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11:20am
Jun28, 2002 |
Now
this is the kind of weather we like! Canada
Day long weekend is here at last and it's going
to be nothing but hot and sunny all weekend long…
I can taste the Beer already. Summer's here
and BTM33's date has finally been released.
After heated debate, BTM33 “Capture the SoDa” Edition
will be on July 20th! This BTM will also fall
on Isis’ birthday, so get ready to eat cake and
wear stupid hats (…well, the cake part at least…)
and bring your swim trunks, cuz the Abattoir Dunk
Tank will be in fine form. Please be sure
to check your schedules to ensure your free before
registering, we're looking for 100% attendance.
Have a friend who's not been to a BTM? Spread
the word! We'll be opening another voting
thread on the game and mode of choice so make your
voice heard!
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12:55pm
Jun21, 2002 |
Since
I'm always shooting my mouth off, Isis
decided it would be more fun to shoot a rocket off,
so she picked-up a little Rocket Kit last night
and we “did launch”. There's just something
special about the fresh smell of a Rocket Engine
on a June evening… Our flight was flawless.
Now to start finding objects to launch! Perhaps
we'll fill it with talcum powder, or gasoline for
a better “effect” when the recovery shoot blows
out. Wonder if small Dwarf Rabbits like space
travel? Perhaps we should build a Quake style
Rocket Launcher that really works? Hmmm…
I think I better stock up on Rocket Engines for
BTM33. Speaking of which... How does
the July 27th weekend sound to everyone? *hint-hint*
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09:58am
Jun20, 2002 |
We
just have to report in after our evening out at Yuk-Yuk's
last night, the comedy team that played was great
and Jason
Rouse didn't disappoint one bit (...Nacho's rocked
too!..) Word of advice, never sit up front if
you see him live (...unless you welcome that kind
of abuse, but that goes without saying...).
The guy just has to be wired to maintain a mind set
like he does. Here's a rare and valuable shot
for you... After Jason left the stage to roaring
applause, the MC came out to close the show, but didn't
keep the stage long as Jason suddenly came running
out from the back totally stark naked! The Abattoir's
News Division (ABNN) was once again the only one with
a camera to catch it (...Wow! I'm proud, huh?..)
Skunkworks and I walked into the back room and introduced
ourselves and congratulated him on an outstanding
show, then we told him about the BBs
and Abattoir Minutes where we've spoke of him and
he offered us a photo op. He wants to know where
the rest of you were, so I gave him all your home
numbers... Expect a call.
Keep
posted to the Abattoir LAN Minutes as we'll be announcing
the date for BTM33 very soon! Once again the
requests are coming in for updates and additions to
the Abattoir's
Warriors Page, if you want your info updated,
or if you don't have a profile yet and want your name
and mug shot up on Abattoir.Net, please head to the
BBs and read this thread, we'll have your profile
up in no time. (link removed for archiving)
Would
outings like this interest you?! Want to get
away from the computer for an afternoon or evening?
Join the discussion on the BBs
and throw your suggestions in for an evening out...
From Paintball to GoKarts, there's been some great
ideas thrown around! With temperatures hitting
an expected high of 32 in southern Ontario and the
humidity climbing, I suggest of tour a Popsicle
Factory.
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04:30pm
Jun19, 2002 |
What
a great BTM that was! Big thanks to all who
came out for BTM32, even to those who came out to
‘bust a move' on the DDR (...we're now accepting bribes
to ensure your photo's not put in the LAN Minutes...).
With this BTM we were introduced to our new friends
S.N.O.W. and Tyir who now become our current "long
distance" champs as they drove in from Montreal, Quebec
to join in on the action after catching the Abattoir
listing on LAN Party.com, great to have you guys down!
With the BBs
in full swing, we used the Poll feature to democratically
select our game of choice and it's mode of play for
our Tournament game! Quake3:Arena won and Capture
the Flag was the mode of play voted for. All
attendees were put into a hat (...their names that
is...) and Blue and Red teams were randomly drawn.
The first round had a bit of a quirk as the Red team
was winning when the power went out killing the server
that CorpsE was running (...this was due to the many
21" monitors that were purchased at BTM32...) so we
decided to call it and the Red team moved into the
next round... We divided up again and the two
teams once again went at it. The four remaining
players from that round were Sn00gans, Skunkworks,
LoSt and BammBamm who went into the final match-up.
The "twist" everyone was waiting for was then announced;
"Pair up and decided who's computer you want to play
on." The look of confusion became apparent,
"...because one of you will be using the keyboard,
the other will be working the mouse!". This
made it interesting as we all watch two players controlled
in concert by four people, think about that for a
second. The match was recorded from many an
angle and if you were one of the demo recorders, please
be sure you upload your demo file into the BTM32 folder
so our crack, Abattoir editors can get to work on
it! Sn00gans and Skunkworks walked with the
Can'o'Spam taking the match, congratulations!
In
preparation and to get in the mood for Metal of Honour:
Allied Assault, I headed out to the War Plane Museum
on Mount Hope and took the stick of a vintage Harvard
plane... The pilot asked if I was a pilot, I
said "Microsoft Flight Simulator seems to think so..."
to which he replied, "Good enough for me!".
I flew around for about 30 minutes while my Sisters
boyfriend Paul cashed in on his $1,000.00 Christmas
present from my sister, he's a big war buff and Tracy
bought him a seat to ride on the Lancaster Bomber!
There's only two left flying in the world, for $1,000.00
and a 40 minute flight around the CN Tower, there
better have been a hell of a nice in-flight meal!
I think his hearing's almost back too.
Our
News Division (ABNN) was first on the scene of a major
fire in Mississauga last week (...last week!?..) and
even after 6 homes were destroyed, do you think anyone
even wants the photos?! I was on the phone with
the Sun, Star, CityPulse, Pulse24, Globe & Mail,
you name it. Other than seeing it on CityPulse
(...I have a photo of the CityPulse Cameraman running
to the scene to film as I was leaving...) not a single
paper even reported it, I found that kinda' weird.
Regardless, for the women out there who get all hot
and bothered over seeing Fireman (...you know who
you are!..) here's a couple shots, don't say the Abattoir's
sexists! (...even though we are...).
Jason
Rouse is being featured at Yuk-Yuk's in Toronto tonight,
if you've not seen this guy before, remember the name...
You'll be hearing a LOT more about him. We have
tickets and we're heading out, this is an open invite
for anyone who wishes to join us, just email me and/or
meet at the Abattoir no later than 6:00pm, the tickets
are on us.
Oh
yeah, we also have another addition to the Abattoir
Zoo and Wildlife Reserve. We've adopted an orphan
Dwarf Rabbit (...I wanted to call him "Stew", but
Isis wouldn't go for it...) Isn't he adorable!
We're feeding him and he's doing great, we hope to
have him all fattened up by BTM33, hope you can make
it. <GriN!>
All
images from BTM32 are on the SuperFTP, so feel free
to take a peek if you want to see how foolish you
looked on the DDR.
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09:48am
Jun13, 2002 |
Just
one more day till the Early-Bird fires up and I can
tell by the buzz on the Abattoir
BBs that there are a lot of itchy trigger fingers
out there counting the hours. We still have
a few spots left if you want to exercise your recruiting
skills, feel free! As we've added four more
ports, this basically means we're going to have one
hell of a full house this weekend! The voting
is almost closed for our Tournament game choice, however,
recent developments dictate a certain game that's
been very, very anticipated will also make it's world
debut at BTM32 (…and if you don't know what that is,
I think you better read-up on the BBs…)
Automated
notices should have gone out last night to all Registrars
for the BTM, if you have not received directions
or your name is not on the Reservations
Page, please let me know ASAP. We're going
to be doing a CTF Quake Tournament (…by the looks
of how the vote's going…) with random drawn teams,
winning team advances to next random drawn match
till we're down to 4 players… Then a little
“twist” will be introduced to the game (…no, not
Twister, relax…) that should make it not only interesting,
but rather fun to watch the final four bash it out!
Only time can tell the fate of SoDaLaS’s Mouse.
<GriN!>
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08:15pm
Jun06, 2002 |
Well,
well… Long time no hear, huh? Lots to
talk about… BTM32 is coming up fast and we
still have a few open ports! Seems our expansion’s
worked. If you want in, head to the Sign-Up
Page and Register, Soldier! The Abattoir.BBs
is in fine form after it’s first short two weeks
online, we’ve already channelled over 10,000 hits
and there’s only about 30 people on it (…Holy chatter-heads!..)
Other than the sick sex talk, there’s actually Technical
Support in here, so if you’ve not signed-in, do
it! *pays himself for commercial spot*
A nice thing we’ll be doing more of is linking to
Forums on the BBs. Like this one; “BTM32's
around the corner, let's hear your i nput!”
where we’re voting now, say your bit. (link removed
for archiving)
Other
shocking events prevent me from showing you my heroin
adventures as I took the stick in a vintage Harvard
War Plane a while back over Hamilton and Burlington…
There’s even pictures and all! But alas, there’s
no time for that! David (Bitch'N'Heat)
Grima brings us up to date on something far more
important. Take a read:
Do
you feel that it is fair for an ISP to charge
users a premium for extra bandwidth usage
beyond a certain amount? I do not, Sympatico
seems to be getting ready to place a limit
to how much you can download each month. 5gig
total up and down.
The
Globe and Mail has reported and I quote that
Rogers: "The company expects to institute
a bit cap within 90 days, Mr. Krstajic said.
"And Sympatico:" Sympatico, the Internet division
of Bell Canada, is cautiously saying it is
considering the same move, but has made no
decision yet. However, company representatives
have admitted that if Rogers imposes a bit
cap, Sympatico would respond in some way as
well."
If
you read those quotes like I do, Sympatico
is going to institute a Data Cap because Rogers
has already confirmed that they are. Hopefully
we will be able to get solid information,
though Bell is not forth coming with it. I've
gotten two unsolicited emails from people
claiming to work at Sympatico saying that
the limit will be placed on February 28th
and that the cap will be 5gig up and down.
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What!?
Pop goes the World, huh? As such, a petition
is already WELL underway to show the discontent
of the public. There’s THOUSANDS of signatures
on this already, and you can leave comments *grins*.
So I did. As most comments consisted of things
like “This Sux!” and “I’m going to cancel!”.
I myself, felt something was missing… I then
posted a three part rant that had to be cut into
three ‘episodes’ to go on the server. Here’s
the ‘uncut’ version:
Five gigabytes of data up and down, or is
it five gig down… Or five gigs up?
Gee folks, you’re all sitting here bitchin’
about it, gimmie a break! Both Bell
Sympatico and Rogers/Shaw/Cogoco Cable Systems
have offered us nothing more than excellent
service, top-rape speed and outstanding Customer
Service in an industry that’s very strapped
and challenged in today’s economy. I
personally think you should be giving them
a break here, I mean 5 gigabytes a month is
more than enough for any user. – Or at least
any user who doesn’t use the Internet for
bandwidth wasting practices like, oh…
I dunno’ Things like: Streaming Video,
HTML Email and attachments, FTP’ing between
work and home, Downloading great game demos,
Purchasing software that’s downloaded off
the Net, Trying to even keep-up on one month
of Microsoft Windblows Critical UpDates –
Service Packs – Security Fixes and Disney
advertisements, SPAM that’s now improved with
HTML and Flash but has 50%less sugar, Downloading
movies and/or Pron, Use any form of webcamera
for security or broadcast, Listen to Internet
Radio, Spend more than 1 hour a month on Shockwave.com,
Run Internet Game Servers like Quake – UnReal
Tournament – RTCW and MOH:AA on Cable or HSE
because it’s just so nice and fast, Even considered
making IP/Voice Internet phone calls to save
money, Send Internet Faxes, Netmeeting with
Aunt Monica in England, Spend time trying
to read an online version of Bell Canada’s
Customer Support Agreement (…The extended,
non-directors cut Legal Version, the one where
Darth Maul comes into the room and ‘er…
Never mind, read the Book…). Ever thought
that playing a three hour game of “InkLink”
on Shockwave with six of your bestest friends
from all over the World couldn’t be any more
fun that it already is – unless of course
you couldn’t concentrate on the drawing (…which
usually looks like the player drawing has
either never used a mouse before or has been
on the Internet too long and is having a seizure…)
because you kept hearing a Taxi Meter ticking
in your head while you’re online. So!!
If you think you’re going to use your Internet
for those silly things, I think you should
get a life! For the AOL Users out there
who stumbled across this… That was all
sarcasm. Both of you big ISP’s should
have your ‘nodes’ cut off for even thinking
it. Time to change ALL your commercials,
guys… You’re about to render them all
redundant. Oops… I better finish
up now, don’t want to use this month’s quota
on my little text rant, do I boys! Thank
God this is in a public forum where other’s
can read it, just think of how much bandwidth
I’m going to save this month by not having
to forward this to everyone! Wee for
me! I’m smarter than a Bell Executive!
Oh! Gotta go, my 456 minute wait on
FilePlanet is up… I’ve been waiting
for this demo all week! Too bad it’s
180Meg. CliCk!
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Wonder
if my cable and phone go out tonight!? If
you want (…and I encourage you to…) sign this petition,
or even view some of the comments made, head
over and read away. (…Look for 8646 and
read from the bottom up for the live one from above…)
What do you all think of this c(r)ap? (link
removed for archiving)
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