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The SPAWNPOINT Hall of Fame (and Shame!) honouring notable deployments, incidents and gear (or lack of!).

» Deployment Citations

LAN Awards

First LAN: DasLAN, hosted by Afro_DooD, 28 Feb 2003

Smallest LAN: DasLAN (4 but 3 gaming), hosted by Afro_DooD, 28 Feb 2003

Biggest LAN (1=): PopeLAN (12 but 11 gaming, 1-dep/1-arr), hosted by Narsil, 17 May 2008

Biggest LAN (1=): HouseWarmingLAN (11), hosted by Afro_DooD, 25 Jun 2004

First LAN with a dedicated server: SamboServeLAN, hosted by JRUDMAN, 12 Apr 2008

First LAN with No CRT's: WaxedArseLAN, hosted by JRUDMAN, 21 Feb 2009

» Soldier Citations

Achievement Medals

First Laptop: Pommie Legend, VindalooLAN, 28 Apr 2003

First Netbook: Mauke_warrior (Acer Aspire One), NO-BBQLAN, 1 Nov 2008

First Apple hardware: Kilojoule (Macbook dual booting XP), PopeLAN, 17 May 2008

First Shuttle: ...

First LCD: Rune, Renovation_LAN, 14 Jan 2005

First widescreen LCD: Larrylowspec, PopeLAN, 17 May 2008

First gaming on a plasma: JRUDMAN, NewSpawn LAN, 12 Aug 2006

First 64-bit CPU: JRUDMAN (AMD Athlon 64 3200+), MayDayLAN, 3 May 2004

First Dual Core CPU: FreddyK (AMD Opteron 170), Old BastardsLAN, 4 Nov 2006

First Quad Core CPU: JRUDMAN (Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300), Great Southern LAN, 26 Jul 2008

First watercooled rig: Larrylowspec, PopeLAN, 17 May 2008

First DDR3 ram: Beorn (1x2GB), IgrsanaLAN, 20 Dec 2008

First PCIe grfx card: Narsil (6600GT), Boys-Basement_LAN, 27 Aug 2005

First DX10 grfx card: Pommie Legend (8600GTS), eweLAN, 7 Jul 2007

First DX11 grfx card: ...

First dual grfx card (SLI/X-Fire): FreddyK (2x XFX 8800GTS 320MB XXX in SLI), BigScreenEnvyLAN, 27 Sep 2009

First 1TB+ HDD (int): Narsil, WaxedArseLAN, 21 Feb 2009

First 1TB+ HDD (ext): HeMan and JRUDMAN, TheBigThawLAN, 22 Aug 2009

First eSATA HDD: Gandalf (300GB via NexStar "toaster"), TheBigThawLAN, 22 Aug 2009

First SSD: Enraged Stoat (2x64GB OCZ Vertex in RAID0), TheBigThawLAN, 22 Aug 2009

First wireless mouse or keyboard: JRUDMAN (Microsoft Wireless Mouse), BBQLAN, 3 May 2004 (or earlier)

First flexible hardware: Mauke_warrior (keyboard), Easter LAN, 22 Mar 2008

First gaming on Vista: FreddyK, Great Southern LAN, 26 Jul 2008 (or earlier)

First gaming on Windows 7: FreddyK (RC), TheBigThawLAN, 22 Aug 2009

MacGyver Ingenuity Award

For unorthadox storage solution: Kilojoule (a digital camera), Great Southern LAN, 26 Jul 2008

Purple Heart

For personal injury during deployment: FreddyK (head vs. table), Winter_LAN, 18 Jun 2005

Wooden Spoons

For venue fail: Afro_DooD (insufficient chairs), HouseWarmingLAN, 25 Jun 2004

For inadequate hardware: Afro_DooD (that's a modem not an ethernet port), DasLAN, 28 Feb 2003

For insufficient hardware: Larrylowspec (a solitary usb stick), HapukaLAN, 16 Oct 2005