Nerd Weekend September 2024

Date: 26-29 Sept 2024

Venue: Toby's house

Games

RimWorld
Doom
Half Life: Alyx on VR

Memories

Resuming an old savegame of RimWorld from last nerd weekend
Smith lobbed a full can of beer at Ian's head
Toby and Ian brought back some phallic souvenirs from Thailand
Rapid-fire RimWorld: "Naked & Alone" mode on "Blood & Lust" difficulty, and keeping score of who dies first
So many race-conditions to see who would die first
Dave getting torn apart by 2 cougars at the same time.
Toby’s heatstroke in 58 degree biome racing Smith extreme malnutrition.
Ian finally losing one game of RimWorld because his colonist walked through fire and was extremely flammable
Smith insisting on <insert action> before feeding his colonist. For example planting 100 corn, tiling an entire house, building a beach-house with a pier
Smith micro-managing his colonists horribly, setting tasks like "Bed Rest" to priority 4, and insisting they can only do it if he tells them to
Smith falling over from malnutrition without noticing any warning signs.
Smith insisting that a skill of 0 constitutes "Incapable of x". In the same way that Smith himself is "Incapable of playing RimWorld"
Smith overdosing before a raid, getting up just in time, and insisting on taking more drugs again
Smith's only colonist rapidly losing fingers to frostbite, and Hugh replicating the stumpy hands
Hugh came up with the new Acknowledgement of Nerd Weekend: "I acknowledge the traditional owners (Google) of the personal location data I generate today, and to all drunken computer nerds past, present, and emerging rapidly tonight."
Smith standing still in Doom and getting belligerent when given advice not to
Toby raising so many ducks and chickens that he couldn't keep up with them to kill them all. Hugh attempting to take them all, and taking 30 minutes to create the caravan (see pic).