News, rants, verbal assaults from the past...
	07-05

Okay, BTM4, let's get on it people, I know a whack of you are coming, but remember, you have to book...  Let me know if you're in!
 

Sat - Aug 22nd - 04:15 pm

Doh!!  How dumb am I!?  I didn't even realize the next scheduled BTM is on a long weekend!  (...pick-up a newspaper, pal!..)  Sorry if this causes any inconveniences, but we're shifting BTM4 to Saturday, September 12th!  Please make a note of the date change, and again, sorry if this screws you up!
 

Fri - Aug 21st - 08:43 am

Friday again, wow did this week slam by at light speed!  BTM4 is coming-up a little faster then I thought, time to get your names in people, we like to know a little in advance how many spots we have!!  Looks like Brandon won't be moving off to BC just yet, so he's in for one more! :)  If you want to join in (...or if this is your first time on the Abattoir, check the LAN Party and Reservations pages for more details...) let me know, all you need is your PC and your body.  If you've never been to a LAN Party, you really should give it a try, it's a great way to play a few games and blow-away a day!
 

Thu - Aug 20th - 09:45 pm

MeatMan's a happy camper now! (...no Quake pun intended!...) I finally grabbed a digital camera!!  Picked-up the new Sony Digital Mavica (MVC-FD71).  What a great camera, it's best feature is that it actually has a 2x 3.5" disk drive in it!!  Hold up to 40 shots on a single .50 cent floppy, and transport it into any computer without that machine having special camera download software!  What a great idea, no?  So, looks like I'll be able to publish BTM4's shots that same night (...hypothetically that is, under the assumption I'm still conscious that late, Hehe...).

I've had a hell of a time putting BTM3's shots up, everything from FTP Servers at Globalserve going down, to files being overwritten (...my fault, but didn't make it any easier!, Don't Drink and Publish!...)  There's finally a couple more pages up, with more to come!

Big, big, big news!!  Can't hold back any longer!!!  This hasn't happened yet, but I have most of the wheels in motion already!  The NT Server will soon have a 24/7 connection to the internet, and on that NT Server, I'm running Netscape Web Server software (...full registered version's on it's way!..)  and soon I'll be running a web hosting server!!  Yuppers, I've had "www.Abattoir.net" registered for some time, but the pricks at Globalserve have not taken my comments to heart, they've ignored my calls, refused to acknowledge my concerns and have simply been bad people!  Globalserve has an 'Ambassador' program, which 'allegedly' awards its users with a free month of InterNet access for each referral to Globalserve you make (...resulting in a subscription, of course...).  I've been with Globalserve for many, many years, they owe me (...to date...) 13 months of free access, I've never received a second of it (...nor will I, I'm quite sure!...).  This has been brought to their attention a million times, yet nothing gets done.  Now I get "www.Abattoir.net" and want them to 'host' it, in other words, make a stupid entry in their DNS Server, something that costs them absolutely nothing, they refuse...  Even though I use Globalserve personally, have given them 13 subscriptions (...including family...), Given them the entire Corporate account for M-K Power Products, they refuse to enter this number into their DNS directory unless I pay them $75, plus another $25 a month for a 'Corporate Account'.  Well Globalserve, I've warned you countless times, guess you thought I wasn't serious, now your poor lack of judgement and bad business savvy's going to cost you several accounts (...one's I was never given my rightful credits on...) and a Corporate account, how do you like me now?  (...stick it to the Man!!..)

More on this as it develops... No more limits in Web space!  :)
 

Fri - Aug 14th - 12:45 pm

Guess many think I'm lazy for not putting up all the screenshots from last weekends BTM, fact be known, I rushed the photos in, got them back that day, scanned and FTP'ed them up, and started that night on the page, but good old Globalserve has had problems (...NO!  Say it isn't so!!...) with their Corporate FTP Server, and therefore, I've been unable to publish in a timely fashion.  Speaking of timely, I've been informed that my source for the Matrox G200 has decided they won't have any till the 4th now!  Time for a road trip to the US.

News: It's been the consensus of many ClanC members that the Canadian Crusaders is basically dead (...and no one has received argument from myself to the contrary...).  Many have asked that we begin a new Clan, and seeing as the Abattoir's LAN Parties (...as an event...) have been a million times the actual 'activity' ClanC's ever produced, I pose the obvious: ClanMA.  We have an active server, and FTP site, a webpage that's updated constantly, we have Clan LAN Parties, we've met almost everyone in ClanC personally at the BTM LAN Parties, we even have tee-shirts and bandanas for crying out loud, so why not!??  I'd appreciate feedback on this, let me know if you're interested and we'll make it 'official' (...whatever the hell that means!..).  Place the "<MA>" at the end of your name and show your support!
 

Sun - Aug 09th - 05:45 pm

Well, we've folded the tables and packed up the cables, and guess what?  We're going to do it all over again September 5th!  That's right, it's "Beat the Meat4", Saturday the 5th...  Get your names in again and we'll place you in the Confirmed listing.  If you've sat back and looked at the screenshots page saying; "Damned, that looks like a lot of fun, too bad I'm a non-social geek who never leaves the house..." then now's the time to do it!  Get past your paranoia and get shot in the head live at the Abattoir, it's a great way to waste a day.

All you need is your PC...  Come on out and meet the people you beat on, we don't bite (...often... Well, dudio nibbles a tad...).  Drop me a line and tell me if your coming out!
 

Sun - Aug 09th - 02:40 pm

YawN!...  Good morning! (...Oops. look at the time!...)  "Beat the Meat3" was great!  A big thanks to all that attended, it was great to finally meet a few new faces, dudio, Robes, #1 Assassin.  A great turn-out, and they're getting bigger each time (...good thing I grabbed extra tables...).  The WOQ worked great off Scorpio's Canopus card, and the new 'beefy network' configuration Slaughter put together really handled the action well (...and all you FTPers who where raping half the night!...).  I'm off to the shop to get the pictures developed and hopefully we'll have some screen shots up in the next day or so...

Off to update all the Abattoir pages and GibStats logs (...God, am I ever lazy!..)  I'll let you all know when BTM4 is coming-up, we'll try to make it happen in about a month!
 

"Beat the Meat in 1 day"  Fri - Aug 07th - 08:50 am

Man, what a week!  But it's almost over, and to relax...  We get to beat the hell out of each other at BTM3 tomorrow!  The game's upon us.  The WOQ will be ready to go providing my new Matrox G200 arrives today at the warehouse, Slaughter's going to be keeping vigil and we'll boot right down and grab it, providing it shows!  Brandon invited myself and Slaughter over on  Wednesday for a BBQ supper, his parents put out quite the spread of marinated T-bones and corn, I'm still digesting!  So to thank Brandon for all his help with the site, and as a 'bon voyage' present (...family's moving to BC soon...) we brought him a shinny new Sound Blaster AWE64 to upgrade from his SB16...  He should be rocking tomorrow!

Speaking of rocking, our own Creeping Death will be cranking with his band the "eNDORPHINS" this coming Sunday the 16th at the REVERB!  Tickets are $8.00 in advance (...and you can grab them right from Creep at BTM3 tomorrow!...) or squish $10.00 at the door.  The REVERB is located at 651 Queen Street West and the doors fly open at 5pm!  If you can't make that bash, they'll be playing the Comfort Zone at 480 Spadina Avenue, Wednesday the 19th and tickets are only $3.00  (...I'm informed this second showing is not fully confirmed, but we'll let you know as soon as we do!...).

That's it for now, again, there's always room if you want to come out to BTM3, just drop a reservation in!  Catch you all tomorrow morning / afternoon!
  

"Beat the Meat in 5 days"  Mon - Aug 03rd - 10:20 am

Just a quick note to let you know I'm alive and well...  For those who don't know, there's now NetScape Communicator 4.5 Pre out for the grabbing, many nice little tweaks and enhancements (...if you're a NetScape kinda' person...).  Countdown begins for BTM3 this coming Saturday, if you're opting to 'early bird' (...set-up Friday night, and get the best table...) then please let me know.  There's always room for last minute players, or people who just wanna show-up and sponge a beer (...you know who you are!...) so come on out this Saturday and shoot a friend in the back!

I've been asked by God knows how many EMails to detail what we're playing, and asking specifically of we'll be playing SiN, the answer is "Yes, we'll give SiN a multiplayer rocking on Saturday, now stop asking!"...  :)   We always play things by fly, with Q2 DM and CTF a must, but we dabble in UnReal (...a little more this time then last!, so don't forget your CDs...) and we'll try a little Battlezone and of course, give SiN a run for its money!  Any other questions, just keep 'em coming.  See you all saturday!