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Road Warrior · 11-09-2002, 00:30

To all the X Boxer's / Halo nuts out there, we should have a rumble.

Now if I could just work out HOW, it would be OK!

66_mustang · 11-09-2002, 03:14

Road Warrior,

Dont we need a DSL/Broadband connection so we can all play? I know XBOX has the port there for connection but does it work yet?

Road Warrior · 11-10-2002, 03:35

I think you might be right buddy.

3Toed · 11-10-2002, 04:28

I've never tried it, but to use the Internet I think you'd need some central server to connect to - a server that would host the game, that is.

What me and my mates do is pick one persons house and we all rock up with our Xboxes, network cables, a hub, TVs/borrowed projectors from work and go wild for several hours.

Basically it's all about Location! Location! Location! You need the participants to be relatively close to each other (same city at worst) so we can have the LAN somewhere. The fact that your Location field is blank is the first stumbling block!

We need to get people from the same city to play.

However, if we had at least one uber-geek in each city, we might be ale to set up a LAN in a persons house (with cable/DSL internet) in Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney (and/or wherever else) and set up a VPN between each so it looks like one giant LAN. Then all the XBoxes should see each other. Never tried it though... :s3 But as all IT people say... it should work!

Having said all that, I need to add that I suck at Halo so unless others are pretty hopeless I don't think I'd participate. I always struggle with the controller - I'm used to using a keyboard and mouse where I can program all my own keys. Count me in for a Counter-Strike LAN though!

Getting back to the LAN, if you wanted to go really feral, we could do our own DreamHack. I got these pics from a friend a while ago. Enjoy!

And now the phun phacts:

Quote:

Wamdue: (8:06 AM) lol heres what they needed to set up Dreamhack last year:

40 000 meters of tp-cable (cat5)
15 000 meters other cables
6000 chairs
2 000 meters of tables
1,5 megawatts of juice

and of course! 40 000 cans of Jolt!

"1.5 MEGAWATTS!!! 1 POINT 5 MEGAWATTS!!!!!!"

Go to www.dreamhack.org for more, albeit non-English, info.

In before I get called a damn hippy...

Hoon · 11-10-2002, 18:06

OH YOUR GOD! That is AWESOME.

I hear there is going to be a LAN in Melb or Syd called "The Big Day In" something like 1000 places are going to be available. Not too shabby that! I'd rather stick to my little LAN. While it's not big, it's fun!

www.lollan.org

My gear in Mum's car

The LAN in swing

LAN in swing again

Road Warrior · 11-12-2002, 03:21

You got to be kidding.

3Toed what the f0ck is that. Is that the multi player hook up from hell

Hoon · 11-12-2002, 14:52

That's the DreamHack LAN. All I can say is AWESOME. I found a semi-english site here: http://www.dreamhack.org/dhw02/index...event&subpage=

ford.boy · 11-12-2002, 23:30

PHARRKK!!!!!!!!!
Where'd ya dig that up?
Wish we could do that with our Cross Boxes

XR_Strider_GuY · 11-13-2002, 19:57

ROFL, i think those pics are the Computer hippies unit secret service. Move over CIA. Now imagine someone just unplugged the main power supply to the place, imagine the amount of pissed off puter hippies.

Noticed in the pic one of the people are so keen they bought there own fan in there.

LunaticSVT · 11-13-2002, 20:25

i was at a CounterStrike convention not that long ago. We had our clan of 30 members and then of course the 4 other clans with 10 - 40 members each. We had a nice set up in the convention center here in Fort Worth. Can we say uber geekdom.

I had fun and our clan came in second...not the best, but better than last.

We rocked on for 7 hours. Until we were booted from the convention center. Our rented time was up. I can if needed help in logistics of setting up. Our clan was the one that setup this convention. I have 2 HP 100 port switches that i can ship over to you guys if you need them. each port is 100mb connection. I am getting in my hands in a few weeks 10 fibre gbic switches. hehe....... fun is coming.

Have to dig up our pics.