A new article posted on www.DevelopMag.com yesterday highlights the rise of Splash Damage from a rag-tag team of Q3 modders beind the early Q3 mod, Q3 Fortress, and later Wolfenstein: ET and ET:Quake Wars...

"Unlike most mods, though, Q3F caught the attention of id Software -- a company intimately familiar with its modding scene -- after the team managed to attract worldwide fansites very early on. They were invited out to QuakeCon in 2000, the annual gathering for id fans and mod makers in id's hometown of Mesquite, Texas, and given their own demonstration area. They presented their work to anyone who'd look, but most importantly to id themselves."

The rest of the article can be read on DevelopMag's website here: http://www.developmag.com/interviews/255/Making-a-Splash