Texas Gaming Festival

Zardon · Feb 8, 2005, 07:16 PM

The Texas Gaming Festival is coming up soon, and it looks like its going to be one hell of an event, with some first class sponsors (ATI, ABIT, OCZ and more). Our own Terry "Catalyst Maker" Makedon will be there mingling with the gamers and he has put out an open invitation to any DH members to make sure they introduce themselves for a little chat.

The guy in charge of this event Chris is the owner of www.amdzone.com and it looks to be a well organised event, so if any of you are looking for something cool to do make sure you join in the frag.

For more information on this event head over here

*CATALYST maker* · Feb 8, 2005, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

The Texas Gaming Festival is coming up soon, and it looks like its going to be one hell of an event, with some first class sponsors (ATI, ABIT, OCZ and more). Our own Terry "Catalyst Maker" Makedon will be there mingling with the gamers and he has put out an open invitation to any DH members to make sure they introduce themselves for a little chat.

The guy in charge of this event Chris is the owner of www.amdzone.com and it looks to be a well organised event, so if any of you are looking for something cool to do make sure you join in the frag.

For more information on this event head over here

Thanks Allan. I wish I could say some of the BIG stuff we have going on there.... mmmmm... must keep quiet.

I expect all DH members in the area to stop on by and chill with me for a bit

Sandok · Feb 8, 2005, 07:49 PM

LOL if anyone from driverheaven members meet catalyst maker, buy him lotsa drinks and get those secrets out

Anyways, must be cool but I'm sorta far away... Just sorta...

Zardon · Feb 8, 2005, 08:01 PM

There are going to be some REALLY hot things happening at this event, but if I told you, Terry would kill me, so ill not

Sandok · Feb 8, 2005, 08:04 PM

Well... Anyone ready to buy me the flight tickets for texas?

Zardon · Feb 8, 2005, 08:11 PM

some more info

DH Geeks · Feb 8, 2005, 08:17 PM

I would love to go there, but I cannot.

*CATALYST maker* · Feb 8, 2005, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Zardon

some more info

and from there click on [color=#800080]TXGF Presents ATI Ultimate Lan Dallas[/color]

and if you havent checked out the fragdolls website, take a peek

TXGF Presents ATI Ultimate Lan Dallas LAN Party

Friday, Feb 25, 2005 - 3:00pm

Chris Tom is your host for this party.
eMail: [color=#0000ff]christom***nospam***@alumni.utexas.net[/color]
Phone: 512.459.2244

Location:
1233 South Washington Ave
Dallas TX, 75210
[[color=#0000ff]Map[/color]] [[color=#0000ff]Driving_Directions[/color]]

Information:
Texas Gaming Festival presents the [color=#800080]ATI[/color] Ultimate Lan! We have teamed up with ATI to bring a first class 500 seat lan gaming experience to Dallas this Winter. It will be held in the shadow of the Cotton Bowl on the grounds of Fair Park at the 25,000 square foot [color=#0000ff]Food and Fiber Pavilion[/color] from February 25th-27th. The cost will be $10, and that goes to charity. We are working on a new FAQ and on the schedule of tourneys. We have offiically hit over $22,000 worth of cash and prizes. Expect that amount to go up soon! Thanks to [color=#0000ff]DFWFrag[/color] and [color=#0000ff]Gamewyze[/color] for their assistance with this LAN! Remember you must sign up for [color=#800080]TXGF.com here[/color], then come back to this page and click the button to sign up for the lan!

The following are the current tournaments with prizes (subject to change):

[color=#0000ff]Counter-Strike: Source 5v5 $5,000 purse[/color]
[color=#0000ff]Counter-Strike 1.6 5v5 1st place 5 Radeon X800s, 2nd 5 1GB HyperX Kingston Memory Kits 3rd 5 512mb Kingston DataTraveler USB drives[/color]
[color=#0000ff]Half Life 1v1 Deathmatch 1st place Radeon X800, 2nd X700 and 3rd X600[/color]
[color=#0000ff]Battlefield Vietnam 1st place $2,500, 2nd place 5 Radeon X800s, 3rd place 5 X700s[/color]
[color=#0000ff]Battlefield 8v8 Desert Combat prizes TBD[/color]
[color=#0000ff]Call of Duty Search and Destroy 6v6 prizes TBD[/color]

No major tourneys will begin before Saturday. Friday night we will likely hold a few BYOC tourneys. Quake 3 and Doom 3 are going to be included. Prizes will be from our sponsors. Details about tourney boxes are forthcoming as well. Make sure you have signed up for the tourneys you will compete in. The more tourney signups we have the more prizes we will be able to get. Please check the forum or #txgf on Gamesurge if you have questions.

Non tourney competitions include the following (subject to change):

[color=#800080]ATI Overclocking Contest[/color]
Mod Contest
[color=#800080]ATI Pimp my PC[/color]
$5,000 PC Giveaway
[color=#0000ff]TXGF rap contest[/color]

Sponsors, partners, swag (subject to change):

[color=#800080]ATI[/color]
[color=#0000ff]Kingston[/color]
[color=#0000ff]Abit[/color]
[color=#0000ff]Atari[/color]
[color=#800080]FragDolls[/color]
[color=#0000ff]Ubisoft[/color]
[color=#0000ff]Running With Scissors[/color]
[color=#0000ff]Bawls[/color]
[color=#0000ff]OCZ[/color]
[color=#0000ff]Maxtor[/color]
[color=#0000ff]Corsair[/color]
[color=#0000ff]Geeks.com[/color]
[color=#0000ff]Thermaltake[/color]
[color=#0000ff]Geil[/color]

As details continue to come in about this lan we will post them here so bookmark this page and make sure you are signed up for the Ultimate Lan before seats are gone!

toddsmack2k · Feb 8, 2005, 09:58 PM

Looks like a killer time! Trust me guys if you ever get the chance to meet Terry, do it! He is a blast to be around and is someone you never forget.

pr0digal jenius · Feb 8, 2005, 10:34 PM

heh...Terry....care to have a LAN party in Atlanta GA?

*CATALYST maker* · Feb 8, 2005, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by pr0digal jenius

heh...Terry....care to have a LAN party in Atlanta GA?

well I dont actually plan lan parties. I just show up at them with a box of goodies.

If YOU on the other hand planned a party in Atlanta, I could look into showing up for you!

toddsmack2k · Feb 8, 2005, 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CATALYST maker

well I dont actually plan lan parties. I just show up at them with a box of goodies.

If YOU on the other hand planned a party in Atlanta, I could look into showing up for you!

Hmmm, how much is your fee?

pr0digal jenius · Feb 8, 2005, 11:28 PM

I could plan one

We had a small one that AMD sponsored(sent t-shirts and mouse pads and such) a long time ago...was good fun(25 people or so)

Dom · Feb 8, 2005, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by CATALYST maker

well I dont actually plan lan parties. I just show up at them with a box of goodies.

But you are always the life of the party, or so I hear.

BWX · Feb 9, 2005, 12:57 AM

Distance: 1403 mi (about 20 hours 53 mins)

Hmmm, don't think I can make it..

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=from%2...00%2C35.963084

redsolar · Feb 9, 2005, 03:07 AM

Man I am damn close to there. 300 miles is nothing. I wonder if I can get out there and meet up with Mr. Makedon.

I am not too strong of an opponent in LANs, but I would not mind having some fun.

Judas · Feb 9, 2005, 04:52 AM

i'm about 3 grand short.... or i'd attempt to go....

*snuffy* · Feb 9, 2005, 02:05 PM

For those that are thinking of going. Check out travelocity.com . I am going to this event and flights from my location were between 220-350 bucks. I could add a hotel and car for around 500.00-600.00 total cost. This was from Indiana but I bet the rates are good if you have a major airport nearby.

I just booked my flight on Monday and the cost had accually gone down from last week. About $25.

Just an FYI for those that want to go.

I know about one cool thing that they have going on at the event. This "thing" could make the trip worth while.

*CATALYST maker* · Feb 9, 2005, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snuffy

For those that are thinking of going. Check out travelocity.com . I am going to this event and flights from my location were between 220-350 bucks. I could add a hotel and car for around 500.00-600.00 total cost. This was from Indiana but I bet the rates are good if you have a major airport nearby.

I just booked my flight on Monday and the cost had accually gone down from last week. About $25.

Just an FYI for those that want to go.

I know about one cool thing that they have going on at the event. This "thing" could make the trip worth while.

Dude you dont have to talk in code about that part. It's public.

We have hired snuffy from aacdirect.com to build us another killer rig (like the last system he built for us at CXG and featured on a DH article).

It is a 5-6k system and will guaranteed to be one of the top 10 fastest systems in the world on 3dmark. It will also feature 2 very cool pieces of ati technology that you may or may have not ever seen before.

*CATALYST maker* · Feb 9, 2005, 06:15 PM

Oh by the way, no teasing this time round. But I am hiding it in the DH forums, kinda like a treasure hunt.

CATALYST 5.2 will be posted in about 2 hours from now...

you read it here first

bananaman · Feb 9, 2005, 06:30 PM

yay cat 5.2 in a few hours!!

wish i could come to the gaming do - long way from London :/

NANA

**G.I.BRO** · Feb 9, 2005, 06:34 PM

Excellent... id love to hit up one of these fragbabes, errrr... i mean lan parties!!

Sandok · Feb 9, 2005, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CATALYST maker

It is a 5-6k system and will guaranteed to be one of the top 10 fastest systems in the world on 3dmark. It will also feature 2 very cool pieces of ati technology that you may or may have not ever seen before.

Damn I really wish I was in the US..... I mean, how damn cool would that be? To win such a thing...

Harboe · Feb 9, 2005, 06:40 PM

Uhh uhh uhh cant wait to try them out. Hoping for better EQ2 performance, but general fixes is great to.

bananaman · Feb 9, 2005, 06:41 PM

i am hoping it is the ATI version of SLi

no actually i would like to see next gen ATI GFX card

no, hold why not both together in one system!!

*falls over*

NANA

MEABeemer · Feb 9, 2005, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bananaman

i am hoping it is the ATI version of SLi

no actually i would like to see next gen ATI GFX card

no, hold why not both together in one system!!

*falls over*

NANA

THAT's what I'm talkin' about my man!

MEABeemer · Feb 9, 2005, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CATALYST maker

Dude you dont have to talk in code about that part. It's public.

We have hired snuffy from aacdirect.com to build us another killer rig (like the last system he built for us at CXG and featured on a DH article).

It is a 5-6k system and will guaranteed to be one of the top 10 fastest systems in the world on 3dmark. It will also feature 2 very cool pieces of ati technology that you may or may have not ever seen before.

Yo Terry!

Why not hire Omega (instead of in your beta tester-team) and ChrisW in your driver-team?!

(if Omega and ChrisW themself want to ofcourse)

Let your forces combine to release the BEST Radeon drivers in the world!!!

EVERY MONTH!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

C U L8R!!!

*CATALYST maker* · Feb 9, 2005, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MEABeemer

Yo Terry!

Why not hire Omega (instead of in your beta tester-team) and ChrisW in your driver-team?!

(if Omega and ChrisW themself want to ofcourse)

Let your forces combine to release the BEST Radeon drivers in the world!!!

EVERY MONTH!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

C U L8R!!!

Yo MEABeemer

The BEST Radeon drivers in the world are created by many hundreds of driver developers and QA testers already.

(me runs and hides from Chris and Omega)

bananaman · Feb 9, 2005, 07:08 PM

chris and omega are like icing - they add that little final flourish to an already fine cake, with Terry like the chef - guiding it all (one can only postulate about a big white floppy chef's hat)

but rememeber, not everyone likes icing!

nana

confused about cake

pigdog · Feb 9, 2005, 07:14 PM

It's 06.11 in the am here in Sydney, and I was just about to go to bed: oh well, will have stay up a couple of more hours now

PS; Loving my x850XT

.

Feb 8, 2005, 07:16 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Texas Gaming Festival The Texas Gaming Festival is coming up soon, and it looks like its going to be one hell of an event, with some first class sponsors (ATI, ABIT, OCZ and more). Our own Terry "Catalyst Maker" Makedon will be there mingling with the gamers and he has put out an open invitation to any DH members to make sure they introduce themselves for a little chat. The guy in charge of this event Chris is the owner of www.amdzone.com and it looks to be a well organised event, so if any of you are looking for something cool to do make sure you join in the frag. For more information on this event head over here

Feb 8, 2005, 09:58 PM	#9
toddsmack2k It Never..... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,173 Rep Power: 0	Looks like a killer time! Trust me guys if you ever get the chance to meet Terry, do it! He is a blast to be around and is someone you never forget. __________________ [color=blue]*Bleeding From the Inside Pouring Out, The* *DriverHeaven* Spiral, We Shall Never Let Go Of.[/color]

Feb 9, 2005, 12:57 AM	#15
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Distance: 1403 mi (about 20 hours 53 mins) Hmmm, don't think I can make it.. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=from%2...00%2C35.963084 __________________

Feb 9, 2005, 03:07 AM	#16
redsolar Off duty Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas, USA Posts: 1,242 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Man I am damn close to there. 300 miles is nothing. I wonder if I can get out there and meet up with Mr. Makedon. I am not too strong of an opponent in LANs, but I would not mind having some fun. __________________ Real_Men_Do_Not_Use_Space_Bar Main rig: Intel Core i7 930 @ 4.0 Ghz \| Corsair H50 Push/Pull \| 12GB OCZ DDR3 \| ASUS Radeon HD 5850 \| 3x 1TB Samsung F3 RAID5 on Dell PERC 5i SAS + 1TB Hitachi \| MSI X58 Pro-e \| 850W Antec Truepower Quattro \| RocketFish by Lian Li Full Tower Case \| Gateway XHD3000 30" LCD \| Dell 2408WFP 24" LCD \| Dell 2407WFP 24" LCD \| Logitech Z-5500 Speakers \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Laptop: Samsung x360-34P \| Core 2 Duo SU9400 1.4 GHz \| 4GB DDR3 \| 128GB Samsung SSD \| Intel 4500M w/ HDMI \| WiFi \| Bluetooth \| 13.3" WLED 1280x800 \| Windows 7 Professional x64

Feb 9, 2005, 06:30 PM	#21
bananaman banana muncher Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: London Posts: 1,254 Rep Power: 64	yay cat 5.2 in a few hours!! wish i could come to the gaming do - long way from London :/ NANA __________________

Feb 8, 2005, 07:49 PM	#3
Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 0	LOL if anyone from driverheaven members meet catalyst maker, buy him lotsa drinks and get those secrets out Anyways, must be cool but I'm sorta far away... Just sorta...

Feb 8, 2005, 08:01 PM	Thread Starter #4
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	There are going to be some REALLY hot things happening at this event, but if I told you, Terry would kill me, so ill not

Feb 8, 2005, 08:04 PM	#5
Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 0	Well... Anyone ready to buy me the flight tickets for texas?

Feb 8, 2005, 08:11 PM	Thread Starter #6
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	some more info

Feb 8, 2005, 08:17 PM	#7
DH Geeks DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 69 Rep Power: 0	I would love to go there, but I cannot.

Feb 8, 2005, 10:34 PM	#10
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	heh...Terry....care to have a LAN party in Atlanta GA?

Feb 8, 2005, 11:28 PM	#13
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	I could plan one We had a small one that AMD sponsored(sent t-shirts and mouse pads and such) a long time ago...was good fun(25 people or so)

Feb 9, 2005, 02:05 PM	#18
snuffy Just one of the many. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 101 Rep Power: 0	For those that are thinking of going. Check out travelocity.com . I am going to this event and flights from my location were between 220-350 bucks. I could add a hotel and car for around 500.00-600.00 total cost. This was from Indiana but I bet the rates are good if you have a major airport nearby. I just booked my flight on Monday and the cost had accually gone down from last week. About $25. Just an FYI for those that want to go. I know about one cool thing that they have going on at the event. This "thing" could make the trip worth while.

Feb 9, 2005, 06:15 PM	#20
CATALYST maker ATI driver guru Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: ATI, Canada Posts: 678 Rep Power: 63	Oh by the way, no teasing this time round. But I am hiding it in the DH forums, kinda like a treasure hunt. CATALYST 5.2 will be posted in about 2 hours from now... you read it here first

Feb 9, 2005, 06:34 PM	#22
G.I.BRO To Have and to Hold Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ontario Posts: 527 Rep Power: 0	Excellent... id love to hit up one of these fragbabes, errrr... i mean lan parties!!

Feb 9, 2005, 06:40 PM	#24
Harboe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 116 Rep Power: 0	Uhh uhh uhh cant wait to try them out. Hoping for better EQ2 performance, but general fixes is great to.

Feb 9, 2005, 06:41 PM	#25
bananaman banana muncher Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: London Posts: 1,254 Rep Power: 64	i am hoping it is the ATI version of SLi no actually i would like to see next gen ATI GFX card no, hold why not both together in one system!! falls over NANA __________________

Feb 9, 2005, 07:08 PM	#29
bananaman banana muncher Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: London Posts: 1,254 Rep Power: 64	chris and omega are like icing - they add that little final flourish to an already fine cake, with Terry like the chef - guiding it all (one can only postulate about a big white floppy chef's hat) but rememeber, not everyone likes icing! nana confused about cake __________________

Feb 9, 2005, 07:14 PM	#30
pigdog HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 471 Rep Power: 57 System Specs	It's 06.11 in the am here in Sydney, and I was just about to go to bed: oh well, will have stay up a couple of more hours now PS; Loving my x850XT . __________________