People tend to compare the “good old days” with the situation today, taking into account a wide range of topics: They talk about tournaments, leagues, the different clients, rocket jumping, bunnyhopping, weapon scripts, fakeshaft and so on.

People have also spent hours talking and writing about the players that were around back then, but only very little research has been published about who the players were that left, why they left, where they went and whose fault it was that they left in the first place. I will answer all of those questions.

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Frag of the week has been running for 29 weeks now and had a total of 130 submissions. The participation has been jumping up and down and that goes for the quality too.

However, last week (29) had some very nice submissions and it was rather hard to decide the winner.

I know that many of you don’t even bother to check the weekly submissions over at the FOTW page so I am going to present last weeks submissions here and hopefully make you a little bit more interested in our weekly contest!

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From the depths on northern Sweden i managed to get a hold of one of my favorite players and he humbly accepted my interview proposal. yagshemash.

Hey phantasy slide and duelmaster! Welcome and please introduce yourself

Hello!
My name is Martin Börjesson, I’m 24 years old and currently living in Luleå, Sweden.

Where does the nick Phantasy come from?

I can’t remember where it came from, so I always say it came from of my lack of fantasy :)

What have you been doing since you last played quake, other games, work, school? What made you install it again? (did you try nquake?)

I’ve been concentrating on my studies, but I’ve always played a little from time to time when I was in the mood for it. I’ve also played World of Warcraft until I got tired of it a couple of months ago. Since then I’ve completed university and I am currently (read more..)

Those of you who were around during the summer break of 2005 might remember a duel tournament titled “QuakeWorld Summerjam”. The tournaments’ initial aim was to do something about the inactivity that haunts our beloved game each and every summer.

Like in 2005, there will be another QuakeWorld Summerjam this year. So if you’re the kind of person that prefers spending his summer behind curtains watching Star Wars, reading comics and drinking Kool-Aid, this might be just thing thing for you. (read more..)