Sorry to go off topic off topic for the moment, but would there be a TV at disposal if I brought my 360 with me, or would it just be best if I left it home?
Also, it's not that I don't want to come, at the last lan, there was maybe 2-3 guys playing wow consistently and the rest played "other shit". It's just when the talk of WoW is in the air people let their hidden feelings for the game resurface and before you know it you have a full blown orgy on your hands. I just don't want to drive all that way to arrive and find people peeling down for some mildly amusing WoW action.
HallowLAN 2K7 - October 26th - 28th, 2007
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dude, people will play wow and people will play other shit. personally, I'm looking forward to the wow part of it. we will have quite a few guys in the guild at this lan which should make things fun. save your gas money if you don't wanna see wow.Locus wrote:Sorry to go off topic off topic for the moment, but would there be a TV at disposal if I brought my 360 with me, or would it just be best if I left it home?
Also, it's not that I don't want to come, at the last lan, there was maybe 2-3 guys playing wow consistently and the rest played "other shit". It's just when the talk of WoW is in the air people let their hidden feelings for the game resurface and before you know it you have a full blown orgy on your hands. I just don't want to drive all that way to arrive and find people peeling down for some mildly amusing WoW action.
people come to hallowlan for the social aspect. it's an excuse to dress up, play some games, watch some scary movies, have a camp fire, and drink lots of beer.
and no tv ..... unless someone brings one. i will have a newborn baby and am not really encouraging activities in the house (where the TV is).
Since I know there are a few people who have these at their disposal, perhaps someone with a small media center that's HD capable and someone with a decent projector could make that movie night a much better experience.
Rather than trying to watch some HD movies on someones monitor, we could watch them projected against the front door of Joe's garage (for example).
Wouldn't be the best picture, but it would be better than watching a monitor from 7 or 8 feet away.... Unless it was Zero's mega monitor
That would also enable movie night to stay out of the house where it would disturb Amy and the kids, out of the garage where it would probably be hard to view and annoying to anyone who's actually lanning, and away from the fire where it would probably be hard to view. Also, anyone who wanted to play Wii / XBOX could be do so in peace and away from the LAN.
Also, I don't think WOW has been a problem at any event where everybody bitched and moaned about how WOW would ruin it. There are times when the one guy awake who isn't playing WOW might have nothing to do, but it's not everyone else's job to entertain you. Find something to do, or go to bed. During the day there's usually half a dozen people who will be doing something other than what most are doing (usually WOW) but there's just no way those people are 'ruining' the lan.
Rather than trying to watch some HD movies on someones monitor, we could watch them projected against the front door of Joe's garage (for example).
Wouldn't be the best picture, but it would be better than watching a monitor from 7 or 8 feet away.... Unless it was Zero's mega monitor That would also enable movie night to stay out of the house where it would disturb Amy and the kids, out of the garage where it would probably be hard to view and annoying to anyone who's actually lanning, and away from the fire where it would probably be hard to view. Also, anyone who wanted to play Wii / XBOX could be do so in peace and away from the LAN.
Also, I don't think WOW has been a problem at any event where everybody bitched and moaned about how WOW would ruin it. There are times when the one guy awake who isn't playing WOW might have nothing to do, but it's not everyone else's job to entertain you. Find something to do, or go to bed. During the day there's usually half a dozen people who will be doing something other than what most are doing (usually WOW) but there's just no way those people are 'ruining' the lan.
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And locus. I'm not trying to be rude about the WoW thing. I understand how you feel because I was one of the last guys to start playing wow. When I saw it played at lans i was mostly pissed because I couldn't play what everyone else was playing and it was kinda waste for me to even attend the LANs. So yeah, I totally understand if you don't wanna attend.
r337ard wrote:Since I know there are a few people who have these at their disposal, perhaps someone with a small media center that's HD capable and someone with a decent projector could make that movie night a much better experience.
Rather than trying to watch some HD movies on someones monitor, we could watch them projected against the front door of Joe's garage (for example).
That would also enable movie night to stay out of the house where it would disturb Amy and the kids, out of the garage where it would probably be hard to view and annoying to anyone who's actually lanning, and away from the fire where it would probably be hard to view. Also, anyone who wanted to play Wii / XBOX could be do so in peace and away from the LAN.
Also, I don't think WOW has been a problem at any event where everybody bitched and moaned about how WOW would ruin it. There are times when the one guy awake who isn't playing WOW might have nothing to do, but it's not everyone else's job to entertain you. Find something to do, or go to bed. During the day there's usually half a dozen people who will be doing something other than what most are doing (usually WOW) but there's just no way those people are 'ruining' the lan.
i will set up my MEGa monitor in a place that will allow viewingby as much people as possible, just in case it comes down to using it
My big gripe with WoW at lans is it's just such mediocre fun compared to some other games we could otherwise be playing. People just play it because they're that's all they're used to playing now, it's familiar, and they have a hard time stopping. WoW is a long-time commitment and it eats up far too much valuable lan time. We only have 48 hours.latency wrote:And locus. I'm not trying to be rude about the WoW thing. I understand how you feel because I was one of the last guys to start playing wow. When I saw it played at lans i was mostly pissed because I couldn't play what everyone else was playing and it was kinda waste for me to even attend the LANs. So yeah, I totally understand if you don't wanna attend.
I come to lans now to play games I don't otherwise get much opportunity to play with friends anymore, and to be exposed to new games I haven't yet had the opportunity to play. WoW just consumes lans and it's not nearly as fun. I understand it's appeal, but it's a long-term time investment, a lan isn't.
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rainbow 6 is gonna run like shit no matter what hardware you trough at it
Neanderthal prodution that is. Input Get legs lagged by about 500 msec if the res is even remotely hi. total nigger garbage. Evendence of entry level programers polling IO devices instead of using event based IO programming. Hell old DOS programmers would have set up a software Intrupt for christs sakes
Then there is quality programming like supreme commander, sure it gets lagged when to much is going on, but the user interface dont lag. QUALITY!
Neanderthal prodution that is. Input Get legs lagged by about 500 msec if the res is even remotely hi. total nigger garbage. Evendence of entry level programers polling IO devices instead of using event based IO programming. Hell old DOS programmers would have set up a software Intrupt for christs sakes
Then there is quality programming like supreme commander, sure it gets lagged when to much is going on, but the user interface dont lag. QUALITY!
zero sees (or imaginesPeccavi wrote:Why would R6 run like shit?
It runs perfect for me at maxx'd resolutions/graphic settings.. never had any problems with it
i'm only ona 4600+ and 2x7900GTs
) things in games most people don't. He swore for the longest time he could detect the latency difference in wireless RF mice. The rest of us just think he's a crotchety old man who doesn't like anything unless it's been around for at least 5 years. 
Dolphin wrote:zero sees (or imaginesPeccavi wrote:Why would R6 run like shit?
It runs perfect for me at maxx'd resolutions/graphic settings.. never had any problems with it
i'm only ona 4600+ and 2x7900GTs
WRONG
thats was blood and iron
The realality on this is the RF delay was that it was only signicant on early mice, its not an issue anymore. For exmaple, the G7 has no noticable isssues with this. The MX700 did
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