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Axon again...

Author: jawapro
Date: Mon 27/07/2009 10:55 PM




 
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Every couple of months I post about the latest Axon LAN I've been too - and it's probably getting a little less interesting now - but I've just been to another one and really enjoyed it - so here's the post.

It was extremely well run this time - and we actually got 3 of the competitions out of the way the right side of midnight!

The first comp was Red Alert 3 - but sadly Nifen infantry rushed me, so I didn't last long. Still heaps of fun.

The second comp was Live For Speed - but I didn't bother. Never played it, so I'd have gotten pwned pretty seriously - and I was having heaps of fun playing DOTA and L4D with the Bishopsburne guys (and Nifen and Klutz).

The third comp was UT:GOTY! That's a classic PC game from 1999 - but is still heaps of fun. It was teams of 3 againts 3 - and once upon a time I would have done quite well, but I was pretty rusty and teamed up with equally rusty Martian Leader and Klutz - so we got trounced pretty quickly.

The comps were brilliant though - even if I sucked. Top marks to the Axon Admins.

 
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^ Troglodyte Geeks like the dark...

There were a couple of power issues (happens when you try running that many PCs at once) but it wasn't too bad - except for one poor guy who's Acer monitor blew up when the power came back on. There was a loud unhealthy bang and fizz, and smoke crept out the top. So long monitor...

 
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Someone else bought this classic laptop along too. I didn't look too hard, but it was probably a 386 era laptop - and was running a dos prompt. It also had the dubious honour of being the only monitor smaller than Klutz's desktop :)

All in all - one of the better Axons I've been too.



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Comment: 1

Author: turkeybrain
Date: Tue 28/07/2009 01:57 PM




Yeah, good plan NOT entering the LFS comp. It's a fantastic game, perhaps the most realistic available (there are arguments all over the place between that and another I've forgotten the name of), but nonetheless, if you didn't have a steering wheel with you, it's impossible to play. The wheels don't turn back fast enough (at least with the default setings, I'm sure it's tweakable) to be able to get around corners and correct slides and stuff. You can manage it with the mouse, but then you don't get the throttle and brake control you need either. An awesome game though...

And I'd suggest that you're about right with your 386 guess. It looks quite similar to one of mine. Also appears to have the good old inverted white and black screen (black is white, white is black, in case you're wondering). Not quite sure why you'd have one at an Axon though..