As of now I will be there. I can bring:

1 - Xbox or 360 or both(Please let me know which.)
1 - Monitor
4 - Controllers
1 - Halo

Food?

It's a Halo 1 LAN, so just bring your original Xbox.

BattleBitch and I will be there with

(1) Xbox w/ HD A/V pack and component cables
(1) copy of Halo 1
(1) 27" CRT TV (flat screen, 480p)
(~3) controllers
(2) chairs
(1) 100-ft ethernet cable
(1) 50-ft ethernet cable

I think that's all the equipment necessary. Let me know if we have a shortfall in a particular area.

I will also provide food and drink as requested.

Reminders for everyone:

Bring the remote for your TV or know in advance how to change the input without it!

Bring equipment if you have it! (TVs, Xboxes, networking gear, etc) If you play Halo then you've probably got a TV and Xbox. It's not as much of a hassle as you think to walk it 30 feet to your vehicle ,and it adds exponentially to the fun of the LAN (it's the difference between playing on a quarter screen and a half screen).

It's a damn shame I live in New England, however. :/

When/Where is Lan, is it open to public.... No I didn't read, just woke up...

oh, ok...I see. FREAKING ALABAMA?!!?

I always get pwnd in H1, but what the heck, I'll show up anyway...

Xboxen - 1
Ctrlrs - 2
CRT TV - 1 (27")
H1disk - 1
Beers? - LOTS!
Snacks - cheese dip & chips

In the time it took you to type "No I didn't read..." you could have scrolled up and read (it's on the 5th line on text under the pic).

Yes, Alabama... where most of the THXer's live. Huntsville, AL is a tech nexus that attracts geeks from across the Southeast who find jobs, make money, and play video games. We all banded together back when H1 was first released, and had regular LANs in apartments scattered across the city.

Is that the same 27" TV I gave you at the last LAN? I'm not sure if you ever picked that up or just left it at Rap's house...

I like how you gave it to him therefore he left it at Rap's house. I think at this LAN I'll "give" you all my empty beverage cans and food wrappers.

...and home to some of the smartest scientists and engineers in the country, I might add.

Science is overrated.

I'll attend, 47After most likely will as well, however considering how I need all the help I can get in Halo 1, I therefore will be using any and all hardware that I will be bringing. i.e. the crystal clear, low lag, perfect size CRT television. I relinquish it for no-one.

I can bring 1 Xbox, 2 Controllers, 1 copy Halo, Lots of Mtn. Dew, Lots of Dbl Cheeseburgers, My precious perfect for H1 CRT television (which I claim for all eternity)

I could bring 1 25" CRT, 1 24" monitor, if need be.

Who's bring in the hamburger meat? A cookout in her BAMF backyard would rawk...

Mintz, I thought you "gave" it to my brother. But no, neither one of us have it. I think Rap gave it up for adoption. Poor little bastard, it's probly living in an abusive home, it's remote lost or stolen, getting beat on all the time 'cause the composite video input doesn't work...

a bit OT, but wow that Spartan in the banner is crisp and shiny. I like shiny.

If there is a grill present I say everybody bring your own meat.

If everyone liked them last time, I would be willing to bring some burgers again. However, last time I didn't bring enough, so I would need a head count.

Let me know.

In a way it is. :P

You should be able to get a fairly accurate count from this thread a few days before the LAN. I am sure Mintz will update it often (as he has been).

We will need charcoal. I will buy a bag. And hotdogs seemed popular last time if some were to show up......

Rap, your chair is still resident. I only have 4 foldable chairs, so make sure you bring your own unless you want to sit on the floor.

There is plenty of room in the backyard to throw Mintz around if need be...... or volleyball or whatever, as long as no explosions occur(damn rocket scientists)

Mintz will provide you a map if you ask as I don't want the whole HALO community knowing where I live. I am sure you are nice people, but I don't need randoms knocking on my door.

Papa John's is the only place that will deliver. The beer store if 5 minutes away for those who partake of adult beverages. I will clear the frig out for MT Dew stowage.

If any sporting events are on TV I will actually finally have cable, the patio has a hook up if you would like a sporting venue.

Torque has stored his pool table in my dining room if anyone would like to play.

Unless expressly cleared by Midnight and Rapture, all copies of anything besides HALO I will be confiscated upon entry.

Stay out of my jacuzzi o.O

That is all......

I promis to only where a speedo...

I will be there at the lan, can bring the following:

xbox 1
2 controllers
Halo
Beer
Chair or 2
router
50' Cat5
10' Cat5
Random other Cat5's
Guitar Hero 2...
My big package of meat...

I will try and see if I can get some 100+ TS kill games on my modded box, have to hope I still remember how.

Engineering is overrated.

Well, your brother and you stood there and "approved" it. Everything worked perfectly, at least until it got to that abusive home...

Unless you can amass a pile of beverage cans and food wrappers with the monetary equivalent to a near-perfect 27" S-Video television, don't bother.

UPDATE - I can also bring:

3 - Folding Chairs
- Burgers

Additionally, I have an X2VGA that I plan on bringing.

Assuming either my car is working by then, or I can convince someone to bring me, I'll be there with some equipment. I'll dig out some stuff for the Xbox later, but I can supply 8? controllers and networking cable long enough to wrap around your average size house at least 3 times. I've also got a disc or two of that Halo 1 thing you guys are talking about, AND I can whip up some great BBQ sauce for chicken patties and hamburgers and whatnot.

DJ

How about your TV? Are you man enough to bring it?

Also, if you bring GHII/Guitar, let's try and get only one more guitar at the party. Rayne will be the only person providing a 360, so with one GHII software and 2 guitars you can get all your co-op achievements.

I can pick you up. My back seat will be filled with my TV/equipment, so we'll have to fit as much stuff as you can in my trunk, which shouldn't be a big problem.

I know we talked on the phone, but reading this post is making me second-guess myself: So you have TWO monitors and ONE SDTV to bring, right?

You can thank my pal Major.Dump for that. You can see a bunch more of his stuff at the Halouvre.

Then I'll be there for sure. I'll also be able to bring 1 original xbox, and a 360 as well. It's up to you guys if I should bring my 13" LCD, it's HDTV ready so the picture will be real clear. I'll do some digging and see if I can scare up more than 1 copy of H1. I'll bring some brownies too :).

DJ

Updated Equipment spreadsheet to make it easier to read.

I don't about what Rayne thinks, but leaving behind 27" CRT's is NOT cool.

Next time it happens, I'm dumping them in the front yards of the people that own them.

I plan on attending.

At this time, I see no point in bringing any heavy equipment because I don't have a monitor worth bringing. They are either too big, too old, or accept the HDMI inputs.

Recall, I traded my 27" LCD for two 22" LCD's.

I have a feeling we are going to be hurting for monitors...

I plan on attending.

At this time, I see no point in bringing any heavy equipment because I don't have a monitor worth bringing. They are either too big, too old, or accept the HDMI inputs.

Recall, I traded my 27" LCD for two 22" LCD's.

I have a feeling we are going to be hurting for monitors...

I just heard about this forum today and I just randomly get on and I see about this LAN in Huntsville, I'm in Tuscumbia so if theres room I'd like to come and I have 1 or 2 guys also if that would be ok.

Why is Master Chief holding a battle rifle in New Mombasa if this is a LAN for Halo: Combat Evolved?

Why is it that so many gamers tend to point out grammatical errors and other discrepancies in other people's posts? It's like it has to be absolutely perfect.

Do gamers tend to be perfectionists? Or is it not really that way? Does anyone else notice this? Am I just imagining this? Why is there air? ...just curious.

I think it would be better if you put the ellipsis after your words "just curious".

First, to eliminate any confusion, rapture and I are using the term monitor to mean a "video display device" and not necessarily a computer monitor.

I see what you mean. Unfortunately, with H1 we can only network 4 boxes in a single game. We're never really short of Xboxen or 360s, so if it were H2 we could bring a buttload of 360s and a buttload of personal, small monitors, and each have our own monitor. Not the case with H1.

That implies that the monitors at the LAN need to be capable of handling split screen comfortably. IMO, that means a minimum of 25-27". I too could bring a 22" LCD, but I don't think that'll help much.

Let's also remember that H1 isn't hi-def. 480p is the best we can get out of it, so a decent CRT SDTV is perfectly acceptable.

I know 4 THXers with 32" LCDs. Those four would help tremendously. After talking with FB on the phone he is down with that and expects Willdabeast will say the same.

Weirdo.

It's an imperative sentence. The subject is understood to be "you." The verb is understood to be the 2nd person present tense of "to be," which is "are." "Weirdo" is the direct object describing what you are, and it's assumed to be indefinite (use of "a" versus "the").

You are a weirdo.

In that case, there is really no point in me bringing my monitor. I suppose it would be a little small.

So I guess I will only be bringing my Xbox. However, in the past, there have been issues with having enough TVs. So, I guess I need to know that there will be a TV to use there.

I think we arrived at that conclusion long ago. But I still think there is something to this. :)

While we don't want the majority of TVs at the LAN to be <=22" there is a place for a handful of them. Sometimes a network of 4 xboxen ends up with 3v4 and that small monitor is fine for one person.

If it's between playing and not playing then a 19" CRT is fine for 2 people, but we should focus on outfitting the LAN with 25"+ TVs. We don't do this very often. Might as well do it right.

I'm bad at H1, so my ego wouldn't allow me to come down for a H1 lan. If you guys are going to be playing a bit of le Run though... I'll be making the trek from Chattanooga.

There won't be any Shadowrun at this LAN.

I've already planned out where TVs/monitors are going to go in which rooms.

Oculus is bringing two computer monitors which is enough monitors. We only need 4 more TVs from this point on. 3, if Jdogg will bring his. (*wink*) That would complete the 32" LCD Thexer crowd.

And Foulbreed, don't bring your 360.

Does this mean you'll still bring an Xbox and Halo 1 software?

Tell me what equipment can you bring.
Tell me how many people, for sure, can come.
Promise you won't steal our stuff.
Then you can come.

Because it looks pretty badass.

Sorry Goku :(

Your second guessing is correct. There are actually 2 tvs and 1 monitor. Keep in mind, I've only got 1 xbox, so it may be pointless when we get the final counts in for how many Xboxen will be present. The more the merrier.

Just found out I have a baby shower to attend the 28th, so your going to have to count me out of this lan. I'll be back!

I would like to point out, the one original xbox we (Foulbreed, and occompaning Little Foulbreeds) will be bringing is mine, not WillDaBeast's..

That Is All

So how many Falwell's from the Falwell Army will be there? I've already recorded Ryan and Will...

We'll miss you! (and your "equipment")

Will Insane still make an appearance, or is he going to the same baby shower?

I will not be able to attend, after all. I am going on a 6-day white-water rafting trip in Idaho. I'll be gone from the 26th of July 'til the 2nd or 3rd of August. I knew the trip was coming up, but didn't realize the dates conflicted w/ this LAN until now.

Hopefully I can make the next one, though.

We'll miss you, man! Have fun on your rafting trip!

I hope you don't think you were going to throw that out there and make it away unscathed. Is it your baby? If not, that is un-humping-acceptable. More to follow...

Insane has a girlfriend now...so in one word...No, he will not make it to a lan.

I do believe the man has mentioned "baby shower" twice in the same thread.

This will have serious consequences.

It is time to bust out the featured avatar...

Oh, please do.

+Uno

I count 11 people attending from the initial post. Is that comprehensive? Can one of the Falwell army comment on which of them will be attending?

If attendance is less than 15 people we may have more equipment to go around than we thought. I hope that's not the case. A well-organized LAN with less than 20 people is very un-THX. Hell, we've gotten 8-people together on three hours notice before. Now we plan things a month in advance and 11 is the best we can do?

I'm inviting a few people. Two at least. I don't know if they will come though.

I can bring a 360 and 2 controllers, and i have a VGA cable. I can bring some chairs too.

Don't bring any 360s unless we're really hurting for it (I'll let you know at least a week before the LAN).

I'm trying to get a few people I know to come down for the weekend, we'll see what happens.

DJ

Make them bring equipment! :)

K, gonna try to get some brownies and cookies for this, here are the choices.

Brownies:
Triple chocolate
Oreo
Caramel
Butterfinger
Expresso
Chocolate Cherry

Cookies:
Chocolate Chip
White Chocolate Chip
Oatmeal Raisin
Peanut Butter Chip
Various sugar cookies with various icings

poll it up or send me messages with responses and a few days before I'll pick some up, trust me, they're very good, ask mintoz

DJ

I'm in. I can bring whatever is needed.

As of right now, Ryan, Will, Jonathan, Sean (Jon's friend) and myself are coming.

OMG. He does know we won't be playing Halo 2, right? If this is the same guy that came last time, I seem to remember him whining that we were playing Halo 1.

All of the above.

Good stuff. Any of you guys (besides Will and Ryan, I got them already) bringing equipment? What's Phoenix's plan?

Cool. I put you down as bringing an Xbox, TV, and copy of Halo 1. Any of that a problem?

No, not all of the above, pick a couple different brownies, get a collective choice or two, and ill bring a selection of cookies unless theres one solid choice among everyone.

DJ

OK.

All of them.

If I remember the story correctly from Thirsty Thursday, Hollywood's Xbox was a victim of the faulty power cord debacle. It went down in a blaze of glory...quite literally.

I'm bringin an original Xbox, and two controlers of my own, and then I'm sure there's some more lying around, but two for sure.

I'm not exactly sure.. he may not even know about it yet.. since I'm always on this site I just assume everyone else is and that they know about all this stuff too. So i'll prob give him a call lata, but i'm sure he'll come and he can bring a 360 and I think two contolers if they are needed and assuming he can/wants to come.

EDIT: Well I just spoke to Phoenix and he's comin and he has a 360 and three controlers. Polpazou

No, not all of them, I don't have room or time to get them all, plus you guys couldn't eat them all, they're very rich brownies.

DJ

I like Butterfinger and Chocolate Chip

Tell him he doesn't have to bring his 360 unless we're hurting for Xboxes, and I'll let him know at least a week before that.

Whoa...

How about the TV and copy of Halo, Hollywood? Can you still provide those?

Is that a challenge?

Seriously, Oreo brownies and chocolate chip cookies.

True story. If I remember correctly, a few tears were shed. I can, however, bring a copy of Halo.

You're remaining unsettlingly quiet about your TV provisions...

lol! I like that, "Whoa". Bring the TV! :)

K, I snagged a brick of oreo brownies, and one of butterfinger brownies. I've also got peanut butter, chocolate chip, white chocolate chip, and oatmeal raisin cookies. I'll grab another stack or two of chocolate chip ones soon.

DJ

Do you work at the Willy Wonka factory?

While one of my middle names is Charles, no, no I don't. I work in a book store with a cafe where there's chocolate goodness all around.

DJ

No can do on the tv. Sorry.

I have:

Xbox (1)
Controller(1, maybe 2 if I can bring a friend)
halo, halo2
router (hub)
Ethernets to hook up (either like 4 ft or 100 ft! not in between....)

I'll bring something if something is amiss (fewd, beer, etc...)
If not, I'll try to bring something culturally unique :P

Nice, looking forward to meeting you!

Be sure to let us know if the friend is coming so I can him/her down on the list.

I prefer the LAN be limited to people I know or who are friends with someone in the THX community. I am sure everyone who wants to come are nice people, but I really do not feel comfortable inviting complete strangers into my home. So if someone wants to come, and one of y'all (and you know who you are) don't know them, they don't need to be at my house on the 28th. I am happy to host this LAN, but I will be one unhappy chick if a bunch of randoms comes rolling up in my yard that day.

I... ahem... never mind.

Actually, I guess not :( Maybe next time!

"I'm Forrest Gump."
"I'm Dorothy Harris."
"Well, now we ain't strangers anymore."

I was going to say: I'd hate to see her angry... and I'd hate to be on the receiving end... of her anger. But then I decided against it.

if you would like to meet me beforehand, it can be arranged. I am not some random and I am really vesting an interest in meeting those who play here in huntsville. let me know plz, thanx

Am I the "Jonathan" that is on the list? cause I'm comming.

No. I have added you and distinguished you from Prey.

What are you bringing? Please bring TVs/Xboxen.

I would like to announce that everyone please look at the "Spreadsheet of Equipment" list and try to bring what's needed. Thanks.

Advice:

Make friends. Fast.

How good are your brownies?

I have a no x-box and no tv but I will make an effort to do some baking. I'm sure Miss. Rayne would love a plate of my cookies. and I mean that in the best way possible.

You need something to make up for your lack of an Xbox/TV. I think the baking should cover it.

hm.....so I have to bring something.

what food is already spoken for?

Just to clear up what looks like possible confusion.

Mintz's last baking comment was directed at Torrent.

It sounds like for this one you'll need to already know someone that Rayne knows (almost all of us regulars on this board), or you need to have clearance from Rayne to attend.

Don't want to rain on your parade, but if we want the LAN space, we need to respect the house rules.

- Brick

But everyone has to understand I am really a girl. And I have to live alone in my house and feel safe. I am making no assumptions about anyone, I just prefer to invite people to my home who I know or someone I know is well acquanted with. There will be other LAN events at other venues and I am sure Beanor, or anyone else for that matter would be perfectly welcome. And once I or some other member of THX gets to know them they would be perfectly welcome at my house. And paranoid or not, this is my life, this is my house, and this is my peace of mind.

Summary: It's not you, it's her.

You don't owe an explanation. It's your house.

Still, I bet you could kick the ass of 70% of the people who are going to attend. You look like you know some mean tricks.

I'd pay money to see you and xxXSlayerXxx in the ring.

I have a 10'x10' dog pen that I could bring for this purpose.

AND an Xbox AND a TV, right? :)

I thought that we had established that Rayne and I had already been there... and beyond. :) I seem to remember a conversation concerning dogs and chickens.

Not as good as mine!

DJ

...and tuxedos and flowers!

Rayne,
As Brick said, don't apologize for how you want to run your house.

Beanor,
I am very sorry, but I think you'll have to wait until the next LAN. We also get together semi-regularly on Thursday nights to eat/drink/be merry, so I'd enjoy seeing you at one of those events as well, if you're interested. I'll be having a large LAN at my place in early October and you're definitely invited. There also might be a smaller LAN between now and then.

Rev,
I smell what you're cooking with the 10'x10' pen. How about this: in one corner of the pen...a Wal-Mart kiddie swimming pool full of canola oil. In the opposite corner, a tennis ball launcher at waist level hurling balls at about 70 mph and making a sweeping pattern across the enclosure. Rayne vs Slayer. Battle Royale 2007. $20 on Rayne. Any takers?

What are the odds?

Just called Vegas to get the latest. They're giving Rayne the edge at 3:2. Over-Under is 4 minutes.

How about a side bet...I bet Slayer slips, falls, and Rayne has to fish him out of the pool to save his life.

I am currently training for this weekend's cage fight. I hired a coach and everything. :)

I think I can confirm that I will be bring at least two, possibly three, people to this LAN. All of three of these people are from my church. On of them is the youth minister, but I haven't gotten confirmation from him.

I had something more "meatier" in mind....guess it'll just have to wait till ......I dont know.....

I always figured gender-discrimination was brought on from without, not from within! As I have stated before, I am willing to step out of means to at least meet and greet.

I really hope this isn't the norm for the rest of you, I mean when is there not a risk for things to get out of hand? As far as assumptions go, this really hurts.

But, my presentation stands, I am willing to go out of my way to validate: just give me a way.

not everyone is ready to take a step.... its not like I wasnt expecting to be rebuffed. at least its not more than one.

learning the flow of the threads. php works a little different.....

It's nothing personal, man. Besides, you're invited to the Halo 3 THX Birthday LAN.

I havnt been to a lan in a while so im glad yall are starting it back up
I might bring the halo comic book for everyone to read

Just to make sure that this is clear, XRAY is coming with me unless there are issues with maxing out attendance. That means that from my family, hubcap, shyzza, the prey, xray and myself will be coming. Teppenwolf (my g/f) will be helping to transport equipment and meatbags (humans from KOTOR lore. Brick knows what I'm sayin'.). I will now be bringing 2 tube tv's including the Boat Anchor and a flat screen, both 28". I want to avoid using HD tv's as much as possible. I can also bring 2 hubs. Looking forward to it! Thanks to Rayne for opening her house to our motley crew!

Meatbag... good stuff. I miss that game.

If Rap brings Apocalips then perhaps our three SOs could knit a THX sweater, or at very least cook a delicious Thanksgiving dinner