Gallery: You came, we talked, and AMD, Asus, Coolermaster and Razer all provided the hot tech - and hotter prizes!
Well, I think I can say that the University of New South Wales' Roundhouse has never seen anything quite like that. Rockstars? Sure. Drunken students? Yeah, you bet.
But Atomicans and some of the best new hardware in the world in full flight? That's gotta be a first.
It was a great night, enjoyed by everyone there. We loved it, the vendors loved it, and it certainly looked like you guys loved it. From the moment we opened the doors the buzz was awesome - in fact, we were worried that things were going to peak too early! But it just got better.
After a short introduction of how the event was going to work, we split attendants up by colours so they could progress around the stands. We had ASUS covering off on video cards, motherboards and displays; Coolermaster had some really sexy cases on show, including a limited run Nvidia-green 690, and a really sweet all-white case; Razer was letting folks get hands on with the new Onza controller; and, finally, AMD had great set-up that included live international crosses to one of their engineers, and even a racing sim setup.
Hell, AMD was giving out two random CPUs to every group! No wonder they had such a huge crowd!
In fact, everyone had great prizes to give away, from cases to GPUs to Onza controllers to... yes, we even had thongs. Why, oh why do we always have some strange footwear for me to throw at people!
But, we had enough beer on hand to make it fun for all concerned.
Thank you all, sponsors and attendees alike, for making it a great night. We've already been asked by a mess of the sponsors when the next one is, so keep an eye peeled. And speaking of that, check out our giant gallery from the night - you might just find yourself...
Issue: 137 | June, 2012