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Meet the Crew

About FNG

FNG stands for "Friday Night Gaming" (or "Friday Night Gamers".)

Founded in 1997, FNG was created to provide a community of casual gamers with an open invitation to matchmake for some gaming. The vision behind FNG was 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.

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

We officially begin at 11:00pm (Mountain Time) every Friday so we can spend time with our significant others and families; though some of the FNGers are known to appear as early as 9:00pm or 10:00pm. Other nights are hit-and-miss, but you're guaranteed to find some of us on Fridays.

We do voice chat through a private Discord server... which we are happy to invite other gamers to if you agree to keep the language clean while with us (including refraining from vulgar and profane language; including abstaining from referencing Diety.)

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

Current Friday Night Gamers

Earning Frequent Flier Miles - Motocross Madness 2
Name: Jeff Litster
Alias: That One Guy
Favorite Games: Motocross Madness 2 (MCM2), TrackMania United Forever, TrackMania 2, TrackMania 2020, ShootMania, Wreckfest
Accomplishments:
  • GEEX 2008 - TrackMania Nations Forever tournament: 3rd Place

I founded FNG in 1997 starting with TetriNET and Warcraft II. We quickly added games like the Motocross Madness series, Starcraft and for a while, any RPG we could get our hands on.

We have done a variety of game genres over the years, including Puzzle Racing, RTS, RPG, Space Sims (like Descent) and Sports (Tony Hawk Pro Skater series).

I have been blessed to take part in some very special projects, including:

  • GEEX 2008 - Took 3rd place in the TrackMania Nations tournament
  • GEEX 2010 - Organized and ran the TrackMania United Forever tournament; including developing a scoring application called TournaMania
  • GEEX 2011 - Organized and ran the first official USA LAN TrackMania 2 Canyon tournament just a few weeks after its release; using an updated TournaMania showing real-time scores in-game.
  • PAX Prime 2012 - Assisted Ubisoft in setting up and running their ShootMania booth
  • ShootMania Launch Party on Twitch [around the 3-hour mark for FNG] (Apr 2013)
  • TrackMania 10th LANniversary celebration on Twitch (Nov 2013)
That's right... 63600 in one jump! - Motocross Madness 2
Name: Dan Wetzel
Alias: DirtyD
Favorite Games: Starcraft: Brood War, Rise of Nations, Trackmania United Forever, Trackmania 2: Canyon, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Dungeon Defenders, TES:V Skyrim, and Left 4 Dead 2.
Accomplishments:
  • GEEX 2008 - TrackMania Nations Forever tournament: 2nd Place

I started playing games on an Atari ST & Atari 2600, and would play Civilization at my cousin's house any time I'd visit. I'm primarily a PC gamer, though I do own the consoles, as well.

ThatOneGuy got me started with FNG several years ago after helping me build my very first gaming PC. I don't get to join in FNG as much as I used to, but if I'm not working Friday nights, I'll usually be there.

Thundr - 17800 x 4.5 - Halfgrand Playground
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

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...

Glitchz
Name: Brennan Litster
Alias: ZFG
Favorite Games: Kingdom Hearts Series, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, DOTA 2, Dungeon Defenders, Lara Croft: Guardian of Light
Accomplishments:

Speed runs

Aug 2014Lara Croft: Guardian of Light00:42.05(4th in World)
Jul 2014Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time09:43.12
Jul 2014Portal00:51.17(9th in World)
Super Mario 6401:13.36
Hey Tina... Come get some HAM!!!
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)
I have been playing video games ever since the Intellivison. I'm a big fan of adventure and RTS games. FNG rocks!

Other Current Friday Night Gamers

  • Chance Allen (SpeedMonger)
  • Trevin Blackham (Monster)
  • Tyler Blackham (Thundr_Jr)
  • Shawn Hartke (shartke)
  • Shawn Holmstead (Ender)
  • Mandy Litster (CaptainSprinkles | MinecraftManiac | JustRegen)
  • Kim Litster (KimPossible | AmyPond)
  • Allen Michaelis (Michaelitos)
  • Walt Weidner (atholon)

Friday Night Gamer Alumni

  • Kade Allen (NapTime)
  • Dave Beagley (BigDave)
  • Dan Bence (Bencester)
  • Jon Best (jonny5)
  • Nick Gold (d_godfath3r)
  • Joe Hargadon (Bomajoe)
  • Dave Holland (Toxic | ToxicWaste)
  • Brock Holmes (B_ROCK | brocklyncheese)
  • Paul Hudson (iwrule)
  • Josh McDougall (MadManWithABox)
  • Jon Metcalf (Slappy)
  • Tyson Rice (pingerboy)
  • Mark Thompson (BigBadMrT)
  • Jeff Waddell (Wolverinedell)
  • Alex (CAngel)
  • Rebecca (DarkVixen)
  • Rob (WhollyMindless)