This just happened, I'm excited!

[trevor]

[RoterBaron1337]

can you explain what that mean for ppl who doent know what that is?

[trevor]

Cutie Mark Con is a Brony convention coming up this May in Cincinnati. I run ---Applejack's Super Awesome Brony Server--- which is in the cloud, hosted with Amazon at the moment. In the first few week s though, when I was still experimenting with it, it ran on a small server in my closet. My admin team and I will be bringing that server to the convention and hosting a tournament for charity in their game room.

[RoterBaron1337]

and their "game room" has alot of players you mean and with that following many new players ? if so, thats really great !

[trevor]

Yup, and the players that I attract to my server through this tournament will no doubt want to try out other servers, bringing more players to the game as a whole. I can't wait!

[Gonzap]

nice! really good job, i'm hoping you can attract new blood!

[RoterBaron1337]

don't get too many russians please xaxaxa

[delinquent]

The idea is awesome, but I still find the appeal of a cartoon designed for six-year-old girls confusing?

[Clutch]

The idea is awesome, but I still find the appeal of a cartoon designed for six-year-old girls confusing?

[trevor]

The idea is awesome, but I still find the appeal of a cartoon designed for six-year-old girls confusing?

I'm not even going to have this debate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV-OF9wZWDs

[epsy]

Please keep any discussion about whatever you think about Bronies(adults who appreciate the cartoon My Little Pony) in another thread. That includes replying to this statement :)

As for getting Armagetron on a LAN, if that's what you're suggesting, then as always that's great news. Let us know if you have any specific needs.

[trevor]

Well, I plan on just cloning the server I already run and setting it up on a LAN for the tournament. Like I said, I have a server just sitting in my closet. Most of the specifics I need have to do with scheduling at the con and making sure people pay the entry fee. Not much you guys can do. Thanks though.

[delinquent]

It might be nice to have a few people from other places playing, just so the grid looks busy enough. For that, I would myself connect to the master server. Also, have you considered creating moviepacks themed around your hobby? I'm not sure how to go around animating a pony's legs, but it's certainly easy enough to replace the lightcycle with a static pony, and you can also change the look of the grid, the walls, the sky and the trail. I think there's a way to change the explosion too, but I'm not sure.

[sinewav]

Also, have you considered creating moviepacks themed around your hobby? I'm not sure how to go around animating a pony's legs, but it's certainly easy enough to replace the lightcycle with a static pony, and you can also change the look of the grid, the walls, the sky and the trail.

I guess you were not around when Pink Pony was discovered. It's been an ongoing joke around here for a while.

I think there's a way to change the explosion too, but I'm not sure.

Nope, just on or off.

[trevor]

It might be nice to have a few people from other places playing, just so the grid looks busy enough. For that, I would myself connect to the master server. Also, have you considered creating moviepacks themed around your hobby? I'm not sure how to go around animating a pony's legs, but it's certainly easy enough to replace the lightcycle with a static pony, and you can also change the look of the grid, the walls, the sky and the trail. I think there's a way to change the explosion too, but I'm not sure.

Yes, I have considered doing that, problem is I don't know a thing about graphic design. There is plenty of TronxPony crossover art out there though so I might be able to get on of those artists to do it...

As for filling up the grid, the maps I use only have 8 spawn points and these conventions attract a lot of people. (I went to one a few months ago with an attendance of 2,000 people). I don't think there will be any problem filling up.