IC LAN 2007 swag thread

[primesuspect]

C&C 3 from EA Games:

http://icrontic.com/images/iclan/cc3eagames.jpg

[primesuspect]

Pile o' Swag from Logitech:

http://icrontic.com/images/iclan/logitech_swag.jpg

[Cyclonite]

Teh Oh Em Gee!

[QCH]

Anyone have a rag or tissue?

[checkmate]

That is fricken' beautiful!

[jared]

f'in a! :D

<3 our sponsors

[RyderOCZ]

Damn !!!! I have been out swagged :(

Alex..... oh Alex....

Since this is the swag thread....I will put the OCZ stuff here too.

http://www.ryderocz.info/toys/Prizes.jpg

[Buddy J]

I think we all will be walking with a swagger!

[primesuspect]

Those power supplies are ****ing swank.... ocz ftw

[fatcat]

I might be bringing some crap from the closet to give away also....not brand spanking new swank...but along the lines of OCZ Powerstream and Thermaltake PSU's and some 512mb sticks of DDR400, maybe even an antec case :wink:

[primesuspect]

:eek2: awesome, Fatcat!

more swag: ICRONTIC NOTEPADS woot

http://icrontic.com/images/iclan/CRW_0349.jpg

[Sledgehammer70]

Yeah Swag from heaven :) I really tried this year... I promise :)

[checkmate]

I'm so sad that my graduation party is on the Saturday! I think my dad picked that date on purpose! Garr! But I will be there. I hope that I get something really nice this year.

[MAGIC]

I go to lan parties pretty much exclusively for the free stationary.

That reaper kit is calling my name.

[Sledgehammer70]

Hey Prime I have all the Nvidia Swag headed your way :)

[primesuspect]

oh yeah :rarr:

[Gargoyle]

[v][AGIC']
That reaper kit is calling my name.

Funny, but "Magic" doesn't sound like "Gargoyle." Or maybe it does, if one pronounces the brackets and the "v", I'm not sure ;)

[GHoosdum]

Judging by my historical prize-winning luck, I'll walk away with at most a notepad.

PS: I've never yet been able to trick lady luck into smiling on me by being negative about my possible prize winnings, hopefully this year that will change.

[fatcat]

What is the swag from logitech? Although those boxes are aweful pretty I just gotta know!! ;D

If I win a dogtag I'll be happy as hell!

[Sledgehammer70]

G5 Mice - G7 Mice and some sweet 5.1 surround sound systems....

oh yeah :rarr:


Dont get your hopes up... just shirts, case tags and stickers so far :)

[Gargoyle]

Dont get your hopes up... just shirts, case tags and stickers so far :)

Boo! Daddy needs a magic wand to turn his 7600GT into something starting with an 8800 and ending with GTX.

[Sledgehammer70]

You wish :)

[RyderOCZ]

If I win a dogtag I'll be happy as hell!I have 50 dog tags...everyone gets those :D

[fatcat]

I have 50 dog tags...everyone gets those :D

that was my point! :bigggrin: i never win! so thats why I'm bringing stuff to give away!...maybe then the prize winning gods will favor me ;D

[Sledgehammer70]

Good Luck... Prime's kids have all the drawings rigged... ask them about last year.

[fatcat]

Good Luck... Prime's kids have all the drawings rigged... ask them about last year.

haha...brilliant!....gotta cover costs & clean-up somehow right?

[Black Hawk]

In case it hasn't come up yet, I vote to rent one of those bingo spinning thingies from a church.

*cough*Prime is nepotistic*cough* love ya! :bigggrin:

[primesuspect]

We just bought an Xbox 360 to give away as the grand prize :)

[Cyclonite]

Just give it to your kids... :rolleyes2:tongue:

[Gargoyle]

We just bought an Xbox 360 to give away as the grand prize :)

Sweeeet.

[Buddy J]

Swag-tastic!

[Sledgehammer70]

can winners of last year be not allowed to win this year? lol

[jared]

We just bought an Xbox 360 to give away as the grand prize :)


omfg yes. :D

[checkmate]

We just bought an Xbox 360 to give away as the grand prize :)

Primes kids will win it, lol! Rigged!:tongue:

EDIT: On a more serious note, though; if Prime or any of his family members win the Grand Prize I will be so angry.

DIET EDIT: Though Prime may deserve it. *wink

DIET ZERO EDIT: And I think we should give away the C&C games before the LAN starts so that we can have people actually playing it.

[CB]

I remember last year there was hours of discussion about how the prize drawing was actually gonna work, then when we actually got going people still weren't happy with the results (thus the several people joking about how Prime's kids got inordinate amounts of prizes, which wasn't prime's fault, but which could have been avoided with a better drawing method).

I know it's not about the prizes, and it seems petty to worry about it, and all that yada yada, but the prizes are sweet, and there are few enough attendees that everyone proly goes in expecting to atleast be lucky enough to get something cool, and everyone will have a lot more fun with the prize drawings if they feel that it's being done fairly.

I suggest that a concrete plan for how the drawing will run be made before the LAN begins.

If a plan has already been made, then please ignore the rest of this post, wherein, I make simple recommendations. ;)

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I recommend using a similar system to last year, with a couple of exceptions.

Last year we drew names for the big prizes first, then drew names to let people pick whatever they wanted from the collection of not-so big prizes.

Here's what I would change: If the best/biggest prizes are being drawn for first, we don't need to put those winners names back in the bucket for the smaller prizes, putting names back in the bucket is only a good idea if the prizes are being given out from smallest to largest, to make sure that getting a small prize doesn't take you out of the running for a sweet prize. IMO, it doesn't matter if getting a big prize takes you out of the running for small prizes. :p

Also, the only people whose names should be in the bucket are people who paid the registration fee for the event. Seems obvious, but it hasn't been the case in past years.

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Just to be clear, I'm not grousing or complaining here, I'm happy with the stuff I've won in the past, and I recognize that the event is not about the prizes, but IMHO this part of the LAN would be more enjoyable for everyone if there was a concrete, immutable plan in place before the event begins. It would certainly be less of a pita for Prime. :)

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Infact, now that I think about it all of the complaints about last years LAN (no matter how great an event is, there will always be some complaints) basically boiled down to:

"This part of the event was not thoroughly planned out"

The events that received the most positive feedback (other than just hanging out, which was also fun) were the ones with the most planning: The food tour is a good example. A lot of planning was put into that event, and a lot of people are looking forward to it this year. (Mmmm.... food tour....)

I'm glad that Q is doing some planning for the people who really want to play video games this year... I think they will have a lot more fun.


Okay, now I'm just rambling... :p sorry, I'll return you to your regularly scheduled Swag Thread...

[GHoosdum]

I have to say that CB's post has a lot of merit, and quite honestly I've heard a lot more good ideas from him than just that - howsabout you guys let him into the supar sekrit planning clubhouse?

Q's planning is really going to come in handy this year. The (lack of) gaming last year was the one item that got the most grousing, and I think his advance work is going to do a lot of good for it.

[primesuspect]

Here's what I would change: If the best/biggest prizes are being drawn for first, we don't need to put those winners names back in the bucket for the smaller prizes, putting names back in the bucket is only a good idea if the prizes are being given out from smallest to largest, to make sure that getting a small prize doesn't take you out of the running for a sweet prize. IMO, it doesn't matter if getting a big prize takes you out of the running for small prizes.

Actually this is exactly what we did. EVERYBODY was in the pool for the big prizes, and then when those were taken out, the pool got smaller for the "smaller" prizes. Nobody won two prizes, unless you count ocz thermal paste or other small things.

Also, the only people whose names should be in the bucket are people who paid the registration fee for the event. Seems obvious, but it hasn't been the case in past years.

Yes it has. The only people who haven't paid "registration fees" are my two kids, so I assume this is a subtle jab at their winning the prizes. I expressed my doubts several times about allowing my kids in the drawing but everyone involved in the planning (including the other two site owners) agreed that myself and my two kids should be allowed in the drawing, especially considering how many thousands of dollars I personally spend out of pocket to throw these parties for the last three years.

This seems like sour grapes (still!!) - if my kids hadn't won the big prizes, nobody would have cared if their names were in the drawing.

Just to be clear, I'm not grousing or complaining here, I'm happy with the stuff I've won in the past, and I recognize that the event is not about the prizes, but IMHO this part of the LAN would be more enjoyable for everyone if there was a concrete, immutable plan in place before the event begins. It would certainly be less of a pita for Prime.

There always was a concrete, immutable plan for the prize drawings: Throw your badge in the bucket and we draw them out for each prize. It's simple. There's never been any complaints about a "lack of planning" for the prize drawing. :confused:

[CB]

Sorry, I guess I'm remembering things wrong....

I distinctly remember that there where people who won big prizes, then also won little prizes because there names were put back in.

Also, I wasn't making a jab or experiencing sour grapes. I personally didn't have a problem with it... What I'm thinking of right now, is a mental image I have of you holding your son's nametag in your hand, and hesitating a momment before reading the winner... It looked to me like you were consitering redrawing... It looked like you had decided it was a mistake to put their names in, but I wasen't in your head, so I don't know what was going on there... :/

For some reason, I thought there were a couple of other 'guests' in the pot, but I was proly misinterpreting something... maybe they were just standing around when we were drawing, but didn't have names in the pot...

I didn't mean to offend if I did. :)

[Gargoyle]

As a compromise, I recommend we put Gargoyle's name in the pot twice.

[Buddy J]

Agreed. And on Gargoyle's second entry, we can spell his name B U D D Y J E S U S.

[primesuspect]

What I'm thinking of right now, is a mental image I have of you holding your son's nametag in your hand, and hesitating a momment before reading the winner... It looked to me like you were consitering redrawing... It looked like you had decided it was a mistake to put their names in, but I wasen't in your head, so I don't know what was going on there... :/

I'll tell you exactly what was going on in my head: "This is gonna cause nothing but trouble..." and I was somewhat right. A year later and we're still hearing all the jokes about my kids winning.

[QCH]

There will be two prize drawings. One associated with the gaming aspect, and the other associated with the entire event. The prizes are split up to favor the entire event but still offer some sweet prizes for the gamers.

As for the gamers... there will be raffle tickets, no name badges. There will be a one big prize and one small prize limit for each gamer. Extra tickets drawn for a person will be ignored. The tickets will be given out for more than just winning... if you play, you get a ticket. If you setup your own mini tournament (and notify me ahead of time), you get tickets... I am not looking for the best gamer to have so many tickets that s/he claims all the prizes. I'm looking for people to play as much as possible. Besides, I hope to have most of the tournaments team based with a good mix of players to avoid having a Thrax/ Sharky team that wipes out everyone in a few minutes.

[fatcat]

What about a prize for the most alcohol consumption!....

...oh wait....

thats gonna be me anyways;D

gimme an award or something!...haha

[Gargoyle]

What about a prize for the most alcohol consumption!....

gimme an award or something!...haha

Drinking is it's own reward :cheers:

[checkmate]

Wowzers... CB is not totally wrong and neither is Prime. You see, what actually happened was that Prime put all of the names in the plastic-case-box-thing and then proceeded to pull names. He then pulled names until all of the names were picked, then he put everyones name back in....

[fatcat]

We just bought an Xbox 360 to give away as the grand prize :)

The XBOX 360 just arrived via USPS!!!!

http://icrontic.com/images/iclan/xbox360.jpg

good thing I wasn't hungover or anything signing Prime's name ;D

[QCH]

I'm pretty sure the XBOX 360 just arrived via USPS!!!! Thanks... I'll pick it up on Sunday!!! :D

[Sledgehammer70]

Prime.. I have presents for you!!!!! and the new tech addition to your home :)

[Lincoln]

and the new tech addition to your home :)
WHAT.

[GHoosdum]

Dang, I need to be better friends with Sledge... My TV is a POS...

[fatcat]

Prime.. I have presents for you!!!!! and the new tech addition to your home :)

OH THE DRAMA!...(singing the happy happy joy joy song!)

[Sledgehammer70]

No... Keebs... not a new tech addition for your home :( items for the tech addition already added to your home :)

[primesuspect]

Shirts!

http://icrontic.com/images/iclan/shirts07.jpg

[Cyclonite]

Oh, that is the f'in shiznite!

[QCH]

Are you kidding me? Our shirts will look like that!!!! :wow: :wow2::wow:




!!!~AWESOME~!!!

[jared]

Shirts!

http://icrontic.com/images/iclan/shirts07.jpg

WOWWW. THAT IS HAWT :cool2::cool2:

[Thrax]

Atleast it's a good logo.

[CB]

Nice. A lot less subdued than past shirts. (not that I dislike subdued, but a change of pace is good :) )

[checkmate]

The XBox has to be mine... I want it so badly... Oh, and the shirt. One Word: Cha'ha!