COGS Bristol

10:00 – Team Fortress 2 (as it always happens anyway )

12:00 – Zombie Panic: Source (A free mod for the Source engine)

14:00 – Tournament begins, it will end at 18:30 and there are some utterly FABULOUS prizes up for grabs this time!

15:00 – Shattered Horizon

18:45 – Doctor Who showing

‘After Pizza’ – Defence Alliance 2 (A free mod for Killing Floor)

Shortlist (other games that are likely to be played):
Warcraft
CS:S zombie mod
Altitude
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Unreal Tournament both 2004 and 3
Madballs

12:00 – IOS:S – (a free mod for the source engine)

15:00 – CS:S hide and seek mod

17:30 – TrackMania tournament – (with plenty of FABULOUS prizes to be won)

18:15 – Doctor Who showing

‘After pizza’ – PVKII

This timetable is fairly flexible, apart from the TM tournament and Dr Who, which will be starting at the time advertised.

As some of you may have noticed by the upcoming events we’ve had in the sidebar for the past week or so, we’ve been trying out a new events calendar system. This is now live, and ready for use.

The sidebar on the right of the page now has a quick list of the next few events coming up. There’s also a fully interactive calendar available on the Calendar page (also accessible via the tab bar at the top of this page). As well as an interactive calendar, this page also contains a link to our ICAL feed, should you wish to automatically sync this calendar with your mobile device etc. so that you need never miss another COGS event again!

Hi, gamers!

Here are the games we’re timetabling for the LAN on Saturday. Naturally other ones will take place throughout the day (see the Forum thread for ideas and a chance to give your own)

12:00 – Shattered Horizon
15:00 – C.S.S. Gungame
20:00 – (or “after we’ve eaten pizza”) PVK2 (or, if it gets shouted loudly enough, some other source mod – install all that you fancy and state your preference on the forums!)

As yet there has not been much activity in the thread, but UT2k4 (especially Carball, but probably also TDM/ONS/Insta), Swat4, Killing Floor and SupCom are almost certain to have a strong following.

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!

Yesterday, the day after the LAN and with the memories of the past day’s gunpowder, mass and light-wall filled day still bright in our minds, a few brave souls ventured forth to The Tunnels, Temple Meads to listen to Jonathan Coulton. A good time was had by all, and after the show some members approached the man himself to explain COGS to him. In return, he penned us the following missive:

Thanks, JoCo – we’ll try! (Actually I think we might have done it once or twice already, but that does seem a little bit unlikely)

Hello from COGS LAN 2! After initial network problems (srsly: don’t plug switches into themselves!) we’re up and running and gaming is beginning. Here’s a loosish timetable:

All the time: Borderlands
Now: TF2
4PM: Pirates Vikings and Knights
8PM: Armagetron

Note that the latter two are free and you can find them online (check the Gaming Guide) or locally from a friendly sharer -
PVK2 Files are available locally on \\MARVIN\Music & Games\ISOs\pvkii\ – copy this folder into your steamapps\SourceMods\ folder and you should be set!

So some folks said there would be a physics BBQ this Friday. This is therefore a late announcement that COGS will be crashing the party (with invitation) and that we can probably be found trying not to let our pale, pale skin burn somewhere in Royal Fort Garden in the afternoon, while munching burgers.

This will lead on nicely to our social for the evening, starting with a meal (for which you will already be booked if you’re on the list) and then followup chatter in Bar 100. For the more robust, we will then be following COGS tradition and going to All in One for cocktails.