Author Topic: Quakecon 2014 (Read 5308 times)

Joe Molotov · « **on:** July 14, 2014, 07:31:59 PM »

cons

Come see a 30 second CGI Doom 4 trailer and some ESO panels!

And various fat guys participating in the BAWLS chugging tournament.

Hot cosplayers here? Nope, just nerdy guys.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #1 on:** July 14, 2014, 07:37:54 PM »

quakecon

2014

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2 on:** July 14, 2014, 08:00:37 PM »

I'll probably just spend those three days playing vidya on my computer, just like I do at home.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3 on:** July 14, 2014, 08:05:28 PM »

do they even have games?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #4 on:** July 14, 2014, 08:07:00 PM »

Battlecry, ESO, and Doom 4 from Bethesda. Usually a few other, smaller, developers have some games scattered around the convention hall.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #5 on:** July 14, 2014, 08:34:01 PM »

What is quake?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #6 on:** July 14, 2014, 08:35:22 PM »

Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on July 14, 2014, 08:34:01 PM

What is quake?

demi · « **Reply #7 on:** July 14, 2014, 08:35:34 PM »

fat guys

a slime appears · « **Reply #8 on:** July 14, 2014, 08:36:07 PM »

I'll be there along with Joe and Rumbler!

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #9 on:** July 14, 2014, 08:39:21 PM »

Quote from: a slime appears on July 14, 2014, 08:36:07 PM

I'll be there along with Joe and Rumbler!

Just remember, its not gay if you pretend that it's really the hand of the blue haired anime girl in your Oculus Rift.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #10 on:** July 14, 2014, 08:47:06 PM »

Though if the hands are too soft for even an anime waifu, you know Carmack has joined in

spoiler (click to show/hide)

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a slime appears · « **Reply #11 on:** July 14, 2014, 09:06:02 PM »

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #12 on:** July 14, 2014, 10:14:57 PM »

Carmack is banned from Quakecon, so sad. :'(

I'll just have to continue enjoying his twitter feed.

toku · « **Reply #13 on:** July 15, 2014, 03:06:43 AM »

Do they sell heroin at quakecon?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14 on:** July 17, 2014, 11:42:42 AM »

The Evil Within is playable here and I played it a for a few minutes. It's basically Resident Evil 5, if Resident Evil 5 were actually a sequel to Resident Evil 4 [but with different characters, story, and setting]. It's even got a huge, rundown mansion in one part, because Shinji Mikami.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #15 on:** July 17, 2014, 01:27:31 PM »

They won't be showing it off until the welcome presentation later this evening.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16 on:** July 17, 2014, 01:38:42 PM »

A few people waiting to get in early on Wednesday evening.

BYOC partly filled on Wednesday evening.

A rare mid-July day in Texas where it's not completely unbearable.

demi · « **Reply #17 on:** July 17, 2014, 01:42:56 PM »

Where is my darling. Appease me.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #18 on:** July 17, 2014, 02:31:14 PM »

I really am having fun guys, I promise!

You had to take a photo to get some swag, so I just went in there, hit the button and got out.

demi · « **Reply #19 on:** July 17, 2014, 02:38:04 PM »

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #20 on:** July 17, 2014, 02:50:53 PM »

I took this amazing selfie just moments ago:

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #21 on:** July 17, 2014, 02:53:00 PM »

The Mouth of Nerdness:

Here's some pics I snapped around the BYOC during setup on Wednesday night/Thursday morning (around 1:30am). It's basically like being in a bigass barn.

Chilling in the hotel, watching MST3K with Great Rumbler:

And the most offensive bathroom graffiti I've ever seen:

demi · « **Reply #22 on:** July 17, 2014, 02:53:14 PM »

Really living the place up, don't party too much

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #23 on:** July 17, 2014, 03:21:36 PM »

Obviously I knew he was a person, but who else is kinda sad to see Rumbler isn't a dog?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #24 on:** July 17, 2014, 03:35:16 PM »

The truth hurts sometimes.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #25 on:** July 17, 2014, 03:50:52 PM »

That's pretty cool guys. That huge computer case is crazy. Did you guys bring your rigs? It has to be much easier not having to lug around 19 inch CRT monitors.

Rufus · « **Reply #26 on:** July 17, 2014, 03:52:23 PM »

That case looks realy precariously placed. Hope the PSU is mounted in the bottom.

benjipwns · « **Reply #27 on:** July 17, 2014, 03:53:09 PM »

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on July 17, 2014, 03:21:36 PM

Obviously I knew he was a person, but who else is kinda sad to see Rumbler isn't a dog?

I bet they're pictures of some random human he found.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #28 on:** July 17, 2014, 04:15:15 PM »

If I were there I would show up with a Pentium 90 and a sick CRT and play some Quake

demi · « **Reply #29 on:** July 17, 2014, 05:33:16 PM »

I talked to my darling on the phone. I'm so gonna bottom for him.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #30 on:** July 17, 2014, 05:38:23 PM »

Demi sucks and is dumb. a slime appears is the true king of The Bore.

a slime appears · « **Reply #31 on:** July 17, 2014, 05:42:48 PM »

YEAAAAAAH

demi · « **Reply #32 on:** July 17, 2014, 05:45:42 PM »

Gettin tag teamed by two hunnies

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #33 on:** July 17, 2014, 05:53:11 PM »

Slime's a pretty awesome dude.

demi · « **Reply #34 on:** July 17, 2014, 05:58:02 PM »

I'd fuck him

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #35 on:** July 17, 2014, 08:41:03 PM »

Doom

I need a cigarette after that.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #36 on:** July 17, 2014, 09:04:37 PM »

Going into the Doom presentation, I was wondering what they would need to show in order to convince me they had any idea what they were doing. Well, after seeing the demo, I can safely say that it does appear they know exactly what they are doing and exactly what they are doing is

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #37 on:** July 17, 2014, 09:31:32 PM »

I've been reading the gaf thread, but if you don't mind what exactly is it that won you over? Is it just their overall commitment to making this game work this time? Do you think that ID is in a better place that they can take their time and really get this right? As much as I love their work the last 10 years seems to have been really hard on them. It'd be really nice to see this be a success for them. I only wish the guys that wrote Wolfenstein were on the case with Dooms origin story. Those guys did a fantastic job revising that IP in a new way and unexpected way.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #38 on:** July 17, 2014, 10:02:35 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on July 17, 2014, 02:31:14 PM

(Image removed from quote.)

I really am having fun guys, I promise! You had to take a photo to get some swag, so I just went in there, hit the button and got out.

everything was brown

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #39 on:** July 17, 2014, 10:19:02 PM »

Quote from: Exodust SoulBurn on July 17, 2014, 10:14:34 PM

Doom was shown? Any video online?

It was [about 10-15 minutes of on-stage gameplay] and no, there isn't. They stopped the live stream before the Doom segment and had everyone put away their phones and cameras.

Quote from: G The Resurrected on July 17, 2014, 09:31:32 PM

I've been reading the gaf thread, but if you don't mind what exactly is it that won you over? Is it just their overall commitment to making this game work this time? Do you think that ID is in a better place that they can take their time and really get this right?

-Cool setting, industrial hallways that funnel you along but lots of wide vistas and huge scale to make it seem bigger and more open than it is
-Fast-paced combat, looked fluid and fun
-Brutal close-combat kills
-Chainsaw, double barrel shotgun making a return
-Enemy designs look way better than Doom 3
-Dark and moody, but you can still see what's going on

It really feels like they're working off a cohesive, interesting vision.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #40 on:** July 17, 2014, 10:30:29 PM »

doom is literally my favorite game ever and i am so fucking hyped right now. this'll be the first game i preorder in like ten years

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #41 on:** July 17, 2014, 10:33:17 PM »

Quote from: Exodust SoulBurn on July 17, 2014, 10:32:27 PM

Any word on them showing it online anytime soon?

They didn't mention a specific time frame on when it'll be shown to the public, just "at a later date."

a slime appears · « **Reply #42 on:** July 18, 2014, 12:15:08 AM »

That was nuts!

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #43 on:** July 18, 2014, 12:32:39 AM »

I'm surprised they showed as much actual gameplay as they did. I was expecting, at most, for it to be maybe a 3-minute highlight real or something like that.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #44 on:** July 18, 2014, 01:12:10 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on July 17, 2014, 11:42:42 AM

The Evil Within is playable here and I played it a for a few minutes. It's basically Resident Evil 5, if Resident Evil 5 were actually a sequel to Resident Evil 4 [but with different characters, story, and setting]. It's even got a huge, rundown mansion in one part, because Shinji Mikami.

Can't be as bad as RE5. For one, no forced (online) co-op, yeah? For the other, said Manson/Mikami doing atmosphere instead of LOL ACTION.

But then again, he did equal parts of LOL ACTION and atmosphere in RE4... $:-\$

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #45 on:** July 18, 2014, 01:38:03 AM »

Quote from: thisismyusername on July 18, 2014, 01:12:10 AM

Can't be as bad as RE5. For one, no forced (online) co-op, yeah?

No, I mean that this is basically more of a successor to Resident Evil 4 than Resident Evil 5 was.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #46 on:** July 18, 2014, 11:28:12 AM »

Evil Within? Graphics are a little mixed, but some parts of it looked really good.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #47 on:** July 18, 2014, 11:42:09 AM »

Not bad at all, actually. Some big environments, lots of detail, good animation and detail on the enemies. You could tell it was still a little rough around the edges, though, with some visible aliasing and limited shadows, but it definitely was very pleasing on the eyes.

a slime appears · « **Reply #48 on:** July 18, 2014, 12:03:16 PM »

I'm heading back for day 2. I'll message you guys when I'm in the area but I plan on showing up for TES panel and staying for Master Shake.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #49 on:** July 18, 2014, 01:49:18 PM »

Quote from: a slime appears on July 18, 2014, 12:03:16 PM

Master Shake.

It's Master PANCAKE. Master Shake is a character from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #50 on:** July 18, 2014, 04:48:04 PM »

id Software pulled away the lead guy on the Cryengine:

Quote from: http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/07/18/cryteks-principal-rd-graphics-engineer-departs-for-id-software/

Tiago Sousa, a longtime Crytek employee who served as the R&D Principal Graphics Engineer in the company's Frankfurt studio, has announced that he's left the company to become the Lead Rendering Programmer at Doom developer id Software.

So, there's that.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #51 on:** July 18, 2014, 08:03:25 PM »

Quote from: demi on July 17, 2014, 05:33:16 PM

I talked to my darling on the phone. I'm so gonna bottom for him.

Basically what happened:

Rufus · « **Reply #52 on:** July 18, 2014, 08:04:40 PM »

Crytek is bleeding money and now talent too. Uh-oh.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #53 on:** July 18, 2014, 11:34:08 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on July 18, 2014, 08:03:25 PM

Quote from: demi on July 17, 2014, 05:33:16 PM
I talked to my darling on the phone. I'm so gonna bottom for him.

Basically what happened:

a slime appears · « **Reply #54 on:** July 19, 2014, 12:20:08 AM »

Joe

Rumbler

Everyone I met on The Bore is good people. I can't wait for ~~PAX South~~ the official Bore meetup!

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #55 on:** July 19, 2014, 12:38:28 AM »

Quote from: a slime appears on July 19, 2014, 12:20:08 AM

Joe

Rumbler

Everyone I met on The Bore is good people. I can't wait for ~~PAX South~~ the official Bore meetup!

PAX "Borecon 2015" South

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #56 on:** July 19, 2014, 12:39:43 AM »

I also talked to demi and he threatened me.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #57 on:** July 19, 2014, 09:52:27 AM »

But is it better than BRUTAL DOOM

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #58 on:** July 19, 2014, 10:45:47 AM »

I'm sorry, guys, we lied. This is actually what the new Doom is like:

a slime appears · « **Reply #59 on:** July 19, 2014, 01:17:33 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on July 18, 2014, 01:49:18 PM

Quote from: a slime appears on July 18, 2014, 12:03:16 PM
Master Shake.

It's Master PANCAKE. Master Shake is a character from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

I made that mistake like four more times that day, lol. At least I managed to tweet to them without embarrassing myself!

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Author Topic: Quakecon 2014 (Read 5308 times)