Quake Live accepting beta sign-ups

by Justin McElroy { Apr 16th 2008 at 10:30AM }

As much as years of consuming have taught us to love purchasing goods and services, we have to admit that we still love free stuff just a skosh more. If you share in our gratis glee, you may be interested to hear that id, developer of web-based Quake III port Quake Live (formerly known as Quake Zero) is currently accepting sign-ups for the beta program.

There's not much else on the site at this point, you're basically just firing your email address off into the inky blackness of the internet and hoping for the best. Of course, there's not really anything you can do about that. The dark side of free stuff is that you lose your most powerful asset: The ability to complain about anything.

Tags: beta, id, quake-live, quake-zero

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

nmezib @ Apr 16th 2008 10:40AM

Well I don't know about anyone else, but I'm ready for some good old-school fragging and bagging. Quake III ate up my high school freshman year. good times.

PojoMofo @ Apr 16th 2008 10:44AM

me too, except it was my freshman year of college, kiddo

theturtle363 @ Apr 16th 2008 10:42AM

skosh? What the hell is a skosh?

Christopher Grant @ Apr 16th 2008 10:44AM

Google is your friend:
http://www.answers.com/skosh&r=67

skosh (skōsh)
n. Slang.

A small amount; a bit: “This is a well-plotted, economical thriller. Although the beginning is a skosh slow, [the author] picks up the pace” (T. Jefferson Parker).

From the japanese sukoshi.

theturtle363 @ Apr 16th 2008 10:56AM

i dont see how a thriller could be slow. That's just the opposite of thrilling.

Grant @ Apr 16th 2008 10:46AM

Quake?
is this some sort of crazy new franchise about earthquakes?

Shignami @ Apr 16th 2008 10:48AM

No, its about brown castles and stone corridors.

nmezib @ Apr 16th 2008 10:52AM

and more brown castles... filled with LAVA!

doob @ Apr 16th 2008 10:58AM

Err, they've actually been accepting sign ups for a while. I signed up a few months ago, still not heard anything :(

wickedpheonix @ Apr 16th 2008 11:02AM

Same... gave it to them again anyways XD this would be awesome to play during school, but even if they gave me a beta invite now I'd probably not use it since I'm going to get started on EVE and GTA4 soon...