The Virus Lounge need correcting
Category / Games
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.I was outraged!
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!
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And yet wrong here:
"... a net cafe for gamers..."
I can't believe they think they can get away with that!
Signed,
Xtro, unsure of the meaning of pedant.
At least a couple of people remember the good ole days :)
I know thats crap!
HUH )
Greetengs
How weak is that hey, i went to devestate 98 and it was great. i remember a friend couldnt plug in till people left because there wasnt enough power, extension cords everywhere. I even remember going to the clan centre when it was above navada in vid park, that was a long time ago but.....
Whinge more all you newb cunts.
What an outrage!
Besides the obvious lack of moral turpitude in making those claims, they spelt élite wrong. I could understand not using accents, but at least do it consistently. They clearly went to the effort to spell café in its traditional way.
Signed,
Your favourite linguistic pedant.