Noob Question

Post by **Thanaspyr** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 8:57 am

I just reinstalled Q3 after many many years since i got it,so i'm quite noob here now.Can someone tell me what's up with this Team Arena thing?Do i need it to play online and do i have to buy it or what?Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Post by **saturn** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 9:40 am

Team Arena is an official expansion from id. It's like a CTF mod with extra options and modes. You have to buy it, but these days it comes bundled with Quake III Gold.

Post by **Who** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 10:53 am

imo ta was a COMPLETE FLOP

Post by **Thanaspyr** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 12:58 pm

So do most ppl playing quake3 online have it or what...
And also,i updated to 1.32 and now when i run the console it says:"Couldn't load default.cfg"
Can anyone help me with that?

Also,this CD of quake i have is from a friend,and since it doesn't have any cd key on it,i dont think its authentic,must be cracked or something?I can't play online without a valid cd-key from what i remember,can i?

Post by **Foo** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:10 pm

That's right.

You should be able to find a copy of Q3 in a bargain bin at your nearest town, or at an online retailer.

It's real cheap now

Post by **Thanaspyr** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:29 pm

OK thanks a lot for all the replys.I'll try to find a new copy cheap,or else i'll just wait for Q4 :icon31:

Post by **dzjepp** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:27 am

Don't bother getting TA, nobody plays it. Real shame.

Post by **Eraser** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:21 pm

dzjepp wrote:Don't bother getting TA, nobody plays it. Real shame.

Real shame indeed.
Team Arena was fantastic

Post by **syn0pz** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 6:11 am

Nobody played it, because nobody played it.

Quite the paradox.

Post by **Fjoggs** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:35 pm

Uh, stop talking shit.
Team Arena was quite hot in europe. I played it _alot_ through the net. They hosted a few cups too.

Post by **saturn** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:39 pm

I bought it, but hardly played it. I didn't really like it and the sound (voices) was pretty shite.

Post by **Eraser** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:54 pm

saturn wrote:I bought it, but hardly played it. I didn't really like it and the sound (voices) was pretty shite.

Yeh the voices were wank but at least you could disable those.
The texture work and map design in Team Arena was just so jaw dropping gorgeous and sported excellent gameplay. It's a real shame it didn't caught on better, but I guess that's what you get for charging €35 or something for an expensionpack.

Even though it's not quite the same, many people argued that id Software should've released TA for free because Epic released those bonus packs. Ignorance++ indeed, but that's just the general feeling I got from a lot of people.