SavLAN5 News
| And so the LAN begins ... | 2002-05-03 20:41:03
by: Slave | It's 9pm and the day has gone surprisingly well .. the Admin crew got to the venue this morning in good time and the network was setup and waiting for the gamers to come by 11am ..
70 players so far have shown their faces and with a lot more expected this evening and tomorrow morning it seems that we're going to get full rather quickly.
Highlight of the day has been Mobile Forces, which has turned out to be a game with a lot of promise if the demo is anything to go by. I've been playing it for the last 4 hours and its the most fun I've had since Medal of Honor.
Rage have come through once again with 10 free games from their back catalog for us to give away as prizes, a big thanks to Sabre for sorting that out.
Sky, of Challenge UK fame, has turned up and will doing some coverage of the q3 compos that are starting tomorrow morning. Expect to see some updates of the matches over on the C-UK website very soon.
Another place to read about SavLAN5 is the PlanetLAN web site as Dave, head planetlan honcho, is coming to see how we do things and lend us the WWCL game server for the CS competitions that also start tomorrow.
All in all things are going great, and if you're reading this and you're not coming to SavLAN5 I've got a feeling you're going to miss out on the best SavLAN yet!
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| Mobilise your Forces at SavLAN | 2002-04-30 13:19:34
by: Slave | With only 3 days until the start of SavLAN5, and over 175 people signed up to come, I thought it about time I announce yet another sponsor to get people in the LAN'ing mood ..
Games company Rage have come up trumps with a box load of "LAN Demo" CD's of their latest game Mobile Forces for you all to try .. and some quality Moblie Forces T-Shirts to give away to some lucky punters at the LAN ..
What is Mobile Forces? Here's what Rage have to say about the game on the Mobile Forces web site:
Mobile Forces delivers explosive vehicle combat combined with traditional FPS action.
Built on top of Epic's latest Unreal Engine technology - graphics hardware is pushed to the limit by the use of static meshes to deliver complex believable environments, and poly counts go through the roof to give you smooth rolling terrain.
Mobile Forces offers the complete FPS offline/online multiplayer only experience with full AI bot support. The single focus of Mobile Forces is to create a gaming experience that any fan of the multiplayer-FPS genre will be at home playing.
A total of 8 different game modes are available. Along with traditional Deathmatch, Capture The Flag and Domination game types you’ll also find other modes such as Trailer, Captains, Detonation (and more!) game modes to quench your FPS thirst!
An impressive vehicle physics system correctly models suspension, gears, brakes etc Vehicles are not just "boxes that move" - shooting out the tyres makes a vehicle more difficult to control. The ‘crack’ shots among you can try to snipe the vehicle's petrol cap - resulting in one almighty explosion!
Players can choose either to drive a vehicle or you can ride shotgun and let one of your team-mates do the driving. To read the rest of what Rage have to say about the game and see some screenshots take a gander here.
From what I can see on the web site this looks like its going to be a blast and I'm sure we'll set up a compo for it once we all work out how to play it .. well someone's got to win the free T-Shirts :)
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| SavLANs to count towards WWCL! | 2002-04-17 08:51:39
by: Slave | I'm very pleased to announce that competitions run at SavLAN5 will now count towards the second season of the World Wide Championship of LAN-Gaming ..
What is the WWCL? .. here's what they have to say on their web site:The WWCL - World Wide Championship of LAN-Gaming is the world's first league of its kind.
All WWCL tournaments are held at LAN parties, allowing individual players and whole clans to measure themselves in various disciplines and to gather valuable points for their WWCL ranking.
The ranking is a mathematical consideration of the following factors: finishing place, opponent skill, total number of participants and total number of tournaments participated in. This irons out any differences between LAN parties to a point that allows a fair evaluation of a player's skill.
At the end of the season the WWCL will hold a grand finale featuring all main contents. The top 16 players or clans of each discipline from all participating nations will come together at one last great event and compete for the grand prizes. Here's what Dave Smith, UK WWCL Project Manager had to say:"It's absolutely stonking news that Savage have agreed to support the WWCL and I'm sure that both organisations will be able to help and support each other in the coming months as Season 2 of the WWCL starts to take shape in the UK." So not only will the winners of SavLAN5 competitions win our own sponsored prizes, if the competitions are covered by the WWCL they will also gain ranking points towards gaining a space at the WWCL grand finale!
Given that about £40000 worth of prizes were given away in Season 1 it's well worth checking out .. for more info on the WWCL and to register yourself, and your clan, checkout their web site.
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| AOpen to sponsor SavLAN | 2002-04-15 15:49:06
by: Slave | With SavLAN5 only a couple of weeks away things are going to start looking busy on the SavLAN5 web site. First of all some new sponsorship news ..
Following on from our announcement that AMD are sponsoring our one on one competitions with some of their brill Athlon™ XP processors, I'm blown away with AOpen and their offer to complement the above with some of their superb AK77-333 motherboard's ..
Here are some of the specs from their web site ..-
Model: AK77-333
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Support 266MHz(EV6) System Bus for AMD Athlon / XP & Duron Socket A CPU
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Support PC2700 / PC2100 / PC1600 DDR SDRAM
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Chipsets: VIA Apollo KT333
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CPU clock ratio from 5.0 to 12.5
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CPU Vcore Adjustment for Overclockers through BIOS Setting (1.1V ~1.85V)
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AC'97 2.2 Audio support
(5.1 channel)
For more info on the AK77-333 motherboard go here.
Signups for SavLAN5 are still going strong with over 130 people registered .. This means we only have enough space for 45 more players to come to SavLAN5! So signup quick!
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| OCS to sponsor SavLAN5 | 2002-04-03 10:07:34
by: Slave | Sponsors are now coming in thick and fast, so much so I'm having difficulty in spreading out the news so everyone gets a crack of the whip ..
I'm pleased to announce that The OverClocking Store have agreed to sponsor SavLAN5 and our Case modification competition with 1st prize being a OCS £50 voucher to spend at The OverClocking Store.
Here's what they have to say for themselves on their website ..The Overclocking Store has an enviable reputation as the UK's leading supplier of overclocking peripherals and top of the range enthusiasts hardware. By combining friendly advice, great service, superb prices and fast efficient delivery we have grown into the UK's number one overclocking e-tailor.
A case mod compo you say? That's right .. the person who brings to SavLAN5 the best customised PC case will win a OCS £50 voucher .. so get those hacksaws out and show us what you're made of!
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| Everglide to sponsor SavLAN5 | 2002-03-27 10:12:23
by: Slave | Our hard work sorting out sponsors for SavLAN5 is starting to show with this our second sponsor announcement in 2 days ..
Everglide have exceeded expectations and agreed to send 12 of their precision mousing pads as prizes for SavLAN5 competitions ..
Here's what they have to say about their pads on their web site ..These precision crafted Everglide Mousing Surfaces are formed of high-density plastic. There is no foam core or fabric covering to crack, peel or fade. The durable stone-textured finish is washable for clean traction control and pixel-splitting accuracy with every move. A range of pads ideal for gamers and executives alike. For more info on the Everglide Mouse Pad go here.
As an Everglide user myself I'm ecstatic to have Everglide join us as a sponsor for SavLAN5 as I know from experience how good these guys are ..
Yet more sponsorship announcements to come soon :)
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| AMD to sponsor SavLAN5 | 2002-03-25 16:34:20
by: Slave | We have been working hard behind the scenes to get some sponsorship for SavLAN5 and I am pleased to announce the first, of what I hope to be many, sponsors for the event.
AMD have come up trumps and sent along some of their brand spanking new Athlon™ XP processors to give away as prizes for our one on one competitions.
Here is what they have to say about the chip on their web site:The AMD Athlon™ XP processor with QuantiSpeed™ architecture powers the next generation in computing platforms, delivering extra performance for cutting-edge applications and an extraordinary computing experience. The AMD Athlon XP processor is the latest member of the AMD Athlon family of processors designed to meet the computation-intensive requirements of cutting-edge software applications running on high-performance desktop systems. For more info on the Athlon™ XP processor go here.
To say we are excited at getting AMD involved is an understatement and I am hoping this will be the start of a rewarding partnership.
Signups for SavLAN5 have been going amazingly well with over 70 people, of the possible 175, already registered in the 10 days since signups opened. If you have not already done the deed you can signup here.
Expect more sponsorship news very soon :)
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| SavLAN5 Dates Confirmed! | 2002-03-01 09:18:34
by: Slave | Quick news post to comfirm and remind people that SavLAN5 will take place on the early May Bank Holiday ie the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th of May ..
This LAN is going to be Savage's 4th Birthday with the first Savage League match being played on the 3rd of May 1998 .. so we'll be trying to make this the best LAN yet .. more competitions, more prizes and more FUN! .. :)
Signups for SavageLAN 5 will be opening within the next few days so keep an eye our on the web site.
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