we just wanted to inform you all of how things are going.



from a starting point of a 40 person lan it has nearly doubled that and gone to 75 people.
this is amazing and beyond our expectations. we certainly didnt expect such a good
response. the list of attendees is impressive, having people coming all over ireland,
northern ireland, scotland, wales and england. theres even a couple of swedes coming!
all-in-all, its certainly a good start to a series of lans we hope to run over the next
couple of years.



preparations : we have our tables sorted, seating arranged, cabling
completed, servers prepared, games configured, switches configured and our intranet is
nearly done. i would think were pretty much on top of things. during next week we will be
visiting our food providers and obtaining that much sought after commoditty : beer! yes..
we will have a shit load of beer for everyone attending!! adding to that, we will have
lots of snack foods and plenty of food runs going on. as most people know from the
darkside lans, the location is excellent for food and you will have no problems getting
food, the problem is deciding which food you want! btw, of course you are welcome to bring
your own drink/food, etc.





competitions : the schedule below is what we have currently planned. it
will probably change, but to give you an idea of what your two days will look like, it
pans out like so -



12:00 pm - 03 apr 2004 quake3 1v1

16:30 pm - 03 apr 2004 quake3 ctf (seeded)

20:00 pm - 03 apr 2004 quake2 1v1

20:00 pm - 03 apr 2004 quakeworld 1v1

22:00 am - 04 apr 2004 ni v uk

23:30 am - 04 apr 2004 ie v ni

01:00 am - 04 apr 2004 ie v uk

02:00 am - 04 apr 2004 qw/q3 clanwars and general gaming



dates : just to clear up something. the lan dates are the 3rd and 4th of
april. starting at 10am on the saturday and finishing sunday morning. friday the 2nd is a
pissup night!! there wont be any lanning going on the friday, just a great big drinking
session - irish style! the location for the drinkies is the bigtree on dorset street, 8pm
till late. people travelling from afar should get in contact with myself, zero or one of
the other irish people going to make arrangements to meet them. i'll put up a
map/directions to the bigtree if people want.



monitors : we only have 4 monitors and they are all booked out now by
overlord, empy, ch and casc.



payment : you should expect to pay on your arrival. there will be a sign
up desk, where you will depart with your cash and sign up for the various competitions,
double check your seating arrangement and get stuck in for the best two days of quakeing
your ever going to have!





quick details :

- sleeping bag space, kitchen facilities, toilets

- 30 euro for participants

- 5 euro for spectactors.

- ensure you have a working network card

- dhcp settings, workgroup - quakelan

please let us know if you have any problems, queries, etc.  if you are already
signed up and are unsure you can go, then please, remove yourself from the lan asap and
give your slot to someone who can go.  other than that, we'll see you on the 2nd for
the pissup and the 3rd for some gaming!