And if by “wild”, I mean “Atomic Live 2007″, then the headline is completely true. While cruising around the World GameMaster Tournmanet section of the expo hall, I came across this chap with the 8-bit tie fitted snugly to his neck.
If you’d like to pick up one of these for yourself, or an equally geeky friend/sibling/yoda doll, there’s an ample supply over at ThinkGeek.
A dashing piece of apparel, wouldn’t you say? More »
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Best ’til last, I always say. Not that I always say it, more I do when it’s appropriate. Such as now.
Like all good expos, Atomic Live 07 had its fair share of booth babes. They didn’t really spend much time at booths though, finding the floor far too alluring to resist a good walking on.
Hit the jump for the images and my awesomely vulgar captions. More »
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In the background (or foreground, depending on who you talk to) of Atomic Live 2007 was the ASUS World GameMaster Tournament. If you’re not familiar with ASUS in the competitive gaming scene, don’t worry, you shouldn’t be. Along with Gigabyte and Foxconn, ASUS is one of the largest manufacturers of PC components in the world. It makes everything from video cards to laptops, so it was more than prepared to put together a competitive PC LAN, regardless of how unusual it might be for a Taiwanese component business to have its own gaming tournament, rather than just sponsoring an established one.
For Atomic Live, WGT consisted of two games, Quake 4 for singles and Counter-Strike: Source for teams. Junglist and Bajo from the ABC’s Good Game used their extensive knowledge of all things gaming, and general suave coolness, to commentate the games and host the regular prizes draws between matches.
The finals started at about 6PM, and were incredibly tense to watch. The Quake 4 final came right down to the wire, the game tied at 4-4 during the closing moments, until “Zeal0r” managed to score a few quick frags to take the win.
For the CS: Source comp, team “Advantage” took home the prize, proving that it did indeed have some sort of leg up in the proceedings, even if it was just mad skillz.
Hit the jump for the pictures.
(Special thanks to Lambo, the fantastic bloke who oversaw WGT, for the providing me with the names of the winners.) More »
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Although you’ll find it hard to believe, Novus Ordo did have an ulterior motive for attending Atomic Live 2007. Along with the cars, stands and booth babes (which we’ll get to soon), was a cosplay competition, sponsored by DVD/movie distributor Madman and hosted, in part, by Dr Karl Kruszelnicki.
With wookies, storm troopers, anime characters and even Arwen from Lord of the Rings, the comp had an extraordinarily good turnout. Voting was executed using the tried and true “Applause” method. This system culled the group to three – Kitty Nakajima, Stormtrooper Girl and the Wookie.
Each competitor received a DVD, while the three winners bagged themselves a luscious DVD pack from Madman.
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Atomic Live 07 was not without its cosplay element… as all good gaming and technology events are destined to have. The most visible during Live however was this bunch of professionals, dressed as various characters from George Lucas’ Star Wars universe.
Actually, one of them is completely out of place, but I’ll leave it up to you to figure out who it is. And no, it’s not the guy in the middle. That’s me actually, and I’m totally mugging the scene.
Anyway, I found the courage to approach the bearded Jedi knight, who was kind enough to inform me that himself and his compatriots were members of Novus Ordo (latin for “New World Order”), a costume club that I imagine gathers on a regular basis to strut about in the latest Mandalorian fashions.
Close up shots after the jump. More »
Here starts the Atomic Live 2007 coverage!
Live 07 was held on the rather sunny Saturday of October 20, inside the Badgery Pavilion at Sydney Olympic Park. It was labelled a tech and gaming expo, and on both fronts it delivered. Rough attendance numbers on the day were about 1200 – I’m not sure if they hit that high, but the venue was always busy.
To kick off the first in a batch of posts are three snaps of cars that were present at the event. No, they didn’t move much while they were there; they were more inclined to sit looking pretty, or challenge onlookers to figure out how they actually got inside the pavilion. Pictures after the jump!
Oh, and bonus virtual cookie if you can perfectly ID these vehicles, because my knowledge of cars is about as extensive as my experience with offshore oil rigging. Which is to say infinitesimal. More »
