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OvermanRide the Rocket (1999)

A recam of a highlight reel of various trick-jump contest winners for the year 1998, when "Riding the Rocket" challenges took place in Quake2.

From the old RTR website: "Riding the Rocket hosts fortnightly competitions pertaining to trickjumps in both [Quake2] and [Quake3Arena], pitting the world's best Jump Gods against each other."

As you may or may not know, the Quake games by id Software are played in a virtual 3D environment from a first-person perspective (looking through the eyes of your manipulable player character). This "world" of Quake has it's own laws of physics and gravity, which can differ greatly from Newton's laws, either for gameplay purposes or because of a quirk in programming code. In the real-world tradition of Evel Knieval, "Jump Gods" enjoy pushing the envelope of what is thought to be possible given those physics.

Most of the stunt challenges involve reaching areas of the map that are inaccessible by conventional means - or reaching an accessible area by an unconventional route. The feats these players perform can be enjoyable to watch, whether or not you're an avid Quake2 player or not. And if nothing else, the film serves as a good example of what kind of camerawork is / was possible with Keygrip2 by David 'crt' Wright.

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Director: Overman
Producer: Overman / Zarathustra Studios
Production Company: Zarathustra Studios
Audio/Visual: stereo, color
Language: English
Keywords: Quake II; id Software; Overman; Zarathustra Studios; rocket jumps; recams
Contact Information: xxxoverman [at] z-studios [dot] com (remove the xxx)

Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs

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Recammed in 1999 by Overman, using Keygrip2 by David 'crt' Wright.
Remastered in 2006 using Quake 2 Evolved engine modification.

Music Selections: "Fly" by MRDC, "Fly Free" by Curl; Courtesy of Magnatune.com.
"You Got Me Floatin'" by P.M. Dawn, from the compilation album "Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix", Courtesy of Reprise / Wea.