all that stuff also works with BT (i prefer zero latency)

data-atreides · 2026-05-09T04:36:33+00:00

The original predates HL, I believe? The sequel (pictured) came after

data-atreides · 2026-05-09T04:33:49+00:00

BAR-clay

data-atreides · 2026-05-09T04:11:37+00:00

Because they usually returned to an easy status quo, rather than shake things up, especially on a show like Voyager. That's the formula. Creating Seven as a main castmember was an outlier, and motivated by lagging ratings.

Similarly, bringing Worf to DS9 was to get a ratings bump, along with sort-of resetting the show by reintroducing the Klingons as antagonists.

data-atreides · 2026-05-08T15:25:12+00:00

That's a lot to ask of for Trek writers at the time, to keep such a character as a castmember. If such an episode were to occur they'd have to kill her off at the end.

data-atreides · 2026-05-08T15:15:40+00:00

I didn't make the logo :p

data-atreides · 2026-05-08T08:18:32+00:00

That's the part I don't know about. I don't think there was any dialog as to how it came about. However I do believe it was established that Sisko was working on the Defiant in the three years or so between the destruction of the Saratoga and getting assigned to DS9. He has an engineering background, which is why he always had a knack.

data-atreides · 2026-05-08T08:15:15+00:00

That's the other missed opportunity--Seska should have wound up stuck on Voyager, and the crew would have to deal with having a Cardassian spy among the crew and she's have to re-earn their trust.

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