----------------------------------- shorthair Thu Aug 26, 2004 2:20 pm Compsci Convention ----------------------------------- Okay well , unjokingly At hte end of htis year , My Programming team hosts a convention , and well i thought hell il turn it int oa compsci Convention ,What better thing to do , The cool thing is that its in Toronto , and that is a central point for at least 50% of the community that is fro mwaterloo , toronto , london , richmond , not sure about windsor :shock: , And well when it gets closer , im inviting anyone willing to drive down there , to come and spend a day having a little gettogether with alot of Computers , Lan gaming , Latest Creations from programmers , new language breakthroughs , really a geeks paradise for a day , and lots of food , So just letting you know that at hte end of June yor all invited to A compsci Convention , More details will be posted in time , to ressurect this thread whe nits on page 50. ----------------------------------- Cervantes Thu Aug 26, 2004 3:18 pm ----------------------------------- Interesting. It's close enough for me to get there, if I want to. It sounds like fun, apart from the fact that going there would forever label me as a geek. Oh well.. 8) ----------------------------------- Mazer Thu Aug 26, 2004 3:38 pm ----------------------------------- At the end of... June? ----------------------------------- Dan Thu Aug 26, 2004 3:41 pm ----------------------------------- hummm, i think 13.5 hours (there, another 13 back) may be a bit of a drive but may be..... ----------------------------------- Tony Thu Aug 26, 2004 3:43 pm ----------------------------------- shorthair : check on the date again :lol: And get back to me on that, sound like an interesting idea. dan : you not allowed to go to univercity untill you attend the 'convention' :lol: ----------------------------------- wtd Thu Aug 26, 2004 5:20 pm ----------------------------------- Vancouver. ----------------------------------- Tony Thu Aug 26, 2004 5:36 pm ----------------------------------- lets host compsci convention in Vancouver during the winter break! I hear they got some awesome slopes for snowboarding/skiing 8) haha :lol: umm... though it is a bit out there... lets hear what shorthair has in mind with his idea. ----------------------------------- Genesis Thu Aug 26, 2004 5:40 pm ----------------------------------- Ya! They got some amazing slopes for skiing/snowboarding. I used to live out west, in Edmonton. Not quite vancouver, but still close enough to ski in the rockies, at Banff, Whistler, Lake Louise, etc. But ya, it is a bit out there. ----------------------------------- wtd Thu Aug 26, 2004 5:44 pm ----------------------------------- But ya, it is a bit out there. Oh all right... Victoria, and that's my final offer. ----------------------------------- naoki Thu Aug 26, 2004 5:44 pm ----------------------------------- i'd like to go there and eat some free food, but that would really be the main selling point. and since i can't eat for 6 hours straight, i'd hafta talk about programming or play a LAN game :cry: hehe, if you're willing to buy anyone who comes a ticket to the CNE then that's a better deal :wink: ----------------------------------- Tony Thu Aug 26, 2004 6:22 pm ----------------------------------- i might be making this up, but I think CNE has group discounts if its over 25 of us. Which I think we could put together :D wtd - Victoria is geographically further away from Toronto than Vancouver :lol: Maybe we can find a few TVs and xboxes and play some halo? 8) you know what? I'm really excited about such an idea. Though perhaps it would work out best if we can get a booth at some more publicized computer show? Lets hear some ideas ----------------------------------- wtd Thu Aug 26, 2004 8:09 pm ----------------------------------- wtd - Victoria is geographically further away from Toronto than Vancouver :lol: Yes. That was the point of the comment. ;) On the other had, when you start thinking on those scales, it is about equidistant from all of the other locations. ----------------------------------- Paul Thu Aug 26, 2004 8:33 pm ----------------------------------- I can come provided that I get my G2 by that time, I'll drive on the highway even if I'm not suppose to at G2 ----------------------------------- shorthair Thu Aug 26, 2004 9:31 pm ----------------------------------- Id pick up anyone from london , thats on hte site , for a mear 10 dollars to get there and back , in hte later stages i will discuss , about tvs , PC'S , and things like that , there will be a projector and my pc has a tv tuner so we can halo ,or anythink on the wall , The payment is not in full yet, its depending how far we get this year , in the contests , it costs 1200$ to rent in total , ----------------------------------- templest Fri Aug 27, 2004 12:43 pm ----------------------------------- Id pick up anyone from london , thats on hte site , for a mear 10 dollars to get there and back , , You mean like me? :twisted: ----------------------------------- Tony Fri Aug 27, 2004 4:43 pm ----------------------------------- i think templest should dress up as shorthair and bring a webcam for that car ride :lol: ----------------------------------- shorthair Fri Aug 27, 2004 8:47 pm ----------------------------------- id pic ktemplest up , so i could meet him , id like to know who ive been flaming against for a year , thats what this is about , putting diferentces aside coming togheter and meetein who we spend alot of time wiht online , it will be a blast ----------------------------------- TheFerret Fri Aug 27, 2004 11:32 pm ----------------------------------- I would come but I live 4 hours away... :cry: (Sarnia) and I could get a ride to London but I am not sure my parents will take me... ----------------------------------- Paul Sat Aug 28, 2004 8:46 am ----------------------------------- say... you don't have to know how to program very well to attend do you? ----------------------------------- shorthair Sat Aug 28, 2004 11:02 am ----------------------------------- Well if you cant code ,you better be able to game , :D :D , But this will not be a flimsy event its shaping up to be somewhat reputable , if we get hte right angle on promoting it , we have a year t get hte word out , but to those in sarnia , its a 2 hour drive to london , i could meet you hlaf way or somthing as long as the 10 dollar gas fee is given ,m ( that covers all hte way to toronto and back ----------------------------------- Paul Sat Aug 28, 2004 1:24 pm ----------------------------------- 'm in waterloo, do u have to bring ur comp? i'll be laughed at if i do :lol: ----------------------------------- Tony Sat Aug 28, 2004 2:27 pm ----------------------------------- I'll be able to drive 2~3 people (other than Darkness) from Waterloo provided I start earning enough to own a car :lol: You don't have to have a gaming system since we're thinking of hooking up some xboxes for gaming events. But if your system is not to heavy to carry, I'm suggesting you bring it :wink: There's an idea to have computers set up to show off compsci projects and such. The idea in rough is to promote compsci, showcase some nice projects, get sponsours and attention of local highschools. Though at the end of the day, its all about me grinding you into the ground in halo 2 :twisted: ----------------------------------- Paul Sat Aug 28, 2004 3:57 pm ----------------------------------- ha-lo... what is that? some kinda religious game? :lol: ----------------------------------- Cervantes Sun Aug 29, 2004 1:31 pm ----------------------------------- 'm in waterloo, do u have to bring ur comp? i'll be laughed at if i do :lol: yes. :lol: ha-lo... what is that? some kinda religious game? Laughing yes. :lol: hough at the end of the day, its all about me grinding you into the ground in halo 2 :twisted: eeek. Well I've played Halo twice, and never knew that there was a Halo 2, but my undying determination will defeat you! heh.. :shifty: side-note: I don't think the smilies are functioning quite like they were... See Above quotes ----------------------------------- Martin Sun Aug 29, 2004 3:15 pm ----------------------------------- Halo is worse than religion. At least with religion you die and go to heaven. In halo, you die, get your corpse shot at, respawn, get laughed at, rinse, repeat. ----------------------------------- the_short1 Sun Aug 29, 2004 6:44 pm ----------------------------------- sault ste marie... 8 hours... dam... 1 year.... hmm.... im only 15... (16 in dec)... whens this event? if i got my g2 by then... maybe..... u better LAN some ps2s and play Socom2, ghost recon, tony hawk, and other great games... ... . . . . . . ----------------------------------- Cervantes Sun Aug 29, 2004 7:14 pm ----------------------------------- :eh: sault ste marie is not 8 hours.. even the way my parents drive its not!! more like 6 hours anywho.. :roll: ----------------------------------- shorthair Sun Aug 29, 2004 11:16 pm ----------------------------------- for all people who cant go , we may ( for 100 $$ exta ) might be able to get an internet connection ( ethernet ) so that you can game on our server on that day , so in a way you will be involved ----------------------------------- Tony Mon Aug 30, 2004 12:26 am ----------------------------------- if we getting internet, we setting up webcams and IRC channel :lol: ----------------------------------- TheFerret Mon Aug 30, 2004 1:41 am ----------------------------------- Well if you cant code ,you better be able to game , :D :D , But this will not be a flimsy event its shaping up to be somewhat reputable , if we get hte right angle on promoting it , we have a year t get hte word out , but to those in sarnia , its a 2 hour drive to london , i could meet you hlaf way or somthing as long as the 10 dollar gas fee is given ,m ( that covers all hte way to toronto and back You must drive slow, it only takes 1 hour to drive to London, and would this be a multi-day event, second day could be PCW (Paramount Canada's Wonderland, heh...) :lol: :D :D Also, I don't think I would bring my computer, it is not too heavy but way to slow... A Celeron 667 OCed to 833 with 256 MB PC133 SDRAM and a ATI Rage 128 Pro video card (yes, I know :cry: :cry: :cry: ), I can can't even play Halo on PC because of my graphic card... ----------------------------------- Cervantes Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:20 am ----------------------------------- I can can't even play Halo on PC because of my graphic card... hmm, where can I get Halo? Maybe I can practice and beat up tony when the time comes. :lol: Of course, Xbox controllers are way different (and I agree with Mazer, way worse) than WASD and a mouse. ----------------------------------- Paul Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:36 am ----------------------------------- ... u can prolly get it off of kazaa, dunno why everyone is so excited about a violently religious game. It's typical, violence, religion, go look outside in the world today. ----------------------------------- Mazer Mon Aug 30, 2004 9:21 am ----------------------------------- Paul Bian: Banshee. (Only in the good version though) ----------------------------------- shorthair Mon Aug 30, 2004 10:07 am ----------------------------------- you can just plug a MS xbox controller into your pc I did it and i made my xbox controller plugs into USB recievers, :D :D http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/usb.php :D :D But anyways , i was planning on playing unreal Tournametnt , Warcraft 2 and / or 3 , Quake 2 , and battlefield 1942 ( i wont supply the games if you need them :wink: :wink: ) ----------------------------------- TheFerret Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:04 pm ----------------------------------- Another game that you could play is Starcraft, so old and cheap to buy, but you must get Broodwar too... What does everyone think about the second day location (if there is a second day)... I have nevre played Halo in my life, not PC or XBox... ----------------------------------- templest Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:55 pm ----------------------------------- I vote for starcraft, warcraft III, quake 3, and UT. ----------------------------------- Paul Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:19 pm ----------------------------------- Do we have to have the games to play? lol... I vote for C&C renegade then, its the only lan-able game I have... I gave counter strike away. ----------------------------------- naoki Mon Aug 30, 2004 9:22 pm ----------------------------------- If we hook up X-Boxes can we rent stuff like NBA Street 2 and Brute Force? And MvC2. I've been wanting to try and use the absolute worst controller I can find for fighting games and beat down Abyss with it. I've been wanting to try out 4 man co-op in Brute Force for a while now. And if the Windsor folks come we're all bumming rides off of Dodge ----------------------------------- Cervantes Tue Aug 31, 2004 7:09 am ----------------------------------- I vote for starcraft, warcraft III, quake 3, and UT. finally some games that I've played! :D Though it's been so long since I played sc/bw that I suck at it now, I'll bet. ----------------------------------- Paul Tue Aug 31, 2004 7:14 am ----------------------------------- Or... we could rock it out... old school, with Red Alert! ----------------------------------- Cervantes Tue Aug 31, 2004 3:59 pm ----------------------------------- Red Alert never appealed to me. I never liked the feel of it. :? SC/BW/warcraftIII are much better imo. ----------------------------------- Amailer Tue Aug 31, 2004 6:05 pm ----------------------------------- Starcraft is soo boring, and very old :roll: ----------------------------------- Paul Tue Aug 31, 2004 6:09 pm ----------------------------------- As u say, I never liked the feel of SC, at least red alert was educational :P now I know einstein perfected time travel. ----------------------------------- Genesis Tue Aug 31, 2004 6:10 pm ----------------------------------- Red Alert is an awesome game. Starcraft is too. Although I always liked C&C better than Starcraft. ----------------------------------- Amailer Tue Aug 31, 2004 6:51 pm ----------------------------------- I only liked the first red alert :roll: for some odd reason, the others sucked..... ----------------------------------- Paul Tue Aug 31, 2004 7:55 pm ----------------------------------- The others...? there were Red Alert 2, and Red Alert 2: Yuri's revenge... anyway, red alert 2 was ok too, especially the air craft carriers, the spiders, the airships and the Yuri's. ----------------------------------- Amailer Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:02 pm ----------------------------------- Played Red Alert (the first one?) hehe, it's got crap graphics but i think it's the best :P ----------------------------------- Genesis Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:31 pm ----------------------------------- Ya, Red Alert the original is the best. And up until Generals they all had pretty crap graphics. (Exluding Renegade, which isn't even the same type of game.) Although I liked Red Alert 2 too. The only one that I didn't like was Tiberian Sun. ----------------------------------- the_short1 Tue Aug 31, 2004 10:20 pm ----------------------------------- starcraft BW opwned red alert any day starcraft was only fun if u had cable internet .... cuz onlinbe is da shit with b.net.... i dont think theirs a better online service out there then b.net agreed? and sc bw still has thoussands of ppl playing it..... anyways... i would vote UT, Quake, Doom, SC Bw, dam i wish i could come :( i would bring my ps2 and some network cables, router... so we could lan some ps2s and play tonyhawk 4... 4 pplz playing online as a team agsint others on net...CTF :P WHAT... i jsut read.... u dont plan on having the net.. ? ?? why dont u base it ast someones hosue that has high speed internet... . :? bring a router... have some great times ... ----------------------------------- shorthair Wed Sep 01, 2004 2:29 am ----------------------------------- well if you can fit 70+ people in your house then sure , or if you have room for near 50 Computers , and can cater to that many people also having a big enough wall to prject onto so 70+ people can watch , ohh and have enough money to pay your next power bill ( no joke it would be around 600 $ ) actually your power wouldnt do the job , we would blow fuses andd short out boxes , So if that answers your question , this thing is in hte range of 2000$ dollars now ,for hte 1 day event , thats not expesive when in perspective, Hope that helps , and keep this thread clean please, dont drag on the gaming conversations , peopel dont enjoy sifting through that to get ot real posts about hte convention ----------------------------------- Paul Wed Sep 01, 2004 8:02 am ----------------------------------- The only one that I didn't like was Tiberian Sun. Yea... didn't like Tiberian Sun either, it was a bit closer to Starcraft for me... and one must stay away from that :lol: Star craft was like: If you don't use a bunch of missshapen humans, you get to use ugly aliens that wail and warble when u play. And THEN you get killed by giant dogs! Have a nice day. ----------------------------------- shorthair Wed Sep 01, 2004 10:25 am ----------------------------------- Paul you just completly jumped over my post didnt you , please stop wiht the gaming convo's , place it in spam and talk about it there , there is now 4 pages on thi sthread when there isonly about a 2 pages worth of info on the convention, Thanks to everyone who chooses to do this ----------------------------------- naoki Wed Sep 01, 2004 3:12 pm ----------------------------------- well if you can fit 70+ people in your house then sure , or if you have room for near 50 Computers , and can cater to that many people also having a big enough wall to prject onto so 70+ people can watch , ohh and have enough money to pay your next power bill ( no joke it would be around 600 $ ) actually your power wouldnt do the job , we would blow fuses andd short out boxes , So if that answers your question , this thing is in hte range of 2000$ dollars now ,for hte 1 day event , thats not expesive when in perspective, Well I doubt that 70+, or even along the lines of 20 of our members will be going, since most of them are underage and hafta ask their parents for a ride. I forgot whether this convention was gonna be held for strangers to join as well, sort of as a promotional event. If it is, then I definitely recommend not having too many young folks around if we want to give off a good impression. Most of the people who would come would be folks who post in GD and SPAM. And I know for sure 70 people don't post in here. Most of them are lurkers who hang around Turing Help to get their question answered. ----------------------------------- shorthair Wed Sep 01, 2004 3:14 pm ----------------------------------- this is not originally intended for compsci users , im jsut inviting everyone , this is paid for by students of my school as a programming party amd meeting for ideas and such , ther eare many many non compsciers that are coming So were trying ot put a new spin on it , we want to turn it into a meeting for all compsci students of hte surrounding area, and get the schoolboard ot sponsor it as an educational event ,