[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood for this link. ]
“Getting lost in Acton, with two suitcases full of expensive
kit, in the dark, isn’t fun. Especially when you’ve been carrying
the heavy kit about on the train and tube for an hour and a half.
However, that is how I, with my expert navigational skills, found
myself at 10 PM on Friday night, headed for the Intel Bloodline LAN
somewhere in the local area. I teamed up with HEXUS.net forum
regular mgh0 who had just arrived at a nearby tube stop, and with
our unerring combined sense of direction, we made it to Black
Island Studios, just off the A40.“I was going to Intel/Jolt Bloodline for the proper LAN
experience–poor eating, sleeping & hygiene arrangements; a
room full of sweaty Counter-Strike players; and playing games into
the small hours–but I had one little… eccentricity… to my
arrangements:“I was going with a REAL gaming OS…”
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