rAge 2012, South Africa’s largest gaming expo and LAN event, has come to a close, and as the weary troops recuperate, let’s reflect on what the participants had to say about the mammoth gaming session.
MyGaming caught up with a few of the LANners to hear their thoughts.
LAN thoughts?
“The LAN is really good, but I think it’s going to improve even more as people begin to settle in and there are more players this evening.” – Greg Bruss.
“The LAN has been busy – the tickets were very expensive, but it has been very good. But I have no internet. We need Steam to play games like MW3, but with no internet it makes it a bit tough; we have to play cracked versions.” – Alexander Flock.
“The LAN has been awesome; it’s my first time though. The LAN is great, but I haven’t been walking around and checking out the show itself though.” – Tumi.
“Pure brilliance!” – Brendan Marks.
“It’s been amazing so far, the only downside is that they could’ve had a 1Gbps line as opposed to 100Mbps; it just makes things a little laggy, but outstanding so far.” – Super Galactic President McAwesome (we don’t make this stuff up).
“”The LAN has been awesome” – Tumi
Did you come just for the LAN or the showroom floor too?
“I obviously came for the LAN; the showroom is cool, but it does get a bit boring after a while, so I’m looking to the LAN to keep me busy.” – Greg Bruss.
“I just came for the LAN.” – Alexander Flock.
“I’m definitely heading into the show, and being an action/adventure gamer, I’m very keen to see Assassin’s Creed III, and Far Cry 3.” – Tumi.
“I am keen to check out Assassin’s Creed III, definitely want to get my hands on that!” – Brendan Marks.
“I am also going to see if I can get some cool hardware deals at some good prices.” – Super Galactic President McAwesome.
“I obviously came for the LAN; the showroom is cool, but it does get a bit boring after a while” – Greg Bruss
Any problems with the network?
“None at all. Set up very quickly and have had no problems.” – Greg Bruss.
“There’s no internet” – Alexander Flock.
“I was expecting a hiccup, and there was apparently a problem with Telkom, but for me it’s been great, no problems.” – Anonymous.
“I’m not even sure if the internet is working.” – Brendan Marks.
In comparison to last year?
“I got some sleep last year, so that was a plus.” – Brendan Marks.
“My first time at rAge, but excited!” – Super Galactic President McAwesome.
“The LAN has been busy – the tickets were very expensive, but it has been very good” – Alexander Flock
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I’m not sure how you can blame Telkom. I recall Afrihost providing the internet sponsorship, not Telkom. What rAge did was take the Dome’s 30 ADSL Lines and put 2600 people on them. Those lines were never meant to handle that many gamers which is why they fell over. Blame should be placed on the people who failed to secure the required capacity.
When Telkom gets involved, they do an amazing job. For example, Telkom held their own 600 man LAN at rAge in the banqueting section for the Do Gaming League. It had a 120Mbps fibre line and 70Mbps in backup ADSL lines. Every gamer could play online without lag.