We have pleasure in opening the Booking Thread for the
LAN XXVI is on Friday 17th - 19th of October 2014Bookings will be two lots, 1. Internationals, Community Supporters and LAN ATTENDEE Badge, 2.Then Everyone else Booking opens 3rd of August 2014.
The LAN will officially
open on Friday morning
The LAN will officially end on SundayPlease note that the hotel has an 18 years+ booking policy so the minimum age for attending the LAN is 18. LAN XXII Details: Dates: Friday 17th - 19th of October 2014
Venue: Oliver Cromwell (http://www.olivercromwellhotel.co.uk/), March, Cambridgeshire.
Times: The LAN venue opens at Friday morning and the LAN will finish by on Sunday
dMw Costs: LAN ATTENDEES Supporting Member :- £10 (this has not changed)
Non-Supporting Member:- £25 (this includes an automatic upgrade to Supporting Member status for one year)
SOCIAL ATTENDEESSupporting Member:- £0 (this has not changed)
Non-Supporting Member:- £12 (this includes an automatic upgrade to Supporting Member status for one year)
Hotel Costs: Bed & Breakfast Accommodation: double occupancy £33 per person per night, sole occupancy £50 per room per night
Room Availability: 35 x Double; 8 x Twin
If you book a Twin Room and want to share the costs of the room then when you post in this thread to confirm your attendance then also make a note of the fact you have a Twin room booked and are looking for someone to share with.
As before, the reduced accommodation and function room rates have been negotiated on the basis that the majority of the attendees will partake of the excellent cuisine offered by either the hotel restaurant's Fixed price, A La Carte or Bar menus.
And YES, there WILL be Steak Night!Eating at the hotel is NOT mandatory, but I am sure that any attendee from the last couple of LANs will vouch for the quality of both the food and the company!The Oliver Cromwell offers:
- The Noble Suite - an air conditioned conference room (http://www.olivercromwellhotel.co.uk/conferences.html)
- 24/7 access to the suite
- dMw control of entry to the suite
- Late night bar
- Gymnasium
- Large indoor swimming pool
- Eight-person Jacuzzi
- Sauna and Steam room
Amongst other things the LAN will feature:
- A list of officially supported games ( Games TBC)
- Organised competitions
- Official LAN Admins
- Late night gaming
Note for International Travellers: The LAN accommodation costs are above, it's cheaper if you agree to share a twin bed (two single beds) room with someone of course.
Travel: Any London airport works well, Stanstead & Luton are closest. Heathrow is ok, Gatwick is further but still doable. If you book your flight tickets we'll make sure someone picks you up and takes you back - post on the forums for a lift and you are usually sorted out very quickly as other attending members appreciate the international effort made! Other airports are also a possibility - if in doubt post and we'll see if anyone would be travelling past your airport!
Computer: If you have a shuttle or laptop then you're probably sorted (unless hand luggage rules cause you problems) but if you cannot bring your own PC then post in the LAN section to see if someone is willing to lend you a spare PC for the weekend. Many people have done this in the past and it seems to work well!
Please note that, as previously, by signing below you agree to sign a liability disclaimer waiver form (if not already signed). This is a condition of your attendance at the LAN. Please pm Penfold if you wish to see a copy of it.You are free to book your rooms now directly with the hotel on 01354 602890. So put your name down when you have confirmed you have booked in
Remember to say it's for the dMw Lan (to get the subsidised rate) and also give your real name and gaming name.(If you want to arrive early and stay on the Thursday night you will receive the same subsidised rate).
Please can you also say if you are LAN or Social so we have the numbers for the tables. Once you have booked your room please post below so I can keep track, state if you arriving Thursday as well. Also if you are booking a room to share please can you put that down and who you are sharing with.
If your looking for a buddy to share with check here (http://www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?39946-LAN-XXVI-Room-Mate-List&p=386426#post386426)List of attendees
- BrotherTobious - Thursday - Double Room - Booked
- Ninja_Freak - Thursday - Double Room - Booked
- Sneakytiger - Thursday Sharing with Akharin - Booked
- Akrharin - Thursday Sharing with SneakyTiger - Booked
- Lionheart - Thursday - No Room Needed
- Tealeaf - Friday? -Double Room Booked
- Oldbloke - Friday - Double Room Booked
- GhostMjr - Thursday - Sharing with Chaosphere - Booked
- Chaosphere - Thursday - Sharing with GhostMjr - Booked
- Peanuts - Thursday Sharing with GmJr and Chaos - Booked
- Fatbob - Thursday - No Room Needed
- Dannage - Thursday - Double Room - Booked
- Liberator - Thursday - Double Room - Booked
- Suicidal Monkey - Thursday - Double Room - Booked
- Penfold - Friday Double Room - Booked
- Gorliath - Thursday - Double Room - Booked
- Ragnarh - Thursday - Double Room - Booked
- Faust82 - Thursday - Double Room - Booked
- Mirianna - Thursday - Double Room - Booked
- Tutonic - Friday - Double Room - Booked
- Whitey - Friday - Double Room - Booked
- Khrispykhicken - Thursday - Double Room - Booked
- Vargen - Thursday - Double Room - Booked
- Snooks - Friday - Double Room - Booked
- Gortex - Thursday - Double Room - Booked
- DrunkenZombie -Thursday Twin Sharing with Sky - Booked
- Sky -Thursday Twin Sharing with DrunkenZombie - Booked
- Blunt - Thursday -Double Room - Booked
- Albert - Thursday - Double Room - Booked
- Michelanio - Friday - Double Room - Booked
- Smilodon - Thursday - Double Room - Booked
- Twobad - Thursday - Double Room - Booked
- JAS - Friday - Double Room - Booked
Social & Day Trippers- Switch - Friday - Double Room - Booked
- Hubba - Friday Sharing with Mellisanda - Booked
- Mellisanda - Friday Sharing with Hubba - Booked
- Vobler - Friday Sharing Hildegunn - Booked
- Hildegunn - Friday Sharing Vobler - Booked
- Spiritus - Thursday - Double Room - Booked
- Feezuki - Friday - Sharing with Gortex - Booked
- Gorion - Thursday - Sun
Booked
That's very nice Toby, but CAN I BOOK MY ROOM YET?!??!?!
What do you think tut of course you can.
me and akharin booked from thursday to sunday
I'll be there Thursday to Sunday.
I'll be there.
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I will be there thurs eve till sunday. Will book room today. Sharing with chaos
I'm in. Friday - Sunday :yahoo:
mark up another, no room required
Booked in from Thursday till Sunday :D Let the fun times begin :yahoo:
Checkpoint
Booked in Thurs - Sunday \o/
Why did it have to be those dates. Looks like I can't think of a reasonable excuse not to
attend.
Double room booked from Thursday, let's all
have fun guys.
Does anyone know where to get "keyboard ink" refills for a Saitek Eclipse?
Quote from: Liberator;386458Why did it have to be those dates. Looks like I can't think of a reasonable excuse not to
attend.
Double room booked from Thursday, let's all
have fun guys.
Does anyone know where to get "keyboard ink" refills for a Saitek Eclipse?
Why you nearly got me!!!
Booked from Thurs - double
I'm waiting for Tox to confirm before I book, but I'll be there :D
Pen Booked Fri-Sun
Yup, Thurs - Sun for me as well.
Thursday double booked
Thursday-Sunday booked :yahoo:
Checkpoint
Thursday, double, booked.
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Count me in lads. Will book a room tomorrow. Only thing that might change is some hospital appointments which I cannot miss coming up but will cross that bridge when I come to it.
**Booked**
Booked Thursday to Sunday :D
Me and Mellisanda are probably in but will wait with booking to see if the other socials from last year will be there as well :P Cant wait to be "hugged" by mirianna & spiritus though ....... :narnar:
Oh the rest of us are not good enough for you hub nice to know that:D
Sorry my post was on phone and my smiley didnt work. Applogees
Booked - arriving Friday.
Selling out fast!!
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Booked, arriving Friday.
Gutted - now can't make it as just realised my sisters night function for her wedding is on the Friday. How inconsiderate I know. Will def need to catch up with everyone soon though.
Booked Double for Thurs to Sunday! See you there!
Checkpoint
Oh no not again! :sideways:
Oh OK if you insist. :norty:
Fri & Sat night booked. :devil:
Quote from: BrotherTobious;386572Oh the rest of us are not good enough for you hub nice to know that:D
Sorry my post was on phone and my smiley didnt work. Applogees
Sorry dude but those guys give the most amazing hugs :)
That's because of the fluffy factor, which Toby clearly lacks ;-)
Look miri I said no to suit once just let it go.
At last some good looking sophisticated people signing up :yahoo:
Booked Thursday to Sunday and sharing double with Feezuki but she is coming up on the Friday and staying till Sunday. (both gaming)
DZ and SKY - twin booked Thursday onwards.
Quote from: Gortex;386670At last some good looking sophisticated people signing up :yahoo:
Booked Thursday to Sunday and sharing double with Feezuki but she is coming up on the Friday and staying till Sunday. (both gaming)
Yey! :)
double booked, arriving Thurs
No Tox this time :(
Quote from: Blunt;386682No Tox this time :(
Thats a shame Blunt... But will be good to see you =).
Quote from: Blunt;386682double booked, arriving Thurs
No Tox this time :(
Agreed shame but really glad you can make it mate.
Checkpoint
No Tox. Shame, I was really looking forward to to getting my butt whipped on every game by him :-) .
Look forward to catching up.
Quote from: Blunt;386682double booked, arriving Thurs
No Tox this time :(
Who am I going to sit next to now?
Seating plan = ruined.
i'll sit by you tut would'nt want u to get lonely.lol
Quote from: Sneakytiger;386700i'll sit by you tut would'nt want u to get lonely.lol
I can arrange that.. :P
Room booked! :yahoo: and will be arriving on friday
Quote from: Michelanio;386727Room booked! :yahoo: and will be arriving on friday
Woohoo great news mate, are you gaming or social mate
Quote from: BrotherTobious;386728Woohoo great news mate, are you gaming or social mate
Sry, will be gaming somewhat ;)
Quote from: Michelanio;386729Sry, will be gaming somewhat ;)
Cool thanks mate looking forward to seeing you!!!
Booked
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Looking at booking a twin, any takers? No funny business i promise :norty:
Quote from: smilodon;386734Booked
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Smilo thursday or friday mate?
Thursday
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Quote from: Peanut;386736Looking at booking a twin, any takers? No funny business i promise :norty:
Peanut, you could bunk with me if you like. depends if ben/chaos can make it.
Room booked arriving Thursday
Quote from: TwoBad;386755Room booked arriving Thursday
A rare pleasure! Looking forward to seeing ya! Get bf4!
Quote from: TwoBad;386755Room booked arriving Thursday
Awesome!
Looking forward to my hourly weather reports :D
Quote from: TwoBad;386755Room booked arriving Thursday
I approve this message!!!!
Quote from: TwoBad;386755Room booked arriving Thursday
Let me know if you need a lift TB
Quote from: Ninja_Freak;386779Let me know if you need a lift TB
Sounds good to me
Pesteh yet?
Room booked, social (ill behave) fri-sun
Room booked, double. sharing with mellisanda if you will still have her around. If not ill come by my self! :)
Quote from: hubbah;386858Room booked, double. sharing with mellisanda if you will still have her around. If not ill come by my self! :)
Of course she is welcome it is you that is not so much :)
Also what day you arrive?
That just hurts toby... auch!!
We are arriving on friday and leaving on sunday ( the exact time will be in transport post seeing we need to book tickets tonight :) )
Ah man I was only kidding luv ya really hubba
Quote from: hubbah;386858Room booked, double. sharing with mellisanda if you will still have her around. If not ill come by my self! :)
Oi! You can sleep on the floor!!
Looking forward to seeing you both.
I have booked a room. Social only. Bringing my wife. Fri-sun,
Want contact with the others from Ã...lesund.
Oh, I forgot Toby - Social :D
And to Vobler, send a PM to me, kakehund or mirianna. We are going on thursday.
And if you need a lift from airport to the hotel post on the need a lift post :D
Quote from: spiritus;386948And to Vobler, send a PM to me, kakehund or mirianna. We are going on thursday.
And if you need a lift from airport to the hotel post on the need a lift post :D
Yep, we'll see what we can do to help people out and pick people up wherever possible.
Quote from: spiritus;386948Oh, I forgot Toby - Social :D
And to Vobler, send a PM to me, kakehund or mirianna. We are going on thursday.
And if you need a lift from airport to the hotel post on the need a lift post :D
Thanks mate will update :)
And Vobler listen to Spiritus for Spiritus is wise, Spiritus is good!!!
I am waiting for my midsemester Exam dates before deciding if I come or not this year. They are either the week before or after the LAN.
was about to order tickets when I saw an email about one of my exams being moved from 12th to 17th of october, so I will not be able to attend this year.
Quote from: JanuZ;387451was about to order tickets when I saw an email about one of my exams being moved from 12th to 17th of october, so I will not be able to attend this year.
:( sorry to hear this mate, but good luck in the exam there is always next year :)
main talking points at the lan:
star citizen
elite dangerous
new wow expansion
anything else u can think of?
Quote from: Sneakytiger;387463main talking points at the lan:
star citizen
elite dangerous
new wow expansion
anything else u can think of?
Good points to bring up sneaky but I know there is a little off topic but can we keep it about the booking please.
Sneaky start a new thread mate :)
Thanks sorry for being a kill joy.
Wow lots of people but there is still space.
So sign up guys and girls
Gaming or Social the choice is yours!!!!!!
Peanut is coming Toby, sharing with GhostMjr and my fine self - spoken to the hotel got the room for 3 of us sorted out :)
Quote from: Chaosphere;387882Peanut is coming Toby, sharing with GhostMjr and my fine self - spoken to the hotel got the room for 3 of us sorted out :)
You guys disturb me.
Quote from: Gortex;387892You guys disturb me.
So Feez didn't inform you that you are sleeping in the middle between me and her? :p
Quote from: Vargen;387895So Feez didn't inform you that you are sleeping in the middle between me and her? :p
Rofl
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Quote from: Gortex;387892You guys disturb me.
Room for 1 more if you want in on the action Gortex ;)
Please keep this thread on track guys.
Thanks
Unfortunately I'll have to pull out from this LAN. Starting a new job next month and my new employer has advised they'd like to send me for some training with their NOC in California.
I'll be out of the country for all of October I'm afraid. I was really looking forward to this LAN :vsorry:
I'm sure you'll have a great time though! :thumb:
Quote from: no peanuts;387966Unfortunately I'll have to pull out from this LAN...
That's a real shame, peanuts. Good luck with the job mate (a month in CA. Wow :D ).
Just for hypothetical sake, what would be the chances of finding a spot (carpet would be fine) to sleep in at the hotel if one tries to book very close to the lan dates, say a 1-1.5 weeks before.
And, would anyone be interested passing from Luton to pick a person, or (very small chance) maybe two up?
This is up in the clouds for now, it depends on exams, and if yearly funds arrive prior to said lan, and the airline prices (currently not too bad).
Category would be social.
I'd suggest booking the room anyway, you cancel up to I think 48 hours before (check this with them). Transport usually is not too much of a problem, we have at least 4 cars from Heathrow, so stopping at Luton en route should not be a problem if it is needed. Not sure about the carpet option, you seen the state of some of it? :P
Slept on worse, so if I don't manage to get a room; that might be the remaining option.
I'll check with my lecturers on potential assignment days and see from there.
Bit of an update. No exams which is brilliant, and just received some money which will be funding the adventure.
Two problems left.
1) Due to budget restrictions, Ryanair will be my airline, and since I plan to be there on Thursday that means Luton airport. The issue there is that the Sunday flight back is quite early. Add-in travel to airport plus arriving some time prior to departure, and it's insanely early. The only option is departure on Monday, which is around 6.25pm, which leads to my problem. No where to stay between Sunday > Monday. Anyone in the airport vicinity with a couch for rent? I can pay/do housework/cook as reimbursement.
2) According to the hotel's website (haven't phoned yet due to issue 1), they are fully booked. Does anyone have a room with an empty spot and interested in sharing?
The answer to part 2 is that we block book the hotel rooms so if you email or phone there should be some left. If not drop me a pm. Can't help with the 1st as I live 2 and half hours away.
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Quote from: Gorion;388831Bit of an update. No exams which is brilliant, and just received some money which will be funding the adventure.
Two problems left.
1) Due to budget restrictions, Ryanair will be my airline, and since I plan to be there on Thursday that means Luton airport. The issue there is that the Sunday flight back is quite early. Add-in travel to airport plus arriving some time prior to departure, and it's insanely early. The only option is departure on Monday, which is around 6.25pm, which leads to my problem. No where to stay between Sunday > Monday. Anyone in the airport vicinity with a couch for rent? I can pay/do housework/cook as reimbursement.
2) According to the hotel's website (haven't phoned yet due to issue 1), they are fully booked. Does anyone have a room with an empty spot and interested in sharing?
Dude.. post up your flight times so we can take a look. Also, I'm travelling early Sunday morning..
Arrival - Can take a train or whatever transport is available.
[h=4]Malta â†' London (Luton)
Thu, 16 Oct 2014 07:20 - 09:50[/h]
The early Sunday one
[h=4]London (Luton) â†' Malta
Sun, 19 Oct 2014 08:45 - 12:55[/h]
The other Monday option
[h=4]London (Luton) â†' Malta
Mon, 20 Oct 2014 18:25 - 22:35[/h]
Re 1), I'll check with the hotel then. Thanks.
I can do the Luton pickup on Thursday, at about 11 if that's any help.
We also have four cars from LHR on the Thursday morning that will pass within 10 miles of Luton on the way to the hotel, so pickup should be no problem, we can act as a reserve in case TwoBad has any problems!
I'll be honest, getting you to Luton for perhaps 6.45am Sunday morning is a stretch, so I reckon you're looking at the Monday flight. If it helps, you're welcome to come back with me on the Sunday, stay the Sunday night at my place and then I can drop you down to Luton for the Monday evening flight. I think we'll have enough space on the Sunday (I'll go check the transport thread now!)
If it's all right, I'll take you up on the Sunday to Monday offer. That Sunday flight is simply impossible.
TwoBad, Thanks, would be great.
Flight booking done (Social Attendance):
Malta â†' London (Luton)
Thu, 16 Oct 2014 07:20 - 09:50
London (Luton) â†' Malta
Mon, 20 Oct 2014 18:25 - 22:35
Excellent news, see you at the LAN! :thumbsup:
Toby/TL, can you please update my room, it's now a Twin sharing with Gorion.
The OC kindly confirmed I had a Twin room allocated so space available.
Gorion, it's booked Thursday till Sunday.
Cheers,
Bert
Just received confirmation from OC reception.
Late booking done for me ... Ill see you all friday morning :yahoo:
Quote from: JonnyAppleSeed;389380Late booking done for me ... Ill see you all friday morning :yahoo:
Awesome news Jas, see you there!
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Quote from: JonnyAppleSeed;389380Late booking done for me ... Ill see you all friday morning :yahoo:
Excellent :thumb:
Quote from: JonnyAppleSeed;389380Late booking done for me ... Ill see you all friday morning :yahoo:
See you on Friday! :D
See you tomorrow folks.