Quakeweek
April 30, 1997


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QPsychic Released


QSpy LogoTHE INTERNET - Team QSpy has joined forces with the Psychic Friends Network to create a revolutionary new Quake multiplayer utility called QPsychic. The sequel to QSpy, QPsychic expands on its predecessor by providing information not only on Quakeworld servers, connection speeds, and other data, but on the user's predicted performance as well.

Like QSpy, QPsychic first downloads a list of available servers from PlanetQuake, Stomped, and other sites, and determines the stats for each game. However, upon clicking on a particular server name, the program sends your selection to the Psychic Friends Network and returns predictions such as your frag score, the number of campers in the game, and whether you will meet the Quakergrrl (or boy) of your dreams during the match.

"I used to call those other psychic hotlines to find out how I'd do in a certain game," said Jack 'morbid' Mathews of Team QSpy, "but it was a cumbersome procedure and I'd have a bitch of a time explaining what a ping is. This seamless intergration of QSpy with the world's best network of quality psychics assures Quakers of better rankings and perhaps even a love life."

The QPsychic software is free for downloading, although connecting to PFN still costs $3.49 a minute. Future versions will allow users to opt for Tarot or Astrology Modes instead of the regular Clairvoyance Mode.