Breachlan journey to i38

[gemini]

Breachlan Does i38 - All the info you need

Car 1 Status : FULL
Car 2 Status : Car + Driver Required

Current Breachlan Participants.

gemini
MadMan
ZeroG

Journey Only Participants

NiceGuy

WE URGENTLY NEED ANOTHER CAR AND DRIVER BEFORE WE CAN EXPAND THE TRIP ANY FURTHER. PLEASE COME FORWARD IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DRIVE DOWN. FUEL WILL BE PAID FOR AND BEER PROVIDED :D













Who's up for it?

Get a group of us travelling down for the biggest UK LAN party.

I have been to loads of these so if you have any questions about the event, location, jargon etc then give me a shout il help you out.

If we could get a group of 5 together we could even enter a tourney as a team, which would be excellent (even if we would get totally fucking pwned in the first round)

Its about a 8hr drive if you stick to the speed limit.

Surely we could arrange a convoy of two or three cars to go down together. I think that would be awesome.

IF you are interested, respond / PM me AS SOON AS POSSABLE. It is critical to get sorted out quickly as seating is done on a first come first served basis.

Check out http://www.multiplay.co.uk (http://www.multiplay.co.uk/) for more information


If you want to come, then it's a good idea to plan to pay for the lan immediately after i37.(10th August) There is a promotion where if you pay early you get something like 20% off for about a month after i37.

[SwiftTempest]

Im game

[ZeroG]

Yup I'd be up for that again.

[MadmaN]

i am well up for it!!!!!!!

[MadmaN]

Hotel or hostel this time???

[gemini]

Whatever you choose, I'l be going hostel though

[gemini]

Due to failure of myself at CopyPasta previous posts the dates have now been ammended. The LAN is in November of THIS YEAR.

[Castiana]

You know me, I'm in!

[Bloodnok]

I need a bigger car before thinking about driving down again but interested nevertheless

[Sinner]

i would be up for it like mad, hoping to be in a cod team for it even though chances of winning would be 0. i have a small car though ....

[MadmaN]

we played as a cod team at i36 :)

November ... should be ok i think.

- Edit by Castiana -

For the love of god man. Learn to use the edit button....

[gemini]

Ive been checking out the options available from someone like Arnold Clark and their cheapest van rental (£35 a day) for a Citroen Belingo (http://www.vanatic.co.uk/van/image/133/citroen_berlingo.jpg) would be completely appropriate. Even a van that small would be perfect. We could have all our stuff in there no problem and save two cars from the journey if possable.

Although we would need to sort out a driver, and find a rental company that has offices in both Aberdeen and close to Stoneleigh. Budget are the only potential candidates so far so if anyone can come up with another option then please bring it up.

EDIT

Seems the idea of renting a van is fundementally flawed. Everybody charges about £150 for pickup and drop off at another station so it wouldn't be worth the money.

If we were to do this, we would need as many people as possable to volenteer as drivers.

I am in as the first driver. If anyone else would be able to drive, then please shout up ASAP. I will give you all the information you need to make the journey easy and relaxing.

I am still working potentially borrowing one (for a reduced price) from my employer. I'l let you know how that pans out.

[MadmaN]

Why did I need to use the edit button? lol

[Castiana]

Double posting as a way to post your post count to try and beat PseudoPhreak... Just edit your existing post with the new post... If you dont start doing it i'll start reducing your post count...

[MadmaN]

Sorry m8 I am not trying to beat anyone.... i just post like i normaly do.

Edit... I did not know Admins can remove post counts.... Can they Add post counts also? ;)

[PseudoPhreak]

yeah, sion changed his once and added like 500 to his count, i dont think he realised i noticed and i changed it back! :P

[Castiana]

I've never changed my post count :p

Just learn to use the edit button and not double/tripple post :)

[SwiftTempest]

Must

Annoy

Staff :p

[Castiana]

By doing what exactly?

[Deep Blue]

Don't have them pick up and drop off the Van, we get a one way hire, trundle down, unload, give van back to depot. Homeward, get van, load it up, unload in aberdeen, take it back to depot.

I will look at prices today, I am sure that if we split it between 6 / 8 of us it'd be worth while, perhaps even keeping the van over the week!

I am happy to arrange for the van cause I'm 10 mins away from most of the car hire companies (budget included). I am also happy to drive it

[gemini]

The charge is for picking up the van yourself but leaving it at another depot. Thats what the £150 charge is for.

The theory behind taking a van would be that we would save the price of a few cars. If we aim for 10 people going down, the car arrangement would be something like 4 or 5 cars.

If we could have a van we could get away with two cars, so the price of renting the van and diesel would have to be lower than the price of three return journies across the country in the van. That's the theory.

[Deep Blue]

Pretty borderline really aint it?

[gemini]

It depends. If it's about the same then both sides have ups and down.

With a van we have fewer drivers but a more complicated journey. Without we obviously dont have the risk of going there with somebody elses vehicle but we need more drivers.

[MadmaN]

anyone own a trailer?

[Deep Blue]

anyone own a trailer?

I wouldnt be putting anythning other than non breakables in a trailer :o

[ZeroG]

Trailers also limit speed ;)

[Amesy]

According to the multiplay website, it's i37 7th - 10th August.... what are you lot talking about?

[gemini]

It's too late for us to sort out a trip for i37.

There is no way we could get enough people paid up and sat together on time for the event.

I'm talking about i38, in October/November.

[Amesy]

Ah i see.

[gemini]

Bump.

We need at least one more person to be in as a driver before we even consider organising a trip. Dave did it last time.

The drive really isnt that bad. You just need to propperly prepare for it. This is something I do all the time and will happily help with should it be required.

Just contact me if you arent sure or are just thinking about it. I'l help make sure it all goes easy.

[Scottish-Husky]

Im Interested

[gemini]

UPDATE

We really need to start thinking about getting the ball rolling on this one if we are to sort out a trip.

Interested so far.

1. gemini (Driver - Confirmed)
2. SwiftTempest
3. ZeroG
4. MadMan
5. Sinner
6. ScottishDragon (Driver - Unconfirmed)


I know that the people I have marked as drivers are able to drive. So I will be contacting you all shortly (via PM) to confirm that you are definately interested in coming down, and will be prepared to commit to it by buying your ticket in early August. Then that you will be prepared to drive down and take other people and kit with you.

Fuel costs will be shared evenly amongst the group.

With the current list of people who have expressed an intrest, we will need FOUR CARS. If we can get just one more person interested, then we have a team of TEN Going and can enter either two tournaments, or have an A and a B team in one tournament.

Last time we entered the CoD4 tournament and although we got absolutely gubbed I think I speak for everyone when I say that we had a whale of a time getting gubbed.

At this time, anybody who can drive, and has a car but who I have not marked as a driver, then please contact me immediately if you would like to help the journey by driving some of us down. We will go in a convoy as we did last time taking regular enough breaks, (Including at the only KFC in Scotland that can stack a fillit tower burger propperly, or the bacon roll van of ABSOLUTE WIN)

We only need one more person to express an intrest (as driver or otherwise) to allow us a team of 10. If this happens then we can get a big group booking discount :)

If you are interested but not on the list, or are no longer interested then please post ASAP.

Thanks.

[gemini]

BUMP

Could DeepBlue and Dave please read / reply to PM's please.

Thanks.

[gemini]

As it stands at the minute, (3/4 drivers got back to me so far) it seems we could be in a good position journey wise.

DeepBlue has expressed an intrest with his Volvo XC70 and ScottishDragon with his Hyundai Getz. Combine that with my Mondeo and between the nine of us we easily have the capacity for all our equipment. A tenth player we COULD fit into the three cars. We will see how big the XC70 is at the pub lunch.

If anyone wants to be that tenth, now is the time to express an intrest. :)

***UPDATE***

If anyone is unsure about comitting, I will be comitting by buying my i38 ticket as soon as they become available after i37.

[MadmaN]

I loved every second of the lan so I am 100% in!!! by the time the lan comes the season should be finnished in my work so I should be free by then.

[gemini]

BUMP

I know I keep going on about this. But mabey it is time to expand the search for a tenth.

Do you know anyone who might be interested and who would make a good teammate ? Tell them about the trip. We might be able to get a nice trip going :)

Also, it has just become MORE IMPORTANT THAT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSABLE WHO ARE INTERESTED PAY AS SOON AS THE EVENT OPENS SIGNUPS.

I have information suggesting that the dates posted on the MPUK forums (and as a result, here) may not be entirely accurate due to negotiations with the venue.

As a result of this, to give us the best possable chance of sitting together as a group of ten we need as many people as possable to sign up and pay as QUICKLY as possable.

Not forgetting of course that early payments result in big discounts.

Signups and payments for i38 will open either during or immediately after i37 which is in two weeks. Keep an eye here and on the MPUK website for more information.

Thank you.

[Sinner]

im still up for it and i can drive.
as for the tourneys though cod4 would be one i would have to say no to as im hoping to be in a team with some people i currently play with online. but its all for fun so i dont midn to much.
cod4 section or would we be seated seperately?

[gemini]

The hope would be that if we get ten of us from Breachlan travelling down, that the ten of us would then form two teams for a tournament. If anyone wants to come down with us to then splinter off to join another team, thats fine. As long as you let me know that is your intention.

Sinner what kind of car would you have for the journey. Make, Model, Age, Engine, Fuel etc.

[Sinner]

ford fiesta, 04 reg (one of the newer models), not that many miles for a car its age. only a 1.25 engine but it can drive a fair distance on a full tank

[ZeroG]

Not sure how soon after i37 I'll be able to pay for i38 as I have a lot of expenditure in the next couple months, I will have to see closer to the time.

[MadmaN]

13th to 16th of November ... at newburry race course? wtf why not at the usual place :/

[gemini]

Newbury Racecourse was the previous venue. They moved to Stoneleigh Park at i34 as the event expanded.

But the winter one is always a bit smaller. It should mean that it fits nicely into Newbury.

[gimpchimp]

I'd probably be up for it, holiday days and cash flow permitting. I can't drive though.

[gemini]

I'l need to see again about the entire thing. I may have a big oppertunity to do some serious staffage at i38. There have been quite a few older staff say they wont be there so I might have a big oppertunity for me to step up and fill some big shoes.

[Castiana]

I'll be attending i38 as Staff.

[MadmaN]

ahwell ... thats that fucked!

[gemini]

Not entirely. I'l be double checking dates and venue etc and looking at sorting out a trip for anyone who would want to go as customers.

[NiceGuy]

is there any space for me again?? I'm dying to go LAN again!

[Deep Blue]

is there any space for me again?? I'm dying to go LAN again!

Breach is next month nice and local for you :D

[MadmaN]

Gemini breachlan Admin? when did that happen lol

[Sakey]

Greg is helping us out with some stuff so required access to the staff forums. :p

[Bloodnok]

well done that man

[MadmaN]

is there any near by hostels or cheap hotels for this venue??? as ive never been to newbury lan before.

i read somewhere online about a red room for sleeping?

[NiceGuy]

Breach is next month nice and local for you :D

Its the competitve CSS team tournament im interested in. It's a quite a scene.

Anyone can take me down again? <3 <3

[MadmaN]

Its the competitve CSS team tournament im interested in. It's a quite a scene.

Anyone can take me down again? <3 <3

We are really looking for people who will take part in the breachlan team!

[MadmaN]

Oh wow alot of the info is up guys .... check it out @ http://iseries.multiplay.co.uk/i38/


I will pay asoon as I have a few of my questions answerd.

[Castiana]

What questions?

[gemini]

The Red Room is for sleeping. But it would give you a quieter sleep if you were to tie yourself to the underside of an HGV which was driving at 58mph across the country.

[Sinner]

im fucking there.
im still in talks with my clan about managing to get free tickets from our sponsers and it looks likely :D
shame our scope is german and wont make it :(
butttttt im still game and i can drive my wee car down if needed.

[ZeroG]

I'm gonna look into travel and see how easy it is to get there. Getting to Stoneleigh wasn't too bad if a little pricey.

[MadmaN]

Just hold on mark..still waiting on gemini to see whats happing and if we can arrange a journey down and somewhere decent to sleep!

[gemini]

I REALLY WANT TO GO AS A PUNTER.

I really am extraordinarily tempted to go as a punter. Im going to need to look into my time off and what not to see how I can make this work out.

***EDIT***

I am leaning towards punter over staff at the minute. But I also really want to go as staff.

Il be spending the next few days seeing what I can arrange.

[MadmaN]

Ye because ever since you mentioned it ive been realy hyped up about it. and if we can get more numbers this time it will be an even more amazing time.

since you have been to newbury iseries you know all the ins and outs :)

[MadmaN]

Who remembers this @ i36 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpXH98f9CGE - Thanks to Gemini for finding it lol.

[gimpchimp]

I can punt some Christmas dates for this, but I can't drive :(

[MadmaN]

I can punt some Christmas dates for this, but I can't drive :(

Were trying to sort something out m8.

[MadmaN]

Hey Mark what did you do when you gone to i37? did you take your whole system or just your laptop?

[gemini]

The dates for i38 have been confirmed as the 13th - 16th November.

[ZeroG]

Hey Mark what did you do when you gone to i37? did you take your whole system or just your laptop?

Just took the laptop.

[MadmaN]

what was your total journey time to get there? you flew down did you not?

[ZeroG]

Flight time was about 1.5 hours.
Air Tram from Birmingham airport to train station about 1.5 minutes.
Train to Coventry was roughly 10 minutes.
Taxi to Stoneleigh was roughly 15 minutes.

There was a little waiting to get the train but it wasn't really all that long.

[gemini]

Ok Guys.

I will confirm now that I am heading down as a punter to this event.

I'l be booking my ticket just at the end of the month.

Anyone else who wants to come is urged to book and pay for their ticket as soon as possable. This will ensure you get the 20% early bird discount.

I will get to work on sorting out transport for everyone who wants it as soon as I get back from work (in one week)

[NiceGuy]

can i please come down you with you guys again this time?? I know i cant be in the breachLAN team for the tournaments but i can have fun regardless..and still help with spreading the overall costs :D

Please can i come!!? Need to know so i can book early bird :D

[MadmaN]

Awsome news! I will get paidup asap.

We also need to sort somewhere to sleep.

[Sinner]

We also need to sort somewhere to sleep.

... no camping?
i am sooo game for going.

[MadmaN]

... no camping?
i am sooo game for going.

The last time we camped at @ i36 but it was hell .... it took us about an hour to put up all the tents lol ...after all them hours of traveling nobody could be fucked lol.

on top of that it was wet and cold and there was fucking morons making noise in the campsite.

[ZeroG]

Unless you want to sleep inside at Newbury camping is the only way to go unless you splash out on a nearby hotel.

Camping in November should be an experience in itself.

[MadmaN]

Yup gemini said there is a cheap hotel near by.

[gemini]

There is this one here. (http://www.travelodge.co.uk/search_and_book/hotel_overview.php?hotel_id=56)

At £30 a night between three people thats a pretty good deal. Again, il be looking into booking this once I get paid at the end of the month and just after I get back from Stratlan. Need to see how the money works out.

All I'l say about that place is that it is exactly what you would expect from a travel lodge. Clean rooms all of exactly the same standard and layout as every other travel lodge room in the country.

However, there is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY that you can walk to it.

Although you may look at the distance and think it is ok, take my word on this.

It involves crossing a motorway, and at least a three mile walk alongside an unlit dual carridgeway with no padestrian footpath. Trying to walk there and back every night would be suicide.

This means that anyone choosing to stay there will need to take a taxi. Not too expensive if we all chip in together every journey.

There is part of me though that is tempted to camp. Again, il need to see how the money works out after I get back from Stratlan.

Again though I would like to re-itterate how dangerous the road between the racecourse and that hotel is. Please, nobody even consider walking the road. If you want to stay in this particular hotel then thats fine. But please do take the cost of taxis into consideration (Shouldnt be more than a tenner each way)

[gemini]

***UPDATE***

I will be buying my ticket for the event this coming friday and posting proof immediately after.

Anyone who wants to go and is able to drive is urged to book their ticket as soon as possable and then post saying so. It should mean that we get the transport plans in place as soon as possable and hopefully give a thumbs up to Niceguy for transport.

Ta

[NiceGuy]

***UPDATE***

I will be buying my ticket for the event this coming friday and posting proof immediately after.

Anyone who wants to go and is able to drive is urged to book their ticket as soon as possable and then post saying so. It should mean that we get the transport plans in place as soon as possable and hopefully give a thumbs up to Niceguy for transport.

Ta

That would be GREAT!! Thank you!!!!!

[gemini]

Screenshot from my email account :D

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/3115/geminii38.jpg

[MadmaN]

I will be paying tonight :)

[gemini]

With the move back to Newbury Racecourse, it is important that we all have the information up to date.

There has been suggestion of a seat picker system similar to Stoneleigh Park. But until that is confirmed we should presume that it will be done the old fasioned way. That is, someone from Multiplay manually seats everyone.

In order to help them do this, and to ensure we are sat together as a group, we need to make sure that our clan tags are all the same.

In your Multiplay account, set your clan to Breachlan

With a capital B, no punctuation, and make sure the spelling is also correct.

Anyone who signs up should make sure this is done to try to ensure we are sat together.

[SwiftTempest]

i hope no one minds if i wait about the 2nd week of sept to pay up, i need to see what my uni timetable is going to be like

[gemini]

Thats fair enough. You can take as long as you need. Just the sooner everyone pays the easier it is for me to plan what we can do tournie wise and more importantly, transport wise.

And ofc there is a 20% discount for paying in advance. I get free EAS for being a Veteran so you should expect to pay £89 for the entire event (Thursday - Monday) Thats only ofc if you pay during the early bird.

[MadmaN]

Ye remember to select early arivall ticket.

[NiceGuy]

So is it safe to buy my ticket? Can i go with you guys?

[gemini]

Il call yes. ATM it only looks like its me and Madman who are booking during the early bird so we have then a few weeks to sort things out.

[gemini]

I have just confirmed that the date for the early bird discount closing is the 14th September.

Anyone wanting to come should seriously consider paying before then to take advantage of the 20% discount.

[ZeroG]

Paid.

[Bloodnok]

Im a no go, sry

[MadmaN]

Im a no go, sry

:( Achwell maybe next one?

[MadmaN]

Paid!!!! =)

about 8 quid saving booking early lol

Well £90.48 GBP when paid via paypal.

and email from multiplay says StratLAN 22 | £40 | ???? lol

What was your total Mark?

[ZeroG]

Booking Amount = £90.00 (inc. VAT)
Services Amount = £15.00 (inc. VAT)
Discounts/Payments Made = £18.00
Total Amount = £87.00 (inc. VAT)

[gemini]

Excellent. That's car one right there.

Stu I would contact MPUK about your confirmation email. Give them a phone and check (just to be sure) that you are signed up and they have recieved your payment.

We need another person in as a driver before we expand the trip any more. Dex, would you be interested in coming as car #2 ? :)

[MadmaN]

------Description | Price ||-----
StratLAN 22 | £40 |
i38 | £72 |
Early Arrival Service | £15 |
Early Arrival Service Reason | || long trip from scotland | ||--------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|

This is what i got lol

was charged £90.48 GBP when paying via paypal.

got this email also.

Booking Ref: ***** Event: i38Area: Call of Duty SeriesBooking Type: ParticipantDays Booked: Event Ticket (covers all event days)i-Series Discount Level: NoneServices Booked = Early Arrival ServiceBooking Amount = £90.00 (inc. VAT)Services Amount = £15.00 (inc. VAT)Discounts/Payments Made = £18.00Total Amount = £87.00 (inc. VAT)

[gemini]

Alright. Could you forward the emails you have about i38 to me and il get the guys to look into why that was included in your email and getting it sorted.

You wern't charged for the SLAN so it isnt that bad.

For everyone else, when creating your account / booking please use the following information.

Seating area - Call of Duty Series
Clan name - Breachlan

[MadmaN]

Cool ... there is no option to pick Clan Name.

[ZeroG]

My Event Bookings -> Login -> Click on your Booking ID number and then Game Area if you want to change that.

My Details -> Clan Abbreviation to change clan I think is the right option, well it's the only one I've found anyway.

[gemini]

We will need to see exactly how the seating will be done. It could be done via a seat picker or it could be done the old fasioned way where some poor sod from mpuk gets the unenviable task of typing everyones names manually into an excell spreadsheet.

Long as we are all sat together is what matters.

Anyone holding off on paying has another 6 days to take advantage of the cheaper ticket rate. You are highly encouraged to sign up as soon as possable to save some cash and make the journey planning that bit easier :)

[ZeroG]

So what's the thoughts on accomodation ? Personally I've been looking at hotels and stuff nearby and there are quite a few even within 1 mile. Not sure what the weather would be like in November for camping, I think I would get a bigger tent as that 2 man I have is a bit crap.

[gemini]

Even though the camping last time was absolutely the worst experiance of my life, I am tending towards that again as it is free.

Presumeably, NiceGuy will have his own arrangements for with the rest of his clan (please advise me if this is not the case Dave)

So for now at least its just the three of us. I nominate a room at the Newbury Chievely Travellodge because booked far enough in advance it could be as little as £10 a night for us to stay there.

Someone will have to take an air bed, (we can draw straws or something to decide who gets bed, sofa, airmat.) but it requires someone to pay for the room in advance and then accept cash later on for it. Something that I just cant afford to do right now.

[gemini]

http://www.multiplay.co.uk/index.asp?newsid=2633

Seating Method has been announced. It's the old fasioned way where everything is done manually.

It is more important as a result that everybody who wants to come pays as soon as they can afford it. We need two more to make up a team of five but at least one of those two MUST be able to drive.

I'l be contacting everyone who expressed an intrest again to check who is still wanting to come. If you do want to come, and are a motorist then please get in contact with me as soon as possable.

Thanks.

***EDIT***

FROM NOW ON, ALL JOURNEY / EVENT CRITICAL INFORMATION WILL APPEAR IN POST 1 IN THIS THREAD. PLEASE BOOKMARK IT AND CHECK REGULARLY.

[MadmaN]

need to sort sleeping arangments ... i dont mind sharing a hotel room to bring costs down!

camping will be icy cold lol, fook that tbh.

i am willing to book upfront for a room for us.

bed wise we can swap around each night?

[gemini]

I simply dont have the money at the minute (or likely to any time soon) to be able to afford the outlay to book the hotel room in advance. I'm trying to save as much cash as possable and even flog some stuff to try to raise some capital for my new laptop.
(I'l be doing i38 on a tiny budget anyway)

If someone could look into the alternatives and post up ASAP we might find us a good deal. ATM It looks like its just you me and Mark thats in for the trip anyway. Doesnt look like at this stage we will get another driver or another player :(

[MadmaN]

thats major suckage ! we had almost 10 peeps who wanted to go and they have backed out? bad news :(

[MadmaN]

if all is cool ... i will book a room for the 3 of us? 5 days thursday to monday.

[gemini]

I would be up for that. We can work out exactly who is due who what later on. Fuel bill should be smaller than last time given there will be four in the car :)

[ZeroG]

It would depend on where the hotel was and what the arrangements were.

[gemini]

My suggestion still stands for the Newbury Chievely Travellodge.

I'l stay off the drink on the Sunday so I can drive us. Other times though a taxi isnt very expensive.

[MadmaN]

if we all aggree to goto sleep at the same time then sharing a taxi would be ideal .... cant be that much to the hotel? we could always ask on the multiplay forums?