Well, this was my 2nd mml ever. For those of you not as nerdy as myself, MML stands for Million Man Lan. What is a lan? Check my post: http://iamkraze.com/the-life-of-a-lanparty
Anyway. I packed two days ahead of time, making sure I brought everything I needed, and more importantly everything I didntneed. I ended up bringing a second computer, a projector we officially pet named the “pronjector” and 2 car subs with tweeters accompanied with a 350 watt amp.
The first day was a blast. Thankfully I was riding with someone (defeat) and his car got way better gas milage than mine ever would. He showed up at my house early that morning and with very little sleep under each of our belts we proceeded to pack like true tetris afficianotoes. It was raining at this time and to combat this we put up a large wall-less tent andput the car under it. We feared that the smallest bit of water could ruin our entire weekend.
Once packed we headed onto the open road. Leaving the tent as somone elses problem. We opened up my cellphone and punched in the directions to our destination. Being the nerds that we were, we refrenced the voice in the phone to the voice in the tank, from red vs blue. Sheila. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecjgqJwaHtI)
After 4 hours of driving we decided it was time for a bit of dinner. We told the gpsto findus the nearest Dairy Queen. It did just that, only all of them were behind us. After many separatesearches we finally found one only 3 miles off the highway in which we could stop at. The person waiting on us had to have been the saddest individual I have ever seen. She looked like she needed a hug. After defeats meal of chicken strips, gravy, toast, and fries (BEST BASKET EVAR) we headed back on the road.
We finally arrived and defeat andI tried to find the actual entrance to the complex. Ofcouse the actual directions were wrong andthe building we were in were completely different from the directions given. After wondering aroundwe finally found were to unload. Defeat had the bright idea to bring each item up individually. This wasnt going to fly with me. Instantly I told him lets go check out the event andI will find us a trolley to put all of our stuff on. Sure enough the event registration had 3 just sitting and I asked to borrow one. He stuck his hand out.. and my first thought was “he wants me to pay him?” so I verbally asked “how much?” He said nothing so I tried another approach, “high five?” At this point he simply said, “take one….” I laughed at the awkwardness, still happy I got a trolly out of it. We loaded all of our gear and headed in. I knew it would happen, as we trollied in our bags, the guy at the desk did nothing but stare at the massive speakers I had on it, I laughed a bit, and told him “they are my headphones.”
Unpacking and putting everything together was a snap. Soon I was set up with a IRC window on one side of the screen and a server browser on the other. It was time to game. A few hours of gaming went by when I got a call from Barby. Apparently they haven’t even left yet… epic failures. I even had to give them new instructions via text message because they packed their instructions in the trunk on the very bottom.
Eventually they got there, I got my retarded walk then hug… she was rather happy to see me, which is weird since last time she was next to me, her friends were fags and left early. I got to meet an4, aka Brandon. He was a cool little emo asian. I only messed with him a bit :).
The newcomer, Steve, one of barbies actual friends was very cool. I am glad to have met him. I really thought the kid was smart and interesting. Go Barby for having cool friends.
We helped Barby and her friends pack on a trolly (notice the trolley skills) and then they soon got into the room to unload all of their stuff. To my suprise they told me they didnt know how to do it… hopefully this was a joke. An4 started joking with me, kid was pretty damn funny if I say so myself. Eventually we got everything working… well whatever you want to call it. Steve had motherboard/ram issues, and barbies computer sounded like a moped at idle.
Soon we got Steve’s computer working magically (bad bios settings that magically wouldn’t fix) and barbies was a different issue all together. She let me hear the roaring of her graphics card… I instantly told her to let me see it.
I took it outside the event (where light still was available) andnoticed that a screw was missing from the fan housing… shit. Our initial thought was to find a screw in something electronic I had… none of them were the right size… oh well right? Well she delt with the sound for the night.
Eventually they retired for the night at their hotel… I however slept on the floor at the event like a true hardcore gamer.
The next day, after they went back to the hotel forever, they came back to find it was ten times louder. We decided to go to walmart and to eat and I was allowed a shower at their hotel YAY.
After eating we went to the hotel, I showered and shaved. I cut myself and made barbie freak out by getting my face wet to make it look like I was bleeding all over.. good times. When I was finally done, I got a complement… I think. She told me that it smelt very “manly” in the bathroom… go axe?
We then proceeded to walmart.. there I bought 2 gallons of gatoraid, 2 cases of alchohol, and she bought an assortment of screws that may fit the device and some engine oil.
On the way out they had music in the midway and we decided to do a little jig. An elderly lady saw me and I instantly asked her….well told her.. she had to dance on the way in. She laughed and didn’t dance.. I guess she thought I wasnt serious.. I then again told her she better be dancing or she is to blame for me hating Kentucky.. she simply pointed at me with her back to me.. im not sure what that means but im guessing it means “hey watch it”
The last day was pretty calm, I spent most of my time on the FTP que. I got brandon at one point to go get my xbox 360 controllers out of my bag so we could all get some mario party into the mix. Turns out he was going through some random Chic’s bag thinking it was mine. Ofcourse later that night I felt bad, and they randomly left again *winks* and I took the time to appologize to the chic. After I did, I realized she had soul calibure on her xbox.. I had a mini orgasm at that moment. She said I could play, so I ofcourse did after a bit of hesitation. After awhile ofcourse I had people in line trying to play me… I rock at that game and it was no contest. Good times.
Eventually her boyfriend came over, and started talking to me. Turns out this was all developer kit stuff the main stream wont see for awhile. He then gave me some swag worth quite a bit of money. Thanks destructoid guy! I really need to email him.
He eventually showed me he knew fatality… wohoo? and he showed me a movie I will never forget. Machine Girl. Its not out yet, but its a Japanese movie dubbed in english… totally amazing.
Shortly later, when I realized barbay and brandon werent coming back, I fell asleep. Final night. The next morning we all finished our gaming up and file sharing. Then the lights turned on and it was time to pack up…. another great trip tho.
I made this waaaaay too long… need to stop.
