Gallery: Check out all the action and entertainment at Atomic's last HQ event of the year a Black Ops LAN of especial magnificence!
Guns, pizza, beer.
It's a magical combination, made even more so when it's the guns of the hot new Call of Duty: Black Ops, the pizza is free, and beer can be supped while hanging out fellow Atomicans at our new Alienware LAN setup. If that's not a recipe for a perfect night of fun, I don't know what is.
But that's exactly what transpired at Atomic HQ last night. We hosted 24 elite Atomicans who were champing at the bit to get at each other in 4v4 LAN setup. We had eight hot Alienware systems ready to accommodate them, and smokin' ASUS-powered 3D rig to show off the full impact of the Black Ops campaign in all three dimensions.
Guests were split into six teams - Kennedy, Carter, Nixon, Castro, Johnson and Kruschev - of four players each. The first round saw each team facing off over a Capture the Flag mode on perfectly sized Firing Range map.
The best of the three teams went straight through into the finals, and the next two teams played off for the privilege of taking them on. From the final round, one team emerged victorious - Team Carter, displaying uncanny skill and teamwork!
Then we split them up for a Hardcore Free For All to determine the final winner, who walked away with Special Edition of Black Ops, complete with remote control car! And every one of them got a copy of the game on PC, thanks to sponsor Activision.
What a night - huge fun, a huger bodycount, and great peeps to hang with. Thanks to Activision for the game and prizes, thanks to Alienware for the systems, and thanks to all the Atomicans for coming along.
See you all next year, and don't forget to check out our gallery.
Issue: 137 | June, 2012