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Loser777
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I've got the basic logistics figured out: it's going to be at a friend's house, with a 16port switch at the heart of everything. I've arranged for food and drink as well as computers, and everything's pretty much set. Keep in mind that this is a pretty small tournament <16 people are going to be playing at any one time. Do any organizers out there have tips/potential problems that could arise?  | ||
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baller
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Loser777
1931 Posts
On November 19 2010 14:44 baller wrote: make sure game u play has LAN mode We're playing StarCraft 1 :D | ||
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deth
Australia1757 Posts
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xmShake
United States1100 Posts
Buy a lot of food and drink, nerds get hungry, and tell everyone to wear deodorant to avoid that notorious nerd funk. Seriously, TELL THEM ALL TO WEAR DEODORANT. You're still probably going to experience nerd funk after an hour but at least you can minimize the impact this way. Also, make sure some suckers stay around to help you clean up, its a bitch trying to put back all those wires and shit. For the tournament, it would be pretty advantageous to have a whiteboard with the brackets on it for easy keeping track but just use whatever you got at hand. A dedicated tv to brackets, a giant poster board, whatever, since inevitably you'll get all 16 people asking who theyre playing next, who one and what not. This way you can just point them to the board with a marker attached to it and let them do the hard stuff. | ||
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mizU
United States12125 Posts
Also make sure you have enough power strips. | ||
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voss
Australia146 Posts
This is usually caused by stupid network config settings set up by the computer store where the owner got his comp from. Space is usually an issue at people's houses - comfortable computer space is larger than you'd imagine, and dealing with cables can be a trouble. You said you've got the computers sorted out, so I assume people aren't bringing them, which means you're setting them up before the tournament starts. Give yourself loads of time for this. Another good idea for sc2 tourneys is having watching space behind the players. Especially as the torunament gets closer to bigger matchers, people want to watch on. Keep this in mind when you're doing the layout. Also, you've got baller's advice, so you will be in no trouble. Other than that, just take care of the atmosphere: simple background things like music / airflow / food etc. You should be sweet. | ||
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Versita
Canada1032 Posts
also: you're playing bw. make sure the computers have bw on them!!! | ||
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mmp
United States2130 Posts
Try to keep refreshments away from computers. | ||
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NukeTheBunnys
United States1004 Posts
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MasterOfChaos
Germany2896 Posts
* Get some multi-way connectors * Figure out a way to distribute IPs and clearly communicate it. Either tell everybody to use DHCP or give anybody an IP when he arrives. Get some tool to monitor IPs so you find conflicts. * If you're planning to play games not everybody has installed yet, prepare a way to distribute them. If you want do to it over the network make sure that it's one big file and not 10000 small ones, or it takes ages to copy. Or use an external HDD. * Find a way to coordinate what games gets played and who hosts the game. Nothing more annoying than having to players fractured in many small groups. @baller The game doesn't need a LAN mode if you can set up a server  | ||
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