Take a week off; buy a load of films or a good book to keep yourself occupied.

I've gotta stop playing my DS lite, it's giving me withered claw hands. Won the thing in a competition and now can't stop playing Advance Wars . . . dammit. 

Back when I was obsessed with Team Fortress, my mouse clicker hand would get stressed out. I would soak it in warm water for about fifteen or so minutes between matches and that seemed to help. 

@ shadowtails: Thanks for the offer, but it's not necessary. Q2 flyers belong in Q2 :-) I just meant that if we had a flying drone in Q1, it should have comparable hitpoints and behaviour (i.e. go down easy and be dangerous in packs.) It should be a support unit. The Base Scrag so to speak.

@ Omus: really? The model/skin was what I liked best about him (apart from the concept.) He looks pretty "crusty." He's a bit large though.

@ Than: Sorry to hear that man. Take it easy.

After prolonged mouse usage, I tend to have pain in my upper arm. That's because I use my elbow/forearm as a pivot instead of moving the hand. :-( The perfect pointing device hasn't been made yet... 

Like you said, he is too large but that's not what I was on about. Quake models are no good for small intricate details which the current model has a lot of (like the aerial, spinner and high-poly cylindrical bits). If I has to sum up the problem in a word I'd say it doesn't look 'chunky' enough :P . 

the most important thing is your sitting position, the back must be held straight, and the ellbows MUST rest on the table (additionaly, I use small "towels" under each ellbow lol).

One should also take some breaks from playing/typing every 1-2 hours. 

Is to buy a thumb track mouse, the logitech ones are good. (but for the love of god don't buy a fingertrack).

It's odd to get used to at first but much better than standard - more responsive and accurate, with the added bonus that you don't have to move anything other than your fingers / thumb.

With my previous one I'd be sat in my armchair, the mouse on my knee, nice and comfy. 

I've got a wacom tablet, so am using that at the moment. I'm also using the pc less at home.

I also have a posture chair, but I don't think it's doing much good to be honest :/ 

I have a stupid question but... I noticed that grenades hit skybox like a solid wall, I don't know if it is a bug, or something normal, but it sounds weird compared to other projectiles that disappear "in the sky".... Is it a specific bug of Quoth, or is it feature ? I tested the behaviour with FitzQuake 0.80 and aguirRe's GLQuake v1.31... If it is a bug, I guess it would be cool to resolve it ;)
BTW, what the quoth update news on your side ? 

it's the regular transparent sky behavior. it has nothing to with quoth. 

it's not a bug, it's a feature
(c)microsoft 

OK, I was not aware of that "feature".... Thanks for the clarification... and sorry if I woke up somebody ;P 

I like the rotor actually. It makes a nice distinction. Most "things" in Quake are biological (monsters), and a definitely-artificial-looking thing makes a nice contrast.

but yeah, he could be smaller (almost Q2 flyer size.)

He should also rotate when hit, like they do :-) it looks so stupid, I like it. Flyers are cool.

The other flying base enemy I could imagine is a mechanic insect, bug style. 

I've always really liked Bob. Pretty much everything about him... never knew what peoples problem with him was, to be honest. 

I gave WC a shot to maybe help slyly contribute to this mappack...

It looks like too much time had passed... I knew in my head what I wanted to create, but the sub-par result in the editor just frustrated and annoyed me.

And then - after one room was "done" - the leaks began.


Instead I am just going to look forward to playing this pack when it is completed :) 

We are now at the end of the month, the delivery date should come soon (i.e if I remember well, it was suppopsed to be the 2nd of April), but we still need Quoth update, and also all the maps in order to deliver a clean pack..
So, what are the news on Quoth side (Kell / necros : any news ?)
And how many maps are ready to be deliverd ? 

I've been working on doing a skin for the sentinel, plus some more debris models for the func_breakbale. Not finished, but I've made a fair bit of progress. I think the only other thing I need to do is finish edie's skin.

Dunno about necros. 

Thanks a lot for your feedback... I hope things are going better on your side ;) 

i got another map in progress might be in base pack to :p if i can finish on time... 

I drew the Quoth startmap in half and made a convertmap to it. It is on grid now, but I still think it is whishfull mapping. 

Hi guys... I'd like to re-activate a little bit the Base Pack.. I remind that it has been said the Base Pack should have been released by the end of march (after a lot of delay already), and now we are 15 days away...
So, first question Kell/necros: what are the progress on Quoth update side ? do you have already planned a target date for the update ? Or is it too early to say when it will be ready ?
And on mappers front: how many maps are ready now ? i guess a lot of late map should be ready isn't it ?
In anyway, I hope to see this pack delivery coming soon... 

i am ridiculously busy atm. if you really want to release something, then i'll have to bow out or something. i haven't even logged in to msn since i setup the new machine. i'll see if i can get on thursday kell. :S 

i knew as soon as "a new version of quoth" was brought up, this pack's release date was going to be pushed back at least 4 months 

my wrists are still a bit buggered, so I don't want to do anything to computer intensive other than my job. If I can't finish my map off before the pack is released then I'm out and will release it later, but if Kell/Necros can let us know when they are working on stuff I try and get a bit of mapping done then and see how it goes. For now I'm holding back though. Sorry. 

then i might have time to finish my second map! 

i'll see if i can get on thursday kell.

Please do... A soon as the Quoth update will be released, the base pack will follow... and also one of my current project, as I'm about to finish it :P
Would it be possible (after you get in touch with Kell) to have an idea of a possible release date of Quoth update ?