Multiplay i40 Gaming LAN - Clanbox?

[Iron_fist]

given i'm saving to pay my way through the next year of uni i have enough that i could grab the missing tickets, but i need a guarantee of being paid back

 

[Traxata]

I will be able to pay before the event starts , Just need a ticket (get paid on the 4th may) Getting the ticket sorted earlier would be helpful in securing it for me

 

[Ronin Storm]

So, here's a thought:

We want a clanbox. We don't have 22 people. We can buy the tickets anyway, though, and spread the cost of the unpurchased tickets across all of us. Here's how that breaks down, assuming participant tickets at current rate (£72) without EAS.

• 16 people = £27 per person (outlay of £432 up front)
• 17 people = £21.18 per person (outlay of £360)
• 18 people = £16 per person (outlay of £288)
• 19 people = £11.37 per person (outlay of £216)
• 20 people = £7.20 per person (outlay of £144)
• 21 people = £3.43 per person (outlay of £72)

I've bolded where I believe we are at the moment.

Thoughts?

 

[Solemn]

I'm up for that Sounds awesome

 

[Wol]

From my experience of sorting out socials for numbers of people at uni, sorting out people paying is a farce. Doing it as a £16 per person would involve 18 people paying £16 to... somewhere, and then one person paying multiplay, and then each of the 4 people who have been funded having to pay the 18 people back between them. Thats nearly 40 transactions, and a fair few lots of bank account details, and relying on that everyone who's bought tickets so far would want to participate.

If between me and solemn and possibly Iron Fist, we can "sponsor" / "fund" the four tickets, I'd say it's a lot simpler to take advantage of that, rather than having to pool money.

If someone wants to get me to "fund" their ticket - let me know and ill do it asap to get another one out of the way.

 

[Solemn]

I think the issue with what we intend to do (us sponsoring) is that we aren't sure if anyone else is coming, so we cant sponsor anyone until someone agrees to come and pay us later. and while we are waiting for ppl the step up, the clan boxes are slowly filling up

Does anyone know if its possible to be a deposit on a clan box (so if we dont get 22 ppl for that box we lose the deposit) I'm sure we wil have no problem finding the ppl and happy to pay the deposit.

 

[Wol]

Did we not have more than just trax who wanted to come but couldn't pay? Thought there were more than that thats all.

So the 16 people from the signups thread + trax still leaves 5 short. So we either

1) buy 5 tickets now, sort out the clanbox, and find 5 people who havent paid, whether they be THNers or randomers
2) find 5 randoms who aren't complete nutjobs who want to join us, who already have paid, and have booking refs online and get the clanbox using those?

I'd have said its more likely to find 5 randomers who *have* paid, rather than who havent, and thus buying the tickets ourselves is a bit silly, as its restricting it to people who aren't organised enough to have already sorted out their tickets unless we want to farce around with trying to get refunds on tickets

meh. thats how I see it anyway!

out of interest, how is there a clanbox on the seat picker which only has 4 people in?

 

[thatbloke]

We have 18 people who I know are a definite yes.

The 16 people in the Signups thread, Trax, and also the 4th person that came with me silk and solemn to i39, slidey (RL friend of silk's).

Trax and slidey havent paid yet so we are after 4 people to fill the gap

 

[Wol]

Seeing if the other 2 guys I play l4d2 with want to come. Might be another 2, but ill hear back from them tomorrow probs about it.

 

[Traxata]

Ronin is sorting out a ticket for, depending on what the hell their group puchase option has actually done, well find out if he's bought 1,2,3,4 tickets (system appears broken)

 

[SgtFury]

Have fun with this guys I am not going to be able to go since I am going for a gorgeous holiday in Sri Lanka and Maldives and that is taking all my cash .

But enjoy your camping