Respawn Lan v15 DEBRIEF THREAD!, For ALL comments, criticism etc! Options

[Tank]

Hey everyone,

I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend!

this is the thread where ou can feel free to post ANY comments, from positive ones (wow! thanks! ) to neutral ones, to the negatives!

why tank, may you ask, do you want to hear about the BAD things?

Becuase! knowing whatyou DIDN'T enojoy, or what DIDN'T work, mean next lan, we can specifically look at these things, and make them better!

so gogogo!

if there is an issue i feel can be fixed by respondng to a post, then i will

also if you want to say something, but perhaps in private, totally feel free to PM me personally!

thanks guys!

-Hugs Tank
Admin of STUFF!

--edit by Squid--
Give us feedback on the Respawn Notifier in the stickied thread about it in General Discussion. <3

[Zantikk]

Another great LAN guys.

Props to the admins to increasing the COD4 prize money up to $500 first; $250 second. COD4 has been generating a large amount of attention the past few respawns, so its good to see the admins responding to that. As to the comp itself, it was well ran, and the admins (oohms & deadman) did well and listened to our feedback from the last Respawn (increasing the prize money, running double elim., running promod 2.04 on the servers, running a GunGame comp!!!! etc.)

Once I again, I suspect the next COD4 comp at Respawn to be much bigger, and expect an even greater competitive presence from COD4 teams.

[riskkk]

my mad dota skills scared zantikk off

+great lan guys, had an awesome time

[TechL]

Fuck I love Tron.

Awesome LAN, probably the best one I've attended so far. What was the peak of the number of players at Respawn?

[SirSquidness]

What was the peak of the number of players at Respawn?

We had 459 players check in.

[Rangers]

Very good lan guys, i know its hard to get stuff going at the right time delays etc, and thanks to those delays things that were going to overlap for me didnt, so i guess what im saying is maybe see if we can set it out a bit differently and strictly apply time limits for delays because as for the tf2 come, playing till past 5 or 6 am and the poker tournament even longer than that lol. Good thing for me that they did so i could play in both but if we could just work on the timing, stuff would be great. Also having the fun comps times posted not ok starting now or in 5 minutes. Thats just pretty much my only negative comment, just work on the timing guys. Hats off to a great lan. also to annoy squid

so yeah, the respawn notifier i have some things to say on it. Lol >_>

[GIARUS]

Very awsome lan
considering we had zardos at gun point with 3 nerf guns he he.
i must say alot of the admins did an exceptional job this time for respawn must say thanks to the gopher who helped run the pokwer tornament considering the other admin was in a comp.
A very well run cod4 match as well.
and big thanks to the quake dude up front her helped with the patch.
Tank also a good job with food stall and fun comps
Must say the highlight was the mac being destroyed.
Honestly there is no such thing as a mac being a good gaming tool all games are always made best for PC.
overall this respawn was an awsome one.
So a big thanks from are 2 team the VeO NaZi's team and the Semi Insane Clan team

[seekz]

9.9/10 Lan

Only thing, the Poker wasn't organised too well.. and was played way to late

[Jono]

LAN = Best To Date..
The only real suggestion id liek to see be incoperated is.. makig the ladders available on the intranet. Instea dof goign up to deadmans comp and looking at it when theres a million people aroudn it you can see yourself from your own comp.. Also whens he isnt there and its on for e.g. the CS:S ladder and you want to see the cod4 one its ok....coz its on the intranet.
I really enjoyed the cod4 comp.. even though we were knocked out 3rd round the grand final was just epic to watch.

[seekz]

makig the ladders available on the intranet.

+1

[priorax]

makig the ladders available on the intranet.

+1

ladders + fixtures

[SirSquidness]

Ladders are available from your local hardware store. Unfortunately due to tax laws, we are not allowed to sell them online.

;P

On a more serious note, online ladders have been discussed and may in the future exist.

[Ultimate_Sacrifice]

LAN = Best To Date..


I really enjoyed the cod4 comp.. even though we were knocked out 3rd round the grand final was just epic to watch.

Yeah best LAN by far and the COD 4 comp was amazing epic shots and nades form every team.

Frookie @ clutch for Pressure| -Dui- for second place man did that make everyone around yell at the top of there voices!

GG Team 7, and all other teams for that matter.

[Ne)(uS]

Im glad to hear that the destruction of my old mac brought alot of happiness

Can't wait for the next Lan

[Jen]

Im glad to hear that the destruction of my old mac brought alot of happiness

Can't wait for the next Lan

There is HD video of this destruction. I will upload it once I compress it a little bit. I dont think youtube will appreciate a 700mb video lol

[GerrySly]

Great LAN mad props for putting it on. A little cramped due to the extra row of tables but hey the more the merrier?

Only problem that we had was power issues. Two people who came with us had there power cut suddenly (and a few others behind us).

Other than that, brilliant

[tricky]

Only problem that we had was power issues. Two people who came with us had there power cut suddenly (and a few others behind us).

Probably tables that were on the RCD that die, unfortunately things like that can not be planned for, VERY lucky that the distro box serving those 3 rows wasn't remove to replace the faulty RCD (Serious danger hazard for people involved repairing things like on the fly).

[riskkk]

Yeah best LAN by far and the COD 4 comp was amazing epic shots and nades form every team.

how is this possible when i didn't play justin?

[ihasaflavur]

Great LAN mad props for putting it on. A little cramped due to the extra row of tables but hey the more the merrier?

Only problem that we had was power issues. Two people who came with us had there power cut suddenly (and a few others behind us).

Other than that, brilliant

the cramped tables were a bit, er... difficult to navigate, especially being a larger partcipant - i just ended up going through the annex to go outside [which i did on a regular basis]

and apparently my table was having some issues with power too.

but other than that [and spending most of the night following and day after on the toilet] it was really great! no real dramas.


also, next respawn we can has tron comp?
thanks for another awesome respawn guize

[SirSquidness]

also, next respawn we can has tron comp?

The fun comps got stuck on the backburner this Respawn, so to speak. I'm wearing too many hats, and these little freeware games suck at being user friendly too much! D=

But fear not, we've got an awesome guy lined up to organise them all next LAN, so it'll be some epic awesome fun comping for everyone.

I squid-promise it!

[jutzy]

Hm i noted that somone took a beating to one of the toilet seats in the males...

bad dioreah prehaps?

[Patryn]

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...

and more to the crampness... *agrees*

also, lack of tape! >< I was the one who kept asking for tape coz ppls kept walking past and stepping on the power cables and pulling them out every now and then... so very annoying. -.-

[glenneaux]

You've said that 459 checked in; That sort of frustrating for people on waiting list places 1 through 41. Is there any way to add a 2nd confirmation phase or something even closer to the date. I'm sure its frustrating for people who cant make it onto the list who are actually willing to commit to coming. You'd have to know the night before or that morning if you were going to make it or not... surely.

Name and shame !!!

[TechL]

You could have came after 2pm and you would have gotten in fine

[Tank]

We have a live updating count & camera on the website for this reason, so you can see if there are seats. At 2pm we did have seats, and if you had turned up at this point, you would of been let in

2pm is not really that much later than 10am, in terms of the lan. until about noon we are still processing check-ins, and from 2pm there is still a bucketload of action left to go

-Tank

[SirSquidness]

2pm is not really that much later than 10am, in terms of the lan. until about noon we are still processing check-ins, and from 2pm there is still a bucketload of action left to go

That said, by 2PM you will have missed the start of the CSS and CoD4 competitions. But who'd want to play in them? The real fun is Tron, TF2, Flatout2 and the like.

[dead_man]

2pm is not really that much later than 10am, in terms of the lan. until about noon we are still processing check-ins, and from 2pm there is still a bucketload of action left to go

That said, by 2PM you will have missed the start of the CSS and CoD4 competitions. But who'd want to play in them? The real fun is Tron, TF2, Flatout2 and the like.

COD4 starts 3-4pm

[SirSquidness]

FINE. BE CORRECT THEN. See what I care :'(

[TechL]

The real fun is Tron, TF2, Flatout2 and the like.

Agreed!

[Evil ZeR0]

Hey everyone,

I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend!

this is the thread where ou can feel free to post ANY comments, from positive ones (wow! thanks! ) to neutral ones, to the negatives!

why tank, may you ask, do you want to hear about the BAD things?

Becuase! knowing whatyou DIDN'T enojoy, or what DIDN'T work, mean next lan, we can specifically look at these things, and make them better!

so gogogo!

if there is an issue i feel can be fixed by respondng to a post, then i will

also if you want to say something, but perhaps in private, totally feel free to PM me personally!

thanks guys!

-Hugs Tank
Admin of STUFF!

--edit by Squid--
Give us feedback on the Respawn Notifier in the stickied thread about it in General Discussion. <3

Awesome weekend as always great to see happy atmosphere and great to see pings open again for all the lazy people who dont wanna go anywhere

my only issue was the paths between tables where a bit cramped but i understand its because of trying to fit all the pcs in for 500 players so no biggie.

my only other issue is (nothing to do with respawn) is need some new games to play bring on BFBC2 and starcraft 2 dammit.

[Jen]

Starcraft 2 will be epic - WHEN THEY FINALLY %@#$%@#^#$ RELEASE IT!!!!

The table space yes we know was quite cramped. We tried our best to space everyone evenly and equally but to give you 500 potential gaming allies/enemies we had to sacrifice walk ways. (and as Ihazaflavur pointed out), and myself being a more buxom gentleman it is difficult to move around.

As for the cables being a problem, in those instances, could you grab someone from the front desk and we'll come and fix it right up. We do check everything prior and throughout the event but sometimes items do get missed (we're humans and it happens) but just grab us and we'll fix it right up!

[Patryn]

*just needed some tape* >< checked at the front desk a couple of times and no1 was able to get some tape to fix up the power cables

[glenneaux]

We have a live updating count & camera on the website for this reason, so you can see if there are seats. At 2pm we did have seats, and if you had turned up at this point, you would of been let in

2pm is not really that much later than 10am, in terms of the lan. until about noon we are still processing check-ins, and from 2pm there is still a bucketload of action left to go

-Tank

My bad !! If i'd have known about this i might've been able to come! Pity no-one else i know was going ! haha

Anyway, next time

[priorax]

*just needed some tape* >< checked at the front desk a couple of times and no1 was able to get some tape to fix up the power cables

Should have found me, I had a full roll at the start of Friday

[wolfmother]

Speaking of which, Tank, I seriously think you should just buy a large box of duct tape and not run out like we do every lan

[Tank]

Speaking of which, Tank, I seriously think you should just buy a large box of duct tape and not run out like we do every lan

you know, i am tempted

[SirSquidness]

Give in to the temptation.

[Alioth]

GET YOUR RESPAWN LAN FIXIT KIT HERE FOR THE LOW, LOW PRICE OF $49.95!
The Respawn LAN Fixit Kit is guaranteed to get you out of any sticky situation.
The kit includes:
1x Roll of industrial strength duct tape
1x Paperclip
1x Piece of chewing gun
1x Length of string (length may vary)
1x Clone of Angus MacGyver


Buy now and we'll throw in a free generic damsel in distress with REAL 80s style big hair!

[SirSquidness]

Does the clone of Angus MacGyver come with the same training, experience and skills as the real one?

[oohms]

Yes.. New Old Stock from the clone army of macgyvers that were created back in the 80's

[Alioth]

Actually, these clones are slightly newer models. They have the ability to use Twittter.
That, and they have 60% less mullet.

[Redact]

late post but the thought is here

10/10 lan, improved in every way possible and more

tf2 ran smoothly, not a single hitch this time at all (but slowly, thats not the admins fault though )
11/10 job squid, and increased prize money has pulled in more people and more teams (:
(time to plug it on ozf next time hey, when the next lan gets announced)

team rape managed to slow down the other comps through us being retarded as per usual, was great fun getting raped in source though lol

didnt enter any fun comps but thats because im just too lazy ahaha, dc++ warrior

shout out to the fc kids and their team, making me scared for a bit when well started off 1-0 to them, giving us good games, and hopefully even more good games at v16 (but we got another x5 member coming in, lollllll)

hopefully smash can be run better next time hey, need to get someone to be a dedicated smash slave and a proper spot setup for smash and such, so next time we can run it properly (:

peacceeee

[SirSquidness]

hopefully smash can be run better next time hey, need to get someone to be a dedicated smash slave and a proper spot setup for smash and such, so next time we can run it properly (:

If I recall correctly, the Smash Bros 'comp' was a player wanting to get a few people together to play it, not an Official Respawn Comp ™. We merely advertised there was a player wanting a game.

[Redact]

If I recall correctly, the Smash Bros 'comp' was a player wanting to get a few people together to play it, not an Official Respawn Comp ™. We merely advertised there was a player wanting a game.

that was me lol

never said you guys ran it, notice the "we"
(implying me and tak, the guy who did nothing)

reguardless hopefully i can get more cw kids to come, the more the better (:

[SirSquidness]

Indeed. We'd love to get a bit more console stuff happening. As far as I'm concerned, the more variety, the better.

[Darcy]

Great Lan guys, luckily I got a seat right in the front row, and even got into the photo on the homepage

The only problem I had was the same connection issues with steam that a lot of other people had. Not sure if this was chalked up to bad timings with a steam update or what but it impacted significantly on some of the comps as I'm sure you are aware.

Also I was wondering if it would be possible to get some sort of system in place for individuals to sign for the team comps to get into teams that are short a player? Kinda like a looking for group sign up or something? It would save people trying to find a 5th or 6th player through the dc lobby or players hanging out at the admin desk to see if any teams have a spot.

See you all at v16

Edit: As for that console gaming I can easily bring along my Wii and/or PS3 for a bit of multiplayer action.

[Tank]

Also I was wondering if it would be possible to get some sort of system in place for individuals to sign for the team comps to get into teams that are short a player? Kinda like a looking for group sign up or something? It would save people trying to find a 5th or 6th player through the dc lobby or players hanging out at the admin desk to see if any teams have a spot.

I could be wrong, but i thought there was something like this on the EMS? i will check

-Tank

[SLoV]

Only problem that we had was power issues. Two people who came with us had there power cut suddenly (and a few others behind us).

Probably tables that were on the RCD that die, unfortunately things like that can not be planned for, VERY lucky that the distro box serving those 3 rows wasn't remove to replace the faulty RCD (Serious danger hazard for people involved repairing things like on the fly).

YEA !!! this guy slov had to fix the faulty RCD on the fly risking his life all in the name of gaming so he wouldnt turn off 50 computers to replace one rcd!!!!!!!


wow hes awesomenessnesss!!!!!!


lol

[xbox_girl]

Imma bring my xbox

[SirSquidness]

YEA !!! this guy slov had to fix the faulty RCD on the fly risking his life all in the name of gaming so he wouldnt turn off 50 computers to replace one rcd!!!!!!!


wow hes awesomenessnesss!!!!!!

Respawn <3 SLoV

[priorax]

One thing from v14 I missed from v15 is the lack of music over the speakers as well as late night youtubing.

Besides that, WIN!

[Jen]

One thing from v14 I missed from v15 is the lack of music over the speakers as well as late night youtubing.

Besides that, WIN!

I think alot of the late night YouTube! info was stopped. The projector rotation of win made by Squid Enterprises TM was on the go and provided more valuable info. We got alot of feedback that the YouTube stuff was dodgy and people going "we dont like what they like" and vice versa.

So Squid Enterprises won the contract to make the projectorotatoaomore

[oohms]

Thats why we need... 2 projectors!

[Patryn]

hmmmmmmz... idk. i think a mix of what Squid did and random youtube vids would be good. I thought it was a bit boring coz there were no random interjections of craziness.

[fletchdawg]

looks like another good event, personally i didnt go this time after winning CoD4 for the past 3 times the one time me and my team dont the prize money goes up LOL be back @ R16 to win agian

[Redback]

One thing from v14 I missed from v15 is the lack of music over the speakers as well as late night youtubing.

Besides that, WIN!

music over speakers = super gay, thats what headphones are for

[priorax]

One thing from v14 I missed from v15 is the lack of music over the speakers as well as late night youtubing.

Besides that, WIN!

music over speakers = super gay, thats what headphones are for

It was an extra dose of lulz, also provided you with something to talk to with the person sitting near you that you have never talked to before.

[SLoV]

Thats why we need... 2 projectors!

last time i brang my projector it was used for 2 hours lol


more projection neeeeeeeededededed!!