The COGS Mumble server has been updated to 1.2.0 by our diligent Server Master, TP2k. The new server is not compatible with the old client, so you’ll need to go to http://mumble.sourceforge.net and update yourself. If you want to be able to connect from Ubuntu, there’s also a PPA to grab it from.
Strategic Launch Detected!
For those of you involved in our recent spate of “SupCom every night and then some” you will no doubt have heard that is customary to nuke Taters. This honour may well be dubious, but at the LAN we thought it necessary to nonetheless jog people’s memories by adding some reminders to Taters’ computer:
Each of those sticky labels carries a message such as, “Nuke”, or for the more creative, “Nuke here” or for the more polite, “Nuke plox”.
We must applaud Taters – not only for leaving briefly to lend us his XBox (thank-worthy in itself) and thus give us the chance to plaster his rig with our little messages, but also for doggedly (and somewhat reluctantly) bearing the sum total of COGS’ nuclear arsenal, verbally and in-game!
Games for CL3
Hello fine LANgoers!
Here is a slightly advanced notice of some games we should play on Saturday:
12:00 – UT2k4. Make sure you have the mods TAM and Carball installed beforehand so you don’t have to wait for ages downloading them from the server.
15:00 – HL2:DM. Half Life 2 Deathmatch is a source mod many of you will be familiar with. If you don’t have it you can get it for free if you have an ATi graphics card. Or, you can get it for free if you have an nVidia graphics card. If you’re gaming on an Intel integrated card, you can log into Steam from another computer. Finally, if you have HL2:e1, you should have it already, and it only costs £3 on Steam. Toilet-tossing fun!
19:00 (or “after pizza”) – PVK2. After huge success last LAN we would be foolish to not bring this back.
Details for installation can, as usual, be found on the gaming guide.
In addition, there’s sure to be some Supreme Commander happening quite a bit, and we intend to have an OpenTTD server running throughout the day.
There is also this thread on the forums with more suggestions, some of which are sure to be played. If you like the look of them, get installing now to maximise enjoyment later!
