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Reaper, didn't you go to i8 this year? If so, can you give us a brief rundown of what games were played, and why your clan got 0wned so much?
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If you just e-mailed it to them and signed it 'Reaper' they'd never know, would they?
I've thought about it before...love to try, I enjoy writing the pieces, I just wouldn't have a clue where to start contacting people - my experience of these things seems to be:
"How old are you?"
"14"
"Oh, forget it then.."
Sigh...
"How old are you?"
"14"
"Oh, forget it then.."
Sigh...
Nice one, thanks for those great links.
Ever thought of doing a piece like that professionally for PC Gamer?
Ever thought of doing a piece like that professionally for PC Gamer?
Hm. This took a while - ordered lots of PC parts, installed openBSD, got some case mods sorted. Good few hours to write something now, so let's see..
Ok, i8, for the uninitiated, was the latest of the i-series LAN parties, held every few months. It's the biggest LAN in Britain, and attracts hundreds of visitors, with their PCs, to launch in to a few days multiplayer gaming. It acts as a qualifiers for various game specific european/worldwide tournaments (Quake III and Counter-Strike this year, I think), and gives some bedroom programmers the chance to distribute their games out to large numbers of people via the FTP server.
The gaming is all suitably low ping, no real evident lag, and the network is set up well to accomdate for the sudden influx of 840 people. There were very few problems with the administration, the only noticeable exception being the Tribes 2 setup, where players in one part of the building couldnt connect with those in another...that should be sorted at i9 with better implementation of Vlans.
Counter-Strike was easily the biggest game, and is set to be at i9 too - it was the only tournament our clan entered, and we scraped second place in our group. However, some last minute rule changes meant only 4 runners up went through, and these 4 clans were to be decided with a beer drinking contest...We breezed that, but after some complaints that it wasn't fair (bah...), we actually had to play to get a place. Cue our embaressing 40 - 0 defeat on de_aztec, and [DOPEy] hiding from everyone else to avoid ridicule..
The event as a whole is not to be taken seriously, as some of the images prove...it's a bit of a laugh for like-minded people, very little vandalism or theft occurs because most people are there for the same reason - play games, have a laugh, and get absolutely off their faces when the bar opens.
I'd encourage as many of you to attend i9 as possible... held at Newbury racecourse conferance centre again, 16th - 18th November, £60 for the 3 days. Have to take your PC/monitor, and a 4-way power adapter, but they install the network. Quick warning - bring your own food/drink! There's a 24-hour Tescos just down the road, and while you're not allowed to bring alcohol in to the event, try to buy as much else outside as you can. Prices are through the roof - £10 for 2 medium pizzas, £2.70 for a 33cl bottle of beer, £2.40 for coke..
More information at www.multiplay.co.uk, and see some i8 images at http://www.multiplay.co.uk/coverage/i8/. Beware of entering the 0wnage tourney at i9 though - anyone who doesn't 0wn goes the same way as [CTM]Cannon (http://www.multiplay.co.uk/coverage/i8/pictures/DSC00159.JPG)
Ok, i8, for the uninitiated, was the latest of the i-series LAN parties, held every few months. It's the biggest LAN in Britain, and attracts hundreds of visitors, with their PCs, to launch in to a few days multiplayer gaming. It acts as a qualifiers for various game specific european/worldwide tournaments (Quake III and Counter-Strike this year, I think), and gives some bedroom programmers the chance to distribute their games out to large numbers of people via the FTP server.
The gaming is all suitably low ping, no real evident lag, and the network is set up well to accomdate for the sudden influx of 840 people. There were very few problems with the administration, the only noticeable exception being the Tribes 2 setup, where players in one part of the building couldnt connect with those in another...that should be sorted at i9 with better implementation of Vlans.
Counter-Strike was easily the biggest game, and is set to be at i9 too - it was the only tournament our clan entered, and we scraped second place in our group. However, some last minute rule changes meant only 4 runners up went through, and these 4 clans were to be decided with a beer drinking contest...We breezed that, but after some complaints that it wasn't fair (bah...), we actually had to play to get a place. Cue our embaressing 40 - 0 defeat on de_aztec, and [DOPEy] hiding from everyone else to avoid ridicule..
The event as a whole is not to be taken seriously, as some of the images prove...it's a bit of a laugh for like-minded people, very little vandalism or theft occurs because most people are there for the same reason - play games, have a laugh, and get absolutely off their faces when the bar opens.
I'd encourage as many of you to attend i9 as possible... held at Newbury racecourse conferance centre again, 16th - 18th November, £60 for the 3 days. Have to take your PC/monitor, and a 4-way power adapter, but they install the network. Quick warning - bring your own food/drink! There's a 24-hour Tescos just down the road, and while you're not allowed to bring alcohol in to the event, try to buy as much else outside as you can. Prices are through the roof - £10 for 2 medium pizzas, £2.70 for a 33cl bottle of beer, £2.40 for coke..
More information at www.multiplay.co.uk, and see some i8 images at http://www.multiplay.co.uk/coverage/i8/. Beware of entering the 0wnage tourney at i9 though - anyone who doesn't 0wn goes the same way as [CTM]Cannon (http://www.multiplay.co.uk/coverage/i8/pictures/DSC00159.JPG)
Reaper[oV] wrote:
> Lol..Thanks for that.
I'm just reinstalling my display drivers,
> I'll reply when I get back - if I don't return, I may not do so for
> quite a while, or at least until I can unbreak the graphics setup..
Yeah, yeah, that's what Tim Henman says everytime he loses a game 0-40 as well....
> Lol..Thanks for that.
I'm just reinstalling my display drivers,
> I'll reply when I get back - if I don't return, I may not do so for
> quite a while, or at least until I can unbreak the graphics setup..
Yeah, yeah, that's what Tim Henman says everytime he loses a game 0-40 as well....
Lol..Thanks for that.
I'm just reinstalling my display drivers, I'll reply when I get back - if I don't return, I may not do so for quite a while, or at least until I can unbreak the graphics setup..
I'm just reinstalling my display drivers, I'll reply when I get back - if I don't return, I may not do so for quite a while, or at least until I can unbreak the graphics setup..
Quater finals of Counter Strike Tourney, they lost 0-40! Worst lose of the festival!
BBBWWHHAAA WWHHAAA HAAAA HAA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!
BBBWWHHAAA WWHHAAA HAAAA HAA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!
Reaper, didn't you go to i8 this year? If so, can you give us a brief rundown of what games were played, and why your clan got 0wned so much?
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