LAN XIV - Book your place here !!!!!!!

[Penfold]

We are delighted to announce confirmation of the dMw's 14th LAN party:
 
LAN XIV is on 31st October - 2nd November 2008
 
The LAN will open at 10.00am on Friday morning
The LAN will end  on Sunday (time tbc)

Please note that we have a maximum of 40-ish places and these will be allocated on a first    come first served basis.

Booking hierarchy:

 Members of dMw's Charlie Company are given first notice of the booking thread.

Bravo Company & SoG members will be able to see the booking thread a week later

Alpha Company members will be able to see the booking thread a week after that. (Please note that if the LAN is getting full, priority will be given for active Alpha members to sign up for one week before  non-active Alpha's, friends and guests).

 (Please note that international gamers have a dispensation to pre-book so they can book their flights early). They are free to book places now.
 
Please note that the hotel has an 18 years+ booking policy so the minimum age for attending the LAN is 18.

LAN Details:
 
Dates: Friday 31st October, Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd November 2008
Venue: Oliver Cromwell, March, Cambridgeshire.
Times: The LAN venue opens at 11.00am Friday morning and the LAN will finish on Sunday (time tbc)

dMw Costs: For the venue - £15 total per head for the whole weekend. Please note that if you fail to show up or give us little notice - a contribution to the LAN funds would still be appreciated (As things such as the amount of the prize fund are determined by the number of sign ups).

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 on the Friday night. JOIN US for the WELCOME DINNER on Friday evening in Ballroom 2 at 7.30pm. WE STRONGLY REQUEST THAT YOU MAKE THE EFFORT TO EAT WITH US ON THE FRIDAY NIGHT.

Steak Night is on Friday Night !
 
The Oliver Cromwell 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

YOU ARE NOW FREE TO BOOK YOUR ROOMS DIRECTLY WITH THE HOTEL. THE NUMBER IS 01354 602890

 When booking your room please give them both your real name AND your GAMING NAME so that I can keep tabs of who has booked and who has not. Also, you *must* mention that you are booking in on the dMw rate, otherwise they will charge you full price!

Amongst other things the LAN will feature:
 
- a list of officially supported games
- organised competitions
- official LAN Admins
- late night gaming
 
With your participation the LAN will be a great one, so reserve your spot as soon as the Booking Thread is published to make sure you do not miss out!
 
Enjoy!
 
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.

The LAN venue we charge at £15 per person for the whole weekend.

Other costs: Food and drink - this depends on you. If you're eating dinner in the restaurant it costs around £20-£25 plus drinks. Others prefer to buy sandwiches, get Pizza, kebabs or burgers etc and stick to beer not wine etc.

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 try to 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!
 
PEN
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LIST OF ATTENDEES:
 
Internationals

1. Luminance  (sharing with T-Bag)
2. DuVeL

UK'ers

3. Tealeaf
4. OldBloke
 5. Penfold
6. Armitage
7. Doorman
8. Gandalf
9. Ninja_Freak
10. FatDan
11. FatBob
12. Delankster
13. Smilodon
14. T-Bag (sharing with Lumi)
15. Sheepy
16. Ghosty <----------------------------------------- LOOKING FOR A ROOM MATE AS AT 26.9.08    
17. Dark Angel
18. Sn00ks
19. Lionheart
20. Whitey
21. ThulsaDoom
22. Blunt
23. NvG
24. o000o
25. Liberator
26. CrazyR1
27. BrotherTobious
28. Lameduck
29. spudgun55
30. [BIG] Merdok
31. [BIG] Paddy
32. [BIG] Magnus
33. [BIG] Dewey
34. Pavlo from the OC
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thank you for reading
 
PEN

[Armitage]

I'll be there

[Doorman]

Me too. Fully kitted out this time.

[Gandalf]

I'll be there.

[BigFatCat]

Oh, I don't fancy away at Chelmsford again, so yes please.

[T-Bag]

Yeah, I think I'll take the plunge with this one. Go easy on me.
I'll be hoping to share, so I'll let you arrange a sweepstake of who gets me...you could have a raffle.

[smilodon]

I'll have some of that LAN goodness please Sir

[Penfold]

Above people added. (Yay - it's shaping up to be a good one!)

PEN

[GhostMjr]

I'll be attending .

[DarkAngel]

ill be there

[smilodon]

Above people added. (Yay - it's shaping up to be a good one!)

PEN

Looks like another bloody disaster in the making to me.... roll on another bag of bird seed for Lunch and lechery for Dinner

[Gandalf]

Looks like another bloody disaster in the making to me.... roll on another bag of bird seed for Lunch and lechery for Dinner

and for breakfast? debauchery?

[BigFatCat]

Well, what would you expect if the twins are serving?

[sheepy]

u know im there!

[T-Bag]

Above people added. (Yay - it's shaping up to be a good one!)

PEN

I don't see myself on the list:crying: