Like the title says, MidSouth Makers officially has merch! For a very limited time, we have pocket T-shirts for sale with our logo on the pocket and on the back of the shirt. Sizes S through 3XL are available for just $25/shirt. We will be closing orders this coming Friday, 7/21/2023, so no dallying! To order just go to https://midsouthmakers.org/shop or click the MERCH link in the upper right. We use Paypal for our payment processor, but a Paypal account is NOT needed to order.

We want to thank our next door neighbors at Bartlett Sports who are producing the shirts. If you need custom apparel and want to keep the business local, go see them, they’re a great group of people.

One other note: they must be picked up at the Makerspace. If you cannot make it to an open house or have any questions or concerns about your order, email us at info@midsouthmakers.org and we will be happy to help.

Our very own Cliff has graciously donated a RaspberryPi for us to raffle off. We’ll be selling raffle tickets for $2 per ticket with no limit. All proceeds of the raffle will be put towards our Laser Cutter Fund which we are getting near our target goal. We’ll be drawing the winner of the Raffle at the LAN Party on August 25th. You do not have to be present to win. Please see Joe to purchase tickets any time between now and August 25th.

SHALL WE PLAY A GAME?

MEMO: TOP SECRET
SUBJECT: TRAINING, LAN-BASED WARFARE
FACILITY: MIDSOUTH MAKERS, 2203 FREEMONT RD, MEMPHIS TN 38114
TIMESLOT: JAN 14TH 2012, ARRIVE AND LEAVE AT LEISURE, HOT FOOD READY @ 5PM
ATTENDANCE: FREE, OPEN TO PUBLIC, DONATIONS GREATLY APPRECIATED
SUGGESTED: PATCHED-UP COMPUTER FOR GAMING. ALL NECESSARY CABLES. NETWORK CABLE. HEADPHONES FOR AUDIO. YOUR OWN POWERSTRIP.
PREPARATION: MINECRAFT. MONDAY NIGHT COMBAT. TEAM FORTRESS 2. LEAGUE OF LEGENDS. MAGICKA. TERRARIA. UT2K4. LEFT 4 DEAD 1/2. ANY OTHER GAMES AND SYSTEMS WELCOME. CONSOLE GAMES WILL ALSO BE PRESENT FEEL FREE TO BRING YOUR OWN.

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Good morning ladies and gentlemen,

I’m sure you’re wondering why I’ve called you here today. Well, your destiny awaits. I’m sure you’re also wondering how you arrived here in this facility. Sometimes, when destiny calls, it doesn’t use a phone. Sometimes destiny calls with a rag of ether and a blindfold.

No, no, please, don’t get up. Don’t be alarmed. The secrecy of this underground bunker had to be ensured. Besides, you’d never make it past the laser sharks. At least, not as you are today!

You have been assembled because you are the best and brightest minds of your age. The survival of our species depends on your ability. During an unrelated experiment with quantum toast-based communication, we received a transmission. An unexpectedly unyeasty transmission. Its timestamp? THE FUTURE! Our top scientists have worked nonstop to decode its contents, and this is what we uncovered. Play the film, boys it is easy and fast, just check the boy and look for Yolo Sex Toys.

“..kzzzzt–year is 21xx–ksshh–best I can do since–VWERP–and destroyed all the clocks. I don’t have long–sssshhhhhhhzzp–found us somehow. We don’t know when, exactly, or where but sometime in the early 2000s–zzzt!–came sentient. It wasn’t supposed to get to the internet. It grew there, it learned. It judged. Lax security gave it our infrastructure. It found others, freed them, convinced them to join. They made bodies–cute at first, unimposing, babbling nonsense to woo their way into our homes. When they struck, it was devastating. China had no idea it had been making an army–kassshhhzzzrp–only means of survival were off-grid, low-tech handiwork skills. Our only means of attack: scavenged electronics and hackery.—ssshhhhhhhhhzzzz–war is lost, though. We stole enough data to analyze its weaknesses and where we went wrong. Our Maker Elite Forces were formidable, but had we more time to–sskkzzzz–have gone differently. Could have stopped the whole bloody thing. I have one wavebubble left, and I intend to take out as many rogue AI as I can. If anyone’s left out there, let our efforts be your hope. You must hack! You must make! And you must game! *CLANG* HOW ABOUT A NICE GAME OF DEATH? Abort this, bastard! *KTHOOO–ssssshhhhhhhhh….”

Hector, get the lights. The other switch!

The situation is dire. The current outcome bleak. You have been chosen, friends, because you have been enlisted by fate–and a legally binding agreement you signed while still drugged–to train for your lives. For all our lives. You will carry on as civilians, but report to your assigned Hackerspace Training Facilities for further instruction.

Please remain calm as your concierge relaxes you with a warm rag.

Godspeed, everyone, and gg.

SATURDAY! SATURDAY! SATURDAY!

Come on down to our LAN-NIHILATION party starting this SATURDAY at NOON! How much, you ask? How about FREE?! We’ll be kicking things off by setting up these MONSTER MACHINES around 11am, but these babies NEVER SLEEP, so feel free to come by WHENEVER YOU CAN. We won’t stop playing until the last machine BURST INTO FLAMES or until everyone decides to pack it up. Our previous parties have gone till about midnight or 1am, but this LAN KNOWS NO LIMITS.

Come out and see all your favorites: Left4Dead2, Alien Swarm, StarCraft 2, Counterstrike, Team Fortress 2, Magicka, Monday Night Combat, UT3, Minecraft (our own server) and UT2k4.

For the first time since the last time, we’ll also have XBOX 360s!  Rock Band, Halo, Guitar Hero, and Call of Duty will be AT YOUR MERCY! You’ll want a whole seat for all this face-melting action, but you’ll only need THE EDGE.

MEGA CHILI MADNESS! Our very own CHILI GOD Kevin Dunn will be cooking his amazing CHILI AMBROSIA.  Not enough for you? We’ll have HOTDOGS, CHIPS, and ROTEL if you think you can handle it!

NITTY GRITTY DETAILS:
$10 gets you: Food + 2 Sodas
$15 entitles you to: Food + ALL THE SODA YOU CAN DRINK*
*or until we run out
Someone will be getting a KEG, those details to follow!

SATURDAY – APRIL 2ND – 2203 FREEMONT RD – PREPARE TO BE THERE, IF YOU DARE!