100: Full percentage

Last Bundaberg Sojourn?
 Well it had been quite a journey. I'd like to write more but it has been hard work this month.

We have come a long way since starting back in 2011 with this [blog]. Seen many people come and go, played a lot of league of Legends. Became an official incorperated association then let it lapse for lack of boardmembers. Now it is time to hand over the reigns to a younger crowd. Not sure who as yet. There are several other groups like this in town, but we never quite organised the big event that everybody thought would be a great idea.
I have had quite a bit of fun exercising my creative writing skills here and coming up with a new theme each fortnight or so. I also really enjoyed streamiling the logistics of our events as can be seen in [95]. Always trying to ensure there is one game people can all play together, though its also OK if you turn up for a chat and to help with Install Wars.

WHEN: Monday week, 4th December

WHERE: Upstairs at the Hicks

WHAT: What games are planned as major events? LoL, Artemis AoE2, Frozen throne

WHAT TO BRING: Arrange food and drink here

WHO: Who's expected to be coming? Who is coming late? Who is leaving early? Who doesn't have a computer?

Comment below to discuss. Otherwise, see you there!

99: Dan wants to have a Halloween LAN and is leaving me to sort it out. LAN

I suggest spooky games. We should take another look at Don't Starve Together, among others.

Maybe something like this.

WHEN: 29th, 4pm onwards

WHERE: 177 George St

WHAT: Spooky Games.

WHAT TO BRING: Arrange food and drink here

WHO: Who's expected to be coming? Who is coming late? Who is leaving early? Who doesn't have a computer?

Comment below to discuss. Otherwise, see you there!

98: dont be late

We're gonna play some FPS, Crisis wars & Killing Floor. Copies of each are availible for sharing.

Then mayhaps a little League of Legends, Josh is Keen on hide ans Seek but I aint'. Neverthe less this should be updated.

Also Pokemon Go, as the main backup.


WHEN: This friday the sixteenth from fourn antill somewhat later.

WHERE: Josh's Queenslander

WHAT: Pokemon, LOL, Killing Floor

WHAT TO BRING: Arrange food and drink here

WHO: Who's expected to be coming? Who is coming late? Who is leaving early? Who doesn't have a computer?

Comment below to discuss. Otherwise, see you there!

97 - Get Online on August Nine

Time to take stock of yourself, consider the future and the past. Ten years ago I was playing online games at university, LOL was probably not a thing? I was doing a research project of fish brains, had an old car and not even considered buying a house.
Ten years from now? Still playing games online, probably some sort of augmented reality Bass battle against Goku like in "Scott Pilgrim Vs the World". Maybe I'll be teaching my kids how to build their own PC. Perhaps I'll be managing the local distillery, travelling overseas or a fully fledged Lutheran Pastor. I'm pretty sure only one of the games below will survive the time travel.

UPDATE:
Probably going to join the Bowes Clan at [Beach 365] for a closer look at the [Vive] system from 6 till seven, you also need to book in advance.



WHEN: August 9th, 1900-2400

WHERE: Wind room

WHAT: LOL, Boarderlands, Rocket League, Lego, Artemis

WHAT TO BRING: Arrange food and drink here

WHO: Who's expected to be coming? Who is coming late? Who is leaving early? Who doesn't have a computer?

Comment below to discuss. Otherwise, see you there!

96: Nun and Void

Your arguments are invalid. This is a worthwhile theme to pursue. My little space sister will sidle into town soon. Mainly to see other people, but a sojourn set in space is now scheduled for our ninety sixth. I've sequestered a second spare PC, which may not be enough for a full Artemis HUD, but is sufficiently setup for an engineer or scientist. I've also two surplus monitors to loan at this time.


I'm Nominating Josh as El Capitan, otherwise he will likely mutiny and go rouge if we take to long to delegate roles. I'll forfeit my chair to play the Janitor until everybooty knows the score. But I may stay on as Chief, Cook and Bottle washer.


We will keep a few things in the Hold, for use in stormy weather:
Frozen Throne; might help to set the scene and initiate the newbs.
Rocket League; really needs a trial run with two Xbox, Dan/Michelle/Tony to facilitate.
LOL; for late at night after all the rum has gone.


If you know any other Sisters willing to try their hand at sailing in space we're encouraging them to jump on board. It's easy enough to pickup an oar and Josh, Ben, Nicole, James can shoulder some of the burden for you.


Incidentally if you want to try out a real ship for a month or two years have a look at http://www.mercyships.org.au/ The longer you stay the cheaper the rent, it seems like they will take almost anybody: bottle washer, heart surgeon, nurse, store clerk, chaplain,  perhaps even a Nun, I'm sure there is a void for two. I have a couple of Ex-pat contacts if you want more details or there was apparently a bit of a docco last night on channel seven.


WHEN: 14/7/16 From 1600 till 2400

WHERE: Wind Room - bring a scarf

WHAT: Mainly Artemis [Spaceship Simulator]

WHAT TO BRING: Arrange food and drink on Facebook

WHO: Who's expected to be coming? Who is coming late? Who is leaving early? Who doesn't have a computer?

Comment below to discuss. Otherwise, see you there!

Sojourn95: Airforce Windows

Was going to have a Car rally/Scavenger hunt with the people from for Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) But in the end this event folded for lack of numbers. So plan B is to spend all day sitting inside.


Now it is possible that Raskalnickoff will be keen for ESO or Rocksmith from 1100. Otherwise Raskal and VRBones will be at the Elliot, battling with the Elements.
Therefore the focus will be Dusk till Dawn, Instruments only night flight. Also in commemoration of our 95th official event and because winter is coming, I've prepared the Frozen Throne. Fit for Carnac's Maul and Elemental TD. Though we do have ~2GB of scenarios to chose from. Our other 95 game will be the old Killing floor, we have a "copy" but I believe everypeon actually owns this game now.


I've also thought to entertain Vect0r's XBOX crew, so we should all have a copy of Rocket League, and be prepared to stoop to using an actual XBOX. Failing that the old staple of League of Legends, there will be some type of weekend event that we can run through.


Now for Vect0r's benefit here is what you should bring:


If a GUEST  //i.e. Jez Ploy
  THEN nothing needed, whoever invited you will have you covered or tag team with you;
Else If a NOVICE // miniVR
 THEN Your own hardware, PC setup or Laptop;
Else If a REGULAR // Fletch && leamonnewt 
 THEN equipment of a NOVICE; //Note at this level it is acceptable to play InstallWars
 AND power supply board, Ethernet cable, optional offering of sustenance;
Else EXPERT_SOJOURNER // VRBones, Drag0rx, Samwise
 THEN equipment of a REGULAR;
 AND Switch, Ethernet cables, patched/updated games, offering of Sustenance, Optional GUEST;
END If;


// it will be up to yourselves to determine which category you qualify for or if a category exist only to qualify you.





WHEN: 20160618 1750

WHERE: Wind Room, Duncraigen

WHAT: LOL, Killing Floor, Frozen Throne, Rocket League, ESO, Rocksmith

WHAT TO BRING: Arrange food and drink below, otherwise see above.

WHO: Who's expected to be coming? Who is coming late? Who is leaving early? Who doesn't have a computer?

Comment on facebook to discuss. Otherwise, see you there!

94: Been a while

It's been a while since our last LAN. And Tony had a birthday. So we need to have a LAN.

Very LAN, Much Description.

WHEN: 3:00pm, 14th May, 2016

WHERE: Wind room. (Ben's place)

WHAT: LoL (weekend game is Ascended mode), Space thing that Tony should show me, Others...

WHAT TO BRING: Arrange food and drink here

WHO: Everyone. Especially Tony, Ben, and Josh.

Comment below to discuss. Otherwise, see you there!

93: where you been?

I've been everywhere man. But it is a while since I have been here. Bass Guitar has been replacing a lot of my other games and kitesurding is still a priority if there is ever enough wind.

Still its about time to scratch this itch.

WHEN: 28th Feb 6 PM

WHERE: Bens Place

WHAT: Depending on who arives, AOE2HD, Boarderlands LOL, Artemis, Fun-Employed.

WHAT TO BRING: Arrange food and drink here

WHO: Who's expected to be coming? Who is coming late? Who is leaving early? Who doesn't have a computer?

Comment below to discuss. Otherwise, see you there!

92: New Year's Lan

Sam is back in Bundy for the new year and will have both boardgames and his gaming PC so let's arrange an all day event to kill some time. Parents will be home so it'll need to be somewhat civilised but we can use either the dining room or lounge room for PCs and the other for boardgames (both airconditioned) depending on how many people can be bothered to lug their desktops over.

WHEN: Saturday 2nd of Jan . ~10am to Late

WHERE: Sam's parent's place. Ask on Facebook page for exact address

WHAT: For PC I don't have anything planned in particular so lets say Farming Simulator 2013. For board games I've got Cash n' Guns, Munchkin, Nuclear War, Worm Up plus whatever everyone else brings.

WHAT TO BRING: I'll try to source a bunch of snausages and bread for a sausage sizzle. Maybe parents will arrange a BBQ dinner otherwise it'll be snausages again. Everyone else grab some softdrink bottles and snacks and we'll see how we go

WHO: Sam will be there with some amount of family. Feel free to pop in and out during the day if you have other committments.

Comment below to discuss. Otherwise, see you there!

91: Advent is Coming

Will be the Sunday of the third advent candle. I can never recall which one is which and end up just guessing the fruits of the spirit. We had an RPG growing up where your weapons were the fruits of the spirit, the banana flew the fastest and furthest.
Ben is on holiday in town from the 12th to the 16th, so this is the only Sojourn scheduled for the wind room in December. More than likely the only Sojourn in December actually. Unless there are a heap of out-of-towners.

Seems most people have recently acquired "Rocket League" So I'll put that on the cards along with LOL as the main event. You should make certain that both these games are patched and running. Other than that my recent hobby horse has been Rocksmith, but while interesting not really suited to a Sojourn. Depending on who arrives I wouldn't mind practicing job hunting and going old school with Frozen Throne.

Also have a look at AoE II HD: As a lead in to the new years sojourn, along with SimFarm.....

WHEN: Sunday 13th December, after church till 12:30

WHERE: Wind Room

WHAT: Rocket League, LOL, Fun-Employed &Frozen Throne

WHAT TO BRING: Arrange food and drink here

WHO: Who's expected to be coming? Who is coming late? Who is leaving early? Who doesn't have a computer?

Comment below to discuss. Otherwise, see you there!

90: Queenslander LAN

Finally getting to have a LAN at the Hicks residence.

WHEN: 10am until we feel like stopping, 28th November 2015 (tomorrow)

WHERE: Hicks residence, 177 George St

WHAT: Warcraft III, Killing Floor, League of Legends, etc...

WHAT TO BRING: Arrange food and drink her

WHO: Ben, Dan, Josh, Brydan, David, James, are confirmed so far.

Comment below to discuss. Otherwise, see you there!

89: Gold Mine

After the last couple I think we probably don't need this website any more at all. I don't have any regular attendee's atm. Maybe we should all switch to Tricking? David warner got in the paper for that club, Though I thought it was just a group of mates. Or maybe we should have kept the Facebook page open to the public, would have got a few more random people then.

Anywho, the Gold Mine...
On the 31st I'm thinking of heading up to Nangandie (near where VRBones came from) to try my luck at gold panning, or at least have a nice walk in the bush near where gold has recently been found.

In preparation for this I was thinking of a Church-Sojourn, seems a few of our youth still play a lot of Minecraft.

Resources

Persons of interest: Jess, Lauren, Courtney, Cameron, Rachael & Sasha
Potential Leaders: Josh, Tony & Ben
Community room has: A/C ~4XP machines, no internet
Ben: Oil, Lazerus & Uni
If Tony & Josh can source 2x PC’s each that should be plenty.

Goal:

Community development/ build relationships. Practice organisation skills. Put the community room PC’s to some use. Provide some entertainment that’s different to the normal.

Preparation:

Install required software onto church PC, may require admin access

Host server on Oil, see that other computers can connect sans internet.

Confirm server compatibility with linux?
Food? Drinks already in fridge for sale.

Event:Assuming all goes well this week, aim for a trial run on Sunday 25th after 10am service.Even if it’s just a half hour and people find that it works out then I’ll call that a success. As a backup plan I could also set the room to run Artemis, with a laptop on the data projector it will suit the room well.

WHEN: 25/10 & 01/11 at 11am

WHERE: Lutheran church Community room

WHAT: Minecraft, Artemis

WHAT TO BRING: Guests need nothing, responsible people see above.

WHO: Who's expected to be coming? Who is coming late? Who is leaving early? Who doesn't have a computer?

Comment below to discuss. Otherwise, see you there!

88 Land Voyage; Starscape analysis, Twice Infinity

Infinity goes beyond beyond, With the perpetual increase of entropy and gradual consumption of enthalpy, what might exist past the vastness of time?

Not 100% sure this will go ahead, Last time I organised a trip here every day less people could tag along. It should be a little warm, at the MtWalsh campground there are BBQ's
If its just me then I'll probably eat only oranges and muslii bars and go skinny dipping at Utopia road rockpools. Otherwise Backgammon, Trekking, Red Wine and Bridge are on the cards.

WHEN: 19-20th September

WHERE: Mostly Mt Walsh national park at Biggenden. About an hours drive south of Bundy.
Possibly go for a swim [here] an extra half hour south of Biggenden, 4WD recommended.

WHAT: Firegazing, Stargazing, infinity analysis & Wizards Duel.

WHAT TO BRING: Toggs, Swag, Beverages, Food, Sunscreen, Wizards hat.

WHO: Who's expected to be coming? Who is coming late? Who is leaving early? Who doesn't have a computer?

[The question?]

87: Themeless

Couple of people have been asking When is the next Sojourn? So I probably should do one a month out to let youse all organise your lives around it. But this time you only get a few days notice.
We have a service Sunday church event on the 13th which means I may sleep in till lunchtime. so Sat evening seems like a the best idea to me.

Since everybody is an individual it takes a while to notify people eg..
Kyle likes the Steam events and contacting him there is reliable. but only if the weather is cool.
Cam and Bryden both really need verbal notices and often already have plans.
Josh is easy to contact but has very busy afternoons so the weekend works best
Tony has lots of free time but would rather be at the beach is the sun is up.
Ben rarely has a Friday eve free and prefers weeknights, easy to contact though.
Duncan rarely comes if his kids are around.
Scotty always joins in if he is in town and we are having it at the beach.
Eddie has to check his roster each week and works nights a lot.
Alex prefers school nights but cannot stay too late.

WHEN: 12 September evening

WHERE: Ben's Place

WHAT: Artemis, Pathfinder, League of Legends, Fun-Employed

WHAT TO BRING: Arrange food and drink here

WHO: Who's expected to be coming? Who is coming late? Who is leaving early? Who doesn't have a computer?

Comment below to discuss. Otherwise, see you there!

86: =++1/2

Next weekend, Raskal's calender shows nothing on friday and he is not rostered on for work (If thats relevant). There is half a tree in the backyard also, so lets try something a little different again.

Last fortnight we played fun-employed went wine tasting and chillaxed to some jass beats out of town. This weekend the plan is to start off with a Walker style Sojourn for friday eve, sliding over into Saturday. Subsequently sleep in then bacon it up in the backyard with cards campfire, do y'think that sounds delightfull? Eventually finishing early afternoon so I can sleep a bit before the Holy day.

If need be, the spare rooms can be clensed and purified, swags rolled out and blankets distributed to the homeless. Just give us the 10:4 before you knock on the door, I cant have everybody walk the dinosaur.

WHEN: Friday 5pm till Saturday 5pm

WHERE: Ben's Place

WHAT: Artemis, LoL, KillingFloor, followed by Fun-Employed, betrayal at house on the hill, First the Worst.

WHAT TO BRING: Integrity, sence of humor, potions of Darkvision, Bacon offering for the woodsmoke or something equivalent to the value of 50 Shekels.

WHO: Who's expected to be coming? Who is coming late? Who is leaving early? Who doesn't have a computer?

Comment below to discuss. Otherwise, see you there!

85 Jazz Shiraz unemployment and a house of horrors

Just like the last coupple of years its hard to find info on this. Entry is $20 per person, they supply the fermented beverages (at cost) and entertainment, some games, much music.

My plan is to pack a picknic then collect it on the way home from church and spend all afternoon board gaming. I'll have 3 spare seats in my car.

Some details...
http://www.wonbahwinery.com.au/#!events/c19qp
http://www.bundabergregion.org/destinations/gin-gin/events/jazz-and-shiraz-at-wonbah-estate


WHEN: Sunday 9th 1pm-5pm

WHERE: see google maps

WHAT: Betrayal at house on the hill, First the worst, Fun-Employed, Backgammon & Bridge.

WHAT TO BRING: picknick food, strawberries cheeses, more games (shouldnt be too windy)

WHO: Who's expected to be coming? Who is coming late? Who is leaving early? Who doesn't have a computer?

Comment below to discuss. Otherwise, see you there!

84: School Apocalypse

This post school apocalyptic sojourn is schedules for Thursday. A midweek LAN like we used to have all the time. Though none of us would really notice if school was permanently suspended.

I'd like to trial my new modem with 5 people on the same connection. Other than that I think Fun-employed and terraria are on the cards. Backup games are Artimis, Warframe, Frozen Throne, EYE and Diablo 2.

WHEN: Thursday 9th till late

WHERE: Tony's place (Bargara)? Ben's Place?

WHAT: What games are planned as major events?

WHAT TO BRING: Arrange food and drink here

WHO: Who's expected to be coming? Who is coming late? Who is leaving early? Who doesn't have a computer?


Sam is in town
Josh is keen as mustard
Ben lives there
Tony and James are both brisbane way on wed, they may make it back.

Comment below to discuss. Otherwise, see you there!

83 and 84 Sunny Sojourn

Started the crush and thus routines have changed.
Seems like a sunny windy weekend,
Still I miss monster lans, pepperoni pizza.

So this sunday or wednesday or both. I'm planning to have another go at running through old Diablo. If that doesnt float your boat, maybe buy a simmulator of goats. Otherwise I've been killing time on warframe, and now have a coupple of diferent ways to play a support character.



WHEN: 21st from 3PM till late.
Then if you are still keen, like mustard: 24th 5pm till 12.

WHERE: Ben's Place, pm for details if unsure.

WHAT: Diablo 2, have copies, Betrayal at house on the hill, FunEmployed, Warframe, League of legends.

WHAT TO BRING: Arrange food and drink here, or just bring some snacks and southern comfort to share.

WHO: Who's expected to be coming? Who is coming late? Who is leaving early? Who doesn't have a computer?

Comment below to discuss. Otherwise, see you there!

Feed Me!

82: LAN 1/2

Games and stuff.

WHEN: 23th May, 6am - 6pm. Show up when ever.

WHERE: Ben's Place, 4/33 Duncraigen Street

WHAT: LoL mini-games. Other stuff.

WHAT TO BRING: Arrange food and drink there.

WHO: Who's expected to be coming? Who is coming late? Who is leaving early? Who doesn't have a computer?

Comment below to discuss. Otherwise, see you there!

Josh: *Lazy mode deactivated.*

81: April's 18

Birthdays are fun, and some more memorable than others. Come and join in to celebrate April's 18th on saturday. Planning to catchup with a few people, chat and share a meal. Bring some drinks to share as well. Also gonna play some computer games if you're into that sort of thing. Oh and it's the last weekend of the school holidays.

Warframe; You will need to patch and confirm your account details beforehand. It’s a free to play space ninja power rangers FPS.

But it’s a ~6.1GB download that steam cannot backup. So you really need it running beforehand.

Assuming we have four people to give this a go I’d like to try teamwork to unlock new map areas, possibly the tutorials. Otherwise we could level up effectively and gather mods in an extraction/ defence mission. But the fun part though is: being a space ninja power ranger, running up walls and getting stealth kills. I was the yellow ranger two years ago when we were in the Warframe beta test (closed beta I think?) but have now switched to a Porygon color scheme, to hurt them in their eyes. Orange didn’t work so well so I couldn’t be a neon Genin, like Naruto. If you want to join a guild I'm in Orcis [steamlink][WIX homepage]

League of Legends, first win of the day. URF mode should be over so I’m happy to skip this and move on to…

Diablo 2; The moon eclipse last time was less impressive that I had anticipated. But Diablo was better. I’m impressed by the voice acting and cutscenes. Between minecraft and Path of Exile, I’d say the graphics have withstood the test of time too. We have not cheated or collected nifty items from old save games at all and have slowly played through the story, listening to all the gossip along the way. I think our party consisted of a Druid, sorcerer, assassin, necromancer, barbarian and a paladin.

Lest see,

VRKnight (Tony) was the paladin, who specialised in Auras.

Arcasian (Josh) was a barbarian? Then became a Druid, to roll bolders of fire through doorways.

minisorcerer (Cameron) chose a sorcerer and his little legs couldn’t keep up with the party.

Newt the third (Marc) assassinated people for a while with his traps

Dave the Builder (Alex) was our duplicate sorcerer.

Anoiki (Ben) summoned skeletons to work for him, but not too many friends because they crowd the doorways.

For later on if you want the same style of play, I've picked up Torchlite 2, which is a six player co-op game and found a nice [website] that lists a lot of other co-op games we may like to try, for when April gets older.

WHEN: April 18th, 5pm till late

WHERE: Ben's backyard BBQ

WHAT: What?

WHAT TO BRING: Arrange food and drink there

WHO: Who's expected to be coming? Who is coming late? Who is leaving early? Who doesn't have a computer?

Oh and also.....