David A. Harding
Monday, 24 Dec 2007
A Diary from the December 2007 Ubuntu LAN Party
Eleven O'Clock: I arrive at Joe Terranova's house and spend half-an-hour helping Joe and Geoff Rivell setup for the party. While Joe compiles the Battle for Wesnoth server, Geoff and I play three rounds of network multiplayer Frozen Bubble.
Noon: Bryan Quigley arrives with an apt-cacher server. We spend some time configuring Bryan's server; Joe is still compiling the Battle for Wesnoth server when Brian, Geoff, and I start a multiplayer Armagetron Advanced (Armagetron) game using a server Joe previously prepared.
Pictures Taken at 12:00
One O'Clock: Sakuramboo and Christina Eater arrive, and they join our game of Armagetron. Joe occasionally asks, ``So, what else do you want to play?''
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Two O'Clock: Joe organises and retrieves our lunch, burgers and fries from a local burger shop. Pete arrives bearing pudding cake. We're still playing Armagetron, but Joe uses Pete's arrival to start playing Sauerbraten, a First Person Shooter (FPS).
Three O'Clock: Bert and Joanne arrive and I help them install and play Sauerbraten.
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Four O'Clock: Brett arrives; Bryan leaves. Joe attempts to try another FPS, and while he downloads and configures it, we start Armagetron.
Five O'Clock: We continue to play Armagetron; Joe's ready to play the new FPS, Urban Terror, and he keeps asking, ``So, what are you guys doing?'' Joe leaves briefly to pick up his friend Jack.
Six O'Clock: Joe convinces the group to abandon Armagetron for Urban Terror. Christina and I agree to play Scrabble instead, but we can't find a board. Joe's sister comes to our aid, and Brett joins us on the first round.
Seven O'Clock: Brian Stempin arrives. Still playing Urban Terror, Joe arranges pizza1. Before the Pizza arrives, rarely seen CHLUG member Tim Stackhouse shows up with a friend, Nick, and they begin socialising.
Eight O'Clock: We finish Scrabble; final scores: Christina, 176; Dave: 169; Brett: 148. The pizza arrives, and everyone stands and socialises. Tim and Nick decide to stay and play a game. After eating pizza, a few people play Urban Terror, a few people play other games, and a few people mess with their system configurations. The hour ends with with everyone playing Armagetron.
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Nine O'Clock: We all play Armagetron. Joe keeps asking, ``So, what do you want to do next?''
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Ten O'Clock: Most of the group returns to playing Urban Terror (or another FPS; they all look the same to me.) Pete plays FreeSpace by himself; I play Super Mario Kart on zsnes by myself; Christina disappears.
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Eleven O'Clock: Everyone breaks to enjoy cake and to socialise a bit. Tim, Nick, Brett, and Joanne leave. After cake, we play Armagetron.
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Midnight: Christina re-appears. Most of us continue to play Armagetron, but Pete convinces Christina and Joe to play FreeSpace.
One O'Clock: Sakuramboo leaves. Everyone is weary of Armagetron around 01:30, and the default game becomes Warsow. Brett and Jack leave.
Two O'Clock: still playing Warsow at 02:50, the LAN party ends.
Three O'Clock: Joe, Christina, Brian, and I remain. We talk the hour away.
Four O'Clock: at 04:05, Brian and I leave.
I didn't take notes during the LAN Party, and so I expect this blog is partially inaccurate. Please tell me about any mistakes.