2009/08/21 - Highlander Event

[FadedOasis]

Clear your schedule, it's happening this time.

Here's how it's going to work: Friday, August 21st, at about 9pm Eastern (6pm Pacific), I will be switching over to Tournament Mode with class restrictions. We will play several maps. That's it. There is no signup. Just show up. We will be playing Highlander until people get bored of it.

You better show up.

[rhench]

Tourney mode with crits and dmgspread or without?

[scrambles]

On that date, my attendance is highly unlikely.

[Billy, Angel of Wrath]

I can't make it that night either.

[Jeziah]

9 pm? Can't we start this a bit earlier? I won't be able to play for any more than 30 minutes to an hour at that time. Since we'll be doing this for multiple rounds/maps, we should be able to start much earlier and still have everybody back from work for the majority, while those who are free that evening can get to play and still get to bed in time to get up early.

[FadedOasis]

The server doesn't start filling until 9.

[atenthirtyone]

I'll be there.

[rhench]

I'm in, but I want to know about crits and dmgspread.

[phevnil]

I'll try to be there but could we start at 8:30 or so? The server usually has enough people at that time.

[Jeziah]

Ya, whether the server usually starts filling or not at certain times, having an event will get it filled earlier. And the sooner the event starts, the more people get to play, even if it's only a few 4v4 rounds while the server is filling anyways. And besides, if you schedule the event to start at 9:00, the time when the server is usually full, then I can guarantee that many of the regulars who know about it won't start showing up until 9:15 or something like that (since this is highlander NIGHT not a highlander match, people will show up later to be sure everything is all set up by the time they get there) and the server won't truly be ready untill even later. The whole reason the server fills up at 9:00 is because that's about ~30 minutes after the regulars get on, attracting more players, so why not start it about an hour earlier so that the server can be guaranteed to be filled up by it's usual time and so that everyone who wants to play but have things to do can get in a good hour or so before they have to go?

[FadedOasis]

The event is at nine because I still need to set things up and probably won't be ready until then. Remember, I'm currently out of town. :-)

This isn't supr srs, it's just Highlander. Don't worry, we'll have a nocrits nospread event soon.

[.: sora]

Aug 18, 2009 13:36:52 GMT -5 FadedOasis said:

supr srs... Highlander.

MKWEA TWLOL Highlander Power Ladder Team?! :3

[FadedOasis]

MKWEA TWLOL Highlander Power Ladder Team?! :3

Remember to check Steam IDs! :-D

[FadedOasis]

Due to a storm, my power is flickering. Since I can't guarantee that I'll be there, the event has been changed to a full-day event. Server is up and running Highlander now.

[Whatsit]

Damn it all
Highlander's on all day and I STILL can't make it at the last minute :(

[azath]

glad I stumbled onto this, was fun

maybe I'll stick around - added to favorites

[rhench]

It was a fairly good success. We're thinking about doing something like this bi-weekly or so. Details as events warrant.

[probie]

Had a good time last night. Too bad I couldn't stick around longer. As we all know I'm only averagely good at heavy and pyro due to spray and pray power! It was nice to be forced into a different class for a bit and get some practice.

[Jeziah]

Sorry I didn't show up for very long. My dad had my computer on the workbench all afternoon->evening->night. He needed my old processor to fix a client's computer, so he forced me to pay him 200$ for an upgrade xD
Now I have a brand new AMD Athlon X2 7850 with each core running at 2.8ghz with 3x Hyperthreading (why AMD roxorz so much, their take on hyperthreading generally makes the true speed of their processors half again their perceived speed... My old processor was a 3800 which claimed to run at 2.4 ghz, but with 2x hyperthreading ran at 3.8ghz and my RAM is finally DDR2
When he had it all put together and finished repairing 3 other computers for friends, he let me try out tf2 for 5 minutes before sending me off to bed. And on your 17 player Yukon I got a low of 40-50 fps :DDDDD
That's more than thrice as good as before.

[.: sora]

I actually have to thank Rhench for forcing me to play Engi during badlander (but fuck you anyway). Much needed practice, since I'm pretty sure I'm going to be running it on Gravel Pit tonight.

Based on the crazy good feedback we got from this, and the fact that it almost runs itself once we hit that critical mass of regulars, I can easily see this becoming a regular event - probably not weekly, since it's a fairly exhausting affair, but twice a month seems reasonable.

What did people think of the amount of badlander we played? Too much? Not enough? Just right?

[atenthirtyone]

I actually like badlander more but the setup time takes significantly longer.