LAN XLI Booking Thread

[Chaosphere]

READ CAREFULLY!

ROOM PRICES HAVE CHANGED AT THE HOTEL

As per THIS POST, room prices at the Hotel have gone up.

"As of this year, rooms will be charged at £62.50 for single occupancy (one person, one room), and £75 for double occupancy (two people, one room)."

This is the first time the Hotel has put its prices up for us for years. We still pay nothing whatsoever for the use of the LAN room. Keep in mind that such a room would cost us hundreds of pounds per day elsewhere, which would dramatically increase the dMw-end cost for the events.

With that out of the way...

11th - 14th May!


LAN 41!

As per usual, a few of us (myself included) will be arriving on the Wednesday. This will be a strict NO PC evening - card / board games only!

We don't have a great deal planned for this LAN beyond a curry and the core Counter Strike based tournaments.
There are several reasons for this, which we will probably go into more when we get back to you all with some feedback from the Survey.

For now, I would look to this LAN to be a more laid back and 'ad hoc' affair.
That said, if there are any particular games you want to see, let us know in the booking form and we will see what we can do!

Thursday
- Curry, ~18:00.

Friday
- Steak Night at the OC, ~18:00.

Saturday
- Tournaments.



How to book your place at LAN XLI -

• Call the Oliver Cromwell Hotel - 01354 602890 - book a room, mentioning that you are booking for the dMw LAN to get the reduced rates (see below).
  
• Complete THIS FORM. 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


Your food order will be visible HERE 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 LAN
We 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 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
As of this year, rooms will be charged at £62.50 for single occupancy (one person, one room), and £75 for double occupancy (two people, one 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 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, 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=&]

There is a bar 10 yards from the LAN room, and a highstreet (with a fine Kebab establishment) 20 yards away.


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.

[Chaosphere]

Gaming

• Chaos - Wednesday
• GhostMjr - Wednesday
• Gunda - Thursday
• Evilntwisted - Wednesday
• Smilodon - Wednesday
• Gibbo - Wednesday
• Turd - Thursday
• ProtoJay - Thursday
• Jewelz - Wednesday
• MyopicSniper - Thursday
• Simagule - Thursday
• Gorliath - Wednesday
• uni - Thursday
• Tuna - Wednesday
• Gortex - Thursday
• Albert - Thursday
• Twyst - Thursday
• Arm - Thursday

Social

• Penfold - Saturday
• OldBloke - Saturday
• Salazzar - Thursday

[Gunda]

booked, arriving Thursday.

[Evilntwisted]

Room booked wednesday and form completed.

[smilodon]

The Whole Hog this time - Wednesday

[Chaosphere]

Excellent!

List updated.

[Gibbo]

im in with AJ on Wednesday hopefully if not ill make my way thursday for evening <3

[Chaosphere]

Nice one gibbo!

[Turd]

Booked and form all filled out.  All I have to do now is not get covid again!

[Chaosphere]

Nice one mate! Fingers crossed for you

List updated!

[Chaosphere]

LAN booking is now open for all!

[Prototype_Jay]

Booked and survey done. See ya's Thursday.

[Chaosphere]

Excellent, nice one Jay!

[Jewelz^]

Booked the room for Gibbo and I to cozy up. Form filled out.

Is there a Wednesday "pub crawl" in bed by 7 happening?

[Chaosphere]

Nothing planned, but I reckon a trip out for food and drink is likely on the cards.

And yes I shall absolutely be in bed by 7. Jasmine tells me I need all the beauty sleep I can get.

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