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FEBRUARY 1999 MINUTES ARCHIVE
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Fri - Feb
26th - 07:48 pm
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Seems
we're having some routing problems, Cogeco's been real lagged, but it seems
to be clearing now. There's a new MA-Maps-HL.exe
patch up on the Abattoir SuperFTP
and a local copy for you Abattoir
Loyal players that don't have an account in the Downloads page. This
one's only 12.5 Meg, nice and small compared to the last. It's a
revised map rotation for the Abattoir's Half-Life
Server - A couple new maps too... Here's
the list, if you have most of them, but not all, you're advised to go to
the SuperFTP
and grab just the one's you're shy on. The new map rotation is :
crossfire, frenzy, rustmill, doublecross, complex9, facility, farewell,
gasworks, thehill, oneking, enraged2, quarry, CObase, martyrdom, SPIDER,
dmjcntrl, x-fire, gorchasm, manhunt, malice, compound. (...Whew!..)
I hope you like the choices Damozel! <GriN!>
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Wed - Feb
24th - 12:48 pm
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Well
Dave (..BammBamm...) has done it again, BTM6
MPeg's been UpLoaded to the SuperFTP
- Hold on to your DialUp's folks, the file's over 72 Meg! <GaG!>
He's also sent up a "Small" version weighing in at just under 48 Meg (...if
that's his idea of small, I can understand why his wife's always smiling!..).
Another great job Dave.
Also
on the video front, the Intel PIII QuakeIII
Arena movie's up on the SuperFTP
as well, our first basic glimpse at what Arena
will entail <DroLL>
Be sure to wear a bib before viewing. :)BTM007's
almost full, Sputnik just cancelled as he's taking a free trip to Bangkok
(...lucky bastard!..) so if you still want in, please let us know
asap! Disinfect has helped out (...again...) with a form for
the reservations, we'll be putting that up soon too.
Just
a side note, Costco/Price Club
has Furbys
now, I picked-up 4 of them (...cuz I'm 32 going on 12 this March...)
and after batteries were placed in the last one, the word "Party!" came
out of it's mouth when it detected the other 3 in the room and the &*$%#@!
things have been partying all night! I should stick them in front
of the MeatCAM.
:P
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Thu - Feb
18th - 11:05 am
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Someone
pinch me!! ReSaurus
just made my weekend... I received a lovely big box from Columbus,
Ohio this morning. My legs quivered when I opened it to find that
Kevin has sent the Abattoir ALL
FOUR of the Collectors
Figures in the Quake2
line!! These are things of beauty I must say! The Strogg
Tank stands almost 10" tall, has real spring/piston
leg fittings, working gears, the cannon mounted on his shoulder fires!!!
The detail in these figures is impressive -- They're going to make awesome
trophies, thanks a million ReSaurus!
Gawd-Damned, I'm off to take an eye out!!! (...how old am I!?..).
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Tue - Feb
16th - 11:48 am
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 Kick-ass!!
Kevin Havens from ReSaurus
Company, Inc. is sending us the first
Quake2 Tank Collection Figure!! (..in Canada
anyways!..) The good folks from ReSaurus saw the write-up in
the LAN Minutes and have answered my prayers... Be sure to look for
their products at Toys'R'us,
or you can purchase online at the ReSaurus
WebStore (...except the Quake Figures, sorry!, you'll have to wait
till the end of March for those!..). Once again, a big thanks
ReSaurus!
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Wed - Feb
10th - 10:00 am
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 You
just can't stay on top now a days, huh!? Just read about Intel's
800
MHz servers they intend to have out mid 2000,
with 766 MHz
computers by the first quarter of 2000 (...Ugh!...). I think
I'm going to set-up my Atari
again, get that 800XL
pumping. (...Motorola 6502, here I come!...). The Abattoir
(...or actually, M-K Power
Products...) has an offer... We're cleaning out the storage
rooms. We have about 8 Wyse150+
terminals we need to get rid of, they're really not worth too much anymore,
but they're far from junk. If you know anyone who's business uses
Wyse50-150
terminals and could use some extras/spares, please speak-up ASAP,
as these bad boys will be heading to the dump otherwyse.
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Tue - Feb
09th - 10:30 am
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A
couple things to bring up to speed, the Abattoir
Map Pack is out for Half-Life (...MA-Maps-HL.exe...),
you can grab a local copy from the Downloads
page, or off the Abattoir SuperFTP
- It's rather massive, but it'll get you into action on the Abattoir
server much faster than downloading as you play!
 I'm
thinking of getting some trophy action happening, I've had conversations
with ReSaurus
in Ohio and am making attempts to acquire the first Quake2 Strogg
Tank into Canada <GriN!>.
According to ReSaurus' online ppl, Toys'R'us
will be one of the distribution outlets for the new Action Figure collectable
line, but management for the Toy giant says the stocking dates for Canada
will be March 26th. I thought this beauty mounted on a wood base
plate plaque would make an awesome trophy, but I'm not too sure I want
to spend $95 to get one here (...Ugh!..). I'll keep you posted.
As
many have noted, the Screenshots
page has finally been updated, although not complete yet, there's a couple
pages up from BTM6
to check out...
Also,
Robes has commented on the Abattoir's
Quake2 Lithium Server not being very 'active' lately... Well, you're
right! We're having some problems with it which we hope to have resolved
soon, it's a UDP SocketOpenKissMyAss protocol thingy with the new Half-Life
Server (...Christ, it's like putting a Humidifier and DeHumidifier in
the same room and letting them slug it out!..). Robes enlightened
me on his latest acquisition - He'll be sporting a lovely Pentium
III 500 shortly (...bastard!..)
I lost sleep on that one Pete! Can't wait to see that bad-boy game
machine from hell!! Will your Duel Voodoo2 12Megs be able to keep-up
to it!? :P
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Wed - Feb
03rd - 11:06 am
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It's
a sad day here in Canada as we all pay our respects to Wiarton
Willy, who passed away at the ripe age of
22 (...at least, he was 'ripe' when they found him...). The
Groundhog's US counterpart Punxsutawney Phil
sends his condolences -- and now a moment of silence.... <FlusH!>.
The
table's are already filling fast for BTM007
- if you're bringing your machine and want a spot on the HUB, you best
get your name in, no exceptions! We'll be working on a form for reservations
and hope to have something up in the next short bit (...yes!!!
After the screenshots page is updated! Geez!!..).
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Tue - Feb
02nd - 10:36 am
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Half-Life
is an official part of the Abattoir
Server Family now -- Seems there's a slight problem with Half-Life keeping-up
with the cLANetic-Energy
network, we had to scale the ethernet card in the server down to 10Mbit
for the Half-Life server to operate local (...go figger'..).
Regardless, we're back to full throttle so jump over to the Abattoir
for a game of Quake2 or Half-Life any time!
We're
going to work on the Screenshots tonight, if you have a SuperFTP
account, you can grab a sneak at the pics in the BTM
folder. Oh yeah, you can all stop bugging BammBamm, he's putting
together the BTM6.AVI
as fast as he can! Hehe...
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Mon - Feb
01st - 02:30 pm
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 Way
too intense!! A big thanks from Sgt.Slaughter and myself to all that
hauled ass to the Abattoir
for BTM6!
Our best turnout yet, a breaker-popping good time and they're only getting
better! Met many new faces including Dobeman (...Karl Raupp...)
who EMailed us Friday afternoon and came in from London to play...
Daft, SillyBum, Tempest, LoSt, Main, Vitolagy and GeneralAir, all were
new Abattoir
recruits! The "Hoopa" table was in great form as well, we hope everyone
had a great time, we're off to get more chairs! The date's been set
for BTM 007,
so book now, we're limiting it to the first 16 computers! We'll do
our best to get pictures up ASAP.
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