LAN#3 - Feb 06/07 - What Games do YOU want to see played at the LAN?

[Fyndir]

Nice and simple, post a list of games which you particularly want to see played at the upcoming February LAN.

This way when the committee have our next meeting we can have a nice little tally of which games most people posted about.

Then, before the LAN I can post a list of the games, and if I'm not feeling too lazy I can provide links to any Demos which were included in the lists, and patches for any other games.

you're absolutely right, I didn't bother discussing this idea with the committee. VIVA LA RESISTANCE!

[Fyndir]

Wheeee.

Just to get this started off.

1: CS: S
2: DoW: DC
3: BF2
4: LFS
5: UT of some form.
6: ARMA Demo.
7: FEAR: Combat.
8: HL2 CTF.
9: Hidden: Source.
10: Goldeneye: Source.
11: Defcon.
12: Sourceforts.
13: Quake 4.
14: Company of Heroes.


that's everything I can think of for now, I'll probably update the list as I think of more. =O

[Ru]

2142? r-tard?

[YegaDoyai]

+1 to:

CS: S
DoW: DC
BF2
BF2142
LFS
ARMA Demo.
Sourceforts.
Quake 3 NOT Quake 4

-1 to:
FEAR: Combat.
UT of some form.
HL2 CTF.
Hidden: Source.
Goldeneye: Source.
Defcon.
Quake 4.

[Phizz]

1. CS:S
2. IL2 ( will need to have it installed)
3. LFS ( will need to have it installed)
4. DOW: DC
5: CS:S ( looking for a team. I promise I will get in some net practice)
6: HL2 DM or Gary's Mod muck around
7: Sourceforts
8: UT GOTY or 2004 ( will need to install 2004)

[Octavion]

All the usual, BF2, CS:S, DOW: DC, etc.

Plus

1. Total Annihilation (I have it with the 2 expiations on CD and you can fully install them on your system so after install no CD is required, W00t!)
2. ARMA

[Strings]

CSS
BF2
BF2142
DOW
UT:GOTY CTF
Sourceforts

And to fill up the corners Quake 4 against Viper.

Obviously this looks like a small list, and it's not like I don't enjoy playing other games obviously. But the more small non group involving games that get played, the more fragmented the LAN becomes, so I'm just listing the biggies.

[GingerPrinz]

BF2
CS:S
DoW
UT

C'est ca

[Bluepixie]

BF2
DoW
CS:S
Quake 3 (get that Q4 pish out of face. RIGHT NOW! :evil:)
LFS
ArmA: Demo
Goldeneye: Source
Defcon
F.E.A.R. Combat - (seriously, SlowMo Team Deathmatch is awesome!)
Alien Shooter: Vengeance (for co-op goodness, if I can get it before the LAN)

[Sid]

An hour of the hidden.
2 hours of source forts.
2-3 4v4 DoW matches plus one tournament.
1-game of Dungeon Keeper.
The rest of the time CS:S and BF2.
Might play some 2142.

[Sideshow]

BF2142
DoW
CSS
BF2
UT
Hidden

[Ru]

BF2142
DoW
CSS
BF2
UT
Hidden

notice how 2142 is the top of his list? thats cos its IMMENSE!

all you gypsys that aint bought it yet, get your ass to GAME, 20 quid, by far the most fun game for next lan!

[--Mogwai--]

BF2
CS:S
UT
SourceForts

other games that cant support as many players or arentt as popular (DoW, Hidden, ArmA, LFS, Quake, GMod, 2142) should be played simultaneously between the 'big 3'.

[Phizz]

That by my calcs 48-1-2-3-2=40hrs of BF2/CS:S Anyone else thing that is a little ott?

[--Mogwai--]

That by my calcs 48-1-2-3-2=40hrs of BF2/CS:S Anyone else thing that is a little ott?

well yes i'll certanily be left feeling that more BF2 could have been played, but sacrifices must be made for the good of all...

[YegaDoyai]

That by my calcs 48-1-2-3-2=40hrs of BF2/CS:S Anyone else thing that is a little ott?

Get a new 'pute biatch! It ain't too much time to play good games, I'm just a little miffed at the LFS bashing.

[Sid]

That by my calcs 48-1-2-3-2=40hrs of BF2/CS:S Anyone else thing that is a little ott?

That would be awesome. Although I intend to get at least 8 hours sleep in, 2 hours eating, 1 hour drinking and 45 minutes smoking.

So it'd work out at more like 25-30 hours CS/BF2/BF2142ing.

[LastChanceHotel]

CSS. Default game for most I would presume.
SourceForts. one or two 'events'.
Dungeon Keeper. Most people probably won't be interested but I can see at least two games taking place.
Total Annihlation (or some 3d updated version if we're feeling fancy). Probably one huge game, a couple smaller ones.
UT or UT2004 or something. One 'event'.
Hidden (again, one event)
Live for Speed ("")
DoW (probably a tournament with an 'underdogs' tournament for everyone who gets pwned by Larry and Ru), DoW 4x4 (probably twice for phun). and a 2v2 bridge faggotry rematch!
Defcon (maybe a small game, it's too time consuming on 1:1 time)
I'd like to avoid BF2, but I think it'll be a neccassary evil. 2142? If I can get a serial (and preferably an account with all unlocks, I'll ask greasel_burger who should be coming too), I'll play too.

[GingerPrinz]

OK I've taken the liberty of compiling the numbers so far.

CS:S - 13
BF2 - 13
DoW - 13
Sourceforts - 7
UT - 7
2142 - 7
LFS - 5
ArmaA - 5
Hidden - 5

Anything with less than 5 I've not bothered to put on the list, since not enough people want to play to bother organising a decent event. At this stage it really is looking like the big 3 are the only ones worth scheduling. If more people vote for the minor games I'll flag it to your attention.

Update 1 - New entries (Arma, Hidden)
Update 2 - Reflects Pit's votes.

[Fyndir]

Anything with less than 5 I've not bothered to put on the list, since not enough people want to play to bother organising a decent event. At this stage it really is looking like the big 3 are the only ones worth scheduling. If more people vote for the minor games I'll flag it to your attention.

Cheers, I was planning on doing that later and just keeping my own little notepad file, you've saved me the bother. =P

[Uuurrahh]

CS:S is a must.
BF2 also [bleh]
DoW bridge faggotry sounds like fun :P
ArmA Demo
Company Of Heroes [I have the .iso and cd key - no protection for LAN play]
IL21946 - For Phizz :P
Hidden's ok
UT

[Sid]

In terms of timetabling, we were speaking on IRC about having sourceTV for showing the CS tournament 'final'. I was thinking that if Viper brings his projector, we could show the CS final on the big screen late Saturday night while people are having a pint or whatever.

Whatcha think?

[Phizz]

Sounds good to me.

[YegaDoyai]

lets just clear this up now, IL2 and ArmA need to be installed BEFORE the LAN otherwise it will take over an hour to get it on everyones machines. I suggest that we stick to the demo for both and those that want to play more get the ISO etc for next time. I suggest restricting the 2142 played for the same reasons (this will be the frst lan that alot of folk will be installing it so it will take a little while.

[Octavion]

Good shout on the source TV for the CS final.

Also, the 101st Faggotry are just waiting to do some interior decoration on that bridge i.e. carpet it with their bodies.

[Phizz]

Can I get some links for IL2 and LFS demos then please.

[YegaDoyai]

LFS demo and full thing are the same so just grab the latest version from here:

http://www.liveforspeed.net/

as for IL2 go here:

http://www.download.com/3001-7547_4-10230099.html

or

http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/sim/il2sturmovik/download_ini.html?sid=2807214

will look for faster downloads some other time

[Phizz]

thnaks yega. Will have everything ready for the LAN.

PS The top IL-2 demo is downloading at 600Kbps so I think that's fast enough for most people's needs.

[TK-Maximus]

CS:S
BF2142
BF2
DOW
Mario Kart DS
Anything on the Wii

Olderstuff? SC anyone?

[Sideshow]

Olderstuff? SC anyone?

Ah'm yer huckleberry.

[Uuurrahh]

Actually, anyone up for Theme Hospital? :P

[Sid]

Actually, anyone up for Theme Hospital? :P

heh, I used to love Theme Hospital. I'd been planning to install it again after the exams are over. How does it work for multiplayer? =/

[YegaDoyai]

Sweeeeeeet

Then we could play Sim City 2000 Network edition.

Then we could play Doom, and you would all realise that in fact, we have not progressed since Doom deathmatch. Nothing comes close.

[DAve]

Actually, anyone up for Theme Hospital? :P
That takes ages to play through, let alone multiplayer, doesn't it?

Actually, I would quite like to get a multiplayer of Prey going, I've not completed it yet, but it's quite fun. Might be fun for an hour or so between major games.

[Bluepixie]

Yup, I'm up for Prey. It's good fun in multiplayer, if you can take it. :S

[GingerPrinz]

Numbers updated again

[DAve]

Yup, I'm up for Prey. It's good fun in multiplayer, if you can take it. :S
I've been close to vomiting once, but that was after playing the weird box-puzzle thing for two hours.

Up, no left, no right, no (borp).

[Fyndir]

I've been close to vomiting once, but that was after playing the weird box-puzzle thing for two hours.

Up, no left, no right, no (borp).

So lets schedule Prey for RIGHT after dinner? =D

[Tiberio]

1:BF2
2:CSS
3:UT (when i finally manage to get a copy:P)
4:CIV4
5:Hidden
6:AVP2

And essentially any FPS we can get our hands on:)

[--Mogwai--]

yas civ4!!!!! definitely get some of that on the go!!! good call tiberio.

[GingerPrinz]

As much as I agree that civ 4 is the daddy, we might wanna just hamachi it. Takes way too long for a good game.

[Tiberio]

Yeah Ginger, admitted this is a very long game to play, perhaps we could schedule it as an alternative for some games though?

[Fyndir]

I'm going to assume this is done by tomorrow at 6pm, tell anyone and everyone you know who's planning on attending the February LAN to get in here and post people.

[Bluepixie]

He's right, this data will be used at the meeting on Monday, so if you still haven't added your voice, do it now! Thanks to all for your input, this should be very useful. :)

[Fyndir]

Ok, the final votes are:

CS:S 14
DoW 12
BF2 12
UT 9
2142 7
Hidden 6
SourceForts 6
LFS 5
ArmA 5

Yes, Turkeyboy, your count was right and agreed with mine. If there's a mistake then we BOTH messed up. =D


CS:S run steam to patch.

DoW is here. (http://www.fileplanet.com/172074/170000/fileinfo/Warhammer-40,000:-Dawn-of-War---Dark-Crusade-retail-v1.10--%3E-v1.11-patch-) Note: Can also just run the game and try to connect online, but the speeds can be shoddy from what I hear.

BF2 is here. (http://www.fileplanet.com/160777/160000/fileinfo/Battlefield-2-Patch-v1.41-%5BAlso-Patches-Special-Forces%5D-)

UT = I have no idea. Don't even know if we'll be doing GOTY or 2K4 yet.

BF2142 Is here. (http://www.fileplanet.com/169168/160000/fileinfo/Battlefield-2142-Patch-v1.10)

Hidden Source Is here. (http://www.hidden-source.com/downloads.htm) Fileplanet was out of date. The Lincoln University mirror gave me 440kb/s or more.

Sourceforts Is here. (http://www.fileplanet.com/150949/150000/fileinfo/Half-Life-2---Source-Forts-Mod-Client-v1.9.2)

LFS Is here. (http://www.liveforspeed.net/?page=patch_v) Fileplanet was out of date again. Links are down the bottom, the Netherlands Mirror was pretty fast.

ArmA Is here. (http://www.fileplanet.com/171876/170000/fileinfo/ArmA-Demo) Also it seems like a good idea to make sure that we have the dedi server files for the ArmA Demo. Someone prod Jan and make sure he grabs them please. (http://www.fileplanet.com/172452/170000/fileinfo/Armed-Assault-Demo-%5BDedicated-Server%5D)

That seems to be everything. =)

[YegaDoyai]

Good work fyndir.

[Fyndir]

Good work fyndir.

Thank you.

Appreciation for helping me get it done right should go to GingerPrinz, Turkeyboy and my girlfriend.

[Ru]

not God? people always thank him

[Sideshow]

Nice collection of patch links. Do we still have a file server? Can't someone put them all on it?

[Fyndir]

Nice collection of patch links. Do we still have a file server? Can't someone put them all on it?

I'm not sure, I'm guessing someone could but it just speeds everything up this way, we can start most games minus one or two people while they patch, but it's better and easier if everyone who can be patched is patched.

If nothing else, having the majority of people patched and ready would reduce divergence from the schedule due to waiting for people. =)

[Tiberio]

Great job Fyndir, guess I will be doing a lot of downloading once my PC works tomorrow:P

[YegaDoyai]

I dont know the status of the file server, but niall will have all the patches on his pute

[Sideshow]

Okay, so here's the game list from the email that got sent out:

Most Popular Games - Lots of these


Counter Strike: Source
Battlefield 2
Dawn of War: Dark Crusade

Major Games - Expect a few big games of these

Unreal Tournament: GOTY
Sourceforts

Live for Speed S2
Armed Assault
The Hidden
Battlefield 2142

Minor Games - Will see a bit of action especially in the late evening & early Sunday

Quake 3

F.E.A.R. Combat
Prey
IL-2 Sturmovik
Defcon
Total Annihilation
Dungeon Keeper
Quake 4
Company of Heros

and here's the list of games voted for as tallied by Fyndir:
CS:S 14
DoW 12
BF2 12
UT 9
2142 7
Hidden 6
SourceForts 6
LFS 5
ArmA 5

Slight discrepancy, no? A little editorialising? Somehow soureforts not only got listed above games with more votes, it got put into it's own little block with the popular choice of UT.

[GingerPrinz]

Yeah there is, he forgot to put EVE....

[Fyndir]

Slight discrepancy, no? A little editorialising? Somehow soureforts not only got listed above games with more votes, it got put into it's own little block with the popular choice of UT.

I think that's because we almost always end up having big games of Sourceforts and UT, whereas the others are a bit less decided on (with the exception of LFS since it's a tournament event for now).

Or maybe it's just a bit random.

[Strings]

The blocks of games are fine. I just made a few errors with the formatting of the E-Mail is all. There are some gaps where there shouldn't be etc.

Sorry if it misled.

[DAve]

Slight discrepancy, no? A little editorialising? Somehow soureforts not only got listed above games with more votes, it got put into it's own little block with the popular choice of UT.
Maybe, but who's going to vote for a game that we know is going to be played?