I went to the SMo-g on Saturday (see post below).

There were a few people there (60ish computers and about 80 bodies) and it had the potential for fun… but it was actually pretty boring.

There were very few servers running games and most everyone was just sitting there watching movies or playing solo. They did do a few fun things though, so it wasn’t a total loss.

A competition called “eyes and drivers” was an exercise in frustration. It’s a two round 1:1 death match in Classic Unreal Tournament and requires 2 – 2 man teams. The hitch is this: the person on the controls is blindfolded and the other person on their team is their eyes, giving directions.

All you could hear is “LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, RIGHT, FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!” from throughout the room.

I’m pretty sure that the team we were against was peeking. The final score after the first round was 11 – 2 (we lost). Several times, the walked in the room and just blasted us with the first shot (luck, my ass!). We did better on the second round where I was playing and my son was my eyes. It finished at 5 – 9 (and there wasn’t nearly as many one shot kills).

We left at 7:30 in the morning, though we could have left at 11:00 at night (as there really weren’t any games after that). My son and I tried to entertain each other by playing against one another, but we couldn’t get anyone else to join us.

I told my wife that I’d go again, but only if I could round up a crew from the old BYOD parties to go with me. We’d show them what the hell a real lan party was!

Oh… and on a totally unrelated note: I start the graveyard shift tonight at 2 am PST. I’ll pry fire up the webcam for the first time in months. Tune on and watch if you’re awake (and bored outa your skull… because I’m pry not gonna be all that entertaining).