ThanksLANing v.2

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Conclusion - The guestlist is updated with info on what actually happened. You can see that a full 25 people showed up for at least some of the event with a computer. We also had a good half dozen or so total people around a bit with no PC, but they were sorta ok too. We had at least 14 or so people going in some games of UT. The server and network handled it just fine, though there was lag right when we started some games. Lots of CTF, some Deathmatch, some Domination, and lots of Rocket Arena were the modes of choice. Motocross Madness 2 also got some play, but the game just seems kinda buggy, it locks up too many computers and tends to drop too many people from network games. People also got Starcraft and Quake 2 going. I tried to set up a Subspace server but failed. (Ah, nostalgia) There was also a decent amount of Tony Hawk 2, though that's a one player deal. We got $45 of pizza the first night and $115 the second night. I'd also like to point out that there was a green bedsheet hanging on the front of my house with "ThanksLANing v.2" written on it in duct tape letters. My dad kicked some ass in terms of letting us have free run of the place, supplying some drinks and snacks, and paying the power bill. I met some cool new people, Rocky came with Jack, Brandon came with Aaron and other Mansfield types, and the three guys from Hazleton who showed up for some of Saturday night. I'd love to LAN with anyone who was there at any time in the future. Hope everyone else had as good a time as I did.

Time for another ThanksLANing. It's a LAN party at my house (I'm Dylan Flipse, aka Flipper1), in Williamsport, PA (In the northern central part of the state.) that I have on the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning after Thanksgiving(24th-26th of November). It's a lot of fun, we pretty much all know each other, but anyone who wants to LAN for a few days is welcome to show up. Just email me at dylan@flipse.com and we can talk about it. We'll probably get started sometime in the afternoon (3 or 4PM-ish?) on Friday and you can stay as long as you want, up until sometime Sunday morning.

The logistics are quite a bit easier this time around. I know where to get those long tables, and we already know all about which outlets in the basement are on which circuits. Unreal Tournament (Remember playing the demo and the buggy beta version of the full game last year?) and Motocross Madness 2 are the games that I have in mind, but we can play whatever you guys want. I've got a PII 450 that will do nicely as a dedicated UT/whatever else server. Quite a few of us have been off at colleges this year, so I expect the filesharing will be plentiful. We will have a net connection this time around, you may remember a little incident with CIH and my server box last year. Here's a little diagram of what's goin on with the Compound.

(We can probably get more network stuff if needed.)

Things to remember-
A computer with a working network card, 10Mb or 10/100. (Our switches are 10/100, and seriously, why suck ass at 10Mb when 10/100 cards are so bloody cheap?)
All of your computer's parts. (Sucks to be missing a mouse, keyboard, power cable, etc)
A mousepad! An amazing number of people forget these.
Headphones, if at all possible. For one, the sound of UT from fifteen different comptuers is cool, but a bit much after a while. Also, it's to your benefit if people can't hear when you're under water, going up an elevator, etc. Furthermore, if we all have speakers, it eventually turns into a speaker pissing contest, and that's the sorta thing that tends to leave Tom's right ear partially deaf for a few weeks.
Software and files of all kinds. (Don't forget CD-Rs!) Part of the event is sharing files really freakin fast. I'm bringing the entire shared contents of the Case network. You never know when what someone else might be interested in what you have.
Cat5 Networking cable, mucho importante. Bring...whatever you can get your hands on, but 10-15' or more would be nice. You'll wanna label your stuff. Cat5 all looks pretty similar. Masking tape around cables with your name written on it works fine.

List of LAN Partiers So Far-
Dylan Flipse - Flipper1
Tom Smith - Shadey
Jack Foust - nethaq (Friday-Saturday)
Bill Foust - Stealth (Friday-Saturday)
Rocky McCumbee - Reaper802 (Friday-Saturday)
Sam Corbett - Sirw00zy
Billy Rogers - Gozz
Luke Krauss - Airman42 (Saturday-Sunday)
Bill DiGiacomo - Stereo (Friday-Saturday)
Dom Lisi - dommer (Didn't come)
Dave Haeffner - mrtibbs (Saturday-Sunday)
Jered Berge - Reveal
Aaron Beaver - Beav
Paul Brion - ThaWarden
Aaron Young - madhadder
Jesse Brown - Wraither (Saturday-Sunday)
Ryan Searfoss - Jubei(Didn't come)
Jamie Dunn - jdunn
Brandon Jackson - MrJackson
Kenny McDermott - MrPresident
coldfire(Didn't come)
coldfire's friend(Didn't come)
Jason Maxwell - jmaxwell
Chad McKay - dahk16
Brett from Hazleton (Saturday-Sunday)
Mike from Hazleton (Saturday-Sunday)
Brad from Hazleton (Saturday-Sunday)(All three Hazleton types are members of Tribe Matrix)
Danny Schmitt (Saturday-Sunday)

Feel free to send your specs in and I'll put them up.

Dylan Flipse- PurpleBeef(Game box) - P3 800 (133mhz FSB), Asus CUSL2, 256MB RAM, 45GB 7200rpm IBM ATA100 HDD, Creative Labs TNT2 Ultra 32MB Video, SoundBlaster Live! Platinum, Plextor 40X UltraPlex CD-ROM, Tekram SCSI Adapter, Hauppauge WinTV, 3Com 10/100 NIC, Creative Labs Video Blaster WebCam 3, Two Big Olde 120mm Fans
PurpleCow(Server Box)-PII 450, Abit BH6, 256MB RAM, Two 15GB 5400rpm IBM HDDs, 4.5GB IBM UW-SCSI HDD, 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 PCI, Plextor 12/4/32X PlexWriter CD-RW, Plextor 40X UltraPlex CD-ROM, Adaptec SCSI Adapter, Creative Labs PCI128

Jesse Brown-Stock IBM ThinkPad T20 -- PIII 733, 128MB RAM, 12 GB HD, DVD, Integral Sound, 10/100 NIC, And Crappy 8MB Video Card That Shall Not Be Named.

Jered Berge - My system is a P3-550, 384MB Ram, Maxtor 27GB 7200 RPM, Maxtor 30GB 7200 RPM, 6x DVD, 40x CD-ROM, LS-120, Creative SB 128 PCI, Netgear 10/100, Kingston 10/100, & a 32mb TNT Riva.
My eval system (which we can use for server applications or burning cd's) Athlon 600, 128mb ram, Maxtor 20GB 7200 RPM, Ricoh 6x4x24x w/4x DVD, SMC 10/100, Creative SB 128, & an ATI 32MB Rage Fury.

Paul Brion - FISHBOMB - AMD Athlon 800 (200MHz FSB), Asus K7V, 45 GB, Creative sound blaster 128, D-Link 10.100 NIC, Voodoo Banshee AGP, 512 MB PC133, 4X4X24 CDR-RW.

Sam Corbett - Celeron2 566@850, Abit BX6 R2, 128 megs of RAM, 15.2 gig IBM hdd, SB16, GeForce 2 MX Dual Head, Plextor Ultraplex 40x, 4x12 Teac CD-R, Tekram DC390-F SCSI, Generic 10/100 NIC, Shite case, Logitech webcam/kb, mouse, Dual 17" Monitors

Billy Rogers - Gozz-Box - PIII 450 - 30 GB - Creative sound blaster 16 - SMC 10/100 NIC - nVIDIA M64 TNT2 32 MB AGP - 128 PC100 - 4X4X24 CDR-RW

Jamie Dunn - AMD k6/2 400@450mhz, 224MB RAM, 6.5GIG total space, 14" monitor, Voodoo Banshee 16meg AGP vid, Creative SB 32, D-Link 10mbit NIC, 32x SCSI cdrom, Win98/ Slackware7.1 Dual boot, shit case with 2 McDonald's "Special Order" stickers, mouse, keyboard

Aaron Young - PIII 500, 128sdram, Creative Labs 5xDVDROM, Voodoo 3 16mb, creative sound blaster PCI 128, Maxtor 20gig HD,17" Proview Monitor

David Haeffner - Purple Boomslang - Dual Celeron 466's, 320MB PC100 RAM, 14 gig IBM hdd, GeForce Pure SDR, Hewlett Packard 8100Plus 32x4x2 Burner, Generic 10/100 NIC, shite PCI Sound, Mid-ATX Super Case w/ hacked handle, Logitech webcam/cordless kb, 17" Dell Trinitron Monitor, Intellimouse Explorer

Brandon Jackson - AMD Athlon 550 (200MHz FSB), 64 MB RAM (Possibly more by thankslaning), 20 GB HD, nVidia Vanta LT 8mb agp, 10/100 nic, 17inch monitor, no cdrom (should be here in a few days), Generic sound card (not that anyone will hear it anyway)

Bill DiGiacomo - Abit SE6 Mother Board, Intel P3 800EB, 128mb PC133 RAM, Netgear FA310TX NIC, Voodoo3 2000, Viper V770, 2 Generic CD-ROMs, Maxtor 52049H3 20.49gb 7200rpm ATA/100, Compute-Aid M302k Case, Chuntex VL700 17inch, Generic Leading Edge 15inch, Altec Lansing 45's

Kenny McDermott - ASUS K7V Motherboard with Audio, Athlon 700Mhz, 200Mhz bus, 128MB PC133, 20GB Maxtor 7200RPM hard drive, 56x CD-rom, 10/100, 32MB AGP NVIDIA 64 TNT2, 17" Envision Monitor, and a power woofer with four satellite speakers

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