QuakeNet reaches 200,000 users

Posted by Dev at 15:04 1/9/2003.

Yesterday QuakeNet proved without a doubt that they are the world's largest chat network by having more than 200,000 people connected concurrently. The actual peak was recorded at 201,401. Here is a little bit of information about quakenet:

QuakeNet was founded in 1997 by two friends who wanted to provide a place for game players to chat online about Quake. QuakeNet now has more than 50 chat servers spread across the world in a single distributed network. QuakeNet is a not-for-profit organisation run by volunteers, with more than 400,000 registered users chatting in more than 170,000 different chat rooms.
QuakeNet is home to the largest and most dynamic communities in the world, and currently has approximately 50 chat servers installed at major ISP's across Europe and the US.
QuakeNet has a daily average usercount of more than 140,000 simultaneous users - an average usercount larger than many small towns.

I wasn't on IRC last night either so can't claim to be part of the record breaking feat!

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	akujii0r Infinity-eSports 15:07 1/9/2003	theres a story ill be able to tell my kids! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	[z]Fred zebras 15:11 1/9/2003	haha...what akujii said. THIS IS FOOKING INCREDIBLE. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Sy 2seXeh 2perfoRm 15:12 1/9/2003	its nice to know quakenet is growing [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Macca 15:17 1/9/2003	its an achivement atleast quakenet for #1 guniness book of records! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	w00kie euthanasia 15:18 1/9/2003	GOD created LAND, god created SEA, god needed a w00kie so he made me! how bizzarre my names also Adam [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Antmoo 15:21 1/9/2003	shhh you two [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Hotshot Choke 15:22 1/9/2003	idiots :/ [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Sy 2seXeh 2perfoRm 15:22 1/9/2003	hey antmoo!!!! :D [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Otis Rush! 15:25 1/9/2003	lol [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dev theb0g 15:25 1/9/2003	That little stint has pushed w00kie up to number 5 on the top 10 naughty commenters list. Follow the guidelines or your accounts will get cold pretty fast. You know who you are. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Antmoo 15:27 1/9/2003	hello Sy [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Hotshot Choke 15:28 1/9/2003	as he said, u know who u are and what u did. love u devil [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dev theb0g 15:28 1/9/2003	Sy - If you are that retarded that you don't understand why your comments were inappropriate feel free to pm me in irc after 8:30 pm tonight and i'll explain for you. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	w00kie euthanasia 15:29 1/9/2003	but we have a yoga class at 8.30 dev [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dev theb0g 15:30 1/9/2003	after 8:30 [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Sy 2seXeh 2perfoRm 15:30 1/9/2003	yes... i cant can we make it a date 2morrow ? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Lewis Ultimate 15:30 1/9/2003	wow. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	w00kie euthanasia 15:30 1/9/2003	gd edit 8)~ [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dev theb0g 15:31 1/9/2003	Yes Sy pm me anytime. You can find me on #ukterrorist if i'm on IRC. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	frantiC`` Shoot First Ask Later 15:34 1/9/2003	oooh those stats give me erections [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Smittins 15:35 1/9/2003	is culexus still #1 norty poster? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Bodkin 2seXeh 2perfoRm 15:37 1/9/2003	yer dev is cool. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	SL 15:40 1/9/2003	/me gets a boner ! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	mh 15:40 1/9/2003	WOAH [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Sy 2seXeh 2perfoRm 15:40 1/9/2003	omfg its bodkin!!!! :>>> [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	frantiC`` Shoot First Ask Later 15:41 1/9/2003	i know its poking me int he ear ;p [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	m!lky fluid element 15:42 1/9/2003	give ash*t [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Sy 2seXeh 2perfoRm 15:42 1/9/2003	omfg its frantic!!! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Tazzle 15:45 1/9/2003	It's all down to the increase in bouncer usage! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Sy 2seXeh 2perfoRm 15:48 1/9/2003	hmm thats a good point ! :P [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	N38 15:55 1/9/2003	The figures dont tell the whole story, think of the amount of BNC and eggdrop companies to have started up in the last year? Who knows how many of these connections are either bnc clones or bots, id say as much as 30% of the current connections to quakenet arent really some person sat at their PC =) ePs\|Nick0r has about 50 clone of himself for example. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Messiah Game2XS.Monkey Magic 16:07 1/9/2003	Just glad I lived long enough to be part of this great achievement [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	frantiC`` Shoot First Ask Later 16:09 1/9/2003	this is an emotional time for us all..lets weep 2gether at this moment /me holds Sy [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	BelleH Rush! 16:26 1/9/2003	Congratulations and Celebrations! I want the whole ov Quakenet 2 know were happy as can be! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	N38 16:30 1/9/2003	One discussing point. What would we all do if Quakenet decided to fold? Where would you all go, who would you follow? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	MagiciaN^ Jay Bee Eye! 16:34 1/9/2003	i like Qnet [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	frantiC`` Shoot First Ask Later 16:37 1/9/2003	msn N38 [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Wolfie WanadooWolfie 16:40 1/9/2003	ePs\|Nick0r has about 50 clone of himself for example. lol, its unfortunatly true :(. If qnet did fold for whatever reason, i suppose alot of people would move onto gamesnet or whatever its called, the main US cs irc server. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DooMeh Lite 16:46 1/9/2003	ben when did u turn into the sort of person who wants to discuss things about the internet? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Choke\|MaT Choke 16:48 1/9/2003	not only is it a poor topic, but it was blatently nicked from sogay.com who posted it, word for word, over an hour earlier! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Flavas Game Dimension Online 17:02 1/9/2003	nice. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	ProdiGy 17:03 1/9/2003	OMG i find an Ant trying to swim out spit more interesting than this post ! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Velta Professional Gamer 17:05 1/9/2003	You obviously have to much time on your hands then Prodigy. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	ProdiGy 17:08 1/9/2003	Tell me about it [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Rav0r Croydon 17:13 1/9/2003	im an efnet'er at heart [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Velta Professional Gamer 17:15 1/9/2003	PAnet (now known as GamesNet) is where its as [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Velta Professional Gamer 17:15 1/9/2003	er, now known as NetGamers even [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Drenz 17:31 1/9/2003	good spot there dev lad [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	BelleH Rush! 17:31 1/9/2003	Ben's a Geek [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Az RemOte.uK 17:42 1/9/2003	200k, not a bad number :) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Velta Professional Gamer 18:15 1/9/2003	Did you know that when Quakenet broke its shizzle of the bizzle that is reached most smizzles and smacked them in the gizzle saying "yo were the gizzle jizzle" [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	duck. Online Multiplayer Gaming 18:30 1/9/2003	wow. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	ShekkyBoy 19:10 1/9/2003	Wolfie: I believe you're referring to EnterTheGame as the "main CS irc server". Don't know if it's the official network for CS but it is for the Unreal series where Mark Rein and his band of merry men hold developer chats. You probably wouldn't want to move there though if QuakeNet went down, as the network used to suffer from a load of DDoS attacks. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	fez 19:31 1/9/2003	/me hugs quakenet [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	KaN North & South 19:50 1/9/2003	Amazing stuff. PROPER BO [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dev theb0g 21:51 1/9/2003	or MAT it was taken from the press release. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	N38 22:24 1/9/2003	frantiC``: i don't think MSN is a likely alternative, another IRC server is much more likely =) To be honest, i think IRC has played a big part in how Counter-Strike has developed. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Carvell 00:08 2/9/2003	The Americans will join Quakenet and ruin it for all of us what with their promises of hotdogs, and that of further hotdogs to come! The b******s :'( [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	fsk twisted Reality 00:47 2/9/2003	i remember nguk had its on irc server :( my first eva clan had their channel on that :< [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]

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	akujii0r Infinity-eSports 15:07 1/9/2003	theres a story ill be able to tell my kids! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	[z]Fred zebras 15:11 1/9/2003	haha...what akujii said. THIS IS FOOKING INCREDIBLE. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Sy 2seXeh 2perfoRm 15:12 1/9/2003	its nice to know quakenet is growing [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Macca 15:17 1/9/2003	its an achivement atleast quakenet for #1 guniness book of records! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	w00kie euthanasia 15:18 1/9/2003	GOD created LAND, god created SEA, god needed a w00kie so he made me! how bizzarre my names also Adam [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Antmoo 15:21 1/9/2003	shhh you two [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Hotshot Choke 15:22 1/9/2003	idiots :/ [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Sy 2seXeh 2perfoRm 15:22 1/9/2003	hey antmoo!!!! :D [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Otis Rush! 15:25 1/9/2003	lol [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dev theb0g 15:25 1/9/2003	That little stint has pushed w00kie up to number 5 on the top 10 naughty commenters list. Follow the guidelines or your accounts will get cold pretty fast. You know who you are. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Antmoo 15:27 1/9/2003	hello Sy [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Hotshot Choke 15:28 1/9/2003	as he said, u know who u are and what u did. love u devil [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dev theb0g 15:28 1/9/2003	Sy - If you are that retarded that you don't understand why your comments were inappropriate feel free to pm me in irc after 8:30 pm tonight and i'll explain for you. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	w00kie euthanasia 15:29 1/9/2003	but we have a yoga class at 8.30 dev [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dev theb0g 15:30 1/9/2003	after 8:30 [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Sy 2seXeh 2perfoRm 15:30 1/9/2003	yes... i cant can we make it a date 2morrow ? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Lewis Ultimate 15:30 1/9/2003	wow. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	w00kie euthanasia 15:30 1/9/2003	gd edit 8)~ [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dev theb0g 15:31 1/9/2003	Yes Sy pm me anytime. You can find me on #ukterrorist if i'm on IRC. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	frantiC`` Shoot First Ask Later 15:34 1/9/2003	oooh those stats give me erections [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Smittins 15:35 1/9/2003	is culexus still #1 norty poster? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Bodkin 2seXeh 2perfoRm 15:37 1/9/2003	yer dev is cool. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	SL 15:40 1/9/2003	/me gets a boner ! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	mh 15:40 1/9/2003	WOAH [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Sy 2seXeh 2perfoRm 15:40 1/9/2003	omfg its bodkin!!!! :>>> [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	frantiC`` Shoot First Ask Later 15:41 1/9/2003	i know its poking me int he ear ;p [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	m!lky fluid element 15:42 1/9/2003	give ash*t [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Sy 2seXeh 2perfoRm 15:42 1/9/2003	omfg its frantic!!! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Tazzle 15:45 1/9/2003	It's all down to the increase in bouncer usage! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Sy 2seXeh 2perfoRm 15:48 1/9/2003	hmm thats a good point ! :P [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	N38 15:55 1/9/2003	The figures dont tell the whole story, think of the amount of BNC and eggdrop companies to have started up in the last year? Who knows how many of these connections are either bnc clones or bots, id say as much as 30% of the current connections to quakenet arent really some person sat at their PC =) ePs\|Nick0r has about 50 clone of himself for example. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Messiah Game2XS.Monkey Magic 16:07 1/9/2003	Just glad I lived long enough to be part of this great achievement [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	frantiC`` Shoot First Ask Later 16:09 1/9/2003	this is an emotional time for us all..lets weep 2gether at this moment /me holds Sy [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	BelleH Rush! 16:26 1/9/2003	Congratulations and Celebrations! I want the whole ov Quakenet 2 know were happy as can be! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	N38 16:30 1/9/2003	One discussing point. What would we all do if Quakenet decided to fold? Where would you all go, who would you follow? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	MagiciaN^ Jay Bee Eye! 16:34 1/9/2003	i like Qnet [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	frantiC`` Shoot First Ask Later 16:37 1/9/2003	msn N38 [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Wolfie WanadooWolfie 16:40 1/9/2003	ePs\|Nick0r has about 50 clone of himself for example. lol, its unfortunatly true :(. If qnet did fold for whatever reason, i suppose alot of people would move onto gamesnet or whatever its called, the main US cs irc server. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DooMeh Lite 16:46 1/9/2003	ben when did u turn into the sort of person who wants to discuss things about the internet? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Choke\|MaT Choke 16:48 1/9/2003	not only is it a poor topic, but it was blatently nicked from sogay.com who posted it, word for word, over an hour earlier! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Flavas Game Dimension Online 17:02 1/9/2003	nice. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	ProdiGy 17:03 1/9/2003	OMG i find an Ant trying to swim out spit more interesting than this post ! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Velta Professional Gamer 17:05 1/9/2003	You obviously have to much time on your hands then Prodigy. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	ProdiGy 17:08 1/9/2003	Tell me about it [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Rav0r Croydon 17:13 1/9/2003	im an efnet'er at heart [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Velta Professional Gamer 17:15 1/9/2003	PAnet (now known as GamesNet) is where its as [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Velta Professional Gamer 17:15 1/9/2003	er, now known as NetGamers even [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Drenz 17:31 1/9/2003	good spot there dev lad [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	BelleH Rush! 17:31 1/9/2003	Ben's a Geek [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Az RemOte.uK 17:42 1/9/2003	200k, not a bad number :) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Velta Professional Gamer 18:15 1/9/2003	Did you know that when Quakenet broke its shizzle of the bizzle that is reached most smizzles and smacked them in the gizzle saying "yo were the gizzle jizzle" [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	duck. Online Multiplayer Gaming 18:30 1/9/2003	wow. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	ShekkyBoy 19:10 1/9/2003	Wolfie: I believe you're referring to EnterTheGame as the "main CS irc server". Don't know if it's the official network for CS but it is for the Unreal series where Mark Rein and his band of merry men hold developer chats. You probably wouldn't want to move there though if QuakeNet went down, as the network used to suffer from a load of DDoS attacks. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	fez 19:31 1/9/2003	/me hugs quakenet [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	KaN North & South 19:50 1/9/2003	Amazing stuff. PROPER BO [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dev theb0g 21:51 1/9/2003	or MAT it was taken from the press release. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	N38 22:24 1/9/2003	frantiC``: i don't think MSN is a likely alternative, another IRC server is much more likely =) To be honest, i think IRC has played a big part in how Counter-Strike has developed. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Carvell 00:08 2/9/2003	The Americans will join Quakenet and ruin it for all of us what with their promises of hotdogs, and that of further hotdogs to come! The b******s :'( [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	fsk twisted Reality 00:47 2/9/2003	i remember nguk had its on irc server :( my first eva clan had their channel on that :< [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]

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