You've gotta fight... for your right... to LAN Party!
Despite USFBS going down only hours
before my party, more than a few people showed up. More than last time, and
approaching what I'd actually call a nice sized LAN Party.
Several games were on the menu, including Unreal Tournament 2004, Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Savage, and last but not least the ever entertaining Armagetron. Despite all the new technology and great graphics improvements, the most popular game for the second time in a row was Tron. Also like last time, none of us were a consistent match for the AI found in Tron, which possesses reaction times to rival most hard real time embedded systems. We did succeed in beating it once or twice.
The party lasted all night and ended with much coffee for the coming day.
Some photo documentation for the curious:
My Gentoo box takes its rightful place amongst the gamers.
Walking in the spiderwebs. If someone gets unplugged in this mess, it's all over.
The crew takes a break, Defiant pulls up Sourceforge and everyone watches some Summoner Geeks
Still going strong after nearly 12 hours, Noz fixes his computer and gets in on some Unreal action.
After a brief recovery the world begins rotating again, look out for LAN Party
Part Trois in a month, who wants to volunteer their living room?
Several games were on the menu, including Unreal Tournament 2004, Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Savage, and last but not least the ever entertaining Armagetron. Despite all the new technology and great graphics improvements, the most popular game for the second time in a row was Tron. Also like last time, none of us were a consistent match for the AI found in Tron, which possesses reaction times to rival most hard real time embedded systems. We did succeed in beating it once or twice.
The party lasted all night and ended with much coffee for the coming day.
Some photo documentation for the curious:
My Gentoo box takes its rightful place amongst the gamers.
Walking in the spiderwebs. If someone gets unplugged in this mess, it's all over.
The crew takes a break, Defiant pulls up Sourceforge and everyone watches some Summoner Geeks
Still going strong after nearly 12 hours, Noz fixes his computer and gets in on some Unreal action.
