Zorac's LiveJournal

Work was somewhat frustrating today - I'm trying to get the new servers set up, but we're having all sorts of weird driver issues with the SCSI controller leading to (not entirely random) disk corruption - most annoying. At least I'd contrived an early shift and so was able to slope off at half four. Bussed into town where met up with jiggery_pokery and (briefly) cygnusfap - we investigated Cyg's transport options for MacT00bage next weekend in an internet café. After this, it was off to LaserQuest where I got a puny!laser pack and ended up in a pathetic last place (FYI at the same event last year, I won one of the two games, so not entirely unjustified in blaming tools). Had curry (much faster service than last weekend's place) before off for some gaming. First up was a chariot-racing game by the name of Ben Hurt (sic) - quite interesting, but dragged on somewhat. This was followed by far-and-away the silliest bout of the Chairman's Game I recall playing. Didn't really get very far, but fun all the same. On the bus home was serenaded loudly by several competing groups of footie supporters. Joy.

Got home again at around 9:30 and just mooched around for an hour or so before heading into town. Picked up a couple of PC/Mac hybrid games for home and laptop play (Quake 3 & Warcraft 3, £30 for both) before heading to OxCon. I'm not actually a hardcore gamer, so it was just a chance to play a few random and interesting games (not the Diplomacy tournament). Much fun was had (partly due to a healthy dose of beginner's luck). Sloped out late afternoon for some more retail therapy - Buck Rodgers Flash Gordon and Tron DVDs at £20 for the two - classic! More curry in the evening, complete with a game of Mao at the table (and some drinks that were ordered on arrival only turning up after we'd finished eating. No tips for them...)