Due to circumstances outside of our control, n00b c0n has had to be Postponed until a later date. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused, and if there was anything we could possibly have done to make this event go ahead next week, you have our assurances that we would have done it. Unfortunately the issues we encountered were outside of our control and have left us with no choice but to reschedule the event.
It is however, still our intention to help bring eSports to Ireland and we will aim to announce an online event in the next few days with similar players that would have been at n00b c0n, with €1000 prize pool, and are working hard to bring an offline event to Ireland in the near future.
Rest assured, all ticket refunds will be processed tomorrow.
Additionally, we would like to thank everyone who are working hard behind the scenes to make this event possible, and would like to confirm that we do still have the support to run this event in the future.
On October 03 2013 06:20 ROOTAxeltoss wrote: Get pumped!!!!!! i need stuff to do. Who wants to go to a football match and drink beer and talk in an Irish accent with me?
On October 03 2013 23:11 mrdombie wrote: How are Microsoft actually sponsoring this? I find it odd that they sponsor this as their flagship Starcraft event?
I think this also shows that this is legit. Microsoft is a HUGE company and isn't gonna sponsor any old games con.
On October 03 2013 23:11 mrdombie wrote: How are Microsoft actually sponsoring this? I find it odd that they sponsor this as their flagship Starcraft event?
Many software/electronic firms sit in Ireland. Cork is probably Blizzard's second biggest site ahead of Paris by now.
Sounds great, was really tempted to visit friends there this autumn anyway. Wonderful job putting this together.
On October 04 2013 09:02 lildale wrote: I'm presuming HALO 4 will be at this as it's on the poster. Can you confirm this please?
Confirmed
As a competitive player I'd like to ask will you be using the current competitive gametypes for Halo 4 which are also being used at other Halo 4 events around the globe. I know there's quite a few of us are wanting to know this.
On October 03 2013 05:24 A-BomB wrote: soooooooo sick man i wana go so bad :D
Are you confirmed?
How many of you would love to see A-BomB show up for this? His stream is awesome, lets get this Irish Beast-Nerd back home! Time for me to have a pint with AB!
I dont know if its meant to be a hype tactic or something but waiting to see if I'm going to have to lug my pc across the ocean is doing my head in.....
Can we have more details ASAP. If we want our teams to help support us we need to know more details, mainly prize pool to work out if it is worth us going
Hey.. I am looking to enter a team in the League of Legends competition.. We have four players and are looking for a fifth player.. Preferably someone who plays top..
On October 08 2013 00:46 revoluti8n wrote: Can we have more details ASAP. If we want our teams to help support us we need to know more details, mainly prize pool to work out if it is worth us going
Will announce as soon as possible. Prize pool will be confirmed before tickets go on sale.
On October 08 2013 19:38 GGDeMoN wrote: this is taking a while for the information? can you hurry please?
Hey man. Appreciate your concern, but I am not going to hurry as it is better to get it right. Hope that makes sense.
get what right? there is nothing to get right.. all you need to do is tell us the details of the event, as its less than 1 month away now and some of us have jobs that we go to and we have to book the time off or work etc and we need to know whether its worth booking the time off..
get what right? there is nothing to get right.. all you need to do is tell us the details of the event, as its less than 1 month away now and some of us have jobs that we go to and we have to book the time off or work etc and we need to know whether its worth booking the time off..
Hey GGDemon, Lead Developer of n00b gaming here. Thanks for taking an eager interest in the event, as we've worked extremely hard to get where we are now, and trust me, we're as eager to release more details about the event as much as you are to hear it because it's definitely something to book time off for, so I get where you're coming from.
In fact, this goes out to all of you who have read (or are currently reading) the thread; it's one of the biggest eSports Gaming Events ever to be hosted in Ireland, and it's going to be a great drive to bring competitive gaming to Ireland, so just take a weekend out and come down, as you're all more than welcome and we'd be happy to have ye
get what right? there is nothing to get right.. all you need to do is tell us the details of the event, as its less than 1 month away now and some of us have jobs that we go to and we have to book the time off or work etc and we need to know whether its worth booking the time off..
Hey GGDemon, Lead Developer of n00b gaming here. Thanks for taking an eager interest in the event, as we've worked extremely hard to get where we are now, and trust me, we're as eager to release more details about the event as much as you are to hear it because it's definitely something to book time off for, so I get where you're coming from.
In fact, this goes out to all of you who have read (or are currently reading) the thread; it's one of the biggest eSports Gaming Events ever to be hosted in Ireland, and it's going to be a great drive to bring competitive gaming to Ireland, so just take a weekend out and come down, as you're all more than welcome and we'd be happy to have ye
~kestrelhawk
so were just going to take your word for it? if everything is allready sorted to be a great event then release the details already otherwise no one will turn up lol
get what right? there is nothing to get right.. all you need to do is tell us the details of the event, as its less than 1 month away now and some of us have jobs that we go to and we have to book the time off or work etc and we need to know whether its worth booking the time off..
Hey GGDemon, Lead Developer of n00b gaming here. Thanks for taking an eager interest in the event, as we've worked extremely hard to get where we are now, and trust me, we're as eager to release more details about the event as much as you are to hear it because it's definitely something to book time off for, so I get where you're coming from.
In fact, this goes out to all of you who have read (or are currently reading) the thread; it's one of the biggest eSports Gaming Events ever to be hosted in Ireland, and it's going to be a great drive to bring competitive gaming to Ireland, so just take a weekend out and come down, as you're all more than welcome and we'd be happy to have ye
~kestrelhawk
so were just going to take your word for it? if everything is allready sorted to be a great event then release the details already otherwise no one will turn up lol
All info will be finalised and confirmed before tickets go on sale.
get what right? there is nothing to get right.. all you need to do is tell us the details of the event, as its less than 1 month away now and some of us have jobs that we go to and we have to book the time off or work etc and we need to know whether its worth booking the time off..
Hey GGDemon, Lead Developer of n00b gaming here. Thanks for taking an eager interest in the event, as we've worked extremely hard to get where we are now, and trust me, we're as eager to release more details about the event as much as you are to hear it because it's definitely something to book time off for, so I get where you're coming from.
In fact, this goes out to all of you who have read (or are currently reading) the thread; it's one of the biggest eSports Gaming Events ever to be hosted in Ireland, and it's going to be a great drive to bring competitive gaming to Ireland, so just take a weekend out and come down, as you're all more than welcome and we'd be happy to have ye
~kestrelhawk
so were just going to take your word for it? if everything is allready sorted to be a great event then release the details already otherwise no one will turn up lol
All info will be finalised and confirmed before tickets go on sale.
The point people are trying to make is "so just take a weekend out and come down" isn't possible if we don't have specifics without details i cant book time off work or get shifts covered and teams wont be able to send players, i get it you want to have everything confirmed 100% etc but the longer you wait the more difficult it becomes for everyone else.
get what right? there is nothing to get right.. all you need to do is tell us the details of the event, as its less than 1 month away now and some of us have jobs that we go to and we have to book the time off or work etc and we need to know whether its worth booking the time off..
Hey GGDemon, Lead Developer of n00b gaming here. Thanks for taking an eager interest in the event, as we've worked extremely hard to get where we are now, and trust me, we're as eager to release more details about the event as much as you are to hear it because it's definitely something to book time off for, so I get where you're coming from.
In fact, this goes out to all of you who have read (or are currently reading) the thread; it's one of the biggest eSports Gaming Events ever to be hosted in Ireland, and it's going to be a great drive to bring competitive gaming to Ireland, so just take a weekend out and come down, as you're all more than welcome and we'd be happy to have ye
~kestrelhawk
so were just going to take your word for it? if everything is allready sorted to be a great event then release the details already otherwise no one will turn up lol
All info will be finalised and confirmed before tickets go on sale.
The point people are trying to make is "so just take a weekend out and come down" isn't possible if we don't have specifics without details i cant book time off work or get shifts covered and teams wont be able to send players, i get it you want to have everything confirmed 100% etc but the longer you wait the more difficult it becomes for everyone else.
We are aware of this. It's just not time yet. As soon as we can release the info, we will.
Hey guys, A friend and I are looking for 3 people to team with for this. If anyone is interested hit me up ign: EnoCS (for LoL of course). Anything you need to know or vice versa we can get that over with in a nice chat!
I think you guys, n00b c0n, should highly consider changing the game line up of Halo 4 to Halo 3. It would get a lot more of us irish players to actually attend this for Halo.. Halo 4 is a dead game, despite it being only a year old and Halo 3 being 6 years old, Halo 3 is a much better competitive game and would definitely get much better numbers and a lot more attention at this event. I'd imagine there would be a few english teams even coming over to this event if it were Halo 3.
Halo 4 was dropped from MLG last year, and has just been dropped from EGL. The people in America currently hosting events for Halo, known as AGL (Arena Gaming League) are also currently considering dropping Halo 4 for Halo 3, which is also expected to make a huge population return in a week as it becomes free to any gold user on Xbox Live to download. A very large number of players have returned to playing Halo 3 and the a very high majority of the competitive players in Ireland have stopped playing Halo 4.
On October 09 2013 18:46 lildale wrote: I think you guys, n00b c0n, should highly consider changing the game line up of Halo 4 to Halo 3. It would get a lot more of us irish players to actually attend this for Halo.. Halo 4 is a dead game, despite it being only a year old and Halo 3 being 6 years old, Halo 3 is a much better competitive game and would definitely get much better numbers and a lot more attention at this event. I'd imagine there would be a few english teams even coming over to this event if it were Halo 3.
Halo 4 was dropped from MLG last year, and has just been dropped from EGL. The people in America currently hosting events for Halo, known as AGL (Arena Gaming League) are also currently considering dropping Halo 4 for Halo 3, which is also expected to make a huge population return in a week as it becomes free to any gold user on Xbox Live to download. A very large number of players have returned to playing Halo 3 and the a very high majority of the competitive players in Ireland have stopped playing Halo 4.
You guys should really consider this change.
Hey Lildale.
This is good feedback. It is definately something we will take into consideration and will update if the change occurs.
On October 09 2013 18:46 lildale wrote: I think you guys, n00b c0n, should highly consider changing the game line up of Halo 4 to Halo 3. It would get a lot more of us irish players to actually attend this for Halo.. Halo 4 is a dead game, despite it being only a year old and Halo 3 being 6 years old, Halo 3 is a much better competitive game and would definitely get much better numbers and a lot more attention at this event. I'd imagine there would be a few english teams even coming over to this event if it were Halo 3.
Halo 4 was dropped from MLG last year, and has just been dropped from EGL. The people in America currently hosting events for Halo, known as AGL (Arena Gaming League) are also currently considering dropping Halo 4 for Halo 3, which is also expected to make a huge population return in a week as it becomes free to any gold user on Xbox Live to download. A very large number of players have returned to playing Halo 3 and the a very high majority of the competitive players in Ireland have stopped playing Halo 4.
You guys should really consider this change.
Hey Lildale.
This is good feedback. It is definately something we will take into consideration and will update if the change occurs.
Thanks,
Paul
Good to hear man. Thanks, It would definitely get much more players than Halo 4.
Not that it matters but thought I'd mention, AGL, the gaming league in America who currently host Halo, have just confirmed their change to Halo 3 for their next event in less than a month! Just shows how much more popular Halo 3 is over Halo 4, both here and all over the globe.
On October 11 2013 01:17 IrishCElt wrote: Halo 3 is good but please stick to halo 4
Ok. Now it's tied up at 1 for Halo 4, 1 for Halo 3.
Anyone else want to weigh in here?
Can I recommend posting on http://www.topmid.eu/forum/ ? That's the #1 site for Halo in Europe. You could also try http://www.decerto.net/ more COD focused but still a massive Xbox community. TL is really PC focused, you wont get much Halo feedback here!
On October 11 2013 01:17 IrishCElt wrote: Halo 3 is good but please stick to halo 4
Ok. Now it's tied up at 1 for Halo 4, 1 for Halo 3.
Anyone else want to weigh in here?
Can I recommend posting on http://www.topmid.eu/forum/ ? That's the #1 site for Halo in Europe. You could also try http://www.decerto.net/ more COD focused but still a massive Xbox community. TL is really PC focused, you wont get much Halo feedback here!
On October 11 2013 01:17 IrishCElt wrote: Halo 3 is good but please stick to halo 4
Ok. Now it's tied up at 1 for Halo 4, 1 for Halo 3.
Anyone else want to weigh in here?
As this is a PC forum not many of us xbox gamers have an account on here, but I'm sure you'll get a few more replies regarding Halo 3 over Halo 4 either here or on topmid.eu where you posted it.
The event will have well more people for halo 3 that's my vote can't someone do a poll vote or something for it ? And why is it FIFA 13 not 14 just curious...please pick halo 3
10k prize pool for sc2 alone!! Absolutely amazing for the inaugural event!! Massive kuddos to the event organisers, great too finally see something of this caliber coming to Ireland!! +10
Regarding Halo 3 over Halo 4, there's been a few more posts on it both here and on the thread on topmid.eu. Mind me asking what's the current verdict on this? Are you guys going to throw together a poll for it or?
Honestly, neither Halo 3 nor Halo 4 are particularly good competitive games in this day and age, it's kind of a lose-lose situation. The hardcore competitive fanbase prefers Halo 3, but many of them have quit / moved on to other games given that H3 is 6 years old. Halo 4 is a good game in its own right, but lacked many important components to be a success as a competitive game.
Having said all that, I think going with Halo 3 would be the better choice - it is the better competitive game, it could experience revitalized interest due to being free for XBL Gold members shortly, and it will make your tournament more interesting / unique because it's been a while since there was a large-scale Halo 3 tournament. The Halo 3 nostalgia won't sustain the game forever, but there's still enough to keep people interested short-term (like for one or two of these events until the next, hopefully better, Halo is released)
Edit: Also, I think this goes without saying but better safe than sorry: you should be reaching out to European Halo communities to get their input on it. International PC gamers aren't going to be able to provide you with information about your local demographics for a console game tournament. If possible, get some of the top NA Halo players to attend your event, as you won't get as much international viewership for the Halo tournament without the best players there
On October 12 2013 06:09 RemarK wrote: Honestly, neither Halo 3 nor Halo 4 are particularly good competitive games in this day and age, it's kind of a lose-lose situation. The hardcore competitive fanbase prefers Halo 3, but many of them have quit / moved on to other games given that H3 is 6 years old. Halo 4 is a good game in its own right, but lacked many important components to be a success as a competitive game.
Having said all that, I think going with Halo 3 would be the better choice - it is the better competitive game, it could experience revitalized interest due to being free for XBL Gold members shortly, and it will make your tournament more interesting / unique because it's been a while since there was a large-scale Halo 3 tournament. The Halo 3 nostalgia won't sustain the game forever, but there's still enough to keep people interested short-term (like for one or two of these events until the next, hopefully better, Halo is released)
Edit: Also, I think this goes without saying but better safe than sorry: you should be reaching out to European Halo communities to get their input on it. International PC gamers aren't going to be able to provide you with information about your local demographics for a console game tournament. If possible, get some of the top NA Halo players to attend your event, as you won't get as much international viewership for the Halo tournament without the best players there
On October 12 2013 05:29 lildale wrote: Pretty impressive.
Regarding Halo 3 over Halo 4, there's been a few more posts on it both here and on the thread on topmid.eu. Mind me asking what's the current verdict on this? Are you guys going to throw together a poll for it or?
Would love to hear other people's opinions on the single elimination bracket for Starcraft. Seems very luck based to make it in the tournament because of that. Double elimination would be way better imo.
On October 12 2013 05:29 lildale wrote: Pretty impressive.
Regarding Halo 3 over Halo 4, there's been a few more posts on it both here and on the thread on topmid.eu. Mind me asking what's the current verdict on this? Are you guys going to throw together a poll for it or?
On October 12 2013 21:36 SHODAN wrote: 10k, holy shit... that ought to attract some big names. excellent work Paul!
Cheers Shodan.
And to everyone. This was the reason for the delay. We wanted to get this level confirmed before announcing. So apologies about that, but we think it works better this way.
Thank god it's halo 3 I'm sure that will be a big attraction now I no il be there with a team for sure provided there's a reasonable prize to temp enough people to go now just waiting till you can confirm that thanks this is looking good
Is there enough computers for one to everyone or will there be only computers available for those playing games at that moment? For the SC2 tournament.
On October 13 2013 05:01 LucoxP wrote: Is there enough computers for one to everyone or will there be only computers available for those playing games at that moment? For the SC2 tournament.
Only players playing, so feel free to bring your own peripherals.
On October 13 2013 09:08 zJayo wrote: For the halo 3 tourney are you's going to have TVs or can we bring our own that we play on at home and use that for tourney play?
We will have TVs. Is there a reason you want to bring your own?
Personally I play on a portable myself I'd like the option to play on ur own as I don't use a monitor so would be better for me not sure about everyone but I'd like the option of my own? Is there any sayin that we can't use our own for tourney play ?
On October 13 2013 09:08 zJayo wrote: For the halo 3 tourney are you's going to have TVs or can we bring our own that we play on at home and use that for tourney play?
We will have TVs. Is there a reason you want to bring your own?
That's great. Mind me asking what size the monitors will be? Just curious.
Also, presuming that microsoft is providing the xbox's, do we have to bring our own wired controller and halo 3 disk yes?
It's going to discourage a lot of people from coming if round 1 is a sudden death open bracket. the best players could get knocked out in the first round. you should do an online qualifier for 50% of the group spots, then another open bracket at the event
On October 15 2013 00:44 jamesykins wrote: so PC's will only be available for players when they are playing in the tourny? does that mean no PC access for practice?
Seems so, but from what I hear, for NON BYOC events, this is the Norm. Best you could do is maybe bring a laptop for looking at replays or if it's good enough to play on.
you're asking UK folks from the mainland & Northern Ireland to pay £150+ on travel/accomodation for one bo3. no time to adjust to the equipment or settle your nerves. we can't hire or bring our own PCs to warm-up and practice. If that's how this tourna is going to be, I aint buying a ticket
Ppl are getting ahead of themselves, they havent released the full details about the hardware etc. Let's try and inject a little positivity into one of Irelands first big games conventions instead of bringing up issues about comps and brackets that I'm sure are being looked into. Wooo!!! Huge SC Tourney in Ireland!
On October 15 2013 03:30 untidyintent wrote: Ppl are getting ahead of themselves, they havent released the full details about the hardware etc. Let's try and inject a little positivity into one of Irelands first big games conventions instead of bringing up issues about comps and brackets that I'm sure are being looked into. Wooo!!! Huge SC Tourney in Ireland!
Agreed! Stop the worry train. This is huge for Irish eSPORTs. Unfortunately I can't go but I'm telling everyone I know about it.
On October 15 2013 03:30 untidyintent wrote: Ppl are getting ahead of themselves, they havent released the full details about the hardware etc. Let's try and inject a little positivity into one of Irelands first big games conventions instead of bringing up issues about comps and brackets that I'm sure are being looked into. Wooo!!! Huge SC Tourney in Ireland!
The thing is it's a month away and there is still so much we are in the dark on, and if we don't voice concerns then we wont see changes made or have get answers either way. I mean surely it makes sense to enable PC access to players for a couple hours before tourny at least just so we can get used to playing on them, make sure our settings are right etc...
Thumbs up for this event. I am considering going and attend to the SC2 tournament. But, as other people mentioned already, I really think it is necessary to allow people bring their own PCs so we can play between matches. Otherwise it might get quite boring if you are defeated early on in the tournament! I have a Latop that can run SC2... it would be awesome if there was just some tables with internet connection... Please consider this
On October 16 2013 02:45 GGDeMoN wrote: any news on PC stuff PAUL?
Hey guys,
We appreciate your patience and understand your concerns.
While all of these concerns are being taken into consideration, it is unlikely that we will be able to resolve all of them. I am however, investigating the best alternatives that are physically possible for us to provide.
We know there is alot of expectation here, but we do have constraints.
I will have an answer for what we can accommodate very shortly, with a focus on brackets and players ability to warm up before a match. These are our primary targets.
BYOC, is not possible as we physically do not have the room to cater for it.
This looks awesome! Myself and a friend have both already booked to come over. Even if there is a lack of PC's, I hope there is not a lack of local pubs at least?
On October 16 2013 22:14 Genesis_443 wrote: Hey Paul,
This looks awesome! Myself and a friend have both already booked to come over. Even if there is a lack of PC's, I hope there is not a lack of local pubs at least?
Cheers Genesis
Awesome Genesis. Sure we will test out that Celtic "Water consumption" legend.
On October 16 2013 22:14 Genesis_443 wrote: Hey Paul,
This looks awesome! Myself and a friend have both already booked to come over. Even if there is a lack of PC's, I hope there is not a lack of local pubs at least?
Cheers Genesis
Awesome Genesis. Sure we will test out that Celtic "Water consumption" legend.
Did you just challenge a couple of Scotsmen to a drinking contest?! :D
On October 16 2013 22:14 Genesis_443 wrote: Hey Paul,
This looks awesome! Myself and a friend have both already booked to come over. Even if there is a lack of PC's, I hope there is not a lack of local pubs at least?
Cheers Genesis
Awesome Genesis. Sure we will test out that Celtic "Water consumption" legend.
Did you just challenge a couple of Scotsmen to a drinking contest?! :D
On October 16 2013 22:14 Genesis_443 wrote: Hey Paul,
This looks awesome! Myself and a friend have both already booked to come over. Even if there is a lack of PC's, I hope there is not a lack of local pubs at least?
Cheers Genesis
Awesome Genesis. Sure we will test out that Celtic "Water consumption" legend.
Did you just challenge a couple of Scotsmen to a drinking contest?! :D
Yer on!
Hmm how does one sign up for such a competition?
You don't really sign up, they kind of just happen. If you ever happen to be in the same bar/pub as me, you are welcome to join
anybody else think axlav and axeltoss should get wasted on the final day?irish up this event a bit,and they have experience casting drunk on mlg stream!
I really want to get behind this event, and be positive and stuff but my lizard brain is tingling so hard. Best of luck, I'll deffo be at the next one if it works out for the best! Good luck xoxo
On October 17 2013 12:50 A-BomB wrote: anybody else think axlav and axeltoss should get wasted on the final day?irish up this event a bit,and they have experience casting drunk on mlg stream!
On October 19 2013 04:46 LucoxP wrote: How is it looking silly? If anything it's great. They're listening to the feedback and giving what the people want.
On October 17 2013 12:50 A-BomB wrote: anybody else think axlav and axeltoss should get wasted on the final day?irish up this event a bit,and they have experience casting drunk on mlg stream!
On October 19 2013 04:40 GGDeMoN wrote: changed venue? lol.. this is just looking more and more silly :s
think you could do better? this group is organizing the first major tournament of its kind in Ireland. having voiced my concerns about the format and lack of computers, they booked a new venue (allowing for more PCs) in a matter of days. they also added a BYOC option and updated the format to dual-bracket. they seem to have their shit together. you just look silly yourself posting useless feedback
On October 19 2013 04:40 GGDeMoN wrote: changed venue? lol.. this is just looking more and more silly :s
think you could do better? this group is organizing the first major tournament of its kind in Ireland. having voiced my concerns about the format and lack of computers, they booked a new venue (allowing for more PCs) in a matter of days. they also added a BYOC option and updated the format to dual-bracket. they seem to have their shit together. you just look silly yourself posting useless feedback
Brief transcript of a conversation I had with the infamous 'King of the North (of Ireland)' - Shodan.
'without us, axslav and axeltoss will never know what it means to be properly shitfaced. It's our duty to go, I want to see them in the classic stewart millar fetal position.'
On October 19 2013 20:24 mikkmagro wrote: Why did you take down the list of confirmed pros attending? I'm interested in watching this but I'd like to know who will be playing in it ^^
I'd recommend the classic in-ear + soundproof headphones combo, no chance of hearing shit with that on (also has saved my ears from my brother's drumming over the years)
On October 20 2013 10:44 Wombat_NI wrote: I'd recommend the classic in-ear + soundproof headphones combo, no chance of hearing shit with that on (also has saved my ears from my brother's drumming over the years)
Yes, this is what I was referring to previously. Noise cancelling headphones, the industrial grade ones, then in ear for game sounds etc.
Hey, just wondering...for the halo 3 event will ye be using the MLG game settings for the tournament or are you sticking with the default settings? thanks
On October 22 2013 07:32 rnvocelot wrote: Hey, just wondering...for the halo 3 event will ye be using the MLG game settings for the tournament or are you sticking with the default settings? thanks
All tournament formats and rules will be confirmed shortly.
Ahh, this is really, really awesome. I live in London and feel like there seems to be next to no LAN's this side of Europe. With such a massive event occurring so close, it gives me hope that the scene will grow! Good luck, I wish I could make it, but I will definitely be watching!
Guys, there is also this hotel here which I have booked into, it is a fair bit cheaper than the imperial by about £30 ish per night including breakfast. It's not far from the venue, about 2-3 k so its probs about a 20 min walk or 5 min taxi drive too.
On October 23 2013 18:44 Genesis_443 wrote: Guys, there is also this hotel here which I have booked into, it is a fair bit cheaper than the imperial by about £30 ish per night including breakfast. It's not far from the venue, about 2-3 k so its probs about a 20 min walk or 5 min taxi drive too.
FYI. This is 4.2km, and not 100% but if it is outside city limits, will cost 10 euro'ish each way in a taxi. Cheers for the update though Genesis. We are looking at getting more hotels involved but seems there is alot on that weekend.
On October 27 2013 08:20 AgamemnonSC2 wrote: Was chatting with Axeltoss at WCS Toronto yesterday, hope you show him as good a time in Ireland as we did in Canada!!!
On October 27 2013 08:20 AgamemnonSC2 wrote: Was chatting with Axeltoss at WCS Toronto yesterday, hope you show him as good a time in Ireland as we did in Canada!!!
Great display from the Canadian Crowd!
Feed him all day long by giving him fish and chips.
On October 27 2013 08:20 AgamemnonSC2 wrote: Was chatting with Axeltoss at WCS Toronto yesterday, hope you show him as good a time in Ireland as we did in Canada!!!
If I have anything to do with it his liver will request to be annexed from his other internal organs.
Sorry for the slowness oh mysterious Noobgaming fellow (whose identity I totally don't know)
As a lapsed SC2 player I'm going mostly for craic, but would like to run a (non-sponsor conflicting) sidestream focusing solely on the Irish players North and South. Would this be acceptable to yourselves?
We would like to welcome the newest edition to the massive support behind n00b c0n and that is ALIENWARE!
The team at Alienware have decided that only the best will do for Ireland's first major eSports event and have decided to kit out the event with all top spec PCs!! :
On November 06 2013 19:48 Genesis_443 wrote: Damn Paul, your doing an amazing job! This is some list of sponsors and players, really looking forward to coming over!
Does look like you will be to busy for that drinking contest though!
Ha ha. Cheers man. Not to worry, I will have plenty of Irish Stand ins for you to challenge.
On November 06 2013 19:48 Genesis_443 wrote: Damn Paul, your doing an amazing job! This is some list of sponsors and players, really looking forward to coming over!
Does look like you will be to busy for that drinking contest though!
Ha ha. Cheers man. Not to worry, I will have plenty of Irish Stand ins for you to challenge.
yea me and my team had a feeling this was dodgy didnt make much sense how much money was involved for there first event and the fact they changed venue so fast too was a bit dodgy lucky i didnt buy any flights for it or anything
Hoping for a reason soon... I'm loosing a fair bit of money over this now... Flights and hotel booking fee. Not to mention the time off work I have booked so i can travel over.
Why on earth would you have it in Cork...So far removed from the capital city, where the majority of the country live...Aka I am butt-hurt because I cannot attend due to this.
Cork is nicer than Dublin IMO, unless you are travelling from somewhere in Ireland you can fly to it just as conveniently as Dublin I would have thought, it's the second city not some backwater.
The reason i was asking so many questions at the start was because i knew this was a hoax, i highly doubt the event was sponsored by any of those big name sponsors and i'm nearly 100% sure that the money this tournament were offering isn't correct and they cannot afford to pay out this huge prize pool. The fact that they are trying to do another tournament in a few weeks time with a much smaller prize pool makes no sense what so ever? whats going to happen to the money that was supposedly going to be given out at this tournament? Also noobcon have completely fucked themselves over now because no-one is ever going to trust this event again and lots of people have wasted alot of money on this event that is now not going to happen..
Even if in a few weeks you post noobcon 2nd tournament i guarntee you are going to get no partisipants because people will not want to take the risk of losing £££ again.. what a shame for the people who have payed out money etc but like i said me and a few friends saw this a mile off which is why our teams wont send us..
Fucked up BIG time, this was supposed to help shape the scene in Ireland for eSports, which would have positive impacts in future events. Now it's just a massive disappointment, and people are out of pocket because of the incompetence of the organizers. Do you think this + the Veralynn fiasco makes Ireland look like a fertile place for eSports? Absolute joke.
Very unfortunate that this didn't go ahead. Also, for those of you who are saying "I knew it was a hoax from the beginning"... way to jump the gun, we know nothing of why it was cancelled, so less speculation please.
I don't mind speculation, I just hate the ones 'I knew from the beginning' when they were posting HOW EXCITED THEY WERE.
The flights, hotels are an issue that I feel people's pain for. In my case I just miss a weekend of wages which is unrecoverable.
I run a big Fbook group of the Northern players and they've been reporting that their ticket refunds have been sorted pretty promptly, so at least that is something.
To paraphrase a wiser man than I, 'Don't attribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence.'
I doubt its a hoax if blizzard gave them a license to run the tournament without ensuring they had the sponsorship support. They even advertised this on their facebook page, but they will need a good reason to save some face on this.
I wonder if it had anything to do with HSC clashing with it
We would again like to express our sincerest apologies. This is the last thing that we wanted to do and we are all devastated by the tough but necessary decision we had to make. We are aware that everyone is looking for a specific reason as to why this happened, but as this would lead to shifting of blame, we feel this would only be counter-productive. There have been multiple issues facing us since the beginning, however due to the excellent support and dedication of those behind us, we have, again and again, been able to push through these and fix them. Unfortunately they did not stop occurring and despite the contingency plans we had in place, this went beyond what we would physically have been able to shoulder. In relation to companies that have been involved in this, all have been informed prior to making the decision. All have been very supportive and helpful in light of the situation that arose, and this has been invaluable to us. Companies involved have been very understanding and we do still have support for the future. Our aim will be to continue to work to build eSports in Ireland.
On November 10 2013 00:56 n00bgaming wrote: We would again like to express our sincerest apologies. This is the last thing that we wanted to do and we are all devastated by the tough but necessary decision we had to make. We are aware that everyone is looking for a specific reason as to why this happened, but as this would lead to shifting of blame, we feel this would only be counter-productive. There have been multiple issues facing us since the beginning, however due to the excellent support and dedication of those behind us, we have, again and again, been able to push through these and fix them. Unfortunately they did not stop occurring and despite the contingency plans we had in place, this went beyond what we would physically have been able to shoulder. In relation to companies that have been involved in this, all have been informed prior to making the decision. All have been very supportive and helpful in light of the situation that arose, and this has been invaluable to us. Companies involved have been very understanding and we do still have support for the future. Our aim will be to continue to work to build eSports in Ireland.
You could be exellent politician. Why you just can't give us reason WHY? Could you bit learn how to communicate?
It's over lads. If you can't give proper accountability to those who can't cancel their flights and hotel bookings, you have no further business to conduct.
LOL what an absolute farce. And no reason given either. There is absolutely no reason not to give the full and proper reason in fact you OWE it to those people. After so many people spent so much money and time.
On November 08 2013 22:37 Wombat_NI wrote: Cork is nicer than Dublin IMO, unless you are travelling from somewhere in Ireland you can fly to it just as conveniently as Dublin I would have thought, it's the second city not some backwater.
Belfast is the second city mate . Also Cork is a bit of a hole.
On November 10 2013 00:56 n00bgaming wrote: We would again like to express our sincerest apologies. This is the last thing that we wanted to do and we are all devastated by the tough but necessary decision we had to make. We are aware that everyone is looking for a specific reason as to why this happened, but as this would lead to shifting of blame, we feel this would only be counter-productive. There have been multiple issues facing us since the beginning, however due to the excellent support and dedication of those behind us, we have, again and again, been able to push through these and fix them. Unfortunately they did not stop occurring and despite the contingency plans we had in place, this went beyond what we would physically have been able to shoulder. In relation to companies that have been involved in this, all have been informed prior to making the decision. All have been very supportive and helpful in light of the situation that arose, and this has been invaluable to us. Companies involved have been very understanding and we do still have support for the future. Our aim will be to continue to work to build eSports in Ireland.
You have just killed your organisation, fucked over a lot of people and made Ireland once again look like a joke when it comes to esports. All in one fell swoop mate. Apologies aren't going to cut it really.
On November 10 2013 00:56 n00bgaming wrote: We would again like to express our sincerest apologies. This is the last thing that we wanted to do and we are all devastated by the tough but necessary decision we had to make. We are aware that everyone is looking for a specific reason as to why this happened, but as this would lead to shifting of blame, we feel this would only be counter-productive. There have been multiple issues facing us since the beginning, however due to the excellent support and dedication of those behind us, we have, again and again, been able to push through these and fix them. Unfortunately they did not stop occurring and despite the contingency plans we had in place, this went beyond what we would physically have been able to shoulder. In relation to companies that have been involved in this, all have been informed prior to making the decision. All have been very supportive and helpful in light of the situation that arose, and this has been invaluable to us. Companies involved have been very understanding and we do still have support for the future. Our aim will be to continue to work to build eSports in Ireland.
On November 10 2013 00:56 n00bgaming wrote: We would again like to express our sincerest apologies. This is the last thing that we wanted to do and we are all devastated by the tough but necessary decision we had to make. We are aware that everyone is looking for a specific reason as to why this happened, but as this would lead to shifting of blame, we feel this would only be counter-productive. There have been multiple issues facing us since the beginning, however due to the excellent support and dedication of those behind us, we have, again and again, been able to push through these and fix them. Unfortunately they did not stop occurring and despite the contingency plans we had in place, this went beyond what we would physically have been able to shoulder. In relation to companies that have been involved in this, all have been informed prior to making the decision. All have been very supportive and helpful in light of the situation that arose, and this has been invaluable to us. Companies involved have been very understanding and we do still have support for the future. Our aim will be to continue to work to build eSports in Ireland.
On November 08 2013 22:37 Wombat_NI wrote: Cork is nicer than Dublin IMO, unless you are travelling from somewhere in Ireland you can fly to it just as conveniently as Dublin I would have thought, it's the second city not some backwater.
Belfast is the second city mate . Also Cork is a bit of a hole.
On November 10 2013 00:56 n00bgaming wrote: We would again like to express our sincerest apologies. This is the last thing that we wanted to do and we are all devastated by the tough but necessary decision we had to make. We are aware that everyone is looking for a specific reason as to why this happened, but as this would lead to shifting of blame, we feel this would only be counter-productive. There have been multiple issues facing us since the beginning, however due to the excellent support and dedication of those behind us, we have, again and again, been able to push through these and fix them. Unfortunately they did not stop occurring and despite the contingency plans we had in place, this went beyond what we would physically have been able to shoulder. In relation to companies that have been involved in this, all have been informed prior to making the decision. All have been very supportive and helpful in light of the situation that arose, and this has been invaluable to us. Companies involved have been very understanding and we do still have support for the future. Our aim will be to continue to work to build eSports in Ireland.
You have just killed your organisation, fucked over a lot of people and made Ireland once again look like a joke when it comes to esports. All in one fell swoop mate. Apologies aren't going to cut it really.
On November 10 2013 00:56 n00bgaming wrote: We would again like to express our sincerest apologies. This is the last thing that we wanted to do and we are all devastated by the tough but necessary decision we had to make. We are aware that everyone is looking for a specific reason as to why this happened, but as this would lead to shifting of blame, we feel this would only be counter-productive. There have been multiple issues facing us since the beginning, however due to the excellent support and dedication of those behind us, we have, again and again, been able to push through these and fix them. Unfortunately they did not stop occurring and despite the contingency plans we had in place, this went beyond what we would physically have been able to shoulder. In relation to companies that have been involved in this, all have been informed prior to making the decision. All have been very supportive and helpful in light of the situation that arose, and this has been invaluable to us. Companies involved have been very understanding and we do still have support for the future. Our aim will be to continue to work to build eSports in Ireland.
On November 10 2013 00:56 n00bgaming wrote: We would again like to express our sincerest apologies. This is the last thing that we wanted to do and we are all devastated by the tough but necessary decision we had to make. We are aware that everyone is looking for a specific reason as to why this happened, but as this would lead to shifting of blame, we feel this would only be counter-productive. There have been multiple issues facing us since the beginning, however due to the excellent support and dedication of those behind us, we have, again and again, been able to push through these and fix them. Unfortunately they did not stop occurring and despite the contingency plans we had in place, this went beyond what we would physically have been able to shoulder. In relation to companies that have been involved in this, all have been informed prior to making the decision. All have been very supportive and helpful in light of the situation that arose, and this has been invaluable to us. Companies involved have been very understanding and we do still have support for the future. Our aim will be to continue to work to build eSports in Ireland.
You have just killed your organisation, fucked over a lot of people and made Ireland once again look like a joke when it comes to esports. All in one fell swoop mate. Apologies aren't going to cut it really.
Once again?
Meh you are right of course, I was thinking of the Vera Lynn incident to be honest which is the only other irish related thing I can think of happening in relation to SC2 anyway.
On November 10 2013 00:56 n00bgaming wrote: We would again like to express our sincerest apologies. This is the last thing that we wanted to do and we are all devastated by the tough but necessary decision we had to make. We are aware that everyone is looking for a specific reason as to why this happened, but as this would lead to shifting of blame, we feel this would only be counter-productive. There have been multiple issues facing us since the beginning, however due to the excellent support and dedication of those behind us, we have, again and again, been able to push through these and fix them. Unfortunately they did not stop occurring and despite the contingency plans we had in place, this went beyond what we would physically have been able to shoulder. In relation to companies that have been involved in this, all have been informed prior to making the decision. All have been very supportive and helpful in light of the situation that arose, and this has been invaluable to us. Companies involved have been very understanding and we do still have support for the future. Our aim will be to continue to work to build eSports in Ireland.
On November 10 2013 00:56 n00bgaming wrote: We would again like to express our sincerest apologies. This is the last thing that we wanted to do and we are all devastated by the tough but necessary decision we had to make. We are aware that everyone is looking for a specific reason as to why this happened, but as this would lead to shifting of blame, we feel this would only be counter-productive. There have been multiple issues facing us since the beginning, however due to the excellent support and dedication of those behind us, we have, again and again, been able to push through these and fix them. Unfortunately they did not stop occurring and despite the contingency plans we had in place, this went beyond what we would physically have been able to shoulder. In relation to companies that have been involved in this, all have been informed prior to making the decision. All have been very supportive and helpful in light of the situation that arose, and this has been invaluable to us. Companies involved have been very understanding and we do still have support for the future. Our aim will be to continue to work to build eSports in Ireland.
You have just killed your organisation, fucked over a lot of people and made Ireland once again look like a joke when it comes to esports. All in one fell swoop mate. Apologies aren't going to cut it really.
Once again?
Meh you are right of course, I was thinking of the Vera Lynn incident to be honest which is the only other irish related thing I can think of happening in relation to SC2 anyway.
Why in the feck would you associate that with a country??? In any case, it's not as if that's a scandal on the scale of "damaging Ireland's reputation as a venue for eSports".
Again, I doubt it's a scam given the people I personally know who have received their refunds in pretty good time. People will have lost money via flights etc, but it's not going to go into the pockets of the organisers of the event, so I'm still mystified.
Quite annoyed at the lack of clarification. I have had dealings with noobgaming and they've been straight-up and decent at all times, and do seem genuine folk but by keeping schtum they are completely fucking any further forays into such territory.
Bit off more than they can chew perhaps, or god knows what? By not clearing things up further it'll harm the organisation in the long run and that saddens me.
Here's the e-mail the organizer, Paul Allen, sent to one of his sponsors on why it was cancelled. Incredibly vague, and even though he invites phone calls for clarification, the sponsor alleges that he has called him on 2 different numbers at least 4 times and none of the calls has been answered. Looks like he ran with the money.
Edit: Sponsor also claims that he has not received a refund.
Paul Allen <paul@n00bgaming.com> nov. 8. (3 napja)
Hey Andrew,
I apologise for the missed calls from you today as it's been a very stressful day due to recent changes that have arisen with n00b c0n event.
I regret to inform you that due to circumstances that are out of our control, I'm afraid we have had to postpone the event until a later date, specifically in relation to complicated issues with the venue itself.
Unfortunately we have exhausted all possible work arounds for the issues, and have been left with no other choice but to reschedule to a later date.
If you would like to discuss this in person or over the phone, feel free to let me know a suitable time.
We will of course drop in a full refund to you as soon as possible.
''Hi, Lads!I am the owner of PC maestro, one of their leader sponsors as you can see on the poster, and unfortunately I cant give a proper answer for the reason, why the event got cancelled, as Paul never told me. I only received a mail from him Friday morning with some bullshit reason, and with the option for a full refund of the money, what I gave for the sponsorship... Since he seems to be disappeared, I was trying to contact him via mobile and email as well, but he does not answer for anything... I think the simple reason, why it got cancelled, is because they couldn't sell enough tickets to cover all the expenses... But still I want my money back, and Im not gonna live it off, until I received a full refund! If anybody is in the same situation, lets help each other to get back our money!!!!!''
this was posted on the facebook page.. so seems like paul allen is indeed a complete fucking money stealing tosser!
What a shame ! I was really looking forward about this tournament as we need this kind of independent LANs (out of DH, IEM, ASUS, etc) and the prize pool was very interesting. I'm very disappointed and I hope everything will get their money back (even though it won't be easy I guess).
This is just so sad. This make others harder to get sponsors coz they who sponsored this event arent gonna give money away so "easily anymore" <- sry i dont know right word.
n00b gaming may want to offer an explanation now before this turns into a public shitstorm. You can't ignore this, it won't go away. We will keep demanding an explanation and the more you hold off the more likely to irreparably damage your reputation and make it impossible to hold any future events. Don't make matters worse for yourself and offer an explanation to those who you have cost a lot of money. An apology is not enough.
Hm, I basically told the someone from the organisation to explain the actual reasons behind the cancellation or their name will be forever mud in this industry, and he basically said no to that. Not sure whether they're covering for an individual's fuckup, or something else entirely.
On November 13 2013 03:57 Wombat_NI wrote: It's a shame reddit only unleash their brand of mob justice when it comes to streamers using unacceptable language lol
On November 13 2013 03:57 Wombat_NI wrote: It's a shame reddit only unleash their brand of mob justice when it comes to streamers using unacceptable language lol
I'm on Reddit. If this still hasn't got any response by the end of the week I'll make a post about it on /r/StarCraft.
Brb sharpening pitchforks. I wanted to give the benefit of the doubt, but a lot of pissed off people would at least like a non-PR bullshit, vaguely substantive answer as to why this event was cancelled.
Good write up of the situation as it stands. I'd recommend checking this out if you want a summation of the general craic, plus some reasonable suggestions on how to proceed going forward.
On November 11 2013 22:22 PengWin_SC wrote: Here's the e-mail the organizer, Paul Allen, sent to one of his sponsors on why it was cancelled. Incredibly vague, and even though he invites phone calls for clarification, the sponsor alleges that he has called him on 2 different numbers at least 4 times and none of the calls has been answered. Looks like he ran with the money.
Edit: Sponsor also claims that he has not received a refund.
Paul Allen <paul@n00bgaming.com> nov. 8. (3 napja)
Hey Andrew,
I apologise for the missed calls from you today as it's been a very stressful day due to recent changes that have arisen with n00b c0n event.
I regret to inform you that due to circumstances that are out of our control, I'm afraid we have had to postpone the event until a later date, specifically in relation to complicated issues with the venue itself.
Unfortunately we have exhausted all possible work arounds for the issues, and have been left with no other choice but to reschedule to a later date.
If you would like to discuss this in person or over the phone, feel free to let me know a suitable time.
We will of course drop in a full refund to you as soon as possible.
Paul
EC/CEO n00bgaming.com
E: paul@n00bgaming.com
Well this whole thing is pretty unfortunate. I feel bad for everyone who was planning to go. It's a shame that, with smaller organizations, you really don't know who you're getting into bed with until you've already been fucked.
Also, I wonder if Paul Allen likes Huey Lewis and the News.
For those of you stuck with travel and accomodation plans and feel like making the trip to Cork anyway I've set up a small Barcraft event for Homestory Cup VIII. Details here.
I'm in no way related with n00bcon or n00bgaming, just a Corkonian trying to salvage the weekend.
Nope, we got all the info we are going to get. I'm still surprised it says postponed though, I am very curious to see who will risk the travel next time.
On November 16 2013 03:10 Logocentric wrote: Hey guys,
For those of you stuck with travel and accomodation plans and feel like making the trip to Cork anyway I've set up a small Barcraft event for Homestory Cup VIII. Details here.
I'm in no way related with n00bcon or n00bgaming, just a Corkonian trying to salvage the weekend.
Apparently anyone who paid for this, there has been an email sent to the address you signed up initially with, for an online 1000 euro winner takes all tourney.
Now, I haven't got one myself, or seen it but locals have been saying to me. Any luck the rest of you?
I got a copy to repost, albeit my 'source' redacted out the tourney reg details. Anybody get this, you should have if you paid for a ticket for the cancelled event:
1000 euro Invite only for all n00b c0n Starcraft players
Hey guys,
As you are all as disappointed as we are with the postponing of n00b c0n, by way of apology, we are sending all Starcraft players that were due to play this invite.
We will hold a 'winner takes all' 1000 euro tournament beginning next Sat the 30th of November at 1pm GMT.
If you would like to participate, send us an Email to ************* from the address we are sending this Email to and include your Gamer tag.
We will follow up with instructions on how to sign up.
EPT
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can I bring my own telly to play on in tourney play as its the one I use at home ? 
