Of Wisdom and Quake

[Baker]

baker you gotta write a book chocked full of your wisdom.

Young Grasshopper,

The key to wisdom is realizing there is always far more to learn.

Never assume you are wise. If you have pride, vanquish it and learn humility (this one can be tough). If you have flaws (yes) acknowledge it and accept the fact that only people that do nothing make no mistakes. And a man's worth can be measured in part in who his friends are and those who would wish to be his enemy.

Learn to distinguish among dissenters those who are honest in heart and mind, but lack the "big picture", acknowledging that no one grows without questioning the status quo and that you yourself were there.

[But accept that some people are just dumbasses Hey look, I didn't write the rules, I'm just quoting from this here rulebook ...]



Learn to know when to speak, when to listen and when to enjoy a nice warm cup of "STFU" and be all ears. For me, this is when, say, Spike or MH start talking Or, say, R00k because he has a deeper total knowledge of all aspects of Quake.

And stick up for what is right, even if it makes you unpopular. Lemme tell ya, this happens a lot. But people will respect you for it. But that isn't what is important. You have to look back and be able to respect yourself and ask yourself "Did you do the right thing?". Make sure you can pass that test.

Some people will hate you no matter what you do, make sure they hate you for the right reasons



But, of course, the one true measure of man --- and believe me this is a universal truth and time and time again it has been proven there are no exceptions to the rule --- does someone appreciate the "One True Quake".

If they don't appreciate the "Quake", they are no friends of mine.

I will speak no more on this matter. Unless I feel otherwise after drinking a few more of these refreshing beers.

Which is the final gem of wisdom: remember the value of beers. It is important to know that the caveman did not know this pleasure, due to a lack of techology. Revel in what he did not have.

[Mindf!3ldzX]

Young Grasshopper,

The key to wisdom is realizing there is always far more to learn.

Never assume you are wise. If you have pride, vanquish it and learn humility (this one can be tough). If you have flaws (yes) acknowledge it and accept the fact that only people that do nothing make no mistakes. And a man's worth can be measured in part in who his friends are and those who would wish to be his enemy.

Learn to distinguish among dissenters those who are honest in heart and mind, but lack the "big picture", acknowledging that no one grows without questioning the status quo and that you yourself were there.

[But accept that some people are just dumbasses Hey look, I didn't write the rules, I'm just quoting from this here rulebook ...]



Learn to know when to speak, when to listen and when to enjoy a nice warm cup of "STFU" and be all ears. For me, this is when, say, Spike or MH start talking Or, say, R00k because he has a deeper total knowledge of all aspects of Quake.

And stick up for what is right, even if it makes you unpopular. Lemme tell ya, this happens a lot. But people will respect you for it. But that isn't what is important. You have to look back and be able to respect yourself and ask yourself "Did you do the right thing?". Make sure you can pass that test.

Some people will hate you no matter what you do, make sure they hate you for the right reasons



But, of course, the one true measure of man --- and believe me this is a universal truth and time and time again it has been proven there are no exceptions to the rule --- does someone appreciate the "One True Quake".

If they don't appreciate the "Quake", they are no friends of mine.

I will speak no more on this matter. Unless I feel otherwise after drinking a few more of these refreshing beers.

Which is the final gem of wisdom: remember the value of beers. It is important to know that the caveman did not know this pleasure, due to a lack of techology. Revel in what he did not have.

It's all too familiar. Cheers Baker

[bta.monster]

obvious drunkpost is obvious
keep drinking, will cause the q1 3xp4ns10n f0r sur3, only have 7000,0000 unique visitors amirite/

soon unshmacke/ then unquake/

also lol @ all of baker's dickriders. Fucking disgusting.
inb4 thread deleted in morning when sober

Obligatory:

[Baker]

obvious drunkpost is obvious

Could be. Or I might actually feel this way about Quake. You decide.

keep drinking, will cause the q1 3xp4ns10n f0r sur3, only have 7000,0000 unique visitors amirite/

I did all I could to drive traffic towards <your was-been favorite site>. It netted 4 registrations total over 2 months.

Which in total is 4 less people than register here every day.

I'm just saying ...

You say you know "stuff". Well, go ahead and explain this "stuff" you say you know ...

P.S. You can keep the cheese.

[Mindf!3ldzX]

obvious drunkpost is obvious
keep drinking, will cause the q1 3xp4ns10n f0r sur3, only have 7000,0000 unique visitors amirite/

soon unshmacke/ then unquake/

also lol @ all of baker's dickriders. Fucking disgusting.
inb4 thread deleted in morning when sober

Obligatory:

Someone needs a nap

[golden_boy]

I recently have this idea of "don't post something if it's not worth it". With this in mind, I have already avoided 1,337 potential flamewars (and my killfile grew accordingly).

I would also have refrained from making this particular post, but I believe it is, for once, ontopic because there is valuable wisdom in it. So I shall actually click "reply" in this case. It's an exception and I promise it shan't happen again.

[Baker]

I recently have this idea of "don't post something if it's not worth it". With this in mind, I have already avoided 1,337 potential flamewars (and my killfile grew accordingly).

I would also have refrained from making this particular post, but I believe it is, for once, ontopic because there is valuable wisdom in it. So I shall actually click "reply" in this case. It's an exception and I promise it shan't happen again.

It's the internet. If you don't have little fun flame wars, your doing it wrong.

[golden_boy]

Nah, killfiles have been around since pre-WWW times. Usenet had them already. They make total sense.

[Mindf!3ldzX]

I'm just happy Monster hasn't changed. It's like another slice of "Classic Quake".

[Baker]

I'm just happy Monster hasn't changed. It's like another slice of "Classic Quake".

Monster is a good guy. He's made a lot of bot waypoint files, and even though Canadian Sniper made NewDM, for some reason I associate NewDM with Monster since Monster likes it so much and revived it running a server.

He just hasn't read any Far East philosophy to know that negativity has a corrosive effect on your attitude and your personal ambitions.

Question for Monster: If you look around in real life, the people you view as successful do they have a positive or negative attitude? Now, of those people with a negative attitude ... have you ever noticed that they are self-defeating?

The reason a positive attitude is important, is that everyone has a great deal of control over their own environment and the ability to shape human interactions with the people they know. A positive attitude maximizes the ability to do this.

A negative attitude minimizes this control. It is like a self-fulfilling prophecy of failure. Because the negative attitude itself assures the result, and reinforces the viewpoint. Like a cycle.

[R00k]

Sometimes people are pushed into a situation where the negativity is all they have left to fight their way out. Adrenaline is fear. Enlightenment is happiness.
Most successful people are happy simply because they are successful. Stress does more harm than some stick in the mudd.
Now for Quake, stress and negativity just happens when you play or code. The Fun is after you complete the task or next level, top score etc...

[Baker]

Sometimes people are pushed into a situation where the negativity is all they have left to fight their way out.

The absolute scariest years of life are from age 15 to 20. Your whole future feels like it lies and in the balance and in many ways it does.

Stress, pressure, fear, uncertainty. And figuring out who you are.

[Syluxguy28O3]

The absolute scariest years of life are from age 15 to 20. Your whole future feels like it lies and in the balance and in many ways it does.

Stress, pressure, fear, uncertainty. And figuring out who you are.

you can say that again!

[R00k]

When u are 65-70 hookers and doctors lie and it feels like life is in a balance too !

[Mindf!3ldzX]

Or,you're "just that way". I've known Monster to emit hatred as a part of his personality,or atleast a over whelming desire to be a dick whenever,at random.

I've played many NewDM games with him without incident too.

I personally think nay-sayers like Monster who mock Baker/Quake1 and mostly Lurk the forums,play very little to no Quake, have a reason to hang around and continue the mockery / lurking,and that is because they are curious as to what Baker's been working on , and for fear of "missing out" continue to visit forums for a game they would ridicule and laugh about it's death / mock the thoughts of a revitalized quake community.

Not that they would ever admit to such