Site Updates

Hello there! It's been a while - about 16 years, I think.

A couple of years ago I finally shut down the old FTP site, and I've only recently gotten around to replacing it with a web-based index of the same files. You can find the link on the "Links" page under "Rum Quake File Repository".

While I was at it, I checked every link on the Links page, updated the Rum file links that still pointed to the old FTP site, and replaced links to decommissioned websites with archived versions from the Wayback Machine whenever possible.

Of course, most of these files are outdated by today's standards and are being preserved primarily for historical and archival purposes. The same goes for this website itself. I recently noticed a somewhat snarky comment on Discord about how outdated the site is. That's true - and it's intentional. This site is a snapshot in time, circa 2004, and that's exactly how it's going to stay. Besides, I have no intention of investing the time and effort required to rebuild a website for an inactive clan.

On another note, you can still find some of us on the "Clan of Rum Discord Server", including myself, Rambo, Venom2, and Crimson. We're also active on the "Net Quake Players" Discord server, where you'll find plenty of Quake veterans from xUx, HDZ, and other classic clans, along with talented developers working on modern Quake engines and projects such as QSS-M, FTE, and the CRX mod.

Finally, I'd like to give a shout-out to the QuakeOne site (https://www.quakeone.com/). It's the best resource these days for modern Quake files, servers, news, and community information.

Clan Rum Name Hijacking

Clan Rum was formed in 1997 as a net Quake (one) CTF clan. We matched a little in 1997 and then continuously in 1998, 1999 and 2000. From 1997 through the first part of 2001 we practiced on our own practice server at 8pm every single night without fail when we weren't matching. Our history is well documented on this web site and that includes details and demos (recordings) of all of our matches. Though we experimented a bit with Quake3 and Q1 Clan Arena in 2001, nothing could ever equal our passion for Q1 CTF and as a result, we have not competed officially since our last Q1 match in November, 2000. We continue as an organization however, and our web site has been in continuous operation since 1998 as has our Q1 Threewave CTF free-for-all server at ctf.clan-rum.org.

Occasionally a group of people will knowingly hijack our name in order to capitalize on our history, recognition and reputation in the gaming community. I don't intend to waste my time and energy addressing each one of these cases when they inevitably crop up but do want to take this opportunity to state very clearly that Clan Rum is not actively competing at this time and if we decide to do so in the future it will be announced here, our home page since 1998. Any activities attributed to Clan Rum that aren't referenced on this site ARE NOT AUTHORIZED by Clan Rum. Players who value integrity should not associate themselves with these counterfeit clans or guilds. If you have information about anyone masquerading as Clan Rum and would like to report it, please email me at the address at the top of this entry.

QuakeOne.com Launced

QuakeOne.com is a resource for Quake as an online multiplayer game. They provide information on the various mods, server information and provide a place for the community to discuss all things related to Quake.

QuakeOne.com