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Posted by: Jenn Jul 10 2011, 05:42 PM

Just thought I'd like to let you guys know what I experienced as my first time as a LAN. [YES, I am damn tired and damn bored thus me doing this... Plus it might be interesting to you or a .... Review of how your first time may have been]

So I started off the day carrying my first ever built PC into the building, after rego'ng my tickets of course but I must mention I was very hesitant to come to Respawn as I had other things planned on the sunday and wasn't sure I'd be someone who would fit in... Also had difficulties getting a ride to the place but was all sorted out with some other people who I had found out that were going to Respawn anyway. I found myself tripping over the damn loose gutter thing in front of the front door, thus leading me practically limping throughout the whole Respawn in pain etc. I was told to dress warm, thus my ugg boots and my fur jacket but was found to not need them in the morning since the PC and the sun had heated the whole hall up anyway. I ended up buying a 10M ethernet cable because the one I bought wasn't long enough to connect to the LAN but it was all good... I didn't realise that LANs would consist of just sitting in your seat, gaming, downloading + going out to eat maccas every few hours though which was definitely a new experience for me.

So one of the most memorable things I would say would me being 'Anonymous' to everyone, it's the same experience with being a female on the net but just so much more exciting... Just knowing that the people who are calling you a man were only sitting a few seats away from you. I did eventually reveal myself but it was just fun anyway to chat to everyone on 'That which shall not be named', which was a completely new program to me which I'd like to thank Ase and Synsync [I don't even remember his username] who helped me set it up. I started to feel like I belonged when I actually entered 'That which shall not be named' and especially when Queenie came to help with my Steam problem, which was a wonderful thing btw. Not to mention the mass downloading of Porn, TV shows that were definitely familiar to me but not to my friends that go to school with me.

But yeah! As a summary of how I felt about it... It was great fun and I'll definitely be attending the next one, regardless what my mother has to say about the LAN. It was a great experience and I'm sure it'll be more fun now that I've got an understanding of what happens at these LANs now, not to mention, knowing some of the people besides the people I came with now.

So yeah, overall I want to thank the people who were on 'That which shall not be named' and the people I got to leech off things and the people who managed Respawn which was a great experience!

- Jenn.

PS : I still hate you Rack 1 + 2. ;x

Posted by: Jebus Jul 10 2011, 05:47 PM

You thesis on Unicorns has been accpeted into the Libary of Epic.

That was awesome to read, and I agree, more people should comment about their "first time" *giggle*.

-Jebus!

Posted by: Mao Jul 10 2011, 06:09 PM

edit. Disregard.

Posted by: Lleyad Jul 10 2011, 06:11 PM

I'm amazed that you made it through all of respawn with close to no sleep at all, that is dedication. I've never made it that far. Congratulations. Also, thanks for making DC chat even more entertaining.
Until next time!

Your anonymous friend,

Lleyad

Edit: lol, Mao.

Posted by: skully Jul 10 2011, 07:06 PM

not to steal her spotlight but i had absaloutly 0 minutes of sleep throughout the lan

Posted by: TechL Jul 10 2011, 07:10 PM

Think I can top this... I had no sleep from 2:30am Saturday, went to work, went to Respawn, didn't sleep, left at 1:30am for work, didn't get a chance to sleep until about 11am. Last Respawn I didn't get a wink of sleep either and I was there from 10am till at least 9am.

Posted by: Jenn Jul 10 2011, 07:10 PM

Lol that's okay. I did nap for a few but wasn't that long.

Posted by: 7-11 Jul 10 2011, 07:33 PM

All nighters are the test of a true lan player. You have passed the test. I admitted defeat for 30 minutes at my first lan but have gone full night the last two. I actually went with no energy drinks this time! Hope you enjoyed the trolls. We are all very nice in the end

Posted by: Jebus Jul 10 2011, 07:49 PM

All I need to do to stay awake is be doing something xD As soon as I stop I get tired... That's why I took chain-mail and made the armor while there :3 haha

Posted by: tricky Jul 10 2011, 08:42 PM

w00tw00t. On another note, did anyone here PM me on irc? if so can please do so again as i closed irc without reading them (doh!)

P.S: FU steam and your updates once again (though it wasn't quite that bad this time round yay?)..

Posted by: SirSquidness Jul 10 2011, 08:55 PM

You make it sound like "that which shall not be named" is all there to do at the LAN! You surely are missing out

Posted by: Jeffy Jul 10 2011, 10:24 PM

That is awesome to hear Jenn! Welcome to the community.

I haven't been able to do the 36hrs straight since Shafted LAN back in the day. I guess my tiredness comes from the hard work and preparation that we put in so you could sit down, plug in and play so many games that you become the game. (I couldn't think of anything witty )...

It's great you enjoyed it, and that you'll come back! Tell all your friends too!

Posted by: That Commander Jul 10 2011, 10:45 PM

Staying up all night is definitely fun if you can do it. You can of course maximise your gaming experience.

Back when there was something called Rezidue Lan, which started Friday Night, my max uptime was ~35 hours. I can't do that now that I am not in Uni any more. It was a crazy feeling to look up at the roof windows, and see it go from dark to light to dark to light again.

Posted by: Jenn Jul 10 2011, 11:05 PM

Someone told me DC wasn't allowed to be mentioned so that's what I had to replace it with. Oh well.. Haha.

Thank you Jeffy. I think I love the people more then just gaming 24/7 it's good stuff.

Staying up was easy due to the energy drinks.

Posted by: Jeffy Jul 10 2011, 11:30 PM

Aw man, I can't do overnights any more. Energy drinks either give me an ulcer on my tongue from the sugar overload, or they put me to sleep.

Posted by: SLy Jul 11 2011, 01:42 AM

aahhh goood old DC chat. yer i find the best time to sleep is 3am to 8am its enough sleep to get you through the rest of the next day. im posting this at 1:40 am (monday morning) so u can tell it works and it helps skip the boring part of the lan when no one does anything. but thts if u wanna sleep i spose lol. oh btw latrobe is fucking huge i had to walk to the tram whitch took like 20 mins to get to sigh..... TechL <3

Posted by: The Mike Jul 11 2011, 11:51 AM

The event was AWESOME for my first time. I'd rate it 4.9/5, only lost the point because it got really cold at night (either the aircon was on or the door was open) which was kind of weird considering i was just a bit offset from the middle area.

I got some awesome video of the end of the can stacking contest on my ipod touch which i may upload later. on the same note it was kind of a letdown knowing team "finger" won yet everyone got a prize for participating. /trying to start an online war

also one last thing, *sets up pa system. "WHOEVER TRIPED THE CORD YOU ARE AN IDIOT"....

Posted by: SirSquidness Jul 11 2011, 12:35 PM

The air con system was on fan only. It was either that, or off entirely, and you really don't want no air circulation through the venue. Have you smelled a hall full of LANers before?

Posted by: Jenn Jul 11 2011, 12:44 PM

Apparently it's usually colder so I guess we were quite lucky. And yes, I don't want to smell that... even though I did smell whilst passing some. >_>;; And I guess being a bit cold would be better then smelly peoples.

Just bring more clothes next time.

We should have totally continued the Penis game like I said. D: <

Posted by: The Mike Jul 11 2011, 02:46 PM

Please take note of this portion of my previous reply:

But now that i think of it, i probably wouldn't of liked it too much.

Posted by: SirSquidness Jul 11 2011, 03:36 PM

PENIS

Am I playing the game right?

Posted by: PocketRocket Jul 11 2011, 03:42 PM

This was my first respawn also and it wont be my last, 30 minutes of sleep on my keyboard was all I needed btw best thing I heard all respawn was when they were giving away the last factial design's case, this girl won it and some random from the crowd yelled ''That wont fit in the kitchen!'' haha winning

Posted by: The Mike Jul 11 2011, 03:45 PM

awww, you forgot the part when i shouted "PIZZA" about 10 seconds before it even came. but that moment was awesome to.

Posted by: silent_rock_faery Jul 11 2011, 04:08 PM

Oh man, DC chat was wicked! I had so so much fun trolling! I wasn't even drunk!




Had I not had to come back to wangaratta (ew) I would have easily gone no sleep. You have my word, next time (providing there is nothing important to do) I shall not sleep. (and maybe it will be a little bit warmer outside LOL)



This was my best LAN so far. I LOVED it. Can't wait for next time

Posted by: Mars Jul 11 2011, 05:34 PM

It was my first respawn too i very much enjoyed it too will be there next time aswell, but i still dunno which on you were lmao

Posted by: Jenn Jul 11 2011, 07:12 PM

I was the asian female Mars Bwhahaha. Everyone eventually found out who I was though anyway.

@ Faery it was indeed.

Posted by: Mars Jul 11 2011, 07:20 PM

i wasnt really paying attention i was just randomly posting now an then the only ones i knew were jemma becuz i was with her an jebus lol

Posted by: Jenn Jul 11 2011, 07:24 PM

If you sat near Jebus then you would have seen me. XD Maybe next time. :]

Posted by: Dekar Jul 11 2011, 07:53 PM

scheduling suggestion: don't run the two most popular comps (poker and tf2) at the same time <3

Posted by: Jenn Jul 11 2011, 08:17 PM

Forgot to reply to this. xD
Text form, yes you are.

Posted by: Gambull Jul 11 2011, 10:42 PM

For me it seems to get harder to stay awake the whole time the more times u go i havnt managed to stay awake for an entire respawn since the first few i went to ages ago

Posted by: Jenn Jul 11 2011, 10:47 PM

Hope that doesn't happen to me! Although I used to stay awake a lot then I went to normal sleeping times.. Then Respawn came, so I think I can handle it in the future as well. The night before I couldn't sleep because I was thinking about some made up strategy game in my own head.

Posted by: SLy Jul 11 2011, 10:59 PM

i know the feeling

Posted by: Gambull Jul 11 2011, 11:10 PM

Anticipation realy sucks for things like respawn because you realy need the sleep befor it (well i do atleast)

Posted by: missingo Jul 11 2011, 11:45 PM

awww, no love for rack1/2

Posted by: GLaDOS Jul 12 2011, 12:48 AM

Was also my first Respawn and I can definitely say it won't be my last.

Agreed, I tried sleeping earlier for Respawn and I ended up sleeping later than I usually would.

Posted by: Jenn Jul 12 2011, 01:08 AM

@Miss; He was a meanie bum D:

@Glad; Yeah I think a lot of people are like that haha.

Posted by: skully Jul 12 2011, 02:20 AM

uploading a 14min lan video later tonight

Posted by: Worthless Jul 12 2011, 05:04 AM

Iron gut was clearly not good enough. Is that all you've got?

Posted by: Gambull Jul 12 2011, 11:26 AM

Great video, exept for the Iron Gut part, that was just dark, loud and confusing

Posted by: Jenn Jul 12 2011, 05:57 PM

Dude I was so up for the iron gut. D:

Posted by: Gambull Jul 12 2011, 07:08 PM

I dont think ive ever even been willing to watch it let alone participate.

Posted by: Cytezan Jul 12 2011, 09:02 PM

LOL! It was quite clear that team sLoV won that contest! It was structurally sound, actually "stacked" and just overall kicked ass no contest

Posted by: The Mike Jul 12 2011, 09:32 PM

Aww cmon, you guys used a giant pole!

We just used cans and tape (RIP shit loads of dried up tape)

Posted by: missingo Jul 12 2011, 09:55 PM

Team Finger! Lawl

Next time i need to bring more tape and we will start the can tower outside. The roof should not be the limit. Slov did use his tools to his advantage, next time i think ill come more prepared

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWHL0FWcIvU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrUkCZ5Mvys

Excuse Ifail Camera work.

Posted by: Cytezan Jul 12 2011, 10:23 PM

Haha giant pole ftw!

..next time a true winner will be decided!

Posted by: Jenn Jul 12 2011, 11:39 PM

Total cheaters I say

Posted by: Cytezan Jul 13 2011, 10:38 AM

haha there's no cheating in a game with no rules

Posted by: RyuFromStreetFighter Jul 13 2011, 04:47 PM

Then next time I will use invisible cans.

Posted by: priorax Jul 13 2011, 04:58 PM

We can't move TF2 earlier, because we don't have the net to support it (when I say that, we have enough issues with people having dodgy Steam auth and stuff at 9pm, I can't see how moving it earlier will fix that at all), moving it to Sunday morning will do one of four things in my oppionion.
1- Get more people playing because there isn't much else on.
2- Get less people playing because everyone has left.
3- Have a lower quality of play because everyone is tired/falling asleep at their keyboards.
4- Have teams forfeiting due to players having to leave or sleeping.

Posted by: Gambull Jul 13 2011, 05:30 PM

Ill use imaginary cans then i dont even need to touch them to stack them

Posted by: R4N Jul 13 2011, 05:33 PM

"Technically" everyone won, I have never in my lanning career seen such awesome can stacking... So i gave everyone a prize

Posted by: RyuFromStreetFighter Jul 13 2011, 07:00 PM

But mine are still existent so I can enter the competition. You just look like a delusional fool!

Posted by: Jeffy Jul 13 2011, 07:25 PM

I thought you gave everyone a prize because your old and stroked out, thus forgetting the rules?

Posted by: beeslol Jul 13 2011, 08:05 PM

The only rule given for the can stacking was that they had to be empty.
Ergo everything else is fair game.

I do have some ideas for building a solid can stack though.

Posted by: RyuFromStreetFighter Jul 13 2011, 08:07 PM

It is time we made a fortress of cans.

Posted by: Gambull Jul 13 2011, 08:58 PM

I agree, it shouldnt just be a tower of cans, though there might not be the room to do much else

Posted by: missingo Jul 13 2011, 10:26 PM

team network cable's cans were not empty, they had a cable in them