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QuakeLive hits open beta, the browser-based frag fest is on!
by Lee Mathews Feb 23rd 2009 at 10:00AM
In case you were a little disappointed that we didn't score any invites for you the last time QuakeLive appeared on Downloadsquad (apart from those generously donated by reader Rocketfactor), I've got some good news for you.
ID Software is ready to open up the beta to the public. No more codes, no more waiting. Just get yourself over to Quakelive.com tomorrow and register.
The site will re-open Tuesday night (February 24th, 2009) following a 36-hour maintenance period today, during which there will be a purge of idle accounts. Stats will also be wiped, though current players will retain their other user data (name, customizations, profile information).
As long as things go as planned, you can expect the doors to be blown wide open as soon as the counter in the corner hits zero.
ID Software is ready to open up the beta to the public. No more codes, no more waiting. Just get yourself over to Quakelive.com tomorrow and register.
The site will re-open Tuesday night (February 24th, 2009) following a 36-hour maintenance period today, during which there will be a purge of idle accounts. Stats will also be wiped, though current players will retain their other user data (name, customizations, profile information).
As long as things go as planned, you can expect the doors to be blown wide open as soon as the counter in the corner hits zero.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Rohit said 10:41AM on 2-23-2009
This appears to be really Giant! the Welcome page of the new website says it all..All I want to say, is that I just cant wait for tomorrow to arrive and have my hands on it..
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William said 12:38PM on 2-23-2009
I'm confused about the counter...as of 9:37am PST, it is showing 1062220 seconds and counting down. Unless I'm doing my basic math very incorrectly, I show that to be about 295 hours, which would be March 7th, not February 24th. Am I missing something? [and in case I am, I apologize in advance.]
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William said 1:35PM on 2-23-2009
OK, I'm still confused about the counter; it's about an hour later, and now it says 1052450, which is about 292 hours, if it's in seconds, but I guess it's not since three hours could not have passed in the span of one hour. I have no idea how the counter is counting down.
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Lee Mathews said 1:39PM on 2-23-2009
It's actually counting down the number of ad slots still available for in-game advertising.
Just kidding....Or am I?
bver100 said 4:31PM on 2-23-2009
01022916
try
1 day
2 hrs
29 mins
and 16 sec
Does that fit better into your counting?
William said 4:34PM on 2-23-2009
ah. you are a genius! I can't believe I missed that. =) thanks.