We’ll be holding 13 competitions at LANoWEEN 2. 13 separate events, from shooter titles to racing games to music rhythm comps. And we want to try and fit it all in one day. To do this, we’ll be running the comps in parallel - the shooter related comps will be paired off with the driving / music themed comps. So, at any point in the day, there’ll be two comps running - hopefully to cater for all tastes. Not to mention TF2-nanza running in the background all day.

Needless to say, I’m a little apprehensive.

I’m not saying that I don’t think we’ll pull it off. I think that most of the team are weathered and hardened from LAN dramas, and the ones that aren’t are enthusiastic and willing enough to support the event until the end. I also think that the schedule should hold, as long as we don’t run into any teething issues. And if we do run into a shitstorm, we’ll just drop the offending comps off. (Not that we will, of course.

It’s just the little voice in the back of my head whispering, “What if?”

I think it’s part of any major project out there - it’s hard to deal with every variable and counteract every uncertainty. I get enough of that at my current workplace. SOGC is no different - we’ve had our fair share of stumbles and fuck ups over the past few months, and yet people keep coming back.

I don’t know why that is, but I’m grateful for it.

So, if you happen to be going to SOGC and it looks like we’re running around like a bunch of headless chooks, it’d be pretty much business as usual. It’s when you see us sitting down, playing games and looking bored that you should be really worried.

Eyy, another rant of mine is up for viewing at the SOGC front page.

It’s good to be able to muck around with gear again. I don’t feel so guilty playing with new toys, now that I have some direction in life

After the last weekend (which was fun-filled and highly enjoyable) I crashed quite badly and decided to take it easy for a while. Now I’m back at work, coughing onto door handles and lift buttons. Sweet.

SOGC’s first Beta Day looked to be a great success. I’ll eventually do a pre and post-analysis once I get some time on my hands.

It feels like I have hardly got any time around about now…maybe it’s because I’ve committed myself to all this extra crap and, in between finishing off The Sopranos and playing Red Alert 2 (yeah, I’m quite excited) I haven’t actually thought about writing anything.

I predict that once my sister’s wedding blows over things will settle down a bit.