Booking for LAN XXXI is now open!
4th - 7th May 2017Head over
HERE (http://www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?43207-LAN-XXXI-Itinerary&p=421077) to see the planned festivities. There are a few surprises and new shiny things at this one - essentially you lot are the first round of guinea pigs :norty:
We hope to make it a great weekend for all. Things we like will come back, things we don't will be swept under the rug like so many crumbs. Kick off is Thursday afternoon, but don't fret if you can't make it til later. The LAN room will not be ready for
gaming until late Thursday evening.
The Oliver Cromwell Hotel (http://www.olivercromwellhotel.co.uk/) offers:
The Noble Suite - an air conditioned conference room
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
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:
- Double occupancy £33 per person per night - that means sharing a room with your mate or 'special friend' - let the hotel know if you're looking for a twin (2 single beds) or a double.
- Single occupancy £50 per room per night - double or single bed depending on availability.
If you book a Twin Room and want to share the costs of the room but DON'T already have a roomie, 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.
You are free to book your rooms now directly with the hotel on 01354 602890.
Put your name down when you have confirmed you have booked including when you are arriving
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).[/COLOR]
Travel:- we will do our best to arrange pick up and drop off from the major London airports. If you find yourself stuck or simply want to share a lift, post in the travel plans thread.
Gear:- there will be a packing thread posted soon. The basics are some sort of PC and monitor, with peripherals including
headphones - speakers are a no no. If you're desperate to game but can't get a PC to the LAN, ask around, we have in the past been able to source PCs from generous members of the community willing to lend - in exchange for a beer or 3 of course :norty:
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.
- Chaosphere sharing with GhostMjr - Thursday
- Ghost Mjr sharing with Chaosphere - Thursday
- Gortex - Thursday
- Smilodon - Thursday
- Penfold - Friday
- no peanuts - Thursday
- RougeTaylor - Thursday
- Myopic Sniper sharing with Taggs - Thursday
- Taggs sharing with Myopic Sniper - Thursday
- TwoBad sharing with CheesePuff - Thursday
- CheesePuff sharing with TwoBad - Thursday
- Lionheart - Thursday
- Gorliath - Thursday
- Jewelz sharing with Gibbo - Thursday
- suicidal_monkey - Thursday
- Gibbo sharing with Jewelz - Thursday
- Sparko (...Polo) sharing with JarvisA - Thursday
- JarvisA sharing with Sparko - Thursday
- spazmo sharing with Turd - Thursday
- Turd sharing with spazmo - Thursday
- Penguin - Thursday
- Blunt sharing with Tox - Thursday
- Tox sharing with Blunt - Thursday
- Gunda - Thursday
- Tuna - Thursday
- Dannage - Thursday
- uni - Thursday
- pesteh - Thursday
Day Trippers
Count me in!
Shall call up to book later today. Will be attending from Thursday onwards. :woot2::yahoo:
Yay 1st to book :D I ain't eager just really like guinea pigs. Booked from the 4-7. Hell yeah can't wait
Me too please! Hopefully there's space for Taggs, who's a newbie to dmw. I plan on sharing with him, so I'll book a double now and worry about planning later :) Pnuts - you're also included in my travel plans if that's what you want? I'm coming up Thursday morning/afternoon and staying till the very end!
All booked, arriving Thursday. And yes, Puff will be with me :D
Count me in please. No room required.
Booked - Double
Thurs - Sun
I've now booked my room, and thanks Myopic for kindly offering to pick me up again! :thumbsupsmileyanim::worshippy:
Booked in! I'll have my car by then so unfortunately we won't be able to have our insightful convo's on the way down chaos XD but that does provide me with the ability to give anybody from up north a lift down I have 3 spaces available (4 if we have smaller people). Booked for thursday - sunday. Single. can change if needed!
Quote from: Myopic Sniper;421174Me too please! Hopefully there's space for Taggs, who's a newbie to dmw. I plan on sharing with him, so I'll book a double now and worry about planning later :) Pnuts - you're also included in my travel plans if that's what you want? I'm coming up Thursday morning/afternoon and staying till the very end!
Could you let me know when he has booked up with the hotel mate and I will add him to the list then, thanks :)
I've now booked him in - that's all set!
Sign me up for the whole shabang.
Quote from: addx9;421184Booked in! I'll have my car by then so unfortunately we won't be able to have our insightful convo's on the way down chaos XD but that does provide me with the ability to give anybody from up north a lift down I have 3 spaces available (4 if we have smaller people). Booked for thursday - sunday. Single. can change if needed!
ANNNNNNNDDDD after one day my work has decided that it's not a good idea for me to get time of work for that weekend. so it looks like I may not be able to go. I'm trying to haggle it but it's not looking good
I'll direct you to Jewelz for a solution to that one...
im coming
Thursday gibbo?
:cheers:
Booked
Thursday
Quote from: Myopic Sniper;421174Me too please! Hopefully there's space for Taggs, who's a newbie to dmw. I plan on sharing with him, so I'll book a double now and worry about planning later :) Pnuts - you're also included in my travel plans if that's what you want? I'm coming up Thursday morning/afternoon and staying till the very end!
He's more than welcome but please ask Taggs to register on the forum and he should really book his own place - and really only when it's opened up to general bookings.
We'll leave it as is this time as he's already been added and we are not going to be short on spaces but certainly for the Autumn LAN booking protocol will be strict due to numbers. :)
Booked and Thursday :beer:
Sweet, list updated.
I'll keep you in the list addx until you let me know what's happening.. I'm being optimistic you will be able to join us :)
i asked for the honeymoon sweet Jewelz but they said its unavailable, something about Chaos and Ghost mjr already got it
Room for 2 more ;)
LAN XXXI is now open for booking to all :)
Count me and Spasmo in, booking hotel on the phone as I type this message. I'll get spasmo to post here as well to confirm his place.
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Appreciate we are both new to deadmen so feel free to tell us to do one! What I mean is: If its not too much trouble we would love to come and join you all and put faces to the names of everyone and generally have a great old time. Cheers.
I'm in! Room kindly booked by Turd, see you all there!!
nice one boys!
Quote from: Spazmo;421444I'm in! Room kindly booked by Turd, see you all there!!
Be great to see you - it'll also be a gentle initiation as the Spring Lan is always a lot more quieter and sedate than the October one where we normally out out around 50 peeps.
Quote from: Turd;421442Count me and Spasmo in, booking hotel on the phone as I type this message. I'll get spasmo to post here as well to confirm his place.
--- Edit ---
Appreciate we are both new to deadmen so feel free to tell us to do one! What I mean is: If its not too much trouble we would love to come and join you all and put faces to the names of everyone and generally have a great old time. Cheers.
Look forward to seeing you both there :)
The Spring LANs are always smaller in number.. I like to sell that as more
intimate. Rogue knows what I mean ;)
I'm trying to get there for Friday steak night, but can't stay the weekend.
Cool, I'll add you up as a day tripper for now then :)
"Intimate" now i'm worried! For the record we will be arriving Thursday, gives us an extra day to get to know everyone.
Quote from: Chaosphere;421492Look forward to seeing you both there :)
The Spring LANs are always smaller in number.. I like to sell that as more intimate. Rogue knows what I mean ;)
i love the spring LAN i find you get to know the people there better due to the smaller numbers and i get to spend more time with chaos. .....Its very intimate
I'm in! Just got the transport sorted and will book a room shortly. WooHoo!
edit: arriving thursday.
Cool stuff!
List updated. I know 1 or 2 out there have mentioned they are planning to come, but not booked yet. Please book as soon as possible and let me know for numbers - there are things I need to plan :D
LADS AND LADIES!!! ITS ON LIKE DONKEY KONG!!! due to a gorgeous work colleague offering to take my work for the weekend i can come down to the LAN!!!
that awesome toby :) some great news to hear man and look forward to seeing you again man
Holiday booked, Hotel booked. Lets rock n roll!
Me and Tox booked, sharing twin from Thurs.
Great news.
Planning is coming along well boys and girls. The 100 dressing gowns and pairs of slippers have just been delivered.
Quote from: Chaosphere;421948The 100 dressing gowns and pairs of slippers have just been delivered.
I hope this is actually a thing.
Change to my booking.
Its now me +1 my brother will now be joining us (JarvisA on the forum) He will be gaming too, :) . I have contacted the hotel and changed my room to a twin. :beer:
Awesome, updated.
I think i'll be along on Friday night ! might see if i can get the day off so i can come on Thursday night, but for now, Friday - Sunday for me :)
Awesome news Gunda!
Thursday night to sunday booked with the hotel :) hoping to arrive some time near 9pm.
Even better mate will update the list.
Just requested time off with work. It's right after 18 days off though so the boss might say no. Fingers crossed : :please:
Ah, well lets hope so! Be good to have you there :D
Hope it's not too late, just booked a room for the lan? :D
More the merrier! Great news tuna
Booked - Thursday to Sunday
Quote from: uni;422700Booked - Thursday to Sunday
yay i gain a burden to drive down with me :narnar: :flirty:
Nice :) glad to hear it uni
hay chaos is there a seating plan for this Lan ? just wondering
Yeah, your seat is outside in that little garden on the bench. Fingers crossed it doesn't rain eh! I will bring your pizza out to you.
Quote from: uni;422953Yeah, your seat is outside in that little garden on the bench. Fingers crossed it doesn't rain eh! I will bring your pizza out to you.
No need to lie uni.... I know you wouldn't bring my pizza out, that would be to nice.
For most LANs we make the seating plan in our prep and attendees find out where they are on the day.
In the past the LAN admins have found that making plans public can lead to a large number of requests to slightly change things. The problem with this is often we end up with conflicting requests. Just asking to move 1 place can cause knock on problems that make it difficult to then keep 2 or 3 people happy with their seats.
Because of this we don't publicise the seating plans. We do our best to make a plan that both suits our needs (and for this LAN we had a particular set up in mind for the room) and puts people where we think they will be happy. Believe me when I say I have put a good few hours into this seating plan.. it isn't as easy as just plonking you lot down in a room! We have done our best to put you next to your mates and in groups we know get along well.
For LAN XXX things were different due to the numbers attending. The 'first come first serve' way of doing it is ok, but we know that people tend to check these forums different amounts. We don't really want to 'punish' someone for checking only once a week. We look at things like this for each LAN individually, and we are always looking for ways to improve how these events are put together - nothing is set in stone :)
Thanks chaos was just curious due me only have attended two Lan and both of them were different I was wondering what would be happening this time around. Thanks for getting back to me chaos and I have full faith in you and the other admins that the seating plan will be up to scratch and it's everyone best of intentions in your mind. I can only imagine how long it took to make a simple seating plan for us. :) thanks again chaos
Room officially booked \o/
And don't worry about the pizza order, I'll bum a slice of everyone and have a random selection í ½í¸,,
Ah great news Dan, looking forward to it :D
I,m on my way ;)
SLoWHaND