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It doesn’t mean TF2 will be part of it, the games at ESWC are not announced yet.

But yeah it will clearly be a big step forward if TF2 has success in the french lan tour.

Yep of course, it was just to make things clear but hope it happens :)

By the way :

Payments opening: Tonight, Midnight!
Prepare your credit cards!

You can take a flight to Beauvais airport (Ryanair) from Dublin, Glasgow, Edinburgh and a lot of cities in Europe, the prices are nice ;) Then take a train or rent a car.
Maybe you should gather there and rent a car.

And what days will the TF2 tournament be running?

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MAXLAN: Prizes & More
http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/138802/

Hello everybody,

The payment process for the MaXlan is now live. I’ll try to anticipate the questions you might have, and give you information about the French Masters of Video Games license, registration process, and the availability of computers and hotels as well as the shuttle.

1 – The French Masters of Video Games License.

As you may know it, the MaXlan tournaments are officially recognized by the French Master Series. This means that each owner of a classic unused license or a gold license will benefit from a € 5 discount on the entry price. (a classic license gives a discount for one and only one of the Master Series event of the year)

This discount can be tested on our website, and you can check if it is taken into account when making your payment. The main cause of concerns during license recognition is a difference between the information you provided on your MaXlan account and the information on the Master Series account. Indeed, to prevent a player from using your license, we are cross-checking those information to verify that you are the licensee!
We encourage you to verify that the following data are the same on the French Masters of Video Games website and your MaXlan account:

• Last Name

• First Name

• License Number

• Date of Birth
If not, your license will not be found and you won’t get the discount!

Warning, we will not redeem the € 5 if you take your license AFTER your payment!

2 – Registration Process

Before detailing the payment process, a little clarification for solo players (SC2, TMN): You need to enter the tournament as part of a team, even virtual. If you do not depend on any structure or team, you still need to create one, even artificial, in order to register!

To register for the event and pay your entry, it’s very easy!

– First log into your MaXlan account using the login pod in the top left of the web page.
– Click on the “Registration” button in the red menu bar

– This will take you to step 1 of the payment process:

This page allows you to book your place checking the box under the little red ticket (42 €).You can also book a seat on the bus, rent a screen, and check the license taken into account by the MaXlan website.

You can also perform these operations for another player than you, participating in the event.He just needs to have a MaXlan account already. To do so, use the search module (You can enter their name, nickname … after a few characters, a list automatically allows you to quickly find the person you’re looking for).You’ll be able to pay his entry for the event, and if the player already has a ticket or if you buy it for him, to book a screen and a place in the bus for him.
This operation is mainly useful for managers, brothers and sisters or friends wishing to make a single payment.

Please note, playing areas are designed to accommodate 5 computers per Team (or 6 for TF2 only).If you wish to enlist a substitute, he will not be able to have his computer next to his teammates, he can only use one of his teammates’ computer. Also, the entry for a manager in the event is free (2 manager badges can be assigned per team), but we can not now guarantee him a socket on a switch to access the network!

Once you’ve selected the options you want for you and/or for other players, you can book a hotel package by clicking the little “+” next to the package chosen.

=> Once your order is ready, you can click on the “NEXT STEP” button under the big red house;)

– You then get a summary of your order.

Make sure everything is right, and click once more on “NEXT STEP”

Then you arrive at step 3, which redirects you to our online payment operator Cyberplus.Take out your credit card and follow the instructions on the screen ;)

At the end of the payment process, a security warning may appear, it is quite normal as you exit the secure payment website to return on the public maxlan website.

You will be redirected to a screen stating the payment possibly mentioning a problem.In most cases, your payment will be accepted and your spot reserved!

You can then check your reservations on your MaXlan account!

3 – Hotels, Computers, Shuttle …

Hotels:

Quick reminder about the hotel packages. We are working with the Tourist Office of Epinal, which centralizes all your booking requests, and then dispatch the teams in the various hotels, and allows us to benefit from advantages: negotiated prices, simplicity (your key will be handed to you at the MaXlan no formalities …) We can not change anything about where you are placed inside each pack.Teams will not be splited between various hotels, but you can not choose the specific hotel you want inside the package you choose! We also want to point out that we will not respond to emails on this point!

You can find various information about the hotels on the ” news ” page.

Computers / Screens:

Renting computers is crucial for the event. It is a big plus over previous editions, but we only have a small “fleet” of machines, and we are facing a strong demand. To ensure a quality event (I’m sure you all want to see the different European top team ;)), we have to do the best, and process manually the rental requests. We prefer being honest, the selection criteria are very simple: we will focus on teams from afar (hence foreign) and applications for a group rental for the whole team! A security deposit of 200 € per computer will be required for the duration of the event.
Small reminder of the computers configuration:

Processor: 540 Corei3
Graphics: GTS 250
Memory: 2GB of RAM
Screens 120Hz (other screens are proposed when rented without the PC pack)
Keyboard / Mouse / Headset supplied by the player.

We are currently looking for other machines to add to those we already have …

Still, if you want to lighten your trip, a single screen can be rented for the event. They are CRT with a frequency of 100 Hz at 1024 * 768 (screens will be different in PC pack)

Shuttle:

The bus will leave on Friday, March the 18th at 17h at the Porte de Bercy, Paris, arriving in the evening at Epinal. The return is expected for 20h from Epinal on sunday. The fare for a round trip is 50 € per person.

As a conclusion for this small block full of information, I hope to welcome many of you at the event in March which promises to be spectacular, with growing world-class teams, cash, endowments, entertainments, partners with the village, the arrival of the commentators Pomf & Thud on the event for stracraft 2 … a great “LANAFrance” atmosphere so dear to the community not only from the east but also throughout France.

See you soon!

Gautier MARTIN
MaXlan Coordinator

Come on top teams. TCM, Diggy etc.

do you know anything about the schedule of the games.