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. Flickrail Demo .
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Run by Kaj 's8n' Haffenden.

. Installing .
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1. Extract flick.zip to your Quake 2 folder, preserving folder names.
2. From your quake2\flick folder, run INSTALL.BAT.

. Playing .
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After installing correctly, simply run PLAY.BAT from your quake2\flick folder.

. Description .
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I use the term "flickrail" quite often, and am often met with blank looks (well, as blank a look as one can give over IRC or email :). Trying to describe the actual process is rather difficult, so I made this demo to demonstrate what's involved.

I have no reservations in saying that I'm not very good at flickrailing -- so I wasn't going to embarrass myself by just recording a demo and leaving it at that :). I instead recorded a 9-minute or so long demo, and went through in KeyGrip 2 and just left the bits where I do flickrail, and hit :). However, despite not being anywhere near 100% accurate with flickrails, they are nonetheless incorporated into my general playing strategy. It is merely a case of thinking what your chance of hitting actually is... if you can't see them, and you're attempting a flickrail based on sound only, then unless you've been practicing for quite some time you're unlikely to land the hit. If your opponent is within say 60 degrees of your crosshair, then sure, go for it -- if you've been practicing a little, you'll probably hit.

Most people also find flickrailing on the vertical axis much more difficult than the horizontal; this is natural as most of the time you are on the same level as your opponent when exchaning hits. Keep this in mind when trying to flickrail.

If you've got any comments, feel free to drop them by s8n@tsunamitech.com.

. Soundtrack .
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The soundtrack consists wholly of Marilyn Manson's "Mister Superstar" from the Antichrist Superstar album.

. Credits .
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Thanks to:

David 'crt' Wright for KeyGrip 2 (http://www.planetquake.com/keygrip/)
Syntrillium Software for CoolEdit (http://www.syntrillium.com/)
Mr Elusive et. al. for the Gladiator Bot (http://www.botepidemic.com/gladiator/)
id Software for Quake 2 (http://www.idsoftware.com/)
Marilyn Manson for making great Q2 demo soundtrack music :)

. Contact .
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Kaj Haffenden
 Email: s8n@tsunamitech.com
 ICQ: 5089166
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