March 2006 - Posts

• A SIEGE in review...

  Another SIEGE has passed and thanks to our great sponsors and to everyone attending it was a raging success. Massive thanks to CommsLogic of course for their Major Sponsorship of the event, I can't wait to see the pictures of the "Geek Stampede" in the paper this week! A special thanks for a few people & sponsors (I hope I don't miss anyone). Firstly to AMD, Cybershack, THQ & Razer for providing us with some incredible lewt to give away. Secondly to Chloe, Dani and the MeterMaids for putting up with the "oogling" of so many geeks and guests. Thirdly to all the guys that gave us a hand with setup and packup and particularly to Retort for creating the SIEGE logo, flyer and player tags.  And finally to the Admin team for their outstanding work in producing an A+ event. As the "Voice of GameServe" I (MrWolf) tend to get a lot of the face to face thanks and praise for the LANs but there are SO many other guys that make it tick and without them none of these events would happen. So if you ever get the chance you should buy them a drink (coke if you're not 18) and shake their hand. Congrat's to all the winners who combined took home over $6000 in cash and prizes, especially to the teams that travelled from as far as Sydney. It was great to have such a high level of competition and to see so many of the comps won in hard fought finals. The final count was a little down on past events with only 247 monitors coming through the door, but the quality of the majority of the attendee's more than made up for the quantity. It's a shame a few saw fit to try and embarass those of us that put so much time into the event, hopefully next time they'll put a bit more thought into their actions Unfortunately some additional prizes appeared to late to be given out at SIEGE so they will be up for grabs at the next monthly LAN instead (including 3 x Antec cases and 10 various performance mouse mats). You can look forward to hearing an announcement about the date of that next event soon. Thanks again to all the participants, sponsors & admins for a great weekend. Posted Mar 28 2006, 11:02 PM by MrWolf with 1 comment(s)

• SIEGE Comp Rules, Versions, Maps

  FarCry Version 1.33 Teams of 5 (min. 4) Assault Respawn Time 15 TimeLimit 20 (each way) Single Elim Maps: mp_dam, mp_dune, mp_freighter, mp_mangoriver, mp_airstrip, mp_jungle (Maps will be randomly selected prior to match start, finals map will decided by both teams captains) Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne Version 1.20c Teams of 2 (min. 1) Standard Map Settings Double Elim Maps: Twisted Meadows, Gnoll Wood, Avalanche, Lost Temple, Stonecold Mountain, River Of Souls, Copper Canyon, Typhoon. Call of Duty 2 Default Install Version Teams of 5 (min. 4) Search & Destroy Official CAL settings Single Elim Maps: Burgandy, Toujane, Matmata, Dawnville, Breakout Razer Quake 4 Duels Version 1.0.4 1v1 Tourney Single Elim to top 8, then Double Elim 10 minute rounds to top 8, then 15 minute rounds Maps: Galang (l4dm1a), Phrantic (swq4dm1), Pro_Bliptourney, Campgrounds Redux (q4dm9) UT2004 Version 3369 Teams of 5 (min. 4) CTF Other settings and maps TBA CommsLogic Xbox 360 Comp Game/Settings/Maps TBA pending release schedule. The Comms Logic Geek-Stampede of '06 We can't give away too much, but at the given time you will have the opportunity to win either an Xbox360, a 400Gig Seagate SATA HDD or an Antec 550w NEO Powersupply. The CommsLogic Snapshot Comp As all attendee's will be issued with a CommsLogic T-shirt and we will be rewarding one budding photographer with a great prize. All you have to do is take a photo of yourself wearing the CL shirt in the most unique and humerous location(s). Photo's will have to be taken over the period of the SIEGE weekend and will have to be emailed to the comp admin (so no, you can't just show us on your phone). That's the wrap up for comps. There are more than 270 gamers rego'd now, so if you want a piece of the action register ASAP! Posted Mar 20 2006, 12:30 PM by MrWolf with 6 comment(s)

• Need to Register on the GameServe Website?

  Registering an account on the GameServe website allows you to register for GameServe events and provides you with a voice on the GameServe forum. To register you simply need to fill-out this little page and click the Register link at the bottom: Registration Page Your forum account will be created by a GameServe administrator within 24 hours and you will receive an email with the details when this is completed. Posted Mar 11 2006, 10:35 AM by c4 with 1 comment(s)

• SIEGE Rego's OPEN! Site Rego's coming soon.

  The title says it all folks. Registrations for SIEGE are now open. All you need to do is logon to the main site at http://gameserve.com.au and the click on Events and follow the bouncing ball from there. For those that don't have an account for the GS site, this will be enabled ASAP. We're just working through a few kinks since the site's upgrade and move to a new server. Posted Mar 10 2006, 10:01 PM by MrWolf with no comments

• CommsLogic presents GameServe SIEGE, March '06

  We have just locked in our major sponsor for the fast approaching SIEGE event. CommsLogic (1800-CLOGIC), the Gold Coasts fastest growing wireless ISP, is now presenting this coming SIEGE as the major sponsor, and with that sponsorship it can be confirmed that there will now be over $6000 in cash and prizes up for grabs throughout the weekend. Included in that record-high SIEGE prize-pool will be an Xbox 360 which will also be the featured machine in the 2v2 Console Comp. CommsLogic will be on-site to demonstrate their products and with special sign-up offers. And it would be wrong of me not to mention that they plan to bringing in the MeterMaids & some promo-girls to help give away the Xbox 360 as well as some great door prizes. Other prize breakdowns are as follows: Call of Duty 2 (5v5 SnD) 1st - $450, 2nd - $300, 3rd - $150 FarCry (5v5 Assault) 1st - $450, 2nd - $300, 3rd - $150 UT2004 (5v5 CTF) 1st - $450, 2nd - $300, 3rd - $150 Quake 4 (Duels) 1st - $90, 2nd - $60, 3rd - $30 Xbox 360 (2v2 Game Title TBA) 1st - $180, 2nd - $120, 3rd - $60 And for the first time ever SIEGE will feature a full double-elimination competition of Warcraft 3 (2v2) 1st - $360, 2nd - $240, 3rd - $120 There will be the usual slew of door-prizes up for grabs, and as mentioned in a previous post AMD have sent an Athlon64 4000+ CPU to be part of a near complete system that 1 lucky gamer will get to take home. Other vital stat's that you will want to know: Date: Saturday March 25 (8am-midnight) & Sunday March 26 (8am-8pm) Cost: $30 Venue: The Grand Ballroom of the Gold Coast International Hotel (www.gci.com.au) Age Restriction: MA15+ (No ID, No Entry, No exceptions) Accomodation: Rooms available at the GCI for $135 twin-share. Call to book. A timetable of how the weekend is going to happen will be made available some time next week. Registrations for this event will open at 8pm TONIGHT (Fri, March 10). Posted Mar 10 2006, 03:19 PM by MrWolf with 1 comment(s)

• News team, Assemble!

  Well, apparently we still have a news page... who would have thought that :P Anyway, enough frivolity, lets actually put some news in. First up, something that will interest Tapek - using your Nintendo DS as an RDP controller. This very (very, very) alpha program lets you remotley control your PC from your DS. Go here for more information/download There has been a little bit of interest in some new Shure "gaming" in-ears on our forum.. but for absolute pomp and sass you need to check some $3,400 Audio Technica goodness In the "something to make MrWolf cry" column the rest of U2's tour has been postponed  which includes Aus [and the tickets which MrWolf has] For all of you ATi Peeps in the house, they have just release the new Catalyst 6.3 Drivers. Dial up need not apply [23meg for drivers? ouch] Next on Arnie's purchase list is the brand spankin new 100" LCD from LG.Phillps, currently the largest in the world (taking the crown from Samsungs puny 82" model) Finally... life's hard when you're an orange Posted Mar 09 2006, 02:26 PM by Alfredo with 2 comment(s)

• SIEGE Rego's

  Registrations for the March 25/26 GameServe SIEGE event will open this Friday (March 10th) at 8pm. Keep in mind that there are only 300 seats available for SIEGE so if you don't rego early you're going to have to hope that someone doesn't turn up! Another FAQ is about the attendance of the MeterMaids, and I can confirm that they will be dropping by at some point during the event to greet their favourite bunch of geeks. As to whether Kurn lets any of you near them is a whole different matter. Posted Mar 08 2006, 07:50 PM by MrWolf with 1 comment(s)

• AMD Raffle Prize

  As is tradition at SIEGE we'll have another system up for grabs for 1 lucky gamer, and I have just received the CPU from AMD. This SIEGE we'll be offering up a schwanky new Athlon 64 4000+ (939) chip as the driving force of the new PC. Details on the other components that will make up this system will be posted soon. Posted Mar 08 2006, 11:47 AM by MrWolf with no comments