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Slyer
17th September 2008, 14:39
http://www.pingzero.co.nz/
I remember some of you were interested in the last one so sign up now for this one! Jafa and I will be there.

Dargor
17th September 2008, 14:54
gameing lan, hah? sounds like a leech fest.

Slyer
17th September 2008, 15:15
Oh you betchya

PirateJafa
17th September 2008, 18:06
Sounds like I need some more harddrives. My current setup just isn't going to cut the mustard.

Patar
17th September 2008, 21:19
how do you fit a desktop onto a bike??

Slyer
17th September 2008, 21:45
Well I'm glad you asked... :bleh:

Hanne
17th September 2008, 22:05
Sounds like I need some more harddrives. My current setup just isn't going to cut the mustard.

Now I'm hungry for German sausages! Coz of the mustard bit. And the cheeseburger tag.
Yum, cheeeeeeesebuuuuuuuurgers.....

PS are you being hardrivist Aagainst your equipment again? tsktsk we know what happens when machines are not egostroked with love and care. DON'T we?

Slyer
17th September 2008, 22:25
Amazingly his rig manages to put up with all the shit he constantly dishes it.
Not clothing her properly.. overloading her and attaching random parts where they don't fit.

<img src="http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2827/funnypicturescomputermosl2.jpg">

.chris
17th September 2008, 22:57
gameing lan, hah? sounds like a leech fest.

unfortunately too many people treat it like a leech lan rather than a gaming lan, and that pretty much ruins things.

Registrations fill up, and some people turn up for a few hours and leech like mad then leave, waste of a seat a the event that could have been used by someone who contributes by joining in on the games.

Slyer
18th September 2008, 00:07
Yeah that's very true.

PirateJafa
18th September 2008, 00:36
unfortunately too many people treat it like a leech lan rather than a gaming lan, and that pretty much ruins things.

Registrations fill up, and some people turn up for a few hours and leech like mad then leave, waste of a seat a the event that could have been used by someone who contributes by joining in on the games.

Yes, but even the tournaments at PZ are usually a joke. I mean, even the GRID tournament had such potential, but was organised in such a piss-poor fashion that people were leaving out of boredom halfway through.

Not to mention that our team would dominate in a race, mauling the opposition - then find out that that race was invalid because the wrong teams were in the wrong races. Then the next race we'd pretty much TK our entire team off the start line. :innocent:

That said though, I'm definitely in it for the gaming. Have been for years.

Hoon
18th September 2008, 11:12
I could be keen. Haven't been to a big LAN in ages.

Leeching is a big part of lanning but what my mates and I try to do with our small <20 LANs is encourage people to come early and leech (i.e. first 1/4 of LAN is dedicated for leeching), then after that stop/throttle back sharing and play games.

Running LAN comps is hard too and the comp organisers are usually inexperienced and underestimate everything which usually results in dismal failure. By the time they get good at it they've had enough and can't be bothered running comps anymore (it's a thankless job).

Folcan
18th September 2008, 11:26
might have been able to come but I have a uni fieldtrip... oh well.

How many people from SMC are interested in Lanning I have a 16 port switch could try a SMC LAN haha

Ragingrob
18th September 2008, 11:29
might have been able to come but I have a uni fieldtrip... oh well.

How many people from SMC are interested in Lanning I have a 16 port switch could try a SMC LAN haha

Haha that could be fun!

.chris
18th September 2008, 12:09
Yes, but even the tournaments at PZ are usually a joke. I mean, even the GRID tournament had such potential, but was organised in such a piss-poor fashion that people were leaving out of boredom halfway through.

Not to mention that our team would dominate in a race, mauling the opposition - then find out that that race was invalid because the wrong teams were in the wrong races. Then the next race we'd pretty much TK our entire team off the start line. :innocent:

That said though, I'm definitely in it for the gaming. Have been for years.

Yeah its hard to organise a game when half the players seem so stupid they can not even get into the right server to start the race.
If you want serious gaming competition with rules and official stuff, go to XLAN, if you want a good fun casual gaming experience. That GRID comp was excellent fun.

I was thinking or getting motivated and organise some GRID races at the next PZ but I can't make it, so maybe PZ25.

The PZ guys always welcome help, so if you want to organise some games, then just have a chat to them and get it running (use the PZ forums to guage interest).

bomma
18th September 2008, 12:19
Sounds like I need some more harddrives. My current setup just isn't going to cut the mustard.


Amazingly his rig manages to put up with all the shit he constantly dishes it.
Not clothing her properly.. overloading her and attaching random parts where they don't fit.

seems like a bit of a competition

sosman
18th September 2008, 13:31
Sweet! already prepaid,getting the chillybin ready & ''Liquids HoeBags'' will be ready for another Grid comp :2thumbsup

PirateJafa
18th September 2008, 14:45
Yeah its hard to organise a game when half the players seem so stupid they can not even get into the right server to start the race.
If you want serious gaming competition with rules and official stuff, go to XLAN, if you want a good fun casual gaming experience. That GRID comp was excellent fun.

Mate, ignoring the organisation (or lack thereof) on both ends, some variety would have been nice, rather than the exact same track and cars for twenty straight races.

Need moar open-wheel fun. :D


I was thinking or getting motivated and organise some GRID races at the next PZ but I can't make it, so maybe PZ25.

Yeah you'n me both. This will be the first PZ I've missed in years.


Sweet! already prepaid,getting the chillybin ready & ''Liquids HoeBags'' will be ready for another Grid comp :2thumbsup

Damn you! And here I was all ready to rock up for some gaming, drinking, leeching, and Nintendo 64. :(

sosman
18th September 2008, 14:57
& Guitar hero! :lol:

.chris
18th September 2008, 20:28
Mate, ignoring the organisation (or lack thereof) on both ends, some variety would have been nice, rather than the exact same track and cars for twenty straight races.

Need moar open-wheel fun. :D



I agree. but you saw how hard it was to get 8 people on the grid for a quick few laps, imagine the trouble with a more complex race. But next PZ I shall organise something and we can see how that goes.
Just wish they had a full nurburgring track in GRID.

Slyer
18th September 2008, 20:52
I'm suprised some of you were there lol, I was playing under conelius name for the grid tourney.
Me 'n' Jafa were sitting down by the big screen tv by the kitchen.
The Company of Heroes games were the best!
Will see how good the new crysis game is.

Drum
18th September 2008, 21:01
Do heaps of scantily clad hot chicks turn up at these parties by any chance?

Slyer
18th September 2008, 21:08
Alas, no. Not quite..

PirateJafa
18th September 2008, 21:33
Do heaps of scantily clad hot chicks turn up at these parties by any chance?

Only in pixelated form.

Slyer
1st October 2008, 15:49
So who's coming? Jafa won't be there..

sosman
1st October 2008, 21:51
Yep I'm still going But just reinstalled windows & only got Rfactor[racing sim] installed at the mo yeahboi :Punk:

Slyer
1st October 2008, 21:56
Must remember to hash! Need a harddrive cleanout methinks, no space left.

PirateJafa
1st October 2008, 22:00
You don't need clean harddrives.

You just need moar harddrives!

Slyer
1st October 2008, 22:24
Need moar moneh!
I can't fit more than 6 in my pc at the moment, need to convert my 5x320gb raid5 array to 1tb drives methinks.

PirateJafa
1st October 2008, 22:30
Just do what I do and stack them on top of each other outside the case?

Tidiness is for wimps.