Did he really get an iPad?

We did advertise the comps around 4 weeks before the event for the major comps. and prize money was still inline with V15 except less for TF2.

we cannot raise the prizes further than this.

He definitely went to a country where they are available. He definitely wants one.

Feel free to draw your own conclusions.

i like the concept of a chillout area, maybe have some good old consoles with everyone favorite games (smash, halo, sf4 so on) for anyone to play, so on

otherwise sad to see no one cares about tf2, i find it so many people revert to watching movies instead of playing games because they prioritize leeching over that, and leeching as much as you possibly can affects the performance of your computer quite a bit, or at least for my and my friends computers

its hard to balance both worlds between leeching/gaming

otherwise it was a fun respawn, but not very entertaining since there was so little gaming going on, and so much leeching

but at least i got plenty of stuff to entertain me otherwise, but would rather more gaming than more leeching

don't rely on others to start games. just start one and advertise it around where you're sitting. xD or ask an admin to make an announcement over the notification system and over PA.

I think I shall try and bring back war3 Naval Combat in the respawn after the next one! easy game to pick up and play. xD

Someone mentioned earlier that they don't know why, but v16 just didn't measure up to previous LANs. I know that a few people thought it was just 'more of the same'.

Soo, I really like the idea of the lounge area. I was going to suggest more DS gaming, and request at least sometime in the future a LAN with DDR? I dunno how many players there are at respawn, though. But it would be good to stretch/use your legs, after sitting on a hard plastic chair for a couple of hours.

I think respawn could really improve (read: less people only leeching) with a different range of games being played, or perhaps utilising the theme a lot more. Rather than just for prizes, themes should be integrated with the types of games played, what people wear etc (labcoats were a noble idea, but I didn't see too many people wearing them?). I really liked the Soviet LAN, with the trophies, the 'In Soviet Russia x y's you!', the banners and the RA3 comp (I think there was also RA3/Soviet music being played over PA for a bit?). It's probably the only LAN I could remember distinctly.

I'm also in favour of somehow listing the games that people play. Personally, I can't stand FPS games, which seem to be the bulk of what people play at respawn. But I'm sure there are other games out there, so why not create a list for people to refer to - perhaps even host the setup files (I know that the major games are hosted on the official server, but I don't like many of them. I doubt I'm the only one). The only games I've played at respawn so far (I've been about 5+ times) are RA3, Warcraft3 and (mostly) Tron.

I should probably be focusing this energy on my essay rather than ranting in the respawn forums, though. XP

What about all the COD4 people put money in to play and the winner gets the pot aswell as the original prize ? I mean fuck.. the admins can't be giving you money out of their own pockets just because you're not happy with $100 for being good at putting your curser over someone's pixels and clicking

I would say that trying to lower or restrict people from file sharing would def cause a lot less people to come to the events.

i know that every fun comp that was on while i has dc++ open i would join in on, and be apart of, as you would of seen when we had 6 or 7 tron servers up, i think we need a lot more mini games available.

although i dont download much i upload heaps, and i think its great that people can download lots of shit in 24hours, thats what a lans about cause where else can you download 1tb worth of shit in 1 night?

leechers and gamers both pay the same amount and should be able to do which ever they choose.

but more than 70% i would say are doing both.

i was quite happy with v16, but i hated the CSS commentating, i think that should go through something like event for people who want to tune in and listen, and have music playing over the PA insted.

i think also having random raffles and events for small prizes like a can of V, every half hour, to keep the excitment going would work aswel, like best dressed, funniest hair, most unique PC, etc etc

That is my input, Thanks
Sikkent

officially hosted setup files for games are only for the freeware ones, as it would be illegal to host copyright games. The best they can do is have the patch files there so everyone is playing the same version.

random raffles would be fun. rock paper scissors competition! and bring back a dedicated trivia server on DC or something! hahaha.
I liked it when the door prizes were given out at the end of the event. it was always funny watching the admins read out several names of ppls who had already left! xD and we were all like sux0rz! wel, not really, but we were all thinking something similar.

I forgot to use the notifier at v16. not that it really mattered from what I have read. It's a good idea, but not used enough.

+1

I can provide 2 JTAG'd 360's each with the entire RB2 DLC library to date, for the next event. Around 1500+ songs to choose from (RB1 + RB2 + LegoRB + AC/DC RB + Track Packs + All DLC + Imported songs from GHWT, GHSH, GHM and GH5).

TBRB or GTFO

prob a late post, but on the subject of leeching.... you stop/inhibit it you lose 50% of the people who come. Not everyone is into hardcore gaming anymore, they may play some of the games there sometimes, but its also a great way to catch up with people you dont run into everyday/share stuff/have a laugh.
Alot of us work everyday and dont get the chance to play anything much anymore so the leeching keeps us going til we find time. Not everyone that attends posts here so I would be wary with trying to exclude such a vital thing to a lan to try push people into a more purely gaming direction.

For example this is my first post and only come to the lan mainly for sharing with a bunch of the centrecom guys.

Whilst this is a lovely offer, the concern we have at the minute is sound. We've always had a NO SPEAKERS policy this would entirely defeat the purpose of rock band 2. I'm sure we can figure out a solution but it'll be a tricky one given that not everyone like's the same thing.

Jeffy

Personally i dont have a problem with leeching, aslong as you play the games, its not the downloading that kills your computer, its the uploading, if you limit that to 3 or 4 places, it would combat some of the problems, as people wouldnt be able to focus on getting shit as they would just have to wait for a spot, and you would still be able to play most high end games

just wish the would beef up security for next respawn and that players would sabotages other plays computer data.
i was very disapointed that one of my friends computers had all his games deleted on him very disapointed in how players could do this to other players who do this are sick minded people

Respawn is a place to make new friends play games and leach not to delete people computer data

other then that V16 was an exceptional respawn a very well done
except for the admin who keeps saying your banned to me every respawn he really needs to stop that its getting old

looking forward to V17 and hoping it to another good respawn once again

Nothing we can do about that! \o/

Passwording shares, or at the very least making them read only, is mandatory practice.

we atleast my post warned others for next respawn

Or... turning windows sharing off?

Yes, it had nothing to do with the security of the servers, if your friend isnt smart enough to know that it can happen if you have the write sharing on then its his own fault imo

But still for players to do this act to other players is uncalled for

Can i just make something absolutely clear for the folks reading this thread.

While respawn offers a very high class network for a gaming event, we do so for the benefit of GAMING.

Respawn is not a place to leech files, nor will be support or condone such an act.

We will not support DC++ issues
We will not tell you where you can find a DC hub.
We will not support any illegal activity on our network.

Unfortunately we cannot police 500 people and any effort to do port based restrictions to limit file sharing would hamper gaming performance across the board.

Im starting to think people think leeching is legal, and publicly announcing that you leech files on a PUBLIC forum is the smart thing to do.

We are here to provide you with the best network possible to play games, not to share files.

My 2 cents

Agreed just wish that some people wouldn't sabotage others computers for no reason

Dude get over it, someone is a prick, there are pricks in all walks of life

Just Deal with it and you should know what to do or what not to do fo next time

With regards to activities and various things to keep the event interesting throughout the day/night, this might sound rather stupid - but what about doing small video interviews with people as the event unfolds and then play this on the projector for laughs?

So, every so often, walk around and ask people how they are enjoying the event, just get a few laughs, then chuck it up on the projector. It will all be just for lulz and wont exactly take any time to edit, tho maybe some humerous commentary might go down well.

Just a thought..I could see this being interesting, and I'd at least poke my head up to have a look. Despite knowing hardly anyone, let alone by face, I still get plenty of laughs on the forum, so this I'm sure would work in video

edit: sorry, just realised I bumped this thread a little, hope this isn't too annoying!