Shotgun LAN

In honour of Doom 3's release in August, we're happy to announce the first proper Shotgun LAN tournament in years.

Doom 3 Deathmatch (it does have deathmatch, right?)
Prizes: TBA
Rules: TBD

All very defined.
Prizes will be announced once our intrepid sponsor-hunting admin mid_gen finds some kind company willing to provide a prize.
Rules will be decided on once we get hold of a copy of the game to figure out what the rules should be. No prescience here I'm afraid.

Tell your friends! Buy the game! Upgrade your PC so it can handle it!

K

righty, upgrade time me thinks, first of all some information for y'all

Doom III @ play

secondly the recommended specs

Microsoft Windows 2000/XP; Pentium IV 1.5 GHz or AMD Athlon 1.7 GHz XP processor or higher; 384MB RAM; 8x Speed CD-ROM drive (1200KB/sec sustained transfer rate) and latest drivers; 1.7GB of uncompressed free hard disk space (plus 400MB for Windows swap file); 100% DirectXR 9.0b compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers; 100% Windows 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers; 3D hardware Accelerator Card Required - 100% DirectXR 9.0b compatible 64MB Hardware Accelerated video card and the latest drivers.

Multiplayer Requirements:
Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP) play supported; Internet play requires broadband connection and latest drivers; LAN play requires network interface card and latest drivers

Should play ok in medium detail on my Inspiron 8500 anyway. 2.2 P4m + 512Mb RAM... I hope so anyway! Is Battlefield Vietnam widely played at Shotgun now?

dogmeat wrote: Is Battlefield Vietnam widely played at Shotgun now?

does the pope wear a big gay hat!!!?!!

errm iv'e only got a 500mghr procceser and no open gl support (it's a compaq) me need new pc me thinks.

p.s. it's borrowed from my dad cause my dad decidid to update the bios on my ,machine and it went wrong. doesent even boot up lol.

It should be stressed that the usual SG melting-pot of games will be played regardless - Doom 3 will not be the only game played! It's just a tourney game, that's all.

K

rib? wrote:

dogmeat wrote: Is Battlefield Vietnam widely played at Shotgun now?

does the pope wear a big gay hat!!!?!!

Thought that there may have been a similar reaction with it as there were with say, Road To Rome. i.e. no f*cker had it.

^^nightmare^^ wrote:errm iv'e only got a 500mghr procceser and no open gl support (it's a compaq) me need new pc me thinks.

p.s. it's borrowed from my dad cause my dad decidid to update the bios on my ,machine and it went wrong. doesent even boot up lol.

Bring it with you, I can smash it up readily. I've got a paperweight that'll probably be a suitable upgrade.

dogmeat wrote:
Thought that there may have been a similar reaction with it as there were with say, Road To Rome. i.e. no f*cker had it.

nah, it's great, helicoptors can be flown by mear mortals now and not just by army.

Rib?

dogmeat wrote:

^^nightmare^^ wrote:errm iv'e only got a 500mghr procceser and no open gl support (it's a compaq) me need new pc me thinks.

p.s. it's borrowed from my dad cause my dad decidid to update the bios on my ,machine and it went wrong. doesent even boot up lol.

Bring it with you, I can smash it up readily. I've got a paperweight that'll probably be a suitable upgrade.

errmm, notice the word "borrowed" lol

i do see your point tho

They'll be an Intel Pentium 4 Processor up for grabs in the Doom 3 competition!

Ze_Baron wrote:They'll be an Intel Pentium 4 Processor up for grabs in the Doom 3 competition!

extreme edition?

This is a bit of a catch up forum post, given Baron's already posted, but...

We're happy to announce that in addition to their usual kind provision of switches for the LAN, Intel will be donating a 3+GHz HyperThreading Pentium 4 Processor and motherboard as the top prize for our Doom 3 competition.

This is an excellent prize, and we're certainly looking forward to the tournament!

K

Man, I'm so glad I'm out of that upgrade cycle crap having bought the laptop.

meh sounds like a whole lot of money to spend if you want to bother upgrading for a flash in the pan graphics centric 3 hour experience like doom 3, why not wait for the next big hyped game like unreal 3 :/

<--- is sticking to doom 2, at least i dont have to sell my legs to science in order to enjoy that

P.S. Count Takeshi Kitano rules!!!!

dogmeat wrote:Man, I'm so glad I'm out of that upgrade cycle crap having bought the laptop.

You know, a cheaper way to not upgrade all the time is.....to not upgrade all the time

mid_gen wrote:

dogmeat wrote:Man, I'm so glad I'm out of that upgrade cycle crap having bought the laptop.

You know, a cheaper way to not upgrade all the time is.....to not upgrade all the time

Says the guy with a ninja über leet PC. You just buy a new PC don't you? I didn't upgrade that often anyway. As recently as a year ago I was running on a Coppermine Celeron 733 with Geforce2GTS, but there's still a feeling of relief for me.

Spey wrote:meh sounds like a whole lot of money to spend if you want to bother upgrading for a flash in the pan graphics centric 3 hour experience like doom 3, why not wait for the next big hyped game like unreal 3 :/

<--- is sticking to doom 2, at least i dont have to sell my legs to science in order to enjoy that

You know you'll probably end up playing Doom3 anyway. I'd buy it at Game and 10 day, but they stopped 10 day returns for PC games a few months back. Fuckers. Why don't they do the same for PS2 games, piracy's just as rife on those too.

P.S. Count Takeshi Kitano rules!!!!

He's the daddy. Have you see Kikujiro? Remind me to make you watch it sometime.

Doom 3 Deathmatch (it does have deathmatch, right?)
Prizes: TBA
Rules: TBD

Surely the rules are kill everyone else while try not to die? They haven't turned it into a platform game or something doubly shit have they!?