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By David Field, David Hollingworth
Oct 17, 2008 | 8 Comments
Tags: The | eve | of | LIVE

Only hours to go... we're nearly there... feel the anticipation.

Live is on tomorrow, and we've spent the day out at Homebush setting up. Let me tell you, things are gearing up very nicely indeed.

I'm desparately trying to clear my head to write this, but amidst the sound of screeching of the F1 simulator in front of me, the industrial beeps of the scissor lift to my left, the sound system on the main stage being tested with Guitar Hero and the dragging, hammering and yelling it's a little tricky.

And that's just setup. Live doesn't even start for another 13-odd hours, but the anticipation around here is electric.

People who are competing in the World Cyber Games are showing up to scout out the venue before they compete tomorrow.

And that's just setup. Live isn't scheduled till Saturday morning.


You knew that though, right?

NO!?

Well come on down to Homebush.

If you've been living under a rock for the past however many months we've been touting this, it's - quite simply, in the words of Atomic's founder and godfather, Ben Mansill - the best day ever.

 
 
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nesquick
Oct 17, 2008 9:13 PM
http://i.haymarket.net.au/utils/ImageResizer.ashx?n=http%3a%2f%2fbackoffice.ajb.com.au%2fimages%2fgalleries%2fIMG_1789.JPG&h=375&w=700
hehe frunj looks so happy to be there :P
TheFrunj
Oct 17, 2008 9:34 PM
Yeah, you can totally tell that from those amazing photos, huh ^Faldo^? :P

/runs like hell

-JR
missingo
Oct 17, 2008 9:39 PM
need any help with setup? i'm free and have nothing better to do :P
Taranthor
Oct 17, 2008 10:10 PM
I'll be there, hopefully cementing my place in the Guitar Hero 3 comp :P
pwarren
Oct 17, 2008 11:57 PM
Wooo! I PWN JOO in GHIII (luckily the real GHIII canberra players aren't about!)
iamthemaxx
Oct 18, 2008 7:45 AM
This is gunna be freaking awesome!

The place looks so amazing :)
CAP
Oct 18, 2008 9:31 PM
The day was nothing short of awesome. I have been to alot of PC shows and without a doubt this was the best. See ya next year.
petrjo
Oct 18, 2008 10:29 PM
Pats on the backs allround people ,well done.
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