Path: mantis!not-for-mail From: grimwatr@voicenet.com (grimwater) Newsgroups: rec.games.computer.quake.announce Subject: letter from john carmack. Date: 6 Sep 1996 11:06:53 +0100 Organization: Voicenet - Internet Access - (215)674-9290 Lines: 33 Sender: tony@mantis.co.uk Approved: quake@mantis.co.uk Message-ID: <50l87b$qr7@gnews2.voicenet.com> Reply-To: grimwatr@voicenet.com to anyone who might be interested.... i wrote john carmack today, and got a rather prompt reply. i thought i'd share it with you all, though it is fairly brief. i had asked him about the performance that quake has been getting on the i-net for those of us (like everyone) who connect via slip or ppp. "when can we expect something done?" i asked. "your .plan hasn't mentioned anything about either modem or internet fixes anytime soon." i got the following response: [ posted *with* permission - mod ] From: John Carmack Date: Wed, 4 Sep 96 14:15:40 -0500 To: grimwater Subject: Re: Your Killer Game References: <199609041910.PAA02078@mail.voicenet.com> X-UIDL: f24d2ce9d0f18a880a754aa5c7bd4dd3 QuakeWorld should help your internet play a LOT. We got sidetracked with the Rendition port of Quake, so we haven't been on the windows/quakeworld stuff for a few weeks, but we hope to be back on it full time next week. John Carmack and there you have it. yours, grimwater.