I thought it would be a good idea while the thoughts are still fresh in my mind, to talk about the lan to go over the good/bad.

But before i do that during day two of the lan it was announced that a member of the AWOL staff had to be taken to the hospital. I hope everything is ok?



Registration: Was smooth for myself. Signed up got my swag bag and started gaming.

Player turnout: On day two i noticed alot of empty seats, like ether people never came or left early... On the internal lan web server only 87 people had signed up which leads me to ask how many showed up and why did they leave?

Network access: The internal infrastructure was rock solid, internet access was flaky but was resolved.

Note: It only took 122 hardcore AWOL gamers to bring the modem to it's knees....Anyone remember the screensavers effect on TechTV? This was the AWOL effect ! But the issue was beyond anyone's control to prevent

Power: I had no issues with power, but i noticed a small .01 % fluctuation in the power grid on the second day for two seconds.

Food: When you come back from the bathroom and find your food at your spot, that's what i call service. No complaints at all the food was great....

Tournament: Had a few issues that were worked out quickly, expect for the L4D tournament which was canceled because of time issues.

Group photo: I think we could do that better, it felt like we were sardines crammed in a can and were in a hurry to get the shot.. Here's my thoughts, on the first day after action city business hours. We get everyone on the indoor go-cart track, holding the AWOL 2010 banner with a guy on a ladder like we had for the shot. I think doing it like this you would have a better picture of everyone and the turn out.

Over all i'd give this event a 9.8 - 9.9

With 25 views and no one else has posted a feedback write up? I'm a sad panda

I agreed with most of your fine literature young man.

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to increase my post count.

Ya I saw the ambulance and fire truck outside when I came back the next day. I don't know who it was but I hope everything is ok.

My only complaint was about the ventilation. Near the end of day 2 it got so bad I couldn't sit in the LAN room for more than 30 minutes without starting to feel lightheaded and nauseous.

It was Twizted, and he was back later in the day on Saturday and he was doing much better. There were a lot of people worried about him, and for everyone's information, he is operating normally again last I heard.


Yea, that is definitely the problem with the winter lans. They do not have the air conditioning running to really pull the stank from the room.

And thank you guys for the positive feed back! If there was anything negative, please let us know so we can improve on it. Unfortunately we did not have time to get the surveys up this time.

the day after is a day closer to the next lan.

The small power issues like the light flickering was my phase change unit trying to start with to long of an extension cord

Normal? Really? That must be a darn good hospital....

I dunno. I've heard their IT department employs some questionable people.....

Wait, if vern operating normally depends on the IT department, does that make Vern a cyborg? And if so, how do we hack into his weapons systems?

I think you've been a victim of misinformation.

A lot of people left early on day 1.

Unfortunately it wasn't the kids who kept saying "awesome" in a loud falsetto.

Hey now what's wrong with AAAWWWWWWEEEEEESSSSOOOMEE! I thought it was pretty funny. Some people have no sense of humor.

Well yeah, he was at luther!