Fancy coming to a small LAN?!?

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Well, me and my mates are yet again putting on a small (30-35 people) LAN at st andrews rugby club in rugby on the Friday 27th June starting at 6pm and it lasts all the way through to Sunday afternoon. Its £25 and includes camping a space for your computer, access to the network and a BBQ on the saturday!

FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS NOT FOR PROFIT!!! WE DO IT FOR THE LOVE OF THE LAN!!!


normally, i have around 11 mates who attend every year, unfortunately due to some issues with them trying to get days off work, some being in a different country or some just not going because the others cant make it, we have loads of seats left.

This LAN is primarily based on just having a laugh, socialising and having a game or two over the network, i must admit, its always fun!

to check out more about what we do, check out

www.lantastic.org.uk

A few OCUK members are coming along already, Confused has already paid and got the time off work, well splattered usually comes along and wndzr tries to get to a few also, so you will be in good company!

we will play a wide variety of games, but its not a "you must play this game" type of deal, if ya want to play, play, if you want to get drunk (its bring your own beer) then il be joining you!!

cheers!
 
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Basically, you just rock up with your equipment (MINUS SPEAKERS!! you must use a headset, (30 people in a hall trying to outdo each others music isnt cool..) set it up, and we will sort out some servers for you to play games on!!

we will be trying to keep it all inhouse using the internet only to verify accounts etc (the internet at the club isnt great unfortunatly, but some people do play WOW all weekend, so im guessing its not as bad as i think!!

the main reason i go is for the social aspect, its a really good laugh, drinking is always on the cards, you can bring your own beer, so no silly prices for things!

we usually have some consoles there to play rockband or other games where you can have a few players and we just generally have a laugh!

if you have any specific questions, feel free to ask bud, it would be great to make this lan basically an OCUK meetup :)
 
Haha, I tell the what bud, fire me an email to [email protected] and Il let you know when we are doing another one. We are trying to find venues around the Midlands to do more, so hopefully you can come one of them :)

We will always keep it none profit. Any money we earn goes back into equipment. We're currently looking into ways to get internet to places where we usually wouldn't have a chance (satellite) obviously won't be great for gaming, but will certainly verify accounts and yet folks check websites etc.
 
i will keep my eye on your next event dates, i have a group of around 7 - 8 people that have a small LAN every couple of months maybe we could join yours as its more centrally located.

unfortunately we are all Lanned out at the moment after a 3 day bank holiday LAN at the start of May.
 
Hey,

How would this work regarding playing games together? have you got a list of games that will be played over the weekend?

Il sort that out for you tomorrow bud, are there any games you particularly want to see?

That looks really cool, shame I can't make it. :(

Booooo! What is it with these dates no one can make it lol!

i will keep my eye on your next event dates, i have a group of around 7 - 8 people that have a small LAN every couple of months maybe we could join yours as its more centrally located.

unfortunately we are all Lanned out at the moment after a 3 day bank holiday LAN at the start of May.

Lanned out after 1 LAN boo! It would be great to get you guys all down. We have the equipment all the time and could easily sort out a LAN in any venue Tbh!
 
As promised, here are a few of the games that we usually play at LAN:

serious sam: the first encounter
UT 2004
Red faction
TF3 - usually quite popular as we have had Kritskast attend our lans in the past
Worms
CS:S - again very popular
AOE i think its usually "the age of kings" that gets playe
Trackmania
Dungeon seige 2
FlatOut 2
left for dead - another big one as we have one of the big map modders usually attend and he brings us his map before its released ;)
Altitude
War Thunder
Company of Heroes
Dawn Of War
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Call of Duty 4 MW


Basically anything goes, the more people who have the games the better, but if i know in advance what games people want, i can make them available probably ;)
 
hells yeah man, as long as enough people are up for the games, we will pretty much play anything, i have over 300+ games on steam so i usually have most things!! all we need this lan are numbers!

at this rate, i might be forced to move the dates slightly, if i can book the club for another date :/
 
Good luck with this. We really need some well organised small group lans. I'll follow you on twitter cant make this date but possibly another one.

Sounds like a really good set up. :)
 
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i have between 3 - 6 people wanting to go depending on holiday bookings so will confirm shortly.

aaah excellent! it would be great to meet you guys!

Good luck with this. We really need some well organised small group lans. I'll follow you on twitter cant make this date but possibly another one.

Sounds like a really good set up. :)

thanks bud, its something i really enjoy doing in all honesty, meeting new people and having a beer with them over a few games is a great laugh. Its unfortunate that this one has landed on a day everyone seems to be busy though!!
 
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