The official "Let's Discuss The Next Lan" Thread

primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' BoopinDetroit, MI Icrontian
edited June 2004 in Gaming
Okay, let's discuss the next lan :rarr:
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  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    George already invited us back to Deebe's for the next one. It was a good venue for the LAN, everything worked out good once we got the power situation straightened out.... Thoughts?
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Thats cool! It would be a great spot from what i saw of the pics.
  • CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Der Millionendorf- Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Well, to restate then:

    If we want to have it in Cincy, then GHoosdum and I would be willing to organize it (with the help of the rest of Team Nexlia, hopefully).

    There is a game store in Milford which we could proly get. It would certainly hold 60 peoples. The power would most certainly be easier to work out, and the drinks and snacks would be cheaper.

    Let us know if you want us to discuss the possibility with the owner.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Would there be a rental fee, though? One of the premiere attractions of Deebe's is that the space itself is free.
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Cincinnati (assuming that's what is meant by Cincy) would be mean a shorter drive for me :). But chances are I'll have class anyway :(
  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited May 2004
    i wish i could get to the next lan .... living in waldo, wi (where's waldo? - hour north of milwaukee) doesn't exactly help, either. but if it's in midwest to upper midwest i may be able to find a way there...
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Cinici Would be closer for alot of the people in the lower states
  • fatcatfatcat Mizzou Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Cincy is only like 4 hours south of Detroit. Not that I have anything against it, as I've been to Cincy numerous times....

    but, I feel the next LAN should be a little more south-southwest-west...

    just my .02

    B-Detroit
    A-Cinn
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited May 2004
    But its not much closer for the guys out west.

    Doug is a must come for the next one. I gotta meet him.

    Cincy is more like 5 hours. I think thats about how long it took for those gets to get to Detroit. I took me 3.5 hours from Columbus.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited May 2004
    First thing. Do NOT hold the LAN at any time between late august/early september and the end of June. Many of our members (myself included) have school to deal with, and the main reason I didn't go to this one is that my parents wouldn't let me go period during school. This won't be a big deal for me next year, because I'll be at UOP, but it's still an important consideration for a lot of people.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited May 2004
    End of June? Heck I will almost be out by then and I go all year round. Nearly every school will be out by then.
  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited May 2004
    do you mean early june? we get out here june 6th i think and start after labor day ... middle/end of june to middle august would be ideal for most people in school (highschool at least)
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Well, one major thing I learned after organizing the first one was this: You can't possibly make it on a date when everybody can come, or even on a date that everyone agrees on. Somebody said "look, just set the date, and if people want to come, they come.".. It's true.. I was stressing about the date, trying to maximize the amount of people who could make it, but in the end it worked out good, and people who said that they maybe couldn't make it originally ended up showing up anyway.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited May 2004
    No, I meant end of june. The school I go to now doesn't get out until the last week of June. If you make it for July or August, people who would otherwise be in school will have no trouble making it (at least due to school)
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited May 2004
    I would like to make the next one. I'll be done with school in 12 weeks.

    Geeky,

    University of Phoenix? I'm finishing my Masters right now
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    1. The next LAN should be in the middle of July.

    2. As free as possible in regards to location.

    3. Whilst "Centrally located" sounds nice, it means <b>EVERYONE</b> has to pay to go. When there are in excess of 14 people in the Ohio/Michigan area, that may comprise 1/2 to 1/4 of your LAN. Really going to tell 1/2 to 1/4 of your LAN to fly/drive to a central location? Your LAN turnout will be severely impacted.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    That's what I was going to say too, Thrax.. We need to figure out a geographical distribution, and wherever most of the people live, the LAN should be held within easy driving distance of that.. Ohio/Michigan works out good since so many of us are from this area. Cincy and Detroit are both central to a majority of the site's regulars.
  • -tk-tk Detroit, MI USA Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    I'm cool with with either cinci or detroit, whatever is easiest for everyone else. As for the date, we should set one soon. Seriously, if we decide on a date within the next few months, everyone who wants to attend would have the better part of the year to plan for it. We should even get a planning committe together or something.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    The planning committee that I had worked out well. TheSMJ and Pseudonym were awesome planners. Between us, you, and mondi, we got the **** together in a sweet fashion
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    I actually have no idea if/how much the guy who owns the game store would charge (I can of course find out). I know for a fact that he hosts most of the events there for free (mostly because the kids buy all the cards and games from him during each event). Last I checked, though, he has a set of networked PCs in place at the store already; chances are those who fly in could get a cheap rental rate on a PC for the entire weekend.

    Detroit, however, is not too far away for me (obviously). I don't have any objections to Deebe's again. A special bonus would be getting the power issue straightened out beforehand. Next year, I'll be out of school permanently and working full time; if I'm still at Fidelity Investments then I'll have plenty of vacation and will be able to be at the LAN through the entire thing. Even if it's not in Cincinnati, I'd love to help plan, if anyone so desires. I've got a few ideas brewing around in my head already.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited May 2004
    Here's an idea I've been thinking about- how about multiple LANs.

    Assuming we could work out the details, you'd have one LAN on the west coast, one in the midwest, one on the east coast, maybe one in England, all at the same time, and linked together using a VPN.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    There's nothing wrong with that, Geeky1, but it definitely defeats the "social" aspect of things. This LAN was 90% meeting friends and 10% games, at least for me. I'm sure a lot of the others will agree.
  • leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    the problem with that is all the different locations wouldn't have enough bandwidth for VPN and for allof us gaming together, assuming we have at least 20 people per location.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    primesuspect wrote:
    There's nothing wrong with that, Geeky1, but it definitely defeats the "social" aspect of things. This LAN was 90% meeting friends and 10% games, at least for me. I'm sure a lot of the others will agree.

    Yeah, I agree.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    The best parts of the LAN occured during non-gaming moments. Like the mass breakfast, the white castle party at my crib, the thrax/intel/photoshop bit, etc. Good times. None of those things could have happened over a VPN.
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    That's always my favorite part of a LAN too. But Detriot is just so far away. Could be worse though. I won't know until a couple weeks before the LAN weather or not I can go anyway, so I suppose I don't have much room for demanding a more southern location. I'm all for a road trip if I can secure a week off or something.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited May 2004
    True, it defeats part of the social aspect, but not all of it. I mean, you assume that there's myself, Jengo, Croc_, and Astroworp at least out here, and too many people to list in the other areas.

    So yeah, you'd loose SOME of the social aspect, but not all of it. Eh, just an idea. :)
  • celchocelcho Tallahassee, FL Member
    edited May 2004
    the geeky idea might be cool for smaller scale lans between the big national one. we could all drive just a short distance. adequate bandwidth at the lan locations is the main limiting factor, obviously, so it may be impractical. worth a look, though.
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited May 2004
    primesuspect wrote:
    There's nothing wrong with that, Geeky1, but it definitely defeats the "social" aspect of things. This LAN was 90% meeting friends and 10% games, at least for me. I'm sure a lot of the others will agree.

    Yes but, for those of us that couldn't possible attend there was no social aspect at all. If there's a year to organise it couldn't something be worked out? The first world wide S-M LAN party?
  • DogSoldierDogSoldier The heart of radical Amish country..
    edited May 2004
    Detroit, Cincci..makes no difference to me (All you boys look alike anyways..) IMO, the one limiting factor at Deebes was the bandwidth. There wasn't much opportunity to game outside of the Lan (Unless everyone went to breakfast at the same time) and we couldn't host any SM gamers outside of the Lan. If we use Deebes again, please ask the owner to upgrade his power and network. The Mexican firing squad configuration worked great - for 32 people - but I suspect we'll have more next year.

    edit// Oh yeah, if it's in Detroit again.. all I have to do is change the date on the logo. Very cost effective! sm-lan-logo.gif
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