It's not dead yet but is it getting there....?

Having recently read through the latest Quakeworld revival thread, out of interest I went and performed some queries on the Quakeworld Statistics database to get an idea of activity, since the site went active in February last year.

I queried the total weekly matches played in 1on1, 2on2 and 4on4. I then compared these weekly figures from 2009 against 2010 in 3 separate charts as below.
You can see the various peaks and troughs in activity during the summer and winter periods as expected. However the main thing that is very obvious is that on a weekly basis across 1on1, 2on2 and 4on4, the numbers are definitely down and significantly so from last year. Yeah I know it might be obvious but now we know for sure.

It should be noted that before the site went active there had been stats for 2008 and I think 2007 and one thing that had been evident at the time was a surge in activity when there was a team building initiative and rookie tourneys.

This sounds like a bloody thesis or something. Tis just been another very boring day at work as you can clearly see :-)
So anyway numbers are down. It’s confirmed, but will there be a task force put together to reverse this trend before its too late. :-)

Note:
X- Vertical Axis (Number of Matches Played)
Y- Horizontal Axis (Week Number in the year)

The days of QH-Lan 2, 3, 4 seem like yesterday. Indeed, it is a a new day. The legends are gone. The new players are actually a level above and with a fresh style. (Of course none of it could have been possible without the legends! And to be fair, some legends remain active...)

The game has grown beyond all conceptions of its players, who deem it dead but still play it. So there's going to be a LAN for it and I'll be there :) With my photocamera!

In the previous blog entry I showed some pics from the Saturn. I also mentioned this fall and the opposition of Jupiter, and I have already started photographing the planet. The opposition is still a month away (21.9.2010), but I have managed to get few good (and a lot of shitty) shots of the Jupiter so far, so here is fraction of them.

I am proud to announce the next release of the Quake Injector.
megaman was busy like a bee, Starbuck made an amazing icon and apart from pestering those two I worked on the database.

A new version of:



http://www.quaddicted.com/wp-content/uploads/quakeinjector-alpha2.png

New:
-Scan your Quake directory for already existing maps and mods
-More stable and safe, less bugs
-Icon by the graphical genius Starbuck
-Rating is shown with golden stars
-Progressbars for anything downloading
-Better engine config dialog
-Window that shows you the engine output
-Links open in browser
-Downloads are stored locally
-Uses a custom user-agent when downloading
-Conflict handling

Homepage: Quake Injector < Projects < haukerehfeld.de
Download: http://haukerehfeld.de/projects/quakeinjector/files/quakeinjector-alpha2.zip
Quaddicted Newspost: Quake Injector Alpha2

This is pretty simple. I will tell you how to make them.

Yep, I have had astronomy as my hobby for a few years now. But only very recently I made a mistake by trying to take some photos of the planets in our solar system. Those attempts and failures ignited a spark that made me do certain purchases, and here we are:

The tournament so far

For over a two months now we have been witnessing some extraordinary action in the Ownage Season 3 duel tournament. After quite a few thrillers, many crushing performances and of course some intense drama we now know the top 3. Milton is waiting in the grand final for the winner of LocKtar vs. Bulat. I think most people were expecting Milton and LocKtar to make the top 3 from the start, but while Bulat's success is not a surprise by any means, there were quite a few other strong players contending for his spot.

Here I'll try to explain how antilag works to the best of my ability and try to answer any questions people might have. I will update/expand this post when I see the need for it and when I have the time.

Here are my division 3 playoff predictions for EQL11.

The quarterfinals in div1 have now been played and we saw a lot of great games. For me there were no suprises, and the game between Fusion and SuddenDeath were as close as one could expect. This week its time for the next round, the semifinals, and we have some more fresh action coming right up!