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13/11/2005 21:08

midlans 05

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MindPhuck Eric Mooney Im drinking room101 donations!! muhahaw! posts : 280 lans : 18 pics : 16 site owner i didnt actually get to game at midlans due to work and time restrictions, but i got to pop along today and have a mooch about and talk to the MidLans organisers and some of the people there. For a start, the LAN was pimped to be for 120 people which to say was not really the case. about 100 people at max would fit into the room and that was at a push. Table layouts may depict differently but I felt that it was very tight as it was and a 120 people in that room would be very uncomfortable. I also read an article from a local athlone news paper cutting saying there was 140 people at it - there was 80-90 people at the LAN. Dont get me wrong guys, im not slating ye and I certainly dont mean to come accross as it, but I will report only the facts and your welcome to correct me and I will alter my review accordingly. I have to giggle when i see attendance bumping where everyone is reporting zillions of attendees at their LANs and everyone claiming the biggest LAN in ireland ever, which is just sillyness. If its a sponsorship thing to impress people - dont worry about it guys - people will go to your LANS for the fun factor alone not because you have xyz Taking that aside - there was a very good attendance and a nice show of hands. Well done to everyone attending for making it such. I hope the MidLans names and shames those who said they would go, but didnt show. Hey give me their names and I will post them here I got to speak to a good few people who played and organised the LAN and one thing that everyone could agree - it was enjoyable. I spoke to Bonton and Sir Gibbsalot, both first time attendees at MidLans and got to ask them a few questions about their experience at the LAN. Both guys agreed that it was really good fun and would definately come back again for future LANs. They agreed that there was some organisational issue with the competitions, but that was just a minor point. In general, they had a blast and would drag their mates along in the future. I got speaking with the organisers about MidLans and how they felt it went. From talking to them they were pretty happy about its outcome. Only a few no-showers and a couple of power problems that came up. Hey, you cant have a LAN without power problems, its just par for course!! hehe From all accounts, it was an good LAN and I hope it will go from strenght to strenght. I would write up more details but alas i wasnt really there for gaming and hopefully someone else will write up more on the LAN. Nice work guys! some pictures - http://www.room101.org/lan-gallery.asp?item=235       edited by MindPhuck on 13/11/2005 21:08

13/11/2005 23:10 #1 BioHazRd Richard Smith I stole Mindphucks Donkey posts : 209 lans : 18 site administrator I pretty much agree with what MindPhuck said. I liked the atmosphere at the LAN, it was nice and relaxed and the admins were very involved in helping people out - hats off to all involved. As I mentioned to the admins at the LAN, power was a problem, and I am speaking from experience, you do not run 12 pcs off anything less than a 16amp circuit. You have to be able to cater for the one guy who comes with his dual processor, SLI, watercooled monstrosity with a terrabyte of storage and a 21" CRT - trust me, its gonna happen. Also, daisy chaining power strips should be made illegal. I know you have a good team there, and tbh, it has the potential to be a trouble free kick ass lan. I would definitely go again (a little more room would be nice Bio PS..what the hell is going on with JimEatsMenus hair in that photo ???   edited by BioHazRd on 13/11/2005 23:11

14/11/2005 00:00 #2 Legion Dave Hibbits Eric IS a Daddy posts : 97 lans : 15 administrator I agree with the above also,but have to say the LAN went down very well, [GiT] got a few games of BF2 in and luckly for the two [TiG] teams we had to head off early before the comp started. As for Jims hair who the f**k knows what goes on up there. Oh and as MindPhuck said I wouldnt let the no shows off the hook without being mentioned this sort of thing has to be stamped out of the Irish LAN scene. Well done lads Ill definitly attend future LANS.

14/11/2005 02:17 #3 TouchingVirus Danny Fallon Hmmmz? posts : 2 "I also read an article from a local athlone news paper cutting saying there was 140 people at it - there was 80-90 people at the LAN." The article you are referring to in the local Athlone newspaper was wrote before the lan obviously, and as such cannot state how many people went The LAN signup was for 140 people, it was even supposed to be overbooked (http://www.midlans.net) but due to no-shows we didnt make up the numbers... I believe I read on boards.ie about a second room being available if we needed it, though i couldnt be arsed looking to verify, so Im sure we could have held for 140 if people had showed up.. All in all, a fantabulous LAN, and i look forward to the next one

14/11/2005 08:22 #4 MindPhuck Eric Mooney Im drinking room101 donations!! muhahaw! posts : 280 lans : 18 pics : 16 site owner fair points Danny. I was in the understanding that it was 120 people and I will correct my review accordingly. Regardless of that, there was no way on earth that 140 people was going into that room, never mind 120. One can make the best seating layouts in the world but its just not comfortable if you have too many people in the one room if you take my meaning. regarding the newspaper cutting - thats all very well that it was printed previously, but the point i made is - its pimped as Teh Biggest LAN Evvverrr!!! in ireland, which is just not the case. As I said, Im not slating anyone, just making some observations. If people want TEH biggest LAN title, (if it really means that much?), then go for it - but actually DO it, not pretend to do it. Ill even help ye!. at the end of the day, i dont care who says what to pimp their LAN, whatever gets the ratings eh   edited by MindPhuck on 14/11/2005 08:30

14/11/2005 11:59 #5 TouchingVirus Danny Fallon Hmmmz? posts : 2 Sorry to be picky, but as far as i recall it was only a mention, not a pimpage The article went something along the lines of "140 places, and if the numbers hold true, it will smash the previous record of 130 for the biggest LAN in Ireland" http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=50342721&postcount=217 FuzzyLogic says the did have another room available, so im guessing thats where all the other people would go if 140 showed up..id like to know why we didnt use it anyways and space things out a bit more coz it was a little cramped Like you said, people can say their LAN will have the GamesMaster himself at it, as long as it gets the crowd that Irish LANs deserve, aint nothing like a good LAN

14/11/2005 12:28 #6 Sniipe Rory Carroll Sooo.... really? clan : irish kake posts : 354 lans : 18 pics : 1 site administrator ive donated to room101.org! Another room prob would have costed a bit extra. I think Ill hold a lan in my place, I think Ive 150 ppl that have said theyll come already. Infact Ill tell the newspapers that its the biggest lan event in Ireland... cant really go saying that unless ur pretty sure otherwise its pimpage... that make sence?

14/11/2005 13:27 #7 Jimeatsmenu Barry Whelan Slacker Rogue clan : the irish guards posts : 6 lans : 1 Cons - Saturday night was a tad unorgaised with regard to competitions. Was far too cramped in that room imo, esp trying to get my gear in on the sat afternoon. Otherwise I enjoyed myself. Hotel and the area were really nice and had some good games in the end. Also currently enjoying my X-Fi. Also cheers to Frodo for taking upon himself to get the DoW tourny up and running. gg lads.

14/11/2005 14:09 #8 fuzzylogic PeterMcCormack posts : 33 lans : 9 bans : 1 Yep, it was a bit crowded but we had the option of renting out another room beside the one we were using. If a few more people had turned up, it would have justified the other room. For our next big public lan, well use the ballroom in the hotel. There was a wedding in there at the time, hence the amount of drunk randomers asking us what the hell were all the computers doing there, and why did they all have lights inside them. This also explains the 4-5 females who were spotted trying to blag swag from the prize table. As for the paper, they must have looked at the signups and spotted 144 people signed up and printed that. *shake fist at their ignorance* It was probably a mixture of the newspaper writer exaggerating his story(as they all do), and over-zealous people signing up with little intention of attending. In any case, size doesnt matter (insert sexual innuendo here). Some of the best lans Ive ever been to had 10 or less people. [I blame the media and society] Hehe, in any case that particular newspaper has probably tripled its readership of that article from this thread alone. I thought the lan went fine, pity that the electrician was slightly inaccurate in his calculations. Its good to hear that folks who hadnt been to midlan before, or infact any lan before enjoyed it, and will return again to midlan and other lans. Its good fopr the community, which is a great thing. "Was far too cramped in that room imo, esp trying to get my gear in on the sat afternoon."-Jimeatsmenu Hehe, I read that as getting my hair in on the sat afternoon It was great to see that all the guys from TiG, and the GiTs who signed up came along. And kicked the BF2 tournament around the place. All in all, I found I was chatting and networking(literally and figuratively) with more people than ever at this lan. Which is always a good thing. Would a public name and shame list be good for the lan scene? ie- if you fail to attend and hadnt removed your name from the list on 3 seperate occasions, for any 3 lans you get your name on a permanant list. And thanks Eric for the lift home. You were a lifesaver. The young uns were running wild by the time I got back, as ya saw.   edited by fuzzylogic on 14/11/2005 14:13

14/11/2005 14:54 #9 Jimeatsmenu Barry Whelan Slacker Rogue clan : the irish guards posts : 6 lans : 1 "Was far too cramped in that room imo, esp trying to get my gear in on the sat afternoon."-Jimeatsmenu Hehe, I read that as getting my hair in on the sat afternoon Yore culled.

14/11/2005 18:55 #10 Azza Jeffrey Yorke posts : 30 lans : 4 Let me report the facts before conculsions are made gentlemen . Lan was orginally made for 120 people but due to high demand we took extra sign ups. We had 134 sign ups plus plenty of people contacting us asking was there room. The setting arrangement in the room allowed up to 124 people with the possibility if demaned warranted it to hire another room. No one actually complained at the lan about it beening cramped but I will be asking questions over the coming days to see what there actually opinon was. I will also point out the venue has a much bigger room we are looking into hiring, Might even hire a small second room to use as a sleeping room. A few cancelled in the run up. Actually number of participating attendees was 90. Alot of vistors popped in two but did not keep track of them. Which we are quite happy with. We where factoring in drop outs and it was slightly higher than expected. We where hoping to break the 101 attendees record for a lan in Ireland (we dont count Gamecon Consoles..although we might starts a small console section at the lan) which we did not though but we could not be certain of the figure so with regrads those articles (which where completely dreadfull) they did state we where trying to break the record and I did say to them we where no means certain to do it. There is always our next event . Had we actually got the numbers we would of taken a second room. Least the room was well vented. As for the comsp there was various factors why they went wrong but not making excuses they where not done well which is unfair to those attending with the comps primarily in mind. Most casually players did not reallly mind. Anyway overall event went well but not perfect. The power issue I believe was to do with cable coiling building up resistance and the electrican making a mistake. Hopefully we can rectify all mistakes and errors while building up and constantly improving the lan.

14/11/2005 20:58 #11 Legion Dave Hibbits Eric IS a Daddy posts : 97 lans : 15 administrator How many was that to a table azza,because if your trying to get more than 2 to a table thats not the way to go tbh. Attendees be it PC users or consoles players are attendees,if they paid they make up the numbers there the numbers that count. But it really shouldnt come down to " we had the biggest LAN ever " the quality of the event is much more important.   edited by Legion on 14/11/2005 21:40

14/11/2005 22:13 #12 Falcon Robert McNally posts : 48 lans : 11 Just to answer some of the queres The room could actually hold 120 people there were enough tables setup for that amount, seconds we had a second smaller room on standby if we needed it but since only 89 turned up there were alot of spaces left also it the 5 people setup at the door area moved to one of the free spaces up near the front there would be lots of room to come in and out, we will look at the table layout for next time tome and only put enough tables for 100 up instead of for 120 soc there will be more room. Also around 35 people did not turn up that signed up which was a pity. As BioHazRd has said inrelation to the power we are looking into getting a board similar to his done up for the next lan. The last thing the machine setup to run the Intranet6 wend down with a Hard drive problem which messed us up with the competitions sign ups sorry for that guys All comments are duely noted and will be acted on and hopefully will be sorted

14/11/2005 23:19 #13 Azza Jeffrey Yorke posts : 30 lans : 4 The small tables where two people each. The larger tables we where fitting 3. Depends there was gaps there. Well talk to other attendees and find out there views on the spacing situation. If its a issue that previous attendees feel is a major thing we can remedy it at the next lan. While I understand quaility is the primary concern there is no reason why we cant expand further..does not really who is the biggest. Bigger the lan easiar is for people to enjoy regular gaming but makes competitions harder to organise. Both atmospshere can be as good in both. Small lans like Tralee where superb. Besides I did not say we had the biggest event I said we thats the eventual goal. Was not counting the many spectators as attendees buts its good that we got a good few guests boads well for feature events when these people expressed and interest in attending future events. Ill send on the list of no shows later but with some comments about them attached. Oh Custom PC showed up at end of lan and gave us the stuff they promised so we will distribute at the next lan.

15/11/2005 07:51 #14 TheFairy Dermot McGoldrick Home page for TIG Clan posts : 3 lans : 1 Kudos to you lads for organising this Lan. It is a thankful task, however do take the comments on board as just that, "comments". It did seem a bit cramped, but then lans normally are. I didnt get down till the Sunday morning and as such only ended up playing a total of 6 games in total. Ill be there for all of the next one. IMHO Id run it from the Friday night to the Middle of Sunday. Location wise it is great, though one of our lads got lost on the way home and ended up in Galway, when he should have been heading for Belfast, eh Valen? Id be a definate attendee at the next Midlans, looking forward to it already, thanks for having the TiG lads there. Fairy

15/11/2005 09:34 #15 MindPhuck Eric Mooney Im drinking room101 donations!! muhahaw! posts : 280 lans : 18 pics : 16 site owner yeah lads, just take them as observations and comments, its nothing personal. Well done on a sucessfull LAN. Looking forward to the future ones.

15/11/2005 11:48 #16 fuzzylogic PeterMcCormack posts : 33 lans : 9 bans : 1 meh, constructive critiscsm is more than welcome IMO. Helps us improve. Anyways, how the feck did valen end up in Galway! Thats hilarious

15/11/2005 13:44 #17 Jimeatsmenu Barry Whelan Slacker Rogue clan : the irish guards posts : 6 lans : 1 He lacks a superior wang.

15/11/2005 17:39 #18 Falcon Robert McNally posts : 48 lans : 11 Thanks for the words of Encouragement Lads

15/11/2005 19:17 #19 Sniipe Rory Carroll Sooo.... really? clan : irish kake posts : 354 lans : 18 pics : 1 site administrator ive donated to room101.org! Azza said: "Ill send on the list of no shows later but with some comments about them attached." LMAO, comments like n00b, dweb, dicfor, updoc, hot mom, etc... can we expect this?

22/11/2005 20:59 #20 MindPhuck Eric Mooney Im drinking room101 donations!! muhahaw! posts : 280 lans : 18 pics : 16 site owner any more reviews from the organisers ?

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