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I haven’t posted in ages, life has been ordinary, not enough gaming, work blues etc etc.
Then I went to the Disco TOG LAN in Maryborough, and had a great time. Reminded me of the old AOB LANs we used to run in Canberra, except the Disco LAN goes for DAYS!
Apart from Steam being a complete pain in the arse for LAN gaming (offline mode + COD4 is a match made in hell), the gaming went very well indeed.. I played COD4, L4D, DOD Source, CS Source, TF2 with others at the LAN (there were 30 or so folk in attendance), and then alternated with Mount and Blade, Demigod and some other sp content when I needed a rest.
We all stayed in the motel which is part of the same venue, and were treated to very reasonably priced drinks and a plethora of hearty food. Best weekend in a long long time! Thanks to Disco, the Tog DODs crew and other Toggers who went, as well as the OLDR and OSOK players who also rocked up. Apart from Haahn’s shuttle box frying a beer on my desk  the experience and setup were superb.
oh, and the single best thing about the LAN was this gorgeous contraption:
MAME running on the little box, and I played 20 levels of Rygar the Legendary Warrior.. truly a blissful experience. Managed to sneak some Shinobi and Golden Axe in too… also watched a Shock vs Woody duel on Gyrus, someone played Elevator Action in front of me, nearly made me cry with forgotten joy haha! Just to prove the setup works, see the next piccy.
Disco demonstrated his questionable sexual tendencies with some Ryu ninja skills in Street Fighter 4… I refused to take photos of that!
Here are some other photos:
Woody was afraid of being stung by my harsh wit…… and his aquarium box
The insides of the shuttle box that fried my beer into molten slag by venting towards my desk
Bodella was one of 2 water cooling nuts present at the LAN.. here he is drinking the effluent during pack up!
A happy snap of the DODs crowd.
One of the water cooled setups on display (just after being assembled and beginning a prior to a leak test I think), sexy despite the fact that I felt nervous just watching it in action.
Obligatory shot of the LAN in action, although about half the folk aren’t visible from this angle.
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Regards,
Scoobs
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