QuakeCon rocks my world!

This is why I think QuakeCon kicks ass…they announced their $50,000 tournament for this year to be held at Mesquite, Texas, August 9-12. For more details check out their web site. This is where Urban Terror was first seen. No word if we will be attending yet. Although I have reserved a room at the Hampton Inn already and have the days off for this event. CPL who?

Thanks to BattleCow who gave me a tour of the newly retextured/designed Urban Terror level, Docks. This level has consistently been in the top five Urban Terror levels as rated by The CLQ. While there are not real major areas which have been redesigned, some areas have been tweaked to provide better game play. BattleCow has spoke of completely redesigning Docks, for a post Beta2 release of Urban Terror. Here are three screen shots from the new and improved Docks by BattleCow:

*thinking out loud* Is it becoming more difficult for mod teams to produce successful mods? Are professional developers really taking all the glory? Well, based on the success of Counter-Strike, no I don’t think so. It is being more common to see the comment, “Wait until Tribes 2 comes out.” Why? What are we waiting for? Another decent gaming engine, which will out perform the Quake III engine in terms of rendering. Guess I was never one for Tribes, so I am not awed and fascinated with Tribes 2. Do I think it will take gamers away from Urban Terror? Sure, to some degree. Do I think it will completely ruin the mod. No, not at all. Not even some of the big named vaporware could deter fans from Urban Terror. I don’t think Urban Terror is indestructible, but we have formed our niche in the Quake III Community and are looking at moving up with the release of Beta 2.

Website of the Day: I think this site was reported on ShackNews. Oh well, I guess it really doesn’t matter where is came from. Check out Bridge Builder, this little program puts you in charge of constructing a structurally sound bridge over a body of water before allowing a train to put it to the true test. I have spent hours playing this. So, do the download.