I’ll have a full report from our MAG256 event — including more video, photos and more — on Friday, after I’ve got my breath back. Many of you were there in spirit, using the #MAG256 Twitter hashtag to appear on our event Twitter wall. Thanks to all of you who did and, indeed, to all of you who showed up and helped give Zipper a good pounding! (Well, once at least).
To tide you over until Friday, here’s a timelapse video of the setup process for the now legendary “256″ structure that housed our brave soldiers during the event. I think you’ll agree it’s a pretty impressive feat of engineering.
So here’s the video. I’ll be back with more very soon, but right now, I’m off for a lie down. I think I’ve got shell shock…
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 2:05 am by kool-chris93
Woah that looks awesome (Y)
I was in both betas, cant wait to get the full game
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 3:38 am by RobbySpry
That’s all? What about the actual contest?
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 5:02 am by GTR34mh
When did this happen?
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 7:13 am by Alex_Assassin_08
Can’t wait for MAG
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 7:49 am by xKillerMonkeyx
Now that is somewhere i wish i was, also how cool is it that the stalls made the number 256
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 4:42 pm by Jem Alexander
The “6″ was my personal favourite.
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 8:06 am by Redh3lix
I was there! Having participated in the beta the game wasn’t a new experience for me, but it’s still a superb teamplaying FPS! A nice touch was lunch served in military style tins.
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 8:38 am by Bearskopff
Best, event, EVAR! Still giddy from it!
It was awesome to meet so many awesome people from the Official Playstation Forum as well as the journalists – and even Gem. I saw you dude, sneaking in for a pie – covert style.
Got loads to say about the event, but I’ll hold back till the main post tomorrow.
Bear
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 3:50 pm by Jem Alexander
Glad you enjoyed it! Was good to meet you.
Covert pie is even better than normal pie. Didn’t you know?
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 8:47 am by Bearskopff
By Gem…I mean Jem.
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 3:49 pm by Jem Alexander
Don’t worry — you’re not the first and you certainly won’t be the last.
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 8:52 am by wotta
Was a fun event, here are some more pics
http://www.wonderwallweb.com/article/932/a-day-with-mag-/
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 3:49 pm by Jem Alexander
Thanks for coming, Joe! Was great to finally meet you.
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 8:58 am by funnydude6556
I would have found it so funny if the severs had gone down that day.
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 10:01 am by vicheous
Nice video Jem! To bad i have to stay here in Winter Wonderland…
Glad i could see some tweets tought from #MAG256 and be famous on the big tweet screen
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 3:46 pm by Jem Alexander
Wish I could take credit for the video, but I shall pass your compliments on.
Glad you enjoyed the Twitter wall even though you weren’t at the event. I was pretty addicted to it myself.
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 11:32 am by thenoobkiller
Thanks to SCEE for a great day.
I’m still absolutely exhausted with a pile of work to catchup on.
BTW. Bearskopff = MAGlegend. XD
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 3:45 pm by Jem Alexander
You’re very welcome! Glad you could make it.
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 12:09 pm by TehPhilosopher
Cool vid, and great music from the Finnish band Apocalyptica!
I played the beta, and it was a very good game, definitely buying it. I just wish, no, demand, that the bullet traces are gone, or at least configurable. It’s unrealistic, unnecessary, and makes sniping very hard.
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 12:20 pm by Saber_IV
Haha! Incredible. Didn’t noticed it spelt out “256″ until the very end.
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 3:44 pm by Jem Alexander
You’re not the only one! I pointed it out to a number of people who didn’t see it until they were told.
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:07 pm by wardragon989
Can’t watch it won’t load for some reason, also hecked on ps3 web browser and it said “the appliation is not supported” -.-I try again later
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:08 pm by wardragon989
Can’t watch it, it won’t load for some reason =X I also checked it on the ps3 web browser and it said “the application is not supported” -.- I’ll try again later
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 2:44 pm by R1MJAW
I’ve got to agree with wardragon. Why, since this is the OFFICIAL blog, can the web team not make any videos posted compatible with the PS3′s browser?
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 2:54 pm by somethingatt
The theme song for this game is awesome.
After only like 2 days of the BETA I was hooked on it (it played in main menu) and after the full BETA was over I was basically humming it every time I felt like humming :p
The game is awesome too….Patiently (okay you got me, not so patiently) waiting for the release.
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 2:56 pm by Marky264
Yay I was there, Eurogamer Sver pissed all over IGN who were Raven
, Then we played the US and by that time we were all drunk lol was a great night free food free booze great people and FREE MAG Collectors Edition 
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Posted on 22 January, 2010 at 10:37 am by CaptainCortez
I was there!
Was playing for Eurogamer, and we trashed IGN completely in.
I had the most kills on my time in the first round, but sadly was still fourth, as it’s point based, and not kill based. I thought what I got (25 kills) was high, but someone else apparently got 55 kills and like 4 deaths,
I did terrible in the end though, and got myself a bit drunk with a friend, as it made shooting people more fun.
Thanks very much though! It was a great event, and I got my Limited Edition MAG as I left….shame the servers aren’t up yet, though.
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Posted on 22 January, 2010 at 6:36 pm by SmoggyPhil
The game was trash, though…It was the gaming equivalent of chewing glass
Unless something major happened between the Serfs PSN Beta and the Nobilities “JA PRIVATE PARTY NO PEASANTS HERE” Beta
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