Toymods L.A.N party/Lock-in august 12th

[HAVABEER]

hey all.

organising a Toymods L.a.n party lock-in for august the 12th.

For the lockins its an over-night thing. Starting about 10pm and going till 10am (or when people get tired)

This is mainly a game playing lan, no massive leeching availible sorry

the venue where going to organise this for is a fellow toymodder "v8supra" or pete, shop down at revesby in sydney. hopefully we'll get a few of us toymoders there so we can discuss all things cars...play some games....eat some munchies and have a good time. all the relevent information is posted below


Time/date:
10pm-10am saturday night august 12th till sunday august 13th

Venue:
Revesby Internet & LAN
1/ 32a Marco Ave Revesby NSW 2212
ph: (02) 9774 3144

Cost:
$35 to play, this includes dinner (pizza/KFC/or something else simple and cheap) and drinks for the night.

Numbers:
the maximum we want to have is 20 people. and we need a minimum of 12 for this to go ahead. will probably have to do a first come first served basis. so please "PM" me if you'd like to come and i'll put your name down. PLEASE ONLY PM IF YOU CAN 100% COME.

Other:
The games we have availible to play are
CS
BF2
WC3 (dota)
WoW
Star Wars
Diablo II
and a lots of other ones, mainly people just play the top 4 though.

i had a talk to pete and parking is something that might need to be considered. as there is a police station extremely close by (almost across the road). so no acting like "hoons" up and down the street thanks.

so yeah if you need to know anything feel free to ask me or call me on (02) 49735832 (ask for shane) and i'lll try and answer all questions.

thanks alot.

shane

[TA-022]

ME ME IM IN! pmd

[Wally]

is it cs sauce or 1.6?

[RObErT_RaTh]

$35 is a bit, how many people can the venue hold?

[WiLo]

Numbers:
the maximum we want to have is 20 people.

has there max 20 people so im guessing it holds 20 people

[v8supra]

Its CS source. All games are LAN only except of course WoW and other internet games. We've closed most of the ports on the firewall.

If you guys want to BYO drinks, thats ok with me.

If we can't get enough Toymods guys, then I'll invite some regulars to pwn all your asses.


$35 is a bit steep, but its exclusive access to the PCs, and food/drinks. I might be able to give discounts to toymods financial members, all depends on numbers though.

[TA-022]

10 -10 = 12hours

$35 / 12 = $2.90 per hour.

My local cafe was $2.50 an hour mates rates for the long term regulars.

I dont see how $35 is steep including food?

Some people are just too povo

[RObErT_RaTh]

Well, I go to a 300+ person LAN every couple months called Valhalla. Cost $20 (no food I admit) and it's BYO PC. I also help run a smaller LAN of about 40 people and we charge $10-$15. Both LANs give away major prizes so for a LAN cafe it might not be much but as far as LAN events go it could be a little pricey for some.

A very nice idea though and even though it's $35 if I was in NSW I'd come along

[HAVABEER]

well we need 12 people for a definate go ahead. i'm definately coming (seeing as i'm half organising the thing)

[MR22ZZ]

Well, I go to a 300+ person LAN every couple months called Valhalla. Cost $20 (no food I admit) and it's BYO PC. I also help run a smaller LAN of about 40 people and we charge $10-$15. Both LANs give away major prizes so for a LAN cafe it might not be much but as far as LAN events go it could be a little pricey for some.

A very nice idea though and even though it's $35 if I was in NSW I'd come along

take a look at what you wrote... BYO food and PC brings the cost down dramatically

The venue owner for your $20 sessions does not have to worry about software licencing and subscription and the like in those cases as that's the PC owners resposability. All they need do is be able to configure the LAN so most people can use it (there is always one dimwit who has to be different and stuff it up for the rest )

[The Witzl]

I'm in, considering it's only around the corner for me, and I am a card carrying Revesby NETNLAN member

Pete,
are we able to consider some of the suggestions Toobs and I have made in previous threads (and our visit) regarding older games such as Postal 2, Total Annihilation, C&C, etc etc?


P.S. Dominoes ftw.

[v8supra]

When first starting the store, we underestimated the difficulty in maintaining 24 PCs. Installing games on 24 PCs is NOT an easy task. If you really wanted one for the night I'll do some research onto ease of install, but 3 is a bit much. We have had a lot of people come in with disks saying "just put it on" but its not that easy. (Last one was for LAN based WoW, which I never knew was out there!).

Last one we put on for someone Was CnC Red Alert or something like that. I think it was played for 2 hours and then forgotten.

... Total Annihilation is a great game


I wouldn't mind putting something like carmageddon on or something like that. They're cheap now, and is awesome multiplayer (like REALLY good).

[RONA]

Hehe Carmegeddon would be mad multiplayer, carnage would be well amusing. Only issue was it was a very bad game to play with a keyboard, really needed a steering wheel to make it fun.

I'm up for the LAN and as yet have nothing else on at the time, I'll pm u tonight once I check we have no family stuff on.

[The Witzl]

... Total Annihilation is a great game

damn straight it is! I've got both TA (inc. multiplayer) and TA kingdoms at home... i might start playing them again actually

I wouldn't mind putting something like carmageddon

IM THERE!!!!


... if installing an older game like this is a hassle, im more than happy to drop in early and help install games. Its not like im very far away or anything, and i follow instructions real good.

[TA-022]

installing is easy its just the continual net patches to keep em all compatible. Its time consuming and tedious to control

ive got time up me sleeves also so holler if ya's need a hand!

[djcougar]

the only issue i see is having so many games available to play is that games like css or bf2 will not be of any use if only half the players are playing, would there be a way to open those games to be able to play on the net if there isn't enough of the lanners playing?

[v8supra]

installing is easy its just the continual net patches to keep em all compatible. Its time consuming and tedious to control

On a single PC that has administrator access. Sure, its quick and easy. On 24 PCs that are locked down so no one can hack into them, its not as easy.

Getting my time to do it is the hardest thing, always busy with something. Reason why my car is at the mecanics instead of doing it myself

[v8supra]

the only issue i see is having so many games available to play is that games like css or bf2 will not be of any use if only half the players are playing, would there be a way to open those games to be able to play on the net if there isn't enough of the lanners playing?

NO. Theres no chance of opening the firewall. (a lot of people ask us this)


A lot of the time there will be only half a dozen people playing one game, which is great. For stuff like BF2 the more the merrier. It often needs a general consensus or a leader to organise "LETS PLAY THIS" type of thing. The other thing is, if there are 6 people in a game having fun, then others will join.


I've been to LAN events where half the people go and play games like WoW or watching a movie. So they're playing by themselves, but are just NEAR other gamers. Thats frustrating. Having everyone at a net cafe makes it a lot more communal.

[The Witzl]

I'm going to make an executive decision and say that WoW should not be played at the Toymods LAN - simply for it's antisocial atmosphere cast towards those who dont play it.

I rekon stick to the usual biffo games... it keeps all the punters happy. Having one good Multiplayer car racing or car related game (like Carmageddon) would be absolutely HORN too...

... and beer.

[RONA]

I rekon stick to the usual biffo games... it keeps all the punters happy. Having one good Multiplayer car racing or car related game (like Carmageddon) would be absolutely HORN too...

... and beer.

Agreed I've never played WoW, and games like CS and other FPS are good in the apsect say doing fun maps that its a quick turn over. No one is left being bored as they have died and then waiting for others to finish.

Only issue with Carmeggedon is the checkpoints to race if someone doesn't make one they'll be waiting a while for others to finish depending on the track.