Raging Toxic Labs Gaming

Warcraft 3 : "Tower rush unleashed" replay

My first non-custom game of Warcraft 3 after what? - 2 years maybe - turned out to be a great noob vs. noob shootout.
In the left corner, there I am. I never really enjoyed the regular warcraft3 battle.net games and installed WC3 again just to watch the Blizzcon Invitational final (Grubby vs. Zacard) via WaaaghTV but going online again, choosing Orc and pressing the start button should mark the beginning of 30 minutes full of fun.
At certain points, I had both hands AFK because I was laughing so hard about myself and my counterpart on the right side of the map.

I doubt that I ever had so much fun on Battle.net during the last 3 years. I was shocked by my own performance but at the same time astonished that it didn't lead to an instant loss. My previous experience with the blizzard matchmaking system weren't so good as I would often have to play versus people who were level 20 the next day. Today it was refreshing... different!

About the game itself... I can only advise you to view it if you have WC3 TFT installed.
I made the description on Filefront say
"A towerrush that does not work out on the one side and a supply-leader who does not want to attack nor creep nor expand, who will win this hard battle in the last 30 secs of the game? ;) "
and I feel that this pretty much describes the whole replay.

Later I was told by a friend who plays WC3 ladder that virtually nobody pulls tower rushes anymore in early game nowadays and at the same time I received 2 thumbs down for execution of this deadliest of all tower rushes there has ever been.

I uploaded the replay to Filefront if you want to enjoy this piece of WC3 performance art.

Quake 4 autoexec.cfg config

Traditionally, deathmatch shooters have a strange characteristic: They set new standards in the graphics department regularly, yet you have to disable most of the details if you want to play on a more advanced level. Basically, there is no chance to play Quake4 competitively without a good config file.
You can use the below autoexec.cfg file as a start. Q4 does not overwrite the settings automatically if you use this file.

Instructions:
Alter "com_videoram" to half of your graphic card memory in megabytes and "image_cachemegs" to a quarter to a third of your computer RAM in megs.
To use this config create a new text file called "autoexec.cfg" in your \Quake4\q4base\ folder if its not already there. Copy this and paste it into the new file:

// 1024x768 - Low Quality

seta com_videoRam "256"
seta image_cacheMegs "256"

seta net_clientLagOMeter "1"

seta image_anisotropy "0"
seta image_filter "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST"
seta r_shadows "0"
seta r_useOptimizedShadows "1"
seta r_useTurboShadow "1"
seta r_skipBump "1"
seta r_skipNewAmbient "1"
seta r_skipSpecular "1"
seta r_skipOverlays "1"
seta r_skipFogLights "1"
seta r_skipPostProcess "1"
seta r_skipBlendLights "1"
seta r_skipDynamicTextures "1"
seta r_skipMegaTexture "1"
seta r_skipTranslucent "1"
seta image_lodbias "-2"
seta pm_runbob "0"
seta pm_runpitch "0"
seta pm_runroll "0"
seta pm_bobpitch "0"
seta pm_bobroll "0"
seta pm_bobup "0"
seta pm_crouchbob "0"
seta pm_walkbob "0"
seta g_kickamplitude "0"

seta image_downSizeBump "1"
seta image_downSizeBumpLimit "1"
seta image_downSizeSpecular "1"
seta image_downSizeSpecularLimit "1"
seta image_downSize "1"
seta image_downSizeLimit "8"
seta image_forceDownSize "1"

seta r_lightDetailLevel "9"
seta r_useFastSkinning "1"
seta r_useSimpleInteraction "1"

seta g_skipItemShadowsMP "1"
seta g_shipPlayerShadowsMP "1"
seta g_doubleVision "0"

seta image_useCache "1"
seta image_cacheMinK "2048"
seta image_useCompression "1"
seta image_useNormalCompressionLoadDDSForPal "1"
seta image_useNormalCompression "2"
seta image_useAllFormats "1"
seta image_usePrecompressedTextures "1"
seta image_useNormalCompression "1"
seta image_ignoreHighQuality "1"
seta g_bloodEffects "0"
seta g_decals "0"
seta g_showBrass "0"
seta g_skipFX "1"
seta g_fov "107"
seta g_skipViewEffects "1"
seta g_projectileLights "0"
seta g_skipParticles "1"
seta g_muzzleFlash "0"
seta g_showPlayerShadow "0"

seta r_displayrefresh "85"
seta com_showFPS "1"

seta net_clientMaxRate "28000"
seta net_clientUsercmdBackup "5"
seta net_clientDownload "1"
seta net_serverAllowServerMod "0"
seta net_LANServer "1"
seta net_menuLANServer "1"
seta net_master4 ""
seta net_master3 ""
seta net_master2 ""
seta net_master1 ""
seta net_serverMaxClientRate "28000"
seta net_serverMenuDedicated "0"

Here it is, the best week so far in terms of game releases!
We have the "non-tactical" duel of the first person shooters FEAR and Quake4 which is most likely to become the new multiplayer deathmatch reference as online and offline esport leagues will pick up this title and drop Painkiller which nobody really liked or played anyway. Thus 6 years after the last Quake title we have a new gory deathmatch title which can be played competitively.
On top of that, the long awaited Age of Empires 3. If you enjoyed AOE1 and 2, make sure you didn't stick with your old PC unless you want to look at a slideshow. It probably already smashed Empire Earth 2 in terms of sales cause of Microsoft promotion budget - yet is a great game non the less!
POS5, another great multiplayer title, is out now as well as X3, which you will either hate or love as there is no "in-between" in this well-known series.

In conclusion, we'll have some more online leagues for these new titles starting in the next weeks.

PC:
F.E.A.R. (10/17)
Shattered Union (10/17)
X3: Reunion (10/17)
Age of Empires III (10/18)
Quake 4 (10/18)
Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species (10/18)
Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection (10/18)
Ultima Online: The Eighth Age (10/18)
Sniper Elite (10/18)
World War II Combat: Road to Berlin (10/18)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! (10/19)
Disney's Chicken Little (10/20)
Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (10/21)

XBOX:
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse (10/17)
Warriors, The (10/17)
Shattered Union (10/17)
Blitz: The League (10/17)
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy (10/17)
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (10/18)
World Poker Tour (10/18)
Major League Baseball 2K5: World Series Edition (10/18)
Sniper Elite (10/18)
IHRA Drag Racing: Sportsman Edition (10/18)
Bible Game, The (10/18)
Crash Tag Team Racing (10/18)
Greg Hastings' Tournament Paintball Max'd (10/18)
World War II Combat: Road to Berlin (10/18)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! (10/19)
Disney's Chicken Little (10/20)
Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (10/21)

GAMECUBE:
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (10/17)
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (10/18)
Crash Tag Team Racing (10/18)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! (10/19)
Disney's Chicken Little (10/20)

PS2:
Warriors, The (10/17)
Blitz: The League (10/17)
Shadow of the Colossus (10/18)
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi (10/18)
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (10/18)
World Poker Tour (10/18)
Major League Baseball 2K5: World Series Edition (10/18)
Sniper Elite (10/18)
Jak X: Combat Racing (10/18)
IHRA Drag Racing: Sportsman Edition (10/18)
Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition (10/18)
Crash Tag Team Racing (10/18)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! (10/19)
Shining Force Neo (10/20)
Disney's Chicken Little (10/20)
Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (10/21)

GBA:
Tony Hawk's American Sk8land (10/18)
World Poker Tour (10/18)
CandyLand / Chutes & Ladders / Memory (10/18)
Mousetrap / Operation / Simon (10/18)
Life / Yahtzee / Payday (10/18)
Spyro the Dragon SuperPack (10/18)
Crash & Spryo SuperPack (10/18)
Crash Bandicoot SuperPack (10/18)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! (10/19)
Disney's Chicken Little (10/20)

DS:
Scooby-Doo! Unmasked (10/17)
Dig Dug: Digging Strike (10/18)
Spyro Shadow Legacy (10/18)

PSP:
Con, The (10/18)
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse (10/18)