After some time Quake II started to die out. I had less and less time to play. People moved on from Quake II and III to Soldier of Fortune or Unreal or Call of Duty. As the server started dying, I moved on like everyone else. I never did pick up another game. My current game system is still a Super Nintendo. Those years at TOA were a lot of fun.
I miss the fragging. The Fragbastards with the "Yag-Yook", Odie with the No "Soup For You", Leggs with the "Heehee", Andy[GFC] with the "Get You Some", Lavish with the "WooHoo".
On second thought, I don't miss the "yag-yook". That shit was annoying.
After the fall of TOA, there were three groups of former players left.
1. The Cajun Mafia types could be found at Fluxgateway. They were playing Jedi games. Fluxgateway is now gone.
2. The Gommers are sort of still around. I get an email once in a while from Tom (Death Angel). Talk to him on the phone once a year or two. Tom turned out to be a real good guy.
3. TheBigGuy's PSC are still maintaining a message board. Not much activity.
It's just kind of empty now. I had a folder full of screen shots and Spidey art. Can't find it. This is a bit of a bummer. Remembering all this stuff and then looking on the web for some signs of life from Q2.
The Temple is gone.
Quake is dead
The Temple is gone.
Quake is dead
No pulse.
Time of death?
Hard to determine.
We should thank Pat McGrady for making it all possible. He was generous.
If anyone wants, they may reach me at: pioneersx780@gmail.com
BTW, I can also be occasionally found on the /b/ forum of 4chan. What a surprise!
Spidey! Spidey from posting 4 years ago Spidey~ Thank you for putting your memories to words on here. It seems like yesterday when you mention the names and the skills and the chat-quotes. I haven't found a game as fun as Q2 and I don't expect to. That was the last game I devoted my time to, so much of my time to... (aside from a few PS2 jaunts here and there). It was a fun dynamic with all the personalities on the ToA server, and for my money, you couldn't get a better mod than Lithium II. You were the Loki and unpredictable life of the server and the boards, and you're showing the love on here some more. Hope you're doing well. I never knew anyone personally, what with the distance and my then-teenager-ness and all, but I enjoyed my time with the whole ToA gang, and never felt shitty about anything going on there. Rock on~ {HTO}Superior
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DeleteSpidey! Spidey from posting 4 years ago Spidey~ Thank you for putting your memories to words on here. It seems like yesterday when you mention the names and the skills and the chat-quotes. I haven't found a game as fun as Q2 and I don't expect to. That was the last game I devoted my time to, so much of my time to... (aside from a few PS2 jaunts here and there). It was a fun dynamic with all the personalities on the ToA server, and for my money, you couldn't get a better mod than Lithium II. You were the Loki and unpredictable life of the server and the boards, and you're showing the love on here some more. Hope you're doing well. I never knew anyone personally, what with the distance and my then-teenager-ness and all, but I enjoyed my time with the whole ToA gang, and never felt shitty about anything going on there. Rock on~ {HTO}Superior
ReplyDeleteSuperior, there a name I haven't seen in a while :-) had a lot of fun back in the day. You can still find me fragging on tastyspleen server. Look me up! DA=GoM=
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