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wet nellie redux

Posted on Wednesday, 14th December 2022 by zephyrin_xirdalDecember 14, 2022

It is my conviction that all of us who ever saw the 1977 James Bond film “The spy who loved me” were fascinated by “Wet Nellie,” Bond’s (Roger Moore) Lotus Esprit S1 sportscar able to transform into a submarine. And subsequently we fantasized about Bond using the Lotus not only in the Mediterranean near Sardinia, but elsewhere, too – or, even better, owning it ourselves, exploring all kinds of waters. With these fantasies we not only strive to relive, but to augment what we felt when first watching the movie. And that is the point of the virtual photography pictures … Continue reading →

quake champions resources

Posted on Tuesday, 29th May 2018 by zephyrin_xirdalDecember 18, 2018

Just a collection of helpful resources for Quake Champions, created by members of the community: The ↑Guide for Optimizing Fun in Quake Champions is a nicely done infographic pamphlet especially for those completely new to Quake games. Going more in-depth all the numbers: health, armor, speeds, weapon damage, and, and, and … are collected in the spreadsheet ↑Quake Champions—Quick Info. For information on improving and ensuring the technical performance of Quake Champions, Mike Martin’s ↑Gaming Guide for Quake Champions is the place to go. Beyond the technicalities there’s a lot more useful information on how to play Quake. Ever wondered … Continue reading →

crouchsliding tutorial with slash

Posted on Tuesday, 12th September 2017 by zephyrin_xirdalSeptember 12, 2017

A crouchsliding tutorial with keypresses visible, slow motion, freeze frames, and explanation in voiceover. The tutorial aims at conveying an understanding of the basic principles, and suggests ways to start. Step-by-step instructions are given, and quite some opportunities of where to practice the techniques are shown. … Continue reading →

forbidden places

Posted on Tuesday, 12th September 2017 by zephyrin_xirdalSeptember 12, 2017

From Megahealth to Heavy Armor in a second or so, and more exploits of the strange qualities of the pots combined with Ranger’s Dire Orb. Going out of map and back, into closed areas, and instant teleports across whole maps. … Continue reading →

circlejumps with anarki

Posted on Saturday, 29th July 2017 by zephyrin_xirdalJuly 29, 2017

Bridge to Rail is just one of the jumps in Quake Champions Anarki can do with a circlejump only. As there were quite some remarks towards that after the last video, here is a small collection of Anarki’s circlejumps – forward and backward, naturally. … Continue reading →

bridge to rail backward and forward

Posted on Thursday, 6th July 2017 by zephyrin_xirdalJuly 6, 2017

The Bridge to Rail jump done backward and forward with all champions, without using their respective special abilities. Plus a tutorial on how to do it – with keypresses and speed visible, slow motion, and an explanation of the circlejump and strafejumping. In between a little reminiscence of Bridge to Rail in Quake Live and Quake 3 Arena. … Continue reading →

tri-bolt and nailclimbing

Posted on Wednesday, 21st June 2017 by zephyrin_xirdalJune 21, 2017

The newly introduced Tri-Bolt and the Nailgun offer climbing techniques in Quake Champions – apart from Rocketjumping. So, in principle all kinds of trickjumping and DeFRaGgery pleasant are possible in Quake Champions. As of now Anarki, with his CPMA-like physics, seems best suited for tricking. Mind that Quake Champions is still in beta. Hence everything shown and said in this video might become subject to change until release. … Continue reading →

party breaker

Posted on Friday, 19th May 2017 by zephyrin_xirdalMay 19, 2017

The Quad Damage powerup can decide “Quake Champions” deathmatch. Hence it is most satisfying to frag the Quad carrier. You even are awarded with a medal called “Party Breaker.” So here is a montage of party breaking events on all three maps of the closed beta: Blood Covenant (newly envisioned dm6/Campgrounds), Ruins of Sarnath, and Burial Chamber. … Continue reading →

beware the frying pan

Posted on Monday, 3rd April 2017 by zephyrin_xirdalApril 3, 2017

The most ferocious weapon in “Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds!” This is actual online gameplay (nothing staged, never met the other player before), enhanced with music and sound effects – purely for entertainment purposes. In “Battle Royale,” both the novel (Takami 1999) and the movie (Fukasaku 2000), early on it is made clear that the contestants will “end up with a randomly selected weapon.” In the movie the Training Video Girl adds, “Not everyone will get a gun or knife! You might get lucky, and you might not.” Shuya Nanahara, #15, draws the big lot: “What’s this? I can’t fight with a … Continue reading →

at hell’s gate

Posted on Monday, 27th March 2017 by zephyrin_xirdalMarch 27, 2017

Ten minutes of classic “Quake Live” Free for All deathmatch madness on the map “Hell’s Gate” (formerly Q3TOURNEY3). Featuring a nice comeback with some quite funny and/or epic moments in-between – my opinion. Before that not having played any Quake for ages quite shows. Disorientation, poor movement, no positioning, miserable aim, and general overstrain. But then I somehow get a tiny bit into it again … Shoutouts and thanks go to muckyman and the whole posse of “Ye Olde Sweaty Sock” – more of a pub than a server – who still are willing to play with me. Am … Continue reading →

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