Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20180827202615/@comment-3547390-20181023224658

Quite curious indeed actually. I might do a brief video on it, plus can rip apart some files and see what we have, sort of like the fun experiments I got out of Beta3 (we still need to play coop Beta3 end). When it comes to Quake, the more files I have the better.

I am a rather odd person, so explaining Minecraft from my perspective is a bit different from everyone else as my particular interests are different. Minecraft, to the average person, is something where you build a lot of complex structures or play minigames. To me, it is more like collecting baseball cards. The world is yours to gather resources from, which are all pregenerated and thus entirely random. I make it my goal to hunt for the rarities and collect them. You know, I would love collectables in a lot more games if they were like Minecraft, randomized as opposed to existing in the same spot. I have this compulsion to collect things, it is one of the main things that drives me. While Quake is nice to explore, one big flaw is that things aren't exactly hard to acquire, making the challenge aspect of collecting rather lacking. Minecraft fills that void by allowing me the ability to gather a bunch of random items. I start to break down after a while, the problem is that you start to eventually amass too much of a collection (the urge to collect but no real desire to do anything with it) which means it would be nice to have some builder constantly burning my resources.

Stealth RPGs just usually don't get it right, from experience. NPCs are either too aware or it is so exploitable that you can do it right in front of their face. One of the problems of playing Thief, you compare every stealth experience to it and it just pales highly. The world felt more interactive in something like Thief than Skyrim. Sure, the latter has physics, but just the properties of the AI were so much more... sophisticated... which led to a lot of variety.

I am glad to say I am very good at avoiding windows. My job has zero windows, I always ensured to get areas without them when possible. My home has a sole window, but I board it up with cardboard to ensure no light comes in. I also live in a basement for even more darkness. Family tends to be concerned I am not getting enough sun, I just like darkness.

While some have moved on, we also have a massive chunk of people who are nostalgic for Doom. Look online, there are plenty of Doom communities where people just love that mindset, also notable with the active community itself. Granted, there are for a lot of games, but Doom in particular stands out. I guess the problem with any community is that while years of shovelware exist, people pretty much all stick to the same packs. Everyone knows Alien Vendetta, nobody cares about obscure 1994 levels. So that means even in a Quake community, I make myself sort of the elephant in the room.

Now you are repeating comics. Should I be concerned? :P

I hate bringing it up, since it sounds like I am being pushy, but the anticipation of it all means it will definitely be nice to happen. Especially since I need some driving force for more Quake, while I have been going for a bit I think I am starting to suffer from some sort of "mid-life crisis" involving questioning life's purpose due to playing Quake maps.

Precisely. Plus we don't play Arcane Dimensions and Episode 5. I even have a tendency to use DOSBox. You can't imagine the amount of criticism I have gotten because of my choice to do that. For some reason, a lot of people really get bothered seeing the original Quake in that small of a resolution.