Ping Zero Gaming Lan

[Slyer]

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]

gameing lan, hah? sounds like a leech fest.

[Slyer]

Oh you betchya

[PirateJafa]

Sounds like I need some more harddrives. My current setup just isn't going to cut the mustard.

[Patar]

how do you fit a desktop onto a bike??

[Slyer]

Well I'm glad you asked...

[Hanne]

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]

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.

[.chris]

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]

Yeah that's very true.

[PirateJafa]

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.

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

[Hoon]

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]

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]

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]

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.

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).