I agree what years did you play? and what was your handle?, I remember Homey not sure if he was Thresh though. When I was playing we were closely matched. I played as BLADE[RX] and other top players at the time were [DOA]Joe_Walsh, [A2W]CruelDude, [DOA]Relentess, Johnny{WOD}.
I know levels that make you feel like that. Some of them, you swear exist in the world somewhere. Your brain seems to recognize them as a place you traveled to and spent time in.
Pay attention to how Thresh picks his fights with smart positioning and knowing when to retreat and pick up resources. The hallmark of any good FPS player: It's not just about your aim, fighting smart is just as important.
Эх ностальгия в начале 2000х в сельской школе было 6 компьютером и я постоянно ходил играл в эту игру лет так 5 я отдал этому квейку2 и шариковой мышкн)
The game I learned many acronyms at 10 yrs old many of my school friends didn't know existed in '99 and are just everyday use in our modern language today... (Wtf, lol, rofl, Fu, gg, Ty, afk... Etc) Thx for uploading. Brought back my childhood... Friday nights, Saturday nights... I quickly gained an edge and owned adults 2x, 3x my age including my dad and his buddies. Favourite gametypes were All Rails but I also loved that rocket launcher. My hands and fingers will never forget the mouse+keyboard style of play in this crazy fast paced arena style shooter! The sights and sounds are exactly how I remember it and bring back so much nostalgia...
Those jumps are easy to be honest, Id do all 3 jumps in one go without using the light. Man I used to be able to even do them backwards and there are far better jumpers then me as I spent a while on jump servers only. I should record a demo and upload to show this.
Yeah, in Q2DM you were definitely tested on your dexterity and muscle memory. I remember that jump too, doing it so much that it was like clock work, then if you couldn't get it that way or the way you mention, you could rocket jump. Then there was the mods that came in and grappling hook became a thing. Playing DM or CTF with a grapple was insane. YOu'd see ppl sling across a room like spider man jump in mid air, rail you in the face, then grapple another wall and exit out the room gracefully w/o even touching the floor. It was some batman shit.
FUCKING LOL on the obi-wan reference. YEAH I haven't heard that since the 90's. I specifically remember having to lead your opponent due to the 200 or 300+ ping and you'd pull the trigger and sometimes there'd be a short delay and you hoped you pulled the trigger first. Getting Cable was a godsend. It was like taking candy from a baby. My friend and I would join a server halfway through and just top the ranks because of the advantage of having a 30 ping. That night I my friend bound screenshot and secondary fire to the same key in Half-life so we could take screenshots of fools getting double-barrelled across the room.
I was thinking „this is quite good”, then I saw him rail and my expectations dropped a little bit. I’m pretty stunned that a world class player can miss so many easy rails, although this is also a casual game so he’s not at his best here.
@@janman1439 TBH a lot of early Quake and Q2 pro demos from before the early 2000s looks pretty medicore compared to the standards of play we have now. The 1v1 strategy and mind games are there but the raw mechanical ability is definitely not as amazing.
naww, quake 2 levels are just more industrial, game hold up well IMO but Q3 had the better gfx overall, what you mean is the level design made sense and had a theme to it rather than demon and fantasy levels with jump pads and what not, stil Q3 had better design than Unreal's vast empty pits and dimly lit BS
Just came out? Nah, man, Q2 came out in late '97 so if this video was really recorded in Aug '99, then it was out for almost 2 years. And Q2DM1 wasn't available upon release either, it came way later in an update along with all the other DM maps (I remember it was like a 90meg+ file when most people had dial-up). This guy doesn't play like Thresh either. Cool vid though, good memories.
i miss this game so much, i was a beast with the railgun, what bright graphics pack is this i forgot and cant find it, i wanna play it again soon if i can find some servers.
It was so long ago, I don't even remember to be honest with you. I used to play a lot with Zitheral, Infernal, and Iconoclast. I think it was something stupid like Liquid Fusion. lol
I used to play WOD. I was [MI]Pissy. Don't know if you remember Sweatrmeat, Pulse, the Kyag guys, RAV clan - that's about all I can remember. I miss it - I moved on to Quake 3 when Q2 started dying out, but I never found anything like Q2 and WOD - was just the right combination of maps, character movement, weapons, etc.
tried playing on tastyspleen. way too laggy for me. i expected as much. i literally live on the other side of the world, philippines! was a fun nostalgia trip though.
Yeah, had so much fun with friends on this map around this time. Great map, very memorable. Surprised that Thresh was so... trash... with railgun. Eh.. part of me want to practice again with something fast like that, but learning and building reflexes again just frustrates me now.
At the time Quake2 for me was a huge backward step from Quake1 (Quakeworld). I remember the entire Quake community including myself waiting eagerly for the Alpha/Beta release, and were hugely disappointed. Why? Well at the time ... we couldn’t hack the slow rockets and movement physics, the biggest issue was how slow it felt compared to our beloved Quake1/Quakeworld 😂 The Quake1 community were shocked when Thresh moved to Quake2. Now over 20 years later it looks pretty decent, undoubtedly more familiar to most who have played the followup Quake releases. P..S This does look like Thresh is actually playing here, but only he can confirm it for sure 🧐
Something looks different doesn't it? I can't put my finger on it. It looks almost like the video is 60fps and extra smooth, but the video recording doesn't say it is 60 fps.
Whatever Quake2 engine they are using must have that as a feature. I've never seen an engine that has that though. I don't think I'd want that now that we can go high fps anyway.
I played Thresh a few times. I was addicted to the Lithium mod. That red rune, man. 800 frags per hour weren't uncommon in lithium; esp in a small tight map like Q2DM7.
@@ProductionB1 the grapple (hook) speed was adjustable by every server mod. I had to play with a fast hook that propelled you into the air if you let go quick enough. The slimy place was a great small map.
is this Tastyspleen server , or Aftershock? i used to go by Uranus, Stank Ho, Campista, Campholio and El Dookie. been along time. i got into CoD in 2007, and been playing those ever since. had alot of good times on Tastyspleen and Aftershock. maybe i reinstall it sometime, play some railz! =)
I played Tastyspleen and Tenacious Wod server mostly and some random rail only servers. I went through a period of playing paintball and jumpservers also. I dont recognise your names, I played this alot around 1998 to 2004.
almost perfect rocket play, low aim skill at long range rail, but it happrns when used to play only with rockets. Most dejavu moment...when you rail a guy just as the elevator lifts off
Anyone who sees this comment and wants to play again, drop me a message and we will schedule one. Could even do "The Edge" and practice some jumps :) I have been playing recently on just standard Quake II DM and the skill level has increased rapidly, but I still hold my own after 15 years away :)
All gamers of modern Console fps games will think - WTF how its even possible? :) lol, back in the days used to nail down in quake2, best gaming times.
I remember a long time ago I would rail with 100% accuracy and aim at you real fast on this one map . And this other map,called "Sky" or something like that I would disrupt and never miss even if you were running on the other side of that map only way you could dodge my disrupter was by moving outta the way I was like 10 or 11 when I did that.
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Edge was one of the best competitive maps ever created. Great memories, i'm glad i stumbled upon this.
the best casual map in Q2 for sure.
I miss everything about this game....glad I got to enjoy it!
I agree what years did you play? and what was your handle?, I remember Homey not sure if he was Thresh though. When I was playing we were closely matched. I played as BLADE[RX] and other top players at the time were [DOA]Joe_Walsh, [A2W]CruelDude, [DOA]Relentess, Johnny{WOD}.
Yeah, me too
And still is
The Edge. After 20 years the memories never fade. That rocket launcher location was a death trap.
Same with the rail!
Rail location was definitely a death trap.
Man this takes me back to high school, playing this map in my PC repair class instead of learning anything. I miss those days.
Yeah
Railgun was king in this map. Miss these days too.
Haha us too! We would erase the board and replace the agenda with Quake2.. we used to love playing on the T1 connection because everyone had 0 ping
Just here to pay my respects to the greatest DM map of all time. I sure don't miss those pings.
Best deathmatch map in any shooter ever. Impossible to count how many times and played on this map. Just perfection
I think I spent a solid year of my life here
Haha.. same
I know levels that make you feel like that. Some of them, you swear exist in the world somewhere. Your brain seems to recognize them as a place you traveled to and spent time in.
John Carmack is like the Einstein of videogames.
and thresh is like the babe ruth of videogames
ahh the memories of 200+ ping dial up Q2 railgun shots
It's palpable.
YES!!!!!! Anticipate your shots!
The 5 second delay to fire the slow moving rocket.. aim ahead...
These kids nowadays don't know how good they have it. I played lithium II, CTF with rails only and laser grappling hooks
Pay attention to how Thresh picks his fights with smart positioning and knowing when to retreat and pick up resources. The hallmark of any good FPS player: It's not just about your aim, fighting smart is just as important.
Эх ностальгия в начале 2000х в сельской школе было 6 компьютером и я постоянно ходил играл в эту игру лет так 5 я отдал этому квейку2 и шариковой мышкн)
2022 Sept still rocking!
Are we really looking at a mutliplayer match from 1999 ?
ya isn't it great ... so pure so fast ... god i miss the quake 2 rail gun's humm
omg remember this time... time flies . quake 2 , red alert, dungeon keeper, age of empires, tomb rider
Antonio Monticelli why u gotta get me all teary eyed and nostalgic :(
Yes we are, that rail gun took skills with 33.3 dialup lag!
The rail gun is one of the best guns in history of videogames.
Ностальгия аж пробила. Как мы рубились на этой карте!!!
Best map ever.
Wow, loved that shot at 2:45. I always felt like later FPSs had too much balance in the weapons. Q2's Rail Gun was OP and completely unashamed of it.
This is the greatest footage ever. 1999, I was 12. God were getting old.
The game I learned many acronyms at 10 yrs old many of my school friends didn't know existed in '99 and are just everyday use in our modern language today... (Wtf, lol, rofl, Fu, gg, Ty, afk... Etc) Thx for uploading. Brought back my childhood... Friday nights, Saturday nights... I quickly gained an edge and owned adults 2x, 3x my age including my dad and his buddies. Favourite gametypes were All Rails but I also loved that rocket launcher. My hands and fingers will never forget the mouse+keyboard style of play in this crazy fast paced arena style shooter! The sights and sounds are exactly how I remember it and bring back so much nostalgia...
Q2DM1…. Respect!❤ those were the times!
At first I was thinking "bad ass! I remember playing the shit out of this" then I remembered what year it was and I felt old.
The legendary game we played in 1999 when we were in high school
Oh God, I did not play this for ages and I still recognise the map and know where he is going.
2:58 that's some ninja shit right there
I usually prefer taking the yellow armour, then circle strafe to ammo pack boxes and then to MG in one go :)
Those jumps are easy to be honest, Id do all 3 jumps in one go without using the light. Man I used to be able to even do them backwards and there are far better jumpers then me as I spent a while on jump servers only. I should record a demo and upload to show this.
Yeah, in Q2DM you were definitely tested on your dexterity and muscle memory. I remember that jump too, doing it so much that it was like clock work, then if you couldn't get it that way or the way you mention, you could rocket jump.
Then there was the mods that came in and grappling hook became a thing. Playing DM or CTF with a grapple was insane. YOu'd see ppl sling across a room like spider man jump in mid air, rail you in the face, then grapple another wall and exit out the room gracefully w/o even touching the floor. It was some batman shit.
Why did I find this game more beautiful than other QUAKE games
It’s true
John Romero.
Back when a kill was called a frag, would love to see COD noobs get pwned in Quake, a REAL shooter.
Katze - Yep, I would love to see them try anticipate trying to shoot a rail gun.
shut up BOOMER
sweet tazdingo : ok zoomer
@@thEpRoCoOkiE Its amazing how anyone older than 16 is a boomer now lol
Facts
man i love literally being unable to see anything because of the 20 frames of motion blur
I spent a metric crap ton of hours playing this as a kid. Glad I came across this.
Damn LPBs...
LPB... Now _there's_ a word I haven't heard in a long time. A *_LONG_* time...
imagine if everyone had 200 ping nowadays
22 ping in 1999? holy fuck shit how :D:D
FUCKING LOL on the obi-wan reference. YEAH I haven't heard that since the 90's. I specifically remember having to lead your opponent due to the 200 or 300+ ping and you'd pull the trigger and sometimes there'd be a short delay and you hoped you pulled the trigger first. Getting Cable was a godsend. It was like taking candy from a baby. My friend and I would join a server halfway through and just top the ranks because of the advantage of having a 30 ping.
That night I my friend bound screenshot and secondary fire to the same key in Half-life so we could take screenshots of fools getting double-barrelled across the room.
Lol I came to the comments hoping to see this. So unfair. I was pretty nice for having 300 ping tho. Miss this game.
This fps rate w that motion blurr makes it look so much better
Man, nothing as frustrating as having to two-shot rail someone. So annoying!
lol totally agree
so much memories.. GOAT map
Fond memories! Well DONE!
lol at first i was thinking, "not bad", then he pulled out the rail gun.
+Ian Escobar and my face when they TELEPORT and get hit by the shot O_O
I was thinking „this is quite good”, then I saw him rail and my expectations dropped a little bit. I’m pretty stunned that a world class player can miss so many easy rails, although this is also a casual game so he’s not at his best here.
@@janman1439 This was over 20 years ago, too. The game had been out for less than a year and a half at that point.
@@janman1439 TBH a lot of early Quake and Q2 pro demos from before the early 2000s looks pretty medicore compared to the standards of play we have now. The 1v1 strategy and mind games are there but the raw mechanical ability is definitely not as amazing.
What was ping like for him here? I had baaad ping then. 200ish.
56k modem while webcam view on and 50 ping. It was the future. Just didn't know it.
Just played q2 single player first time on vr. You can install it on the quest with sidequest. It's a very nice port and looks amazing in vr
Not enough motion blur
He was on Qcon 2016 ^^
You're up against Thresh. And your ping is 330. Brave person to be in this deathmatch.
graphically this looks more immersive than quake 3
naww, quake 2 levels are just more industrial, game hold up well IMO but Q3 had the better gfx overall, what you mean is the level design made sense and had a theme to it rather than demon and fantasy levels with jump pads and what not, stil Q3 had better design than Unreal's vast empty pits and dimly lit BS
oh, how i wish i saved all my demos so i could be rewatching them now. RIP. i also wish that the clq was still up so i could look up my stats.
Just came out? Nah, man, Q2 came out in late '97 so if this video was really recorded in Aug '99, then it was out for almost 2 years. And Q2DM1 wasn't available upon release either, it came way later in an update along with all the other DM maps (I remember it was like a 90meg+ file when most people had dial-up). This guy doesn't play like Thresh either. Cool vid though, good memories.
yeah, I remember the last official update patch :)
yeah 3.20 added the deathmatch maps I think
i miss this game so much, i was a beast with the railgun, what bright graphics pack is this i forgot and cant find it, i wanna play it again soon if i can find some servers.
I can't access the site to download :(
We played exactly as it is now but in Quake 2 at q2dm1
Back when power weapons took skill to use and had low fire rate.
I agree. WoD 7.51 was nice with some extra weapons but no too overpowered. Since then these lame over powered nukes etc ruined the game.
If you remember Weapons of Destruction, you might also remember Weapons Factory. WF:A was my shit back in the day.
+domini1337 Yeah I remember I used to play Tenacious WOD server too. What was your handle?
It was so long ago, I don't even remember to be honest with you. I used to play a lot with Zitheral, Infernal, and Iconoclast. I think it was something stupid like Liquid Fusion. lol
I used to play WOD. I was [MI]Pissy. Don't know if you remember Sweatrmeat, Pulse, the Kyag guys, RAV clan - that's about all I can remember. I miss it - I moved on to Quake 3 when Q2 started dying out, but I never found anything like Q2 and WOD - was just the right combination of maps, character movement, weapons, etc.
You went a but overkill with the motion blur when you rendered the video
thresh was legend
tried playing on tastyspleen. way too laggy for me. i expected as much. i literally live on the other side of the world, philippines! was a fun nostalgia trip though.
I was a Rail god on this custom map because the igloos in it improved my accuracy I never missed one single shot
Yeah, had so much fun with friends on this map around this time. Great map, very memorable. Surprised that Thresh was so... trash... with railgun. Eh.. part of me want to practice again with something fast like that, but learning and building reflexes again just frustrates me now.
my god if this doesnt take me back to 98-99
Still watch in 2020 may
I wish i still made maps for this game.
thx for sharing ....enjoyed this game a lot
The memories!
man i miss playing this. one of the coolist things to pull off in multiplayer.. a double rail.. :)
Willits did something right in this one. QuakeII + the Edge was awesome on LAN.
What source port ya using for the motion blur?
The map where 90% of the death matches happened.
Excessive motion blur is excessive ;D
Legend about ferrari and Thresh
k hes playing pretty good then, damn I miss this game
Where can we download the game? The link does not open.
How does he do that?
I was that good someday, or even better. Long time ago
at the time this video was recorded the game had just came out
Как как его установить????
U would open the console before a game and write control q +zoom and control e minus or something. And that was a hack
How did you record this?
Legend
At the time Quake2 for me was a huge backward step from Quake1 (Quakeworld). I remember the entire Quake community including myself waiting eagerly for the Alpha/Beta release, and were hugely disappointed. Why? Well at the time ... we couldn’t hack the slow rockets and movement physics, the biggest issue was how slow it felt compared to our beloved Quake1/Quakeworld 😂
The Quake1 community were shocked when Thresh moved to Quake2. Now over 20 years later it looks pretty decent, undoubtedly more familiar to most who have played the followup Quake releases.
P..S This does look like Thresh is actually playing here, but only he can confirm it for sure 🧐
those are some crispy rockets
and he has not died ?
Did you use a cinematics mod? If you did can you tell me what it is?
Something looks different doesn't it? I can't put my finger on it. It looks almost like the video is 60fps and extra smooth, but the video recording doesn't say it is 60 fps.
It's motion blur.
Whatever Quake2 engine they are using must have that as a feature. I've never seen an engine that has that though. I don't think I'd want that now that we can go high fps anyway.
the good old times , not too colorful like q3 and better rough sounds
I was a legend in this game. :(
really? never heard of you.
My favorite map :D
Where are the respawn gods when you need them?
I played Thresh a few times. I was addicted to the Lithium mod. That red rune, man. 800 frags per hour weren't uncommon in lithium; esp in a small tight map like Q2DM7.
The Slimy Place horrible map. Lithium grapple hook was rapid though.
@@ProductionB1 the grapple (hook) speed was adjustable by every server mod. I had to play with a fast hook that propelled you into the air if you let go quick enough. The slimy place was a great small map.
I love this :D
I'm not liking the motion blur.
Edge was the best. Railgun for the win!
No dota schoolboy will ever understand this.
Funny how not a lot of players strafe jumpped back then.
Yes this is a pretty poor play all round for even a top 100 player.
is this Tastyspleen server , or Aftershock? i used to go by Uranus, Stank Ho, Campista, Campholio and El Dookie. been along time. i got into CoD in 2007, and been playing those ever since. had alot of good times on Tastyspleen and Aftershock.
maybe i reinstall it sometime, play some railz! =)
I played Tastyspleen and Tenacious Wod server mostly and some random rail only servers. I went through a period of playing paintball and jumpservers also. I dont recognise your names, I played this alot around 1998 to 2004.
almost perfect rocket play, low aim skill at long range rail, but it happrns when used to play only with rockets. Most dejavu moment...when you rail a guy just as the elevator lifts off
This looks awesome. Can any tell me what quake is about. It looks like Doom but wall walking and jumping.
quake 2 you play as bitterman not ranger
Noob of gaming Liening Daym! How old are you? Curious :P
Level is way better nowadays . but in 1999s this was incredible. I'm even sure that some people who are playing on this map are even on keyboard ahah
does this support quake2xp graphics mod? thanks. :)
This can't be thresh he used a aimbot and didn't miss by 200 pixels.
Definitely looks like an aimbot was used here!
Too much motion blur
Oldie but Goldie !
Anyone who sees this comment and wants to play again, drop me a message and we will schedule one. Could even do "The Edge" and practice some jumps :) I have been playing recently on just standard Quake II DM and the skill level has increased rapidly, but I still hold my own after 15 years away :)
Which client is this?
Damn, I wish this was still around. Those were some fun days. I forget the name of the site but it was a lot of fun. Thanks of the memories.
I used to play the HELL out of this on MSN Gaming Zone.
Q2 didn't go anywhere. You can find people to play if you look in the right places.
we still play :)
tastyspleen.net/
you should render/upload Thresh (US) vs Billox (UK)
What port are you using?
Those poor HPBs :(
All gamers of modern Console fps games will think - WTF how its even possible? :) lol, back in the days used to nail down in quake2, best gaming times.
I played this without mouse.
I remember a long time ago I would rail with 100% accuracy and aim at you real fast on this one map . And this other map,called "Sky" or something like that I would disrupt and never miss even if you were running on the other side of that map only way you could dodge my disrupter was by moving outta the way I was like 10 or 11 when I did that.
What as your handle? you played around 98-2003? Outlands was a fav of mine for rail.