[TL Meet & LAN] Newcastle Super Fun-Fest

On June 06 2010 06 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              06 2010 06      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              06 2010 06      end_of_the_skype_highlighting:38 Flicky wrote:

Super serious but probably temp banner by my buddy Greyfox



Hey chums,

Kovutalli and myself have organised a TL meet-up and LAN super fun fest in the home of goofy accents and Alan Shearer: Newcastle, England. Apart from having a good time and having a blast with fellow TL-members from around Europe (hopefully) and lots of starcraft. Check this shit yo.

• StarCraft2 and Brood War LAN - We got two days from 10am-10pm in Cyber Game Zone for so much Starcraft that your dick explodes.
  
• I'll be there. Fuck that, you need to meet me. I'm fucking awesome.
  
• Newcastle is home of something cool... maybe. We'll find it and have fun there.
  

First, where we are going to sleep. At the moment, we got nowt, but don't worry. There's some massive and cheap Hostels (It's newcastle, they're going to be dirt cheap) and when enough people say they're coming, we can book them in bulk and save so much money you'll note it down and tell your family when you get home. We're currently looking at Albatross Backpackers

You have some choices for sleep times. I'm going to list them for you so if you don't know your options you know you're dumb.

• If coming from a long way, we will have a group of us staying Friday, Saturday and Sunday Night at a hostel. For all you super cool people from abroard or travelling a long way from inside the UK, pick Option 1
  
• For those who can get to Newcastle in the morning of Satuday can stay Saturday and Sunday Night. You guys can be Option 2
  
• For those coming not so far, a group of you can book one night (Saturday). Find some buddies in Option 3 and save some cash.
  
• For those Geordies who live nearby, go home. (Option 4)
  

Some planning fun:

Friday:
Friday is a cool day. For those travelling from London or around there, hit me up and we'll go up together, maybe stop for a manly lunch. For those of us who get to Newcastle of Friday, Kovu is going to find somewhere for us to have a Pre-LAN dinner meet. I hope that's ok by him.

Saturday:
Saturday we'll get to the LAN centre at 10ish and then stay there and play some Starcraft. If I got a BIO finals available, then we'll play one. We'll probably have a sweet BW tourney too and maybe some Poker stuff if people bring a set.. In the evening we'll go find somewhere to get drunk or do something fun. I dunno how, but we'll find a way.

Sunday
Same dealy as Saturday really. Will run an SC2 tournament and have more fun.

If you are coming, you need to post right here in this thread and tell me what sleeping option you need and how many are coming.

That all I had to say

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You guys are probably poor, I get it. This is what it'll cost ya:
Event Entry: This will be £17 for the whole thing. If we get a lot of interest, this will probably drop.
Accomodation: From what I've seen, no more that £16 a night.
Food: Newcastle is pretty dirty. You can get a kebab for like, £2.
Travel: I dunno, find out yourself.

If you show up without the entry fee or whatever, I won't let you in. I don't give a shit, no freeloaders.

Travel

Firstly I hope you are all aware of thise: EVERYONE FROM ANYWHERE IS WELCOME. I've asked the LAN guys and they don't seem to care how many come (there's 42 PCs so would like to get at least that many) so if you're from the UK, or from New Zealand, you can come. (Even Germans are allowed).

From the UK
Get a train or some shit. You're an Adult, you should be able to manage it. Don't be lazy.

From Abroard
Newcastle has an Airport so you can fly there. If it's expensive or whatnot, check other nearby airports and consider flying to one of them then getting a train or something after. The Airport generally have really good links.

From Train Station to Centre/Hostel
HOLY SHIT MAP.

You guys can arrange times to meet at the station and someone can come get you.

Confirmed so far:
kovutalli +1
Slix
ComusLoM
Woyn +1
houck
Solo_Xero
AdrenalGBR

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Tentative
Pholon
Gruv
PaddyPower
epjx31 (opt 3)
Vilda
Panoptic+1
D-Lite
love.less

On June 06 2010 07:50 KovuTalli wrote:
Well unfortunately the weekend we were going to do was taken by a CSS tournament and I believe the deposit has been paid.

On June 06 2010 07:56 TotalBiscuit wrote:


Well, looks like I'm missing out then Bloodstock is a big deal for me and my friends so I'll be there instead.

On June 06 2010 08:48 jamie wrote:
Yeah, FireCore LAN is happening 31st july, so that is probably what you are talking about!
I'd love to go to bloodstock but unfortunatley I have no metal loving friends

On June 06 2010 19:53 breakingties wrote:
whats happening 7th-8th then? didnt realise css tourneys played local :O

On June 09 2010 01:47 Goshawk. wrote:
Newcastle is pretty far away. T_T

On July 15 2010 20:23 D-Lite wrote:
put me and love.less on the tentative list, i pm'd a guy from our neck of the woods bout car sharing but im guessing hes in work at the mo.

also does anyone have a class c connection in newcastle? i wouldnt be willing to bring stuff in a strangers car and i cant focus/chill without a smoke

On July 18 2010 20:21 AdrenalGBR wrote:
He means bring stuff. Stuff. He is uncomfortable taking drugs in a stranger's car and is wondering if anyone knows a dealer, to spell it out for you. Or at least that's what I inferred.

On July 22 2010 00:13 houck wrote:
You can confirm me

Also if you need help talking to kit (owner of cgz) or any cgz related questions ask me.

On July 20 2010 03:12 Nytefish wrote:
Anyone driving up from around london? We're all pretty skint around here and can't afford the train.

On August 04 2010 12:01 baller wrote:
is this LAN really sponsored by a beer

thats awesome lOL

On August 04 2010 12:01 baller wrote:
is this LAN really sponsored by a beer

thats awesome lOL

On August 08 2010 19:31 WGT-Baal wrote:
hey!

so how many people will show up?

Can u also recap what needs to be brought?

EDIT: oh by the way my flight would be arriving on saturday morning cuz i cant leave work early enough on friday to make it to the airport in time

On August 10 2010 02:20 WGT-Baal wrote:
Still considering it though, flights really suck, i d have to leave on sunday at 9am o.O

I ll get back to you asap

On August 11 2010 02:50 WGT-Baal wrote:
I cant go
I m so sorry but my boss wont let me go early on friday so i d have to catch a plane on saturday morning with return on sunday round noon. That s 120euros roundtrip (flights plus ariport connections) for just one day of LAN. As much as i d like to come this i s too much for one day (of which i ll miss the morning)

sorry again

I hope there ll be another one soon when i m done with work

On August 11 2010 05:31 nVusPip wrote:
Am in England and it seems SC2 has had no impact to anyone whatsoever and I don't think there is a decent known SC2 player from the GB which is sad

Pm me to add on SC2 as it would be great to play matches with other english folk

Have a good time lads

On August 11 2010 05:31 nVusPip wrote:
I don't think there is a decent known SC2 player from the GB which is sad

On August 12 2010 00:01 AdrenalGBR wrote:


There are a couple; DeMusliM and Apollo both have invites to HDH2 and if memory serves me rightly Apollo is busy in Korea learning to be a gosu.

On August 13 2010 22:32 stolensheep wrote:
Oh yeah, I forgot to say earlier but due to unforseen consequences (namely a blown up PSU) I couldn't get the funds gathered to make the trip, so I'm sorry but I won't be there, I hope everyone else has fun though!

On August 14 2010 01:09 ComusLoM wrote:
Getting a lift in to newcastle at 9AM. Wish I had a lift that could go a few minutes later xD There's no way I'm driving in and finding a place to park that near the city centre.

On August 14 2010 02:52 AdrenalGBR wrote:
Kovu, what are the costs likely to be? With so many suffering from last-minute-pull-out LAN syndrome I assume we'll be short on numbers and if you've booked the whole place then (if my memory of CGZ serves me rightly) we certainly won't fill it. Will the payments be in relation to their normal rates or a proportion of the total cost of booking the place?

EDIT: Did you actually book the whole place?

On August 14 2010 05:48 AdrenalGBR wrote:
Oh, I completely missed that. Sorry! Anyway, if you'd like a contribution towards the overall cost of booking CGZ given that we probably won't make that up with the people that show up, let me know. I'm not a walking ATM but I can probably help out a bit.

On August 14 2010 18:14 UberThing wrote:
This sounds sooo cool