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Update Tonight
Jan 5, 2009
Tonight we've rolled out the update that we'll use for the stress test on Wednesday. We may update some web elements tomorrow, but barring any major issues, there won't be any plugin updates between now and Wednesday afternoon.
 
Today we've also begun sending out many thousands of invites to people that provided us their email address through the beta sign-up on www.quakelive.com. Also, for those of you already in the beta, you now have 5 new invitations to send to friends (while supplies last).
 
Here are a list of notable changes or additions in this update:
--We are releasing a new map for a limited time only (will be available for 7-10 days). The map is called Trinity (qzca2). Although originally created (and named) for Clan Arena gameplay, it is a fun Duel map as well. This arena has only been tested internally at id by a relatively small number of people, so please play it a good bit this week and post feedback if you have any in the special Trinity forum.
 
--Based on some feedback from players, we're trying a change to Ironworks (qzctf7). This change will also only be available for a short period (7-10 days). The two changes to the arena are the addition of bounce pads on each side of the the central room that go to the upper level and replacing Quad Damage with the Regeneration. We like the change from Quad Damage to Regeneration, but are uncertain about the center pads - looking for feedback, and we may remove those again pending more play.
 
--The issues with site hanging on the download status or not displaying games in Internet Explorer should be fixed. If you're having this problem in IE or Firefox after you've updated, please post.
 
--There has been a lingering bug where a match ends immediately after it begins. This has been a difficult issue to reproduce in a way that allows for debugging, but we have made a number of changes that we hope have fixed it. As usual, if you see this occur, please make a post with as much detail as you can provide regarding the circumstances.
 
--On each player's profile page there is now a tab called "Matches." This includes your 28-day match history broken down by day, along with summary information for each day and week. We will always keep your last 28 days worth of individual matches. Roll-over any match thumbnail for a game summary and then click to see the match details. Side note - weapon specific accuracy (which we've seen a lot of requests for) will be included in the match details view in the near future.
 
--Railgun trails missing in demo playback is fixed.
 
--Most of the issues with the mouse losing window focus in gameplay should be fixed.
 
--The in-game callvote arena list should now be correct based on the servers gametype - the menu wasn't always showing a correct map list previously.  
 
As you look through your profile page (to get to the new matches tab), be aware that there are some known issues with the current Player Profile Summary Page and Statistics page (not showing your most recent games and some stats not adding up properly). These are being fixed.
 
Again, please don't forget the stress test on Wednesday from 2-4pm central. With all of the new invites going out today and tomorrow, there should continually be more and more people to compete with, so play often; but we'd really like to see as many people as possible hit the site on Wednesday afternoon. Thanks.
 
 
Crash Test?
Jan 2, 2009
By now everyone has seen the subtle announcement of what we're calling a "Crash Test." The purpose of this is to stress test the back-end hardware and software running QUAKE LIVE. We understand that this is in the middle of the afternoon for anyone in the U.S.'s Mountain, Central and Eastern time zones (hopefully lunch for those on the west coast). The time of this stress test was chosen because it is currently the time window of our daily user peak (yes, that is when we have the highest player traffic on the site). We'll try to vary the times of future tests, but for things like this, we've got to go with the numbers we see. If you are able to participate, we'd simply like as many of you as possible to sign in and use quakelive.com as you would expect to. Play games, chat with friends, check stats, look at the leader boards, review match summaries, etc.  
 
In order to increase the number of people available for this, on Monday we're going to be sending out our largest number of new beta invites ever - hopefully more than doubling our current active player base.
 
Also, likely on Monday (latest Tuesday), we'll be pushing an update with some fixes as well as a new arena. The new arena is called Trinity and was originally created for Clan Arena (qzca2), however it is proving to be a fun Duel and Team Deathmatch arena as well. It's the arena that some of you have seen in screenshots on the login page (with orange/blue stripes and numbers on the wall). We'd like feedback on this arena, but will only be making it available initially for 7-10 days, so make sure to play it a good bit and post your feedback next week.
 
Whether you play often or are just looking forward to helping on Wednesday, it will definitely be a good idea to check in later Monday and Tuesday in order to get the update (when it's released) so you don't have to wait when trying to help with the stress test on Wednesday.  
 
Thanks, and we look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on Wednesday.

--The issues with site hanging on the download status or not displaying games in Internet Explorer should be fixed. If you're having this problem in IE or Firefox after you've updated, please post.