READ CAREFULLY!COVID 19 -
At the time of writing, the LAN is due to go ahead without specific COVID restrictions / precautions - in line with current guidance.
This may still be subject to change. If the government bring in rules relating to testing, social distancing, vaccination, or anything else - these will of course then be applied to the LAN.
Although very unlikely (within the current COVID climate), it remains a possibility that the things go completely tits up and the LAN has to be cancelled. This will only happen if we have no choice in the matter.
With that said, please, if you have symptoms - get a test and stay home until you're given the all clear.
We have a varied membership, and some members are simply more vulnerable than others. This is about protecting each other, more than anything else. Be sensible, I know (most) of you have it in you. :flirty:
5th-9th October 2022
LAN 40! A group of us are starting on the Wednesday for this event, gaming 'n' all!
We are still working on some things to try and make this event particularly excellent, whilst preserving the LAN-ness of it all.
More details will follow, but for now, feast your eyes on this (very) rough and incomplete schedule -
Wednesday Night
- Curry! I
know I had a poppadum around here somewhere...
- Poker / Board game evening at the OC.
Thursday
- Pub Crawl! This went down well at the Spring LAN, so we are once again heading out into March for some beer and general nonsense! Likely to kick off in the early afternoon and go on until early evening!
- Kebab & movie night!
Oh yes.- Wreckfest Tournament. Loaner cars only, no fun please.
Friday
- Deadathalon 3.0: Back and Deaderer than ever.
- Steak Night at the OC.
Saturday
- The Deadathalon continues!
- Tournaments & Pizza!
Beer! You might notice there is no option for beer sponsorship on the booking form. Fret not! We are still working on bringing some cheap beer to the LAN, you just don't need to sign up for it for this one.
How to book your place at LAN XL -
- Call the Oliver Cromwell Hotel (http://www.olivercromwellhotel.co.uk/) - 01354 602890 - book a room, mentioning that you are booking for the dMw LAN to get the reduced rates (see below).
- Complete THIS FORM (https://forms.gle/MwK1suqU338sS9bHA). [/SIZE]Without this form, you have NOT booked your place at the LAN. If we fill up, someone could still steal your spot if they get this in before you!
The form
REQUIRES sign in with a Google account. This lets you to go back and edit your response at any time, just follow the link above and click through to the bit you want to amend.
With your room booked and the booking form completed, you have booked your room! I will add you to the list below!
The Booking Form
The idea here is to gather as much information as possible, as early as possible. Hopefully this cuts down on the number of forum threads needing to be checked and orders chased up in the build up to the LAN.
Although the form is required to book your gaming place, you do NOT need to answer every question now if you don't want to - there is an option for 'Not sure yet' on the food sign up.
Your food orders will be visible HERE (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VZmXsGWcx-qYSo2xVQ5eNazCtRnSguyw-jMy-Ffmoek/edit?usp=sharing) for reference.
If you wish to amend your order, or any other info on the form, please do so by clicking on the link to the form above and editing your response.
The more information we get at sign-up the better, but don't worry at all if you don't know what you want yet. We will chase you down in due time :D
The LANWe hope to make it a great weekend for all. Kick off is Thursday afternoon, but don't fret if you can't make it til later! There is stuff going on all weekend.
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
Room Costs
The hotel offers us the following reduced rates for the LAN -
Double room - £50 per night.
Twin room - £66 per night - this works out as £33 EACH when you share with a mate!
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 ATTENDEES
Supporting Member:- £0 (this has not changed)
Non-Supporting Member:- £12 (this includes an automatic upgrade to Supporting Member status for one year)
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PC and Monitor -
1 only. Don't forget your power cables!
Keyboard, Mouse, Mousepad.
Joystick, Xbox Controller, etc.
Headphones -
no speakers!Duct tape - to tape your cables down!
Ethernet Cable -
Cat6 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/AmazonBasics-RJ45-CAT6-Ethernet-LAN-Patch-Cable-0-9-Feet-Mbps/dp/B00N2VIALK/ref=sr_1_3_acs_pb_intl_sl_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1538575607&sr=8-3-acs&keywords=cat6%2Bethernet&th=1), ideally
3m+ in case you are far from the switch.
Extension cord, preferably a 4-way ([/FONT][FONT=&]:norty:[/FONT][FONT=&]) and
surge protected.[/FONT][FONT=&]
Money - how else will you buy us beer? [/FONT][FONT=&][/FONT][FONT=&]
There is a bar 10 yards from the LAN room, and a highstreet (with a fine Kebab establishment) 20 yards away.
The hotel gives us a heavily discounted rate on our rooms, and gives us the LAN room for
FREE. Please respect the arrangement we have had with them for many years and the relationship we have built. [/FONT]
[FONT=&]Do not[/FONT][FONT=&] bring in alcohol from outside. There is a bar for that. Snacks and the odd salted seahorse latte from Costa are generally ok, but please bring such things in discretely (i.e. through the door leading directly to the LAN room, not via the public bar), and don't take the proverbial.[/FONT]
*Do not mess with another member's gear. It might seem funny to screw around with someone's desktop as a joke, but the LAN room is not the place. Things can easily be taken the wrong way.
*Do not smoke in your hotel room, in proximity to it, or near the LAN room.
The hotel has a no smoking policy when in, or in proximity to, the rooms. Ignore this and face a hefty cleaning fee.
*The hotel has a strict no drugs policy, and the right to call the police should they find evidence of drug use on hotel grounds.
The use of such substances in the hotel or grounds is strictly forbidden.
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.
Seating:- seating details will be released closer to the event.
Please note that we have now included the LAN Disclaimer into the booking form. If you have any questions about this, please get in touch. You have not secured your LAN place until you have accepted the Disclaimer and completed the rest of the booking form it is attached to.
Gaming capacity at LAN XL is 48 members. If you book after this point, you will be added to a waiting list and given a slot if one frees up! There is no limit for social attendees!
Gaming- Chaos - Wednesday
- GhostMjr - Wednesday
- Gunda - Wednesday
- Sulky - Wednesday
- Twyst - Thursday
- Evilntwisted - Wednesday
- Lionheart - Thursday
- albert - Thursday
- Faust - Wednesday
- s_monkey - Wednesday
- Myopic Sniper - Thursday
- Armitage -Thursday
- Gortex - Wednesday
- Sneakytiger - Wednesday
- Gorliath - Wednesday
- Simagule - Thursday
- Jaam - Thursday
- Penfold - Friday
- Turd - Thursday
- Duvel - Thursday
- FatBob - Wednesday
- Tuna - Wednesday
Social- sostitchgirl - Wednesday
- Gorion - Wednesday
- Tsuchino - Wednesday
- TeaLeaf - Friday / Saturday
- lord_woha - Wednesday
- Lillepus - Wednesday
- JanuZ - Wednesday
Wednesday double
all booked up and form completed, showing up from Wednesday evening.
Booked - arriving Thursday
Sulky and Mrs sulky in the red head suite (mrs sulky is social) form filled out for me
arriving Wednesday noonish
Laos27 Twin room (Sulky's youngest minion, over 18 and joining the forums today and will fill the form out today)
arriving Wednesday noonish
Booked, form filled in, arriving Thursday.
This time the monitor will travel in it's shipping box :flirty:
Excellent, and fingers crossed for you Twyst :D
Sulks can you fill in a social form for the Mrs please, just so I know for numbers! Ta!
Will update the list later on.
Double Room booked, Form completed. Last time reminded me how great these can be so cant wait.
My attendance is unlikely with a baby due on the 1st October.
Will Chaos survive the pub crawl this time?
And the forecast is:
Doubtful!
:yahoo:
Gaming from Thursday. No room needed.
Double room booked, for myself and the missus (Claire) and forms filled. We are coming on Wednesday.
Btw, I think there is something off with the excel sheet. Some columns duplicated themselves and answers are starting from the middle.
The duplicate columns to the right are from the social attendees. Its a product of how the form is made!
Updated!
:yahoo:
Albert booked up from Thursday to Sunday and form completed.
Easyjet EJU7927 arrives at Stanstead 11:10
Easyjet EJU7920 departs Stansted at 19:30
I can finally hand over Gorion's dMw mug from many LANs ago!!!
Double room booked, form complete, arriving wednesday for the fun and games.
Now, to find an airline that will actually take me there...
:flasher: taa-daa
...booked from Wed, will now try clear that with work / home :cheers:
Nice one gents!
Updated.
Room Booked and paper work done. See you boys in October
Wednesday double for me.
Friday night onwards for me tentatively. I'll sort the form forthwith.
room booked
Wednesday to Sunday
let the madness ensue .lol
Excellent!
Booked from Wednesday, form submitted.
Simagule - Thursday, Form filled in.
Laos27 has asked me to post for them.
they have filled out the form and they didn't show on the list with everyone else. Laos then showed me it on a video call and it was all good, alll done correctly, but still not showing on the database, can we look into that please and add Laos27 to the list on the 1st page. Laos has a google account and used it to create and edit but to no avail
Quote from: sulky_uk;448576Laos27 has asked me to post for them.
they have filled out the form and they didn't show on the list with everyone else. Laos then showed me it on a video call and it was all good, alll done correctly, but still not showing on the database, can we look into that please and add Laos27 to the list on the 1st page. Laos has a google account and used it to create and edit but to no avail
Chaos - I've added Laos27 to the list to stop sulky panicking :)
I can't see a form for him either. No problem, I'll leave him on the list (thanks OB), and I'll add the other new sign ups later on!
I would like a completed form for him sooner or later, or inevitably I'll forget all of this and miss him off when it comes to organising stuff closer to the event!
I'd suggest he delete whatever entry he has started and go again from scratch, perhaps after clearing his cache / cookies or using a different PC / device altogether?
If that still doesn't work then maybe you could try to do it for him sulky, either logged into his account or by making a new dummy google account to complete the form.
Failing all of that, go through the form and send me all of the information and I'll complete an entry for him.
And if you do manage to work out what was going wrong (or if anyone else has issues with the form) can you let me know so I can try to prevent any issues for next time?
Cheers!
Booking for LAN XL (40) is now open for all!
Confirmed for Friday, form filled and I've updated the list.
Must have been an easy form pen,
Turn up Friday, drink a bit to much, go to bed, sleep all day Sat, leaving Sunday, see you all next time
:boxing::boxing:
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Quote from: sulky_uk;448581Must have been an easy form pen,
Turn up Friday, drink a bit to much, go to bed, sleep all day Sat, leaving Sunday, see you all next time
:boxing::boxing:
Speaking of easy forms...
:flirty:
hahah you read it then. Just part of the oversight committee's role in checking you read all the answers. Tell me I'm wrong :rolleyes:
:roflmao:
List updated!
Lup4m I need to get an order in for a crochet Unicorn for my daughter :D
I shall get started, no problems
All booked and form filled! See you all in October!
Nice one Turd!
List updated!
Booked and form filled, ariving Thursday, sharing a twinroom with Greig (going to book that later today). Furtheron, if anyone has a spare laptop or PC maybe?
Quote from: DuVeL;448647Booked and form filled, ariving Thursday, sharing a twinroom with Greig (going to book that later today). Furtheron, if anyone has a spare laptop or PC maybe?
So we ended up getting told that our return flight had moved to 8am. So the Stansted thing is out as no way we're getting back so early on a Sunday to leave.
Does anyone come past East Midlands Airport?
Damn. Although I do drive near it, I think my car will be full with Jas, Lily, and their stuff. Sorry.
I can help with the spare pc , but will have a car full of stuff so cant help with the transport I'm afraid albert.
Quote from: Sneakytiger;448665I can help with the spare pc , but will have a car full of stuff so cant help with the transport I'm afraid albert.
The PC part I'm personally not bothered about, I can just bring a laptop or go social. I'm not really enthusiastic about booking a flight to less used airport with less passers by without knowing there is an offer ot pickup and drop off. The cost of the flight is already nearly â,¬160 and adding UK train prices with a 6 hour round trip from East Midlands to March, it's eating a lot of time and money out of the weekend.
Bloody Easy Jet and their cancellations.
I should be able to drop you back at east midlands airport, what times are you needing to be there?
Quote from: Gunda;448668I should be able to drop you back at east midlands airport, what times are you needing to be there?
Thanks mate, we fly at 14:30 so drop off 12:30 I assume.
np albert I'll bring the spare any way , think duvel was interested in gaming wasn't he?
Quote from: Sneakytiger;448672np albert I'll bring the spare any way , think duvel was interested in gaming wasn't he?
If possible then yes, otherwise social for me.
"Brace yourself sheila's"
FB back on the reservation - no room required
can't ****ing wait (i do know that breaks alllll the rules but hey its me --- Hurraaahh and soz)
seriously though cant ****ing wait
xoxoxox
Nice one, list updated!
Quote from: FatBob;448709"Brace yourself sheila's"
FB back on the reservation - no room required
can't ****ing wait (i do know that breaks alllll the rules but hey its me --- Hurraaahh and soz)
seriously though cant ****ing wait
xoxoxox
This is excellent news! Be good to see ya mate.
I'll be along as a social, might be there Friday or Saturday, not sure yet.
Quote from: FatBob;448709"Brace yourself sheila's"
FB back on the reservation - no room required
can't ****ing wait (i do know that breaks alllll the rules but hey its me --- Hurraaahh and soz)
seriously though cant ****ing wait
xoxoxox
Will be great to see you chief
Hello boys! we're back :D
Me, the missus and JanuZ will be joining you.
We are coming in on Wednesday, but very late as we are landing at Heathrow 20:55.
I have completed the form and booked the rooms, and will be bullying the other two to fill out the form later today.
We are attending as socialites :)
Excellent!
List updated!
:yahoo:
Whoops!
We've just realised that on the booking thread the Poker is down for Thursday night, allowing those of you arriving on that day to register interest.
However this was a mistake, I should have put it in the Wednesday area of the form!
Apologies to those who signed up for Poker arriving Thursday, but it is planned for Wednesday night. My bad on messing up part of the form!
:vsorry:
Room for a small one just looking for drinking buddies on the friday and saturday night? Its been a while. -_-
Quote from: JB;448813Room for a small one just looking for drinking buddies on the friday and saturday night? Its been a while. -_-
Good on you dude. Been a while for sure :D
You just need the buddies now.....:flirty:
Unfortunately I've got to change my arrival from Wednesday to lunchtime Thursday,I'll let the hotel know later,see u sinners soon.
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Got here just now…..1st one here
Quote from: sulky_uk;448927Got here just now…..1st one here
It was cancelled yesterday, Sulks. Did you not get the memo?
Not really.
:lmfao:
Quote from: sulky_uk;448927Got here just now…..1st one here
I'M here. Got here about 2 but in my room as have had to setup my work rig as have some meetings and stuff I need to do whilst here. Will pop down to say hello but have a meeting 4 to 5. Will setup my gear after.
All settled in, now just waiting in the bar as I avoid daytime TV at all costs.
Room finally booked, form filled out. Fingers crossed there's still someone I recognise from erk... probably 18 years ago....and someone going that drunks alcohols. :)
Quote from: JB;448934Room finally booked, form filled out. Fingers crossed there's still someone I recognise from erk... probably 18 years ago....and someone going that drunks alcohols. :)
ZOMG, it lives!
Hi JB, long time eh? I'll be there on Saturday as a social, so I'll see you there!