http://www.magic-lan.com/ Magic Lan en-us Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:56:47 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly Magic LAN News http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.magic-lan.com/images/logo.gif http://www.magic-lan.com/ http://www.magic-lan.com/News/article/sid=71.html A while back, not long after we took over for the original Admins, we were trying anything possible to keep Magic LAN in the black. We created an Amazon Affiliate account, because we thought it might generate a little extra income. It didn't, so we took it off the site. Years later, Magic LAN is still going strong. We aren't sitting on a ton of excess cash, but we won't go broke from one or two low-turnout events either. But even though the group is financially stable, we figured it couldn't hurt to re-open this forgotten avenue of possible income. As the holidays approach, pretty much everybody is going to order something from Amazon. Why not do it in a way that puts a little money back into our community at the same time? Rather than go straight to Amazon, stop here first, click our link, and whatever purchases you make will generate commissions in support of Magic LAN. It's been a while since I've looked into the specifics, but I believe they offer better commissions if you use a link directly to a specific product, so if your purchase isn't urgent and you'd like me to generate the proper links before you buy, just let me know. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:56:47 GMT http://www.magic-lan.com/News/article/sid=70.html As most of you know, Magic sends out regular newsletters to keep everyone informed on upcoming events. We have been getting a lot of newsletters bounced back due to inaccurate email addresses in user's profiles. The recent switch from Insight to Comcast has just created even more of these issues. In order to make sure you keep receiving our newsletter, please go into your User Profile and make sure that your email address is up to date! Here is a thread where I have posted a list of currently suspended user names. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:52:05 GMT http://www.magic-lan.com/News/article/sid=69.html 5 Scientific Reasons the Zombie Apocalypse can happen: Proof that zombies are real and will start anarchy. Stock up on ammo and keep your shotgun ready!! Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:04:21 GMT http://www.magic-lan.com/News/article/sid=68.html Due to an unfortunate number of scheduling conflicts among the Magic admins, we are not going to be planning a July event as we had previously hoped. It is our tentative plan to gather a group of Magic gamers for the upcoming Showdown LAN in September, and then return to our normal every-other-month LAN schedule in November. Please stay tuned! Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:53:05 GMT http://www.magic-lan.com/News/article/sid=67.html http://www.engobi.com/ Caffeinated Chips! How could you go wrong?! Wed, 21 May 2008 21:28:21 GMT http://www.magic-lan.com/News/article/sid=66.html Just in time for our upcoming November LAN, the Morton American Legion has added a DSL connection available for our use! This connection is a low use / low bandwidth hookup, primarily intended to allow us to solve problems. For instance, Steam will no longer be an issue, as we can now avoid hassling with the dreaded Offline Mode. Also, it will give us the ability to help people who might be missing drivers, updates or patches for their system and games. Important: It is not intended to allow attendees to play online games during the event, nor will it let people not in attendance join in on event servers or tournaments. We expect to leave the connection open and available to all attendees during the event, but any abuse of the bandwidth that results in a detraction of performance from other attendees will be dealt with on a case by case basis. Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:43:21 GMT http://www.magic-lan.com/News/article/sid=65.html BAWLS gives us a new flavor. BAWLS Guarana Cherry!!! It comes in the 16 oz cans which look kinda familiar to this. Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:58:17 GMT http://www.magic-lan.com/News/article/sid=64.html Makezine.com Some pictures of how people remade their make t-shirts that were distributed at the last lan. Show us how you remake yours! Tue, 29 May 2007 22:18:51 GMT http://www.magic-lan.com/News/article/sid=63.html http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=2972 Benchmark Yorkfield Performance Advantage 3DMark '06 V1.1.0 Pro CPU (score) : 21.8% 3DMark '06 V1.1.0 Pro Overall (score) : 7.6% Mainconcept H.264 Encoder (seconds) : 18.0% Cinebench R9.5 (CPU test) 24.9% Cinebench R10 Beta (CPU test) 25.5% HL2 Lost Coast Build 2707 (fps) : 37.3% DivX 6.6 Alpha w/ VirtualDub 1.7.1 (seconds) 111% Ouch... Come on AMD... April 23rd is the rumor when barcelona is gona be benched... Thu, 03 May 2007 20:53:57 GMT http://www.magic-lan.com/News/article/sid=62.html That's right that highly caffinated nectar of the gods we all know and love now comes in a 16oz can . You get 6 extra ounces but you don't get the cool bottle(wich you can use to decorate your room) Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:50:32 GMT