let me check the ol' windows calendar.... 7/27 is Wednesday, so yea that would be good If you wanted to help me out with the case/monitor situation I would be forever in your debt
Yep.. no problem. I'll mark you down for my 12" B/W monitor and microATX ase...
19" Monitor & generic case... what PSU do you think you'll need? 400W be enough?
w000t 12" B/w.... will be like back when I was young and got my first TV.
That stuff sounds great, 400W will def be sufficient. the system im bringing will be an AXP 3000+, soyo dragon kt400, 1gb pc2700, geforce 6600gt and soundblaster live. I def appreciate it, my big concern with taking a plane would be how I'd get my comp there but this sounds like it'll work out great if I pack my stuff well, I still have the original boxes and such so I think i can pack it to prevent breakage
\\\ and as a side note, just booked my flight, I'm officially coming to SMLAN05, w0000t
alright well I think I'm gonna stop with the malarky (w00t, word score) of last year and see sawing about whether or not I'm gonna go cause I KNOW you all want to meet me I'm going to book my tickets either today or tomorrow methinks cause it'll be $245 roundtrip on Northwest from Manchester->DTW (non-stop cause I'm afraid of layovers).
Do you guys think I'll be good if I like mail my computer parts via Fedex, UPS, or something of that nature like a few days in advance? That's how I'm planning on doing it. I'll probably order a cheapo case and have it shipped to casa de Prime and just donate it to SMx or something after the LAN so I dont have to ship it back. I saw a couple people saying they could bring along an extra monitor, anybody want to reserve one for me???
I'm a newb to this so anybody who did the ol' computer-shipping-cause-im-taking-a-plane deal last year let me know how you did it please
I think I'm the only one that shipped their pc parts. I just put them in a box, went to the UPS store and had them ship it. They suck! Pack the thing yourself with as much packaging material can fit. Then ship it via FedEx or UPS a day before leaving, use 2 or 3 day air and book your flight so you arrive 2-3 days earlier. Can't remember how much it weighed but it cost like $95 I think.
I've become a supar expert at shipping stuff cause of all the crap I've been selling on ebay. I cant imagine it would cost $85 to ship from Portsmouth to Detroit. I'll def be packing the stuff myself. I'll only be shipping the mobo, video card, memory, hard drive, and video card so i should be able to get it nice, secure, and snug-like in a box. Man I'm so excited that I'm going
does anyone think it would be easier for me to just pack everything in a box and stuff it in my luggage? I have one of those huge suitcase dealies with the wheels and the box I'm going to using is pretty slim size and will fit all my components, I could probably just pack it nice and tight then slide it into the bottom of my suitcase and pack clothes on top of it to keep it from jiggling around too much. I can't imagine the baghandlers will be any worse than going through Fedex/UPS sort facilities.
Or will that arise too much suspicion, me being the shady looking guy that I am
P.S. You know Q and I are down with helping out. If QCH tries to lay down some lame excuse about his MBA, I'll put the smackdown on him - you heard it hear first!
I would think that packing the parts into you suit case would be cheaper, and beter protected, assuming you suitcase is rigid.
Yeah, my suitcase is like one of those upright kinds with the plastic surround so it's really hard and I'll package the stuff all good.
This won't arise any question with security at the airports will it? I only ask because I've only flown once and that was like over 5 years ago, so I don't know what the security procedures are. And I think we've gone over this before, but, X-ray scanning won't affect my hard drive or RAM or anything like that, right?
Well guys, we need to start getting the registrations wrapped up, since we have to get shirts made and all that. I'll be closing the registrations on Saturday, June 25th.
If you're on the fence, now's the time to jump over it and register already!
PS: If you don't see your name on this thread, that means you haven't PMed me a confirmation yet. If you think you're going, but you're not there, then I don't think you're coming yet!
man this sounds like it is going to be great fun and while i wish i could come, I can't. Gotta start packing cause I'm moving, but if I were to come I would drive. Hope you guys have a good time and post some pics when it's done. Would love to see how much fun it was and maybe I will be able to make it next year.
Let me get this right, we're gonna be setup in Prime's backyard under a huge white tent (At the height of summer) with no air conditioning?!?
SOUNDS LIKE FUN!!!
Here's a prediction, very little gaming will get done in the daytime, but come sundown.. everyone will be yelling and screaming. And there might even be some playing computer games.
One week left to register! I'm actually quite surprised at the low turnout. Everyone gets so hyped up about the event and then when we actually nail everything down, not that many people sign up!
What happened to the Missouri crew? Leishi? Anybody else from the east coast? Come on people! This only happens once a year!
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let me check the ol' windows calendar.... 7/27 is Wednesday, so yea that would be good
19" Monitor & generic case... what PSU do you think you'll need? 400W be enough?
w000t 12" B/w.... will be like back when I was young and got my first TV.
That stuff sounds great, 400W will def be sufficient. the system im bringing will be an AXP 3000+, soyo dragon kt400, 1gb pc2700, geforce 6600gt and soundblaster live. I def appreciate it, my big concern with taking a plane would be how I'd get my comp there but this sounds like it'll work out great if I pack my stuff well, I still have the original boxes and such so I think i can pack it to prevent breakage
\\\ and as a side note, just booked my flight, I'm officially coming to SMLAN05, w0000t
I think I'm the only one that shipped their pc parts. I just put them in a box, went to the UPS store and had them ship it. They suck! Pack the thing yourself with as much packaging material can fit. Then ship it via FedEx or UPS a day before leaving, use 2 or 3 day air and book your flight so you arrive 2-3 days earlier. Can't remember how much it weighed but it cost like $95 I think.
It cost $85 to UPS that 20 pound box from puerto rico to michigan, IIRC.
Or will that arise too much suspicion, me being the shady looking guy that I am
From Here...
I'll be able to lend a couple (2) 15" monitors. They're not the best, but they're wayyy better than nothing. In fact, I used one at the LAN last year.
Yeah, my suitcase is like one of those upright kinds with the plastic surround so it's really hard and I'll package the stuff all good.
This won't arise any question with security at the airports will it? I only ask because I've only flown once and that was like over 5 years ago, so I don't know what the security procedures are. And I think we've gone over this before, but, X-ray scanning won't affect my hard drive or RAM or anything like that, right?
If you're on the fence, now's the time to jump over it and register already!
SOUNDS LIKE FUN!!!
Here's a prediction, very little gaming will get done in the daytime, but come sundown.. everyone will be yelling and screaming. And there might even be some playing computer games.
Me too, must remind myself to do that this evening...
Aaaqrgh! I just bought it at Amazon.com a few hours ago. Oh well, Amazon's prices aren't too bad either.
I also ordered Half-Life 2 and Pacific Fighters. I'll pick-up Battlefield 2 before the LAN since it has a lot of buzz.
I'm not sure how much FPS I'll be able to do before the LAN. I'm still addicted to Rome Total War. So many games, so little time....
What happened to the Missouri crew? Leishi? Anybody else from the east coast? Come on people! This only happens once a year!