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Anyone keen on PCF LANs?

Yes
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No
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Maybe
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Only if I can shoot KB repeatedly
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LOL, it's sooo ironic that the dude accusing everyone else of being homo has to mention weeners in every post he makes, including his username.

I say we pretend he doesn't exist (I'm sure he gets treated the same irl) and wait till the mods get here.
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Is it going to be ONLY gaming or MAINLY gaming? :D
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PsyCLown wrote:Is it going to be ONLY gaming or MAINLY gaming? :D
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WiK1d wrote:
PsyCLown wrote:Is it going to be ONLY gaming or MAINLY gaming? :D
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There will be an update soon guys.
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Who voted no?
Anyway this is going to be best day evers!!
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KillerByte wrote:There will be an update soon guys.
KB I think if you don't update soon then the 34% who wants to shoot you repeatedly in the head will take it a tad more seriously than a CT game or two :lol:
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Damn straight, update time bro!

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who wants to create a team with me? lol
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A team you say? Depends...OS? :P
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Hmm, I think ill be using Vista...
Dont want to have a problem with my games... Soo, wont use W7 for this LAN :P

Ok, im on the Vista 64 bit SP1 Ultimate team 8) :lol:


nobody answered my question about mainly or only gaming... A PM would be fine too ;)

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Siemens wrote:Who voted no?
Probably rusty, you know what he's like :P.

I'm jealous of the JHB PCF'ers... :(
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Anakha56 wrote:
Siemens wrote:Who voted no?
Probably rusty, you know what he's like :P.

I'm jealous of the JHB PCF'ers... :(
Seriously, that was soo uncalled for...

I am not a PC F'er ok... I do not do such obscene things with me PC! :evil: xD





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I'm in Pta, but I would make way to attend these lans...
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PsyCLown wrote:
Anakha56 wrote:
Siemens wrote:Who voted no?
Probably rusty, you know what he's like :P.

I'm jealous of the JHB PCF'ers... :(
Seriously, that was soo uncalled for...

I am not a PC F'er ok... I do not do such obscene things with me PC! :evil: xD





Sorry, had to.
:lol: Brilliant! I did not even see that when I posted it! :lol:
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Sorry haven't been following the thread 'cos wherever it is, probably won't make it but here would be a nice idea:
Setup a main Game Server in JHB and 2 "remote servers" in CPT and DBN that connect to the JHB server. Then all 3 places can simultaneously LAN together. Each venue connects to the local server which connects to the main JHB server online. Would this be possible?
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^^ It's theoretically possible with local-only bandwidth and VPN tunnelling, but you'll need a LOT of bandwidth to pull this off - a 4Mbps line probably won't cut it here.
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Ok, if anyone reckons it's viable and worth doing for a massive nation-wide PCF LAN. Run some bandwidth benchmarks on your favourite online games to see how many KB/s you pull. If it's possible, there's got to be someone, able and willing to host the JHB server.
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Nah to get the pings you need for running multipe people on gaming over the same lines you need something like a Diginet where you don't have a contention ratio. I used to have a 328k Diginet line and let me tell ya it was just as fast as a 1MB DSL at the time if not faster. I could actually play games over the thing on the net. In any case the problem was/is that the non-contention (dedicated) lines are very expensive. For a 318K line you would pay around 6k a month and then you are not even talking about installation. Also the further you are from an exchange the more expensive it becomes. Good thing though is you don't have a cap on the line. I would also venture to say that you would have to get some decent routers to use which can configure VPN directly on them instead of having a software VPN (which also could slow things down)

So Synthesis - Yes it is possible but you would need the correct equipment. Don't get me wrong though. If we find a feasable way of doing it I would do it in a heartbeat.
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I do have such a router just waiting to be used... :whistling:
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UrBaN wrote:I do have such a router just waiting to be used... :whistling:
Oh do you have one for each area. Durban, CPT and JHB :shock:

I think it would be easier to convince Panorama to open field offices and then install some decent lines :D But what is the chance of that happening :?
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No I would only have the one for the JHB office...

Still, the LAN sounds like an awesome thing, I will be on the Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Team :D 8)
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Soo, any more info on it? :D
Perhaps some dates.etc? :P
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dates at the moment are still tentative.

but I can tell you the venue has showers with hot water.
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