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[quote="Skouperd"]Cracked lan versions is the only way to go at RAGE, or any lan for that matter. Anything else is just a waste of time.

Haven't played any of those games in ages. CoH will be tagged along so we could have a game of that perhaps.[/quote]

Denis, you're seriously overstating the issue:

- The developers of Borderlands have already stated that offline LAN support is to be included with the game, so playing that at rAge is very much a possibility.
- The requirement that we do have is to be able to perform Steam authentication at rAge. This was sorted out last year, so I'm sure that it. Will be again this year. Granted, the steam authentication links weren't available when we first arrived last year, but they were up by early afternoon on the Friday.
- The big issue that we had last year was that, although we'd agreed on playing TF2, a number of people turned up either with the game not installed, or not updated to the most recent version (we had the additional problem that one of us had forgotten their steam password and couldn't even log in). The Steam access at rAge is limited to account authentications, not updating/downloading games.
- As long as everyone knows what games were going to be playingr at rAge, and comes prepared I.e. games all installed and updated, we should be absolutely fine to play legit Steam games at the LAN. This includes Borderlands, TF2, Left 4 dead, CounterStrike, COD4, BF2 etc.


Persoanally, as a big fan of FPS and RPGS games, I'll be sticking to these archetypes at rAge. I know that SupCom is a good game, but I'm not a lover of the RTS genre.

[quote="RussianElite."]This is my main concern with Borderlands 2. Thats why I'm sugesting a cracked LAN version..
Skoups, Command and Conquer 3, Red Alert 3, Star Caft 2, Company of Heroes?[/quote]

Cracked lan versions is the only way to go at RAGE, or any lan for that matter. Anything else is just a waste of time.

Haven't played any of those games in ages. CoH will be tagged along so we could have a game of that perhaps.

This is my main concern with Borderlands 2. Thats why I'm suggesting a cracked LAN version..
Skoups, Command and Conquer 3, Red Alert 3, Star Caft 2, Company of Heroes?

I agree Skoup the reason it fell flat last year was because we pretty much said we were going to play TF2 but by the time we could get it up an running the weekend was over.

So I say every needs to suggest 2 games, then we take the top 3 from that. Please bear in mind that people may not have the game so if you suggest it you need to be able to provide a copy that can be installed quickly.

DOubt people will want to buy a game just for a couple of hours play during rAge

Ok, if I may make my 2 cents. The previous games failed partly because of poor planning. We should approach this as if there is absolutely no internet connection, and absolutely no Steam connectivity. As soon as we start relying on that, that is when the problems start because this person can authenticate, the next one can not. If you recommend a game, I would suggest that you also ensure that a cracked, lan friendly copy is available and that it actually works. All of my games is legal, and I will support legal games as far as possible, but when it comes to a lan, I am sorry, I found cracked copies just works so much better. Also, anything that requires patches, or original disks, or real serial keys, always tends to be a failure when it comes to playing "informal" lan games.

So, without further ado, herewith my list of workable, no-authentication needed, tried and tested lan games that works and which I have the copies off.
1. Supreme Commander Forged Alliance
2. TrackMania - Original version
3. Insane
4. Serious Sam
5. Crysis Wars
6. Empire Earth

I appreciate some of them are classics, but for me the fun factor is more important than the graphics settings.

With regard to fast past FPS games, I appreciate it is the clan's main thing, but please, can I ask that we don't do it again for so long like we did with Unreal. I don't mind an hour or two, but geez guys, we were playing it for like 8 hours non stop.

Russian, what RTS games do you want to play because I can easily play that the whole weekend.

Unless I missed a thread somewhere there's also the annual "Who the fuck shall we whine at this year" Elections to think about.
We should start thinking about Candidates.

[quote="Paul"]I don't think we should limit it to 1 game. I say we need 2 or 3 games and depending on what they are we could organise a comp if there are enough people

So for example 8 people can get their game on with Borderlans while 3 people do X and 2 people do Y while another is downloading porn of DC of what ever.
All I am saying is we need to get therei with a plan and not everyone rock up with their own game because then you might as well be at home.[/quote]

Isn't that pretty much what we did last year? Had a list of games that we were keen to play, but it all kinda fell apart?

Borderlands is a big one this year, it's a new game that a lot of us are keen to play. The thing with the game though is that it's a long campaign. Once you get in with a group, that group is going to play through the entire game. It's not like L4D which is an easy drop in/drop out game.

I have another idea, not sure how popular it'll be though... What about CounterStrike? GO is released in a couple of weeks (it's $15 on Steam), and you can be sure that it's going to be HUGE at rAge. I personally haven't played CS since about 2001, and I wouldn't mind giving the new version a go.

I don't think we should limit it to 1 game. I say we need 2 or 3 games and depending on what they are we could organise a comp if there are enough people

So for example 8 people can get their game on with Borderlans while 3 people do X and 2 people do Y while another is downloading porn of DC of what ever.
All I am saying is we need to get therei with a plan and not everyone rock up with their own game because then you might as well be at home.

Borderlands 2 is a great idea, but because it only supports 4 players in co-op, we'd have to divide into groups of four to play it.

All good as long as we have enough players thta everyone can get into a group, but noit so great if one person is left out.

If we get into the comp, I for one won't be gaming at rAge, I'll be there to support the team. In that case, Jono can use my PC for the weekend, will save him lugging his up from CPT.

Two years ago, we had a pretty successful (I thought) Unreal Tournament comp. I think that it would be good to do something like this again, at least it keeps the competitive spirit going at rAge.

O yes ofcourse Arma II if you guys are game? That would infact be very awesome!