q2 servers here?

[colombo]

q2 servers would be great here. you think?

[dyn]

It could be fun!

I think old Q2 is used only for pak files and we should use some modern port. At least with Q1 it is like that, i need to check more about Q2.

[craij]

q2 lithium was the best mod

[Weegee]

Do want.

[chaos252]

vote yes

[colombo]

interesting answers

[dyn]

You can play it without our custom server, at least for now. All you need is main pak files and some modern port, i think original Q2 also can connect to most servers, unless network protocol changed too much.

Q2 ports, most of them discontinued:
R1Q2: http://www.r1ch.net/stuff/r1q2/ (client / server)
EGL: http://egl.quakedev.com/
Q2Max: http://q2max.quakedev.com/ (nice one)
AprQ2: http://maniac.aq2world.com/apr/
Q2Evolved: http://www.google.com/search?q=q2evolved (site gone)
Quetoo: http://jdolan.dyndns.org/trac/wiki/Quetoo (Linux/BSD only)
Ports usually also accept new q2 texture packs, to improve graphics.

Server list: http://www.gametracker.com/search/q2/

[Weegee]

As far as I remember, in 2007 it was still the same protocol and normal quake2.exe could connect without problems.
Some other ports:
http://bfeared.com/library/index.php?dir=quake/archive/quakedev/qudos/quake2/engines/Q2P/
http://quake2xp.sourceforge.net/
http://kmq2.quakedev.com/

[dyn]

As far as I remember, in 2007 it was still the same protocol and normal quake2.exe could connect without problems.

From EGL site:

Wednesday, September 26 2007
» EGL 0.3.1-R1 Release By: R1CH @ 11:34 AM
Since Echon is way too lazy to deal with EGL, I ended up fixing EGL 0.3.1 to work with the new protocol 35 changes recently introduced by R1Q2, and now I even have to post the news post about it! This release simply updates EGL to the new protocol 35, offering additional bandwidth savings.

Of course it depends on servers, if they use old or new server ports.