I'm a self-proclaimed computer gaming nerd.
With that out of the way... are there any other's afflicted with this ailment? I host the occasional nerdvana gaming events at my home - one of which coming up this month. If you're interested in more details, send me a PM.
I don't open the event up to strangers - so don't go looking for hobos on the street with a laptop under the arm and invite them over to my house. The event consists mostly of folks from my job (and their kids who generally end up kicking our arses :-\).
Oh, and to keep this Ducati related... We'll take a break during the gaming madness and go out into the garage and fire up the Duc's and have a "loudest exhaust" competition at some point during the day.
Hmmm, what kind of games?
I haven't played much of anything on a LAN in years
i've been known to pwn the occasional n00b in my day
I play World of Warcraft...other than that...I don't play any computer games.
Swanny
Quote from: bryant8 on July 07, 2008, 07:19:37 AM
Hmmm, what kind of games?
I haven't played much of anything on a LAN in years
There's so many out there, it's difficult to find a single big title that everyone and their dog plays. (think back to the days of Quake and CounterStrike).
So, this one will be a real time strategy game called "Supreme Commander". If any of you "old schoolers" recall a game called "Total Annihilation", this is the new and improved rendition.
Others we frequently play:
Starcraft, Warcraft III, (yes, oldies but goodies), BattleField 2, Battlefront 2 (Star Wars).
One many of us would like to play, if we could get enough folks to show up: Team Fortress 2 (in my book, it's the square headlight of first person shooters)
Quote from: BarneePhife on July 07, 2008, 07:31:10 AM
There's so many out there, it's difficult to find a single big title that everyone and their dog plays. (think back to the days of Quake and CounterStrike).
So, this one will be a real time strategy game called "Supreme Commander". If any of you "old schoolers" recall a game called "Total Annihilation", this is the new and improved rendition.
Others we frequently play:
Starcraft, Warcraft III, (yes, oldies but goodies), BattleField 2, Battlefront 2 (Star Wars).
One many of us would like to play, if we could get enough folks to show up: Team Fortress 2 (in my book, it's the square headlight of first person shooters)
sounding good to me...i don't have a way to get my rig over there currently though. (and i haven't played WC3 for too long....i can't even think how long it's been since starcraft...i need to dust those off)
on a somewhat related note, if someone has a spare rig that needs some parts, i still have a dual core AMD cpu (3800+) with fan, ddr800 ram (corsair xms), and a BFG 7600GT vid card. i have no use for it and don't have the motivation to bother with ebay or anything.
Quote from: McKraut on July 07, 2008, 07:37:03 AM
(and i haven't played WC3 for too long...
i meant that it's been a while since i played it...i used to spend many a night playing DOTA online after a lengthy Everquest session...ahh the addiction
and looking like starcraft II should be out the end of this year... i love the trailer: http://www.gamespot.com/video/939643/6171173/starcraft-ii-official-trailer-1
WC3 and CS were the games I played back in the day. Oh and Diablo 1/2
I usually prefer the RTS games to FPS, but CS was a blast.
Oh yeah, and old school C&C
WoW I will never install that game again.
Ah TF2 that is badass. I love that game
You probably won't be surprised but Sam has played all of the games mentioned - he's a ringer at Team Fortress... apparently [roll] In talking with him about it just now, he'd love to play anytime y'all decide to do this. And what a great idea this time of year anyway; hang out inside and have fun in the AC, woo-hoo!
Supreme Commander is the game for this LAN party? I'll have to scope it out and see if my laptop will handle it. If not I maybe taking a work laptop home one night.
Rich, if you need a ride out there to tote your rig let me know
When is this going down btw?
cool...now i just need to find a supreme commander torrent, and then....learn to play it :)
Quote from: bryant8 on July 07, 2008, 08:59:26 AM
Supreme Commander is the game for this LAN party?
When is this going down btw?
Yes, Supreme Commander.
Saturday, July 26th. All day (9:30am until...)
What version/exp pack are you guys running?
Quote from: bryant8 on July 07, 2008, 10:16:33 AM
What version/exp pack are you guys running?
Generally whatever is the latest that they push out via software updates over the net. I'll have to check when I get home.
Quote from: Cher on July 07, 2008, 08:56:00 AM
You probably won't be surprised but Sam has played all of the games mentioned - he's a ringer at Team Fortress... apparently [roll] In talking with him about it just now, he'd love to play anytime y'all decide to do this. And what a great idea this time of year anyway; hang out inside and have fun in the AC, woo-hoo!
Cher,
Sam is more than welcome! If we get our "usuals" show up, there will be a 15 year old boy, and I 'think' two 12 year old boys. Although, a couple of them were "down" on this particular game and may turn their noses up a the offer. Even if nobody else in that age range shows up, Sam's still welcome to join in for as long as he likes.
Quote from: bryant8 on July 07, 2008, 08:59:26 AM
Supreme Commander is the game for this LAN party? I'll have to scope it out and see if my laptop will handle it. If not I maybe taking a work laptop home one night.
Rich, if you need a ride out there to tote your rig let me know
Rich,
I may also have a spare machine for you to use so you don't have to worry about transporting your own. I generally play SC on my laptop, so my PC is available. I just need to get a quick refresher on "sharing" of this game. I think it's pretty tolerant on using one CD key on multiple machines for LAN only games. Connecting to the internet with the same key surely doesn't work.
Quote from: BarneePhife on July 07, 2008, 11:46:01 AM
... there will be a 15 year old boy...
hey! i act like i'm 16 *at least*....thanks. :P sam should go either way; he'll be assured to beat the crap out of me for sure...i haven't been playing any RTS for some time, so i think there might be some floor-mopping that will be going on.
Quote from: BarneePhife on July 07, 2008, 11:49:35 AM
Rich,
I may also have a spare machine for you to use so you don't have to worry about transporting your own. I generally play SC on my laptop, so my PC is available. I just need to get a quick refresher on "sharing" of this game. I think it's pretty tolerant on using one CD key on multiple machines for LAN only games. Connecting to the internet with the same key surely doesn't work.
cool...i'll go ahead and download the latest when i get home today though, and i can always bring along my machine as well if bryant is able to pick me up on his way. now i just need to get a couple case fan mods done in the next week.... i picked up an ATI radeon 4850 about a week ago and it runs very HOT. the Phenom CPU isn't too far behind.... :-\ i have some ISOs on my external drive that i can bring along with a few good titles...i've been loving GRID (and the pirate version can play internet games as well)
Quote from: McKraut on July 07, 2008, 11:56:32 AM
now i just need to get a couple case fan mods done in the next week....
I vote you devote some time to replicate one of these three case mods. [thumbsup]
http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/2008/07/07/team-fortress-2-dispenser-mod/1
nice....i'm sure you've seen this one before...
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1369/555431838_be91a537df.jpg)
and to keep this thread moto-related:
(http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2008/01/10/hdv2-engine-case-mod_48.jpg)
Thanks guys for including Sam. We'll prolly cruise over around 10 on the 26th.
Jim, can you PM your address?
...I'm sorry, I wasn't paying full attention, ...did someone say something about square headlights?? ???
I used to be pretty good at "Space Invaders" back in the day on the ol' Atari 2600... could whoop my li'l sister most days...
Am I qualified?
...and if so, how much tequilla should I bring?
Oh, BTW: BACON!!!!! [bacon] [bacon] [bacon] [bacon] [bacon]
Quote from: CountPuggula on July 07, 2008, 02:44:04 PM
Oh, BTW: BACON!!!!! [bacon] [bacon] [bacon] [bacon] [bacon]
Step away from the Bacon button. [leo]
[bacon]
Quote from: caffeinejunkee on July 07, 2008, 03:49:53 PM
Step away from the Bacon button. [leo]
[bacon]
you can never have too much bacon.... did alan tell you how much bacon i grilled up friday morning?? not enough is the correct answer.
downloading forged alliance right now, and SC 1.0.3223 just to be on the safe side.
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Quote from: McKraut on July 07, 2008, 11:56:32 AM
hey! i act like i'm 16 *at least*....thanks. :P sam should go either way; he'll be assured to beat the crap out of me for sure...i haven't been playing any RTS for some time, so i think there might be some floor-mopping that will be going on.
This is shaping up to be a respectable turnout. So far there are 12 confirmed to attend, including Sam.
I'm going to give my laptop a test run to see if it'll run the game at an acceptable level. If not I may have to locate another machine
So what's so "Politically Correct" about Gaming?!? :P
I have yet to try and load the warez verson of FA. Hopefully I'll get to that tonight and see if it'll run at a decent level.
GameCopyWorld has no-cd hacks for just about every game out there. You only need to download one copy of the game that way.
Quote from: Duc L'Smart on July 07, 2008, 06:35:42 PM
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You might be interested in this:
WAKE n' BACON (http://www.mathlete.com/portfolio/wakeNbacon.php)
Quote from: newslacker on July 09, 2008, 03:59:21 PM
You might be interested in this:
WAKE n' BACON (http://www.mathlete.com/portfolio/wakeNbacon.php)
Now THAT'S useful [clap] [laugh] [clap] (unless you're Svoloch...) [evil]
Quote from: newslacker on July 09, 2008, 03:59:21 PM
You might be interested in this:
WAKE n' BACON (http://www.mathlete.com/portfolio/wakeNbacon.php)
gettin' piggy wit it [thumbsup]
i got mine unrarred and installed and i started it up tuesday night...seemed to work fine. didn't attempt any multiplaying though.
that beast was much bigger than expected, too...it was compressed to 2.x gb...and ended up being 6+ gb after decompressed. then the crack/install took quick a while...but all looks good. now i just need to play it.
I hesitate to suggest maybe actually PURCHASING the product instead of stealing?
and you hesitate for good reason.
Quote from: newslacker on July 09, 2008, 03:59:21 PM
You might be interested in this:
WAKE n' BACON (http://www.mathlete.com/portfolio/wakeNbacon.php)
that's awesome!
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/innovative-alarm-clocks
and bryant: you won't be needing daemon tools for forged alliance after all...it runs without mounting an ISO to a virtual drive. make sure after you unrar and run setup.bat...that you apply the new registry lines from the crack/readme folder. also you'll want to ensure you're current with your directx version from MS, as well as the .NET framework (2.0). i ran through those updates just to be safe, and everything seems to work so far; i'll run through a practice game just to make sure though.
Quote from: McKraut on July 10, 2008, 07:44:13 AM
that's awesome!
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/innovative-alarm-clocks
and bryant: you won't be needing daemon tools for forged alliance after all...it runs without mounting an ISO to a virtual drive. make sure after you unrar and run setup.bat...that you apply the new registry lines from the crack/readme folder. also you'll want to ensure you're current with your directx version from MS, as well as the .NET framework (2.0). i ran through those updates just to be safe, and everything seems to work so far; i'll run through a practice game just to make sure though.
Glad you're getting some hands on experience with the game.
FYI - FA is $20 at Best Buy. (Happy Scott? I'm encouraging him. [thumbsup])
What a beast of a party this has become! (Well, by PC Gaming Nerd standards [laugh])
Yes 15
No 8
Tentative 3
No Response 0
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It appears that Forged Alliance (the add-on) is going to be the preferred game. Therefore, if you don't have Forged Alliance yet, go get it. It's available (for legitimate purchase) for $20 at Best Buy.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8594354&st=forged+alliance&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1190678775115
Not sure if this is available as an in-store price, or online only. If you need to buy the game, do your homework and plan accordingly so you'll have it by the 26th!
i find that buying stuff really cuts into my budget, though.
now i just need to pick a faction, find a good strat for this...get my build order figured out, and i'm set. sort of.
I installed it last night, but didn't update directx so I think that's why I was getting an error. I'll have to give it a go later today since I brought the laptop to work.
I did manage a little WC3 action for a few hours.
Oh yeah, Fry's has the FA for $20 in store, I think the Bestbuy price is online only.
i'll try out the FA after work and see that it plays solidly etc...and see if by chance i'm able to connect to internet games. can't really test out the LAN, though...
i need to install the WCIII again, and frozen throne... get some DOTA action going again...that stuff was so much fun.
I couldn't find my FT expansion so I just played old school skirmish WC3 against the bots
I have to do a lot of updates to my computer
Whee, FA works now on my comp, a few updates did the trick [thumbsup]
Quote from: bryant8 on July 10, 2008, 09:24:15 AM
I couldn't find my FT expansion so I just played old school skirmish WC3 against the bots
Speak Engrish!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let me see if I can remember some old school geek speak
Quote from: bryant8 on July 10, 2008, 02:10:54 PM
Let me see if I can remember some old school geek speak
no doubt... though I wish you guys wouldn't post so much. it takes forever to load on my 300 baud modem.
DLS is always lagging me...freakin lagger.
Time to see if my computer is up to snuff on this game
mine was up to task...didn't have an IP address to try out any multiplayer, but i'm guessing that should work, too...i guess we'll see.
time to figure out my zerg tactics build strategy
seems that some of these 1player games can be considerably harder than the tutorial...what are the odds?
balanced economies
attack or build
ahh RTS
Pong, anyone?!?
I just got back from Video Games Live last night (www.videogameslive.com) with the Houston Symphony [thumbsup]
deefinitely worthwhile, I had a great time!
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/hierohyf/SHbYfFKIyPI/AAAAAAAADXg/lEOcHHWm4P0/s800/IMG_4024.jpg)
Quote from: hiero on July 11, 2008, 06:28:50 AM
I just got back from Video Games Live last night (www.videogameslive.com) with the Houston Symphony [thumbsup]
deefinitely worthwhile, I had a great time!
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/hierohyf/SHbYfFKIyPI/AAAAAAAADXg/lEOcHHWm4P0/s800/IMG_4024.jpg)
damn, very nice man [thumbsup] that girl looks a little like a girl i had a
one night sta abbreviated relationship with once. very good times.
completed a zip-tie fan mod last night, too... had to put an 80mm fan in under the video card...this ATI 4850 gets hawt.... i saw it hit 70 deg. C under full load... though the GPU fan was not at 100% (loud little SOB). hopefully with three thermaltakes in there now it should be set for some gaming.
Quote from: McKraut on July 11, 2008, 07:18:49 AM
completed a zip-tie fan mod last night, too... had to put an 80mm fan in under the video card...this ATI 4850 gets hawt.... i saw it hit 70 deg. C under full load... though the GPU fan was not at 100% (loud little SOB). hopefully with three thermaltakes in there now it should be set for some gaming.
That zip-tie mod should be good for at least 4 HP+ [thumbsup]
maybe i should try putting a couple of those on the oil cooler on the SS...
I was out of it for a while there but broke down and upgraded my rig to run Crysis.
After that it was able to run pretty much everything else so I checked out some new stuff. Play a lot of Company of Heroes, that game is the bomb.
Sadly not much seems to top the fun factor of CounterStrike circa 2001... it's just not the same anymore.
CoH is a lot of fun
CS back in the beta stages was the best though. [thumbsup]
Oh yeah, I'm gonna get slaughtered in FA... I'll have do a lot of skirmishes to figure out my strats.
I forgot how much fun WC3 is/was.
Quote from: bryant8 on July 11, 2008, 08:42:23 AM
Oh yeah, I'm gonna get slaughtered in FA... I'll have do a lot of skirmishes to figure out my strats.
I forgot how much fun WC3 is/was.
WC3 is a blast. We played that a LOT at the parties over the last 2 or 3 years. I bet you'll be able to find enough folks interested in a few rounds during this party. Primarily WC3 Frozen Throne - but got copies of that laying all over the place if you don't have it already. Ever play the map Exodus? We've got countless hours trying to beat that one. This group also likes to play a lot of tower defense maps. [roll]
Quote from: McKraut on July 10, 2008, 08:59:22 PM
seems that some of these 1player games can be considerably harder than the tutorial...what are the odds?
Are you playing FA or just base SC?
The new AI in FA is a real PITA!
Quote from: BarneePhife on July 11, 2008, 11:37:24 AM
WC3 is a blast. We played that a LOT at the parties over the last 2 or 3 years. I bet you'll be able to find enough folks interested in a few rounds during this party. Primarily WC3 Frozen Throne - but got copies of that laying all over the place if you don't have it already. Ever play the map Exodus? We've got countless hours trying to beat that one. This group also likes to play a lot of tower defense maps. [roll]
booo...TD. i always got my ass handed to me on TD maps; maybe that's why i liked DOTA so much heh.
Quote from: factorPlayer on July 11, 2008, 08:24:49 AM
I was out of it for a while there but broke down and upgraded my rig to run Crysis.
After that it was able to run pretty much everything else so I checked out some new stuff. Play a lot of Company of Heroes, that game is the bomb.
Sadly not much seems to top the fun factor of CounterStrike circa 2001... it's just not the same anymore.
I've heard lots of positive comments about CoH but haven't tried it yet.
+1 on CS early dayz ( <--- note the l33t gnerd spelling)
CS beta 3 was probably my favorite. The little machine pistol kicked everybody's ass. It was stupid accurate
oh, do we need to bring any peripherals?
Quote from: McKraut on July 11, 2008, 11:44:24 AM
oh, do we need to bring any peripherals?
Some things... I'll send you a PM.
I can bring some stuff as well