Evil Empire Gaming

Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory Test is released for Linux and Windows. It doesn't require the original game. There is no WAIX mirrors at this time so i'll hold of the download till some one mirrors it.
This is awesome, I heard about this in PC Powerplay several months ago and it was going to be a expansion pack, but it's going to be released free and stand alone

[UPDATE] WAIX users can get a copy at 3FL and there should be a server at thor.3fl.net:27869.

This website sucks hard

It's the suckiest suck that ever sucked.

Grampa SimpsonJasper: "Website sucks, that's a paddlin' ..."

[Update] Aparently the suckiest suck is _me_ because it was Jasper not Grampa...

Found this Perth LAN centre website by accident this morning called 'The Virus Lounge'. I was feeling rather impartial towards it until I read this shocking statement on their about page:

The existence of a LAN centre in Western Australia was non existent until mid 2001 while the industry in such cities as Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane were thriving.

A clue to 'The Virus Lounge': just because you were not aware of it doesn't mean it didn't exist.

I can remember going to Global Warriors in 1998. Proof of their existance can be found here and here:

" One of the first obscure abbreviations I came across when playing Q2 on the net was GW. After some inquiries to other players I was informed that it stood for ‘Global Warriors’ and was told the web site address. So it turns out Western Australia does have it’s own place of best possible gaming. It’s a medium sized premises in a light industrial area, the big main room filled with many chairs and tables sprouting RJ45 just waiting for computers to be plugged into the servers in the next room. On one side of the main room is a group of couches around a TV set and the pool table. This is the Mecca of WA Quake and Quake2, something happening every weekend and major events that go non stop all weekend every month or so"

Who remembers the Duel Comp in 1998 or Devastate '98 or the WAGL competition in 1999? All of these were held at Global Warriors.

I remember the original ClanCenter (yes with an 'er') in operation in 1999! The year in which they were packing up and moving to a new bigger location in Osbourne Park. The year in which they basically organised Devastate '99.

Hell, GamesDen started in 2000.

'Online' gaming has had a long history in Perth. I can remember back to 1996 but it started before that. I first started playing online (Quake) in 1997 on iiNet's servers and there was already a thriving community. LANs and LAN centres were a natural progression (mainly because everyone was playing with a modem and a ping of 200+ and wanted a better quality experience :) ) so it didn't take very long for them to get started.

'The Virus Lounge' is claiming trail blazing credit for starting at the end of 2001! Pffffffft! Where were they in '98 and '99: "After visiting Sydney in late 1999 and visiting many net cafes...". So they weren't even here, the LAN centre scene was already in full swing and they missed it. Or perhaps noone ever invited them to come along and they felt left out. Maybe they were not old enough then. Maybe their mum and dad didn't buy them a PC till 2001.

Regardless, it's clearly obvious that 'The Virus Lounge' is just a new comer claiming a bit more credit than they really deserve. The trail was already blazed, they were just never there.

Now respond with heartfelt outrage, and make them pay for their insolence!

http://www.dansdata.com/kitten.htm It scores 11 against a new video card which scored a 3.