quake/articles/1996/art-451

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From: grimwatr@voicenet.com (grimwater)

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Subject: letter from john carmack.

Date: 6 Sep 1996 11:06:53 +0100

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to anyone who might be interested....

i wrote john carmack today, and got a rather prompt reply. i thought

i'd share it with you all, though it is fairly brief.

i had asked him about the performance that quake has been getting on

the i-net for those of us (like everyone) who connect via slip or ppp.

"when can we expect something done?" i asked. "your .plan hasn't

mentioned anything about either modem or internet fixes anytime soon."

i got the following response: [ posted *with* permission - mod ]

From: John Carmack

Date: Wed, 4 Sep 96 14:15:40 -0500

To: grimwater

Subject: Re: Your Killer Game

References: <199609041910.PAA02078@mail.voicenet.com>

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QuakeWorld should help your internet play a LOT. We got sidetracked

with the Rendition port of Quake, so we haven't been on the

windows/quakeworld stuff for a few weeks, but we hope to be back on it

full time next week.

John Carmack

and there you have it.

yours,

grimwater.