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The information regarding the popularity of community modding is common knowledge under classical rules for such. I feel it does not need serious citation for anything beyond mention of specific mods and their popularity. Attempts to require a citation for the fact that UT was immensely popular and was one of the primary factors, along with Q3:A, in mainstreaming the idea of mods for shooters is absolutely ridiculous pedantry. ~J
The mods section seems somewhat random. Lots of mods have descriptions that make me suspect they were merely put there for advertisement. Could someone with knowledge of actually popular UT mods compile a better list?
62.251.111.252
00:05, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
This article reeks of informalism. AllStarZ 16:06, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
Have removed the UT-Vehicles section from Mods. I felt it was very POV and there as advertisement for the mod. It seemed as though certain parts of it weren't even being serious, e.g. "No, seriously, I made a tank out of a tree!" Brophmeister 03:38, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
The community section is a horrible example of writing without reasearch, and almost entirely fully opinionated, and don't get me started on the section about clans and such, which reads like a large advertisment. I would suggest a large-scale rewrite at the very least unless some sources can be cited. - ABigBlackMan ( talk) 14:51, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
I should probably start cleaning this article up myself. I was a reviewing member of the Modsquad on PlanetUnreal.com and have more than a passing familiarity with the game and the popularity of various mods as the game's community grew and flourished. Back in 2001 and 2002 I won grand prize at LAN parties in the Silicon Valley against all comers - using a borrowed Voodoo5 the best card in the world for Unreal Tournament due to its unrivalled performance on 3dfx's proprietary Glide API. I don't see the U4e mod mentioned, there are some incorrect statements regarding certain weapons and a lot of information about Unreal Tournament's relation to the original Unreal needs to be added. If one of you guys has dibs go ahead, but I'd really like to work on something I'm VERY comfortable with that seems to be professionally abandoned on Wikipedia at the moment. dreddnott 01:41, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
This is from another reader but if any one does update the mods list I wouldnt mind seeing a great World War II mod called The Third Reich noted. It was released about 2 months after UT2k3 came out and didnt get the popularity it deserved. It had the usual U.S. VS the Germans but implimented a system that Infiltration used for game pace and damage. The mod doesnt have any actuall links for downloads and has kind of fallen off the earth from what I have seen. 72.83.118.187 01:37, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Change the Shock Rifle image. The black background makes it hard to see the weapon. 72.83.118.187 01:37, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
I would like to move this article to another page, so i can make a new Unreal Tournament Page, with a bulletlist of the available UTs.
So the other pages get some more visits and edits too.
What would you people think about this idea? Your pros and againsts?
Ehm.. wikipedia is an encyclopedy. And since the makers didnt introduce unreal tournament 2003 and 2004, they implyed that it is a part of a serie. So, what people think about it isnt really objective. And following the makers's intensions is. The way i see it. So dont try to share your opinion about the game. But I said: its okay, if this is what the people want, they can get it like this. End of discussion for me, unless people share my vision about unreal tournament.. but they dont. NeiNie 21:04, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
There has never been a compelling comparison between player counts in Unreal Tournament and it's sequels. It's generally accepted that the GameSpy stats (www.gamespy.com/stats) for some reason grossly overestimate the amount of players in UT2003 and UT2004 (generally by about 400%, can be more depending on the time of day), however no real alternative besides manual player counts exists. Without citation, the comment about the difference in gameplay quality and player numbers between Unreal Tournament and it's sequels has no place in what is supposed to be an encyclopedia. 213.10.112.111 00:32, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
(small coment)
it would worth mention also that the ps2 version didnt have internet play BUT have lan play, using stantard ethernet. (up to 16 players)
I realize that it's off the radar for most Unreal Tournament players, but would it be possible to give some mention to the demo version that came before the full release? There were several iterations, before the final 348 incarnation was settled on. Apart from the heritage, and the fact that taster versions are a common marketing gimmick, please consider the following...
I appreciate that it might be a source of some amusement to Unreal veterans, but there's a very dedicated and resilient community of Unreal Tournament demo players about still. We coalesce around a handful of demo specific websites - utdemo.com, rockemhard.com, -NN- messageboard primarily - have around 40 active servers, and some 300 or 400 regular players.
We're a plucky bunch and a bit under-represented. Many own copies of the 'Full Version', but choose to remain with demo because of the close-knit community and slightly different game architecture - it's really a microcosm of the best features of the retail edition, distilled down into a more compact package.
Not sure if my memory is correct on this... but didn't the demo release get postponed by one day because of a hurricane near Epic's offices? RobChafer 13:57, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
I've edited this section to be a bit more presentable. However, I'm not too sure whether or not a Cheats section is even appropriate for Wikipedia. If it isn't, feel free to remove it. Matt489 Talk 22:26, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
Is there any information about who composed the music? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.237.247.63 ( talk) 12:42, 1 February 2007 (UTC).
Alexander Brandon and Michael Van Den Bos are 2 of the composers. There may be more, but these guys did the bulk of the work. I definatly think they need a mention. The music in UT is fantastic.
I'm removing the Mike Teevee comment from this page. I've played many a game of UT, and whatever Mike was playing was not this game. 169.233.16.227 21:30, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
I see no mention whatsoever of NGStats/NGWorldStats, which was included with Unreal Tournament and kept track of all player statistics such as kills, time played, weapons picked up, etc. A brief mention of this component should be included in the article, as it was included with Unreal Tournament and thus part of the game. Nuzz604 02:43, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
NGStats/NGWorldStats was deprecated a long time ago. Jigsy 19:39, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
i can find no information about the dreamcast or ps2 ports, i think that any facts on this matter would be useful for many people 86.144.191.87 03:11, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
I've removed a lot of lines that seemed plausibly like either WP:OR or techniques on how to play the game, which is not expected out of an encyclopedic article. See What wikipedia is not WP:NOT. Please refrain from making this article a game guide. Some more which I feel is not yet included are game music, information regarding bot's chat lines, etc., Please feel free to add them. Mugunth 06:00, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
The link to "Reaper Bot" in the Bot AI section is to an article about bots in general - it barely mentions the Reaper Bot.
138.243.195.136
22:03, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Corrected the year creation. The mod is not new (2006). It is 4 years older, but it wasn't much popular before the cup on ClanBase. 193.77.231.145 14:27, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
I've played UT quite a bit, and I don't remember a chainsaw outside of the ChaosUT mod. Remove? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.121.255.108 ( talk) 05:14, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
I've just added a link to a directory with Loki's linux shell script installers, the link is to LinuxGames' AtomicGamer file hosting directory. I'd have preferred to link to Loki's site directly, or at least some ftp dir or something, but the scripts aren't around on Loki's site (even though the site is still up), and the links on their 'where do I get the scripts' page are mostly dead. For the record I'm not affiliated with LinuxGames or AtomicGamer. Akdor 1154 ( talk) 05:59, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
I have added BunnyTrack (BT) to the mod list as it is becoming a very popular game type and has been around since about 2004. I think it deserves a mention! 89.241.236.83 ( talk) 02:06, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
Should there be some mention of this kid? This was the alleged game he was playing. 76.110.198.70 ( talk) 20:53, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
Where's is it? The link leads me to nothing. So much for being helpful, Wikifaggots. - 60.49.106.108 ( talk) 16:36, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
On the subjects of S.R,I would like to say that the gpu requirement is 16 mb (recommended) (I have the game, found it in the readme. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bahahs ( talk • contribs) 23:00, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
I want to change the "Modification" section to read:
I also want to create a new section:
User Eik Corell undid my addition of content to the UT entry. He even went so far as to remove information about the existence of custom maps, which was a crucially important component of UT99's success. Obviously, the information that I propose to add cannot be sourced to a newspaper. Rather, it is just common knowledge amongst UT enthusiasts. The reference is, very simply, to go play the game itself and to become involved in the Unreal Tournament community, or, perhaps more accurately, to have been involved with it during the game's heyday. As with most of the content in computer game entries, if we required references to academic journals or newspapers, entries would be no more than a few sentences.
So, I undid the deletion of my additions because I do think that the additional content adds more depth and information to the entry and also to get people's attention so that we can have a discussion about the proposed additional content.
Any thoughts? Can we possibly include verifiable common information without having to include formal references for each individual sentence? (We're talking about a computer game here, not an active and controversial politician.) If we held every part of the article up to the same scrutiny and standard, would we have more than a few sentences for the article? WhipperSnapper ( talk) 03:48, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
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i was playing Unreal Tournament this morning, and i noticed that i kept shooting someone in the head with a enforcer and THEY DIDN'T DIE(only died if you kept shooting).Is it a glitch? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Neverlights2 ( talk • contribs) 16:51, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Abbreviation FPS is not introduced before first use:
UT was designed as an arena FPS
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22:28, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
Why does HOLY SHIT KILL rederect here? There is no mention of it in the article. Jdaniels15 ( talk) 12:30, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
No idea, but whoever made that redirect was a genius Hakken ( talk) 12:52, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
Why is this article in the Apple portal? It does not run on current versions of MacOS and is of very little importance to most Mac users. I love Unreal Tournament dearly, but it does not seem relevant enough to keep in the Apple portal. Thoughts?-- CPX7700 ( talk) 03:14, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
FYI: UT GOTY and Gold are still available on the Intel platform Mac, here: http://unrealosx.webs.com/downloads.htm (436 for PPC, 451 for Intel) 82.2.125.166 ( talk) 22:01, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
This article really needs a "development" section. I added an external link above which explains the development of the game throughout 4 pages. Hakken ( talk) 16:58, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
I just realized that we have absolutely no first person screenshot of this first person shooter game. If anyone would like to post a screenie, please do so in the Gameplay section. I do not have access to Unreal Tournament at the moment, but will post a screenshot if no one else does once I return. Hakken ( talk) 17:02, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
Can we replace the non-notable reviewers such as Gamezilla with more reviews by IGN, GameSpot etc?
Have found a lot more:
PS2
Dreamcast
Can we have a plot/setting section? Just found this: [1]. I read somewhere that this was written by Brandon Reinhart, one of the UT programmers, however cant confirm as i don't remember the link. Could anyone please rewrite the plot in a way it can meet Wikipedia's quality standards? I would gladly do this but English is not my first language. Hakken ( talk) 13:18, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
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I request renaming this page to Unreal Tournament (1999 video game) considering the announcement of another game with the same name ( Unreal Tournament (upcoming video game)). Should I do anything else to start the process?-- Adûnâi ( talk) 07:35, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
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The information regarding the popularity of community modding is common knowledge under classical rules for such. I feel it does not need serious citation for anything beyond mention of specific mods and their popularity. Attempts to require a citation for the fact that UT was immensely popular and was one of the primary factors, along with Q3:A, in mainstreaming the idea of mods for shooters is absolutely ridiculous pedantry. ~J
The mods section seems somewhat random. Lots of mods have descriptions that make me suspect they were merely put there for advertisement. Could someone with knowledge of actually popular UT mods compile a better list?
62.251.111.252
00:05, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
This article reeks of informalism. AllStarZ 16:06, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
Have removed the UT-Vehicles section from Mods. I felt it was very POV and there as advertisement for the mod. It seemed as though certain parts of it weren't even being serious, e.g. "No, seriously, I made a tank out of a tree!" Brophmeister 03:38, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
The community section is a horrible example of writing without reasearch, and almost entirely fully opinionated, and don't get me started on the section about clans and such, which reads like a large advertisment. I would suggest a large-scale rewrite at the very least unless some sources can be cited. - ABigBlackMan ( talk) 14:51, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
I should probably start cleaning this article up myself. I was a reviewing member of the Modsquad on PlanetUnreal.com and have more than a passing familiarity with the game and the popularity of various mods as the game's community grew and flourished. Back in 2001 and 2002 I won grand prize at LAN parties in the Silicon Valley against all comers - using a borrowed Voodoo5 the best card in the world for Unreal Tournament due to its unrivalled performance on 3dfx's proprietary Glide API. I don't see the U4e mod mentioned, there are some incorrect statements regarding certain weapons and a lot of information about Unreal Tournament's relation to the original Unreal needs to be added. If one of you guys has dibs go ahead, but I'd really like to work on something I'm VERY comfortable with that seems to be professionally abandoned on Wikipedia at the moment. dreddnott 01:41, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
This is from another reader but if any one does update the mods list I wouldnt mind seeing a great World War II mod called The Third Reich noted. It was released about 2 months after UT2k3 came out and didnt get the popularity it deserved. It had the usual U.S. VS the Germans but implimented a system that Infiltration used for game pace and damage. The mod doesnt have any actuall links for downloads and has kind of fallen off the earth from what I have seen. 72.83.118.187 01:37, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Change the Shock Rifle image. The black background makes it hard to see the weapon. 72.83.118.187 01:37, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
I would like to move this article to another page, so i can make a new Unreal Tournament Page, with a bulletlist of the available UTs.
So the other pages get some more visits and edits too.
What would you people think about this idea? Your pros and againsts?
Ehm.. wikipedia is an encyclopedy. And since the makers didnt introduce unreal tournament 2003 and 2004, they implyed that it is a part of a serie. So, what people think about it isnt really objective. And following the makers's intensions is. The way i see it. So dont try to share your opinion about the game. But I said: its okay, if this is what the people want, they can get it like this. End of discussion for me, unless people share my vision about unreal tournament.. but they dont. NeiNie 21:04, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
There has never been a compelling comparison between player counts in Unreal Tournament and it's sequels. It's generally accepted that the GameSpy stats (www.gamespy.com/stats) for some reason grossly overestimate the amount of players in UT2003 and UT2004 (generally by about 400%, can be more depending on the time of day), however no real alternative besides manual player counts exists. Without citation, the comment about the difference in gameplay quality and player numbers between Unreal Tournament and it's sequels has no place in what is supposed to be an encyclopedia. 213.10.112.111 00:32, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
(small coment)
it would worth mention also that the ps2 version didnt have internet play BUT have lan play, using stantard ethernet. (up to 16 players)
I realize that it's off the radar for most Unreal Tournament players, but would it be possible to give some mention to the demo version that came before the full release? There were several iterations, before the final 348 incarnation was settled on. Apart from the heritage, and the fact that taster versions are a common marketing gimmick, please consider the following...
I appreciate that it might be a source of some amusement to Unreal veterans, but there's a very dedicated and resilient community of Unreal Tournament demo players about still. We coalesce around a handful of demo specific websites - utdemo.com, rockemhard.com, -NN- messageboard primarily - have around 40 active servers, and some 300 or 400 regular players.
We're a plucky bunch and a bit under-represented. Many own copies of the 'Full Version', but choose to remain with demo because of the close-knit community and slightly different game architecture - it's really a microcosm of the best features of the retail edition, distilled down into a more compact package.
Not sure if my memory is correct on this... but didn't the demo release get postponed by one day because of a hurricane near Epic's offices? RobChafer 13:57, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
I've edited this section to be a bit more presentable. However, I'm not too sure whether or not a Cheats section is even appropriate for Wikipedia. If it isn't, feel free to remove it. Matt489 Talk 22:26, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
Is there any information about who composed the music? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.237.247.63 ( talk) 12:42, 1 February 2007 (UTC).
Alexander Brandon and Michael Van Den Bos are 2 of the composers. There may be more, but these guys did the bulk of the work. I definatly think they need a mention. The music in UT is fantastic.
I'm removing the Mike Teevee comment from this page. I've played many a game of UT, and whatever Mike was playing was not this game. 169.233.16.227 21:30, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
I see no mention whatsoever of NGStats/NGWorldStats, which was included with Unreal Tournament and kept track of all player statistics such as kills, time played, weapons picked up, etc. A brief mention of this component should be included in the article, as it was included with Unreal Tournament and thus part of the game. Nuzz604 02:43, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
NGStats/NGWorldStats was deprecated a long time ago. Jigsy 19:39, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
i can find no information about the dreamcast or ps2 ports, i think that any facts on this matter would be useful for many people 86.144.191.87 03:11, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
I've removed a lot of lines that seemed plausibly like either WP:OR or techniques on how to play the game, which is not expected out of an encyclopedic article. See What wikipedia is not WP:NOT. Please refrain from making this article a game guide. Some more which I feel is not yet included are game music, information regarding bot's chat lines, etc., Please feel free to add them. Mugunth 06:00, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
The link to "Reaper Bot" in the Bot AI section is to an article about bots in general - it barely mentions the Reaper Bot.
138.243.195.136
22:03, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Corrected the year creation. The mod is not new (2006). It is 4 years older, but it wasn't much popular before the cup on ClanBase. 193.77.231.145 14:27, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
I've played UT quite a bit, and I don't remember a chainsaw outside of the ChaosUT mod. Remove? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.121.255.108 ( talk) 05:14, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
I've just added a link to a directory with Loki's linux shell script installers, the link is to LinuxGames' AtomicGamer file hosting directory. I'd have preferred to link to Loki's site directly, or at least some ftp dir or something, but the scripts aren't around on Loki's site (even though the site is still up), and the links on their 'where do I get the scripts' page are mostly dead. For the record I'm not affiliated with LinuxGames or AtomicGamer. Akdor 1154 ( talk) 05:59, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
I have added BunnyTrack (BT) to the mod list as it is becoming a very popular game type and has been around since about 2004. I think it deserves a mention! 89.241.236.83 ( talk) 02:06, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
Should there be some mention of this kid? This was the alleged game he was playing. 76.110.198.70 ( talk) 20:53, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
Where's is it? The link leads me to nothing. So much for being helpful, Wikifaggots. - 60.49.106.108 ( talk) 16:36, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
On the subjects of S.R,I would like to say that the gpu requirement is 16 mb (recommended) (I have the game, found it in the readme. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bahahs ( talk • contribs) 23:00, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
I want to change the "Modification" section to read:
I also want to create a new section:
User Eik Corell undid my addition of content to the UT entry. He even went so far as to remove information about the existence of custom maps, which was a crucially important component of UT99's success. Obviously, the information that I propose to add cannot be sourced to a newspaper. Rather, it is just common knowledge amongst UT enthusiasts. The reference is, very simply, to go play the game itself and to become involved in the Unreal Tournament community, or, perhaps more accurately, to have been involved with it during the game's heyday. As with most of the content in computer game entries, if we required references to academic journals or newspapers, entries would be no more than a few sentences.
So, I undid the deletion of my additions because I do think that the additional content adds more depth and information to the entry and also to get people's attention so that we can have a discussion about the proposed additional content.
Any thoughts? Can we possibly include verifiable common information without having to include formal references for each individual sentence? (We're talking about a computer game here, not an active and controversial politician.) If we held every part of the article up to the same scrutiny and standard, would we have more than a few sentences for the article? WhipperSnapper ( talk) 03:48, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
References
i was playing Unreal Tournament this morning, and i noticed that i kept shooting someone in the head with a enforcer and THEY DIDN'T DIE(only died if you kept shooting).Is it a glitch? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Neverlights2 ( talk • contribs) 16:51, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Abbreviation FPS is not introduced before first use:
UT was designed as an arena FPS
--
Mortense (
talk)
22:28, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
Why does HOLY SHIT KILL rederect here? There is no mention of it in the article. Jdaniels15 ( talk) 12:30, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
No idea, but whoever made that redirect was a genius Hakken ( talk) 12:52, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
Why is this article in the Apple portal? It does not run on current versions of MacOS and is of very little importance to most Mac users. I love Unreal Tournament dearly, but it does not seem relevant enough to keep in the Apple portal. Thoughts?-- CPX7700 ( talk) 03:14, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
FYI: UT GOTY and Gold are still available on the Intel platform Mac, here: http://unrealosx.webs.com/downloads.htm (436 for PPC, 451 for Intel) 82.2.125.166 ( talk) 22:01, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
This article really needs a "development" section. I added an external link above which explains the development of the game throughout 4 pages. Hakken ( talk) 16:58, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
I just realized that we have absolutely no first person screenshot of this first person shooter game. If anyone would like to post a screenie, please do so in the Gameplay section. I do not have access to Unreal Tournament at the moment, but will post a screenshot if no one else does once I return. Hakken ( talk) 17:02, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
Can we replace the non-notable reviewers such as Gamezilla with more reviews by IGN, GameSpot etc?
Have found a lot more:
PS2
Dreamcast
Can we have a plot/setting section? Just found this: [1]. I read somewhere that this was written by Brandon Reinhart, one of the UT programmers, however cant confirm as i don't remember the link. Could anyone please rewrite the plot in a way it can meet Wikipedia's quality standards? I would gladly do this but English is not my first language. Hakken ( talk) 13:18, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
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I request renaming this page to Unreal Tournament (1999 video game) considering the announcement of another game with the same name ( Unreal Tournament (upcoming video game)). Should I do anything else to start the process?-- Adûnâi ( talk) 07:35, 4 November 2016 (UTC)