Let's admit it, Quake Live is never gonna get big. The fact that it is still alive, and maybe even growing a bit, is tremendous. There has been a lot of discussion about what features Quake 5 needs in order to become the next big FPS, but to be honest, in order to make it really popular I think we would need to sell out. Make the game dumber, easier. Basically like Shootmania or Call of Duty. But what would that achieve? Changing Quake so drastically it might become popular but it won't really be Quake anymore. Also, the scene would grow, but the average maturity of Quake players would descend. Do we really want a community like Call of Duty?

HOWEVER.

I thought of sure way to make the next Quake popular, while keeping from selling out. So there's this kid who plays Quake since like he's 3 years old, and his dad recently made a new video where he went online for the very first time at the age of 7 or something. Also, today I made a comment about IRC channels dying and new ones being created to which quake is potat replied: "the circle of life". This made me think. Quake community is growing old. It's gonna go extinct eventually. But there's a way to stop it from dying. Hell, we can even make it grow. What do we need to do?

HAVE MORE QUAKE BABIES.

Yes, that's right! If you have 1 child, you basically provide a replacement for you. If you have 2 children, you just made the scene grow! So guys. Throw all your condoms away, and get on baby-making! The more babies we have, the more players future Quakes will have! It's important though that you expose them to Quake at a very young age, and only to Quake. Also make sure to raise them right so they don't ever cheat! We can do this, guys. I believe in you!