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The Rules of Capture the flag

• The new rules are actually very simple. The idea is to get the other teams flag and bring it back to the base, when you do this on most servers you will get the following points:
  • 10 points - for your team capturing the flag
  • 5 extra points - for being the person to capture the flag
• This is the standard which may be changed on some servers. A normal frag still counts as a point, but to reward those team members who stay at home and guard the flag they are rewarded with :
  • 2 points - for fragging an opponet with your flag.
  • 1 point - for returning your flag.
• The one key point you must keep in mind is that you have to touch the other teams flag to your flag in your base in order to register a capture. If you get the other teams flag and come back to an empty base, then you have to wait for your flag to be returned.
• To return a flag you must touch it not just shoot down the person with it.
• All people start a level by spawning at their base, look out you don't get telefragged.
• Weapons are not carried over to the next level in a attempt to start from scratch and make things fair.
• Everytime you die and respawn you start with 50 points of green armor.

Advanced Rules

• There are now assists in the recent versions of CTF. If you return your flag and with in about 10 seconds your team captures the flag you get a bonus as well as the capturer.
• Now not only will shooting the person with the flag give you a bonus, but if you shoot any opponent within your base area you will get a bonus. This means you don't have to wait for a person to take your flag before you can get those extra points.
• Another addition to the recent versions is the defending the flag carrier bonus. If you shoot people down that are shooting your flag carrier, you get a defense bonus just as if you were defending your base. So help out your flag carriers.

The Runes

• The runes are an added bonus to the ctf action. The four runes give you some advantages over your opponents. Some things to note about the runes are:
  • Once you pick up a rune you're stuck with it.
  • Runes respawn every few minutes so don't worry that you won't see that rune again if you died in the lava.
  • Don't be too picky, if you see a rune and you don't already have one, get it. They don't usually sit around for very long.
  • Know that there are certain spawning points for runes, so when you start a level the runes generaly pop up in the same locations. Get to know some of these points so you can quicly acquire them.
• Here is a listing of runes and their enhancements:

	- Elder Magic (Regeneration). This is a great rune that regenerates your health at a rate of 4 a second. Also if you get a 100 health power up, your health will stay above 100 so that you can possibly get up to 250 health. This is a good offensive rune, because you can take some hits and recharge on the run.
	- Earth Magic (Resistance). This rune will cut your assailants hits in half so it could take, depending on armor, 4 to 5 rockets to kill you. This is also a good offensive rune because you can go into a base and take the flag while rockets are pelting into you and only take minimal damage.
	- Hell Magic (Haste). This will double the speed that your shotguns, grenade launcher and rocket launcher. Even if you have a wimpy weapon you can beat people down easily, expecially with a close range double barrelled shotgun. And if you get a rocket launcher you can mow the best people down with a spray of rockets. For this reason a rocket launcher with haste is good for defensive and offensive.
	- Black Magic (Strength). This is possibly the most coveted rune, allowing double the damage hits for all weapons and just think what happens with the quad (X8), death to all. Just be careful not to get to close when using a rocket or grenade launcher, the explosions have a large radius. This is probably the best defensive rune along with a rocket launcher. One rocket can kill just about anyone, so you could be the one man guarding machine.

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The Flags

• The flags of course are the new graphics added for CTF. In version lower than 3.5 the flags look like the gold and blue keys that you find when you are playing single player they look like this:

• In the new version of ctf 3.5 the flags have changed to actual waving read and blue flags that look like:
  

• In the early versions of CTF the person holding the flag will look as if they have a quad or pentagram of protection, shining bright. But in the more recent versions you can see the person shining and the flag on them.

Thanks K-dog's Quake Page

Author: Kevin Bruce

Bots

"Bot" is used to describe a computer controlled player, typically one that can duplicate the feel of multiplayer Quake. The strength of a bot is found in its artificial intelligence (AI), and some member of the Quake community have created some surprisingly intelligent bots. These programs are great for replicating the multiplayer experience for a single player, and can be a great tool for improving a player's skill.

The dark side of the bot is the bot that controls the actions of a human player in multiplayer action. The most famous of these is the StoogeBot. The StoogeBot is a client side program that performs all of the aiming and firing for the player. The technology is impressive, but it eliminates skill as a factor. Unless a user has reworked the StoogeBot code, you can spot a StoogeBot, by the letters "SGBT" prefacing the player's name. Including the words "No Bots" on the server's opening screen will prevent the use of the bot, unless the code has been rewritten. Fortunately, several people have been working on a patch that will detect a StoogeBot, even if the code has been hacked, and will remove the bot from the server. The LoefBot is another another bot similar to the Stooge. James Loe is the author of the LoefBot, and defends his bot this way: "I wrote the LoefBot because it could be written. The atom bomb was invented because it could be invented, not because it was needed or wanted."

Spotlight

The Zeus Bot

The ultimate bot for Quake is the Zeus Bot by Jonathan E. Wright, aka Nelno the Amoeba.  The latest information on the Zeus Bot can be found at Inverse Reality, Nelno's homepage.  The bot will currently swim, dodge rockets, target with deadly accuracy, and much more.  If you are going to try a bot, this is the one to download.    Unfortunately for fans of the Zeus, Wright is now working for Ion Storm, so further development of the Zeus Bot is doubtful.

The Reaper Bot

The ReaperBot, by Stephen Polge, is one of the best bots available, even though it hasn't been developed in over one year. The superior AI of the Reaper allows it to learn your particular style of play and adapt to take advantages of your weaknesses. The Reaper is difficult to kill because it is excellent at avoiding your shots, but is then deadly accurate with the placement of its own shots. Poolge ceased development of the Reaper at version 0.81, but it is still the best bot available. Poolge is now working for Epic on their much anticipated release, Unreal.

The CTF Bot by Drew Davidson is another great bot to try for Capture the Flag. The current version of the CTF Bot is the beta for 1.30

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