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[UK-Ire LAN] Planning and Discussion

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Flicky
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
England2659 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-03 21:52:57
May 15 2010 23:17 GMT
#1
current plans
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.

Whys


Venue
As you know, it's super awesome to have a BYOC LAN at someone's house or in a hall due to cheapness and possible free sleep but due to SC2, we pretty much need to have a LAN centre for this as people have reported issues with too many people from the same IP logging onto Bnet.

Location
The two of us generally arranging this (Myself and Kovutalli) live at opposite ends of the country and basically the only option is to pick a venue near one of us. A lot of the local venues near me are either closing down or aren't suitable for big meets like this so we opted for Newcastle. It's a major city, so it's easy to get to for both UK citizens and international people. Also, a number of people live near Newcastle, so it's good to have a strong local crowd.

Date
I think midsummer is the best idea. Most people are off work/school and the nice weather opens other options for us. I did want a weekend when I was already off work, but we can't do that. The original weekend at our planned venue is booked, and earlier weekends are a little too close to Launch for my liking, so we've opted for the 14th and 15th of August for now.

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Ourk
Profile Joined April 2010
United Kingdom298 Posts
May 16 2010 00:08 GMT
#2
THIS Looks cool
monkh
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United Kingdom568 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-16 00:15:45
May 16 2010 00:15 GMT
#3
Multiplay run a LAN every quarter the I-Series don't know if u know about them. They were pretty good and accommodate all gamers. I haven't been for several years now tho, don't know what its like now. was hoping to attend one this year but i doubt i can get money to go, its pretty expensive but if u can get money would say its worth it!
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durecell
Profile Joined April 2010
United Kingdom85 Posts
May 16 2010 17:17 GMT
#4
I wouldn't be able to come however it sounds fun. Good Luck .
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States42428 Posts
May 16 2010 17:20 GMT
#5
On May 16 2010 09:15 monkh wrote:
Multiplay run a LAN every quarter the I-Series don't know if u know about them. They were pretty good and accommodate all gamers. I haven't been for several years now tho, don't know what its like now. was hoping to attend one this year but i doubt i can get money to go, its pretty expensive but if u can get money would say its worth it!

Also if we have WCG for bw or sc2 this year it'll be at an i-lan.
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matthewfoulkes
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United Kingdom246 Posts
May 16 2010 17:23 GMT
#6
yeah i posted a thread to see if any1 off here was going to i-lan. i know id be in for a meeting at either an i-lan or at an independently organised event.
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Gridlock
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United Kingdom517 Posts
May 16 2010 18:50 GMT
#7
What sort of costs are we talking lads? How much have old LANs cost you all?

We'd be there!
Flicky
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
England2659 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-16 19:17:38
May 16 2010 19:17 GMT
#8
On May 17 2010 03:50 Gridlock wrote:
What sort of costs are we talking lads? How much have old LANs cost you all?

We'd be there!


Honestly, for cost I have no idea. For my last LANs it's been:

1: Cost was the travel, food and drink only, venue was a Uni lodging so that was free.
2. I hosted at my house, was free.
3. Is flight and entry fee is like £65.

I'd like to get some kind of free venue that is sleepable so that it's essentially free. If not, paying part of the rental fee for the venue is one possibility and in worse case, paying for accomodation could also be possible. Hopefully, it will just be your travel costs and food/drink.
Liquipedia"I was seriously looking for a black guy" - MrHoon
Regrets
Profile Joined April 2010
United Kingdom12 Posts
May 16 2010 22:47 GMT
#9
Definately up for something like this, sounds really appealing with fantastic potential! Keep up the good work. This doesn't matter but location and cost is irrelavent for me, lets make this happen!
Raneth
Profile Joined December 2009
England527 Posts
May 16 2010 23:27 GMT
#10
sounds epic dude, if i can get off work im there fo sho (i work monday to sunday over summer)
lans for me are usually cheap, but they only usually involve about 12 or so people
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exKid
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United Kingdom118 Posts
May 18 2010 00:54 GMT
#11
Would it not really be best to have it AFTER the 27th of July?...
stolensheep
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United Kingdom306 Posts
May 18 2010 17:35 GMT
#12
My 18th birthday is on the 8th of august so I wouldn't be going if it is on the 8th. Also I think somewhere in the midlands would be ideal for everyone, no one can really moan about things being too far away then!

30th july-1st august would be ideal, sc2 only being out a few days etc.
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Luxotica
Profile Joined April 2010
United Kingdom18 Posts
May 20 2010 17:54 GMT
#13
INNNN FOR THE WIN!
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Wohmfg
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom1292 Posts
May 21 2010 16:37 GMT
#14
Is this for SC2 or BW, or both?

Love to have some sort of LAN either way. :D
BW4Life!
matthewfoulkes
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United Kingdom246 Posts
May 21 2010 18:41 GMT
#15
i think there should be pay for the person hosting because having like 10 people in your lodging for like 3 days will be pretty costly.
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Pholon
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Netherlands6142 Posts
May 21 2010 18:49 GMT
#16
Are non-pommies welcome?
Moderator@TLPholon // "I need a third hand to facepalm right now"
matthewfoulkes
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United Kingdom246 Posts
May 21 2010 18:54 GMT
#17
as if a community as kind and as vast as that of the UK would deny anybody!!!
Lies? I Dont Tell lies! Thats no lie!
Flicky
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
England2659 Posts
May 21 2010 20:21 GMT
#18
On May 22 2010 03:49 Pholon wrote:
Are non-pommies welcome?


"As you guys may know, I've been trying to set up some kind of LAN for TL members in the UK (and anyone else who wants to come)"

Of course! You think I'd miss a chance to hang out with my Continental friends?
Liquipedia"I was seriously looking for a black guy" - MrHoon
Vilda
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Sweden111 Posts
May 21 2010 20:56 GMT
#19
Flicky: Are you really surprised Pholon didn't read the whole op before posting?

I'm totally game, anyway. I might have to come late or leave early if it doesnt match my schedule, but in August it's very slow, so I doubt I'll get many shifts then.

Yap if you need my help with anything Flicky, I'll help with whatever I can!
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MrCeeJ
Profile Joined April 2010
United Kingdom57 Posts
May 28 2010 10:33 GMT
#20
I helped organise the national LAN tour a few years ago, we had about 20 PCs in a trailer and toured hotel conference facilities in Glasgow, Dublin, Cardiff, Birmingham and London, although the tour was privately funded with some minor sponsorship (we held pre-release tournaments for Codename: Outbreak sponsored by Virgin) it lost a lot of money, and some dates were cancelled.

One of the big things we took from this was that although 100s of people had said they would come on forums/mailing lists etc, without pre-sale tickets we didn't really have any idea of numbers and were totally swamped in some venues, and virtually desolate in others.

Still doing the tour was the best thing ever and I have always dreamed of getting another one going with the right funding model in place. In the mean time rocking up to awesome LAN events is always fun and I'd be happy to help in any way I can

CJ
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