Eureka LAN 20th June (Prev. Salisbury LAN Party)

[spark64]

Yes we are going to try a LAN in Salisbury again. This time on a weekend without a major event going on elsewhere in Adelaide. If attendance is good enough this will become a regular event on a monthly basis on weekends that don't clash with Valhalla, Streetgeek or ASLAN.

The LAN will be on Saturday June 20th 2009 from 11am to 10pm at the Buffalo Lodge Hall on Orange Avenue in Salisbury. Entry again will be $12.

Seats can be booked by PMing me. We will be making tickets available from a location to be advised later.

PM me with wishlists of games and types of comps you would like.

Security is being provided again as well. Other details will be ironed out at the committee meeting on Sunday.

There will be seating for about 40-50 people.

LAN will be all gigabit and the games below have been chosen so far:

Counterstrike Source
Call of Duty 2 + 4 + WAW
Command & Conquer Generals
Battlefield 2
Unreal Tournament 3 and 2004
Flat Out 2
DOTA (If someone canshow us how to set it up)

Patches will be available through a File Server.

[Cloudstrike]

Gigabit?
Security?

[LegionX]

Security is being provided again as well. Other details will be ironed out at the committee meeting on Sunday.

[spark64]

Gigabit?
Security?

We will be fully Gigabit and if we get enough bookings seating will be increased by twenty or so extra seats up to about 70.

[Cloudstrike]

Security is being provided again as well. Other details will be ironed out at the committee meeting on Sunday.

He merely stated that 'other' details will be ironed out, so I asked for more information on the previous statement.

[spark64]

Other details being ticket availability locations and what food will be available along with comps and so on.

[nifty50]

is this next to st jays ???
ive allways wanted to go 2 a lan but wouldnt know where 2 start

[Pugs]

is this next to st jays ???
ive allways wanted to go 2 a lan but wouldnt know where 2 start

bring a computer monitor, nouse and key board, plus all the relavent cables and game...

[spark64]

is this next to st jays ???
ive allways wanted to go 2 a lan but wouldnt know where 2 start

Yes it's in the hall across the road from the St Jay's Youth Centre.

What to do about coming to the LAN.

1. Book a seat to make sure one is available.
2. Bring your Computer Case. Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse & Mousepad, Power & LAN cables, Headphones. Preinstalled Games you wish to play at the LAN - required patches available on LAN server. Don't bring Speakers, Heaters or big non-PC cooling fans. Bring a comfy Office or Executive chair if you prefer it to the chairs provided.
3. Make sure you have transport arranged to and from the LAN.
4. Don't bring Alcohol or Drugs or come to the LAN Drunk or Stoned.
5. Don't share porn at the LAN - try to remove it from your PC before you go to the LAN in case you share your C Drive.
6. If things are still being setup in the hall before starting time don't expect to be let in early.
7. Have fun fun fun. See if your mates want to come along to play team games with you.
8. Make sure you have a decent antivirus program that is up to date.

More Ideas and rules to be posted as I think of them.

We are arranging a new email address and a website shortly.

If someone wants to make up a mudmap to give people directions to the LAN that would be appreciated as I'm not graphically talented.

[nifty50]

what games are played ?

[nifty50]

where did the name Eureka come from ??

allso how many people are booked atm?

i might think about comming. to bad i dont know anyone off the fourm tho.

Jokes about salisbury? ha thats funny

[theduke82]

where did the name Eureka come from ??

Perhaps the Eureka Tavern are sponsoring it?

[spark64]

where did the name Eureka come from ??

Perhaps the Eureka Tavern are sponsoring it?

We have nothing to do with the Eureka Tavern. We just decided that the name was better than calling it Salisbury LAN Party.

[hobo-jo]

No need for garbage posts in this section of the forum, I believe this was already addressed by Wookie in the last thread:

Posts rubbishing an event because of its area code are not really welcome. Yes we can all have a joke - thats what the humour forum is for after all. Keep it there. Keep it on the straight and narrow or be banned.

[nifty50]

yea it reminds me of the tavern witch isnt a good thing.

i thought you guys would have found another name to be honest

hay spark how many people do you reckon are going to show up/ or are allready booked?

also what games ?

[nifty50]

sorry wookie

Either that or checking yourself into the psycho ward - either one will be ok as long as it keeps you away from me.

What are you trying to say ?

[spark64]

Just kidding dude. Yoiks.

[spark64]

Games we have decided on so far:

Counterstrike Source
Call of Duty 2 + 4 + WAW
Command & Conquer Generals
Battlefield 2
Unreal Tournament 3 and 2004
Flat Out 2
DOTA ??? ( Help needed to set it up)

Games will be either Deathmatch or Team Deathmatch if enough players.

PM me if you have any other games in mind and if we get enough players we will try them.

[spark64]

Here's the Full details for the LAN.

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The Event: Eureka LAN Bookings (etc): Eureka-LAN@live.com.au

The Location: The Buffalo Hall Map available by email (see above).
Orange Avenue
Salisbury SA

Capacity: 40-50 people

The Date: Saturday 20th June 2009

The Times: 11am to 10pm

Entry Fee: $12 at the door (Please try to bring exact money)

Door Prize: Alienware Promotional Packs drawn at 7pm.
(Thanks to Wookie from SA Lanning Org and Valhalla)

Supplied: 1 Three foot section of table
1 Power connection
1 Padded Chair
1 Network port

What to bring: 1 Computer, Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Headphones, Network Cable.

What NOT to bring: SPEAKERS, Heaters, External 240V Fans .

Parking: On the street outside or in the Youth Centre carpark across the road.
No parking on the site itself although the space in front of the building can be used for a loading zone.

On-site Canteen Window: Soft drinks and some snacks available. Hot food is still being discussed, although there are several fast food outlets within walking distance. KFC, Pizza the Hut, Pizza Haven, MacDonald’s, Hungry Jacks, Romans Dial-A-Pizza and Golden Rooster Charcoal Chicken.

We have Gigabit Network Switches for the event.

We will be running a variety of FPS and other games.


LEGAL STUFF
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The event will be Smoke-Free and no Alcohol or Drugs will be permitted. Offenders will be asked to leave. The Parking areas will be randomly patrolled.

The LAN's Official policy - like that of all LAN Parties - is that no sharing of copyrighted material is permitted. The sharing or display of any pornographic material will result in only ONE warning before you will be told to leave.

[spark64]

Well the LAN starts in a little over eleven hours at 11am Saturday.

I will do a quick check of my emails at 8am and after that I have to packup to go setup the hall.

The location is the Buffalo Hall on Orange Ave in Salisbury. The hall has the letters RAOB on the front and it is between "Meals On Wheals" and a Tennis Court two streets south of the Uniting Church on Park Terrace.

[terra]

Ill make an appearance, whether i have my PC, notebook, or PS3 depends on how busy I am i the morning... which is getting pretty close.

[theduke82]

How was it?

[BigBadBootyDaddy]

was fun, i think there were around 10-15 people there.

network speeds were awesome, turns out they were too awesome for my onboard network chipset. I've found that I can run gigabit speeds for about an hour, then have to turn the machine off for 10-15minutes, because my speeds drop from 40mbs to 15kbs, and ping rates sky rocket into the high thousands. Which makes leeching and gaming near impossible.

Network ran smooth, parking wasn't an issue (plenty of street parking out front as it's a nice wide street), no power issues,had some good fun gaming, but my network card issues and my cold meant I had to call it a day earlier than I wanted.

Only downside is STEAM games and the client can be a little tempremental since there's no internet connection.

[The_Wookie]

great stuff!

[spark64]

Here's my first report on the Eureka LAN.

The seven people who booked seats actually turned up. Since Big Bad and his two mates left early due to onboard network issues we had four people left for the Prize Draw. Funnilly enough yet again this was exactly the number of prizes we had so we drew numbered tickets and gave them the choice of which price they took in order of drawing.

The Cordless Mouse went to Nekron.
The two Alienware Promotional Bags went to Pazza and Terra.
The Alienware Heated Travel Mug went to Caddy.

Due to the numbers we only ended up playing COD 2 & 4, but everybody appeared to have fun anyway.

We hope to have our next one on August 1st. We'll know for sure as soon as Tassy checks back on available dates.