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From: cbolin@teleport.com (Christopher Bolin)

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Subject: AirFist 1.0 released!

Date: 24 Jan 1997 17:58:36 -0000

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The Evolve development team is proud to release the AirFist 1.0.

The AirFist is a completely unique weapon that keeps up with the

frantic, "twitch-reaction" Quake gameplay.

After days of brainstorming, our goal to be the best independent

mod since the grappling hook was conceived.

It was an attempt to build a completely new kind of weapon and not

a deriviative of the already very potent id collection. The weapon

had to be "balanced", well tested, radically change gameplay, and

ROCK! 3 weeks for the whole team was spent developing, testing and

tuning. This is no weekend mod knockoff. We wanted the weapon to

feel and play so well that playing without it feels awkward.

Please take a moment and check out the webpage for more information,

screenshots, the source code, and to download. If you like it, please

provide a link from your page...

http://home.goldmanins.com/bolin/airfist/default.asp

Here is a quick list of features:

- A defensive weapon that keeps up with the frantic "twitch-reaction"

Quake gameplay

- Totally unique concept and play!

- Realistic physics modeling

- New model, artwork and sounds.

- Rocking deathmatch support.

- An effective defense against rockets and nails. (A barrage of

rockets no longer means certain death.)

- Use it to blast up and over lava pits, or up to ledges, or out of

hotspots.

- Thoroughly documented source included, so add it to your favorite

mods!

- Powerful tool: easy to use, hard to master.

- six demos are included in the PAK, 3 single player/ 3 deathmatch,

The experimental AirFist has become a formidable defensive weapon in

the

fight against Quake, a compressed air cannon that sends almost

anything it is

aimed at flying. It excels at repelling incoming ordinance and can

save one's

skin in a serious firefight. Although the following tactic is highly

unofficial,

some in the field have become adept at using a blast aimed at the

ground to

overcome both hostile and unattainable ground. Be warned: the

self-recharging

compressor requires time after a series of rapid bursts.