i38 Gaming LAN

VibroAxe

Junior Administrator
I'm with trax on this one, I think we should head for the BF series. No matter what we are actually playing. It's all about placement
 

thatbloke

Junior Administrator
Just booking my ticket and there is no "battlefield" area to select, so you'll have to select Squad FPS section I guess...
 

VibroAxe

Junior Administrator
I have switched to Squad FPS,

forgot about the Cod issues in berkley.

Is there a seating plan up yet?
 

VibroAxe

Junior Administrator
Note to bob:

It would appear the others have used [thn] not thn like us.

Also atm, Bob and I are sitting in different areas to everyone else it would appear (see above post i think i should now be with everyone else)
 

Tetsuo_Shima

In Cryo Sleep
OK, after semi-joksing around in the shoutbox I've started to give serious consideration to attending this event and meeting/horrifying Vibs. There are a few problems, though.

First I need to sort out the holiday situation. It falls kind of awkwardly with regards to the Rangers games I'm going to (I want to holiday those up), so I'm gonna have to juggle holidays between them.

Second, I need to work out the public transport system and what would be the best/cheapest way to get there and back. I could plane it to wherever's convenient and then train it out to Newbury; I could train it all the way there; or I could bus it. Have any of you folk from Northern England ever used public transport to get there? If yes, how did you do so? Alternatively, I could maybe come to an agreement with one of you other THNers who are tripping down from the northern parts by car. Perhaps I could get the train to somewhere convenient and then hitch it with someone the rest of the way?

Thirdly, I'm not humphing that big monstrosity of a PC and a viewscreen all the way down on my back. I'll be taking either my PS3 or X360 in a rucksack to save the hassle of setting up/packing away, and simultaneously bodyswerving the 'oh shit, my PC doesn't work' minefield (unless I get an RROD, which would just be nasty). Anyway, that brings up the additional problem of - I don't have a portable HDTV. Can I rent something like that down there? Is there the possibility one of you car-tripping lot have an HDTV you could let me borrow for the duration of the weekend without causing too much fuss?

Fourthly, accomodation. I think I could just about manage to carry my kompakt i37 tent and sleeping bag with me, but if anyone is planning on bringing a big huge tent with a bit of spare room then would you object to having a big gangly stick insect in there with you?

That's about enough questions to be going on with just now :D
 

thatbloke

Junior Administrator
Silk lives in Northern England. PM her, you may be able to get somewhere convenient and you could then drive down with her.

as for planes, your best bet would likely be gatwick or somewhere around there, then train from there to Newbury (or Newbury Racecourse driectly, depending on how much crap u have).

As far as tentage goes, we are still working that one out. Silk and Solemn will be sharing their own tent, being of the female persuasion and all that.

Vibs won't have his own car so his big tent is out of the question unless some other arrangement for getting it can be gotten to.

I have, however, been thinking of buying a 4-man tent. And will be driving up with Solemn and possibly bob (depends on the car that Solemn can get her hands on).

In terms of TV, my monitor has a HDMI port and can do 720p so if someone else has a widescreen monitor that can do 1680x1050 that I could use for the event, I could load you mine - you'd then need to use the splitter cable that came with the xbox to split the audio off into a headset. If you like I did the same myself with mine before I sold it and can bring the bits for that along, assuming someone else can provide me with a monitor that is similar to my own?
 

VibroAxe

Junior Administrator
Ok, so based on previous experience, I'm thinking 2nd floor grandstand somewhere by the windows (west side as you look at the map)
 

thatbloke

Junior Administrator
Me and Vibs are AN9-10

I've put myself in AN8 for now and Silk/solemn are gonna put themselves in AN11/12.

Bob, would you mind swapping with me, assuming my Falcon actually arrives before i38 then I'll have it with me and I'd rather be sat between 2 people I know if I'm gonna have it there...
 

VibroAxe

Junior Administrator
Thanks silkth, but it takes me 2 hours to get to northampton by train and only 2:30 to get to newbury (Albeit going through the underground with a computer :S)

So i'l prob just go direct from work
 

thatbloke

Junior Administrator
I interrupt our regularly scheduled broadcast to bring to you: i-deserve it!

Submit a 10 second video of yourself to Multiplay explaining why you should get a free pass to i38 and if Wizzo judges you to be the funniest you will get a free ticket for i38...

If you already have a ticket and you win then your ticket price will be refunded :)
 

waterproofbob

Junior Administrator
If it wasn't for the fact that I'm a crippled fat guy I'd soooo love to play dodgeball.
Damn you knees.

Also regarding getting there for me, if it is at all possible to get a hand via the car from hants with some of my gear I can get myself to newbury relatively easily. I just can't manage the the whole lot on the train.

Also what are we doing regarding tenting. We are currently lacking a tent as the tent elVibs is going to be missing for the first time at a LAN.
 

thatbloke

Junior Administrator
I'm planning on purchasing a 4-man tent when my next payday comes in.

Anyone (*looks at Vibs*) know what I should be looking for in a tent?

In terms of stuff, Solemn is coming to get me from Gosport, and then we'll come find u in soton and bundle as much stuff as we can into her car, but I doubt there will be room for yourself unless she miraculously makes her car bigger, so yes u will have to get the train up to NRC and meet us there I guess.

For dodgeball, myself and Vibs are up for it, if none of the others of you want to do it I have some friends that are also going to i38 (guys from Rush Gaming) that I could likely con into playing :)
 
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