Making more plans for this, it seems like it'll be oop north so bare that in mind. We may need a definite head count shortly. I'll calculate prices for all you guys and make some plans and all that.

Another thing to note, it may end up being 7th-9th (Saturday-> Monday) for those coming a long way. We're just figuring things out right now.

stolensheep

United Kingdom306 Posts

May 29 2010 14:06 GMT

#23

I'd really love to come but these dates really cut into my 18th birthday!

matthewfoulkes

United Kingdom246 Posts

May 29 2010 21:13 GMT

#24

ill put my hand up and say im coming if the dates you specify are true. and dependant on how 'oop north' were talking.

KovuTalli

United Kingdom325 Posts

May 29 2010 22:10 GMT

#25

We'd be talking Newcastle, Im going to talk to the Lan center later in the week and see what can be done. As they have the SC2 beta so its highly likely they will be getting the full game on launch.

TotalBiscuit

United Kingdom5437 Posts

May 29 2010 23:04 GMT

#26

On May 30 2010 07:10 KovuTalli wrote:
We'd be talking Newcastle, Im going to talk to the Lan center later in the week and see what can be done. As they have the SC2 beta so its highly likely they will be getting the full game on launch.

All up in this hizzay if it's Newcastle.

XeliN

United Kingdom1755 Posts

May 29 2010 23:30 GMT

#27

As a semi joking (but deadly serious) suggestion, we could instead have a meetup in amsterdam for a few day's and have a TL outing.

KovuTalli

United Kingdom325 Posts

May 30 2010 02:20 GMT

#28

Yeah Biscuit we were going to contact you to come Cast the games for us actually, if you'd be up for that.

@Xelin - as far as Amsterdam goes that will have to be another time, or a seperate group organising the event, hell get a group of friends together and take a look around!

But ill be getting in contact with the lan center later in the week, and looking at cost, accom and food&drink. Either me or Flicky will keep you guys updated, but as flicky said those are the dates we are hopefully looking at. This will be a none profit event but we may ask for a small donation/entry fee to cover the costs - but we're still debating on this all depends on how much the cost is.

Also if anyone in or around Newcastle could get in touch with either myself or Flicky if you could possibly put up a few people for Accom around those dates, just to save on cost.

At the moment its all still being planned, but just trying to see what we can get, Hopefully ill have a update come sometime tuesday or wednesday with more info.

Edit: Current opening times are 11am-10pm, but i'll see if they will change that for us having this event, if not at least we get about 10 hrs of gameplay time per day.

matthewfoulkes

United Kingdom246 Posts

June 02 2010 12:50 GMT

#29

just wanna say i'm booked for i40 and will be playing in the SC2 tournament there so if anyone wants to meet up then i'm in for that.

WGT-Baal

France3351 Posts

June 03 2010 18:04 GMT

#30

Well if it s on july 30th i can come (bank holiday in Ireland on monday 2nd). If not well i d still be happy to meet some of guys for a (couple of) pint(s)

Flicky

England2659 Posts

June 03 2010 21:27 GMT

#31

So you guys are aware, these are just some guideline prices and times. There has been some shifting, but use this post as your guideline. Note, none of these are final or comfirmed.

Dates: 14th & 15th August (possible extra days needed for your travel)
Location: Newcastle
Cost: For LAN entry, we're looking at about £17 for both day's entry.
Accomodation: There are a number of hostels around that I will group book when I have a good idea of numbers.

We have some cool plans with this. My current day plan is:
Day 1: BW tournament and hopefully we can do a Live BIO Finals and drunken escapades.
Day 2: SC2 tournament then some more drunken escapades.
Totalbiscuit said he'd be there, hopefully with some awesome casting equipment. Hope to see a bunch of you from the TSL finals meet too =).

For those travelling:
From Abroad: Newcastle has an airport, so just fly there. There are other options nearby.
From UK: I would suggest the train if you're more than 4 hours away by car. From where I live, I'm looking at 4:20 on the train or 9:30 on a bus.

For those in the south, I may be planning a mini-meet in London for lunch before travelling up on Friday.

Oh, just to point out that Kovutalli is helping out with this so thank him to.

Woyn

United Kingdom1628 Posts

June 03 2010 22:00 GMT

#32

I get the keys to my new flat in Edinburgh the 13th so its likely ill be going over from Belfast on the 12th-14th. So if this all goes ahead i'll definitely take the train down. Might ask 3 of my flatmates aswell as they are gamers.

KovuTalli

United Kingdom325 Posts

June 03 2010 22:16 GMT

#33

Yup, Im heading to the Lan center tomorrow sometime to check the place out and talk to the manager, I've already talked to him over the phone and he seems intrested in letting us host the event there. So I'll have more info for sure tomorrow.

TotalBiscuit

United Kingdom5437 Posts

June 03 2010 22:49 GMT

#34

And we're playing CNC Generals : Shockwave whether you like it or not. Best game si best.

Kerotan

England2109 Posts

June 03 2010 23:12 GMT

#35

I'm not going to be able to make it, Newcastle is too far for someone that hugs places that are 60 miles from the English channel.

KovuTalli

United Kingdom325 Posts

June 04 2010 18:58 GMT

#36

Quick update for you all, I checked out the Lan center today. 30+ Pc's (up to 42 I Believe) Small side room with projector that we can use for casting, they also said we could install software for net streaming if we wish. We can get BW And SC2 on all machines, they have 10 good PC's for SC2 and the other 20-30 are older but still run SC2 okay, low settings and lag a little at start and sometimes in huge battles (talking over 230+ combined supply or a huge spam of T1) but its playable - Tired 1v1 custom and 2v2 ranked and custom.

They also have a ton of other games, CnC, CSS, all sorts so if we get a bit sick of BW/SC2 there is alot of other games we can play or just to have some varity

Venue isnt confirmed as of yet but it should be by tomorrow assuming all goes smooth so, watch this space.