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I have started looking into the logistics of planning such an event. Money is the most glaring issue. PC rentals, venue rental, and other associated expenses necessitate a ticket price, not to mention the price of a hotel and flight to the city (probably USE or USC). This begs the question. How much would you pay to get in the door? Maybe Reloaded would be willing to bring in some corporate sponsors in order to make the event cheaper? This would obviously happen far in the future (once the game has reached a marketable state). I know it's a really crazy dream, but this community has never been one to be particularly sane. I want this to happen. I know that I would pay exorbitant amounts of money to attend an event like this. Just wondering how many of you out there have the same feels. 


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If you can pay for my flight from Australia to America, I may be in. :P


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Meeting and playing in person? Like, physical people and such? Ugh. Never.

What's the big fuzzy bunnyng deal? Lots of amazing people have committed suicide, and they turned out alright.

 


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Twelve dollars.  That includes airfare and accommodations.


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one hundred trillion Zimbabwean dollars. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Which is equal to about $0.40 USD)


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Twelve dollars.  That includes airfare and accommodations.

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can i pay in dank memes

Only the dankest


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Around 50€. Might increase if the future of Hawken isn't uncertain.

 

And prolly EUW as well, bish.


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Meeting and playing in person? Like, physical people and such? Ugh. Never.

 

Like anyone wants to meet you anyways. You even refuse to talk in ts ...


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Like anyone wants to meet you anyways. You even refuse to talk in ts ...


I don't use TS don't be silly

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A long long time ago I was in talks with ZamboniChaos and [MTR]Magus (marketing employee at Meteor Entertainment) about hosting an event such as this, I had a few conference calls on what all I thought it would take to pull off.  I still remember the freaking firetruck sirens going off in the middle of the calls, lol.  That must of really been annoying working there listening to that all day.  It all fell through when MTR laid off a metric butt ton of employees the 2nd time around, nothing was ever mentioned about it again once Magus was released even though there were still other marketing employees.  I asked quite a few times to try to get conversations rekindled and they didn't respond.  

 

My thoughts were to rent out a gaming center for the evening, it would of cost roughly 300 bucks for a party of 20 (back at that time), and some willingness for the company to install Hawken on their computers which I think would of been fairly easy with a nudge from the Devs, remember this was pre steam.  The company I had picked was Howies gaming shack at howies.com.  I decided on their venue because they were fairly close by and they had the best selection of identical machines that had the performance to run Hawken.  I felt it was easier than renting out a conference room, and worrying about getting internet access and lan configurations, but it was also discussed as a bring your own computer lan event also, but I felt it would of been way easier to just camp on someone elses hardware thats already setup and not have to worry about anything.

 

The biggest problem that was discussed is advertising and getting players involved, because in the local area at that time, I knew of 1 other Hawken player and I had already asked him (with approval of Magus) to help me host the event.  I had plans for going and passing out flyers and such at local gaming houses and places like ASU or other community colleges, it would of been hundreds of hours of passing out flyers in order to gather enough players to make it viable.  But I was willing to devote the time to do it.

 

I felt I could of pulled it off and even had plans to stream it to twitch while it was going on.  Only thing I told them I wanted was one of those Dev Hawken Jerseys with my callsign and the number 68 on the back, boy wouldn't of that been cool.

 

Sucks remembering what could of been.  I thought about contacting Josh and Tiggs about doing such a thing still, but I don't feel they'd be interested at this time.

 

For those of you that don't know, this is one of those Jerseys.

 

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This is freaking amazing.

Well, even though it would be rather region specific event since amount of money required to travel to US from EU is WAY tooo high, even for most devoted players.



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We helped them out at a Hungarian gaming convention called PlayIT. They made player accounts for these events and hosted European private servers not available in the server browser. These servers were running years after ADH stopped attending cons.

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So, you're telling me... there is a chance?

 


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This is freaking amazing.
Well, even though it would be rather region specific event since amount of money required to travel to US from EU is WAY tooo high, even for most devoted players.


Not sure you understood, that picture was from PAX East 2013 where Hawken had a booth setup. They had 4 Volunteers from the community that helped them, they were given Jerseys for their hard work. Warpig was one of them, theres another picture with NotKjell but its blurry so I didn't include it. There were two others Toryne and Budeci I think. The picture was just to show the Jersey that I wanted so badly. Thats all.

There were concerns from some other people that had elevated access to the old Devs, a few of them were in other countries, and I always maintained that they should also search for similar venues to host their own event. I'm sure there are places in other cities and countries just like what I had found. Just look around maybe theres one close to where you live.

At the start when it was asked to a group of people it was kind of a feeler to see how people would react, much like what Merl has done. I took it and ran with it full speed, because I knew I could do it. I did research by going to the gaming shack and checking out the specs of the computers, and everything. It would of been really cool to say the least. Its a shame it never happened and that I had to keep it a secret all this time.


Oh and another thing, that was really a big issue, there would of been no actual Hawken fans really, only newer players with minimal experience. That was one of the major drawbacks, like I said, I only knew of 1 other player in my metropolitan area.

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Acommodation and flight costs are the problem. I would love to go just to support the event and meet community members there, but it depends where.


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The LAN will be held in Wisconsin. It just makes sense.

Just get there and call, we'll get you a ride to the venue (Poopslinger's Place)


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The LAN will be held in Wisconsin. It just makes sense.

Just get there and call, we'll get you a ride to the venue (Poopslinger's Place)

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Ehn, 50 bucks without transit?

 

The problem becomes size. If we're talking anything larger than holding it in someone's house, the costs listed skyrocket.

 

If you're renting a venue and equipment, you need security. You also need to discuss overnight or after-hours rates, because the vast majority of venues do not have experience with LAN parties. Because we're mostly old fuzzy bunnies here, we probably won't be pulling 24-hour shifts, but if the last couple LANs I've been to are any indication, we're going to want access until at least 2am. Most venues don't do that. At the same time, if you want this to be a repeat thing, you need to broach the topic of power consumption. Again, almost nowhere is ready for the sheer draw that X number of gaming PCs is going to have. You don't want to get slapped with a bill for it after the fact. Even if we stop at midnight to hit the bars, power consumption can go to thousands of dollars in that time.

 

There are basically no large LAN parties smaller in size than Dreamhack, Quakecon et al because the sheer weight of these costs require numbers to defray them. Personally, I have run one and the general consensus was "not worth, would not do again." (in monetary expenditure)

 

If you're going to do this, look up veteran association halls. They are medium-sized, generally extremely flexible, willing to work with you, and badly in need of money. Consider a BYOC policy and have a waiver ready, regardless of your security arrangement. You're going to need infrastructure, but Home Depot will pretty much have anything you need for rent, and for cheaper than a party place (tables, srs-bzns power extentions, I usually make people bring their own power bar and recommend a heavy duty one). If you're going to want this to be recurring thing, you're probably gonna want to invest in the digital infrastructure yourself, which means a switch and router at the very least. You can ask people to bring their own cabling, just make sure they understand the length they need, which should more than the length of your hall to allow for play. If you're doing it yourself, buy in bulk from like (GODDAMMIT I FORGOT THE NAME OF THE PLACE AGAIN). Relatedly, you're gonna need a fuzzing shitton of gaffer tape to keep the cabling safe. 

 

Basically, what I'm saying is I've done this before and while it can be done it is not cheap and hard work. There's a reason all our LANs these days are small and at people's houses.


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Just the cost of hiring security to keep some members from fighting, arguing and insulting one another would cost a fortune..Then again, it might be an opportunity to kiss and make up :wub: 

 

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Just the cost of hiring security to keep some members from fighting, arguing and insulting one another would cost a fortune..Then again, it might be an opportunity to kiss and make up :wub:

 

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If I had money to travel I'd be there just to personally meet my clan mates and some other players that are so dear to me. It'll be worth it!


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I have a few rare pepes that I might be able to shell out. 


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I have a few rare pepes that I might be able to shell out. 

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You'll be the dank memes guy

 

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i would go but only if certain members of the community with certain hobbies went and they were able to procure said hobby through uncertain means so that we could partake of this hobby, preferably while we stand in a circle and pass it around.


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i would go but only if certain members of the community with certain hobbies went and they were able to procure said hobby through uncertain means so that we could partake of this hobby, preferably while we stand in a circle and pass it around.


This is hawken, obviously this would happen

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i would go but only if certain members of the community with certain hobbies went and they were able to procure said hobby through uncertain means so that we could partake of this hobby, preferably while we stand in a circle and pass it around.

 

yeah I'll circlejerk about Hawken with you while passing around shitposting ideas


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I'd go.  I'd pay up to $100 for entry, and I'd handle my travel/room and rental car.

 

I'd even be willing to split the room/lend the other bed and cot, and chauffeur others to help save their budget.

 

And... I don't care about hobbies, but this LAN party could be in Colorado or Washington State, no?


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I'd go.  I'd pay up to $100 for entry, and I'd handle my travel/room and rental car.

 

I'd even be willing to split the room/lend the other bed and cot, and chauffeur others to help save their budget.

 

And... I don't care about hobbies, but this LAN party could be in Colorado or Washington State, no?

 

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>flies desktop to wisconsin
>sets up LAN station at poopslinger's house
>eats all of poopslinger's food
>drinks all of poopslinger's alchohol
>leaves


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It's a great idea. One to consider, even if it's for a later date :D

 

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I'd shell out for a plane ticket to wherever to meet a bunch of strangers, sure.  Not like I'm doing anything better!


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If there was a LAN within driving distance then I would be looking at how long the event ran to determine how much i'd pay.

 

If it was running 4 hours then perhaps up to $20 an hour so up to $80. eg: 8am-12pm 1pm-5pm 7pm-11pm based on popularity.

 

When we have played LAN nights after work (4-6 hours), then we have free drinks fridge at the office, and we bring our rig and all chip in $10-20 for delivery order.

 

I'd probably expect at an organised event, the place to include drinks such as a postmix only package. I'd expect for each of those times that i'd expect to arrive having already eaten (so best to have some nearby food venues), but would probably expect some light snacks to do the rounds. I'd like there to be an option to order a shirt with my pilot name on it.

 

Now if it was a full day event, then I'd obviously pay more, but playing that long would probably be a tough stretch for most people.

 

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i would go but only if certain members of the community with certain hobbies went and they were able to procure said hobby through uncertain means so that we could partake of this hobby, preferably while we stand in a circle and pass it around.

 

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entry fee?  i'd pay up to $100, but for a bill, you'd need to cater the event and include a bag of swag.

 

i'll be making a road trip of it, unless it's on the east coast, then fuzzy bunny off.



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YOU CAN USE MY OFFICE AND THEN MAYBE AFTERWARDS WE COULD HAVE LUNCH!


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