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by **edible_hat** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:11 pm

Avcon happens to coincide with a couple of big gaming cons in the US. And of course the webcomics are posting about it.

Of particular relevance is Ctrl+Alt+Del, which reminded me why I never do much gaming at AVCon (except this year where I'll probably spend all the time playing Zoo Tycoon on the DS Lite that I'm buying this Thursday)

http://cad-comic.com/comic.php?d=20070716

by **(mad)** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:03 pm

yeah, i'm a regular at streetgeek lans and they purposely set their lan on the weekend after avcon so that people who go to the lans can go to avcon

by **Last Exile** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:19 pm

Apparently in the Nordic regions there's a convention every year for 5,000 odd people on what's normally an ice rink, where they all play lans or various games for a whole week. Now that would really generate some smells.

by **(mad)** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:30 pm

and we have enough issues with our lans going for 27 hours...
then again, some of the admins spend the night before the lan at the lan hall, setting up

by **Ryan White** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:55 am

The very least they could do is use some deodorant. Why else does the stuff have the nicknames "shower in a can" and "French shower"?

by **Mappy** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:04 am

I hear the AVCon staff have invested in bug bombs for this year's gaming rooms.*

*LIES (though you sometimes wish it not to be so)

by **(mad)** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:28 am

Ryan White wrote:The very least they could do is use some deodorant. Why else does the stuff have the nicknames "shower in a can" and "French shower"?

well, we normally request that people bring some shower in a can to our lans and i think we were thinking of implementing a policy where if you are believed to smell too much, we force a canned shower upon you

by **asurin** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:30 pm

by **Mappy** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:30 am

Just open a curtain or two. The sunlight should cause them to dissipate into nothing in no time.

by **(mad)** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:02 am

sunlight? what's that?

by **Last Exile** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:37 pm

(mad) wrote:sunlight? what's that?

Sounds like you don't know what melatonin is either.

by **(mad)** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:07 pm

delicious with brown sauce?

by **Last Exile** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:17 pm

Only if you're dead. -_-

by **Mappy** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:59 pm

And only to the weeds.

by **(mad)** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:46 pm

i've never seen plants use condiments. how long have you guys been watching them?

by **Mappy** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:27 am

My Jacarandas love Hollandaise sauce on their fertilizer.

by **Last Exile** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:44 am

Plant petals are condiments.

by **Ryan White** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:23 am

I think we have discovered the true reason as the why gamers give off an unacceptable stench. They must believe that if it's okay for plant life to be covered in condiments it must be okay for them to be as well.

by **Last Exile** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 3:13 am

Ryan White wrote:I think we have discovered the true reason as the why gamers give off an unacceptable stench. They must believe that if it's okay for plant life to be covered in condiments it must be okay for them to be as well.

Well not all of them have mastered the art of eating while either watching anime or playing games like I have.

by **Mappy** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 3:32 am

Argh no! South Park episode, begone from my mind.... :wallbash:

by **michu_kitty** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 8:12 am

That was the best episode of South Park!!! When a game becomes too addictive you forget what's real... He he he he

by **Mappy** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:56 am

I find reality to be somewhat overrated and rather dull. But it's still more interesting than Big Brother Up Late.

by **(mad)** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:24 am

so is smearing your crotch with fish paste and sitting in a tank full of piranhas. what's your point?

by **Mappy** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:12 pm

Probably somewhat sharpened after doing that.

by **(mad)** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:14 pm

i would've said rather non-existent after doing such a thing

by **Mappy** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:01 pm

If you'd burleyed the water, beforehand, probably most definitely.

by **Last Exile** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:26 pm

Mappy wrote:Argh no! South Park episode, begone from my mind....

Okay, where did that link come from? Sif that scene. -_-

by **Mappy** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 3:52 pm

The "eating whilst playing video games" bit joined the dots in ways my brain just shouldn't have....

by **Last Exile** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:39 pm

You eat with your left hand which still leaves 2 fingers for hand controls, which is enough, while the right hand does the mouse. It's not that hard.

by **(mad)** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:13 pm

remind me to never touch last exile's keyboard. at least, not without something to sterilise it with, like the stuff i normally have in by bag, which will not be coming to avcon

by **Ryan White** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:37 pm

Eating around computers can has disastrous side affects.

by **(mad)** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:40 pm

you should see what it's like around my friend's machine; they once found a bowl which could be lifted by the spoon that was in it

by **Pirate Man** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:53 pm

(mad) wrote:you should see what it's like around my friend's machine; they once found a bowl which could be lifted by the spoon that was in it

must be the egg of the messiah stuck in it like in Berserk.

by **Psike81** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 12:22 am

Too bad they haven't let it evolve into a hallucinogenic life form like in Bebop either .

by **Last Exile** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:09 am

Ryan White wrote:Eating around computers can has disastrous side affects.

No, snorting coke and bourbon out of your nose after you see something funny has disastrous side effects. I know about 10 online gamers that confessed to shorting out their stuff via this incident.

by **edible_hat** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:37 am

A forum I used to frequent had rule #1 of "no eating or drinking at your computer", because some dummkopf drank while reading said forum, snorted beer all over his keyboard, and threatened to sue the forum owner. He couldn't find a lawyer dumb enough to take the case.

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