Comment Part two... (Score 1) 168
For two comments above. Will you even remember yesterdays news? I wont remember the game, but the skills I learnt will stay with me longer.
I think the film simply leads viewers to think that gamers simply spend as much time attached to their keyboards as possible, without considering that many of us have girlfriends and hence have to find the time to spend with them, have hobbies outside of computing, and that a LAN gaming event is more concentrated gaming than we see until the next one and as a result compound the mysticism of gaming rather than shed a pure light on it to the uninitiated. As a documentary, I feel it fails, but as an interesting insight into the number of hours a hard-core gamer spends and what actually happens during a LAN, it deserves all the success that it will gain, and more.
At this point I just wanna say that Nadine, my partner, is actually more important than my computer, and I think that clip may have been out of context - but without seeing the unedited footage, I cant remember.
Finally - I just wanna say that my eyes don't normally look like that, but after 36 straight hours (at that point) and the scene where I was playing with power leads for some reason or other... - that was a quick fix, I don't normally work like that, and I was statically earthed with all the test beds in use. I am a professional no matter how bad that looks, lol!
PS - those of you interested in attending my LAN parties can email me for details and projected dates - Based in Brighton, UK.
Sorry for length and poor formatting