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Title: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by b0b on Dec 21^st, 2011 at 2:30pm

I know you bums will have other plans on New Years Day, but I'm totally open for Saturday, January 3rd or the 10th, and possibly the 17th. There will be cake!

What day works out best for you guys? Which games? I'm totally down with Dungeon Defenders.

-b0b
(...yay LAN party!)

Title: Re: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by X on Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 7:23am

Bob, I think you're looking at a bad calendar.

The Saturdays of January are 7, 14, 21, and 28. I can do the 7th and following. I can't do New Years Day though.

Title: Re: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by b0b on Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 8:53am

Yeah, wow, not sure where those came from. Okay, either the 14th or the 21st is a no-go for me. I've got to pull an all-weekend upgrade. Let me figure that out...

-b0b
(...whoops!)

Title: Re: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by b0b on Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 12:06pm

Okay, I'm unavailable on the 14th. How does the 7th sound?

-b0b
(...can't wait!)

Title: Re: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by X on Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 12:39pm

I can put in for the 7th tonight if other people are good with it.

X

Title: Re: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by spanky on Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 1:40pm

Put me down for a maybe on the 7th.

I really won't know until a couple days before.

Title: Re: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by Briney on Dec 23^rd, 2011 at 12:43am

7th seems ok

Title: Re: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by X on Dec 23^rd, 2011 at 2:58am

I just put in for the 7th for my work schedule so that shouldn't be a problem.

So...what games do we want to hit up?

Title: Re: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by b0b on Jan 6^th, 2012 at 9:55am

Alright, guys! Tomorrow is the big day! Are you guys ready to rock?

Title: Re: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by X on Jan 6^th, 2012 at 3:28pm

Not only am I ready to rock...I am also ready to roll.

Bob, do you need us to bring anything?

Tables, drinks, food, snacks, etc.?

X

Title: Re: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by b0b on Jan 6^th, 2012 at 3:37pm

If you've got a table, it would be beneficial. Otherwise, I think we've got everything covered. Any drink/snack requests?

-b0b
(...let's do this!)

Title: Re: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by X on Jan 6^th, 2012 at 4:09pm

I don't know if anyone else drinks Mountain Dew ;D

Title: Re: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by The_Fat_Man on Jan 6^th, 2012 at 4:27pm

You guys enjoy the LAN and someone eat some chicken nuggets in honor of my fatness.

Title: Re: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by b0b on Jan 6^th, 2012 at 4:42pm

How many Chicken McNuggets do you think they'll sell us at the drive-thru?

Title: Re: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by The_Fat_Man on Jan 6^th, 2012 at 8:20pm

At least 100

Title: Re: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by Briney on Jan 7^th, 2012 at 4:05pm

i will be there at 7, but cannot stay the whole night... :(

so at 7...

LETS ROCK!

Title: Re: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by b0b on Jan 7^th, 2012 at 5:16pm

Let's do this! I'm still hoping Spanky will make a surprise appearance.

Title: Re: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by X on Jan 8^th, 2012 at 1:15am

I'm posting LIVE FROM THE LAN!!!

Title: Re: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by b0b on Jan 8^th, 2012 at 1:53am

X wrote on Jan 8^th, 2012 at 1:15am:

I'm posting LIVE FROM THE LAN!!!

I'm even liver!

Title: Re: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by Briney on Jan 9^th, 2012 at 1:30am

How did the Empire Earth game go?

Title: Re: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by X on Jan 9^th, 2012 at 7:36am

I've got 02/04/2012 off as of right now.

Title: Re: New Years(ish) LAN 2012!
Post by b0b on Jan 9^th, 2012 at 8:14am

MediaMaster wrote on Jan 9^th, 2012 at 1:30am:

How did the Empire Earth game go?

Eric and I wrapped up around 6:00am. We were facing two Easy CPUs that were on the same team. Eric had a lot of trouble right of the bat, but once we were established it turned into a game of attrition. We built some large armies (ground troops for Eric, Aries and nuclear bombers for me) and coordinated attacks on one guy, then the other. As usual, we had to continually sweep over their destroyed bases to keep them from rebuilding. They must have spawned a few thousand workers each, as they were rebuilding at a ridiculously fast pace.

Here's a screenshot of our final push, with Eric in blue and me in red.

The expansion added quite a bit of content and overhauled the graphics. The game looks nice and it's fun to have some new units and abilities to play with after all these years.

-b0b
(...thanks Eric!)