I did an update of the first page and put more people interested and also tallied people who put which center they would rather go to.

Berkeley: 8 / 14 (the 14 is based off of 6 people I assume would likely come because they have been to numerous past Berkeley LANs)
Sunnyvale: 11

It seems there's a lot of people vouching for euphNET, but I think it would be great if we could get even more details on where people would rather go. Berkeley is definitely going to be more convienent for a lot of people especially because of the BART station, and the rates should be cheaper / easier to get ($11 All-day Summer Pass). Since there are a lot of people coming from the South Bay, we could definitely get a lot of people giving each other rides and/or taking BART up to Berkeley. It's true that the South Bay hasn't really had any LANs but I'm sure if we don't do it at euphNET this time I could organize one there next time, but we'll see. It is pretty sucky for people who live minutes away from euphNET to have to come to Berkeley. Seeing how many people are in Sunnyvale though, you guys could easily organize some small LANs too.

So everyone post which LAN is more convenient for you so we can get a better idea of what we are going to do. We're looking at Friday 8/14 - Sunday 8/23, then Friday/Saturday/Sundays after that. Anyone like the sound of Saturday 8/22?

ShadowDrgn

United States2497 Posts

August 05 2009 20:03 GMT

#85

Saturday 8/22 is Blizzcon.

7c.nEptuNe

United States153 Posts

August 05 2009 23:41 GMT

#86

I live very close to euphnet, but for those of you who also do, taking the Bart up to Berkeley isn't too much of a hassle. I think Saturday might be a bad date because of Blizzcon. I was at Euphnet yesterday by the way, and there is almost no way we will get enough seats at Euphnet on a Saturday. I went on a weekday and there were like 30 computers open, but on weekends it's hard to find more than four or five.

Ginseng

United States268 Posts

August 05 2009 23:47 GMT

#87

Maybe I'll visit you guys with one of my Wemade or mbc shirt on my way to SVGL lol

Superiorwolf

United States5509 Posts

August 06 2009 00:19 GMT

#88

Oops, my bad! 15th? ;p

Superiorwolf

United States5509 Posts

August 07 2009 03:21 GMT

#89

Sunday, August 16th

Eudemonia
2154 University Ave
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510)883-0814

Time: 1:00 PM ~ 11:00 PM

Will stop around 6-7 PM for dinner and come back. $11 summer all day pass for Eudemonia and additional money should be brought for dinner ($15-20 should be fine). Might go to Steve's Korean BBQ at:

2521 Durant Ave # G
Berkeley, CA 94704-1760
(510) 848-6166

Google Directions says it's an 18 minute walk though which is probably a bit too far imo.

BART is easily accessible and we can have someone guide people to the LAN center if needed. I'll donate $20 to the prizepool and maybe others might pitch in as well. We'll have a tournament double elimination style and people can also play other games for fun (UMS or other games on the computers). I'll be checking out and calling Eudemonia / checking it out myself and see what it's like and if we can get reservations or anything. People driving from further away should look for rides / BART which shouldn't be too difficult.

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How does the date sound? Some people have been asking for after the 15th, although I don't especially like having it on a Sunday for those people who have busy Mondays. However, it shouldn't be going to extremely late anyways (although in the Washington DC LAN we went to 3 AM even though we planned to end at like 11:30 PM). I hope people in Sunnyvale will still come via BART and or carpools - maybe we'll have a LAN in euphNET at some other time but I don't think it'll be this time.

Superiorwolf

United States5509 Posts

August 08 2009 00:04 GMT

#90

bump, if no one says anything I'm just gonna finalize this time and palce ;p

NotJumperer

United States1371 Posts

August 08 2009 00:06 GMT

#91

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weaksauce

369 Posts

August 08 2009 00:07 GMT

#92

the eudemonia to steves is not far at all, less than a walk across campus

edit: even faster cutting through campus, you know, like the hobos

Superiorwolf

United States5509 Posts

August 08 2009 00:07 GMT

#93

Oh shit

@weaksauce cool, so I guess we can still go there huh. Is it good?

weaksauce

369 Posts

August 08 2009 00:11 GMT

#94

yea i enjoy it. for those who might not theres chinese (hole in the wall Tai Shan charm), a ramen place, and a japanese sushi place along with some others. Bring cash though because they are all minimum charge/cash only bastards.

Even if i dont go if you guys go to steves pop your head in to the chinese place and say high to Mr Zhang

Superiorwolf

United States5509 Posts

August 08 2009 00:26 GMT

#95

Alright... and fuck:

http://community.eudemonia.net/node/484

we'll probably have to change the date, I'm going to email/call them right now to see what can be worked out.

I think Friday 21 or Sunday 23 are possible dates now, I've sent an email to them and we'll see.

Aca

United States165 Posts

August 08 2009 04:36 GMT

#96

I live in Livermore. I consider both Sunnyvale and Berkeley nearby places, so either one is fine for me. If a LAN is held at each location, then I will probably attend both of them.

Probe.

United States877 Posts

August 08 2009 07:02 GMT

#97

I shall show up if it's on a weekend.