The Weekend
This last weekend was mostly consumed by a weekend at Mark’s place while his parents were away. Paul and I arrived there midday on a very hot Saturday and didn’t end up leaving till past 4pm on Sunday. It was a really cool, game-centred weekend, in which there was much gaming (Quake III, Warcraft 3 and FlatOut on the PC, a Capcom Marvel Fighter and Mario Warriors on the X-Box, and the boardgame 30 Seconds), as well as raiding of hard drives, swimming, TV watching, drinking and eating.
Pictures speak so much better than words, so here is a selection of pics from the weekend, with commentary where necessary.
Gaming underway. From left, G, Natasha, Paul, Mark, Matt and moi.
Gareth in the background, getting his Quake III shit on.
I found the most awesome skin on the PC I was playing on- Batman’s Harley Quinn- but her unfortunate habit of yelling “Wheeeee” every time she jumped wasn’t the best for sneaking up on people. For the record, Gareth emerged as the LAN’s Quake III champion.
G and Shirley headed off to a catered 21st later, with Shirley chanting “Food, free food”. Anyway, gotta love those shirts…
What do 20-somethings do in the pool? Why, make whirlpools, joust on girlfriends’ shoulders and flash a little nipple, of course… (If you are sensitive to bright light, you my want to avoid looking directly at these white skins). Ashley, the smart one, hung back with the camera to capture these pics.
After the swimming we braaied, showing our support for National Braai Day, then chowed down again. Afterwards, it was time for more gaming (we even got Ashley to play Quake III), combined with drinking, the infamous red undies at St Lucia DVD (that had Natasha in tears), and rounded off with a Blade II drinking game in which you have to take a shot every time Wesley Snipes kills a vampire.
Mario Warriors on the X-Box (Jumping on your opponent’s head at least made more sense than the weird Capcom Marvel fighter that included a strange cactus man- I kid you not).
By this point, after introducing Ashley to 30 Seconds, and scaring her off, the weird call-yourself-fruit-and-don’t-show-your-teeth game began. Unfortunately I am not allowed to show the 2 pics I have, so…
The horny little devil… Seriously, a punishment action during the Celebrity Names drinking game. I didn’t fare much better.
Basil, the fat cat, the next morning.
We had heard stories that food was generally not provided at Mark’s LANs, but I guess having girls at LANs has its advantages. Natasha brought chips, Ashley a salad and myself, choc chip cookies. Besides, the next morning, a little teamwork produced a fantastic post-drinking fry up including scrambled egg, bacon, fried tomato, and fried banana.
We rounded the day off with a few games of Warcraft III (I didn’t think I did too badly for a change; building up a small, sturdy force relatively quickly) and then caused absolute chaos in the smash-em-up racer, FlatOut. Natasha’s nasty Uno-looking Pepper actually turned out to be one of the better cars in the game.
So that was pretty much the weekend. We packed up the PCs and headed back to Paul’s to feed the dogs. Then we decided, inspired by Matt and Natasha, to buy game pads. With Matt’s emulated games, I’m one step closer to turning my PC into a console.
Pictures speak so much better than words, so here is a selection of pics from the weekend, with commentary where necessary.
Gaming underway. From left, G, Natasha, Paul, Mark, Matt and moi.
Gareth in the background, getting his Quake III shit on.
I found the most awesome skin on the PC I was playing on- Batman’s Harley Quinn- but her unfortunate habit of yelling “Wheeeee” every time she jumped wasn’t the best for sneaking up on people. For the record, Gareth emerged as the LAN’s Quake III champion.
G and Shirley headed off to a catered 21st later, with Shirley chanting “Food, free food”. Anyway, gotta love those shirts…
What do 20-somethings do in the pool? Why, make whirlpools, joust on girlfriends’ shoulders and flash a little nipple, of course… (If you are sensitive to bright light, you my want to avoid looking directly at these white skins). Ashley, the smart one, hung back with the camera to capture these pics.
After the swimming we braaied, showing our support for National Braai Day, then chowed down again. Afterwards, it was time for more gaming (we even got Ashley to play Quake III), combined with drinking, the infamous red undies at St Lucia DVD (that had Natasha in tears), and rounded off with a Blade II drinking game in which you have to take a shot every time Wesley Snipes kills a vampire.
Mario Warriors on the X-Box (Jumping on your opponent’s head at least made more sense than the weird Capcom Marvel fighter that included a strange cactus man- I kid you not).
By this point, after introducing Ashley to 30 Seconds, and scaring her off, the weird call-yourself-fruit-and-don’t-show-your-teeth game began. Unfortunately I am not allowed to show the 2 pics I have, so…
The horny little devil… Seriously, a punishment action during the Celebrity Names drinking game. I didn’t fare much better.
Basil, the fat cat, the next morning.
We had heard stories that food was generally not provided at Mark’s LANs, but I guess having girls at LANs has its advantages. Natasha brought chips, Ashley a salad and myself, choc chip cookies. Besides, the next morning, a little teamwork produced a fantastic post-drinking fry up including scrambled egg, bacon, fried tomato, and fried banana.
We rounded the day off with a few games of Warcraft III (I didn’t think I did too badly for a change; building up a small, sturdy force relatively quickly) and then caused absolute chaos in the smash-em-up racer, FlatOut. Natasha’s nasty Uno-looking Pepper actually turned out to be one of the better cars in the game.
So that was pretty much the weekend. We packed up the PCs and headed back to Paul’s to feed the dogs. Then we decided, inspired by Matt and Natasha, to buy game pads. With Matt’s emulated games, I’m one step closer to turning my PC into a console.
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