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Why you left out 2.4? Without the current release of the mod this poll makes no sense.

I don't include v2.4 because it is too young and less tested, and because those are the elements that I need to understand/analyze some things.

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Good to know that somebody tried to load 1.03 despite the little success, I would like to know who was .

I see less people than one time and a different atmosphere, and I am conscious of the possible reasons, especially those related to real life and a greater choice of alternative games. I don't need explanation about that .

Listening the voice of many players here and in game, not only now, but also during the years I have been active, I'm maturing a thought:

What if the developing would take a different path?
Currently, we have one path formed by evolution up to version 2.4.
I am in favor to developers and their free work and thank you for it.
We have 2.4, new features, new choises, in two words a good refresh.

The second path would be based on 1.03 version, plus the fix of those errors mentioned by Mircwar that could be added just for the first period of playing. Then if it would be possible little by little, add the new features of 2.4 without affecting the beloved and recognized basic functionality of version 1.03.

I think that if the new features reached in the 2.4 are great, but the game is less playable(also in less recent versions), what is the point of the improvement? Most people here knows that the game was clearly playable in 1.03. Playable means that you can decently run, fly, move, shot, hit and once again hit. Why don't to take a path related to the improvement of the basic objective: "frag in a first person shooter game". Because it seems not a "First person shooter", but a "First person with doubt on shooting" .

Now guys, I know that what I say could seems crazy, but as I am used in real life, in front of a problem I don't think about "OMG and now?? Oh my oh my :S"; my first thought is always "Ok, I have healt, let's find some solution and try", so I check things and solve it, to the face of those who said to let it go, because it was difficult .
Negativity is not constructive, so keep it far. Only death does not have a solution.

Despite this, I realize that what Beazt says, it is also true, future is implementation to Quake Live, another good path.

So guys and developers in particular, I'm glad to exchange some words with you about my thoughts and not only mine, and understand if we could assess to take a position, since you have more knowledge than me about programming and quake surce code.

It is for all the players that I ask this, not for myself. I see that people who really like this game, would like to play with more fun, bringing back a good atmosphere, but at the moment it is not easy to sit and play because of those problems that probably need a fix and that causes a bit of stress instead of relax.

And I support Shwarovisky, when it says it is not Nostalgia, it is the atmosphere missing. Don't confuse atmosphere with nostalgia.

And please, don't take my words as a law, I am just suggesting some thoughts, some solutions to see more players return, and to see what is possible to do, just to stimulate the right minds.

Anyway I wanted to open various topics, because I have to talk with other staff , but every next step is connected to the result of the previous, so..