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Arcanne
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1519 Posts
October 29 2010 20:36 GMT
#61
Definitely interested
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ggofthejungle
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Romania392 Posts
October 30 2010 01:05 GMT
#62
How about doing this at someone's house? WE'd have to, of course, bring our own PCs/laptops, and we could pitch in a couple of bucks to the host for the trouble. Would someone be willing to do that?
ggofthejungle
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Romania392 Posts
November 01 2010 20:54 GMT
#63
So does anyone know a place?

No one's parents leaving for a weekend?
evilsaint
Profile Joined August 2010
United States309 Posts
November 05 2010 09:30 GMT
#64
For around 20 people, which I gather we could get together for this pretty easily, I think that we'd more than likely have to rent a larger place than DMZ anyway. BYOC seems like it would be more fun anyway, since we'd have all of the proper hardware to play anything else that we wanted... but where to do a BYOC?

Rent a small-ish hotel convention center? Find some random warehouse for rent that happens to have a nice Internet pipe? Let's head back to that idea and try to find some good solutions for venue, and then we can focus on everything else. For a basic attendance number to work with, it would be 20 minimum, ~40 max, based on what I can see in the thread.

Also, I will officially volunteer myself to handle the logistics of getting power/heat/bandwidth for any venue that we find... if we enlist the hive mind here and find a freakin' suitable venue =)
evilsaint
Profile Joined August 2010
United States309 Posts
November 05 2010 09:31 GMT
#65
Think of schools that might volunteer their theaters/concert halls/etc... since that's an almost guaranteed Internet connection.
AkumaCakes
Profile Joined November 2010
United States3 Posts
November 07 2010 16:40 GMT
#66
Guys in Chicago on Western and Belmont there is Ignite Network
http://www.ignitenetwork.com/

Their site doesn't say SC2 but I know that they have it now.
The place is pretty big and the prices are reasonable.

I know the suburbs aren't very accessible to alot of younger people in the city, college kids like me. And I don't mean to be rude, but getting TO the city is much easier than getting out of the city, What with the Metra and CTA. Just saying if something goes on here, you should get a big enough crowd.

Just my two cents.
Live Hard, Die Harder
Thegilaboy
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States2018 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-07 18:23:16
November 07 2010 16:49 GMT
#67
I would tend to agree Akuma, it is much much easier for people to get here into the city and navigate than it would be for any of us to get to the suburbs. I mean I could metra out there, but then what, I don't have a car or anything to get from train station to the LAN. On the other hand suburbs people can easily metra in, and the CTA to the location very easily.

I would be down for that location, if they do in fact have SC2
Zutta
Profile Joined May 2010
United States102 Posts
November 07 2010 18:15 GMT
#68
this defiantly needs to happen soon! i live in the south suburbs and would be down for this. you should make a new thread or make a list of willing people on the OP so we can get a feel for how many we can get
eye for an eye
Almin
Profile Joined August 2010
United States583 Posts
November 07 2010 18:16 GMT
#69
inb4 fat and nerdy people show up.

One of them will be me.
ggofthejungle
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Romania392 Posts
November 09 2010 01:19 GMT
#70
On November 08 2010 01:49 Thegilaboy wrote:I would tend to agree Akuma, it is much much easier for people to get here into the city and navigate than it would be for any of us to get to the suburbs. I mean I could metra out there, but then what, I don't have a car or anything to get from train station to the LAN. On the other hand suburbs people can easily Metra in, and the CTA to the location very easily.
Since it may be BYOC(bring your own computer), I didn't even think you won't have your own car - unless you have a laptop. In any case, how many people are in your situation(no car and want this event to happen downtown?). I have a PC and I will have to drive to get there(city or suburbs), but parking is free (mostly) in the suburbs, while in the city parking is a bi**h. If parking is not a hassle, yea, I can drive downtown. I wouldn't want to Metra in even if I had a laptop.
Thegilaboy
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States2018 Posts
November 09 2010 01:28 GMT
#71
On November 09 2010 10:19 ggofthejungle wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 08 2010 01:49 Thegilaboy wrote:I would tend to agree Akuma, it is much much easier for people to get here into the city and navigate than it would be for any of us to get to the suburbs. I mean I could metra out there, but then what, I don't have a car or anything to get from train station to the LAN. On the other hand suburbs people can easily Metra in, and the CTA to the location very easily.
Since it may be BYOC(bring your own computer), I didn't even think you won't have your own car - unless you have a laptop. In any case, how many people are in your situation(no car and want this event to happen downtown?). I have a PC and I will have to drive to get there(city or suburbs), but parking is free (mostly) in the suburbs, while in the city parking is a bi**h. If parking is not a hassle, yea, I can drive downtown. I wouldn't want to Metra in even if I had a laptop.


You wouldn't metra in with a laptop?

If Akuma is right and that PC cafe has SC2, then it isn't BYOC and it's not even an issue anymore
AkumaCakes
Profile Joined November 2010
United States3 Posts
November 12 2010 00:38 GMT
#72
I am very busy with school and work, and cannot volunteer myself to organize this event, but whoever is, check out the website and make some calls. From what I have seen there, they have more than enough room for 30+ people.

http://www.ignitenetwork.com/
Live Hard, Die Harder
grieve
Profile Joined March 2010
United States64 Posts
November 17 2010 03:03 GMT
#73
Just posting to say I'm definitely interested in this, and have 5-8 friends that would be interested in attending as well. A well organized LAN for the Chicagoland area would pull HUGE numbers.
grieve
Profile Joined March 2010
United States64 Posts
November 17 2010 03:06 GMT
#74
Is this a legit picture of ignite network?

http://www.groupon.com/images/site_images/0176/1642/ignite-network3.jpg

If so, it looks fucking AWESOME.
AkumaCakes
Profile Joined November 2010
United States3 Posts
November 18 2010 02:47 GMT
#75
On November 17 2010 12:06 grieve wrote:
Is this a legit picture of ignite network?

http://www.groupon.com/images/site_images/0176/1642/ignite-network3.jpg

If so, it looks fucking AWESOME.

Yeah the place is pretty big, with a Rockband studio it is pretty cool, also holding this there would provide some other entertainment for people who need a little SC2 break, or if we tourny, get knocked out.
Live Hard, Die Harder
MalakhWing
Profile Joined November 2010
United States16 Posts
November 19 2010 10:27 GMT
#76
Would definitely like to be informed of any lan based around the chicago land area
qxc
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States550 Posts
November 19 2010 10:42 GMT
#77
If this LAN happens between December 18th & around January 5th I'll be home and would likely attend.

lmk rwar
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enro
Profile Joined August 2010
United States11 Posts
November 19 2010 18:43 GMT
#78
i live in chicago myself. would def participate in a future lan event. and i know elite place but have never been there. someone should call them and ask if they would want a lan event
grieve
Profile Joined March 2010
United States64 Posts
November 20 2010 00:49 GMT
#79
Between Dec 11t and January 4th would be perfect for me. Is anyone working on making this happen?? :/
teol33
Profile Joined October 2010
United States3 Posts
November 20 2010 03:26 GMT
#80
It sucks to live in such a big city and not have any good lan areas around, except ignite which could house a nice tournament.
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