Weekend LAN Party
June 25, 2008

So, I totally have an excuse for not updating anytime recently - this past weekend I was host to an awesome LAN party! Unlike most of our usual ones, which are usually limited to around 4 people, this one had 9 total participants which finally made team games like Counter-Strike a viable option.

Much fun was had playing Counter-Strike, as Mike A. from work definitely helped our team pwn everyone else. ;p We tried playing some UT, but it truly has not aged well. I had to drop to software mode, and lag was a continuous issue. Also, it didn't help that the speed had gotten reduced down to Halo'tastic on a game meant to be a twitch shooter. We got in a few good rounds of Quake 3 which was awesome, because it happens to be amongst my favorite games. We finished the night off with some Co-Op Serious Sam and I beat out the little pyramid area for the fifty ninth time.

I was surprised at how well everything went off having 9 people on the LAN. There weren't *too* many technical issues, Draz' box hadn't been configured to play games (no video drivers, lol) and Tom's box managed to corrupt its version of DX. I also had to buy a Cat-5 coupler, because Micro Center lacked bulk cable necessary to run from my main switch to the other room where people were. Alas.

So, all in all - it ended up being a great party and an awesome way to kick-off my new house. Thanks to all who attended, and may Tiegs' version later in July be made of equal parts win and win.

Andy 2008/06/26

We didn't speed UT down QUITE to halo levels. Though some of us actually prefer it slowed down. A sniper rifle is useless in those really fast games unless you have god-like reflexes with no lag whatsoever. I personally think the slower pace makes for far better CTF matches. Though only if you have a higher than instant respawn time, which we had in UT.

Either way, it was superbly awesome. I'm pretty sure we can fit 10 people into our dining room, and with some good use of extension cables, we can certainly make it happen. July 25th, 1:pm. My place. This time around we can actually vary the teams!

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