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Post by Kämpfer on Mar 17, 2007 13:22:17 GMT -5
I'm sure you've all been waiting for that announcement! I'll be out of school and sponsoring a LAN party for Saturday April 28th. If this is a very bad date for you please let me know ASAP so we can move it back.... I don't know anything about the schedules of other schools so please let me know. We'll have it at the barn and as always I'd like to collect $5 per person(anyone want to be in charge of collection?). I don't know what games we'll be playing, but please have Source updated and ready to go because I don't know what kind of internet connection we'll have out in the barn.
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Post by the_gatekeeper on Mar 22, 2007 17:25:25 GMT -5
yeah, whoever has been cheaping out on games so far (fred and aaron, cough cough) buy source, i think it should be part of the entrance terms, $5 and source at the door
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Post by Kämpfer on Mar 22, 2007 20:12:45 GMT -5
Source alone is $19.95, w/ HL2, HL2: Episode 1, & HL2 Deathmatch it's $40-50. You might want to wait until Episode 2 comes out, but you'll be lonely at the lan without it. lol
I have 1-2 spare accounts so you should at least use one of those. Assuming I remember the name/password. lol
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Post by AronMsmith1987 on Mar 23, 2007 14:13:03 GMT -5
well I have no problem buying games as I don't download them and own more legal copies of games than others that do download. (coug cough Barber) so thats not a problem i just can't justify going out right at this minute and wasting my money on an online game I can't play due to the fact that my house has no internet. Duh.... once we get LANs around where we actualy play games then I might consider buying new games......
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Post by Kämpfer on Mar 23, 2007 17:29:17 GMT -5
I was going to suggest a minilan at your house this weekend so I could get you guys up to speed on Source. I think I still have 2 spare accounts I bought for people at the lan, just waiting to be used. I was going to steal Freds laptop as payment for use of my accounts, but then I remembered that he doesn't have a video card to use for himself anymore.... I could still get it installed on yours, but you'd have to take your computer here or to your parents... lol
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Post by derf87 on Mar 23, 2007 22:18:19 GMT -5
I don't mind buying it, but i really have no idea of what to get. I keep seeing either hl2 soure or cs source. Is there an all in one deal? Barber mentioned something about getting the files from him and buying an account? I'm confused. If you could clear that up for me. That would be great. lol
And to ad to you saying about puttin git on arons, could you put it on my laptop then i could go from that to my desktop when i get a video card?
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Post by Kämpfer on Mar 25, 2007 8:39:19 GMT -5
HL2/Source uses an online application called steam to keep itself up to date. Once you have the latest version with your "account" you can play the games in offline mode (single player or LAN) Counter-Strike Source is a very popular LAN game usually referred to as "source." There are also versions of other old Half-life mods redone in the Source Engine. Whichever package you choose make sure it includes Counter-Strike: Source(buy it alone for $19.99). Personally, I'd recommend the package containing Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2 Episode 1 (~$50). There will also be a package containing everything including Episode 2 to be released this year.
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Post by derf87 on Mar 26, 2007 17:45:32 GMT -5
ok, that helps.
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Post by Kämpfer on Apr 8, 2007 16:43:35 GMT -5
Anyone notice that you can give friends a 3 day trial of CS:Source now? I guess we'll finally be playing it again.... Also, I think Loker said he downloaded STALKER and C&C3 so those are sure to make the list as well.
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Post by Kämpfer on Apr 12, 2007 15:15:32 GMT -5
I was thinking about it and for all those of you who want some movies..... I'll trade dvd per dvd, or for $5 you can have access to my entire computer. Very few of them have been compressed so you can watch them at full quality. Sound good?
Considering the cost of the hard drives and the relative cost of all those dvds I'd say thats one damn good deal! lol
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Post by BARK BARK BARK BARK on Apr 12, 2007 15:30:59 GMT -5
You're going to go to jail now!
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Post by the_gatekeeper on Apr 12, 2007 16:52:13 GMT -5
how much space do those movies take up harv, just curious cuz i may buy another external just to steal ur stuff and i need to know how much storage to buy lol
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Post by AronMsmith1987 on Apr 12, 2007 20:05:36 GMT -5
well for the lan looks like I'll be playing the Wii. as my comp will be down and out till i upgrade my cards Harv wants his loaner back. LOL but oh well no prob I'll still be there and I'm sure I can find something to do, as for the movies I'll bring my hot swap for you to load them to. Thanks
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Post by Kämpfer on Apr 12, 2007 21:28:22 GMT -5
You're going to go to jail now! Yep! While can't really sell you movies for legal reasons, I will accept bribes to walk away from my computer. As to the question of size, they simply don't make removable hard drives large enough! lol Mansmith, convince Fred to buy his 8800GTX now so you can use his laptop. |
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Post by AronMsmith1987 on Apr 13, 2007 0:16:17 GMT -5
LOL Fred with cash yeah and I'm the President of the US. LOL ha ha ha thats a good one harv
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Post by Loker on Apr 13, 2007 2:13:27 GMT -5
well for the lan looks like I'll be playing the Wii. as my comp will be down and out till i upgrade my cards Harv wants his loaner back. LOL but oh well no prob I'll still be there and I'm sure I can find something to do, as for the movies I'll bring my hot swap for you to load them to. Thanks well I modified my sensor bar into a wall wart sensor bar so that it can be used with the projector..... |
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Post by Kämpfer on Apr 13, 2007 6:48:17 GMT -5
Is there any advantage to splitting the sensor bar so that one set of leds is on either side of the projector? I guess I should grab some candles.
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Post by AronMsmith1987 on Apr 13, 2007 10:48:02 GMT -5
LOL so were there problems with the wii and the projector (recalling earlier posts about this subject) LOL
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Post by Loker on Apr 13, 2007 14:09:57 GMT -5
Is there any advantage to splitting the sensor bar so that one set of leds is on either side of the projector? I guess I should grab some candles. from what I heard there is no real advantage to having it any farther apart...... |
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Post by Loker on Apr 13, 2007 14:10:51 GMT -5
LOL so were there problems with the wii and the projector (recalling earlier posts about this subject) LOL nope I just cut the ends off and wired it up to a cheap radio shack wall wart...... |
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Post by BARK BARK BARK BARK on Apr 13, 2007 18:43:10 GMT -5
yeah i think loker just modified his so it doesnt have to plug into the wii, i believe you can use a little tranformer or some battereries, no idea what voltage...
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Post by Loker on Apr 13, 2007 18:56:04 GMT -5
yeah I have a 6v 300Ma transformer for it....I think the Wii outputs 7.5v but given the fact that most transformers output more than what they are rated it all works out....
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Post by Kämpfer on Apr 14, 2007 9:08:34 GMT -5
Anyone else notice that a 100,000 Wii's sold in the course of this discussion? Yeah, I figured you did something of the sort. But my question is could you get greater accuracy if you put some IR emitters at the edges for the screen? I haven't seen any documented information on the subject, or if it would even work....
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Post by Loker on Apr 14, 2007 11:32:04 GMT -5
I have seen documentation on the matter and there was no noticeable improvement.....
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Post by Loker on Apr 14, 2007 12:04:26 GMT -5
Also you can go ahead and delete Flatout....I now have Flatout 2 and it wins....
and a lot of my games are updated now....I went and found the newest updates for quite a few games and found new cracks....it should fix a couple of the issues we had in the past as well as in a couple of instances gives us an extra map or two....
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Post by Kämpfer on Apr 14, 2007 21:43:33 GMT -5
Another 10,000 Wii's. YAY!!!
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Post by derf87 on Apr 16, 2007 10:18:50 GMT -5
Ok, harv, how much would you give me for my cards twards an 8800? Since that would be the only possible way to get one.lol
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Post by Kämpfer on Apr 16, 2007 13:10:45 GMT -5
I'd hope each would sell for at least $150. They're both on ebay with a few bids and ending this week. If you want one I can order one from newegg, but you have to have to be able to come up with the difference within a few weeks. You may also want to wait for the upcoming ATI release (prices may drop a bit).
Speaking of which - Mansmith could you get me pictures of the X1800XT and the part number as well. Thanks.
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Post by derf87 on Apr 16, 2007 15:38:07 GMT -5
How much would i have to add?
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Post by AronMsmith1987 on Apr 16, 2007 18:42:09 GMT -5
what series do you want GS GT GTX GTS???
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