Northeast LAN With THG- Updated 12-07-02

<b><font color=green>This thread was Updated last on 12-07-2002</font color=green></b>


If you live in <b>Ontario</b>, <b>Western New York</b>, <b>Northern Pennsylvania</b>, <b>Vermont</b>, <b>New Hampshire</b>, <b>Rhode Island</b>, <b>Ohio</b>, or any other part of the world... <font color=red><b>COME TO THIS EVENT!!!</b></font color=red>.

<b><font color=blue>Clans!!! All are welcome!!! We have prizes galore for the winning!!!</font color=blue></b>


<b>Make the trip to Buffalo!</b>



<b>The Event Name -> <font color=red>A Call To Arms!</font color=red>.</b>


<b>The Date -------> <font color=red>December 21th & 22th, 2002</font color=red>.</b>

<b>The Place ------> <font color=red><A HREF="http://www.fragnation.com/EventInfo.htm" target="_new">Hamburg Fairgrounds</A> - Hamburg, NY USA</font color=red></b>

<b><A HREF="http://www.fragnation.com/" target="_new">Who's Coming</A> --> <font color=red>David Stelmack of THG</font color=red></b>

<b>and...</b>

<font color=green><b>The new site is fully operational for viewing, registration, details, vendors, updates, event news, etc.</b></font color=green>

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** We need an accurate headcount. (Even you procrastinators - - - Go Sign Up!) **</b>

There are only two weeks to go and 250 seats is our limit. Don't be left out. We have a lot of prizes. Not just tourney prizes either. Door, raffles, and freebies. You can win some really cool stuff just by coming.

<A HREF="http://forums.fragnation.com/viewtopic.php?t=36" target="_new">SEE THE PRIZES!!!</A>

4 tournaments:

1. Counterstrike
2. UT or UT2003
3. War Craft III
4. Quake III

If you what the whole story behind how this event came about please <A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=faq¬found=1&code=1" target="_new">read about it here</A>.



<b>Here is what is already ready to go and what we are working on.</b>

The LAN in December was only going to be for physical bodies but one of our fellow THGC members, Svol, asked a question about getting a server to run games for those of you that cannot attend due to geographic location.

We want to attract as many as possible to the event. That is just something that we have to work out yet. It might not be a reality but I am going to try my hardest to get it happen.

I am trying to get a local microwave company to donate a mobile connection to the Internet for us. I am also talking to someone at the local Cable provider to see if they would be willing to donate a connection. Even if it is a triple cable connection it would allow for around 10MBs. (Not glamorous but it would work.)

As for the website that will have live video leads so those of you playing can see who fragged you and whom you fragged. I don't know if we will be able to get feeds back from those that participate from across the WWW to connect in. Everything about the event will be on this site.


The US Army Reserves that will be in attendance. We will have Hummers and cots on site. A few soldiers for help. We will be setting up some stuff inside for them. We will try to get them to bring copies of their America's Army Game as well. Inside the venue location it will look like boot camp.


We have prizes and we are still contacting vendors for more loot for winners.
The cost will be $20 for prepaid and $25 at the door. (A 2-day event with prizes for $20-25. Nice Deal!)

The contests that we are running for sure at this point will be:

A. The 4 tournaments: (As listed above)

1. Counterstrike
2. UT or UT2003
3. War Craft III
4. Quake III

B. Case Modding

C. Farthest Traveled

One we have not decided on is:

D. Overclocking (Overall Performance)

E. Miscellaneous.


There will be <b><font color=red>raffles and door prizes</b></font color=red>.

We have an <b><font color=red>Aluminum Case</b></font color=red> with a window from USitek. Greg from New England LAN Party might send us a LAN Party Case for a prize as well. (This one depends on if he can get them back from manufacturing…it is his design.)

It looks like there will be <b><font color=green>Cash Prizes</b></font color=green> for the single player tournements.

The guys that did up the case for Ultra Unreal, Crazy Paint, will also be sending some things. We know of one case for sure. <A HREF="http://WWW.CrazyPaint.Com" target="_new">WWW.CrazyPaint.Com</A>

One of the vendors will be sending us case mode stuff, power supplies, and other equipment for people's rigs as prizes.

We also have been contacted by some equipment suppliers to get their products displayed and given away as prizes. I'll keep you posted on the who and the whats.

Sang over at Powmax / Asound is going to send us fans, t-shirts, PSUs, and few other goodies.

We also have a 17 inch Viewsonic Monitor as well.

There are a lot of other things that we are talking about, but this is all that I can share with you at this time.


Again, here's the deal in a nutshell. If we make this Buffalo LAN work the way we are trying to plan it... it will be proof to Omid and Tom to "Fully" sponsor the "Tom-Con" idea that David Stellmack has already proposed. That along with the Poll results should make the really big TC event a reality.


<b>Your support is vital to all of our success. So when the poll is up... <font color=red>Take it</font color=red></b>.


I am going to see if David can get the okay this time for a press release on the main THG site. (I am still waiting on the response from Omid to David.)


<b>If you have suggestions please PM me to share.</b> Maybe we can make it come true.


Note: IF there are any other LAN Party groups in the Toronto, Rochester, Erie PA, etc areas... Please contact me to get in on this. All we are looking to do is make a really huge event. If you want you LAN's name on the ticket I have no problems with that. PM me so we can talk. That is more PR for your group and everyone else. I will be contacting the news, net news sites, TV, etc. to cover the event. I want to leave exclusive rights to THG for whatever they want. If you work for an organization that would want representation... PM me. Or have your company or organization's head contact me.


Thanks for all of your help:
David Stellmack
THG - <A HREF="http://www.tomshardware.com" target="_new">www.tomshardware.com</A>
Fredi - Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!!
Brenton "Kyron" and Clan High Voltage
Greg at NELP (New England LAN Party)
Andrew "Micky" at LANParty.com
Steve & Crazy Paint - <A HREF="http://www.crazypaint.com" target="_new">www.crazypaint.com</A>
Sang Phung and <A HREF="http://www.powmax.com" target="_new">Powmax</A> / <A HREF="http://www.asound.net" target="_new">www.asound.net</A>
USitek
Slvr_Pheonix
Svol
Etc.

(If I forgot you sorry… contact me and I will make it right.)

(<font color=green>Sorry for the delay in updating. My daughter was born on Wednesday, 11-20-2002!!!</font color=green> <font color=blue></font color=blue> Grub- Congrats! His son was born on Thursday. THGC baby-fest 2002)<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Bum_JCRules on 12/08/02 00:37 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

This one is already a go. We are trying to have a huge one in Columbas Ohio next year. I am meeting with Todd from Fragnation Thursday night to talk about details. So far we will likely have a few of the following at the party.

Sponsors:

Kingston Thechnology

US Itek

Bawls(tm) Guarauna


The site is still TBD. It will depend on the number of people that show.

We are working on having a bunch or US Army stuff at the Party. A recruiter will be there and hopefully will have America'a Army Game CD-ROMs to hand out. Walking into a LAN Party with APCs and Hummers on either side of you makes a great gateway.

Prizes:

An Aluminum Case

Games

Networking stuff



We are trying to get more things there. That is why we are getting together on Thursday.

What I need help with is promotion of this one across the community and beyond. So if you can make it please come. If you can't please broadcast this to everyone you know without spamming.

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I'd love to, but I live in Holland and can't afford a trip to the US.

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Hmmm... all people I know from the USAn are from this forum. But I can place it in my sig someday this week.

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Maybe you and <b><font color=green>Fatburger</font color=green></b> can have one in Seattle. Since you are in BC and he is Portland, Oregon. I know it is a bit of a haul to ferry off the island but it could be cool.

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Please read the update and please pass this info along.

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It is going to be in a suburb of Buffalo. Probably in Amherst, at UB (University at Buffalo), or in West Seneca.

That part is still up to the response that we get before Nov. 2nd.

As for the being held in Toronto I don't think FN will want to go up there - 2 hours away. I do know of groups from Toronto that have come in the past. You could hitch a ride with them or bring your own group. Hit the <A HREF="http://www.fragnation.com" target="_new">Fragnation web site</A> for more details. They are the ones who are basically hosting it. We are just a part of the show and their party makes a great place for us to congregate.

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Man that would kick ass, but I have to do something less <A HREF="http:// www.planetultra.com/deathvalley/index.html" target="_new">sedimentary</A> on the 2nd. Not to mention I live on the west coast. However, I was planning on visiting family in Maryland later that month. Oh well have fun, kick some arse.

Complicated proofs are proofs of confusion.

*sniffles*
I live about 18,000km away.
Anyone care to help me out paying for the $2000 return ticket from Australia to America?

<b><font color=red>He who bargains with a dragon is either a fool or a corpse.</font color=red></b>

will there be anything in Los Angeles, CA or around that area? Goin over to NY area seems a bit xpensive just to play games... i can do it here for free.

The greatest risk of all is not taking one!

If you would like to come please do.

To all...

Everyone on the planet is invited.

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Damn straight SW pA counts.. Howdy from Pittsburgh.


Im up for the on in columbus, but NY is too far for me and my finances right now.

Some how I see a lot of people working on and trying to one up each other's machines. This could get interesting/ugly.






You dont have an <b>ANY</b> key? Your keyboard must not be Windows XP certified...

Suggestion: set up a VPN server connection and people from other places can join and play remotely. I'd <b>love</b> to come, but I'm in Manitoba and making a road trip to Ontario for a lan just isn't practical. However, I have a very fast cable connection. If you make VPN possible you'll get lots of people from other places with good connections that can't make it in person. You could probably break 200 people counting VPN players.

-Col.Kiwi

Too bad I live in Finland. A bit of a long trip.
Well, have fun.

<font color=red>I´m starting to feel like a real computer consultant.</font color=red>

Cool!

Keep me informed, if/when you get the VPN arranged I do <b>not</b> want to miss out on this! Being a province too far west won't stop me!

-Col.Kiwi

Svol,

We are looking into three venues that have access to a T3 or better effective bandwidth. I haven't forgotten you. Just give me time to get it a reality for you guys. Spread the word to people in Holland.

To all...

This thread has been updated again so please read the update. More will follow tomorrow.

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This has been updated. Please read the latest update above.

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He's still working on the internet joining and playing thing... if you meant that.

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Yeah, I'd love to participate too, but I'm way out on the atlantic coast Canada, and I don't think my parents would like me going out to Buffalo to play games... If we have the option of playing online, that'd be awesome.

BTW, what'll we play? I'll have to get to practicing...

BTW, Dec 7th is Pearl Harbour Day and 2 days after my b-day!

...And all the King's horses and all the King's men couldn't put my computer back together again...

i cant make it to the east coast, no way, i wish i could go though. a west coast branch of the party would be cool, they can bring a couple of them hummers to my house if they want : )

how do you shoot the devil in the back? what happens if you miss? -verbal

nope, no lan partys here, that i know of.

how do you shoot the devil in the back? what happens if you miss? -verbal

<b><font color=red>{Update}--></font color=red> Look for the <A HREF="http://Since we are ready with a date etc... I am going to do a news release on
Friday about it." target="_new">Hard News</A> article on this LAN on December 7th.</b>

<b><font color=blue>From David:</font color=blue></b>

<b><font color=green>Tell as meny people as you can!!!</font color=green></b>


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As for games we're playing... UT2k3. War3. UT2k3. War3. UT2k3. War3. Those two can keep me busy for a week long LAN let alone 24 hours

You all better be ready for those!


As for the thing about the physical vs. online participants, if there was a future LAN within range of where I am (southern Manitoba), which isn't too likely i suppose , i would surely be there!

-Col.Kiwi

Hey guys, I can't stress enough to promote this LAN in any community you are involved in. I'd like to say welcome to all you folks coming out, and it's my greatest hope that more can join us.