First things first - the next LAN will be Friday at 6:30 in EF2. We've decided to stay in EF2 just because it's large and very nice. The lack of a wired connection isn't that much of a problem any more with the ability to bridge connections from a wireless computer.

Next thing; we've added Team Fortress 2 to the list. To buy it alone, it's $30, but I highly recommend the Orange box, which is $45 right now, and comes with TF2, Portal, Half Life 2, Half Life 2: Episode 1, Half Life 2: Episode 2, and Peggle Extreme. We'll be playing this at the next LAN, so if you don't have it, you'll have to entertain yourself for a while.

Next on the agenda is game versions. Please have all the games on the current list installed and updated before Friday. It's a real pain to have to run from computer to computer making sure everyone's updated with the latest patches.

Finally, if you're still having an issue connection to games of Warcraft III, take the following steps:

Open the Windows Firewall config menu. On the exceptions tab, select "Add Port". Make a rule for port 6112 for both TCP and UDP connections (that is, make two separate rules). Once that is done, the Windows Firewall won't be an issue any more.