The Frag Dolls got to attend their first Download Fest sponsored by Seagate this past weekend.  We had no idea what exactly was expected of us since this was primarily a music festival, but like anything we do for Seagate it turned out to be great!  No long days of demoing, or repeating ourselves with the way girls in gaming are important. The only expectation from Seagate was to challenge people to Rainbow Six Vegas 2. This was such a refreshing change of pace, considering we just got back from working the long days of E3.

Seagate had a tent set up outside next to a stage where local bands played throughout the day.  During the festival, music lovers and musicians would come in and play us on the game.  We took into consideration that most of the people attending the festival had not played Rainbow before, let alone a first person shooter.  We ended up giving out Meet and Greet passes for various bands to whoever had the highest amount of kills on the other team.  It was funny to see that a large amount of winners won by only achieving one kill.  After we ran out of Meet and Greet passes, we got creative and told everyone if they actually beat us we would buy them a house.  We spoke too soon… because at one point two of the Frag Dolls ran off leaving Valkyrie and I to be spawned camped by four FPS fanatics.  So I guess those four players will be getting little monopoly houses in the mail soon (Hey, I never said what type of house! )

As the day went on, Seagate scheduled local band members to come play against us.  Datarock, a band from Norway stepped up to the challenge.  Instantly frustrated, they tried to sabotage Calyber’s by covering her monitor with Seagate flyers and turning the loud speakers toward her.  Of course this tactic didn’t work, and we still slapped them silly. Nonetheless, I give them credit for trying.

After a long but eventful day, Rhoulette and I realized someone in the tent smelled a little funky so we started an investigation.  Despite what the photo might look like, Rhoulette’s armpits smelled like Strawberries.  I was surprised because when we weren’t gaming we kicked around Seagate beach balls and played jump rope with the microphone wire in the hot sun. Although we never discovered the source of the brutal smell, we did conclude that girls are like roses. We are pleasant and smell beautiful at all times.  Oh and that boys are dirty.

If you want to see more interesting pictures from Download Fest 2008, like Calyber drawing fake mustache’s on random guys fingers, Click here.