Quake II Update released

[Pete_Noir]

Waaaa! Somebody updated a game I don't like, how *dare* they! They should only be allowed to port things I like! (Edit: SARCASM, because it obviously wasn't clear enough.)

Seriously, any updates or software porting is a good thing. Be grateful that people actually bother to do stuff for OS4 at all. If I had an OS4 machine, I'd be very happy, Q2 is one of my favorite games and it still has a big online following.

[Pete_Noir]

Everyone is missing the entire point I'm making. I understand that some*ONE* updated Quake II and optimized it for OS4.1 What I am saying is the game is 13 years old. I seriously doubt that the optimization of the Quake II game is going to do anything to bring in the masses.


@ Pete

Your sarcasm is lost on me. Oh wait, it wasn't sarcasm, it was ignorance. I wasn't "whining", I was making a valid argument. 13+ year old games, whether ported by an individual, or a company are not what brings in money. Hyperion don't have time to port games, as they're too busy updating an operating system that by modern terms is a POS in comparison to any of the other big Three.

And put your money where your mouth is. Why don't you do a port of the game I'm providing graphics and sound for. There's a link on my blog here. Currently it runs on Windows and Linux.

Oh wait..... you don't *like* it. How dare I think you would port something that you don't like.


*rolls eyes*

When you're working on *ANY* sort of valid game, then you can come and talk to me.

What are you talking about? I wasn't replying to you. I didn't quote your post. It was more just a general comment on the way a lot of people respond so negatively to news items like this. (though I understand the OP had a bad day etc). I don't understand why you seem to be attacking me for saying I think any developments are good, regardless of whether I personally like the software or not. What does that have to do with me porting things I don't like? I don't have much time to code anything these days because of very long work hours, other activities etc, otherwise I would very much like to do some Amiga programming and probably would help out with projects. I did do stuff like that in the past for classic Amigas.

[Pete_Noir]

I'm going to quote you verbatim in toto on this, but:

"Waaaa! Somebody updated a game I don't like, how *dare* they! They should only be allowed to port things I like!"

How is that not construed as "negative"?

Again, that was sarcasm. The point of my post was this: My opinion is that development for OS4 is good. Complaining about these developments is bad.
In this case, Q2 is still enjoyed by people today. It certainly doesn't hurt to have it ported to OS4, regardless of whether it's available on cellphones already. It's not exactly a killer app, but that's not to say the author won't do anything else with his skills.

You, yourself, stated that you don't have time to code for the Amiga, so  why would you make such a comment as you did?

Because I don't like seeing people who worked hard for something getting whined at.

I don't have a lot of  free time, but when I can, I *MAKE* the time to work on BTBuilder, as  it's something I enjoy. Isn't that why coders do development?

Yes. I used to enjoy coding. I can't MAKE time, you may be able to but I can't unfortunately.