Managed Event

Counterstrike Source (25 minutes)

Dodgeball and Pirate Wars Modifications - we begin with a warmup round of everyone within a small pen and the occasional dodgeball hurtling through the air. Don't be complacent though, the firing rate quickly increases and it's difficult to be the last standing.

Pirate Wars becomes a team play game - players spawn on to two pirate ships armed only with knives and a choice of walking the plank between the ships or using cannons to sink the enemy ship. If your ship be sinkin', take to the lifeboat for one last chance to eliminiate the enemy time. Yarr.

Garrys Mod Prop Hunt (25-40 minutes)

Players are split to props on one side of the room and hunters on the other. Props have 30 seconds to clone an object and move to a position that blends with the scenery.

Hunters are then released and have to shoot the items they think are hiding props, but they can only shoot so many times before their health runs out. Props can still move which can result in entertaining chase scenes of filing cabinets running away from being shot.

Dirt 3 Cat and Mouse (25-40 minutes)

Players are in two teams, and will choose their preferred rally car. However, on the loading screen, one player on each time will be given a slower car (1960s Mini). Each team then has the objective to get their mini across the finish line first, either by using their faster cars to protect their Mini, or pushing the other team off the road. Winning team has their Mini cross the line first. 5 stages should take around 25 minutes and that should give everyone a turn at being the Mini.

 GoldenEye Source (40 Minutes)

Remake of an old N64 classic, we would run two game modes in this James Bond shooter game - Arsenal is a weapon ranking scenario (like Gun Game or Arms Race in other games) - it's a deathmatch where players rank up one weapon for every 2 kills. The winner completes the round by killing with the top ranked weapon.

Living Daylights is a 'hold the flag' mode - guns are available, and the map has 2 or 3 flags. The goal is to pick up a flag and keep it for as long as possible - however, when carrying a flag, other players can see where you are, and your only defence is hitting them with the flag, so surviving for a while carrying the flag is difficult.

Armagetron (20-40 minutes)

Battles on a grid of light cycles - there's a few games we can run on this, typically we would offer options of running 'Fortress' (shown in the video, albeit at a LAN Party at our old shop) - a base defence game where you have to trap enemy cycles to crash into your tail to stop them taking over your base circle.

We can also a run a capture the flag game mode where players have to work together to protect the home team flag and steal / return the enemy flag back to base.

Lastly we can also introduce a shooting mode where the cycles fire bullets - so you have to avoid the tails of other cycles and bullets flying everywhere, last cycle standing wins!

Golf with your Friends (25-30 Minutes)

18 holes of crazy golf - there's a variety of courses to suit all skill levels, typically at a party we'll use Forest as it's a good introduction to those not familiar with the game.

All 10 players are on at the same time with a 2 minute time limit per hole so it's important to be quick but not waste strokes.

Hockey? (20 minutes)

Ice hockey game with players split to two teams and aiming to get the puck into the opposing goal. 

Easier than it sounds, the control system is fairly intuitive but challenging to master - control the stick with your mouse and skate with the WASD keys. 

Logically, a game of hockey should have a structure of defence and attack, but inevitably in this game it's just 10 people all chasing the puck and shouting a lot, but it's a good bit of variety from shooting games.

The Hidden Source (30-40 minutes)

The 'Hidden' is an escaped experiment - a creature near to invisible, and armed with a knife and fast movement. One player will be selected as 'Hidden' and the other players are all tasked with finding (!) and shooting the Hidden.

Hidden is able to be seen slightly when moving, creating a shimmering effect, and must attack by stealth to eliminate all his persuers.

If a player kills the Hidden, they will become the Hidden character in the next round.

Sourceforts (35-40 minutes)

The two teams are separated by a shield in the map for the first phase, and they use this time to place walls to protect their base. You need a way back out your base (such as building a ramp over a wall) and also a way back in (ideally restrictive through one point to stop the enemy getting in). Players must work together to drag blockades into place.

At the end of the build phase, the central shield drops and this becomes a game of capture the flag, so you have to find weaknesses in the enemy base design to steal their flag and get back to your base without being shot.

Following 10 minutes of play, the game returns to a rebuild phase for 5 minutes where you can make improvements and repairs to your base, and then one more remaining attack round.