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SteemdRIce
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Australia44 Posts
December 10 2011 23:40 GMT
#1
There's a tradition down here in Australia that those finishing Year 12 will go away for about a week to somewhere close to a beach and get drunk + party the entire time. This is called schoolies. Having finished Year 12 this year, friends and I decided that we would go on schoolies, but we'd add our own distinct twist to it.

We were going to turn it into a LAN party. This is the setup that we ended up going with at the house. There's another computer to the right of the right most one in the picture.[image loading]

This was an entire week without internet except for the crappy 3G tethering we had with our phones, and away from parents etc. Obviously we brought up alcohol because somewhere in our non-distinct plan of ours we were going to play drunk games (This never really happened).

This was the list of games we had:
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Shogun 2 Total War
Napoleon Total War
CoD4
Brood War
TF2
Assortment of singleplayer games
Golden Eye (Someone brought an N64)


Given as I was the only person who'd ever played Brood War before, they decided to make it a bit fairer for everyone else by taping my left hand to my leg. [image loading]
It didn't really help, I still beat them 6v1 because I understood the concept of macro :D

Four of us decided to conquer Japan in Shogun 2 Total War. It took us about 2 days but we did it in 2 separate games, that was a lot of fun.

The full week of gaming was also rounded out by a trip to the beach and the pool, along with an encounter with a bee that would've been worth 50exp had we actually managed to defeat it, and also with a good deal of powergaming in D&D, as we were preparing for Castle Ravenloft, and managed to get through one encounter. (Note: Someone good at maths powergaming in 3.5 is actually scary to watch).

I could write out a lot more, but I won't. Merely, I'll say that this was the best schoolies ever to happen ever, and would highly recommend nerdies to anyone in Australia finishing Year 12 next year.

Oh, and I'll leave you with this, Karate Chops (Ninja Slaps) in Golden Eye when 2 people have run out of ammo.


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hp.Shell
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2527 Posts
December 10 2011 23:50 GMT
#2
This, my friend, is the essence of The Bachelor Pad. With more drugs and women. Essentially you're all supposed to get part time jobs for 15-20 hours a week each, and mooch off each others' paychecks in order to pay rent and buy food. You typically have a lot of spending dough left over which goes toward drugs, barhops and ladies. It is the essence of the dream of western males aged 20-30. Give it a shot man. Sounds like you have the proper buddies to get it going.
Please PM me with any songs you like that you think I haven't heard before!
SteemdRIce
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Australia44 Posts
December 10 2011 23:52 GMT
#3
I would, if it weren't for the fact that that many high power computers running constantly for a week probably ended up being more expensive in power bills than the rent XD
hp.Shell
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2527 Posts
December 11 2011 00:12 GMT
#4
Haha. Yeah probably. But man if I can work a minimum wage job and come out ahead, you guys should be able to have part time jobs and come out 2k+ ahead each month... that's gotta be worth something! FREEEEEEEDOMMMMMMMMMM!
Please PM me with any songs you like that you think I haven't heard before!
GettingIt
Profile Joined August 2011
1656 Posts
December 11 2011 00:27 GMT
#5
living the life right there
Swwww
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Switzerland812 Posts
December 11 2011 00:51 GMT
#6
Glad you had fun!
"What is this TeamSupportGroup?" - mahnini.
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
December 11 2011 00:52 GMT
#7
On December 11 2011 08:50 hp.Shell wrote:
This, my friend, is the essence of The Bachelor Pad. With more drugs and women. Essentially you're all supposed to get part time jobs for 15-20 hours a week each, and mooch off each others' paychecks in order to pay rent and buy food. You typically have a lot of spending dough left over which goes toward drugs, barhops and ladies. It is the essence of the dream of western males aged 20-30. Give it a shot man. Sounds like you have the proper buddies to get it going.

I'm going to do this end of highschool year, except with less drug money and more money put to women, unless of course my friends pay for me, then its all good.
Plan goes as such so far
1. acquire friends (check)
2. acquire finished highschool diploma (1 more year)
3. acquire summer job (1.5 more years)
4. acquire currency (1.5 more years)
5. acquire women (T.T, gotta work on this one in my ghetto ass city)
6. ???
7. Profit (like a boss)
User was warned for too many mimes.
Phyrigian
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
New Zealand1332 Posts
December 11 2011 01:01 GMT
#8
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obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
December 11 2011 01:20 GMT
#9
6v1 YES YES!
I think in our modern age technology has evolved to become more addictive. The things that don't give us pleasure aren't used as much. Work was never meant to be fun, but doing it makes us happier in the long run.
rotinegg
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States1719 Posts
December 11 2011 01:24 GMT
#10
5/5 for crushing 1v6 with no hotkeys
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Dfgj
Profile Joined May 2008
Singapore5922 Posts
December 11 2011 01:31 GMT
#11
On December 11 2011 10:24 rotinegg wrote:
5/5 for crushing 1v6 with no hotkeys

The next step is 1v8 with no monitor.
MoonBear
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
December 11 2011 01:32 GMT
#12
I totally approve everything in the OP. 5/5
ModeratorA dream. Do you have one that has cursed you like that? Or maybe... a wish?
SteemdRIce
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Australia44 Posts
December 11 2011 01:32 GMT
#13
On December 11 2011 10:31 Dfgj wrote:
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On December 11 2011 10:24 rotinegg wrote:
5/5 for crushing 1v6 with no hotkeys

The next step is 1v8 with no monitor.

They talked about forcing me to play with only the nose for a while.

Or taking a shot everytime I lost a unit
rotinegg
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States1719 Posts
December 11 2011 01:49 GMT
#14
On December 11 2011 10:32 SteemdRIce wrote:
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On December 11 2011 10:31 Dfgj wrote:
On December 11 2011 10:24 rotinegg wrote:
5/5 for crushing 1v6 with no hotkeys

The next step is 1v8 with no monitor.

They talked about forcing me to play with only the nose for a while.

Or taking a shot everytime I lost a unit

LOL i spit out my drink at the nose idea
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Mawi
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden4365 Posts
December 11 2011 01:52 GMT
#15
Fucking sick dude!!
5/5 awesome to see you had fun :<
Forever Mirin Zyzz Son of Zeus Brother of Hercules Father of the Aesthetics
cmen15
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1519 Posts
December 11 2011 02:13 GMT
#16
Yea very cool man!!! : )
Greed leads to just about all losses.
ArcticMuse
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Australia93 Posts
December 11 2011 03:38 GMT
#17
We did a similar sort of thing for our schoolies, instead comprising of two xbox 360's system linked with 8-player halo. Oh and a lot of drunk games played ^_^
iSometric
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
2221 Posts
December 11 2011 03:55 GMT
#18
BW lan with ur friends is a situation that cannot get any better.
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SteemdRIce
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Australia44 Posts
December 11 2011 04:18 GMT
#19
On December 11 2011 12:38 ArcticMuse wrote:
We did a similar sort of thing for our schoolies, instead comprising of two xbox 360's system linked with 8-player halo. Oh and a lot of drunk games played ^_^

Oh, that sounds like a lot of fun :D Nothing quite beats BeerBond as a drinking game though heh heh.
TheLOLas
Profile Joined May 2011
United States646 Posts
December 11 2011 05:14 GMT
#20
Dude that looks totally awesome!!
brachester
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia1786 Posts
December 11 2011 05:24 GMT
#21
grrr, schoolies is boring, i just stay home and do random stuff i didn't get to finish during my HSC. Can't wait for my marks on Wednesday
I hate all this singing
Arterial
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Australia1039 Posts
December 11 2011 05:43 GMT
#22
grats fellas,

year 12 sucks, lucky i finished it two years ago
savior & jaedong
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
December 11 2011 07:08 GMT
#23
hahaha

that is gold.

Not only did you have one hand, but you beat them 1v6?

We need the replay man.
OmniEulogy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada6600 Posts
December 11 2011 07:25 GMT
#24
On December 11 2011 10:24 rotinegg wrote:
5/5 for crushing 1v6 with no hotkeys


I would just be so distracted by the fact that my hand was taped to my leg. Awesome!
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brachester
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia1786 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-11 07:30:45
December 11 2011 07:30 GMT
#25
On December 11 2011 16:25 OmniEulogy wrote:
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On December 11 2011 10:24 rotinegg wrote:
5/5 for crushing 1v6 with no hotkeys


I would just be so distracted by the fact that my hand was taped to my leg. Awesome!

why would you need a replay lol? you can tell his friends have no clue what to do
Edit: oops, quote the wrong comment, cbf fixing it
I hate all this singing
SteemdRIce
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Australia44 Posts
December 11 2011 07:50 GMT
#26
On December 11 2011 16:30 brachester wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 11 2011 16:25 OmniEulogy wrote:
On December 11 2011 10:24 rotinegg wrote:
5/5 for crushing 1v6 with no hotkeys


I would just be so distracted by the fact that my hand was taped to my leg. Awesome!

why would you need a replay lol? you can tell his friends have no clue what to do
Edit: oops, quote the wrong comment, cbf fixing it

This exactly haha. They literally had no idea what to do. Only one of them had even played the game before ^^
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