Loser Fest more like it

I mean heck i like CS, but i aint gonna travel 500 miles to play all day and night

 

Well, there are usually a shitload of game types going at any one time... at Fragapalooza, on the Friday (day 2 of 4), there were:

CS, Warcraft 3, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Aliens Vs Predator 2, Starcraft, Diablo 1 & 2, Shogo, Jedi Knight 2, Medal of Honor, Tribes 2, NFS: Porsche Unleashed, Mechwarrior 2, 3 & 4 plus expansions, HomeWorld regular & Cataclysm, just to name a few, plus BioWare was on site to demo and host WC3 games.

Plus, there were a few sexual encounters that had stories told about them throughout the lan

 

Wow LV,
I'd not be happy to pay that electric bill

 

*BANDWITH WARNING if you go see the pics *


This pic is of Fragapalooza 2k2 on the first day of the event, Thursday, at around 11 pm if I remember correctly.


http://www.fragapalooza.com/gallery/drnige...oza1_021?full=1
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The lan switches, three of them... total value: $750,000 Canadian provided by intel

These were running at 100/1000/10000 speeds

http://www.fragapalooza.com/gallery/drnige...oza1_020?full=1

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Bed time at Fraga

http://www.fragapalooza.com/gallery/drnige...oza1_022?full=1

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Our savior, Geoff the Cafeteria guy... he worked 14 hour days, providing us with hot and cold food and great laughs while in the Cafeteria area awesome guy

http://www.fragapalooza.com/gallery/drnige...oza2_010?full=1

his trusty backups and other hours workers, Ryan and Ken

http://www.fragapalooza.com/gallery/drnige...oza2_011?full=1

 

so was anyone still playing? or did you guys take a nap like in preschool?

 

Basically, when you were tired you went to sleep. No set times, no nap times, just find a nice open expanse of floor, set out your sleeping bag and floormat/foam pad and snore happily away. Some people brought really comfy chairs and slept in their chairs. Others were even smarter and got hotel rooms in the adjoining hotel which is where I was able to shower daily (thanks Ryan and Joe! )

The lowest player count we had the entire four days was 406 or something like that. No matter what the hour, at least half the building was still awake. If you can attend a massive lanfest (like million-man lan, QuakeCON, Fraga, Lanageddon, etc, then I suggest going. They usually have very decent prices for attendance. Fraga was $60 Canadian for four full days of gaming. Lots of prizes, lots of runs to the local SuperStore for more sugarwater (aka Dr Pepper) and various life sustaining nutrients (chips, powerbars, crackers, etc), plus trips to the cafeteria for Geoff's groaner jokes and some chicken fingers

They really are amazing events to attend.

 

Here's another picture from the same event above. These are the buses the gamers arrived in:

 

Don't knock it till you've tried it

 

Hah ha ha!

Remember, I said they're my kinda people. I would like to try it, but none of my friends would go with me.. . I'm sure of it. Also my PC sucks.

 

look at the pic of the buses! It says "Lamers" ha ha!