need BIGGGEEERRRRR Inline Img !

Now delete the large image please. :-)

Just wanted to add that even though we currently use seperated modes for east coast and west coast we are open for suggestions and would like to rely on player feedback.
Everyone hop in and add up! Smaller inline img is awaiting approval.

Me likey!

Now all we need, is players to go check it out/idle/w.e. oh.. and don't forget PLAY! =D hfhf

It's a nice gesture, albeit a wasted one.

Don't talk, join the channel!

No thanks.

TY for visiting http://www.quakepickups.com/ =D

be sure to visit again! =D peace =p

actually there seems to be a lot of people taking advantage of it...

<20:44:53> <QLPickupUS> Please type: !add ctfe in #qlpickup.us - We need 2 more for a ctfe pickup!

Gentlemen, please.

yes

Alright, the first match has been played. We figured the seperation of east and west coast doesn't really make sense so we removed that. Some new pickup modes have been added (ca 4on4 and 2on2 and ffa).

Have a [+] for your efforts. Moving to US in ~10 days, will try to get some games going once I'm there.

better start the detox now :~

While I applaud this effort (good job!) you need to realize that North American players are too fucking cool to play pickups on IRC. It's not like #tdmpickup in Europe where any random guy can join a game and have a great time. In North America, unless you know someone you won't be getting into a pickup game. I hope your channel succeeds but here's what I predict, based on the old channels: a couple of people will stop by the channel, see what it's about, then quickly /part within 20 seconds because they feel they are better than everyone else, or the channel doesn't have enough idlers for their tastes. That is how it always is in North America.

But with that said, good luck and I hope the pickups are successful!

tdmpickup pickup isnt so cool either
fags cba to invite non-prem/pro players =/

UR NOT ON MY FRIENDS LIST SRY!!

im sorry but 25$ a year is not that big of commitment... relying on being able to asking favors all the time is just hurting the pace of setting up games which is already pathetically low. you basically need an hour to play a 20 min games.
i bet youre like why buy premium, where other bought a pro already, they can help you out anyway... well just stop leeching. dont be a pennyfucker...

(imo pickups should be prem. restricted)

I kind of agree. If you want to play this game competetively, you should get a premium account.

do you work for id now?

no

play this game competetively

sorry, but pickups arnt competition :S

Well yes, not exactly competetive but a little more serious than pubs and on competetively played maps.

imo whole premium system is bad... why should i buy it, if im only playin quake from time to time atm?

imo either make game content avail for every user, or give non premium guys some kind of trial, so i will want to play premium maps... atm im fine with CA dm6 all the time

Well, there is always a pro player around that could invite you to a pickup game.

no. i was more like "im moving to china in 3 months, no reason to pay for a 12 month subscription"

well you can either play for 8,5$/month than, or make an account with a non-pathetic name and when you move out you sell it on discount price (say for 15$)...

or you can just keep relying on asking for favors, but than show some manners and dont call people fags who you rely on when they not in rush to help you out for the 500th time with the same thing.

If people need invite we have a few people who can A)multi-spawn and B) have pro to invite you, just be sure to ask before the game starts.

i did
people ignore and find someone with prem instead

did you come to the channel and highlight me ?

i live in china now, this was months ago

I realize Canada is a North America disgrace, but don't involve Mexico, that's just racist.

Hooray for proving the NA community isn't dead!

sarcasm detected :)

*slaps*
No sarcasm haha
(I just didn't know what else to say in support of it other than "I'm pikaluva13 and I approve this thread"...so yeah xD)

The approval wasn't really necessary.

i'll be idling in the channel even though I am in europe, just to support some old timers trying to have a fun.

plus I think the pickup elitism stuff is a bit over the top in this thread, I mean yes, there was some but never ppl thinking "I won't play in a pickup, I am too good". Back then when ppl played q3 ctf irc was just not popular, plus we were retarded for using gamesurge or whatever anyway. irc only took off after q4 started which was kinda late.

Good move here, uscpmpickup worked for a long time, this should too. Just keep advertising.

<QLPickupUS> Please type: !add ctf in #qlpickup.us - We need 3 more for a ctf pickup!

It's just a few clicks away.

Something like #newbpickup.us and #newbpickup.eu would be welcome, I think. It's also better for the existing chans.

Very good, very gooooooooooooooood

ESR > id software

Seems like pickup #2 for tonight is starting.

<21:59:44> - QLPickupUS has changed the topic to: #qlpickup.us - www.quakepickups.com - for commands, type: !help - 2V2TDM (0/4) -- CA (1/8) -- FFA (1/8) -- TDM (0/8) -- CTF (0/8) -- 2V2CA (0/4)
<21:59:44> <QLPickupUS> CTF PICKUP STARTING @ http://www.quakelive.com/#!join/970044 --- Join the voice server: vx38.commandchannel.com port 31282

37 people in the channel at the moment - join and !add up!

Watch the game live on stream: http://www.own3d.tv/live/91/HoQtv

Added 4v4 Freezetag as new pickup mode. Stick around!

Good idea, i hope it works tdmpickup was just a fun idea and worked out massively we have arround 400idlers now :)

Played a ctf pickup in here, was actually really fun with everyone on mumble and actually working as a team

yeah. it actually made the game fun again for me..

also for those who dont know what active places are doing $$$ tournaments in america (none? :P)

idle
#csn on gamesurge

and

#rumblepit on quakenet

We're actually working together now so we don't conflict with each other.

CSN-steve

Working together... the way forward bro!

-QLPickupUS/#qlpickup.us- Please type: !add ctf in #qlpickup.us - We need 2 more for a ctf pickup!

Come on people, add up!

Looks like we just hit the 60 users mark. There have been some very intense matches today and the channel keeps growing. Be sure to check it out!

you should also keep track of how many different users there are, not just total in channel at one time. That will allow us to get a better idea how many na players are interested in these pickups. 60 is great but its' not nearly enough to turn things around. I'll start jumping up and down when we get a couple hundred in the channel, for now it's a good start. At least the trend is going upwards so the word is getting out. But it was also the weekend so to be honest i expect it to drop today, so don't get down on yourselves if it dips back down below 50.

I think we had like 80 different users so far.

including chuck_norris? :)

Yes, also including euros, so say 65 different people.

List is now being taken!

VOD from one of yesterday's matches: http://www.own3d.tv/video/224670

Check it out! Thanks to willieBoBc for streaming and uploading the vod. :)

yeah, over 20 pickups yesterday, even had 2 pickups going at once for a few hours.... You guys over in NA should definitely come and check it out.

any possibility of YT videos of matches?

Ofc good sir... here HoQutube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQHgM779LoY *

By the way, for all of you using gamesurge with their IRC client:
You can easily join another network in mirc and most other clients too. Google it or ask if you need help with it.

There's a subreddit for Quake Live on reddit.com- might help to spread the word.

I'm pretty sure those people know about ESR and vice versa.

you mean the /server -m irc.quakenet.org
command right?

Well, you open a new server tab and just do /server irc.quakenet.org in most cases I guess.

/server -m opens the window for you :D so its betta

Ah, didn't know. Alright. :)

made this into a news, its a good initiative but definitely needs all the attention it can get to even have a chance of surviving more than a few weeks

nice! about time too =D

this is the what? 10th try to establish a pickup in NA? ;) good luck though!

- balanced matches (keep dreaming ;))

We had a lot of balanced matches so far. The channel seems to grow steadily and I heard a lot of comments that it is better than the previous attempts already.

good. hope it lasts!

First 3 games i played were all either OT games or 1 flag cap wins.

I played a game last night and it was honestly the most fun I had in a long time, you'll also meet a couple nice guys too, it was fucking amazing, let's keep the dream going, and these pickups coming!!! tell everyone you know and start idling!

nice, go go go!

Played 4 or 5 games through this, good job cityy

welcome to quakenet, where quake belongs.

It takes a Euro to save NA :p

hope this stays alive. +s for city.

played some great games through this channel, hope it stays alive. anyway I have 2 comments/suggestions

1.Captains don't necessarily have to be the two best players. They just need to have even skill and they need to know the skills of the other players in the server. This will result in even teams. Also, its kinda annoying when its the same captains every match. I'm sure other players would like a chance.

2. Not sure if I agree with the 1-2-2-1 when picking teams. In some cases you're better off getting the number 2 and 3 picks. IMO it should be 1-1-1-1-1-1 with loser getting the map pick.

I look forward to playing more matches and I will be promoting the channel.

this thing is awesome so far keep supporting the NA community idle in:
#csn on gamesurge
and #rumblepit & #Jeesports.QL on QUAKENET!!!!

We need dem leagues!

#csn.ql as well on qnet ;P

Definitely a good thing, will support as long as it keeps going.

I've always thought it was weird to split up quakenet/gamesurge for quakers due to the fact that we would get 'closer' if we would all idle/hangout on the same server. It's not like ping matters in IRC :)

Nice to see NA scene getting some action!

It matters when !trivia is called. =P

Get some monkey to stream these pickups? Would be interesting.

Join the channel and spec one? ;P

http://www.own3d.tv/live/91/HoQtv

i wish i could play quake while streaming live.. they need to come out with a program like dxtory that will upload the live stream so i can play with higher than 30fps

i use an old version of vhrscrcap (before they implemented the watermarks) and it works fine. the games i stream run @ full fps while you can set the amount of fps the stream is running at. personally the only challenge i have with streaming quake specifically is my low bandwidth, thus increasing my ping. if you don't have that issue it should work fine and is free. scrcap/fmle can be an ass and a half to set up, but once you get it right it runs perfect and is free.

thanks, will def look at it

like someone stated above, it took a euro to stir up the na scene :/
ah well the result is the same, plenty of idlers and games going on constantly. nice work!

I ping 59 from denmark to moscow so hopefuly i could have something "ok" in your pickup channel.

Good initiative

OMG CHEATERS?!

(glhfgg)

The impossible - we just made it possible.

<QLPickupUS> TDM PICKUP STARTING @ spawn-me -- Players: joko_as_phonsc, range, PHoNSC, StywoO, t1g_as_phonsc, NIGHT_as_phonsc, Gonz, boozehound-mar

*Just to bump* We have seen quite an active channel in the past 3 days, plenty of games even some TDM 4v4 pickups going on. Get down here guys and have some nice balanced games, for those that do not already know, anyone who plays a pickup and gets a sick frag could be put into cityys promo movie, for the channel. Come join in the action!! *just to bump*

I added game tracking to the bot last night, to see some simple stats, visit http://www.quakepickups.com/all/

Almost 100 pickups in one week, not too bad...

To check a player's games played, in the channel type:

!games <IRCnick>

or just type: !games to see YOUR games played