Game On!

To stress test the new mouse pads -- Suresh Kumar

Network Bandwith Testing -- Ryan P. Robetesting IP packet routing between network campuses with differentsubnet addresses -- Ryan P. Robe

The IT staff keeps uninstalling all the games on user's PCs -- Danny Miskov

Keeps the CAT5 cables from getting brittle from lack of use -- Dennis Hogan

Makes our wives think we are actually working, instead of gaming athome -- Dave Kelley

We use the pod racers to push more packets through the system -- JohnnieRay

We're trying to clean out the buffers in the router. I noticed theywere almost full this morning.. -- Thomas

Management wanted more "color" on the network utilization charts -- DaveKretzmer

It was cheaper than buying that expensive traffic generation software -- Dave Kretzmer

To try out our new Grid Computing environment -- Steve Bistline

It is a "Team Building Exercise". Sure the teams end up in bloody,brutal combat resulting in hurt feelings and flying body parts, but youget the idea.... -- Bill Hellar

Testing the switches for Data Storms -- Curtis Griffin

Corporate LAN throughput stress testing -- Curtis Griffin

Need to do bandwidth capacity testing off hours -- RastaTech

Network performance testing. Lots and LOTS of network performancetesting -- Patrick Kingsley

Monthly Gigabyte Bandwith Test recommended by the network equipmentvendor -- Josep L. Guallar-Esteve

We all have to practice before we take on the "real world" ie play overthe internet -- K. Prewett

Allows IT staff to vent on users -- Bob Robinson

Boost morale and recognition of our network -- Tony Pedretti

Better R.O.I. on all those "pesky switches" we always buy. Besides the

T-1 is 24/7 not 9 to 5 again R.O.I.! -- Travis Marsh

Keeps folks from going postal in REAL life -- BIll Ward

Kill the boss, DON'T go to jail -- BIll Ward

Need to check out whether or not the server is truly multithreaded -- BIllWard

Why else do you think we needed a P4 3.2Ghz and a Radeon 9800Pro? -- BIllWard

Traffic is so bad, we need the workers to stay here in the officeovernight in case of server failure -- BIll Ward

the IT staff was already here after hours doing the daily microsoftupdates -- DeWayne Cartee

Benchmark/Baseline router/switch load balance/failover -- Ron Blanton

We need to test the bandwidth capabilities of our network -- Timothy E.Robinson

We just got Unreal Tournement and we wanted to see how good our networkreally was -- Timothy E. Robinson

Test all of the LEDs on network utilization display -- Scott Rohleder

Compared to all current projects management has us working on it willhave a bigger positive affect on the bottom line -- Wayne Kartchner

It won't show up on the web proxy logs like all their porn and job-huntsurfing did -- Chuck Church

Since the network guys are already prioritizing Quake and Unreal

Tournament packets, it only makes sense to baseline it, to make surethe pesky VoIP packets won't cost you a frag or two! -- Chuck Church

Offers a fun and effective exercise in load balancing -- Sarah Rawding

Absolutely the best network stress test and anyone can help (even theBoss) -- Charles Lecher

Great honeypot idea to find WiFi "leaks", Crackers can't resist -- CharlesLecher

It's not a Lan Gaming Party, it's a level three diagnostic -- CharlesLecher

Lack of backbone by those people wanning off in private offices -- RandyNeuleib

Test out those new Business-grade video cards. -- J.W. Breeden

Is it really Category 5e Cable? -- J.W. Breeden

The CAD department has these really cool 26-inch monitors -- J.W. Breeden

We need to test the frame rate of the data projector in the conferenceroom. -- J.W. Breeden

Do you really think we bought video cards with 128MB VRAM for wordprocessing? -- J.W. Breeden

Cisco actually RECOMMENDS using online gaming to break in new switches. -- J.W. Breeden

Prove a need for a new, higher-bandwidth internet connection. -- J.W.Breeden

It's actually wired for multiple PCs in each room. -- J.W. Breeden

Bring out the true persona in each of your coworkers. -- J.W. Breeden

Give the boss a reason to stay late. -- J.W. Breeden

to Payroll: "You don't have to pay us overtime for sitting here afterhours." -- J.W. Breeden

Allow security guards to test their e-marksmanship skills. -- J.W. Breeden

We're already hosting a Quake server... why can't we use Quake clients? -- J.W. Breeden

New Employee Morale Award/special parking spot for: Unreal TournamentWinner! -- J.W. Breeden

Do your part and keep Teens off the streets at night - let them playgames in your office. -- J.W. Breeden

Need something to do while migrating to Windows Server 2003! (or insertany long installation/upgrade process here) -- J.W. Breeden

Isn't that what networks are for? -- Dave Baldwin

betters inter-office relationships, promotoes team work, and gives youa chance to kick your bosses arse around just cause you are better thanhim -- Fareed Azeez

Support Company's Team Work Strategy -- Moo Mings

You said you want your staff in the office on nights and weekends,right? -- Ryan Marsh

Resuscitate brain after mind numbing helpdesk calls Tim Lupardus

Hosting the 2003 TCP/IP Packet Olympics! -- Terry Smith

What else are you going to do until the layoffs? -- DMH

Quake III is the best tool for settling the Token Ring vs. Ethernetlatency issue once and for all -- Mark Jass

Civilization is much more realistic with representatives from eachcorporate office playing their own nation on the WAN. -- Mark Jass

Invited women from Accounting again. They promised not to stand you upthis time. -- Darin M. Bush

Cheaper than another ropes course, if you include medical bills. -- DarinM. Bush

Testing network latency improves your Dogbert secret society score. -- Darin M. Bush

Stephanie Stahl wrote an editorial on it. Well, she should. -- Darin M.Bush

Reduces stress and decreases companys' need for EAP. -- Darin M. Bush

Last Quake III LAN party: police were called by YOUR mother. -- Darin M.Bush

Everyone could then claim they at least have a "Half-Life". -- Darin M.Bush

Have to get back at 19-year old intern. She back-handed you andinsulted your 85th level Druid. -- Darin M. Bush

Typing speed increases with manual dexterity exercises. -- Darin M. Bush

That guy in programming has a MOD where the monsters wear RIAA skins. vWireless = no stopping to pee. -- Darin M. Bush

Inspires workers to submit idea for Last Mile: Top 11 Resume Euphemismsfor PC Gaming! -- Darin M. Bush

Great Way to stress test all the network components -- Jason Song

Provides a great opportunity to test that batch of old CAT5 patchcables you found under the raised floor behind the server racks. -- PaulBohn

Chance to learn 50 ways to fix a pair of broken eyeglasses. -- Paul Bohn

Excellent test of the circuit breakers for the call center cubiclesection. -- Paul Bohn

Collect enough aluminum cans to pay for that new neon lighted tower. -- Paul Bohn

You needed a good excuse to dust off that disaster recovery plan. -- TomObright

Its summer... nobody has any real deadlines in the summer... do they? -- Tom Obright

A good test of Mac and PC integration. Graphic designers versus theworld. -- Tom Obright

It's slow when we wanna work on it so we decided to give it a rest andlet it play some games! -- Chris

There is nothing better to do with a T1 pipe and a gigabit LAN -- MichaelCleary

lab tech to Engineer..our customers use servers as gaming serversright... so we need to test that too? -- Richard Hunt

Makes the Switch Activity LEDs' twinkle like Christmas lights. -- SteveHarvey

Bandwidth, we don't need no stinking bandwidth... -- Steve Harvey

Keeps George in the 4th cubicle down the hall on his toes. -- Steve Harvey

Gee Boss, look at all the network activity. -- Steve Harvey

We really need to go to a 10 Gig network! -- Steve Harvey

Helps test latency time in network switches/hubs and see if vendor ishonest -- Gerardo Galvan

"This was the easiest way to conduct a network throughput test -- theguy three cubicles over either has alot of lag or is simply horrible atit!" -- The Dave

"Well, boss, it's illegal to kill you in real life, so fragging you in UT seems like the next best thing -- and I can do it repeatedly!" -- TheDave

"We were simply testing whether Apple was telling the truth about theirG5 benchmarks -- the graphic arts department will be glad to know thatwe've test driven their new computers and, yes, they really can beatour PCs in Quake3 framerates." -- The Dave

"And just -why- do you suppose we pushed so hard to upgrade the networkfrom 10base2, huh boss?" -- The Dave

"Well, I've always wondered what it'd be like for a bunch of us to playgames on these obselete computers across an obselete network maintainedon an inadequate budget by inadequate and obselete IT staff." -- The Dave

"Three words: Loser buys lunch." -- The Dave

Verify if all our network devices support and are configured for IPMulticasting -- RSK

Network performance testing and evaluation -- Thomas Zverina

Sir, the only way we going to resolve this network congestion is toseriously frag!!! -- Matt Winegarden

Collects Geeks from throughout the company into one place. -- Ryan M

Gives you the opportunity to use the office computers to their fullability. -- Ryan M

Gives you the opportunity to kill your boss... over and over again. -- Ryan M

Gives the IT guys something to do. -- Ryan M

Shows how dual-processing 3GB-RAM CADD machines render 190fps, at1600x1200. -- Ryan M

Allows management to determine who gets laid off next month.

Gives a whole new meaning to the term "Overtime at the office" -- Ryan M

keeps our Plasma flowing in our 42 inchers in the executive boardroom.(You don't want to know what happens if the plasma stops flowing toolong now do you Boss?) -- Owen Mathias

Have to keep the endians flowing through the TCP/IP stack or they willjust get corrupted! Endian Corruption is our 24/7 best practice concernof the month Sir. Gaming packets are just the best way to stress testthese little (and or Big) suckers. -- Owen Mathias

Help facilitate the Corporate "Team Building" initiative. Robert Hauck

We need to load balance the network -- Robert Hauck

Need to load test our new server. -- Robert Hauck

We set up a Quake game in the computer lab at the a high school for aprofessional development day. The draw to the whole thing was that theprincipal was playing, and ready to be fragged. Its nice to frag theboss. -- Mark Lachniet

If you don't use the full avaible internal bandwidth, the cat5 cableswill go bad ! -- Rob Bley

The Company 'bots monitoring productivity will score participants'packet flow the highest. -- Gregory R. Hopp

Encourages users to submit their jobs in batch mode. -- Gregory R. Hopp

Gives IT a reason to learn IPX/SPX. -- Gregory R. Hopp

Solitaire and Free Cell just doesn't give people the full "multimediaexperience". -- Lance Johnson

HR says we need to promote positive interaction with other staffmembers. -- Lance Johnson

It's a heck of a lot safer than last year's company ski resort outing. -- Lance Johnson

It keeps the guns at home and on the computer screen. -- Lance JohnsonAccounting shot down your project budget? Now you can shoot down theirfighter plane! -- Lance Johnson

We are testing the ergonomic and physical abilities of workstations ina highly intense, stressful environment. -- Lance Johnson

Arnold Swarzenegger is running for governor or California! Let's partywith a couple "Terminator" games in his honor! -- Lance Johnson

We want to get the boss to play, too so we can hunt down his gamecharacter and beat him like the dog he is. -- Lance Johnson

Someone has to load test the network! -- Jim Ekstrom

Had to "open it up" to clear out the carbon in the CAT5. -- Jim Ekstrom

The real-time graphics in the game are the only way to check networklatency and throughput. And besides, the CD came with the switch! -- KeithAbbott

In this age of anti-terrorism actions, one cannot get enough free,physical security training -- Jeff Murdoch

Your parents complained the last time you had that many people in yourbasement room -- David Perdue

Like you really want the people you work with to know where you live -- David Perdue

That's the paper figure...we won't know the actual network capacityunless we test it -- Nick Nielsen

Needed justification to upgrade network to gigabit ethernet Ihaab Dais

Needed justification to fire the entire IT staff -- Ihaab Dais

You see boss? That's why the department needs Alienware PC's. -- Ihaab Dais

By using the network for gaming purposes, the cabling gets a realworkout. Those weekend work-outs improve the strength and endurance ofthe network, resulting in a faster and more flexible network. And allfor the price of a few pizzas! -- John Wiley

We uplugged the network to keep it from overheating! -- Leo Jordan

My office has a better network than I have and better downloading fromthe internet -- Timothy E. Robinson

Finally, everyone in the office actually gets some work done! -- Rick Olson

Blows the soot out of the wires! -- Jerry Cardin

The switches, servers, and video cards need weekly load testing -- David Yu

Games? Who's playing games? We are stress testing our new server! -- AdiCernea

Because our managers said we couldn't play "solitaire" any more, butthey didn't say anything about "Internet Checkers"!! -- Johnnie Ray

If we let (insert vendor here) beat us at Quake, maybe they'll let uskeep our jobs after we get outsourced to them. -- Jeff Novick

Because according to an email I received, if I can get one more personto participate, then Bill Gates will send me $1000. -- Johnnie Ray

Gotta test the network reliablity -- jake haldeman

To ensure the graphics card will work right -- jake haldeman

Cause I love to hang out at work after hours -- jake haldeman

Cause my work computer is faster then my home computer -- jake haldeman

To prove to my IT guy that I know more then how to turn on the computerand send emails asking for computer support -- jake haldeman

To keep me from having to cook/take care of kids/see wife/ect. -- jakehaldeman

Its alot cheaper then having a poker night -- jake haldeman

This way you can kill your boss and laugh about it the next day -- jakehaldeman

To prove you can concentrate on something longer then 10 minutes -- jakehaldeman

To prove that your switch needs to be upgraded so it doesn't crashagain. -- jake haldeman