[Cialug] Re: DSMGG LAN Party (WAS: Administrative stuff)

[David Champion]

We will have a local FTP / Samba server available for free some games & 
patches. It would be a good idea for people to install games before hand 
- so you can get them configured & be familiar with them. Also install 
any patches available, best if you do this the night before so you can 
have the latest versions.

If you have some specific free games you'd like to play, bring a copy of 
the install files with you. If there are multiple platforms, bring those 
too (at least Win, Linux and Mac - there might be 1 or 2 of those 
around) and we'll get them up on the server.

If you have something you'd like to play that requires, or benefits 
from, a dedicated server, let me know and we'll see about running that 
too. For some smaller or less popular games, it's sometimes better to 
just run a "listen" server on someone's pc.

There will be an internet connection available, but we don't usually 
count on using it for much online gaming. The connection is shared by 50 
or so gamers, plus anything at InPlay that needs internet access.

Since it's not on the site that I can see, here's the "what to bring" list:
Your PC, monitor (preferably not a monsterous old 21" CRT), keyboard, 
mouse, mousepad, earphones (no speakers please), power cords, your OS 
and game CD's. We supply power strips and network cables.

There will be food and drink available at InPlay at the bar upstairs.

-dc

Brandon Griffis wrote:
> Will there be a server hosting all of the freely downloadable games locally,
> as well as patches/whatnot for other games?  Or do we need to download
> before we get there?  If we need to download before we get there is there a
> list?
>
> I'm assuming Internet access will be available there?  Are we planning on
> doing any games as a large team online?
>
> -B
>
>
> On Nov 26, 2007 1:29 PM, David Champion <dchampion at visionary.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> kristau wrote:
>>     
>>> On Nov 26, 2007 11:08 AM, David Champion <dchampion at visionary.com>
>>>       
>> wrote:
>>     
>>>> Let me know if you have questions, or you can post on the Forums
>>>>         
>> section
>>     
>>>> of the DSMGG site.
>>>>
>>>> -dc
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Couple of questions:
>>>
>>> * The site says it starts at 10 AM.  Is that when setup starts, or do
>>> they usually have the venue ready for players by then?
>>> * When do they start kicking people out?  ;)
>>>
>>> I have a company event in Ames later that day, so I'll have to leave
>>> early.  I'm trying to talk my wife into accompanying me, though.
>>> We've played Scorched3D and ioUrbanTerror together at home.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> Everything will be fully set up and ready to go by 10am, so you can
>> start gaming as soon as you get your own PC up and running. We do the
>> setup the night before. We will start kicking people out around
>> midnight, depending on how the staff feels, we may let things go a bit
>> later.
>>
>> I know there will be some other Urban Terror fans there.
>>
>> I also have another thing to attend in the evening, but will be back for
>> the "Staff vs. All" Team Fortress 2 event just before we close. (No idea
>> if this will run under Wine - other "Source" games like CS:Source do).
>>
>> -dc
>>
>>
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