Subject: [loki-press] Quake III Arena Contest from UserFriendly.org and Loki  
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 08:52:14 -0700
From: Kayt Sorhaindo <sigyn@lokigames.com>
To: <loki-press@lokigames.com>, <loki-announce@lokigames.com>

NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release

Characters From Favorite Geek Cartoon Join Violent Deathmatch in Loki 
Software's Linux Version of Quake III

The best geeks on the Internet to compete in a contest to challenge their 
creative application of Loki's new Linux-based game development tools.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Friday, September 15, 2000 - It's fragtime 
for the Dust Puppy.

Today kicks off the UserFriendly.org and Loki Software Quake III Arena 
Contest.  A leading online entertainment destination for the IT technical 
community, UserFriendly.org is sponsoring this exciting contest to 
showcase the creative and design skills of their legion of fans.
	
Contestants will create and modify "skins" and levels based on the cast 
of characters from the UserFriendly.org episodic comic strip for use with 
Quake III Arena, the blockbuster 3D, first-person perspective, shooter 
video game developed by id Software. Skins dictate the appearance of the 
player within the game environment, while the levels define the 
appearance and layout of the space used by the battling players inside 
the game. There will also be a bonus category for people brave enough to 
venture into the realm of modeling, which is creating the figure or body 
for the skins to cover.

"I am categorically terrified by what the UserFriendly.org community 
might come up with," explains J.D. "Illiad" Frazer, the comic strips 
creator and Founder of UserFriendly.org.

Loki Software, Inc., co-sponsor of the contest and publisher of the Linux 
version of Quake III Arena, offers contestants use of their Linux SDK 
toolkit, which includes the Linux port of id's Q3radiant. The Linux SDK 
allows users to replace textures, shaders and entities, create and edit 
maps, and even create DLLs and QVM files for mods.

"This contest is a great way to show off the work Loki is doing to 
support Linux gaming," said Scott Draeker, president of Loki Software. 
"This isn't just about porting games. We're bringing the entire gaming 
experience to Linux. I mean, a huge part of playing id's games is the 
ability to do mods, skins, maps and all the rest. And Loki's Quake SDK 
makes all that possible on Linux for the very first time."

Upon conclusion of the contest on Wednesday October 11, a panel of 
celebrity judges from the Linux and gaming communities will evaluate the 
skins. Judges include Zoid, creator of "Capture The Flag" for Quake, 
Casey of Threewave Software, and UserFriendly.org's own TikTok.

UserFriendly.org will announce the contest winners on Friday, October the 
13th, during the Annual Linux Showcase in Atlanta. First place will win 
two games of their choice from Loki Games, both User Friendly books 
signed by Illiad, and a Dust Puppy doll (Dust Puppy is arguably the most 
popular character from the UserFriendly.org comic strip).  Second place 
will win one game of their choice from Loki Games and a Dust Puppy doll.  
Honorable mentions all win a Dust Puppy doll. For information and updates 
on the UserFriendly.org and Loki Software Quake III Arena Contest, visit 
www.userfriendly.org/community/quake.

About User Friendly Media Inc.:
Averaging 13 million page views, 1.7 million visits and 600,000 unique IP 
addresses per month, UserFriendly.org has become a leading entertainment 
and cultural destination for IT professionals worldwide. User Friendly 
Media Inc. is a privately held Canadian Internet Media company founded in 
1997. For more information, contact Dave Orton at User Friendly Media at 
(604) 833-9148 or dave@userfriendly.org.

About Loki Software, Inc.:
Founded in 1998 in Orange County, California, Loki works with leading 
publishers and developers to port their best-selling PC products to 
Linux. Game titles from Loki include Civilization: Call to Power, SimCity 
3000 Unlimited and Heavy Gear II. In addition to this arsenal of games, 
Loki has initiated and continues to support several Open Source 
development projects, including OpenAL(tm), a cross-platform 3D-Audio 
Library, and SDL MPEG Player Library (SMPEG), a general-purpose MPEG 
video/audio player for Linux. For more information contact Kayt Sorhaindo 
at Loki Software at press@lokigames.com.

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