[KoQ] News Archive

News Archive (September 97)

09-30-97

New Member

A good friend of Jenkins has joined us. Everyone, lets welcome

! He hails from Jacksonville, FL... and puts the emphasis on TEAM in Team Fortress. We're delighted to have him as a KoQ. We're up to 11 members now -- I'm really excited for our future.

More Great News
I can't be too specific on this one. Check your email for details.

Thank You!
KoQ would like to give special thanks to AntoNin and the rest of clan Dark Vengeance. You guys are a true class-act. We appreciate all you've done for us! (Hehe, you're right..."Auto" wouldn't be a bad thing in TF! )

Minor Changes
I've done some slight changes to our departments. I realise people are busy, so I will leave it to you to inquire about a position. If you see a department (see feedback) that you would like to help-out in, please send me an email.

Congratulations, Snare... The TFiguration pages has reached over 2000 hits!

09-27-97

Demo Recording

Well, I'm not much of a cameraman, but if you're interested I filmed a game/practice from our Saturday session. If you've never watched a Quakeworld TF Demo (*.qwd) before -- be warned, they are hard to follow. Tell me which way you prefer the recordings, in free mode or auto-mode. Here is the demo (1.8 mb).

Rifle Model Replacement
Somebody has created a replacement model for the TF Sniper rifle. This model is black and looks more like a SWAT team rifle than the standard one. Check it out: Rifle Model (26 k). Thanks, Snare.

09-25-97

Worldcraft Update

Version 1.5a has been released at the

Worldcraft Homepage.

Saturday @ 9:30am CST.
As usual... hope to see everyone there! Lets all try to be there at 9:30am sharp -- I know its hard to wake up early, but we'll get more playing time if we're punctual. Also, please send us a letter if you cannot make it so we won't wait for you. Thanks.

Did you hear that Rob Zombie has done the Quake 2 themesong? Sounds pretty interesting.

09-23-97

Hmmm...

It has been somewhat slow around the TF and Quake communities for the past few days. If you're looking for places to visit, here's a couple of suggestions:

Try The Scyamore Tree for your daily dose of TF News.
Visit Wampey's Census and give them your opinion!
Finally, for a few cheap chuckles, amuse yourself with Quakeweek...

09-20-97

New Members!

Let us welcome Kouros and Jenkins to KoQ.

Kouros is from Boise, ID and works in a hospital as a CSR. He is married, and in his own words: "no kids, ... , 1 cat, 0 dogs (soon, though)." He usually plays TF as a sniper, pyro or demoman.

Jenkins hails from Jacksonville, FL. He's a single man, although he does have a special lady in his life. He's our first cable modem user and plays as a medic or sniper.

Needless to say, they are both great players that practice good sportsmanship. We're truly honored to have them join our clan. We're up to 10 members now, and the quality and maturity of KoQ continues... We also had the pleasure of meeting Pilate today. Hopefully we will get to see more of him and Mana in the future.

Message Board, Part 2
If you've tried the message board and it fails to load, just try it again at a later time. It seems that the server which hosts it has slowdowns throughout the day.

09-19-97

Message Board

We've got our message board up and running. You can access it the same manner as our strategy section. Check it out and add to the discussion! (KoQ Only)

A New Tournament
Another tourny is in the planning stages, Fortress Devastation Tournament. It looks fairly interesting...

09-17-97

Promising Applicant

I should have mentioned this earlier, but we received a very good application from a man named

Kouros

. He is in our age-group, down-to-earth, and loves TF. We'll get a chance to meet him soon. In the meantime, be sure to check for his handle ala QSpy -- and maybe you can drop in on him.

Departments!
In an attempt to lessen my workload and to create more involvement for our members, we now have specific departments covering clan duties. In each department, there is atleast 2 members that is responsible for maintaining any area. If you click on Feedback (above) it will display a menu for sending inquiries to specific departments.

It is up to you to work with your fellow members in your department to make this a success. Please contact me if you have any concerns about your assignment.

Modified 09/30/97

General Inquiries -- All miscellaneous questions and the clan post-office. When it doubt, send it here... we'll either answer it ourselves or forward it to the appropriate people. (Pek and Jarv)

Recruiting Information -- All recruiting information (invitations, contact, procedures, etc.) are handled in here. They are the representatives of KoQ to all interested people. (Snare)

Newsletter -- Our weekly Newsletter will be maintained by these two. If you have suggestions or news for a future Newsletter, send it to them. (Assman and Pek)

New Member Info -- This department is in charge of creating a form letter about all the resources/policies available to new members. They will send out this letter to each new member, as well as answering any other newbie questions. (Jarv)

Web-Site News -- If you have a suggestion or request for news on our web site, send it here. (Jarv, Snare)

Advisory Board -- This is a future group that has not yet been created. When we are more established, this will be a voting group to decide major actions for the clan. For now, it'll be done as we usually do things <g>!

As you can see, I am spreading out the duties of our clan. As our clan continues to grow, it is no longer feasible (or fair) to have myself solely responsible for clan duties. With the imminent advisory board, I will no longer have sole discretion for all our affairs.

However, you can still bet that I will have an impact on the clan. It is just time for me to let my "baby" get up and walk on it's own. : )

09-14-97 (Our web site has received over 1000 hits!!)

TFiguration Milestones...

I failed to mention this the other day, but Snare's TFiguration page has gone over 1000 hits and surpassed the KoQ pages! Snare has released v2.0, the new version has many useful scripts (like quickswing) and lots of new features. Be sure to grab your copy when you can.

TF Who's Who
If you're interested, you can fill out a form to be added to the Who's Who in TF. It is a way to get yourself exposed to the TF community, as well as spreading the word on what KoQ represents.

Nature (things not related to TF!)
If you have a 3dfx card and would like to be amazed, download Nature (3 mb) off of the Voodoo Extreme site. It reminds of the earlier demos (not game demos) people would make for the GUS with amazing sound and graphics. Check it out...

New screenshots are posted from the Saturday session.

09-11-97

The Frag

Here's something interesting that Rellika and Leiodes wanted to point out:

http://www.thefrag.com/main.html

Its 1) Free 2) in Dallas, and 3) Its Quake!?! Maybe we can get the organizers to put TF on some of their machines... If you're interested, let us know.

Tuesday Meetings Dropped, Part 2
Ok, to clear up some concerns about dropping Tuesday: This decision was not based solely on last Tuesday night's session. I've actually contemplated dropping it earlier, but this session solidified my feelings about Tuesdays.

I still plan on playing on Tuesday nights (as well other days throughout the week, just like I usually do) and welcome everyone to do the same. Its just no longer a requirement... we need to have a good representation when we invite people to join our practice sessions. Saturdays are always better number-wise and ping-wise.

If/When we get our own private server, we will probably add back a day to our official practice schedule. In the meantime, I'm sure we will have tons of informal gatherings.

09-10-97

Tuesday Meetings Dropped

We're no longer having Tuesdays as an official clan meeting day. It is too difficult to gather everyone up, and we've never had much success ping-wise on Tuesday nights.

We still have our Saturday @ 9:30am CST practices, as well as any informal get-togethers from ICQ. Anyone that wishes to setup on Tuesday (or whenever) can simply send out email inviting everyone to attend.

New Clan Email Address
To make my life and yours easier, we've setup an official Clan email address:

koq@rocketmail.com

This should make things much easier on when you attempt to exchange email addresses in games. Pek and I will have access to the mailbox, and we forward all appropriate letters to everyone. This will also keep out alot of junk mail out of my personal mailbox. It's easy to remember, so please take advantage of it.

Other Changes...
We are going to be making a few changes soon. I will be restructuring some of the tasks associated with our clan. The obvious reason is to try and alleviate some of the mundane things that I do, but I also hope it will make everyone more active with the clan.

Hey, we're getting close to our 1000th hit... : )

09-09-97

Another GL Crosshair Fix

Snare has put together a combination of the different GL Crosshair fixes into one pak file for us to use. It has the same red dot as the previous fix, plus the red cross (ala normal TF qwcl) and brighter text. I've replaced the older fix with his combo -- try it, you'll like it. Snipepak (34k).

There really isn't a readme file with the zip file, so please read this:

When you extract it, you must extract a copy into your id1 and fortress directory. Yes, both of them. Now, the file is called pak2.pak by default. This should not interfere with any existing files in the directories -- if it does, DO NOT OVERWRITE what you currently have. Instead, rename it to the next higher number pak file. For example: If your id1 directory has pak0.pak, pak1.pak, pak2.pak -- you would rename the file in the Snipepak to pak3.pak. Adjust accordingly for each directory location (id1 and fortress). If you have any questions, ask me first before installing it...

A Star for you, and one for you...

I just wanted to comment on how well we played last Saturday. Both the morning session and the evening (informal) were terrific. Our informal scrimmage couldn't have been executed any better by us. Great job, everyone!

09-07-97

New Member

A good friend of Rellika's has joined KoQ. Leiodes is a veteran Doom and Quake player. He too is a Texan, from the DFW area and is a very skilled TF player. We are honored to have him join our ranks. (I'll post more personal information shortly.)

Snare has met another excellent TF'er that shares our philosophy -- Jenkins. He's a great candidate for our next member. Everyone will get a chance to meet and play TF with him soon. Check your email for more information...

TF GL Crosshair Fix
Yes! Someone has made a fix for us GL users concerning the sniper crosshair. And guess what? All it did was redraw the sniper site using normal (non-fullbright) colors... simple, yet worthy solution. I suggest you download TFGL Fix (2k) immediately and go sniping. : )

This will be added to the files section in the future.

09-05-97

Worldcraft v1.5

Hooray! It looks like we're getting an update for our favorite map editor (well, maybe not Assmans!). Around 7:00p CST it should be available... an update for registered users as well as a new shareware version. Checkout the Worldcraft Homepage for the latest news and file availability.

TF Related Sites
If you're looking for other places to visit about TF, try the TF Newswire for daily news. Also, TF Newbies is a great place to search for maps and utilities...

TF Clans
We're now registered with the official TF Clans List. We're registered with quite a few clan listings now, I'm pleased to say....

Canyon.bsp
Would you like to see some screenshots of Assman's TF level?

BTW, I've also added a page to our strats section...

09-02-97

New Member!

Lets welcome aboard our newest member, Rellika. He hails from the DFW area, making yet another Texan in our clan! He is an experienced TF player, and very active with DWANGO. Tim is married and has one child, and even his own business... he's a great addition to our group.

We still need to expand our clan with other high-quality, good-natured people. I'd like to see us reach 15 members within the next two months. Currently, we have seven members -- so we still have a long way to go... but I am confident everything will work out.