DMR Guild Meet - 30th September - 2nd October

[TeaLeaf]

Tbh pretty much any London airport has options.  Which airports can you get to?

[Arcticfire]

Still considering if I will join or not. Are you flying from Schiphol? I would prefer Zestienhoven but can't find any flights from there to Stansted.

Yes they are flying from Schiphol, I would prefer Rotterdam aswell but its way more expensive(like 240 euro) then Amsterdam, but if you can find something as cheap as Easyjet then let me know;)
 
Eindhoven costs 85 euro and goes to Stansted. I think thats a better option then Amsterdam.

[Grimnar]

Yeah we fly from Schiphol we fly at 09:30 to Stansted and arrive at 09:35 uk time  :-) with easyjet.

[Legolei]

Tbh pretty much any London airport has options.  Which airports can you get to?

Rotterdam has flights to London City. But I'm also considering the boat from Hoek van Holland to Harwich.

[Azunai]

Then you're still a good few hours from March though (4-5?) I think...

[TeaLeaf]

Then you're still a good few hours from March though (4-5?) I think...

Harwich to March is about 2 hours in the car, 3 hours by train (and 3 changes).

London City Airport to March is also about 2-3 hours as well depending on how you chose to get there (2 in the car, 3 if you decide to take the train).

If someone is driving on a nearby route it is often possible to get picked up.  Definitely not 4-5 hours though (I hope!!)

[Azunai]

Hence my delete. I was confusing Harwich with Dover (where you'd end up with the canal tunnel train, and the only place where I ever entered England). ;-)

Anyway, slightly more on topic: What about the hotel? How/where/what/when do I book/pay for that? Via LAN sign-up or independantly or...?

[TeaLeaf]

dMw have block booked the hotel already, but we will not be letting anyone book a room yet until we have some other planning issues sorted.  

Basically we'll prioritise LAN attendees to the LAN hotel (which should cover up to about 60 people), then DMR Meet attendees.  The LAN usually has about 35 attendees, so we're not expecting any issues with rooms, but if we exceed those numbers then we have arrangements in place via the hotel to use alternative very local accommodation.    

We'll be letting everyone know when rooms are available to be booked and organising a booking system/procedure to ensure everyone is treated fairly.

[Azunai]

Ok, just so I know :-) Thanks for the info!

[Padding]

Okay stupid question... i thought we where automatically in the LAN as well if we are coming over for the DmR guild meet, but do we have to sign up for that separately?

[TeaLeaf]

The LAN and the Guild Meet are separate events being held at the same venue.  Most people coming for the guild meet will not want to lug a computer with them, so we've scheduled some time together and some time doing other social stuff.  Whilst the precise schedules are not yet set, I suspect they will look something like this:

Day|dMw LAN|DMR Guild Meet
Thursday evening|some people arrive early for pure social time|some people arrive early for pure social time
Friday morning|LAN is up and running from 10.00am & LAN attendees arriving| DMR Meet attendees arriving
Friday afternoon|LAN attendees arriving - social time|DMR Meet attendees arriving - social time
Friday evening|The Traditional Steak Dinner @ the Hotel (all attend, vege options too)|The Traditional Steak Dinner @ the Hotel (all attend, vege options too)
Friday late evening|Social in the bar, some gaming|Social in the bar
Saturday morning|LAN competitions/recovery|Recovery
Saturday midday|LAN competitions|Organised DMR activity (e.g. karting/paintball etc - still to be decided)
Saturday evening|Attendees break up into smaller social groups for dinner (at a local chinese/indian/pizza/kebab etc, then Social in the bar & some gaming later|a DMR Dinner at a local chinese/indian/pizza restaurant etc, then Social in the hotel bar
Sunday morning|Recovery & departure|Recovery & departure [/table]

Whether you choose to attend the dMw's LAN XX or DMR's Guild Meet is up to you and whether or not you want to bring a computer and get involved with the LAN competitions and play other games.

Last LAN the competitions were played on CS:Source, COD4, NFS:Shift, Arma2.  At LAN XX  we expect better internet connectivity to be available so the list might move to something like:  CS:Source, COD5 (current supported game), BF BC2 (current supported game), Arma2 (current supported game), NFS:Shift and perhaps others or updated versions thereof.

DMR members are also members of dMw, so you can decide to attend either event.  Both are based at the same hotel, the gaming room for the LAN is only 30 yards from the bar and we've scheduled a LOT of dMw & DMR shared social time together.  You'll meet a whole bunch of people you have previously only met on Teamspeak and have a great time whichever one you choose to attend!

If you want to book a place for dMw LAN XX then you need to watch the dMw LAN XX forum and wait for the booking thread to appear.  Supporting Members get early booking rights via the Supporting Member forum section, likewise any international travellers can book a LAN place early by talking Penfold.

If you want to book a place for the DMR Guild Meet only, then just post in this thread.

Hope this helps.

[Tanales]

ill come, need a room mate though

[Switchback]

Right,quick silly question....

I know the most of u guys by "Game Name"...and a few by "real name" so at this hotel what happens?

"yeah i'll have a pint of stella,a cider for TL,baby sham for whytee and jas will have a banana daquiri,sheep,just leve him on the lawn "

If it is like that,great! they must think we are nuts!

[BrotherTobious]

Oh it is, you will learn some real names, but you will chop and change.  Then there the creative ones which are only used towards the more drink filled end of the evening!

[Grimnar]

I think most people stay with the ingame name as it is the one you already know, now you only get to place a face behind that name...