04 . 22 . 05

When?	April 22nd 2005
Where?	Sub Ball Room A
How?	Bring computer, monitor, food and drink

In case you haven't noticed, there is a LAN coming up April 22nd and we here at the Hive have been busy preparing. As you can see, we have quite a few new sponsors for the event and the prizes are already starting to roll in! Some of the bigger prizes, including a 160GB Maxtor hard drive, are for members only so be sure to sign up for a membership either before or during the event.

Also, it will soon be time for officer elections for the next academic year. If you want to become more involved with our organization, be sure to visit the website regularly for updates on when the elections will be. Once again, thanks to all our sponsors for their continued support!!

X-Box JunkiesWe have not forgotten about you guys! We are encouraging all faithful X-Box'ers to bring their set-ups. That's right! Bring your box and your TV, we will have adequate space. Bring your friends, link up and let the games begin!

New venue, new kicks, same great action! The February LAN was one for the books. The servers ran great and our power situation was setup masterfully. We even implemented a real-time server monitor to keep all of our gamers tuned into which servers were active.

Special thanks go out to our sponsors for making this event the success that it was. Our sponsors include:

Monarch Computers

Gear Grip

Bawls

Black Diamond Systems

Radio Shack (of Bozeman)

Movie Lovers (of Bozeman)

Staples (of Bozeman)

Wal-Mart (of Bozeman)

Ace Hardware (of Bozeman)

We are currently revamping our pictures section to detail all of our events, so stay tuned!

Update: The Hive has made the news here on campus. Please click here to read the article.

02 . 04 . 05

When?	February 4th 2005
Where?	Sub Ball Room A
How?	Bring computer, monitor, LAN cable, food and drink

Thats right gamers, the next LAN is set for the week before Valentines Day! Time to get all violent before you mush up the following week. The new location is SUB Ballroom A on the MSU Campus. Bigger, more power, easier to set up... This room should accommodate about 80 computers as opposed to the 50 we had before.

Sponsors are still lining up, and the final list of prizes will be up soon. Games will be Counter Strike Source, Half Life 2 Death Match, UT2k4 (including the new XMP mod), Far Cry, Warhammer 40k DOW and others. The dual X-box set up will again be there with networked Halo2.

Keep an eye on the forums to stay up to date on changes and suggestions. Game On!

Our December LAN was bigger than even we anticipated...Wow, what a turn out! An official count of 48 was made, however, several folks forgot to sign in (consequently missing out on the drawings :( ). It has become clear that we are tearing at the seams when it comes to the room we have been hosting from...a larger room has been secured for the February LAN.

Special thanks goes out to all of our sponsors that made this event the success that it was:

• Bawls
• MSU Alumni Assoc.
• Radio Shack (of Bozeman)
• Staples (of Bozeman)
• Movie Lovers (of Bozeman)

The winners of our members prizes, a 512 mb usb key courtesy of the MSU Alumni and a pair of 5 mile range, two way walkie talkies were Chad Bohannan & Levi "Junkman" Junkert (respectively).

BUILD YOUR OWN ATOM STORAGE BOX!

Again we would like to thank all of you that made it to our humble gathering, and encourage you to hit us with feedback via the forum. We are always looking for ways to improve the "gameplay"...so to speak :)

Plans for battle have been finalized. All of the crucial information concerning our next LAN Party is now available. Please visit the forums to get the most current details on the impending carnage!

Another LAN Party has come and gone...and as we had hoped, they just keep getting better and better! New faces, new games and more competition. Among the new arrivals in the games section was RTS Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War. It was well recieved.

A tenative schedule for the next main event, which will fall sometime in early December, is in the works. ( Power issues will also be addressed ;) ).
Also, the member's UT Server is now online...details of how to reach this mystical place will be revealed in due time...patience is a virtue.

 

Update: Friday - December 3^rd - 2004 has been decided upon for the date of the next LAN Party. We hope to see you all there!

MSU HIVEMIND has drafted it's constitution - all members are encouraged to read it over and provide feedback. This will be ratified and slated in two weeks time (from 10.24.04), so any suggestions should be submitted as soon as possible. This historic document can be viewed here as well as feedback about it's contents. Thanks for your participation!

Well folks, it's official. Our next LAN Party is slated for the 15^th day of Oct, in the year of our lord two thousand four. We will be hammering out a schedule of events in the weeks ahead and will post it as soon as possible. Suggestions are welcome, please voice your opinions in the forums...we will take them into account.

When?	October 15th 2004
Where?	Sub Room #276 (behind "Ask Us")
How?	Bring computer, monitor, LAN cable, food and drink

MSU HIVEMIND will be volunteering this coming weekend (October 9^th) with the homecoming parade here in Bozeman. That's right, The Hive will be directing your traffic..he he he...

We'll be out and about for most of the morning and then probably sleeping off our exertions around noon. If you get a chance, come downtown, support the university and say hello :)

For the most part, we'd have to say that the LAN Party turned out to be a success. We had some new faces there along with the regulars. The one on one UT tournament had some surprising results. Especially for our President ;) (I guess eight year olds can throw down!)

Plans are in the works for another LAN Party sometime in October. The latest information on the next event will be discussed in the forums and eventually posted under the schedule section...stay tuned!