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The Community LAN - 3rd to 5th July @ Enschede, Holland
Created 15th March 2009 @ 13:48
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I know that is a real competition but when you have to pay 50 € and you could only 50% on this computer is this really hard. Also you have to pay the hostel pices. In Germany is the possibilty also on real competition Lans that you can come with your own computer and you have only to pay the entrance fee. And the best thing is you can bring your own eat and drinks and also your computer.
I think the Lan is a really good idea but it would be perfect with your own things and the most important thing that lan is the best chance to become a closer community.
i understand your points cookimaster, though most competitive lans will just ask you 50 euro’s just to participate, and thats with bringing your own pc. We had to make a choice either all byoc or all tup, we chose tup coz thats what the community wanted.
Now i dont know how this goes in Germany but you’ll have to pay for your accomodation, if not you’ll sleep in a shithole on the lan itself presumably.
I don’t know what this “real”competitive lan is your talking about, but have you ever heard of cdc Crossfire. Probably one of the most competitive lan tournaments in europe uses the same tup way we offer.
It’s sad you want to sit in a dark corner and play tf2 all day at a lan, coz we can’t offer that. We can only offer you a fairly cheap ticket (considered what you get for it), good pricemoney, easy transport acces and accomodation. But above all we want to create a proffesional interest in tf2, if enough teams will show up (not just div1 teams, ALL TEAMS) this will be great step for the TF2 LAN scene.
Let’s just show the power of the tf2 community (like we did with UKESA) once more and get some proffesional interest going!
PS. you guys should see this lan as an interest meter (a gateway), if it fills there’s gonna be more lans by some great orgs, if it doesn’t fill you can’t expect those orgs to spend much time in tf2
While I really appreciate the idea of a community lan, and the effort you put into organizing this event, there is a reason why teams that are not among the top teams in europe are not that eager to come to the lan.
There are 54 pcs, assuming they all work all the time, 9 teams can play simultaneously. Given the nature of the game, 6 people cannot engage in a 6v6. So if you don’t make it far in any of the tournaments, which is likely since the teams most inclined to come are the very best in europe, chances are you don’t get to play much.
While the hanging out with your tf2 buddies part is great and all, it’s not really all people come to LANs for. They want to fool around on public servers, play some crazy games that are most fun if you play with people sitting next to you and download some serious porn at the end of the day. You won’t attract that crowd with a TUP only lan. And since that crowd still makes up the majority of the TF2 community, the label community LAN may be a bit misleading.
The LAN itself is a great thing for the top teams, they get to meet and compete in a different environment, but for people other than this select few, there’s just not much in it.
That’s where I would have to disagree,
The word community lan, is more in term of a community led LAN, not as part of a larger company, e.g. MPUK.
I can understand you wish the LAN to be your computer so that you can play with friends etc, drink and have a laugh and unfortunately this is where people have difference of opinions.
The last time I went to an I-event (UK LAN) I was the majority of time speaking with people, playing football or actually trying to have a BBQ in the rain. We used the computers purely for TF2 games / practicing, which was probably 2-3 hours a day (if that). To get that privilege, at the time TLR – paid £80 a head? God knows what it is, as I get a discount now if I buy the ticket myself. The TF2 competition consisted of no real prize money, I believe it was actually nothing.
This LAN is designed to attract all levels of play not just for the top teams in Europe. With enough interest, they are looking to run a lower level of sort competition that will run alongside the higher tier BUT will also include cash prize!
It depends on how you wish to weigh it up, I understand transport is never easy and has its extra costs but with cash prizes, time on the computer, AMSTERDAM, possibility of money prize at the end – it promises to be good fun
Mike
“There are 54 pcs, assuming they all work all the time, 9 teams can play simultaneously. Given the nature of the game, 6 people cannot engage in a 6v6. So if you don’t make it far in any of the tournaments, which is likely since the teams most inclined to come are the very best in europe, chances are you don’t get to play much.”
First of all, according to the website there are going to be 3 tournaments, each of for a different skill level. All of them offering prizes. So getting far in tournaments is not at hard as you state it.
If there are 54 PC’s and 16 teams the tournament will probably take about 8-9 hours (double elimination). So there will probably be enough time to play practice matches and such.
Anyway, people are not going to play tf2 all the time anyway. And the location seems to offer a lot off stuff to do. According to the website http://www.thecommunitylan.com/location it even has a spectator cinema, wtf that even might be :D
you guys are al gay tbh Dour is the best festival. Sensation sucks & so does werchter… xtala, Amon YOU NEED TO COME!!! i’m comming aswell and you all have to buy me a birthday present because it’s my birthday then!!!!
edit: 54 pc’s…. maybe you need to do this somewhere else where ppl can bring their own pc’s? (their are plenty eventhals where you can organise a lan)
Dour festival owns, I was there last summer and the lineup looks even better this year. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to take enough time off work to go though :(
This community LAN looks cool too, and I’ve been needing an excuse to visit Holland for ages. If I’m in a lannable team in July, then I’ll be there.
contra, it’s not my bad that you can’t actually afford Werchter ^^
After this great lan last weekend, im quite sure i will attend. Dont really care about the cpus, but ive got more important questions:
– Whats the beer price at the lan
– Assuming that it is above €1, whats the distance to the closest supermarket
– Also, where is the most nearby coffeeshop (or will exfane bring 9000+ grams?)
– Whats the beer price at the lan
– Assuming that it is above €1, whats the distance to the closest supermarket
– Also, where is the most nearby coffeeshop (or will exfane bring 9000+ grams?)
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I’m hyped about this LAN. It seems like a great way to just enjoy TF2 and the competitive play it offers with the best people in the community, personally I don’t mind the limited number of PC’s, I am certain there will be plenty of stuff to do and watch. After looking at the pictures the WZZRD Enschede venue looks quite awesome I must say.
Does anyone who have actually been to this place tell us what it is like? Just for a better overview of what to expect :)
I’m looking into trying to get a group of Norwegians down there, if I succeed it will probably be a majority of the Norwegian community and PK will try to prove what we are capeable of.
Nothing is certain as of now but we will see how it goes :) If things come down to it I might just go alone.
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