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QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:59 am
by Transient
After this last update, the game is no longer free and people have lost their 5-year-old stats and friends/clan lists. GG Bethesda.
http://kotaku.com/quake-live-fans-are-a ... 1739068130
You can only play on Steam and they deleted their forums.
http://www.quakelive.com/forum/
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:01 am
by surgeon62
WTF
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:05 am
by HM-PuFFNSTuFF
RIP quake
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:09 am
by shaft
I heard it was going steam only. Didn't know about the $10 though. I assume all the premium stuff is included?
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:17 am
by xer0s
It's an ancient game. Let it go, people...
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:46 am
by mrd
I always thought Quake Live had a different feel to it than Q3A. Were the physics not a bit different or am I imagining shit?
I never played QL more than a few times back when it first came out just to check it out but I can't say I am entirely surprised.
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:47 am
by mrd
So how's about that Q3A server then, now that QL is gone?
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:50 am
by Transient
I never even played Quake Live, but it still sticks in my craw to see Bethesda doing this. Especially fucking over the community after 5 years. They couldn't take a page from id's book?
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:55 am
by mrd
I hear you, it's a shit move, but from my understanding Bethesda is a bit of a shit company like that.
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 4:05 am
by losCHUNK
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 4:10 am
by Whiskey 7
I am off for a look as I paid for this a while ago..
After a 1 gig update I see things have changed, even as a paid up subscriber (forever) ... Fired up Steam and played a little. Bots are still dumb. There weren't many people on (locally at least).
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 5:03 am
by shaft
I just loaded this up on steam and didn't have to pay anything.
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 5:06 am
by scared?
All that crying for nothing? Lol morons...
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 5:12 am
by Whiskey 7
shaft wrote:I just loaded this up on steam and didn't have to pay anything.
I didn't either. Are you a previous subscriber shaft?
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 5:15 am
by shaft
No, but I had the game already installed from when it first was on steam.
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 5:22 am
by Whiskey 7
shaft wrote:No, but I had the game already installed from when it first was on steam.
Interesting.
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 6:08 am
by shaft
Yeah I don't see any problem with what they did. They added steam works, all the premium content, allow anyone to run or host a server, and didn't charge anyone who already paid or got the game from steam already. They did work for their $10.
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 6:13 am
by Transient
This game used to be free. Now it's not. If I don't want to play on Steam, I no longer have an option.
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 7:07 am
by MKJ
lol quake
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 7:32 am
by Whiskey 7
Funny, today I played more Team Fortress 2 than I have in so long...
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 8:05 am
by Eraser
shaft wrote:Yeah I don't see any problem with what they did. They added steam works, all the premium content, allow anyone to run or host a server, and didn't charge anyone who already paid or got the game from steam already. They did work for their $10.
I don't think the $10 is really the problem. It's that all stats, friends lists, clan groups and achievements are gone. Nothing was announced in advance so I can see why some people are disgruntled about this.
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 8:45 am
by shaft
Transient wrote:This game used to be free. Now it's not. If I don't want to play on Steam, I no longer have an option.
I guess that's the chance you take when you play a free game that relies on revenue to keep the backend running. Please justify your entitlement for them to supply you with free games forever.
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 8:48 am
by shaft
Eraser wrote:shaft wrote:Yeah I don't see any problem with what they did. They added steam works, all the premium content, allow anyone to run or host a server, and didn't charge anyone who already paid or got the game from steam already. They did work for their $10.
I don't think the $10 is really the problem. It's that all stats, friends lists, clan groups and achievements are gone. Nothing was announced in advance so I can see why some people are disgruntled about this.
Fairly certain I read weeks ago it was moving to Stream only. Was there something in the EULA that guaranteed all that stuff would be available indefinitely?
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 5:54 pm
by lars63
I played on there for a while to and didn't think it was all that great so don't care if they charge or not, so there, (grin), I bet they don't care if I play there anymore either
Re: QuakeLive is fucked
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 8:46 pm
by vesp
hm.. yeah I never really got back into Qlive, it never quite felt the same. I used to fire it up occasionally for a couple weeks at a time, but probably not frequently enough for me to bother paying for it (cheap as it is). I suppose it will eventually be on steam-sale though...
Shaft - you weren't a subscriber then? I was playing non-subscriber QL on Steam, but hadn't re-installed since I got this new laptop. Now it's off my library list and the only option is to pay on the store.
