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Requests regarding the BYOC
GeeCee
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Hey-lo. I was doing some thinking today and I thought I would make a post requesting a few things. Things were almost perfect in 05 except for the very restrictive internet connection. It was very disappointing for me to find that I couldn't connect to the text-based games that I frequent (MUCKs, etc) nor could I access anything that wasn't Counter-Strike, really. I did have a great time though aside from these issues, but I hope I'll be able to access some more stuff this year (ie WOW, EVE Online).
Oh! And where is it going to be located this year? I thought I heard a rumor that it was oging to be in one of the hotels this year and that it was going to be 24 hours.. or something. I am confused.
Oh! And where is it going to be located this year? I thought I heard a rumor that it was oging to be in one of the hotels this year and that it was going to be 24 hours.. or something. I am confused.
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Internet will 99% most likely be locked down just like last year. The connection just isnt fast enough to open it up for games for 150+ people. But that sort of defeats teh purpose of a local area network party anyway :P
You were able to get to cs stuff because we had a local server that was dishing out steam files, that had nothing to do with the internet.
Keep your fingers crossed and wish us luck!
FFS move the DDR and Guitar Revolition games DOWN THE HALL!!!
All I hear is annoying Drum beats and dancing guys literally RIGHT NEXT to the door. Man...
Other requests:
1. make it Open 24hrs!!!!!!
2. More women.
3. Big red needs to wear a gian top hat with a strobe light.
4. Exhibition matches against GABE AND TYCHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (there's gotta be SOME special thing for registering for BYOC, they barely stepped foot into the place last PAX)
"Oh what a day, what a LOVELY DAY!"
2. There were women there, you have to move from BYOC to see them though. Besides it's not up to us to make more women show up.
3. Yeah I totally see that happening, no seriously.
4. They are mad busy, and can't be everywhere at once...plus they are trying to enjoy everything at PAX too. They aren't just there as the PA reps, but as gamers too. Why exactly does there have to be something special about purchasing a BYOC spot? I mean your own semi-climate controlled room, no wandering crowds so your stuff stays safe...it's like a $10 home base from which to operate from. Besides PAX is special over all.
Great suggestion! That's very true; they avoided the BYOC like the plauge in '05 and '04.
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Tycho was pretty interested in the BF2 games we had last year, and it'd certainly be cool to see him throw down a few rounds.
It goes without saying, of course, that both of them are monstrously busy during the event.
I really like the hat idea for BigRed....but can we make it a beanie?
Sorry, im not a lighthouse :P
I completely know that Gabe n Tycho are ultrabusy. But hey, it would be fun!
Maybe someone coud (gasp) ACTUALLY ask them, instead of just assuming they would never do it.
Also:
Who's up for DoD:S ?
"Oh what a day, what a LOVELY DAY!"
Understand, though, that's way, way, way down on our list of priorities. And, should we open it, if we have the slightest strain on bandwidth it'd likely be one of the first things shut down.
But understand, things are still up in the air and we won't know exactly what kind of bandwidth will be available for some time.
I mean, allowing SSH would pretty much allow you to do anything as long as you have an external machine on a nice connection, right?
Look at all the pc games that are comming out before pax. Ill bet you $5 most of them will be played :P
How will the security be this year. I remeber last year the BYOC security being very lax. I didn't hear about any equipment being stolen, and I'd like to think that none of us would do something like that, there are a ridiculous amount of people there and there are sure to be some bad apples.
I'm also going to bring the latest game that I made. It's got four person LAN and it would be cool to see what some others think as we only ever had a few people play the multiplayer and that was all bugtesting.
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Sweet! I'd be up for that! I am a huge fan of indie games, so I'd be really interested in seeing what you've made. Also, I'm pretty sure my boyfriend and I are going to be throwing down a TON of Quake World if you guys want to get a little old school action going
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Well im trying to do things without being a real nazi about little stuff.
One thing that will change:
all doors will be watched at all times with my sentry wards
Thats one thing im going to be a nazi about, ill make you go back into the room and walk out the proper way.
So what if you have to hike a couple hundred feet to use the main door instead being a lazy bum and taking the blocked off one near you (what people were doing last year). People will just have to deal with it.
BigRed = Really tall person with red hair
My custom 80psi nerf gun should be completed by pax as long as im not too terribly busy at work.
FEAR
No really, I just got back into the PC scene and I'm BYOC so I'm re-building my PC game collection like mad, and I want to know what to bring so I can actually, you know, play with other people.
Here's my list, comments are appreciated:
Have:
Dawn of War/Winter Assault
Warcraft 3 & Frozen Throne
Starcraft & Brood War
Neverwinter Nights (Original, no expansions).
F.E.A.R.
Far Cry
Civilization IV
Age of Mythology
Diablo II & Throne of Destruction
Going to get for sure:
Half-Life 2/Counterstrike Source/Deathmatch
Age of Empires III
Neverwinter Nights (Diamond Edition w/ all expansions)
I also have a DS for downtime w/ Mario Kart, Tetris, Meteos, Metroid Prime Pinball/Hunters.
I've seen a few mentions about Battlefield II, and I may be willing to pick it up if I see it cheap, but only if a lot of people are going to be playing.
Any thoughts/comments?
Ninja edit:
Also keep in mind a bunch of new pc games (like Enemy territority: quake wars, and UT2007) are comming out before pax. They are sure to get a lot of playtime.
I'd definitely get BF2 and UT2k4 could probably be put to good use as well.
We will be releasing a schedule of Games of the Hour, but that's still a couple-few months out. Obviously you don't HAVE to play in the Games of the Hour, but those that do will be entered in regularly scheduled mini-game contests to compete in public where the losers will be laughed at and pointed at while the winners will win cool swag.
These mini contests generally will not be PC games, just fun ways to distribute prizes.
We'll be watching the forums as we fine tune the list of games of the hour. Obviously there will be certain games that are repeated (ie, CSS and BF2), whereas other games may only be used once.
Well I was hoping that Clearwire might work there, and then someone would be nice enough to bring their set-up and you'd have your own private Broadband. But nope... not yet at least. Maybe you guys will get lucky by then though....
Why would you want to play a MUD at PAX? I mean, I play TradeWars which is a huge time sink, but I would give it a rest to play games that, you know, the people AROUND me are playing.