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SkillsUSA Tech Party

Table Sign-Up

  • You are now allowed to play tournaments with your own computer!
    • Because of this, table space is very limited, only 36 table spots are available, make sure you sign up before noon on the day of the Tech Party!
    • Anyone who doesn't have a reserved seat by noon will be denied until everyone who has reserved a table sets up, as long as 30 minutes to an hour.
    • Table registration ends at NOON the day of the tech party, any reservations made after then are NOT VALID.
  • After reading the What You Need To Know information below, click here for the interactive table signup
  • You will not be allowed to sign up for a table until you have purchased a ticket
  • If you receive an error message during table sign up, exit out and reenter 

Tournaments

  • You are allowed to play tournaments with your own computer!
  • We now have Battlefield 2 so sign up and get in the fun!!  
  • Click here to signup for Battlefield 2, and Call of Duty tournaments
  • Make sure you signup with your full name not any aliases if you sign up with an alias you will be taken off the table roster
  • All team members must be present when their match is about to start or that team forfeits the match.
  • Friendly fire is allowed but not suggested.
  • Cheaters will be disqualified.
  • Battlefield 2
    • 5 vs. 5 Conquest Game Type
    • Mini-mice will be supplied for tournament play
      • If you would prefer to use your own keyboard and mouse, laptops have 3 USB ports
    • Matches will consist of two ten minute rounds.
    • At the beginning of each match each team will select a representative. A coin will be tossed and the team that calls it correctly gets to choose the map. The losing team get to choose what side they start out on. Teams will switch sides between the first and second round.
  • Call of Duty
    • 5 vs. 5 Search and Destroy Game Type
    • Mini-mice will be supplied for tournament play
      • If you would prefer to use your own keyboard and mouse, laptops have 3 USB ports
    • Maps will be chosen randomly from the following before the tournament starts:
      Brecourt, Cassino, Dawnville, Depot, Harbor, Neuville, Pavlov, Railyard, Powcamp, Stalingrad
  • MS Paint
    • BE THERE!

Music

  • To request music for the tech party please click here.

What You Need to Know

  • Speakers are not allowed. Headphones must be used.
  • Power strips are now provided. You do not need your own.
  • All network cables used must belong to the school. This prevents theft.
  • Setup of computers will not begin until 3:00PM
  • You must store your computers in the closet adjacent to the multipupose room
  • If you have not registered for a table, you will be denied one until all registrants are seated.
  • Seating is restricted to the table you registered for only.
  • P2P software is not allowed. Anyone caught using it will be disconnected from the network and will not be allowed to rejoin.
  • Internet access is still filtered.

Proxy Configuration

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