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Prime 2013 BYOC Information - [Wrap Up and Feedback]
I remember hosting this mod at a small startup ISP, it was fairly popular. For my money, we found Holy Wars to be even more fun, chaotic, and absolutely more hilarious than action quake.
Ahh, those were the fun days...
Never played that one. For me, the most hilarious mod was QPong, where it's basically like playing soccer with a huge metal ball. You have to shoot it towards the enemy's goal, but if the ball rolls into you it gibs you. They made a Quake 3 version too. Hmm, that might work as a tourney game too... I think I'm more fond of AQ2 though.
Hahaha, oh yes, qpong was another crazy one. I remember fixing a broken texture for one of the balls and sharing that out/sending it back to them.
Good times!
Ok, enough of the off topic stuff, on to the rest of the suggestions.
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S2000GanSpartan-Rogue Class, Red SquadBellevue, WARegistered Userregular
edited August 2013
So, Looks like Nvidia has these at Quakecon for attendees.
Game -- Artemis Format -- 3-6 players on pc or iDevice, one server per ship; PvP or NPC shipt kill count or really anything Why you want this as a tournament -- this game lets you be the bridge crew of a starship suspiciously like the Enterprise. Someone is the captain and gives the orders. There is a red alert button. It's completely awesome. Why others will want this as a tournament -- Artemis needs so many people that it's hard to play at home, whereas a con is perfect for making new friends and crewmates. People who wouldn't be otherwise able to play it can be introduced to a fantastic game. Also, who doesn't want to be captain of a starship? (I myself prefer Science and Communications.)
During the occasional pause for technical difficulties with Artemis, (basically inevitable) I suggest Spaceteam, which is an iDevice (and now Android!) game which is to Artemis as Galaxy Quest is to Star Trek and primarily consists of shouting hilarious technobabble at your friends. Leads to great team-building for your real spaceship, and is pure fun.
Although I'm not sure how an artemis tourney would work, I would totally love to play some artemis during PAX!!
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Game -- Artemis Format -- 3-6 players on pc or iDevice, one server per ship; PvP or NPC shipt kill count or really anything Why you want this as a tournament -- this game lets you be the bridge crew of a starship suspiciously like the Enterprise. Someone is the captain and gives the orders. There is a red alert button. It's completely awesome. Why others will want this as a tournament -- Artemis needs so many people that it's hard to play at home, whereas a con is perfect for making new friends and crewmates. People who wouldn't be otherwise able to play it can be introduced to a fantastic game. Also, who doesn't want to be captain of a starship? (I myself prefer Science and Communications.)
During the occasional pause for technical difficulties with Artemis, (basically inevitable) I suggest Spaceteam, which is an iDevice (and now Android!) game which is to Artemis as Galaxy Quest is to Star Trek and primarily consists of shouting hilarious technobabble at your friends. Leads to great team-building for your real spaceship, and is pure fun.
Although I'm not sure how an artemis tourney would work, I would totally love to play some artemis during PAX!!
For my Artemis brethren, with the proliferation of Artemis on mobile platforms, this can really go beyond BYOC. I know I'll be packing Artemis on at least two devices.
The core question I have here is if we should start an Artemis at PAX thread?
Game -- Artemis Format -- 3-6 players on pc or iDevice, one server per ship; PvP or NPC shipt kill count or really anything Why you want this as a tournament -- this game lets you be the bridge crew of a starship suspiciously like the Enterprise. Someone is the captain and gives the orders. There is a red alert button. It's completely awesome. Why others will want this as a tournament -- Artemis needs so many people that it's hard to play at home, whereas a con is perfect for making new friends and crewmates. People who wouldn't be otherwise able to play it can be introduced to a fantastic game. Also, who doesn't want to be captain of a starship? (I myself prefer Science and Communications.)
During the occasional pause for technical difficulties with Artemis, (basically inevitable) I suggest Spaceteam, which is an iDevice (and now Android!) game which is to Artemis as Galaxy Quest is to Star Trek and primarily consists of shouting hilarious technobabble at your friends. Leads to great team-building for your real spaceship, and is pure fun.
Unfortunately, iOS and Android play that depends on Wifi (so both mobile Artemis and the iOS version of SpaceTeam) will basically not work at all at PAX. Fortunately, everyone in BYOC will likely have a computer capable of playing Artemis that is wired into the LAN, and will tend to be in close proximity. (Side note, Artemis is available on Android now in a beta version)
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[H]olyGeekboyPAX dad and PC builderClevelandRegistered User, ClubPAregular
I will be bringing my latest casemod to Prime... super excited to see Seattle for the first time!
For those anxiously awaiting the Group Seating Update - I will be working on that tomorrow morning. So stay tuned. Sorry for the delay.
Vapok
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Gamma[E] PC BYOC ManagerCaliforniaRegistered Userregular
Hey All, we're working hard to get the schedule finalized of tournaments and contests. I'll hopefully have something to post up in the next couple of days. We're also working on a list of game of the hour (games that we'll organize during off hours) that will include some older titles so fans can get their jimmies. Send me a PM or post here if there is a game you'd like to see us organize.
Oddly specific but also somewhat daft question: Since I have to be at the Omegathon M&G at 8 a.m. on Friday, does that mean the rest of my group (idqqd) has to wait for my buttmunch ass to breeze in before they can check in at BYOC?
Oddly specific but also somewhat daft question: Since I have to be at the Omegathon M&G at 8 a.m. on Friday, does that mean the rest of my group (idqqd) has to wait for my buttmunch ass to breeze in before they can check in at BYOC?
Is your group registered for group seating (something I'm working on right this moment to update)? If so, you should have a reserved seat with your group. Otherwise, PM me.
But to confirm, not all group members need to be there? 2 people from my group won't be showing up until the afternoon and last year that wasn't a problem.
But to confirm, not all group members need to be there? 2 people from my group won't be showing up until the afternoon and last year that wasn't a problem.
Group seating (before leadership change) was some spaces had a sticky note with the group name on each space reserved for the group. If you're in the group, sit there, if not, don't.
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sizzlersam(Retired) [E] PC Room NetworkRegistered Userregular
edited August 2013
See this from vapok's original group seating post...
Game:-FTL: Faster Than Light Format:-One full day to obtain a High score with any ship on Normal mode (proven by screenshot with time stamp) Why you want this as a tournament:-This game does take some time (hence the day timer) but it is simple and something to do over time. The goal is not hard and they can always retry to get the best score they can if they happen to do bad the first time. Why others will want this as a tournament:- This game is cheap, easy to grasp, and with some luck and perseverance, everyone has an almost equal chance of winning, with multiple tries.
Dota 2 format: 1v1 competition or team tournament with captains mode or all random why: PAX will take place several weeks after full release and only a few weeks after The International so hype levels for the game should be at maximum, plus the game is fun. other why: it's free to play so anyone can download it, plus it can satisfy the serious business skills people
+1 on both of these, especially DOTA 2
For DOTA 2 it might be fun to do Random Draft (half way between Captain's mode and All Random) as to not leave too much up to chance (someone could random a really strong team vs a weaker one).
Other suggestions:
Game: Left 4 Dead 2 Format: 4v4 Versus mode. Why you want this as a tournament: Fun team game, it's been around for a while now and on sale many a time so the number of players that have it should be quite high. Why others will want this as a tournament: Who doesn't love puking on survivors and covering them in zombie attracting bile?
Game: Team Fortress 2 Format: Man vs. Machine (teams of 6) Why you want this as a tournament: Fun team game that's free. Man vs. Machine time trial to see who can complete one of the levels in the shortest amount of time in a given time period on the toughest difficulty? Why others will want this as a tournament: Fun team play oriented game where you're not directly competing against another team.
Game: Alien Swarm Format: 4 person time trials. Try and complete level 1 on the most difficult setting in the shortest amount of time. Why you want this as a tournament: Free game so anyone can participate. We did this at PAX 2010 BYOC and it was a lot of fun! Why others will want this as a tournament: Fun team play oriented game where you're not directly competing against another team.
I agree with him. oh, and bf3 but I'm sure you don't need reasons for that one.
+1 on BF3, but last year I know we had issues with the dedicated server. Something about a certain number of max connections from 1 IP (the external 1 from BYOC) to a server being hit. I know Big Red tried messing with the settings for about an hour before giving up. Not sure if DICE/EA has made any changes that would facilitate this now... fingers crossed!
Also had another idea:
Game: DayZ Format: FFA single elimination, last man standing (survivor/hunger games style) Why you want this as a tournament: While I haven't played it in a while DayZ still provided me with some of the most heart pounding/intense gaming moments in recent memory. If we could get a fresh local LAN server for everyone to join and then just see who can survive the longest? Might be worth choosing one of the smaller community maps (Namalsk?) so that it doesn't end up taking too long to complete. Why others will want this as a tournament: Who wouldn't want to participate in a hunger games styled competition set in the zombie apocalypse?
Game: League of Legends Format: 5v5 Single Elimination Why you want this as a tournament: It's not hardcore like the official Riot-sanctioned ones, so non-pro players like my friends and I can get our asses whooped participate for fun. Plus League of Legends is free. Why others will want this as a tournament: A ton of people play it, and it's fun!
I'm down for anything that is low CPU power requirements. The laptop I'm going to be bringing isn't going to be super high end, but I'm willing to bet i can still play tf2 or l4d on lowest settings.
Folks! Group Seating has been updated! Sorry for the delay.
However Exciting News!
We've had a few people cue us into the fact that they are bringing in awesome case mod's! We really enjoy when people take the time, energy, and money to create awesome looking rigs. So we have created an area near the entrance to BYOC called the "Case Mod Showcase" and we're inviting anyone that has a case mod, to email me at vapokrocks at gmail, send me pictures, and reserve a spot for you in our Case Mod area.
PAX is ALMOST HERE!
Vapok
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AtomicGaryBuseyI put on my robe and wizard hat.Beautiful Lynnhood, Wash.Registered Userregular
I'm going to be bringing in version 2013.08 of my briefcase PC mod. Here's some shots of what's been done so far:
I just bought a slew of new parts for it. I should be able to get it playable by next week... can't wait to bust it out at BYOC!
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S2000GanSpartan-Rogue Class, Red SquadBellevue, WARegistered Userregular
edited August 2013
Nvidia just posted on Facebook that they will have their Keycaps at PAX!
Will have to stop by their booth!
Would be nice if they made some effort to make sure BYOC'ers can get em!
UPDATE:
S2000Gan
Will these be for sale? or will you have them at PAX?
Like · Reply · 54 minutes ago
NVIDIA GeForce
We'll definitely have them at PAX. Make sure you come by and ask for one before they all go!
Like · 18 minutes ago
S2000Gan
The Black ones and Green ones?
Would be nice if you were sure to have them for BYOC'ers.
Like · 17 minutes ago
NVIDIA GeForce
We'll have both at our booth. Maybe I'll stick some in my pocket and head over to the BYOC like a key cap PAX Prime santa. ~Jeff W.
Like · 10 minutes ago
Team Civ5 tourney? Civ5 has been fun in the past, and with 4 days this year it could work out much better.
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Gamma[E] PC BYOC ManagerCaliforniaRegistered Userregular
Hey all, I just posted up a preliminary list of activities that we'll be organizing throughout the 4 days of the BYOC. We'll be updating shortly to include some more information about each game. Some are organized tournaments, some are large organized games, and some are for hilarious fun. We're also working on a list of Game of the Hour games that we'll use to fill in spaces for some organized game play of old and new games. We'll also have events such as hard drive shuffleboard, so no worries there.
Post up games you'd like to see for Game of the Hour, personally I'm looking forward to some Call of Duty 4, Battlefield 3, and some Worms.
Feel free to PM me with anything you'd like about the activities list.
Group Seating Requests CLOSE THIS FRIDAY. If you're in a group of 6 or more and want to ensure y'all sit together, check out the OP for Group Seating information!
Hmm, I see Dota 2 but not League of Legends. I wonder why?
Also, I'm really excited to see Artemis on there. Would the captain be able to use the projector to do his or her captainly duties?
Because it's the better game? ;D
In all seriousness though maybe it's because Dota 2 just came out (of beta at least) so it'll be fun to play something "new" ?
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Gamma[E] PC BYOC ManagerCaliforniaRegistered Userregular
@Vanus the free to play one (I guess it is TrackMania Nations Forever), I want everyone to be able to join in.
@meloncollie Without going into any specific reasons, often there are tons of League of Legends things at PAX, so it won't be like there won't be chances to play or compete in it.
Hmm, I see Dota 2 but not League of Legends. I wonder why?
Just an FYI to anyone hoping to play LoL at BYOC, because of network issues LoL was pretty much unplayable the entire time last year. I was able to get a couple games in with some friends but expect to get a bunch of leaves if you play.
Blindfolded FPS was good fun two years ago. Last year there was blindfolded pictionary, Guesser looked at computer screen that was not visible to the drawer, ms paint.
Folks! Group Seating has been updated! Sorry for the delay.
However Exciting News!
We've had a few people cue us into the fact that they are bringing in awesome case mod's! We really enjoy when people take the time, energy, and money to create awesome looking rigs. So we have created an area near the entrance to BYOC called the "Case Mod Showcase" and we're inviting anyone that has a case mod, to email me at vapokrocks at gmail, send me pictures, and reserve a spot for you in our Case Mod area.
PAX is ALMOST HERE!
I will be bringing both my Triton and AcidBurn mods.
Folks! Group Seating has been updated! Sorry for the delay.
However Exciting News!
We've had a few people cue us into the fact that they are bringing in awesome case mod's! We really enjoy when people take the time, energy, and money to create awesome looking rigs. So we have created an area near the entrance to BYOC called the "Case Mod Showcase" and we're inviting anyone that has a case mod, to email me at vapokrocks at gmail, send me pictures, and reserve a spot for you in our Case Mod area.
PAX is ALMOST HERE!
I will be bringing both my Triton and AcidBurn mods.
I saw your rig in CPU Mag!
Looking forward to meeting you!
I know that the BYOC twitter account has been taken down almost last year(sometime), but will we see another twitter account emerge or something updating us on events(and prizes?) that might be occurring if we might be out of the BYOC area?
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Hahaha, oh yes, qpong was another crazy one. I remember fixing a broken texture for one of the balls and sharing that out/sending it back to them.
Good times!
Ok, enough of the off topic stuff, on to the rest of the suggestions.
REALLY hope I get one at PAX.
Although I'm not sure how an artemis tourney would work, I would totally love to play some artemis during PAX!!
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For my Artemis brethren, with the proliferation of Artemis on mobile platforms, this can really go beyond BYOC. I know I'll be packing Artemis on at least two devices.
The core question I have here is if we should start an Artemis at PAX thread?
Are you bringing a custom case mod, rig, or other fancies to PAX Prime 2013?
Give us a hint and a sneak preview of what we can look forward to seeing!
Post pics, videos, or other tangibles here in this thread!
See ya all in a few weeks!
Vapok
Unfortunately, iOS and Android play that depends on Wifi (so both mobile Artemis and the iOS version of SpaceTeam) will basically not work at all at PAX. Fortunately, everyone in BYOC will likely have a computer capable of playing Artemis that is wired into the LAN, and will tend to be in close proximity. (Side note, Artemis is available on Android now in a beta version)
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Vapok
Thanks for the feedback so far!
Is your group registered for group seating (something I'm working on right this moment to update)? If so, you should have a reserved seat with your group. Otherwise, PM me.
Vapok
Yeah not a problem.
Vapok
+1 on both of these, especially DOTA 2
For DOTA 2 it might be fun to do Random Draft (half way between Captain's mode and All Random) as to not leave too much up to chance (someone could random a really strong team vs a weaker one).
Other suggestions:
Game: Left 4 Dead 2
Format: 4v4 Versus mode.
Why you want this as a tournament: Fun team game, it's been around for a while now and on sale many a time so the number of players that have it should be quite high.
Why others will want this as a tournament: Who doesn't love puking on survivors and covering them in zombie attracting bile?
Game: Team Fortress 2
Format: Man vs. Machine (teams of 6)
Why you want this as a tournament: Fun team game that's free. Man vs. Machine time trial to see who can complete one of the levels in the shortest amount of time in a given time period on the toughest difficulty?
Why others will want this as a tournament: Fun team play oriented game where you're not directly competing against another team.
Game: Alien Swarm
Format: 4 person time trials. Try and complete level 1 on the most difficult setting in the shortest amount of time.
Why you want this as a tournament: Free game so anyone can participate. We did this at PAX 2010 BYOC and it was a lot of fun!
Why others will want this as a tournament: Fun team play oriented game where you're not directly competing against another team.
+1 on BF3, but last year I know we had issues with the dedicated server. Something about a certain number of max connections from 1 IP (the external 1 from BYOC) to a server being hit. I know Big Red tried messing with the settings for about an hour before giving up. Not sure if DICE/EA has made any changes that would facilitate this now... fingers crossed!
Also had another idea:
Game: DayZ
Format: FFA single elimination, last man standing (survivor/hunger games style)
Why you want this as a tournament: While I haven't played it in a while DayZ still provided me with some of the most heart pounding/intense gaming moments in recent memory. If we could get a fresh local LAN server for everyone to join and then just see who can survive the longest? Might be worth choosing one of the smaller community maps (Namalsk?) so that it doesn't end up taking too long to complete.
Why others will want this as a tournament: Who wouldn't want to participate in a hunger games styled competition set in the zombie apocalypse?
+1 for League of Legends
I'd also like to +1 for DOTA 2.
It would be great to see a first person shooter as well in the tourny. I'd suggest Counter-Strike: GO.
edited for mild dyslexia.
sorry, I have to bug you vapok. Its not like you have a real job or anything.
However Exciting News!
We've had a few people cue us into the fact that they are bringing in awesome case mod's! We really enjoy when people take the time, energy, and money to create awesome looking rigs. So we have created an area near the entrance to BYOC called the "Case Mod Showcase" and we're inviting anyone that has a case mod, to email me at vapokrocks at gmail, send me pictures, and reserve a spot for you in our Case Mod area.
PAX is ALMOST HERE!
Vapok
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I just bought a slew of new parts for it. I should be able to get it playable by next week... can't wait to bust it out at BYOC!
Will have to stop by their booth!
Would be nice if they made some effort to make sure BYOC'ers can get em!
UPDATE:
S2000Gan
Will these be for sale? or will you have them at PAX?
Like · Reply · 54 minutes ago
NVIDIA GeForce
We'll definitely have them at PAX. Make sure you come by and ask for one before they all go!
Like · 18 minutes ago
S2000Gan
The Black ones and Green ones?
Would be nice if you were sure to have them for BYOC'ers.
Like · 17 minutes ago
NVIDIA GeForce
We'll have both at our booth. Maybe I'll stick some in my pocket and head over to the BYOC like a key cap PAX Prime santa. ~Jeff W.
Like · 10 minutes ago
Post up games you'd like to see for Game of the Hour, personally I'm looking forward to some Call of Duty 4, Battlefield 3, and some Worms.
Feel free to PM me with anything you'd like about the activities list.
Here's a quick link to the list: forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/27350262/#Comment_27350262
Group Seating Requests CLOSE THIS FRIDAY. If you're in a group of 6 or more and want to ensure y'all sit together, check out the OP for Group Seating information!
Vapok
Also, I'm really excited to see Artemis on there. Would the captain be able to use the projector to do his or her captainly duties?
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Because it's the better game? ;D
In all seriousness though maybe it's because Dota 2 just came out (of beta at least) so it'll be fun to play something "new" ?
@meloncollie Without going into any specific reasons, often there are tons of League of Legends things at PAX, so it won't be like there won't be chances to play or compete in it.
Just an FYI to anyone hoping to play LoL at BYOC, because of network issues LoL was pretty much unplayable the entire time last year. I was able to get a couple games in with some friends but expect to get a bunch of leaves if you play.
I will be bringing both my Triton and AcidBurn mods.
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Vapok
I saw your rig in CPU Mag!
Looking forward to meeting you!