few questions [Archive] - Lanarchy LAN Events in North London Forum

coolant

26-08-03, 04:56 AM

I am coming to Lanarchy for the first time and I'm really pumped, just have a few questions.

1) Do you guys do any organized CS Tournaments? like 5v5?

2) What games should I have installed prior to coming?

sonic_dude

26-08-03, 06:22 AM

half life ummm,unreal tournament2003,counter strike,eRacer,return to castle wolfenstein:enemy territory,day of defeat,age of mythology, well it depends really if u want to play the games

[OLSC]Papa Smurf

26-08-03, 07:29 AM

McBain

26-08-03, 08:21 AM

Take a look at the schedule for the day (http://www.lanarchy.co.uk/events/schedule.html)to get an idea of what we'll be playing. There is also a Competitions page (http://www.lanarchy.co.uk/events/competitions.html)which gives a little detail about the competitions that go on.

But basically, you can play anything you want, anytime you want :thumbs:

We have a website on the network at the LAN with a forum. It doesn't usually get used much, but maybe if the event fills, it will be a good way for people to arrange games and such.

coolant

26-08-03, 08:59 AM

I have hosted many LANS back in the states. I used to run http://www.tangolan.com. We had around 150-200 people a LAN so if you guys need any help. It'll be nice to meet you guys and maybe get a frag in here or there.

thanks man! I can't wait to face some euro competiton!

I'm tired of beating all these americans...

Simple_Simon

27-08-03, 11:05 PM

Ive always wanted to go to a lan where there are like 100 to 200 people, it must be great.

Peter Piper

27-08-03, 11:44 PM

Ive always wanted to go to a lan where there are like 100 to 200 people, it must be great.

Play more online then, the whole world is a LAN :D

[OLSC]Papa Smurf

28-08-03, 06:55 AM

well....a WAN anyway :P

McBain

28-08-03, 10:02 AM

I don't see the appeal of those massive LANs (like I series) because as pointed out above....you may as well just play online...

Having said that, I guess the atmosphere is pretty good. But...LANs of around 20-40 are nice because you can properly get to know people, not really possible when there are 800 others!

Skavorn

05-09-03, 09:49 PM

yeah...but as if u wouldnt be happy if LANarachy events had 800 peeps in them, u'd be rich!!! :P

McBain

05-09-03, 09:53 PM

Sc00by

05-09-03, 11:51 PM

Ummm, no. I think I would have trouble fitting 800 people into St Marks actually...

Anyway, I didn't say I wouldn't want to make money off 800 people, I just said I wouldn't necessarily want to attend a LAN with that many...

If we had 800 people coming to a Lanarchy we'd be able to outsource the gameday management of it and have a CoF event while it was running :D

Reevey

06-09-03, 09:51 AM

I went to the last I series event, i17. I think in total there was around 1000 people. It was brilliant. We (TCSUK and TNG) had a row (10 people). So we had the small group of people like at Lanarchy or UKLans, but also the 990 other people.

You could find a game of CS at 4am in the morning, if you really wanted. They were showing the finals of the comps on a big screen up in the bar so some of us went to watch the Generals match, was a good laugh even though I had no idea what the fuck was going on :P

It wasn't just about pissing around playing computer games, got to meet people that I've known for a while but never met. Was really good. Can't wait for i18 now :)

McBain

06-09-03, 10:07 AM

It wasn't just about pissing around playing computer games, got to meet people that I've known for a while but never met.

But surely thats what smaller LANs are all about too? I find them a little more personnal. How many times when you were playing CS were you able to shout abuse at the person you just shot? I would guess not much as they might be in a different room somewhere...

SpyHunterUK

06-09-03, 10:13 AM

where are you gonna host an event with 1000 ppl in? :?

McBain

06-09-03, 10:27 AM

We're not. We have no plans to, we have no will to.

SpyHunterUK

06-09-03, 10:45 AM

yeh i know but im just saying where is igames gonna find an event 1000ppl!

[OLSC]LtTomWoolley

06-09-03, 06:21 PM

The Royal Albert Hall?

That might be fun 8)

SpyHunterUK

06-09-03, 06:24 PM

what about buckingham palace?

that would be better :)

[OLSC]LtTomWoolley

06-09-03, 06:36 PM

Millennium Dome?

No, London Eye, could be done with a wireless network... ;)

HUNTER

06-09-03, 07:42 PM

LtTomWoolley]Millennium Dome?

No, London Eye, could be done with a wireless network... ;)

that would be interesting :lol:

[OLSC]Fizban

06-09-03, 08:05 PM

yeh i know but im just saying where is igames gonna find an event 1000ppl!

A distrabuted lan event with venues scattered acrross the UK linked by the internet to each other :lol:

Oh and on a more mundane note Wandsworth town hall (http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/Home/CommunityServices/PublicHalls/default.htm) could hold 2-300 people

Fizban

The cause of the problem is:
network down, IP packets delivered via Pacel Farce

HUNTER

07-09-03, 08:10 AM

yeh i know but im just saying where is igames gonna find an event 1000ppl!

Newbury Race course.

Mutliplay hold 1000 people events there

wintermute

07-09-03, 03:58 PM

Fizban]Oh and on a more mundane note Wandsworth town hall (http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/Home/CommunityServices/PublicHalls/default.htm) could hold 2-300 people

And would also be quite handy for where I work, but at

SpyHunterUK

07-09-03, 06:20 PM

in total youve had 200ppl at events so far + 25/6 at shoot club X

McBain

07-09-03, 06:32 PM

But is that 200 different people? I doubt it... :?

wintermute

07-09-03, 06:33 PM

in total youve had 200ppl at events so far + 25/6 at shoot club X

How'd you work that out? Sounds a bit high to me, we've only got 163 people registered on the forum after all.

After the first two events we generally have had between 2 and 8 new people at each event.

Rob

SpyHunterUK

07-09-03, 06:36 PM

i had a look at ur past events page and added it up :thumbs: why you think youve had less?

McBain

07-09-03, 07:00 PM

So you think everytime we held an event, all the people that came to the events had never been before? (And those numbers include staff!)

[OLSC]Papa Smurf

08-09-03, 07:33 AM

hell yeah - who'd want to come again... :lol:

SpyHunterUK

08-09-03, 04:15 PM

no but maybe including shoot club u will have had about 120 different ppl to events :? maybe? because some ppl will have brought friends which didnt register on the site.

McBain

08-09-03, 09:44 PM

no but maybe including shoot club u will have had about 120 different ppl to events :? maybe?

Exactly. So wasn't this all about us holding an event for 300 or a 1000 or something? So if in 12 months we've not had even 120 different people...I doubt we'd fill out a massive event like that...