FNG - Friday Night Gaming ... Hosted by Jeff Litster

Founded in 1997, FNG was created to provide a community of gamers with an open invitation to matchmake for some serious gaming. The vision behind FNG is to build a network of friends large enough that every week, an individual can show up with a game in mind that he/she would like to play, and be able to find a group of friends (not random strangers on the net) and play together.

Through the years, FNG has seen over 100 gamers come and go, with as many as 12-14 people showing in a given week.

The concept started using Kali as a meeting place. When game companies started providing free servers specific to their games, most of the gamers dispersed from Kali and FNG resorted to using AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and MSN/Windows Live Messenger. As of late, we rely on Live Messenger and Steam.

We officially begin at 11:00pm Mountain Time every Friday as to save grace with our significant others/families, though some of the FNGers are known to appear as early as 9:00 or 10:00.

We do voice chat through TeamSpeak... contact us to get access to our server while we're playing.

If you're in the mood to game with a fun-loving bunch of gamers that love gaming for the sport (especially Racing and RTS) and don't whine every time we lose, then please look for us. We love to add to our community.

Current Friday Night Gamers

Name: Jeff Litster

Alias: That One Guy

Favorite Games: Motocross Madness 2 (MCM2), TrackMania United Forever, Starcraft, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3

Favorite Things to Do During FNG:

• Springload for Sik Air (MCM2)
• 21600 x 5.5 (MCM2)
• Wallriding (TrackMania)
• Ninja jumping (TrackMania)
• Nuke Fest (Starcraft)

I founded FNG in 1997 and have been playing with the group ever since. I put up the site so the crew could have fun reminiscing over past game nights as well as catch up on what we miss when some are not able to make it for a particular FNG.

I was born an avid gamer, with my umbilical cord terminating at a gamepad. I like: games, games, lan parties, wan parties and... did I mention, games?!

Name: Dan Wetzel

Alias(es): DirtyDan, tsam314, Doc

Favorite Games: Starcraft: Brood War, Warcraft II BNE, Warcraft III, Rise of Nations, Motocross Madness 2, Age of Empires II, Dungeon Siege

Favorite Things to Do During FNG:

• Terran Domination!
• Stop Jeff's nukes
• Preload (when I can) on MCM2

I started playing on FNG about 4 years ago, but I took a break for a couple of years while I was in Texas. I have gotten back into FNG and now I'm bound and determined to catch up to Jeff and Dave! FNG rocks!

Name: Jarin Blackham

Alias: Thundr

Favorite Games: Starcraft, Motocross Madness, Motocross Madness 2, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3, Tetrinet, Fracas, Descent 3, Mario Kart and Super Bomberman

Favorite Things to Do During FNG:

• Terran Domination
• Motocross Tag
• Concrete Shreddin' in Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3

I started playing games with Zaxxon on the Apple II+. I loved playing the Atari 2600 at my Grandma's house whenever we'd go to visit.

Stay tuned... more to come...

Name: Mark Thompson

Alias: BigBadMrT

Favorite Games: Rise of Nations, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3, Madden NFL 2004, Ultima Online

Favorite Things to Do During FNG:

• Nuke 'em baby!!!
• Mad crazy trickin' on the halfpipe.
• Did I mention World Domination?

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Name: Tyler Beuchert

Alias: Beuchety (bee-u-chet-ee)

Favorite Games: Warcraft III, Starcraft, Warcraft II, Unreal Tournament, Catan: The Computer Game, Monkey Island Series (the best series ever made)

Favorite Things to Do During FNG: Nothing in particular, I just like to play

I have been playing video games ever since the Intellivison. You will usually see me at FNG when I don't have a major homework assignment due soon. My last year of school is eating up precious game time. The end is near! I'm a big fan of adventure and RTS games. If you don't see me at FNG just know I haven't left the scene. I plan on getting way back into gaming in May '06 after graduation. FNG rocks!