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Wednesday, September 26, 2007
 
This Weekend's LAN Party Update - written by JAG

Hey everyone! It’s almost here!! I’ve finally worked up a *rough* schedule of the gaming events for this weekend. And remember, IT STILL NOT TOO LATE TO SIGN UP! Sign ups end online Thursday at noon.

Rough Party Schedule:
This is just a rough schedule that we can shoot for. By no means is this set in stone.

Friday 5PM-9:00PM-----------------  Setup your PC, FPS (Team), and general warm-up
Friday 10:30PM-Midnight----------  Racing Tournament
Saturday Midnight-2AM------------  RTS Tournament
Saturday 2AM-5AM------------------  Late night WOW & Halo 3
Saturday 5AM-9AM------------------  Anything goes (Sleep?)
Saturday 9AM-10:30AM------------ FPS warm-up and RTS rematch
Saturday 11:00AM-NOON---------  FPS Tournament
Saturday NOON-1:00PM----------- Lunch
Saturday 1:00PM-4:00PM---------  Racing rematch and RTS rematch
Saturday 4:00PM-9:00PM---------  FPS (Team)
Saturday 9:00PM-10:00PM-------- Anything goes
Sunday --------------------------------- Shall we???  :P

JAG’s Gaming Suggestions:
Since we can’t seem to come to a general consensus on what to play, I’d like to make these suggestions. These are merely suggestions.

First Person Shooter----------------- Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Halo 3, Quake 3 Arena
First Person Shooter (Team) ------ Team Fortress 2, Battlefield 2, Call Of Duty 2
Real Time Strategy-------------------- World In Conflict, Starcraft, Rise Of Nations
Racing------------------------------------- Toca Race Driver 3, Re-volt
Other-------------------------------------- World Of Warcraft (either online, or private server), something silly…

BBQ:
We'll have hamburgers and hot dogs and fixens for everyone! You're welcome, however, to bring your own meat in case you wanted something specific or wanted food for another meal.

Please Be Gentle!
Since we're going to be playing at someone's house we'd sure appreciate it if you could do as much as possible to keep the place clean. Disruptor's house is brand new and he has unused carpet where we'll be so it would be a real bummer to have stains after everyone leaves. Thanks!

Sleeping-Over:
Sleeping-over is optional but encouraged! The sleeping accommodations aren’t that great (the floor) but it saves a trip all the way back home and back. Plus you can get more gaming action in! You're welcome to bring a pad or air mattress to sleep on if you’d like. PLEASE shower before you attend!

Directions:
We're going to be playing at Disruptor's house. He lives about 20+ minutes north of Natomas up highway 99 and then 70 towards Marysville.
Directions will be emailed to all attendees directly before the event starts.

Also for more preparations go here...

  
 

Wednesday, August 15, 2007
 
September 28-29th LAN Party Announced - written by JAG

Hey! I know it’s been a long time coming but we have a LAN party scheduled for September 28-29th and we hope you can make it! We’ll be hosting this event in Plumas Lake at Disruptor’s place (30 minutes north of Sacramento) so it will be a drive and we are limited on space to around 20-25. But on the plus side the cost is only $5 which includes a BBQ meal at lunchtime. We will still be counting on everyone to bring some sort of drinks and snacks for everyone to share.

There will be tournaments in the FPS and Racing genres. A schedule with tournament details and times will be posted ASAP.

If we have enough interest we may extend the event through to Sunday afternoon around 3PM. If you are interested in that then add “Sunday” to the list of days you’ll attend on the sign up form.

Also, keep you calendar’s open for the Intel LAN set for December 1-2. More details on that and our involvement soon to come…

  
 

Tuesday, April 10, 2007
 
April 13-14 Party Cancelled - written by JAG

For the first time that I can remember, we're going to cancel the April 13-14 LAN party this weekend due to a low turnout rate. I was unable to cover the costs to rent the building with just a handful of people. I will let you know when this event will be rescheduled as soon as I hear back when the building is available.
  
 

Tuesday, February 20, 2007
 
New Jaguar Mod Pack Released! - written by JAG

   

I have updated the "Jaguar Mods" section on the left-hand side of this website to include a new mod pack for the free racing game "TrackMania Nations ESWC". Each custom map was designed and compiled by our very own Ranchan! Check out the link to learn more and see the video preview posted on YouTube.com.
  
 

Saturday, November 11, 2006
 
Party Review - written by JAG

Battlefield 2, Quake 4, TOCA Race Driver 3, TrackMania Nations ESWC were mostly played.


Those Who Attended:
  2. ---
  5. ---
  8. ---
  10. Nicole Sheahan
  11. ---
  12. CoolSpot
  2. ---
  5. ---
  8. ---
  11. ---
  12. Scott "Moose" Sanstad
  2. ---
  5. ---
  8. ---
  9. Birks "Freakyspud" Joshua
  11. ---
  1. Sami
  2. ---
  5. ---
  6. Hirez
  8. ---
  9. Tim "Pouncer" Melton
  10. Joshua "Alston" Morgan
  11. ---
  12. Ranchan
Sever Tables:
49. Ajax
50. Bulldog
51. Server console
52. JAG
 
 

Wednesday, September 13, 2006
 
ShowDown LAN Party Review - written by JAG

 
 
     
 
 
 
       
 
 
 

I’ve compiled NickMarine’s, Sami’s and my photos from the ShowDown LAN event in San Jose on August 25-27th and posted them HERE for your viewing pleasure! Here, the upper-left thumbnail is us with PC Gamer coordinator and magazine editor Norman Chan (from left to right - JAG, CoolSpot, NickMarine, Sami, and Norman Chan).

Sami won an ABit motherboard and I was fortunate enough to win a Danger Den water cooling kit! Sami won his prize through a raffle from Zalman's booth and I won my prize by being 1 out of 10 to catch a water balloon while were all at the park (see photo). And of course all of us got tons of free swag including T-Shirts! I think NickMarine came away with over 30+ TShirts!! Woot! Woot!

Overall, it was an awesome event and I wish those of you who missed the sign up window could have made it!
  
 

Saturday, July 29, 2006
 
Party Review - written by JAG

Even though we had an exciting change of rooms, we still managed to pull through without any power or networking issues. Due to the fact that our building was accidentally double booked by those we rent from, our group had to use a different smaller room. Internet access was provided thanks to Postal's and Ungadano's unlimited Verizon web access from their phones (around 2Mb). Prey, Quake 4, TOCA Race Driver 3 and Rise Of Legends were mostly played.


Those Who Attended:
  2. ---
  5. ---
  7. Scott "Moose" Sanstad
  8. ---
  10. Alex "mOvingt@rget" Carter
  11. ---
  2. ---
  4. Lassen "Demosthenes" Jones
  5. ---
  6. Mike "Postal" Lightner-Young
  7. StormBlood
  8. ---
  9. Arctic Wolf
  10. Dan "Ungadano" Ocenar
  11. ---
  12. Dobie "AkiraYasha" Wollert
  2. ---
  5. ---
  6. Brandon "AbsurdHero" Bremen
  7. Adam "HeartGabriel" Lowe
  8. ---
  9. Antonio "Axd1244" DeSilva
  10. Jared "mrjaypeg" Wilson
  11. ---
  1. Satnam "Sami" Badyal
  2. ---
  3. Cameron "CooLSpoT" Moody
  4. ---
  5. Tyson "audio" Wolf
  7. ---
  8. LiL_J
  9. Creepy McCheese
  10. ---
Sever Tables:
49. Ajax
50. JAG
51. Server console
52. Cyberop5
 
 

Saturday, April 1st, 2006
 
Party Review - written by JAG

It was no April Fools joke! F.E.A.R., Quake 4, Trackmania Nations ESWC and Empire At War were mostly played.


Those Who Attended:
  2. ---
  5. ---
  8. ---
  11. ---
  1. SatansFist
  2. ---
  3. Hirez
  5. ---
  8. ---
  11. ---
  2. ---
  5. ---
  8. ---
  10. Synapse[chico]
  11. ---
  12. Cyberop5
  1. Sami
  2. ---
  3. *Joe "BlueX80" Borcz
  5. ---
  7. *Ranchan
  8. ---
  9. LiL_J
  10. Roland78
  11. ---
  12. Creepy_McCheese
Sever Tables:
49. Disruptor
50. JAG
51. Server console
52. Ajax
 
 

Saturday, January 7th, 2006
 
Party Review - written by JAG

We managed to get some good TOCA Race Driver 2 action in. Also debuted Call Of Duty 2 since it came out soon after the last party in October. We managed to have internet access available Friday night but it went down Saturday morning. Had a great time and thank-you volunteers for all your help!

Those Who Attended (By Seat#):
  1. Bobby "Oskor" McAllister
  2. ---
  3. Steve "Syclick" McAllister
  4. Mike "TwEaK!" McVey
  5. ---
  6. Kyle "UnluckyWhiner" Blair
  7. Zach "Brittle" Blair
  8. ---
  10. Alex "mOvingt@rget" Carter
  11. ---
  12. Matthew "Nooma" Groom
  1. Nathan "Eer" Lee
  2. ---
  3. Nicholas "Pheonix" Lee
  4. Ryan "Enigma" Vaughn
  5. ---
  6. Shane "Parker" Vicars
  7. Sean "Mr.Bill" Morgensen
  8. ---
  10. Matt "Recognize" Draws
  11. ---
  12. Travis "Travlar" Rhodes
  1. Creepy McCheese
  2. ---
  3. Chris "Roland78" Brancaccio
  5. ---
  7. Detin8or
  8. ---
  9. Luke "Smooth Beaver" Dotta
  10. Cyberop5
  11. ---
  12. J-Money
  1. *Ranchan
  2. ---
  3. LiL_J
  4. Jim "GoDcOmPLeX" Stilwell
  5. ---
  6. Josh "Meet2x4" Landis
  7. David "Arcticwolf" Levenight
  8. ---
  9. Dragonfire
  10. Stormblood
  11. ---
  12. Dan "Ungadan" Ocenar
Sever Tables:
49. Ajax
50. JAG
51. Server console
52. Disruptor
 
 

Saturday, October 22nd, 2005
 
Party Review - written by JAG

What a great week in new releases! We got to try out lots of new games including F.E.A.R., Quake 4 and Age Of Empires 3. We had good luck with the 1.03 Battlefield 2 patch and were able to use the VOIP feature. Many of you weren't able to make it out this time but we hope to see you at the next event January 6-7th! And thanks to all the volunteers who helped!

Those Who Attended (By Seat#):
  2. ---
  5. ---
  8. ---
  9. Alex "mOvingt@rget" Carter
  10. Cameron "Salanis" Lloyd
  11. ---
  12. Roland "Zahvah" Rush
  2. ---
  5. ---
  8. ---
  9. Hirez
  10. Luke "Smooth Beaver" Dotta
  11. ---
  12. Detin8or
  2. ---
  5. ---
  8. ---
  9. Nightwolf
  10. Matt "Recognize" Draws
  11. ---
  12. Spare Machine
    (J-Money)
  2. ---
  5. ---
  7. Sami
  8. ---
  9. Roland
  10. Creepy McCheese
  11. ---
  12. LiL_J
Sever Tables:
49. Bulldog
50. JAG
51. Server console
52. Ajax
 
 

Saturday, July 16th, 2005
 
Party Review - written by JAG

Battlefield 2 rocks! Complications occured though because EA released the latest 1.02 patch on Friday afternoon. Many thanks to all the volunteers who helped and also our sponsors.

Those Who Attended (By Seat#):
  2. ---
  3. Alex "mOvingt@rget" Carter
  4. Scott "Moose" Sanstad
  5. ---
  6. Brandon "Zacciah" Beck
  7. Shane "Parker" Vicars
  8. ---
  9. +Nick Lee
  10. Matthew "Nooma" Groom
  11. ---
  12. Ryan "Enigmus" Vaughn
  1. Stephen "Larkalius" Scott
  2. ---
  4. Ollie
  5. ---
  6. Weston "PainKiller" Tanton
  7. Cyberop5
  8. ---
  9. Synapse [chico]
  10. David "The David" Harmon
  11. ---
  12. Newmanic
  1. Slippo
  2. ---
  5. ---
  8. ---
  11. ---
  12. Cameron "CooLSpoT" Moody
  1. Sami
  2. ---
  3. Roland "Zahvah" Rush
  4. Cameron "Salanis" Lloyd
  5. ---
  7. Deriol
  8. ---
  9. *LiL_J
  10. Roland
  11. ---
  12. Creepy McCheese
Sever Tables:
49. Ajax
50. JAG
51. Server console
52. Ranchan
 
 

Monday, July 11, 2004
 

Back From Vacation --> Party This Weekend - written by JAG
Well, I've just returned from a two plus week vacation on the east coast (what a blast!). So if you emailed me in the last three weeks I'll be getting back with you ASAP. Please bear with me as I try to catch up... TIA. ;)

Although the website is greatly out of date, the LAN party for next weekend (July 15-16) is still on! There are currently 15 people signed up. I sure hope more of you can make it to our debut of Battlefield 2 since that would make for better team play!

BONUS!!! I've extended the $5 late fee deadline from Monday night to Tuesday night at 11PM to help encourage more attendance. Don't put off signing up. Sign up today!!

We'll be playing Battlefield 2, Trackmania Sunrise, Rise Of Nations, as well as others from our previous events. NOTE: If you are interested in playing Trackmania Sunrise, you MUST bring your original disc copy to the event or you won't be able to participate in that game. It's available at NewEgg for $26.90.

PARTY SIGN UP HERE!!

Don't expect too many prizes this event as that has not been the focus as of late. Do, however, expect a great time gettin' in some BF2 action and chillin' with your friends!!!
  
 

Saturday, April 9th, 2005
 
Party Review - written by JAG

Many thanks to all the volunteers who helped and also our sponsors.

Those Who Attended (By Seat#):
  2. ---
  4. Dan "Ungadano" Ocenar
  5. ---
  6. Alex "mOvingt@rget" Carter
  7. *Mr. McKee
  8. ---
  9. ZeRO
  10. Detin8tor
  11. ---
  12. Detin8tor's Friend
  2. ---
  4. Ollie
  5. ---
  6. Danny "d@nNy" Machal
  7. Cameron "CooLSpoT" Moody
  8. ---
  9. Newmanic's Friend
  10. Newmanic
  11. ---
  12. Cyberop5
  1. Adam "Doobs" Louvau
  2. ---
  3. Khoi "thinkguy" Vu
  4. David "Surrender Monkey" Brown
  5. ---
  6. Mario "Joe_Rockhead<cDv>" Machado
  7. Mikey "Monkey<cDv>" Machado
  8. ---
  9. Ramon "UltraMan<cDv>" Cavallero-Machado
  10. Frank "Uncle_Monster<cDv>" Machado
  11. ---
  12. J-Money
  1. Sami
  2. ---
  3. N0F@C3K1LL@
  4. Hotnickels
  5. ---
  6. Roland "Zahvah" Rush
  7. LiL_J
  8. ---
  9. Roland
  10. Aaron "AWHN" Earnest
  11. ---
  12. Creepy McCheese
Sever Tables:
49. Ajax
50. JAG
51. Server console
52. Disruptor
 
 

Saturday, January 7-8th, 2005
 
Party Review - written by JAG

 
Group-05.jpg
  
Winner-LanAddict-01.jpg
  

Played Half-Life 2 multiplayer for the first time but with some complications thanks to the not-so-wonderful Steam client until we got internet access which just made things easier. Yes, a Backman Hall event had internet access for the first time! Parker Humes from LANAddict.com made it out again and let us use his PCMCIA cell/modem card which gave us a dedicated 56K internet connection. Not too fast but fast enough to get drivers and verify with Steam etc. Many thanks to all the volunteers who helped and also our sponsors.

Those Who Attended (By Seat#):
  2. ---
  4. Dan "Ungadano" Ocenar
  5. DragonFire
    Michael "Postal" Leitner-Young
  6. StormBlood
  7. Arctic Wolf
  8. ---
  9. Dr. Freeze
  10. David "Chaos" Forsberg
  11. ---
  12. Jackal
  2. ---
  4. *J-Money
  5. ---
  6. Hirez
  7. DJ "MR_FAT_GOAT" Hubka
  8. ---
  9. Chris "MasterDecoy" Cunha
  10. Zebbie
  11. ---
  12. Cyberop5
  2. ---
  4. N0F@C3K1LL@
  5. ---
  6. Detin8or
  7. Luke "Smooth Beaver" Dotta
  8. ---
  10. Newmanic
  11. ---
  12. Parker Humes
  2. ---
  4. Sami
  5. ---
  6. LiL_J
    Pirate78
  7. Creepy McCheese
  8. ---
  9. Roland78
  10. Ranchan
  11. ---
  12. Deriol
Sever Tables:
49. Ajax
50. JAG
51. Server console
52. Disruptor
 
 

Saturday, October 2nd, 2004
 
Party Review - written by JAG

 
Winner-Tournament-1st-2nd-LanAddict.com.jpg
  
Group-04.jpg
  

The release of Doom 3 would be the highlight of this event. A new sponsor, Parker Humes from LANAddict.com, arrived Friday night and was able to hang out with us until late Saturday morning. Many thanks to all the volunteers who helped and also our sponsors. See you in January '05!

Those Who Attended (By Seat#):
  1. Jim "Cyberman0" Stilwell
  2. ---
  3. Jamie "SiGhCoTiC" Durrill
  4. Dan "Ungadano" Ocenar
  5. ---
  6. Alex "m0vingt@rget" Carter
  7. Brent "Casco" Patterson
  8. ---
  9. Scott "Android Kikaider" Sanstad
  10. Brandon "Zacciah" Beck
  11. Matthew "TribalCross" Groom
  12. Shane "Ororu" Vicars
  1. Michael "Postal" Leitner-Young
  2. ---
  3. Stormblood
  4. Dakota "Dakkat" Pelletier
  5. ---
  6. Neil "AeRO" England
  7. Ollie
  8. ---
  9. Synapse[chico]
  10. Zebbie
  11. ---
  12. Cyberop5
  1. Roland "Zahvah" Rush
  2. ---
  3. Adam "doobs" Louvau
  4. Justin "N0FaCEKiLLA" Klooster
  5. ---
  6. Matt "McG-Killa" Green
  7. Paul “Hotnickels” Nguyen
  8. ---
  9. Kirk "Nickmarine" Stenroos
  10. Parker Humes
  11. ---
  12. Ajax
  1. Sami
  2. ---
  3. Jason "Deuce7" Lee
  4. Matt "Recognize" Draws
  5. ---
  6. Thomas "Detin8or" Perry
  7. Luke "Smooth Beaver" Dotta
  8. ---
  9. Nightwolf
  10. Paul "ShadowFox" Phelps
  11. ---
  12. phU|CrUM
Sever Tables:
49. Disruptor
50. JAG
51. Server console
52. Jackal
 
 

Thursday, September 30, 2004
 

New Sponsor LanAddict.com - Friday Night Tourney & Prizes! - written by JAG

We have a new last-minute sponsor! LanAddict.com is going to sponsor a UT2004 tournament Friday night around 9:00PM. Parker Humes from LanAddict.com will be present with us only Friday night so the prizes they are donating will be given away Friday night after the tournament. All other prizes from our other sponsors will be raffled off as usual on Saturday afternoon.

   

LanAddict.com Prizes for UT2004 Tournament Friday Night
- ABIT AN7 Motherboard with AMD 1600+ CPU (Barton)
- More!

 
Prizes-01.jpg
  

Here is a photo of the rest of the prizes to be raffled off to all attendees Saturday afternoon. Many thanks to sponsors Altec Lansing, Alienware, NVidia, GearGrip, Seasonic & Antec!

List Of Raffled Prizes
- Altec Lansing XA3021 Speakers
- Super Tornado 400W Power Supply
- GearGrip CRT
- Rise Of Nations game
- Antec Green LED Case Fan 120mm
- Alienware & NVidia/Final Fantasy TShirts
- Alienware visor
- NVidia Fan grill
- Posters and stickers
- More!!
  
 


Tuesday, August 10, 2004
 

Convert Doom 3 CDs to a DVD! - written by Disruptor
You purchased Doom 3 and were angry that they did not release it on DVD, well here is how to make yourself a backup copy on DVD.

I modified the Doom3.msi to not check for the volume label. Follow the below instructions to make Doom 3 a DVD.

  1. Copy the contents of CD1 to a temp directory named "Doom3."
  2. Then copy the contents of the Setup\Data\base directories on CD2 and CD3 to the Doom3\Setup\Data\base directory on your hard drive.
  3. Copy pak000.pk4 and pak001.pk4 from CD 2 to the base directory.
  4. Copy pak003.pk4 and pak004.pk4 from CD 3 to the base directory.
  5. Download my modified Doom3.msi and replace the old one.
  6. Burn to DVD, create an ISO with the volume label DOOM3 and burn to a blank dvd. DO NOT CHANGE THE VOLUME LABEL, IT MUST BE DOOM3 OR IT WILL NOT WORK!
  
 

Saturday, July 31st, 2004
 
Party Review - written by JAG

 
Group-05.jpg
  
Winners-01.jpg
  

Because we had the smallest tournout in years it was easier to play a more varied selection of games. We were able to finally get in some great Rize Of Nations action (two games of four on four) and all of us got into a sweet racing match of ToCa Race Driver 2 late Saturday afternoon. Other games we played were Unreal Tournament 2004, Far Cry, and even Quake 3 Arena. The gang decided to skip the UT2004 tournament until next party since we were having so much fun checking out other stuff. Many thanks to our sponsors!

Those Who Attended:
  1. Ajax
  2. Cyberop5
  3. Deriol
  4. Disruptor
  5. Hirez
  6. JAG
  1. LiL_J
  2. phU|CrUM
  3. Ranchan
  4. Sami
  5. Slippo
  6. Tom "Detin8or" Perry
 
 

Monday, July 26, 2004
 

TeamSpeak - written by Ajax
Yo, Jaguar LAN Fest gamers!!

It is going down THIS FRIDAY! YES!! Is everyone ready to play?

For the upcoming LAN party, we're going to run a TeamSpeak server www.teamspeak.org. For those of you who have never heard of TeamSpeak, here's a quick breakdown of just what the program is from their website:

"TeamSpeak is an application which allows its users to talk to each other over the internet and basically was designed to run in the background of online games. TeamSpeak uses as little latency as
possible, which makes TeamSpeak one of the best online gaming communication programs."

If you don't already have a copy of the TeamSpeak client, you can download it here:
ftp://teamspeak.krawall.de/releases/ts2_client_rc2_2032.exe

I wanted to put together a (really) quick setup guide for those of you that wanted to use the TeamSpeak application at the LAN party but were unfamiliar with the program. What I'll attempt to do in the next few paragraphs is give you the best TS setup for LAN play so that you can hit the ground running come Friday night or Saturday morning.
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Once you've installed the TeamSpeak client and you run it for the first time, you'll want to go into "Sound Input/Output Settings" under the "Settings" tab. Under "Voice Send Method", change the setting from "Voice Activated" to "Push to Talk" and bind a key on your keyboard to use as your universal "Talk" key. Be sure that it doesn't overlap with the controls in your other g