EPTMany people know my cast on Justin.TV - I can help with casting (actually casting or helping others) if I end up going/being readmitted. All depends on what is going on / up to Ryan/muzzy
New England Starcraft 2 LANapalooza - Page 10
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Catreina
United States304 Posts
Many people know my cast on Justin.TV - I can help with casting (actually casting or helping others) if I end up going/being readmitted. All depends on what is going on / up to Ryan/muzzy | ||
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muzzy
United States640 Posts
I played some test games at mediums settings when I was last there and was watching the framerate counter the whole time... I'm really picky about good frames. On medium settings I never saw them dropping below 40FPS, even in large battles, which I consider to be acceptable. Usually the frame rate was much higher. I don't mean to be hasty in dropping you, but like I said, I've got people eager to get in, so if someone tells me they want to leave I want to be fair to the people waiting. From what I can gather, we almost certainly will be able to get wide screens in. We've got at least 4 confirmed now, so unless someone bringing them drops out, shouldn't be a problem. If you'd like Catreina I can put you back on the top of the reserve list so as soon as something opens you would be in. | ||
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muzzy
United States640 Posts
On September 03 2010 00:08 Catreina wrote: I just read some of the posts about casting - how fast is the internet upload speed there? How many people are casting? How many computers will be used other than for the tournament? Many people know my cast on Justin.TV - I can help with casting (actually casting or helping others) if I end up going/being readmitted. All depends on what is going on / up to Ryan/muzzy Upload speed should be plenty, they have a business class broadband connection... it has to be at *least* 1Mbps, though I'd say we wouldn't want more than two streams at once, right? So far Ryan/Drogith are doing casting, and I think Drogith is going to be setting up an internet stream. For casting it's recommended you bring your own PC, but certainly if you're interested, send a PM to RyanRushia. Maybe you guys can share a PC for casting. I'm pretty much leaving all that up to him, as I don't know anything about that stuff. | ||
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Catreina
United States304 Posts
On September 03 2010 00:26 muzzy wrote: The PCs aren't super high end, you are correct. The monitors are older than the PCs there, though. I played some test games at mediums settings when I was last there and was watching the framerate counter the whole time... I'm really picky about good frames. On medium settings I never saw them dropping below 40FPS, even in large battles, which I consider to be acceptable. Usually the frame rate was much higher. I don't mean to be hasty in dropping you, but like I said, I've got people eager to get in, so if someone tells me they want to leave I want to be fair to the people waiting. From what I can gather, we almost certainly will be able to get wide screens in. We've got at least 4 confirmed now, so unless someone bringing them drops out, shouldn't be a problem. If you'd like Catreina I can put you back on the top of the reserve list so as soon as something opens you would be in. 40 fps for me would be icky, having been in CAL back in the day and noticing little things like going from 40fps to 45fps and 90ms to 120ms pings Go ahead and put me back on the reserve list, but not at the top. I am still kind of skeptical about playing but if there is room I will go. | ||
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muzzy
United States640 Posts
On September 03 2010 01:34 Catreina wrote: 40 fps for me would be icky, having been in CAL back in the day and noticing little things like going from 40fps to 45fps and 90ms to 120ms pings Go ahead and put me back on the reserve list, but not at the top. I am still kind of skeptical about playing but if there is room I will go. I should note that those 40fps moment I saw were in 2v2 and 3v3 games, which obviously are more taxing. Anyhow, I'll go ahead and add you to the reserve list. | ||
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Ddraig
United States16 Posts
Muzzy, you shouldn't be hosting this tournament with less than the best. Doesn't Maine have some octo-core SLIed 52'' plasma screened systems somewhere? I really can't play without one, I'll just lose. It better glow blue and be water cooled too. | ||
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muzzy
United States640 Posts
On September 03 2010 02:03 Ddraig wrote: Muzzy, you shouldn't be hosting this tournament with less than the best. Doesn't Maine have some octo-core SLIed 52'' plasma screened systems somewhere? I really can't play without one, I'll just lose. It better glow blue and be water cooled too. lol, sorry dude, no can do. I know, it's shameful. I will commit hara-kiri now. Goodbye, cruel world. | ||
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Hasire
United States125 Posts
Towards the 40 FPS on medium: We should just play on low. There is no reason to risk a big match stutter that screws someone up. The games will be cast on Ultra anyways, so it really wont effect watching. You're trying to set up a first-time LAN here, don't try and force everything to work out a certain way, it will just lead to people getting frustrated with the whole thing and a terrible time being had by all, which is terrible. Also, threatening to kick people really quickly after just disagreeing with over something fairly small is a bit of an over reaction. Remember this is supposed to be fun! | ||
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muzzy
United States640 Posts
On September 03 2010 02:23 Hasire wrote: Edit: Removed stuff about Cat Towards the 40 FPS on medium: We should just play on low. There is no reason to risk a big match stutter that screws someone up. The games will be cast on Ultra anyways, so it really wont effect watching. You're trying to set up a first-time LAN here, don't try and force everything to work out a certain way, it will just lead to people getting frustrated with the whole thing and a terrible time being had by all, which is terrible. Also, threatening to kick people really quickly after just disagreeing with over something fairly small is a bit of an over reaction. Remember this is supposed to be fun! What I've come to realize is that you'll never please everyone. If I went ahead and said "Ya, we're playing at low", you'd see complaints about how Low is unfair (see the epic thread right here on TL about the whole high/low debate). If I say "Let's play at medium" we get complaints that the framerate isn't high enough. We'll play on medium and if it turns out to be a problem, we'll change it. I I'd also like to go ahead and counter your point that anyone organizing this tournament is trying to "force" things in place. In fact, I feel quite the opposite. We're trying to accommodate as many requests as possible. As far as kicking someone out- A StarCraft tournament isn't some sort of basic human right (I wish it were...), it's a personal event hosted in a private business. If I feel like someone is not cooperating, not following rules and/or causing trouble than I certainly can kick them out. I don't mind constructive feedback, but I don't care for straight up complaining with no offered help or solutions to the perceived problem. This is something myself, and others, are putting a lot of time and effort into organizing. We shouldn't have to deal with negative attitudes souring the experience. | ||
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Drogith
United States1350 Posts
Yes, I am setting up the stream I have through livestream and tl.net. For me, anyway, it seems to give a cleaner video output than justin or ustream. Since monitors are being brought, you think I can borrow one of the LANs for casting. I run a 19" CRT from the stoneage and its a pain to lug around. I just want to let you guys know I am very excited about the potential matchups of some of these games. I see names of past winners in close brackets and it's very exciting. | ||
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Catreina
United States304 Posts
On September 03 2010 02:03 Ddraig wrote: Oh come on, we could be playing this game on an abacus, everyone is in the same boat. If skill level is tied to your computer equipment then the gamer with the best budget would always win. Huk is rated as #1 or #2 on the american servers and I've been on his stream when he's talked about his computer setup. It's older than my LAST system, and he does just fine, clearly. Muzzy, you shouldn't be hosting this tournament with less than the best. Doesn't Maine have some octo-core SLIed 52'' plasma screened systems somewhere? I really can't play without one, I'll just lose. It better glow blue and be water cooled too. It isnt about what the computers are "capable" of, it is about what you are "used to" using every day, every game, every match, every win and every loss. I guarantee that if HuK went from lowest settings at 20 fps on a 4:3 to highest settings at 60fps on a 16:10 there would be skill issues. This isnt about the capabilites, it is about the change. Like I said, the biggest issue for me would be the 4:3 aspect. I have been using widescreen monitors and 16:10 resolution since friggin 2004 at least. With the widescreen issues history (we have plenty of people offering to bring their own monitors to help out), the only issues would be quality/fps, which are guaranteed to make the people crying about them a target - myself included. | ||
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Drogith
United States1350 Posts
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muzzy
United States640 Posts
On September 03 2010 07:24 Drogith wrote: Ultra? I wish. I did upgrade my comp, but the vid card is good enough to watch on high. I may try to ramp it up to ultra tonight and see what kind of frames I get, but no guarantee. Yes, I am setting up the stream I have through livestream and tl.net. For me, anyway, it seems to give a cleaner video output than justin or ustream. Since monitors are being brought, you think I can borrow one of the LANs for casting. I run a 19" CRT from the stoneage and its a pain to lug around. I just want to let you guys know I am very excited about the potential matchups of some of these games. I see names of past winners in close brackets and it's very exciting. Ya, you can certainly use one from the LAN center. We may end up with extra wide screens too, we'll see. Thanks for your assistance, Drogith. If I don't see us on the calendar within the next week, I'll follow up with Manifesto. | ||
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Hasire
United States125 Posts
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muzzy
United States640 Posts
On September 05 2010 04:00 Hasire wrote: bump I feel guilty doing that  To make this a somewhat valuable post... Due to uncertainty about the whole wide screen thing, I'd like to request that anyone who doesn't mind bringing their wide screen monitor, please do so. Even if you don't plan on staying all day, and even if we don't end up needing it, I'd rather have a surplus than not. Can't hurt to have extra monitors... worse thing that happens is you wasted a few minutes unhooking it and loading it up in your car. From what I see so far, we'll have plenty, but again... I just want to be certain. Also, this way if anyone has a preference for playing on their own monitor, they can do so. As always... if anyone has any concerns/questions/suggestions for the tournament, let me know! | ||
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TheWiZARD
United States5 Posts
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Drogith
United States1350 Posts
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muzzy
United States640 Posts
On September 06 2010 22:17 Drogith wrote: So I've been doing some tweaking of settings for streaming and what not and we will be doing pretty good for the online stream. Good news about the projectors as well, I'll bring my speakers along so we can have sound but we'll have to do some A/V testing with the equipment once I get there. Again, settings on ultra are a GO and if my stream cuts out we can simply drop it to High which is plenty good for watching live quality. Excellent. Make sure to allow yourself some extra time to setup and test everything beforehand... I'll be on site at least 2 hours before the tournament starts. | ||
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muzzy
United States640 Posts
On September 06 2010 21:26 TheWiZARD wrote: Hey Muzzy I think it's awesome that you're putting this together I live on Cape Cod but I'll be busy on that day I'm pretty sure. If you would like to put me on reserve I will get back to you but mainly this post is to say props for putting together a LAN because obviously sc2 is amazing. So, props! Thanks for the support. Hopefully this is just the start of an active SC2 scene in New England. I'll put you on the reserve and let you know ASAP if something opens up. | ||
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