Hit the "Training Center" link (dang JavaScript indirect links...grumble...) on: http://www.latechpark.com/
There are some restrictions listed that they would have to relax for us to do the LAN game thing. I'm sure they would not want us to modify the software on their machines. I haven't played with the Gentoo based UT2004 LiveCD, but that might be useful. Are there other FPSs (Knoppix with Quake2) on a LiveCD? Another alternative is that they could simply supply us with an unused room with some tables, chairs, power, and a big honkin' pipe to the Internet. However, their first thought is going to be: "What's in it for the Tech Park?". It might be helpful to use the following angle in your request: http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/041230/video_games_2.html Good luck! John --- Blake Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well it looks like we have some challenges and some > bets on this > already; I will be making some contacts soon and > setting a date for a cs > & q3a LAN game. > > I'll try to get it added as an informal BRLUG > get-together meeting. > Another option is the meeting place at the LA tech > park on FL BLVD, that > place is wired and very spacious. I dont know who > exactly Id have to > talk to about that one. > > Christian Tortorich wrote: > > >We can do it in my lab at lsu if y'all are down to > bring your own > >hardware. I just bought some new boxes but video > performance wasn't my > >objective. It would have to be after 9PM though. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >Behalf Of abbott > >Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 3:09 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: RE: Q3A versus CounterStrike was > Re:[brlug-general] > >Highbandwidth venues in Baton Rouge > > > >keke cant we do like an all night thing with the > brlug facility off of > >sherwood or whatever? ill put yall to shame. > > > >-------Original Message------- > > > > > >>From: "Christian Tortorich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Subject: RE: Q3A versus CounterStrike was Re: > [brlug-general] > >> > >> > >Highbandwidth venues in Baton Rouge > > > > > >>Sent: Feb 19 2005 17:30:05 > >> > >> Andrew will pwn you all. When he worked at LSU > all he did was play > >> > >> > >Q3A. > > > > > >> Ill put $10 on him. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >> Behalf Of abbott > >> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 8:54 AM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: Q3A versus CounterStrike was Re: > [brlug-general] > >> Highbandwidth venues in Baton Rouge > >> > >> i would love to play some q3a with yall... no i > have an athlon ive > >> > >> > >been > > > > > >> playing this game for about 5 years wanna make > any bets on the > >> > >> > >tourney > > > > > >> beforehand? > >> > >> -------Original Message------- > >> > From: "Andrew Baudouin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > Subject: Re: Q3A versus CounterStrike was Re: > [brlug-general] High > >> bandwidth venues in Baton Rouge > >> > Sent: Feb 18 2005 21:41:26 > >> > > >> > > What? No complaints about having to > recompile your > >> > > kernel in order to play Q3A? ;) > >> > > >> > "Error loading sound: cannot mmap /dev/dsp" > was quite irritating > >> > >> > >for > > > > > >> a > >> > while when I was initially using ALSA under > Gentoo (cs46xx and > >> > >> > >au8830 > > > > > >> > were hardly supported at the time, > oss-emulation still didn't fix > >> > >> > >it) > > > > > >> > but echo "quake3.x86 0 0 direct" > > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss > >> > >> > >seems > > > > > >> > to work ok now for snd-intel8x0 on my NForce4 > audio. > >> > > >> > I cannot get it running under x86_64 gentoo at > the moment, but > >> > >> > >there > > > > > >> > is now a native icculus.org amd64 build of > quake2 that's pacifying > >> > >> > >me > > > > > >> > for the time being. > >> > > >> > Andrew > >> > > >> > > > >> > > We really should have a BRLUG tourney in Q3A > and/or > >> > > CS. > >> > > > >> > > John > >> > > >> > I wonder how many would actually attempt to > play q3? Every gamer > >> I've > >> > talked to locally prefers CS. > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > >> > General mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >> -------Original Message------- > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> General mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> General mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >> > >> > >-------Original Message------- > > > >_______________________________________________ > >General mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >General mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > -- > > Blake Gardner > > === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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