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DreamHack Winter 2002
JJC writes "DreamHack, a huge LAN party, is taking place this weekend in Sweden. Here's some information in English and a daily report from sponsors ASUS. This and this ought to give you an idea of the scale of the thing. Here's the obligatory webcam and their Internet bandwidth graph. It's a massively impressive event, wish I was there! :-)"
dreamhack is a DEMO party. For art, not for playing retarded videogames all night. It's
for hacking out that great 4k intro with the full
first level from decent. Or faking that multiple light source "phong" with a picture of your mate holding a coke can. Not for playing videogames.
I wish people would grab a clue. Gamerlamers used to get chastized or beat up for going to demoparties, sadly this isn't the case anymore.
I doubt i'll even bother ever going to asm if this is what they have become. There's no thrill in watching some dorks play videogames. There *is* a thrill in seeing the latest wizzbang effects on the screen and figuring out for yourself just how they worked so you can do that plus more in your next demo.
Do you think any of the thousands of geeks bother to shower?
While the "grossly overpay for ugly furniture that you'll have at the curbside in three years" industry wants us to believe that Ikea products are poor quality, I've found quite the opposite: Not only are they overengineered and long lasting, but they actually use gorgeously smooth rollers on drawers, for instance. Just had to defend IKEA as I've noticed a pretty concerted attack on them lately (the bigger they get the more enemies they acquire).
my first thought was.. it's the flooring
Like how material is put down on a floor in a gymnasium for an event.. If you look at the very front of the picture theres some sheets of solid wood too.. I thought maybe those go over the pallets (sp?).
OK but then when I was looking at that.. I found those guys putting the pallets 'together'. Look at what they're doing.. they're making little 'cubicles' out of them.. so theres a wall between your station and the person beside you.
bah I want to go there.
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Everyone knows that Vegas hates Comdex: It's considered the cheapest group of individuals that can get together. Having said that, the state of Comdex has nothing to do with what a bunch of hookers and illegal immigrant cabbies thinks of the group.
Yeah, you really know what your talking about. Every swedish girl shaves both here and there. Probably the largest procentage in the world, _all_ ages. Germany and France are a bit different, even if it's not as bad as you might think useing tv as your main source of education.
Lamers!
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