Attendance: Prolly around 50 at peak Games DotA RA3 COD4 TF2 misc Tournaments as of 1am TF2 DotA As compared to the 1st LAN this Lan was faaaarrr better. I think the overall setup of the lobby was much preferable to Wiley or any other old dining court. The gaming was very solid from 2ish until about 6 when the power crashed out which was epic fail. Once the TF2 tournament "started" at 8pm things started to get a bit boring. The TF2 tourney took like 1hr to get setup was a big negative to the participants. Seems like nobody really thought about it either before the LAN cuz it was 4v4, on Granary and Steel LOL. The CAL mod was nice but again, it took forever to get going. Personally too, I thought the tattoo contest for a 60 dollar mouse was pretty silly. I'm glad Rob got it, but imo it should've gone to someone who actually won a game of something. The sponsorship was really nice was awesome and all the stuff Razer sent was cool. If we could get like 4 more sponsors people would be flocking to the LANs like crazy I'm sure. all in all, more tournament planning pre-lan and also fun OMG OMG OMG OMG NEVER EDIT MY POSTS RAWR!!!!!!!

It is that time again for our last LAN party of the semester!

PUGG LAN XXXVIII will be held once again in Hillenbrand Hall from noon to 2am on November 15th.

Tournaments will once again be decided at the LAN and will be held mid afternoon and going on until they are complete.

Razer will also be sponsoring this LAN and we will have prizes and other giveaways courtesy of them.

So let your friends know and we hope to see you Nov. 15th!

What: PUGG LAN XXXVIII
When: November 15th noon-2am
Where: Hillenbrand Hall C102A
Sponsored By:
http://pugg.net/images/forum/razer_logo_url1.png

Right now I am planning on hosting a small Release Party for the release of L4D. This will be the weekend following the game's Tuedsay (Nov. 18 ) release. I was thinking Saturday night , the 22nd. It would likely be held in Hillenbrand, AFTER the Old Oaken Bucket Game, starting somewhere between 6 and 8 and going until 2, maybe later. There is a room in Hillenbrand that would be GREAT for this. It's in the basement, there's a projector, no windows, tile floors.. very good atmosphere for a zombie thriller. At this point, food will probably be your responsibility, but there won't be an additional cost to members. Please post your interest or suggestions for something like this in this thread. Thanks!

This thread is for discussion of the LAN at Hillenbrand on Saturday, 10/18/08.

My personal brief summary:
1. Power setup is awesome.
2. Itap is "on the fritz."
3. SWAT4 is sweet.
4. Laptops are incredibly popular this year.
5. FortuneCookie hacks.

Games played at this LAN:
TF2, CoD4, DotA, SWAT4, CnC3, CS:S, Crysis, among others.

See you at the next one, thanks for coming out!

As follows:

4:30pm - CoD4
8:00pm - CS:S
10:00pm - TF2
12:00pm - WC3

Game formats will be voted on by players at the designated times above.

Alright everyone, Our next LAN will be this weekend October 18th in Hillenbrand C102A. We will be having tournaments that will be decided at the LAN party, so if you want to compete, come to the LAN. Our two prizes will be USB beverage heaters/coolers so you can keep your drink of choice at whatever temperature you want while kicking ass and taking names. http://www.vat19.com/dvds/usb-warmer-cooler.cfm

Okay, people have been asking and we are giving. We have three LAN parties set up for this semester, there are as follows: LAN PARTY XXXVI: SEPTEMBER 27 @ WILEY LAN PARTY XXXVII: OCTOBER 18 @ HILLENBRAND LAN PARTY XXXVIII: NOVEMBER 15 @ HILLENBRAND LANs start at 12 o'clock noon and run until 2am. Rides MAY be available, look for a "Ride Thread" in the Open Chat forums for those offering rides. We will also try to have smaller single game events throughout the year too, so keep an eye out for those as well

We will be having our annual fall callout this year on Sept. 11th at 8pm in PHYS 112

Come visit us to learn more about what we have planned for this year.

Details:

What: Fall Callout
When: Thursday, Sept. 11 @ 8pm
Where: PHYS 112

We just launched the new PUGG.net website! We are continuing to work on tighter integration with out forums but check back often for new updates and more content to be added soon.

Let us know any comments you have or suggestions for the site.

PUGG LAN XXXV is next week! We will be camping out for 14 hours in the Hillenbrand study lounge this time. The date is next Saturday, April 12, with the usual hours of noon to 2am. Bring your own computer and favorite console (or games) and prepare to pwn even more n00bs than before. We are hoping to organize some tournaments at the LAN, so hop on the forum and sound off some ideas. As usual, we will decide what tournaments to do at the LAN itself. So, bring your games, your gear, and have some fun this upcoming weekend!

What: PUGG LAN XXXV
When: April 12th noon to 2am
Where: Hillenbrand Hall - Study Lounge C102
Tournaments: Decided at the LAN

ALSO:
WILY Radio is hosting a Halo 3 tournament on April 19th from 6-10pm.
More information here:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=14820812094&ref=mf

Thanks to all that came! Your new PUGG officers are as follows: President - Stretch Treasurer - Garrett (FortuneCookie) Vice President - Jordan (Jaffee) Network Admin - Ben (BrutalHitman) Public Relations - Jason (Suicide_Guy) Game Server Admin - Chris (Forsaken) Corporate Relations - Erik (EriktheRed) Webmaster/Programmer - Jacob (Darkhorse) The final LAN of the year, on Apr. 12th, will feature a blended officership, as the old officers will be training the new ones for when they fully takeover in the fall.

PUGG will be having it's election for officers this coming Tuesday, April 1st in BRNG 1243 from 8pm-8:45. If you want to help run the club that makes all of these LAN parties possible, then come and apply for a position.

Positions up for election:
President
Vice President
Treasurer
Network Administrator
Corporate Relations
Publicity Director
Webmaster/Head Programmer
Lead Game Server Administrator

We will be having our fifth LAN party for the year on Saturday, March 29th from noon to 2am at Wiley Hall . Bring your computer or console for some great gaming! If you have not paid dues for membership, cash, check and PayPal can be taken upon arrival - dues are $10 for the remainder of the year (spring semester) and need to be paid before you can start gaming! What: PUGG LAN XXXIV When: Saturday, March 29th from noon to 2am Where: Wiley Hall Tournaments: We will be deciding/voting on tournaments at the LAN. We felt like many of the people that voted for the tournaments weren't present, leaving those that did show up with their choices. We'll stick to this method for Spring 2008 LANs. Discussion/General Games: Discussion of the LAN is taking place in this thread!: http://forums.pugg.net/showthread.php?t=933

"Yesterday, Purdue utility workers were messing around with the circuit breaker and turned off our circuit. I talked to a worker here and he turned the circuit back on. It appears they killed all the circuits in the entire office area since none were labeled. Our circuit is now labeled to be never shut off and this shouldn't happen again. All the servers and equipment are back up and running and should be functioning normally." -Jason Go figure, another outage that was out of our control! Everything should be back to normal as Jason said.

Here is some information on upcoming IUCGC events that I was asked to pass along:

IUCGC is bringing you another round of the action with LAN War XIV this April 5-6! Keeping with tradition, this 24+ hour event will be stocked heavily with swag; we already have big commitments from many sources, including at LEAST one 8800! Our 5 tournaments will be determined by your votes when you register for the event, which can be paid for through our web service for $15. As per the other LAN Wars, XIV is to be held in Briscoe Quad's student activity room. OH, and BIG news! We will be featuring access to IU's lightning fast broadband for each of our attendees! No more fussing about versions of Steam or patches, all thanks to the magic of INTERNET! For more information, please visit www.iugaming.com!

Also, our first annual Console Chaos (the console-based, sister event to the LAN War) will be the previous weekend on March 29-30. Competition will be fierce in Smash Bros. Brawl, Halo 3, Guitar Hero 3, and more! Hosted in the exact same room as the LAN War, the Briscoe SAR, Console Chaos will charge no entry fee for observers, but competitors and eaters-of-food will be charged a small fee.

We will be having our fourth LAN party for the year (first one for spring) on Saturday, Feb. 9th from noon to 2am at Wiley Hall. Bring your computer or console for some great gaming! If you have not paid dues for membership, cash, check and PayPal can be taken upon arrival - dues are $10 for the remainder of the year (spring semester) and need to be paid before you can start gaming! What: PUGG LAN XXXIII When: Saturday, Feb. 9th from noon to 2am Where: Wiley Hall Tournaments: We will be deciding/voting on tournaments at the LAN. We felt like many of the people that voted for the tournaments weren't present, leaving those that did show up with their choices. We'll stick to this method for Spring 2008 LANs.

From Purdue's Operations and Maint. Dept: "The electrical service a large section of STEW will be shutdown on Saturday, February 2, 2008, from 4:30am until 5:30am. This is required to balance some of the load on the temporary generators at STEW. This should not affect all of STEW, but it would be advantageous for the building occupants to plan for a total outage. It will not affect HIKS at this time." While our equipment isn't kept in STEW, STEW is our network next-hop... so this bulletin is thus pertinent. Our equipment should only be out for an hour or so during the very early hours of the morning.

We will be having our spring semester callout this thursday from 8-9pm in BRNG 1222. Come on out if you're interested and bring your friends!

Thanks to sneveTs we now have an official dedicated PUGG ventrilo server. The cap is currently at 30 slots, but we can get it raised to 100 if needed (The company hosting us pays royalties on the number of slots in use, so having a 100 slot server with unused slots is bad).

Here is the connection info.

Server: Chicago.Cevo.NationVoice.com
Port: 3786