Sunday, November 28, 2004

'Just then, the box flew open- and out poured a black carpet of deadly Hobo spiders.'


Friday night was insane. We had a hub, three TV's, three 'boxes, 13 controllers...and three crossover cables.

Okay, for the less technically inclined of you, a crossover cable, while being able to be used to link two 'boxes, cannot be used in a hub.

Another guy came with a hub [because he thought ours just wasn't working, this was because we forgot crossovers don't work] and two LAN cables.

We then realised we needed another LAN cable, because we remembered that crossover's don't work in hubs.

All was not lost, because a friend of Corey's little brother recalled that he had a blue cable linking his computer. Seeing as crossovers are predominantly yellow, and LAN cables predominantly yellow, celebrations ensued!

So a few minutes later, he returned with the blue cable of goodness! We connected everything up, Corey set up a Coagulation Team Slayer, and everyone signed in!

...except Cam, Carl and I, because we were stuck with the bum blue cable.

Turns out it was a crossover, even though the kid swore it came in a pack labled 'LAN cable'

*sigh*

I really should have had the foresight to bum some cable off Bismark, as well as his hub..ah well..

But it didn't matter because two players left [one of them being my cousin] and the other two were just his 12 year old brother and duly noted friend.

So another friend of theirs was called up. [*much shaking of fist* This is the same kid from the land of Brag-a-lot, a far less mystical and far less magical thrice inbred brother of Camelot, that no one likes to talk about because he spends his times ogling chickens and boasting how many he's 'laid' ]

*deep breath* Wow, that side note got out of hand...

Anyhow, we ended up playing 3vs4..and then 2vs5...and out of all of the innumerable matches, we only lost once, because we were playing capture the flag on Zanzibar and we had absolutely no bloody idea where their base was.

We regained ground easily when the computer automatically swapped out positions, and I somehow became 'flag boy,' and ended up retrieving the flag every time.

It was so sad.

I mean, I simply walked in, killed a guy, took the flag, and walked back to base. Sometimes I just waited until they respawned...and then unashamedly beat them to death with the flag...

*cough*

They eventually got their game together and sort of defended themselves, I once had four failed attempts on the flag, in a row, but then Cam decided to stop defending, and Carl stopped crushing the opposition to death with the Ghost and took his place.

Soo, our new strategy became, I run in from various entrances, kill someone with twin SMG's, take flag and run out. Cam then shotgunned/sworded/rocketed/killed in the most humiliating way possible, anyone who tried to follow.

What? We know how to play.

lol

But yes, I love the game. I think I realised how much I enjoyed it when I thought we had started a new game at 11, and realised it was 4 am and light was spilling into the world.

I was planning on sleeping, but I didn't. I had so many Starburst fundrasing packs and Mars brand chocolate packs inside of me, I was full of sugar. [Cam's mum just gave us a fundrasing carton of them and said 'have fun,' lol]

Unfortunately, by 10 am, it felt like 9pm...and I had to work 12-5.

Agh.

And Dad had the Golf, so I had to drive in with Mum and Blair. As Mum can't drive a manual, I had to drive in and out.

Yay for having to stay awake and alert!

^_^;

Also I finally managed to finish Morrowind today, just the main quest. I found Kagrenac's library and found a book of his 'plans.' Unfortunately they're written in Dwemer, so I can't read them. Maybe I can get them translated or something by some other people that translated stuff for me..

Ah well, now to randomly wander the continent, and to finish the Tribunal expansion!

^_^

..going to bed early because going to bed early last night didn't make any difference..

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