Last week at work during a lunch break, two other fellow Engineers in there late 30’s and beyond who are married and have children. Started talking about Counter Strike Zero (a first person shooter PC game), about different weapons and all sorts of things. A game that I know very little about. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing, especially from these guys. So during last week it was organised to have a guys night on Friday night where we would have a LAN all night and watch a stage of the tour de France live. This year is the first time I have not been able to follow or watch the tour in thirteen years. There is only one free to air TV station here, to get anything else you need cable, even to get the Australian free to air channels.
So last Friday night after a tiring week, while all the guys back home were at man camp eating meat. We had a LAN and played Counter Strike Zero all night, something that I thought I would never do here. Two pilots, four engineers and two teenage kids back home from boarding school on holidays. It is very convenient everyone having laptops and being able to borrow someone’s wireless router. We had a great night together and the ladies had their own gathering at another compound. We were able to watch the stage of the tour in the background, it has been good to have two other keen cyclists here too. But in the end it was only four of us left standing and we stopped around 0330 in the morning. It was the first time that I have enjoyed playing counter strike and the guys are very keen now to try battlefield 1942 next time. But also was good just being able to do something! Even though I am use to the surroundings here now, it was the first time that I can remember when I forgot I was in PNG.
July 24th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
be careful Matt…CS can become very addictive!
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July 26th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Good to see you could have some CS fun.
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