Stuff that needs to happen

[Zakalwe]

Right, it's about a month to go so in preparation here's a list of stuff I want to see at the LAN.

People can volunteer below if they have the required gear.

Non-computer stuff:

BBQ's - we may or may not have FISSC style facilities, but disposable is always an option.

Frisbee - and not a ****ey indoor frisbee too. I'll bring one of these

Football - Aftychu I choose you!

DDR - necessary TBH

Poker - not for me, but other people like it. If you have chips or some other form of betting device then all the better.

Magic cards? - CBA really.

Pictionary - with a whiteboard, yes indeed.

Computer stuff:

More trackmania than god

A ban on the UT invasion server :)

Some good games of Onslaught and Assault (I'm happy to do big-screen run throughs of assault maps first so everyone knows how to play them).

A good game of generals

A patched game of Railroad Tycoon 3

A game of Civ3

Finishing SMAC from our last LAN - Afty the deadly hippy-univ-hive alliance will destroy your UN scum.

Some Far-cry, assault mode.

Some joint-ops, say 50v50? :) We'll need a server for this.

A game of NLsnipes...

Have I missed anything?

[Boffykins]

What about the alcohol?

Tbh, we REALLY need a decent Big-Screen area at the LAN

Added to that is, of course, the HIGHLY Illegal Mini-rave on one of the nights, powered by DJs Arty Ho, Mingetea and Lucicock

[Mamacita]

BBQ's - we may or may not have FISSC style facilities, but disposable is always an option.
I propose Mandy to take hold of this gem if Team Stratlan (Wizzo, Bugs) have more than enough to do :)

DDR - necessary TBH
Mandy and Towneh on it already I believe, with Mandy sorting a dedicated comp for DDR for the i-series it may be ready for Slan - honey? :)

Poker - not for me, but other people like it. If you have chips or some other form of betting device then all the better.
What was wrong with mini eggs! :p

Pictionary - with a whiteboard, yes indeed.
If someone has a LARGE whiteboard and paper at work that'd be brilliant - and has the space to transport it obv :) I can supply black markers in excess

Have I missed anything?
Monopoly Tycoon - sort it oot Afty love!

[Afty]

Kohan : Immortal Sovereigns will be played.
Monopoly Tycoon (even if I have to borrow someone elses PC as it disagrees with mine)
Cricket outside.
Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri is *so* on - we need a 7 player game - and everyone to have had at least a half hour practice to make sure they don't get eaten by worms or sth at the start ;)

[Afty]

Allegiance now that it is FREEWARE and we can distribute to everyone.
How about some Soldat

[Afty]

OK gents, it's time for me to propose a very old, very retro game that is still quite simply AMAZING.
Mech Commander
Not mech commander 2, not piloting mechs but instead taking in a group of mechs on a defined mission to either attack or defend an installation, or to fight to the death.

This game is SERIOUSLY good, and has a fairly distinct style of play that I haven't come across since.

[phil]

Anyone got/getting the Japanese version of Four Swords for the Gamecube? This would make an excellent StratLAN game. I'm not carting my Gamecube over, but we can bring a couple of gba's and Gamecube link cables.

[Mingtea]

TRACKMANIA

[Boffykins]

I tihnk you mean TrarckMarnia. Also I think we may need to nab the Invasion configs from HalDOUGH for the weekend, so Chris__ can keep his OMFG Level

[Mamacita]

Q3

INSTA

CTF

1 game, 8+ a side, gwwaan.

[gemz]

Well ...... my UT2k4RPG level will be very high me thinks too.

[Elye]

Farcry - Yes please
UT 2K4 - Oh yes (Assault or Onslaught)
Monopoly Tycoon - For those that have it ...

Comedy Warcraft 3 - Afty and Strych building homes for the poor

Homeworld of some sort?
I will be playing some bf1942

Non Gaming - Outside Football / Frisbee

Return of Poker Win with Psym's chips borrowed by NJ?

[Gunsmith]

Originally posted by afty
Mech Commander


YES! YES! DEFFO!

shame the sequal wasnt that good :/

[Ryvita]

Considering it's a longer event, do we want to look into the possibility of trips to the outside world? (film, sports, strip joint etc.) These things have to be organised in advance or they never get off the ground.

If people want to squeeze in as much as possible, as this kind of list implies, then we may have to look at enforcing a timetable of some sort to make sure everything gets done. I know this means you might not be in the mood, but otherwise one activity takes over and sucks up aaaall your time. (Ahem, invasion, ahem)

Generals: I left the keys to my Humvee behind in there the last time I - quote - "reamed Wizzo with a patriot until he was more hole than man". I want to go back in and get them, this time as the nuke general - So many bunkers the map looks like it's got acne. :)

Also, can we have some NFS:Underground? I still remember playing so much drift at StaffLAN that my joypad thumb blistered up for a week afterwards. Much fun.

Enough, More may occur to me later

Ryv

[Afty]

Indeed, a timetable would rock - I might knock an "unofficial" one up actually, but frisbee and football are weather dependant, so perhaps some kind of flexible timetable? I'll think of something, but the best LANs I've ever been to have been those where someone has put the effort in to get large groups of people into one game for a while...

Nice to see another Mech Commander fan on here - you're right the sequel was mediocre, but the original out-rocks Tenacious D. Ooooh, the nights spent until 8am playing against Americans in their evening because there were only about 4 regular UK players (that and stomping over the yanks was damn good fun).

[Optimus]

Originally posted by afty
OK gents, it's time for me to propose a very old, very retro game that is still quite simply AMAZING.
Mech Commander
Not mech commander 2, not piloting mechs but instead taking in a group of mechs on a defined mission to either attack or defend an installation, or to fight to the death.

This game is SERIOUSLY good, and has a fairly distinct style of play that I haven't come across since. ive heard rumours that the game doesn't like Windows XP... it might work under compatibility modes, but I dont have a copy anymore to try...

but still... its clear whoever has the most Mad Cats is going to win :)

[Afty]

Homeworld 2 - deffo.

[Afty]

Originally posted by Optimus
but still... its clear whoever has the most Mad Cats is going to win :)

While they had the best power/weight ratio, the mission based scenarios (and the weight restrictions) tended to prevent people from abusing this too much...

[Optimus]

I just remember *accidentally* salvaging that Mad Cat on mission 2-1 of the single player campaign... totally breezed through the game after that... :)

[Gunsmith]

there was a patch for people complaining that it was too hard a game that gave u a madcat at the start.

Mech commander works on XP, i have tried it :)

[Afty]

Gunsmith, can you check something? I just installed MC to check the XP thing, and while the game does work, if I click on Multiplayer I only have the option of "Serial" or "Internet" - my "Network" button is greyed out.

Im wondering if it's a directX issue as MC uses DirectPlay 5.2 for network, and we're on directplay 8 now.... MC Gold used 6.1 which we might have more luck with if 5.2 is incompatible with 8... ?

[Mamacita]

Is there a Pizza Hut near the venue? I'd love to go (en group), not been there in agggeeess :)

[Guigsy]

Originally posted by afty
Allegiance now that it is FREEWARE and we can distribute to everyone.
How about some Soldat


TRIBES /me prepairs his disk launcher of 0wnage

this sl sounds fun... maybe i should sign up :)

[Elbonio]

Originally posted by afty
Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri is *so* on - we need a 7 player game [/B]

oh HELL yes


anything else?

yes. Shock roulette. Which i will provide.

[Aardvark]

Don't bother with ANY form of scheduling (except maybe external event gubbins). Just get a huuuuge tick list, and put it on a wall so we can tick things off as they get done. See how many we can get, I fear we'd need weeks to get EVERYTHING we're mentioning :)

[Elbonio]

if only we had fat suits and an inflatable sumo ring

[Killy]

avp2 would be good, although i heard that it doesn't like being networked or something? if it DOES work then i shall rip spleens left right and center rar

and also what about the ravenshield?

[Gunsmith]

id like some ravenshield but not if ive got to downgrade for all the cheap fops who cba in buying it

afty im installing mech commander now, il let u know about the network issue

[Optimus]

Originally posted by Gunsmith
there was a patch for people complaining that it was too hard a game that gave u a madcat at the start.

Mech commander works on XP, i have tried it :) Isn't that like, anachronistic or whatever the correct phrase is, given that the Mad Cat is a Clan mech...

and I wish I hadn't sold the game a year ago now... just thinking about it makes me want to play it...

[Toptotty]

BBQ - I'm happy to do this if the "men" are incapable / incapacitated by drink ;) (with Liz's help (as she offered my name)

DDR - the DDR pc of love and win will be ready for SLAN, but needs some form of projector/viewing device

Settlers 4 HUGE game - can anyone sort it out so the game doesn't de-sync? Much love will be given if so.

Pizza Hut needs doing (cheesy tunnels of love for Liz and Muldoon)

Some kind of fancy dress part of the weekend would be amusing, like tarts and vicars, or nerds and geeks? :D

I shall be bringing the camcorder, so I do hope that singing and cool stuff for the camera will be in abundance. (Afty's legs again please :D)

Mandy

[Afty]

Originally posted by Aardvark
Just get a huuuuge tick list, and put it on a wall so we can tick things off as they get done.
Somewhere between a schedule and that, I think....

[Aardvark]

Originally posted by Toptotty
Some kind of fancy dress part of the weekend would be amusing, like tarts and vicars, or nerds and geeks? :D

Like thats fancy dress. Well. Some parts. WELL... ;)

[Mamacita]

Noooooooo not the cheesy love tunnels!"!!! Bruuuceey hellppwych fyy

[Aardvark]

Cheerleaders. Yes.

[Optimus]

Originally posted by Toptotty
Pizza Hut needs doing (cheesy tunnels of love)
Yeah, thanks for that... you're lucky im not eating, else there would be hell to pay I tells ya :)

Originally posted by Toptotty
Some kind of fancy dress part of the weekend would be amusing, like ... nerds and geeks? :D erm, wouldn't that just be 'a normal LAN' :)

[Ryvita]

We should do the pizzahut all-you-can-eat lunch thing. And try and break it.

Ryv

[andyf]

NFS Underground Drift competitions, Zero Hour "Iron Dragon Rush Rush" tournaments, and how about some PAINKILLER MP - should be out in time and has some fun multiplayer modes (People can Fly mode - shoot them into the air before you can hurt them!)

[lyn]

ok

I have installed Settlers 4 and kohan, just need to practice a bit.
Def some comedy warcraft 3 and of course some Savage

[andyf]

Also, can we have the authority to beat holy hell out of people that barf indoors?

[Ryvita]

Oh yes, (Iron) Dragon Boat Racing...

To explain. This is interesting little map usage that Andy and I came up with that allows a competition in Generals without PvP.
Two players, load up the iron dragon map and arrange thusly:

1 * * *
2 * * *

Where 1 and 2 are the two humans and all the * are random hard armies. The humans team up so you can see what each other are up to, leave the computer players un-teamed up.

The objective of the race is to be the first to get to the other end of the map by eliminating the three hard opponents on your side. You're not allowed to interfere with the other player's side and you can't leapfrog and just kill the guy at the end. The win condition is that you have a unit standing on each of the spaces where the computer players command centre's were.

Tend's to make for some fun games as people overextend themselves trying to rush things and get scuppered when they find a US superweapon general at the far end :) or a %$^:! hax stealth GLA player.

Get practicing.

Ryv

[andyf]

Originally posted by Ryvita
Tend's to make for some fun games as people overextend themselves trying to rush things

Or, annoyingly, the first person you run up against is a powerful contrast to your own army and you end up fighting away for ages while your 'teammate' strolls on laughing all the way :\

OR EVEN WORSE, you rush the holy hell out of the first guy, then the second guy decides to press on straight through you and you then get stuck in a war of attrition

[Killy]

if at all possible i would like to get some comedy starcraft going as well as the turret defence, turret madness and turret gradius games are hella fun as well as some other custom maps for it (i have a few as i've just started playing it all over again)

you all know you want to (i'm looking at you jaybo)




also don't forget the armagetron! ;)

[Toptotty]

Other stuff to do:
Sunbathing
Yeeeehaaaaaaa
Random musical interludes (like "SLAN the musical" ) - random people just start singing stuff about what they are doing - we do this at work to confuse the children :D

Mandy

[Aardvark]

NFSU: The Golf Challenge!

Standard Golfs only, whoever falls asleep last wins! :D

Hours of fun! (I'm not kidding, we really DID have hours of fun with it at DL... I think I'm ill :) )

[Guigsy]

golfs with no mods... and you race them till someone gets bored and ****s off, last one there wins? rather just go hell for leather tbh :)

[Jedi180]

i have a decent glow in the dark frisbee, i shall bring to the next i-series :D

[Zeuseh]

lol nice

[Aardvark]

Toca Race Driver 2, I insist! Such fun in the FF demo :)

[Ryvita]

Also to be added to the list are, Zakalwe... I mean Commander Says, and I will be running a course of study for advanced students of Twenty-One including some trickier number theory problems, roman numeral duplication issues and fourier transpositions. :p:

Ryv

[Zakalwe]

Which fits in with your new "no/lo drink" lifestyle how? :)

Commander says will make an appearance if desired, however it falls fairly hard on people who aren't very good at paying attention.

21, probably needs to happen first or we'll get nowhere.

[Lucifa]

Ah yes settlers 4.
I came home from Catslan only to discover I had a *gold* copy of it sitting in my cd folder all along.

/me hides from Afty.


Additional:
Articulate and a rematch of MPUK v .bfc.



Lucifa

[Afty]

Teh FROTBALL needs some sort of true organisation.

Perhaps teams of some sort. Playground pickage/random/what? Talk to me people ;)

[Big Giant Head]

Random teams 5 a side tourney anyone? :)

Or would that just end in death for someone

[Mamacita]

First letter of the nickname

So: Afty Andyf Lucifa, Devvy Stu Zak Nibs, Wizzo

Would be:

Team one: Afty Andyf Devvy Lucifa
Team two: Nibs Stu Wizzo Zak

( Wizzo LOL ;) )

[Elbonio]

oh god i feel sorry for the people who have names around the E's

[Zakalwe]

Standard team picking tactic of getting everyone in a big huddle, counting them, working out the number of teams and numbering people to get the teams. If the teams look blatantly unfair we'll do it again :)

[Aardvark]

I guarantee people will forget numbers, they're crap like that. No doubt we'll muddle through, although I hereby ban anyone who has thoughts of a 25-a-side game such as that seen at i17. As that chewed severe pole.

[jacobite51]

As me old legs aint up to footy im quite happy to do water boy or in extreme cases of exhaustion strong brandy :) ps but draw the the line at mouth to mouth.:)

[Frank Butcher]

Originally posted by Mamacita
Is there a Pizza Hut near the venue? I'd love to go (en group), not been there in agggeeess :)

There certainly is a Pizza Hut :D

Its about 10-15mins walk from the racecourse. Work up a bit of an appetite. Yummmy. :facelick:

I work and go to college in S-on-A so i basically know "down town" back to front :p: Pubs/Bars etc

Im surprised no one has mentioned a mass game of le Battlefield 1942 and Desert Combat

or even better

Vietnam

[Pezboy]

I'll be there to do pretty much whatever :D..

I think a boatrace is needed ;)

[andyf]

If there is football to be hand I demand o be on the same side as all the other bfc's.

Otherwise I'll just have to tackle afty repeatedly until he explodes in frustration :)

[jacobite51]

Originally posted by Frank Butcher

I work and go to college in S-on-A so i basically know "down town" back to front :p: Pubs/Bars etc



Dont suppose you know of any nearby hotels or b&b near event Ta :)

[Mamacita]

I'll make sure you have half time oranges this time :)

[Afty]

Originally posted by jacobite51
Dont suppose you know of any nearby hotels or b&b near event Ta :)
PM Bugalugs for this info!

[jacobite51]

ta will do thnx:)

[Switch`]

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
Pizza Hut is NEEDED
Also if we go on sunsday/monday i can get 20% off on everything apart from the buffet (NUS Card h4x)

We should do the pizzahut all-you-can-eat lunch thing. And try and break it. YES YES YES, i think that if say 25+ peeps decend on it, we can break it :)

Frisbeeeeeeee :)
Desert Combat is a must, UT 2k4 Onslaught, also a nice 2v2 Tourny :) Me and Gunny take? :p

[AcidIce]

Originally posted by Pezboy
I'll be there to do pretty much whatever :D..

I think a boatrace is needed ;)


I agree 100%

I will be there to do whatever, and a boatrace MUST be HAD... however possibly with a bit more than beer... oh and wizzo you're mine.

[Afty]

More stuff from other threads (this one is now reference:)

Total Annhilation
Kohan Challenge
Perimeter Challenge

[bvark]

http://www.projectorgames.co.uk/

This looks leet. Like, really leet. I wonder if DjArcas would do us 'for cheap' since he was i-series staff once and all.

[Elbonio]

ah this has been suggested in the past i believe (stratlan 17 iirc)


sounded good at the time


was it me or was somone from projectorgames.co.uk wanting it to come down to the event and pimp/test it?


either way i think it sounds great!

[Mamacita]

mmmmmmmm IZZY

[lyn]

Projector games are always at Landed lan, it is great fun. Bomberman with up to 64 players

[bvark]

So then Jay/Craig/whoever - do sort it out dears.
We want all-weekend projector game loving - I guess we'll be on the scrounge for anyone with a projector as well.

[DjArcas]

Originally posted by lyn
Projector games are always at Landed lan, it is great fun. Bomberman with up to 64 players

I'd just like to point out that there's actually no limits on the games, merely limits of how many people we can crowd around the projector screen!

Why, fancy that you can beat our standing record of 48 players, hmmm? :-)

[Ryvita]

Could I make a request for some retro action.

Anyone remember an old RTS game called Myth 2: SoulBlighter. I know Zakalwe does 'cos we played it at uni. Absolutely cracking wargame sim, none of this pissy base building, no more units than you start with. tactics and formations all the way. Hardcore.

Someone dredge it up. I feel the need for goulds and dwarf mortars.

Ryv

[Aardvark]

Myth 2 was bloody fabulous. That is all.

[Switch`]

We Must get this projector games thing! i demand it. also what does it require me to bring?

[Dan]

omg! So much is happening, I might have to come and spactate :o

[Dan]

fook that! Want to participate now :p

[bvark]

myth2's main problem was that while the tactics were interesting, the strategy was always the same - get your opponent to attack first :-)

[Afty]

Originally posted by Ryvita
Absolutely cracking wargame sim, none of this pissy base building, no more units than you start with. tactics and formations all the way. Hardcore.

I don't know if you've tried Kohan or not, but if not then you should. While there is some "base" building it's the opposite of C&C style base building (centralised, sprawling urbanisation) and is instead about territory gain, and defending disparate positions...
In combat, while you don't micro manage your units (they cast offensive and defensive spells automatically, and you CANNOT control that) constantly, there is certainly some management to be done pre battle, in deciding your formations, posture, and maneuvring to be able to flank the enemy...

Of course, you're going to learn this hard when BFC take me on at Kohan... :)

[Aardvark]

Give me Kohan, give me it now. Then I will sit behind you and steal all your tactics before even thinking about playing :)

[Afty]

Originally posted by Aardvark
Give me Kohan, give me it now. Then I will sit behind you and steal all your tactics before even thinking about playing :)
I'll gladly give a tutorial to anyone who wants it - but you can't learn everything in 30 minutes. Or 30 hours - that's why it's so good, there's a hell of a lot of depth.

[Dan]

MONOPOLY TYCOON IS NEEDED.

[DjArcas]

Originally posted by F2_Switch
We Must get this projector games thing! i demand it. also what does it require me to bring?

Nothing, really. We can get 35-odd of you around the screen just with the equipment we've got. OTOH, if you bring a ton of PC USB, Xbox and PS2 pads, we can plug them alllll in. Seriously. We've had 60 pads plugged in so far, with plenty of capacity left over - we just run out of people first!

[Mamacita]

Originally posted by DjArcas
Nothing, really. We can get 35-odd of you around the screen just with the equipment we've got. OTOH, if you bring a ton of PC USB, Xbox and PS2 pads, we can plug them alllll in. Seriously. We've had 60 pads plugged in so far, with plenty of capacity left over - we just run out of people first!

We've got about 6 between the 2 of us.. I'm sure we can have one for everyone ;)

[DjArcas]

The 48 players is a world record - waiting for Guiness to ratify it, however. If you think you can beat it, feel free to give it a go!

[lyn]

i'm sure we will have a good go at it

[Aardvark]

Originally posted by afty
I'll gladly give a tutorial to anyone who wants it - but you can't learn everything in 30 minutes. Or 30 hours - that's why it's so good, there's a hell of a lot of depth.

By my count, theres 4 days available... :D

[Afty]

Well, if you forego sleeping, there's a chance padawan

[lyn]

Kohan practice will be had this weekend at Lynlan4

[Afty]

do it
do it
:)

[Aardvark]

DO it.

[jacobite51]

Am currently in a bidding war on e-bay for this game so may have it for slan. :)

[Afty]

Good man, I've been thinking about picking up a few extra copies myself, but then the sequel is out in a few months, so I willnae bother.

Bidding war would be rare for the game, it's fairly old now, so copies tend to go for a few quid, a BARGAIN I tell you,.

[lyn]

I got my copy for a few £ on ebay.

[jacobite51]

Was outbid on E-bay (£15)but found it elsewhere for £5:99 ordered it.:)

[Afty]

Good Man. The single player and tutorial stuff is good for the basics, but for practicing multiplayer, fire up "Multiplayer" and set yourself up against some AI players.

[jacobite51]

Ok will do but will i be able to handle the transition from FPS player to RTS player or will my brain overload :)

[Afty]

Your brain will overload, but that's just the beginning. TBH I was a big time FPS player in the days of Quakeworld and Tribes, but I'm almost exclusively Strategy now...

[Freelance]

i installed alliegance, played a few training missions, and now i may play it the entirity of stratlan. DAMN YOU

[Afty]

Yup, a big game of Allegiance at StratLAN would indeed be relevant and historic. The small seating areas and high concentrations of good gamers at StratLAN means we've had our best games there, I think about 24/25 a side at one of the summer FISC events once, with enormous playground pickage outside and some epic games...

[Mamacita]

All these games you're going on about, are they mostly strat?

[Afty]

Allegiance is a spaceship FPS, but Kohan and Total Annhilation are Strategy (pure)

[Zakalwe]

Run away from Kohan, it is the bad crack.

Wait until Kohan:Kings of war is released, then we'll see.

Allegiance isn't going to happen (really, it never does these days). However 40 a side Joint Ops is a definite option. Also more Trackmania than god intended, lots of competitive unreal games, a nice dose of TA, C&C and possibly RRT3. Some SMAC, and some CIV3 for Lucifa! :)

It's going to be a busy weekend and that's just the games...

[Gunsmith]

dont forget large amounts of NFS:U and UT2K4

[Afty]

Originally posted by Zakalwe
Run away from Kohan, it is the bad crack.
You'd better change your attitude quick style, I'm holding Ryv to his acceptance of a 1v5 game of Kohan ;)

[Mamacita]

Is there any possibility someone can organise a game that's not strat, or UT, please ? :/

Ie I'd like a huge game of Q3 CTF insta, or similar, or even Teefce god help us, but no one listens to me :|

If everyones gonna "do" strat all weekend I'll remember to sleep in till the evening all day

[Afty]

Originally posted by Mamacita
Ie I'd like a huge game of Q3 CTF insta, or similar, or even Teefce god help us, but no one listens to me :|
But they suck! It's true! :)

[Aardvark]

Bring me the Q3 insta! For I did indeed love that game when railguns would hit :D

[Dan]

TFC!!!!"$"!%$&%&


:p

[Ryvita]

Afty,

I don't remember agreeing to anything. But then that's got me in all sorts of trouble before so maybe you're right. :)

It will have to be towards the end though to give time to learn the game. No opportunity of getting it beforehand.

Ryv

[Afty]

Bah! If everyone learns the game via my tutorials Ive got no chance of slapping you lot about silly! :)

Learn it yerself :p

[Mamacita]

Yeah, if we all play what YOU want to play no probs!!

[jacobite51]

Arrived this morning so gonna get some game time in it any tips most welcome. :) Patched up to 1.3.4 :)

[jacobite51]

game wont start up try`s to load up but crashes back to desktop.:( using winxp pro )

[lyn]

Jacobite
If you used the auto patcher it doesnot work and causes this problem. Uninstall then reinstall and patch using the patch on ftp.
I had this so i'm speaking from experience.

[jacobite51]

ok will try thnx Lyn. :) ok now seems to be running ,now to praccy :)

[Afty]

Hmm, that seems rather strange, but then I've never used the autopatcher as such, only the direct EXEs...

Also, check the README file, there are some command line options near the bottom of it, so you can run things like:
kohan.exe -cooperative
And many other settings if you are troubleshooting your video card. It might help in this instance to set your desktop resolution to 1024x768 (cant remember the colour depth, check readme file).

[lyn]

No it is the auto patcher afty. It only patches 36 files when you use the patch on the ftp it patches 40 files.
Hence problem solved once ftp patch is used.

[RTO]

Originally posted by Ryvita
Also to be added to the list are, Zakalwe... I mean Commander Says, and I will be running a course of study for advanced students of Twenty-One including some trickier number theory problems, roman numeral duplication issues and fourier transpositions. :p:

Ryv

Does that mean I can introduce my 'rule of pain' when we have about 7-8 rules and reverse the direction (ie 21 -> 1) ?? ;)

[D0c]

Kohan 1.3.4 autoupdate 'issues' are caused because the game installs both the English and Polish TGW files then goes into meltdown when it tries to load both simultaneously. Putting the local_pl.tgw file into a separate folder named 'Polish arse' or something similar fixed the problem for me.

[Afty]

Aha, excellent, I never knew that.

I have both the 1.3.4 patch here which was the "default" for a long LONG time (read year+) which is fine for play.

I also have the 1.3.7 "current" patch which contains some minor fixes and balance issues, but tbh we can play with whichever is most stable (Doc is the only person I know who now has problems running it, so I'll have a look at his install at Strat).

[jacobite51]

Working fine since d/load from ftp just working my way through tutorial bit now. :)

[Killy]

a net connection so i can play CoH :p:

[Afty]

COLLATED

Computer Games
-] Trackmania
-] UT2K4
-] Railroad Tycoon 3
-] Civ 3
-] Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri
-] Far Cry Assault Mode
-] Joint Ops BIG GAME
-] Monopoly Tycoon
-] Kohan
-] Allegiance
-] Soldat
-] Quake 3 CTF
-] BF1942
-] Homeworld 2
-] Warcraft 3
-] NFS Underground
-] Savage
-] AVP2
-] Starcraft
-] Total Annhilation
-] Perimeter

Sports
-] Football
-] Frisbee
-] Cricket

Social
-] BBQ
-] DDR
-] Poker
-] Pictionary
-] Articulate
-] Mini Rave

[Zakalwe]

Originally posted by afty
COLLATED
<SNIPPED Massive list>

OH EM EFF GEE!!!111oneoneone

There simply aren't enough hours in the day...

[lyn]

You forgot Settlers 4

[jacobite51]

I take it sleep excluded this 4 days :)

[Afty]

Originally posted by lyn
You forgot Settlers 4
Unless we can find a way to stop it desyncing, we're shafted. I've never seen a game even finish...

[Aardvark]

Add in Live For Speed as well, myself and Gunsmith will be pushing this on you :)

[Toptotty]

I have agreed (after much thought) that I will measure willies to guage the average length (this has been discussed in IRC)

PS I was dared by aardvark to post this

Mandy

[Elbonio]

hmmm penis measuring...



does that come under "social" or "sports" ?

[Boffykins]

!!! I hope this isn't compulsory Mandy...
Although it would be fun to take part in a leaderboard ;)

[gemz]

Mandy I've already done him. mark down 7 inches.

[Aardvark]

Originally posted by Toptotty
PS I was dared by aardvark to post this


Lies!

You were instructed.

[Gunsmith]

Originally posted by Aardvark
Add in Live For Speed as well, myself and Gunsmith will be pushing this on you :)

forget it, i aint lugging my wheel down, and u CANNOT do this with a keyboard

[Aardvark]

/me pats wheel.

Guess I'll be the only one pushing it, and you can do it fine with a pad/stick

[Baz]

where is BF Vietnam?

[Boffykins]

In HELL where it BELONGS

[Dan]

I shall bring my steering wheel for racing game goodness :>


And also, some sort of Football game is needed, me and nibbl0r have some PES3 ownage planned, and hes going to get a good beating as payback for last SL :)

[Baz]

also generals zero hour

[andyf]

Stuff that needs to happen (personal): Get new clutch, fit new clutch, bed in new clutch BEFORE STRATLAN.

bastards.

[kalleth]

omg...the first post...

Magic the gathering! i aint played that in like 4 or 5 years! i know it can be seen as wierdly sad, but if i can remember the rules/build up a deck (blue/red or blue/green or just plain blue ;)) anyone want to give me a game? i've still got my card box ;p

[Aardvark]

Don't play bvark. He hurts.

[phil]

The trick with bvark is not to ever let him have goblins. He has a tendancy to strap explosives to them and lob them at you. Play as blue, have a lot of counter spells and wait until he runs out of cards ;)

[Aardvark]

Do not get me started on your 'worlds most annoying thing, ever' blue deck... :)

[Ryvita]

Oh my. We're all obviously psychically linked! I was at Zak's at the weekend and we came across his and Phil's old decks. I hadn't played before. The conversation ran something like this:

Ryv: "Oh look M:TG. Haven't played that before, is it fun?"
Zak: "Yeah, kinda..."
Ryv: "Care to teach me then?"
Zak: "Oh go on then. Get the beers in."

Followed by about 6 hours of play, rabid land destruction, excessive health regen, Hax use of artifacts and crazy weenie rushing.

Rar. Another new addiction to swallow my entire life. I was playing a pure green deck with strong regen and some big hitters (basilisks rock your world)

Zak does land destruction and direct damage with a Red/Black and has evil, evil tendancies (Puppet strings, Pit trap and Royal assassin anyone?)

I'll be buying some decks of my own as well though I doubt if I can get enough to avoid having to borrow some of Zak's as well. Bring it on, I might even try a Rabid Wombat attack for a laugh. :)

Ryv

[kalleth]

i normally play red/blue with lots of counterspells and defensive creatures, a full 4 capsise cards and instant damage.

Along with a few artifacts. Urza's come to mind :P

but i'm out of practice -- maybe i should start building a deck for SL..

[Zakalwe]

I actually managed to kill Bvark with a rabid wombat attack yesterday, he had 2 carapaces and 3 instil energys on him, letting him hit for a lovely 10 damage, regen twice, take 14 hits and attract a fissure almost immediately...

He served his purpose though, as Herr Sykes was finished off most embarassingly by a scryb sprite the next round :)


He may point out that he won the other 3 games however :)

[kalleth]

it would seem then we can expect some nice games at SL!

[gemz]

oh noes, kalleth is going!

[kalleth]

colon oh pee

(:oP)

edit; i played this game far too much as a child.

http://www.kalleth.2tone-dev.co.uk/images/cards.jpg

[Afty]

Alright, I'll find a box that's a bit more sturdy than the one I've got and hump mine along too...

[Elbonio]

Kalleth - care to explain the significance of the soundcard standing up in the background?


or are you like me and have random components scattered liberally about the house?

[kalleth]

the latter...but it was just sitting there so i thought i'd use it as a size reference.

[Zakalwe]

Originally posted by kalleth
colon oh pee

(:oP)

edit; i played this game far too much as a child.

http://www.kalleth.2tone-dev.co.uk/images/cards.jpg

Clearly you're some form of Blue card whore :) Although Psym may be able to give you a run for your money in the counterspell department.

Myself and Bvark have cooked up something special for a 2 on 2 or 3 v 3, provided we can find a card or 2 in someone elses deck :)

[Ryvita]

Zak,

If Bvark got there at ten... and you played at least four games. You slept at what, one? on a school night? :)

Soo addictive. Must get this into perspective and not forget to bring the PC. Remember people, it's a LAN party. Anyone got the computer game version?

Ryv

[kalleth]

computer games are shat. :P

[Killy]

hmm i may have to look into this card game...
but that said... anyone have the pc version :p:

[Afty]

Originally posted by Ryvita
Anyone got the computer game version? Yup :)

[Aardvark]

/me taps Worlds Smallest Violin to kick Dave in the balls

I could quite happily play all night. With someone elses hax deck, of course :D

[Afty]

Late Addition : Multiplayer "MAD : Global Thermonuclear Warfare"

[Ryvita]

Afty,

Was that an old Red Rocket(?) game with countries and satellites and things? Well remembered if it's the one I'm thinking of. Very fun. You know I'll be building loads of doomsday devices... The ones that wipe out an entire hemisphere. And I want to be Australia and Antarctica cos they can only be reached by the really long distance ICBMs.

Hands up anyone who's surprised I know all about this game. :)

Ryv

[Afty]

Yes that's the correct game, no I've barely played it at all, and sadly it's only 2 (not 4 or 8) player, but still looks like a hoot.

[bvark]

Originally posted by Ryvita
Zak,

If Bvark got there at ten... and you played at least four games. You slept at what, one? on a school night? :)



Four games took about 30 minutes. We don't have to spend Njoroge/Aardvark style eternities thinking about how the game works, and neither of the decks could be described as 'in it for the long haul' (mine had 35 cards!).

[Aardvark]

Hey hey hey, comparing me to NJ in the 'mulling it over' stakes is clearly unfair :)

[Afty]

I'll drag me cards along then...

[Aardvark]

Add to the list: a little bit of LTJ :D

[Ryvita]

LTJ?

Leftwise Tantric Jogging?
Lubricated Tossing Javelins?
Lame Tuba Jokes?
Loose Testicle Juggling?
Light Timber Joinery?

[Boffykins]

Less Than Jake. A few of us are going to their gig in Brixton on the Friday, so are busy sorting a world of uber-complex travel arrangements to get us to London and LAN. And all our stuff. Wish us luck

[Ryvita]

Good or bad?

:p:

Ryv

[Afty]

They're quite highly rated, I've seen em live once (supporting someone else) and they were entertaining. Definitely a "personal taste" sort of thing - I found their stuff quite interesting and different, really catchy too, but I never did become a fan.

[Lucifa]

American new-punk or something.
Think Blink 182 but less commercilized.
I label all these ones under "music BGH likes" and thus never listen to it :)

Lucifa

[Dan]

FINCH.

[Afty]

Nah, they're very different to Blink 182.... much more ska, trumpet, upbeat sound, less rocky and rythmic.

[Boffykins]

Originally posted by lucifa
American new-punk or something.
Ska-Punk. Geez, www.gsfs.co.uk ;):p:

[Nivek]

Originally posted by Dan
FINCH.

where did that come from?

[Boffykins]

Finch are a band kinda like Less Than Jake. God, you're all such uncultured bastards

[Mamacita]

Knowing punk bands can hardly be classed as cultured

[Boffykins]

A tongue-in-cheek smiley is so needed

[Lucifa]

I don't know, all these new fangled music; ska, nu-metal and that stuff Chris listens to.
Give me some good old pop any day.


Lucifa

[jacobite51]

Yeh bring back the 60`s now thats when you got good music.:)

[Skye]

lol yeh!! 60's rocked so did 80's tbh!

[Frank Butcher]

Rise of Nations add on pack - thrones and patriots is out a week before stratlan19 Anyone up for a game?

[andyf]

hang on, stratlan starts on a friday? why on earth was I thinking thursday.

[gemz]

Originally posted by Zakalwe
Poker
Hehe. Poke her

[Guigsy]

i just lost my nfsu installs.... the race to finish it before friday is on! (then spend 3 days creating a l33t looking car) :D

[Cheez]

Originally posted by lucifa
I don't know, all these new fangled music; ska, nu-metal and that stuff Chris listens to.
Give me some good old pop any day.


Lucifa I get my own genre, I feel so honored.

[Toptotty]

I thought of something...
last night while in bed...
and now it's gone..
straight out of my head..

I'll ponder outside at work
As jammily I can
Get paid loads of money
To get a suntan

Wheeeeeeeee ;)

Mandy

[Elbonio]

I dont know what your thought could be
perhaps it was a dream?
it might have been, from what i see,
something quite obscene:


Elbonio's thought of the day for yeseterday was:

If our brothers
were our lovers
we'd have no way
of making others...

[Toptotty]

Worms 3d (patch 2 works according to Rocketknight)

Mandy

[Dan]

A fiveaside footie tourney must be had.

[Gunsmith]

I demand TOCA RD 2 be played come slan!

its £18 on play so you HAVE NO EXCUSE!

[Optimus]

tho its had been out of stock for 3 weeks until 2 days ago... I only just got my copy this morning, despite ordering nearly a month ago...

Play are slacking...

[Aardvark]

Originally posted by Gunsmith
its £18 on play so you HAVE NO EXCUSE!

I don't have £18.

There's my excuse, right there. You're SO wrong :)

[Cheez]

It's a ****ing **** game. That's my excuse.

[Afty]

UPDATED

Computer Games
-] Trackmania
-] UT2K4
-] Railroad Tycoon 3
-] Civ 3
-] Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri
-] Far Cry Assault Mode
-] Joint Ops BIG GAME
-] Monopoly Tycoon
-] Kohan
-] Allegiance
-] Soldat
-] Quake 3 CTF
-] BF1942
-] Homeworld 2
-] Warcraft 3
-] NFS Underground
-] Savage
-] AVP2
-] Starcraft
-] Total Annhilation
-] Perimeter
-] Live For Speed
-] Generals
-] MAD : Global Thermonucular Warfare


Sports
-] Football (and Tourney)
-] Frisbee
-] Cricket

Social
-] BBQ
-] DDR
-] Poker
-] Pictionary
-] Articulate
-] Mini Rave
-] Magic : The Gathering

[Mamacita]

Count me in for;

-] Trackmania
-] Far Cry Assault Mode
-] Joint Ops BIG GAME
-] Monopoly Tycoon
-] Quake 3 CTF
-] BF1942
-] Savage

Sports
-] Cricket

Social
-] BBQ
-] DDR
-] Pictionary (has anyone sorted out a board for this yet????)
-] Articulate (as chief of teh ACE)
-] Mini Rave

[DjArcas]

Mini-rave? Did I miss that particular part? *puzzled*

[Ryvita]

Oh my. Fun with a capital OMFG.

I bought a decent frisbee at the weekend and it's living in the boot of my car 'till Friday so we'll have at least one good one.

Someone else bring a spare for when I spanner it into the top of a twelve foot high hedge. Though if I remember correctly, we got more balls out of that hedge than we put in. Someone post the photo of afty as an Ent, I've got no web space free. :)

Ryv

[Boffykins]

Last StratLAN we had a HIGHLY Illegal mini-rave in the bar area powered by DJs RTO, Mingtea and Lucifoooor. Much drunken fun and flirtacious dancing was had. Everybody's view on life were changed. Mingtea got a semi

[DjArcas]

Flirtacious... Rave...

Hmmm. *withholds sarky comments from someone who's been raving 12 years*

[gemz]

I'm not sure who flirted the most at that LAN

[Big Giant Head]

Ming's semi still hasn't gone down has it?

[Toptotty]

Twas truly win... and I shall be on my most flirtatious mode this SLAN ;)

Mandy (alllllllmost ready!)

[Mamacita]

Originally posted by Toptotty
Twas truly win... and I shall be on my most flirtatious mode this SLAN ;)

Mandy (alllllllmost there!)

[Ryvita]

Last minute addition to the list, cos it just occurred to me.

Drunken comedy Karaoke.

From somewhere or someone, I picked up ~7000 Karaoke tracks and a player at CatsLAN. However, this mighty collection includes no Tenacious D. Someone go find it. :)

Ryv

[Aardvark]

You're a god. An ACTUAL god.

[Ryvita]

It's nice to be recognised. No formal worship is required, just a few sacrificial virgins and a large wedge of cash every other Sunday. :)

Ryv