January, 1999 News
(unformatted to current style)

I am going to make this short because I want everyone to make sure to get that model pack. If you haven't read yesterdays update then read it first. If you have, then go ahead with this one.

First off is that there is a Scandanavian only league of Action Quakers for the Scandanavians to sign up for now. Here is what the guy running has to say in his own words:
Get a little practice with the akimbos, adjust that sniper aim, sharpen the knives, give the M4 clips an oil-bath, go over your vest and cast some new shells for the handcannon - It's gearing up for some serious bloodshed in the icy norths where Scandinavia's finest prepare for a heartpounding fight to the very end - Welcome to the Norse Warriors AQ2 League.
So if you are a Scandanavian the go here and check it out: http://www.sigma-systems.no/norse/

There is a program I had someone make for me that makes all linux files lowercase. I am having someone test it to make sure before you guys get it but I want to say that from now on I would appreciate it if everyone who makes anything that they are submitting for AQ would make it all lowercase to make it easier on our linux users. There are some discrepencies going around with servers that make it hard for people and this is just one that that should make that a little easier. So from now on the standard for all AQ files is that they will be all lowercase. Please follow this and spread the word around (especially if you know someone who uses linux).

For those of you who are wondering and asking about Action for Half Life. Here is some info for you. The mod is coming along nicely so far. I am getting to grips with 3dsMax and character studio. Progress is being made in every section of the mod and although we aren't giving out much info yet we are actual doing things believe it or not. The release date is not set yet so when you ask me that quaestion the answer will always be I don't know. I am contemplating putting up a screenshot or two but I probably won't yet just because there really isn't any reason to as it stands now. Also, we do not need weapon suggestions for this because it is mostly a port of Action Quake. Though there will be some changes in the weapons and of course other things we don't need any input on things like weapons yet. If you have a grand idea for a feature that you think nobody else has thought of then send it to me though and it will be considered. Please don't send obvious stuff like "make it ctf", or "add ir vision and a rocket launcher". Also, although we are and always have been very open to people submitting things we simply don't really need much help at this stage in things. Later on once it is released or near before the first release it will probably be a better time for that sort of thing. If you want to help right now then make some maps that work for Half Life. Make them in the AQ style of maps but try to use the Half Life features to make them better than the present maps. With things like transparent areas on brushes you can do amazing things (like trees, fences, grates). So for all of you who wanted a little info on what was going on, there you have it. Also, if you own weapons and are willing to scan in pictures of them then let me know. I could really use some nice images. Please don't send pics you grabbed off the net though. Mostly what I need are angles like the rear of the gun, the under side of the gun, or the very front. For some reason those angles are near impossible to find for most weapons.

didn't make that as short as I had intended to. oops.

Ok, this is one of those type of updates that usually drag's Telefragged's servers to it's knees with downloads. So if you guys could spread the word via the servers and stuff I would appreciate it. Probably a few people not looking at the page since I haven't updated in what seems like eons (that means a long time in case you went to John Marshall high School like I did).

Well, basically the Actor's Guild is open for visitors. That also means there are some downloads to be made. Sorry if you hate downloads but you will be seeing more reservoir dog skins than ever unless you make this download. The first model pack for Action Quake is now online.

Before I list what is in it let me also give a huge thank you out to the people who make the skinview mod for letting me announce the Action Quake version of skinview even though it took me longer than it should have. Worked with them for a while and convinced them to add Action Quake support to the Skinview mod. What they actually did is added open ended support for just about every mod with custom vwep but since it working with AQ wsn't enough I decided to make my own version and that is what you will be getting. It is an Actor's Guild exclusive and please do not distribute it on other sites. The skinview team did me a big favor by doing this for me and the last thing I want to do is confuse people by having the AQ version accidentaly downloaded by someone who doesn't want it. Don't worry if you want both though since my version installs to a different directory.

Ok, here is what is in the model pack. (I wonder how many people skipped down to this part):

• New Sydney Player Model (Action Quake version with full vwep and compatible with old sydney skins)
• M player model (first ever model with Varms instead of vweps, author Oddjob)
• Shotgun Messiah player model with full vwep support (thanx goes out to the Shotgun Messiah clan for this one)
• Oddjob player Model with full vwep support (from oddjob)
• some skins for the ActionMale player model (good ones from the awesome skinners Mr. Kill and Mr. No)
• Other things I believe I got into the pack before I zipped it up:
• a skin for the female player model
• a couple other things I am sure I am forgetting.
• Oh yeah, I made a couple leeloo skins for the Sydney model as well to get people in the skinning mood. I forgot to rename them before I made the zip though so use at your own risk or something since they are mostly for motivational purposes.

A couple of other things to note before I send you off to the Actor's Guild to get these goodies. First is that if you are having problems where your name is always Suislide then go to you quake2/action/ directory and delete the file called autoexec.cfg. I can't believe how many folks are still running around using my name. If you see someone named Suislide on a server please tell them how to do this. Not only will it save a lot of headaches but the name Suislide has been banned form quite a few servers so you could wind up losing some good playing spots if you don't listen to this. Second, there will not be any new weapons in Action Quake so stop asking. For the time being I respond to these with a polite no and a reason but I am going to start ignoring weapon request email totally. I'd rather not have to do that. Third, there is no bot that works with action quake yet but there is one being worked on by someone and I assure you when it is done I will announce it on this page.

Our linux Pimp, Siris, has a new email address and it is [email protected]. He also wanted me to remind you guys of something so here it is in his own words:
Please post a reminder to the news page next time you update it mentioning the Linux AQ2 mailing list for people who want to ask questions.. I'd rather people ask there than email me directly.

To subscribe, send a blank email to [email protected]
To unsubscribe: Send a blank email to [email protected]
To send message: Send email to [email protected] (Must be subscribed)
Thanks, Siris

Ok, well here is the link to the new Actor's Guild site. Be kind to it, it is just a baby. guild.telefragged.com .

Well, if you stuck around to see if anything else was interesting then you are in luck. Mr. T vs. Half Life is just the type of quality 'stuff' that should be tought in school. Here is a link: Mr. T vs. Half Life . It is unfortunately a tripod site though so expect a pop up to bug you when you get there. It is worth it though.

Oh, and some brave soul took on the responsibility of running a message board while we temporarily have ours down. http://www.cgiforme.com/cgibin/graemes/wwwboard.html . So if you are itching for some banter with other AQers then maybe that is your ticket for now.

Oh, and I dare you all to go to www.retards.com and see where that domain points to. Thanks goes out to Ken E. Smith for sending me humor all the time and making me smile more than you would expect.

Last but not least, Grunt is willing to do graphics for any of your AQ web related needs. He sent me two pics and he looks like he can do a good job. So all you graphically inept (not adept) people should drop him a line if you run a web site.

UPDATE: I smacked out Neo Omega's Update because I didn't think to download news.htm before I edited it since I am so used to all the updates being mine. If I remember right basically what he said was that he was working hard on a new design for this page. He came to us a LONG time ago offering to do one and a billion things have happened since then. So he and I have been working together on a design and he has been doing all the web monkey stuff. I think he said something about if you have specific suggestions to email him or soemthign like that. So here is his email Neo Omega . Sorry about that Neo Omega.

Wow, what a long ass update. Now I have to go edit the html on the Guild site to coincide with all this stuff. I hope you all enjoy this because it takes me forever to upload that stuff at 26.4. Of course I wouldn't do it if I didn't want to so I guess that says something or other.

Welp folks. The messageboard has been taken down for now. You see, Sunlight reflected off the underbelly of an unimaginably shiny spacecraft filtered through some radioactive swamp gas cause some scalding hot acid rain to melt the outer layer of the worlds largest cheeseball which proceeded to roll over Bartender's house and so he is laying unconcious alongside his unworking computer trapped by a large inpenetrable mass of boiling hot cheese which is as you know, is Bartender's only true weekness. Seeing as how I am the cheese p1mp I can simply not bring myself to interfere in his life threatening fight with the cheese. So the board is without a moderator and so the board is simply gone for now. If you guys have any suggestions as to new Messageboard systems that have good moderator abilites and can handle a LARGE number of posts a day then please email me and let me know. My email is on the bar above this update. Just click my name.

Sorry to say that although all the content and preliminery HTML is done for the Actor's Guild that a problem with UPLOADING said content has caused a minor delay in it's opening. So that big update I was promising may take an extra day or 3. :)

In cooler news, Gabe Newell mentioned us on Shooters. I took the liberty to write down what was said (or very close to what was said) so anyone who is unwilling to watch the 52 minute realvieo show can atleast hear the small portion about our beloved mod. So without further BS:


The 'Valve guy' talking is none other than Mr. Gabe Newell himself.
Loonyboi: you were talking just now about the action quake2, soon to become action half life?
Valve guy: yeah
loonyboi: yeah
Valve guy: yeah they have announced that. They were actually here in our offices for awhile. We gave them a bunch of early... . You know, so they could make some progress there. I think that they've been pretty happy. You guys should actually have them on the show. I, I think that people will be pretty excited to hear about their experiences and hearing about what they've learned by working with half life.
all three talk at the same time for a second:
valve guy: Really cool....(this part is hard to make out because he is talking the lowest)
blue: Well, damn, there is an idea.
loonyboi: Didn't we actually have them once.
then:
Blue: Yeah we actually had them on the show once and well damnit, we'll do it again.
Loonyboi: Yeah.
Then they start talking about the mod scene in general again.

I would like to point out in fact that in fact, we have NOT ever been on shooters regardless of what Blue and Loonyboi may remember. I did talk to Loonyboi in an IRC chat one time for a few seconds though, but that hardly counts. Been watching on and off since the very first QuakeCast (it's old name) and I would know if any of us had been on it. Maybe you guys should let him know that. :) Here is his email... [email protected]

Ok, before anyone emails me about this. I may have missed or mistaken one or two words. Hell, I may even have mixed up Blue and Loonyboi once. Who knows. But this should give you a general idea of what was said. You should watch the show anyways since this particular show was quite good.

ok, so maybe it wasn't the world's BIGGEST cheeseball, but it was still one hella big cheeseypoof.

This is going to be a fairly large update so bear with me.

I added 2 buttons to our little button row on this page. One should be obvious since it is Clanspot and the other I will explain later in the update.

I also added a new and updated servers page to the toolbar (woohoo). It is big and I have not tested it much. It was made and will be updated by warrlock_3. Thanks goes out to him. His email can be found on the servers page.

Here in a day or two there will be a place for all the skins, models, and miscilaneous stuff such as replacement skins or crosshairs. So stay tuned to this page for an even bigger update than this one here real soon. Some interesting things that I am sure everyone will want (and need) will be released there when it opens. Stay tuned.

A new site is opened and I have a policy of not actualy announcing new fan pages as not to play favoritist. This is a different type of page the author assures me, though and that it is not really a fan page as a much as a place for people to gather. So here is an unedited (except for adding the html tags in) blurb from him:
Hey there action Quakers I have to be Brief here so here it goes.... I recently started the GUILD of Action quakers..This is not a clan Its' designed to bring together the most devout and best team players together to share tactics and all around communicate.I have noticed alot of you are tired of immature flamerz ruining good TP matches.Hopefully the guild will help eliminate this somewhat.come to my page and check it out.Dont flame me for the page i was in a rush to get this going IT WILL Improve:P http://cameltoes.erienet.net THX SUISLIDE CAMELTOE

That site and the soon to be opened Actor's Guild are not to be confused even though they both contain the world Guild :)

1 MILLION HITS!!!! WOOHOO!!!. Ok, so we have had nearly 3 million total hits and this is the second time we broke 1 million (I think). But since the counter has been reset a few times it is nice to see it back up to a million. Thanks to all the visitors. I was going to announce the person who hit the million mark but it seems some people are kind of weird and want the credit given falsely. How do I know that? Well, I got 4 screenshots from 4 different people and more from people without screenshots. So I have decided to say congrats to whoever in the hell is the real person since he hit the million mark. Sorry I can't know who is the real person.

Make stuff, send it to me. I like stuff. I RELLY like when people make Action Quake stuff. I don't care what it is. Winamp skins, desktops, new sounds, skins, models, theme songs, related pictures, news, magazine articles. I don't care. I like that sort of thing. let me know folks. My email is in the little bar above the update. Just click my name. It is also on the contact us page of course.

PLEASE don't email me about new weapons though.

Shotgun Messiah is ready for release but damned if he isn't going to be scarce for new skins. PLEASE if you have some skins for him, send them to me tonight so I can nclude them. 2 skins (1 of which came with it) is NOT enough. I don't get why nobody is making any. Do you guys not like this model or something?

OK, now I will explain the WON button I mentioned above.

I am sure most people remember me looking for 3dsMax2 and Character studio. Well, WON has helped me out with that problem. He also helped me out with my computer. Nothing too fancy and I don't want to say exactly our deal unless I ask first but no matter how it comes down this is a great deal for me and it helps everyone involved. Helps you guys because I can do models for Half Life now. helps me for obvious reasons. Helps WON because they get that link and some other small things that are more than worth it. I kind of like the way the button looks myself and although I didn't know until the other day, they have a pretty useful site actually. You should check it out (no he didn't tell me to say any of this.)

Finally got my copy of the extremities pak signed by the id guys. Nice art.

Thanks goes out to DOOManiac for being the first to point out that there was a javascript error on the page that appeared rcently. Not sure if I caused it when I fixed a bunch of sudden problems with the code or if it is one of those problems I missed. I checked it out myself though and I have it fixed. Hopefully it doesn't rear it's ugly little head again.

If you are a skinner and like Action Quake then please make skins. I know people think their may be no outlet for such things since thir is no real 'skin page' at the moment but there will be something very soon for you guys. Hopefully within a week. We are also always looking for new player models.

I have someone working on a new servers page and he plans to update it and keep it updated. It should be posted in the next few days. I did not receive a lot of email about the servers page but I did receive enough to warrant such an effort. So for you guys who hate programs like Gamespy (or can't get them working), it is time to rejoice :)

The full version client pak now has both fixes built into it. This only goes for the FULL Client pack download and only the .exe version file for now. I will update the other files when I can but I upload so dang slow it is hard to find a sufficient chunk of time.

Once again I ask all people who have NOT made their own autoexec.cfg files and are running around using the name Suislide to delete the autoexec.cfg file in their Action directory (or atleast edit it to change the name). I had forgotten this problem for a while until only today.

Life is painful and yet it goes on. My entire body hurts. Don't know about you guys but I forgot how much using a chainsaw can make the arms weary of their burden. I think a rest is in order tonight since I will have to do it again tomorrow if I plan to stay warm in this freezing temperatures. Oh, do not hold back sending me an email if you want to. Often people think they are bothering me. I have developed a liking for reading email as long as it isn't asking me to add a new weapon to Action Quake :).

We won the number one spot for mod of the year over at ModCentral's 1998 mod of the year. Seems we took everything we were nominated for as well as their personal #1 spot. Too cool. Thanks goes out to all the people who supported us with their votes for the user poll section as well as the Modecentral staff for flattering us. Thanks also goes out to all the people who have ever contributed to AQ2 wether by making something, submitting ideas, running servers, or simply by playing and enjoying the mod. We love you guys.

It seems there is a new Yahoo type site that is edited by it's readers (cool beans). I recieved a request to post this in one of my emails so I figured it was the least I could do for someone who volunteered to edit the AQ section :) So go submit all of your sites there. Here is the blurb:

The Open Directory Project needs AQ2 links. AQ2 Site Webmasters, please visit: here And submit your links. Thanks! -[6e9] rrRYAN!!

I am VERY VERY tired so forgive me if I have forgotten something.

Seems good old Blue found our black ramblings and made one of his own a few days back. I was quite surprised to see that :) Maybe it will start some sort of trend and we can be entertained with ramblings on all the sites around.

I did a little repairing to the page. It seems with all the editor conflicts from my friends' editors constantly making the code uglier and uglier every update that some things just sort of broke after a while. Got so bad that my text editor didn't like opening it because there was a line with so many characters in a row that it thought it was a 3 line long word or something. Oh well, for now the code is a little prettier and the map depot button is back and some other small things are fixed. (Tons and tons of HTML errors such as unmatched tags and other crap you probably don't care about)

I also updated the ports page so now you can go there to get to our Linux port and realted files.

Small correction to the update that Bartender made saying that the OGL now supports Action Quake. The correct link to the OGL page is here: OGL Homepage . No biggy, just one of those .com/.org/.net/.edu/.whatever things.

I am posting up a melee guide from McDizzo. I haven't edited it at all to fit the pages format, so for now I will only post the link here in the news update. Later I will try to conform it a little and then probably post it along with the sniper guide. Check it out by clicking here

The holiday season has put a weird twist on my time online but hopefully I will be online more soon. I have a massive amount of things to take care of actually.

I may make another update later since I have to cut this one short. My little sister is insisting i watch the secret of nihm 2 with her.