I think that the DGA needs some sort of whiteboard or something for broadcasting what non DGA hosted games are being played by who on what IP's. I reckon if this happened we could get even more game variety going at DGA events. There have been a couple of times I have wanted to play massive diablo parties, but its not really ethical and efficient to ask EVERYBODY if they want to play if you know what I'm saying. Other times I have wanted to play some of the older titles that people might want to play as well and again the same sort of thing. Its not until after the DGA on these forums that I find out I missed out on some game I wanted to play so badly.
Theres only so much fun you can have with a few of your friends in a game. Strangers add unpredictability and fun. Please don't flame me...
another thing is i loved that bloody projector thing it was very informative telling us the number count and other things we coudl have server ips and shit being posted on ther maybe but anyway i woudl liek to see that more often
Perhaps we'll try to have the projector hooked up to a laptop or one of the DGA servers permenantly that we'll update throughout the LAN with new information.
Something else I've been wanting to organise for quite some time is a simple PA system (a stereo with mic would do) for important announcements.
there was also an irc server running all evo, which is as good a place as any to hang out when you're not playing a game, and looking for other people who are also bored.
Quote from rec: Perhaps we'll try to have the projector hooked up to a laptop or one of the DGA servers permenantly that we'll update throughout the LAN with new information.
Something else I've been wanting to organise for quite some time is a simple PA system (a stereo with mic would do) for important announcements.
Only problem with leaving the projector on (when it's not hired) is the bulb life.. i just replaced the one in the projector i had at EVO... $800 :(
Quote from rec: Something else I've been wanting to organise for quite some time is a simple PA system (a stereo with mic would do) for important announcements.
PM me some more specific details, and I can see what I can organise for that REC.
Quote: and by that time the message had already been said
Precisely. Even the stuff I COULD understand didn't help much, since I missed half the announcement by the time I got my headphones off and ears retuned.
Our area would all take off their headphones off, look intently at EoS, and then when he finished announcing everyone would simultaneously ask the person next to them "What was that?" "I dunno". And then return to gaming.
We usually got the gyst of it though, like 'eat', 'pizza', 'comp', and 'go home'.
Quote from Mungus: Our area would all take off their headphones off, look intently at EoS, and then when he finished announcing everyone would simultaneously ask the person next to them "What was that?" "I dunno". And then return to gaming.
And here I am almost sitting next to him and I still do that :P
EOS is good usually at normal DGA events, but it was horrible in Foskey Pavilion cos it was so open.
EOS is good for announcements but I think using him for EVERY announcement would kinda suck. It needs to be visually up... maybe a laptop/projector set up ON TOP of the servers and shining directly behind the servers would use minimal space? Just a thought... Its kinda a care/lazy factor with most people if the list is over the computer... if its actually up on a whiteboard or somethign, you just look up and its there and its broadcasted...
the announcement needs to be immediately and instantaneously attention grabbing, a whiteboard that people periodically glance at won't cut it for things that need immediate attention.
basically, you want a loud speaker/pa system of some sorts, failing that, a method for message delivery that will forcibly foreground itself on a users computer to display the message; problem with that being - not every game is alt-tab friendly, and more than a few are liable to crash in a screaming fit.
You need a brief blast of a few seconds from a loud siren - that will get everyones attention, even those in headphones. Then you use a loudspeaker, make the announcement, and get one with gaming.
I still like the idea of icq over LAN. Be a good way to ask people quickly if they would like to join a particular game instead of running around all over the place :) Could be fun. icdu ran an icq server at a dga a while ago and it was pretty handy.
As per OD comments Sponge or I shall announce all important messages at all DGA events with any or all of the following:
1. Loud Car Horn sounding. 2. Sqeezing Ebolas cats nuts for a short time. 3. Short Blast from a Police Siren. 4. Long Blast from Police Siren. 5. One round discharge from a glock. 6. One to fifteen rounds discharged from glock. 7. One round discharged from shottie. 8. Several rounds discharged from shottie.
And If you still don't hear us then,
Sqeezing Ebolas cats nuts for a long time, eww Sponge can do this one.
I want a website thingy with all the official announcements and server ips. Also a section where users can add the game they are running and the ip. Also throw a few sponsors names on the page and then get people to save it as active wallpaper thingo :)
Quote from Jm3: I want a website thingy with all the official announcements and server ips. Also a section where users can add the game they are running and the ip. Also throw a few sponsors names on the page and then get people to save it as active wallpaper thingo :)
I had that running.
That is what the admins used to log everyone into the Event.
Again shame noone knew about it.
But you can for the next DGA.
http://realm/DGA/index.htm
Try that out at the next lan and see if that answers all your questions.