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'sup, 2022?
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26th February 2022 - 02:10 AM |
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It's interesting how many people seem to be lurking out there; whenever our website goes down, I get a few messages asking me if the site's down, or we're dead yet (nope! Just taking a six year vacation). I assure you, that the dream is alive and kicking, and it's going to be a huge year for esports in Melbourne as we all collective make up for lost time.
So yes, the website endured an eight day outage, along with the Quake II server, but were back and hopefully this kerfuffle will never happen again.
Our Discord sees plenty of activity, and now that things seem to slowly be inching towards reality, the pub nights will kick off again at either Melbourne's premier esports bar GGEZ, or Fortress Melbourne. Can we just appreciate how cool it is that we now have two dedicated gaming oriented places to sink a few pints and talk about our next steps.
On the cards will be a few smaller, focussed events to get us back into the swing of things to build things up. It's been a while, hey?
As always, if you're still checking our website looking for signs of life, thanks for sticking 'round.
-zardoz |
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by Zardoz |
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COVID update, and plans.
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25th February 2021 - 12:55 AM |
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Hey. So, we really want to run events again, but this pesky Current Global Event keeps getting in the way.
Our events, especially our large events that we're best known for, take around 3-4 months to bring to live. With lockdowns and changes in COVID conditions happening often with less than 24 hours notice, this places us at high risk with a lot of money on the table. It causes significant inconvenience to a lot of people, and makes it hard on everyone.
So, clearly we need to wait till this whole thing subsides, and it might take a while for that to happen. We thought it was going to be October, and then when it became clear that October wasn't going to be a thing, we decided to wait it out for a few months to see what COVID-normal pre-vaccine looks like, and it's just going to be too risky to pull this off.
Between now and whenever we've all had the jab, we're going to trial some small events. If safe to do so, we're hoping to run small, exclusive events that comply with COVID safety protocols and allow us to expand our foray into esports and broadcast. It's relatively new for us, but it's going to be a lot of fun and something we've wanted to explore more seriously for a while. We don't know exactly how this going to look and budgets will be tight. If anyone has some cool ideas that fit with the above, please get in touch with us - we'd love to work with you!
The other part of this story, is online. Our Discord server. It's full of good keeps who love a yarn and the occasional game or two.
We're currently working on building some game server to tide us over. We'll post details on our socials (and here) when they're up!
Thanks for sticking around and we look forward to LANning with you as soon as we can. |
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by Zardoz |
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Welcome to 2020 version 2.0!
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5th January 2021 - 06:05 PM |
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Welcome to 2021!
With the Current Global Event still continuing, it's a big challenge for us to run an event that requires many months of planning, not knowing what lies ahead.
So, we'll let you know when we know, but for now, stay safe and game on! |
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by Zardoz |
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Respawn LAN events for 2020 cancelled.
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14th August 2020 - 09:49 PM |
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RESPAWN LAN CANCELLED FOR 2020
We honestly thought September was enough time. Then July came, and things started to look worse again.
So we're cancelling our next event. Well, "reschedule" just doesn't seem right at this point, because we haven't got dates yet as we don't know when this is all going to pass in a manner that allows us to LAN like we want to.
Thanks for everyone who has supported our v36 event with pre-paying. We'll be refunding you shortly. We'll also be keeping track of who you are. We hope to do something special for those who have supported us getting back on the horse.
Lots of people are playing Fall Guys, so that's a thing. We're working on some retro game servers for some old school fun, and some organised games - GTA V just got some massive updates and we're told more updates are on the way.
For all our partners, including the staff and management at the Batman Royale, the team at Aussie Broadband, and the wonderful crew at Scorptec Computers - thanks for your support.
But most importantly, thanks for sticking around. To you, the people who make this Respawn thing happen. You're the best and we look so forward to doing this again, once This Thing passes. |
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by Zardoz |
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RESPAWN LAN RESCHEDULED: SEPTEMBER 19-20TH
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22nd March 2020 - 12:41 PM |
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RESPAWN LAN v36 RESCHEDULED till SEPTEMBER
Look, we really didn't want to do this, but we made the call to reschedule Respawn LAN to September due to the impact of COVID-19.
It's just not safe to run in April, nor will the government allow us to do so. And even if they did, we wouldn't be running. It would be irresponsible for us to run.
It's going to be a tough time for all of us over the next few months. Please take care of each other and avoid as many public gatherings as possible. Keep safe distances, become at one with the soap and water. Don't touch your face and all that.
Everything we do now, as early as possible, will have significant positive impact at the other end of this. Conversely, everything we don't do, will have negative impact and will draw this up.
We really want to run this in September, and we really want everyone to be back on their feet so we can do this.
We'll organise some online activities that we'll announce soon. |
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