Quakeweek
August 22, 1997


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id Announces New Quake 'Tamagotchis'

Carmack Saved from Microsoft 'BackOffice'

Quake 2 Hoax Revealed

id Software's SPA Membership Cancelled

Patent Infringement Claim Filed on id Software

Expose: Quake 2 Beta Conspiracy Revealed

More TCC's Announced

Quake 2's Successor Revealed

TEN Launches 'Quakeworld-Crushing' Strategies

'Quake the Most Popular Mac Game Ever,' MacSoft Says

morbid Adds 'Pretty Colors' to GLQuake


Jack MathewsSOMEWHERE IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA - Jack 'morbid' Mathews of Quakespy recently announced the discovery of a special technique that allows players to add "a whole lotta pretty colors" to the existing version of GLQuake. Described as being "far out" and "groovy," the wondrous new effect is expected to revolutionize the way people look at videogames.

"wwhoaaa maan, chhecckiit outt!!!!!!" remarked morbid on the #qspy IRC channel. "thheese collorsss arrrrelike sssso fffffffffking coool!!!!!!!! iits likee beingg onna wwwholeothherr worrrld!!!!!"

Sources report that fellow GLQuake/Quakeworld programmer Dave 'Zoid' Kirsch was one of the first to receive word of the new effect, but could not replicate the "gnarly shit" morbid had described. Bewildered, Kirsh immediately flew over to Mathews's location in order to view the results first-hand.

"Woohoo, yeah baby, I can see it now!" Zoid was quoted as saying. "morbid's got some, uh. . . cool stuff that I didn't have, which is crucial to achieving the full effect. Once you got the goods, you'll definitely agree that GLQuake is better than sex!"

Quakespy LogoExtensive testing by Team QSpy revealed that the special effect produces slightly different results on different systems. A few TQS members found that enabling the 'pretty colors' sometimes creates conflicts with other visuals such as the R_WATERWARP effect, which extends past the player's monitor and covers his entire field of view. Despite these side-effects however, TQS guarantees that the highs definitely outweigh the lows.

"Ahhhhhhh. . . I can seeeee the music!" slurred Scott 'Lemieux66' Moser. "U da man, Jack-0!"