Hippies from Hell

[+] pan69|10 years ago|reply

On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuOOmjdYEt8

[+] leoc|10 years ago|reply

Apparently the xs4all QuakeWorld server finally died at the end of last year: http://www.quakeworld.nu/news/920/xs4all-down .

[+] seanp2k2|10 years ago|reply

Ooh snap, I'm pretty sure I played on that quite a bit back when GameSpy was a good way to find servers. IIRC they had a box running Mr. Pants Excessive Overkill. Weapons Factory Arena is my all-time favorite mod/game, but XO is up there.

[+] rdl|10 years ago|reply

HIP/HAL/HAR are still some of the best experiences I've ever had -- by far the best conferences, approached only by CCC Congress (and Camp, presumably, but I've never made it to that).

[+] bartwe|10 years ago|reply

I remember going to hal2k1 and all that, fun stuff :) I remember leaving my laptop with friends and finding the tent gone the next day :) got it back luckily

[+] sanswork|10 years ago|reply

I still have my hardcopy of Phrack from HAL. I showed up with just my sleeping bag and some clothes with the expectation of staying in the shared tent. After wandering around the campus for 2 hours with the map in hand I couldn't find it and while wandering around had a random conversation with some Dutch guys that recognized my name from some of the old alt hack or hacking newsgroups and invited me to stay with them.

Seeing Emmanuel Goldstein being followed around by like 20 people(Seeing those 20 people follow him right up to the outdoor urinal then stand around awkwardly waiting for him to finish). Sitting in the back of the room watching him introduce a documentary about Phiber Optik then looking to my left and realizing he was sitting right next to me. Gosh I could go on for hours. Such a great experience.

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