BreachLAN #26::The Good, The Bad and the Downright Ugly

[MadmaN]

What did you think of the LAN? leave your feedback below


Mines.

The Good -

Meeting new people
The casting was fun to watch - thanks to dave
The epic battle on facebook - Breachlan gamers vs my twat friend haha
Big game of UT2k4 always great fun - maybe next time we can have first to 1000 frags FFA?

The Bad -

Having to leave the lan early - for good reason tho
Having to game on my 2008 laptop with poor frame rate in games lol

The Ugly

Kevs smelly farts lol
almost missing my train back home.

 

[Zanto]

the good- being able to come to this lan missed the last couple.
the sc2 tournament
red vs blue competition was goof fun

the bad - the lan finished

the ugle - nothing to report here comrad lol

 

[douglasbouttell]

The good: I might be able to make the next one. Need to iron a few things out first.

 

[Skull]

The Good
LAAAAAAAAAAAAAN
Pizza was good
Typh00n's epic casting skills!
The Stage Setup was awesome
Playing SC2 again for the first time in ages.

The Bad
welps.

The Ugly
That stalemate.......

 

[trkevig]

The Good:
ME PLAYING MORE MULTIPLAYER THAN SINGLE PLAYER !!! WOOP WOOP WOOP!!!!
Me kicking ass at F1 2012
The UT2K4 games - every screen had it on at the same time at one point !!!
Lan seemed more organised with loads more games but that might just be me playing more
Castiana sorting me out
Seeing people keen to try out the racing simulator
All the new kit for promoting BreachLAN - was very impressed!!!!
Me scooping 9 prizes at the raffle !!!! well worth the £13 in tickets lol

The Bad
Me getting beat on my own racing simulator by Hexxey and Typh00n
Half ma crew dissapearing before the lan officially ended with Greg's announcement
My PC developing problems when inserting that hard drive
missing out on a dirt3 invasion game

The Ugly
Me with my top off and showing off my gamertag tat after only 5 years of putting it there for that reason lol
How my car looked on leaving with Typh00n, Minter AND me in it with all our stuff packed in around us lol

 

[.AC.]

The Good.
Red Team
Much better pacing of organised games than the last time i went up, and certainly more participation.
UT2k4 on Grassy Knoll or not on Grassy Knoll
Castiana's store-room of spares.
Pretty much no LAN killing games.
My new "Where's Mo" Book

The Bad
Blue Team
My PSU committing suicide while I slept. I never even got to say good bye.
£1.35+ for a litre of petrol.

The Ugly
Ut2k4 on Grassy Knoll
Smart Price Bitter.

 

[grogers126]

THE GOOD

• lots and lots of peeps.
• typhoon awesome casting of games,
• pizza
• ashvale
• the top gear test track on the racing simulator.
• BreachLAN new equipment (awesome)
• Raffle prizes (thanks to everyone who donated)
• facebook battle (i am the king)

THE BAD

• RED TEAM
• The Lan had to finish
• AC psu deciding to die ( hahaha )

THE UGLY

• Kev with his top off
• castiana first thing in the morning
• ut2k4 at 4am
• mintr with red lipstick on
• madman

 

[Ice Coldas]

THE GOOD

- Meeting y'all IRL
- RvB Battles, lots of fun
- RED Team, obviously.
- ZeroG's laptop (Thanks!!)

THE BAD

- Nemonorm dropping out due to feeling ill
- My Starcraft II skill level.

THE UGLY

- Death of Kermit. Rust in peace. At least he's being backed up by Elmo now.
- Grassy Knoll Instagib. I was sane enough (Or not drunk enough) to step out after 3 hours.
- Dod. I was shocked.

Cheers guys!!
Just kidding, Dod

 

[Niko]

Good:

• Lots of attendees
• Starting earlier on Thursday, meant we could actually do group events that evening instead of just waiting for people to show up.

Bad:

• Bit lonely in the far, far corner.
• Almost 5 hours of Grassy Knoll.

Ugly:

• How I felt after almost 5 hours of Grassy Knoll

Red vs. Blue Feedback:
Overall Red vs. Blue was a pretty good addition to the LAN. It was cool to have an event last the whole LAN that I actually took part in (don't care for King of the LAN) and getting the team spirit going was pretty awesome.

However, it kinda sucked that every game was one-sided. We were fortunate that there were games that both teams could dominate in, but it still wasn't great. CS:GO and TF2 are usually my favourite games of the LAN, and getting annihilated in them was a big disappointment - not just because I'd hoped to do better, but because I didn't have any fun in my favourite games. Due to the random drawings of teams, it's possible that half the attendees of a future RvB LAN spend the entire event getting their arses kicked, which would definitely be off-putting for the future. Playing a non-RvB round of TF2 with random teams afterwards was much better, and I think should happen for every group game if possible.

I would like to see Red vs. Blue return, but I'm very wary of how badly it could go. It would also be nice to emphasise the friendly competition, rather than the kinda-bitter rivalry it seemed to be - there was lots of trash talking (last thing you want after a crushing defeat), and at times a noticeable divide between the teams.

 

[RolandOnTheRopes]

THE GOOD:

Having such a laugh when casting.
The atmosphere throughout the weekend being so friendly.
Beating Kev on time at F1 2011.
GTA4, utter mayhem.
Meeting all you guys.

THE BAD:

Kev with his top off.
Kev divebombing on his airmatress at 8am on Saturday morning.
Kev's alarm loudly going off on Friday morning at 7am.
Left4Dead2 : bored me to tears.

THE UGLY:

Having to work on Friday morning.
Uneven teams leading to massive disadvantages.
No big Trackmania game.
Sunday afternoon when it came around.


Overall:

Loved it, made some excellent new friends this weekend. RvB was an excellent theme to have over the weekend, could be tweaked in further events by making the team matches smaller to ensure even teams i.e. 5v5 or something and have plenty of matches. I think a lot of the people who dropped did so because there was not really an incentive to play when having your arse so heavily kicked.

Being a control freak by nature the only other suggestions I have are getting a clear list of games pre-lan that will definately be played. It was really disappointing to miss out on a few big matches that looked seriously fun (I'm looking at you Chivalry).

Other than that everything else was pretty much spot on, would there be much call for running a webserver during LAN that has all the tourney fixtures, times, announcements and results as a go to point for all the other players?

Just booked my tickets for the next one, absolutely cannot wait to get back up there - thanks to all the staff for organising a brilliant weekend.

 

[gemini]

Good -

Red Vs Blue - As a showpiece I think this was GREAT. I think we need to re-examine the way the teams are picked. It was rather unfortunate that every game seemed to be insanely one sided. With a bit more work hopefully we can prevent this re-occurring. But the concept itself seems to be solid.

Thursday start I liked a lot. We're going to have to see if we can do this again.

Casting station - Turned out just as well as I'd hoped. Once we get the final few parts it should be even better.

Racing Sim - Thanks Kev

Event Wallpapers - Thanks Niko

State of the kitchen. Thanks to everyone for helping us keep it clean. This makes our lives easier, and keeps the kitchen open for future events.

General atmosphere. There was something different this time that made the entire atmosphere feel much more alive. I've no idea what it was, but it was there alright.

New faces - So glad to see so many new faces. We'd love to see you back.

Finally got to play a lot of games at LAN. I'm going to be working on my SCII and I'l be winning next time Knotty.




Bad -

UT2k4 Instagib - Sorry, we genuinely did not expect it to last this long. We looked at the teams and expected Red team to stomp the shit out of it and for it to be over in 30 minutes. Slight miscalculation.

Adam failing to record the SCII final - Accidentally streaming it to twitch instead of the local recording server. (To be fair, this was an easy mistake to make, and a good part is probably my fault for setting up both options)

Red team attitude during Chivalry. "If we quit now and end the game then we wont give them easy points". Blue team did not pull this stunt when the winning streak was the other way around.




Ugly -

Dods crack

 

[sirflukesalot]

The Good:
The pizza was good
Red vs blue was good fun def needs a tweak or two
Racing sim was really quite cool Thanks kev!
That "assault the brewery" ut level that was awesome fun(looking forward to watching the casted version)
Laughing like a mad man at the naked gun movie
Only one net problem the entire lan and that lasted all of 5 mins
Meeting more new people


The bad:
The games we got steamrolled in I didnt have much fun
Starcraft being included in the RvB IMHO theres too few people who properly play it for RvB that its very easy for all the players to end up on one team and just because it runs for the entire event it does not have to include EVERYTHING in it (nothing against the game or the tourney)
Getting annoyed at tf2

The ugly:
Instagib....

Red team.....
Hexxy got me in a show that im now watching all the way through (damn you hexxy)

UT2k4 Instagib - Sorry, we genuinely did not expect it to last this long. We looked at the teams and expected Red team to stomp the shit out of it and for it to be over in 30 minutes. Slight miscalculation.

yes because the previous game all went THAT way....


Im sure ill add a bit more to this tonight once im home

 

[Deep Blue]

The Good:

• Loads of new faces
• Event "flowed" well
• Red vs Blue
• The casting setup, Typh00n, Will and Highfly did a great job!
• UT2004
• Good food that was delivered on time and burn your mouth hot!
• The level of participation in big games!
• Team wallpapers
• Lack of steam updates
• Awesome raffle
• Kitchen left in a good condition (thanks guys!)

The Bad:

• RvB team balance
• Alarms going off in the morning!

The Ugly:

• Nothing to report!