Breachlan journey to i36

[gemini]

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)

The event runs from Thursday 9th April (If you pay for Early Arrival, which you should) until Monday 13th.

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 for more information

[panda_sam]

Shame you couldn't have chosen the summer lan. I only have the cash to go to one per year and at the August lan all of my friends and clan mates congregate for much drunken fun :D

If this idea doesn't go ahead and you re-arrange something for the summer I'll definetely be in.

[gemini]

Alright sam :)

Have you been to Stoneleigh Park yet ?

I want to organise a trip for this one though because I will be staff at the other events this year.

[ZeroG]

Been looking to go to one for a while now and reading up on it sounds very exciting. I've PMd you.

[MadmaN]

Mark i Pm'd you about it , did you not get my pm's?

[MadmaN]

and yes im intrested also!

[MadmaN]

Another thing , im not working atm so i can have they days no problem , but i signon on thursdays every 2 weeks but at 9:20am .. i can cheak if my sign on lands on that thursday! but what time would you leave , becuase even if i do need to sign on i can probs be to you for 10:30am.

[PseudoPhreak]

you plan on being on the dole that long?

[gemini]

and yes im intrested also!

Theres car number one right there.

I personally would plan on passing dundee around 9am. I'm sure an extra half an hour wont affect much.

Mark I havnt recieved any PM's from you. Please resend :)

Two more who are interested, and we have a Team to enter into some tournaments :)

[MadmaN]

Woops silly me :D i forgot you would need to pass dundee :D cool :)

and no i dont planning on being on the dole that long.. but jobs are realy dry atm :/.

cheak your box aint full, both of you OR the pm system is fux0rd lol.
becuase i sent pm's to mark also and i dont think he got them.

[gemini]

OR the pm system is fux0rd.

That gets my nomination. I have totally empty PM folders.

[ZeroG]

I see what happened now - I clicked on your name and posted a message thinking that was a PM but it's a public message under your profile. I've deleted that and sent you it as a PM.

confusing to say the least.

[Castiana]

I'll take a look at the PM system....

[Skull]

i would be interested, but i dont know about april this year, as i have exams in may and by april i will probably have books so high around me i wont be able to get to my pc :(

[Deep Blue]

I will get down to an i-Series eventually, but not this one sadly :(

[gemini]

i would be interested, but i dont know about april this year, as i have exams in may and by april i will probably have books so high around me i wont be able to get to my pc :(

Might be worth going to the summer one then. I'l be going as staff to the summer one so il be there. Anyone else who goes to the summer one we should meet up and go drinking one night.

[Skull]

Might be worth going to the summer one then. I'l be going as staff to the summer one so il be there. Anyone else who goes to the summer one we should meet up and go drinking one night.


hmm, interested
i will speak to the heads of state after bl this year
cause it depends on when im away over the summer too

[panda_sam]

Alright sam :)

Have you been to Stoneleigh Park yet ?

I want to organise a trip for this one though because I will be staff at the other events this year.


Yeah, I have. It's bloody huge :o

That's fair enough mate. I can see why you'd rather organise a trip to this one.

Will no doubt see you at the summer one if you're staffing.

[gemini]

IF any more of the breachlan crowd would like a trip down, we can surely arrange one more car. Two more players would give us a team which would make it most enjoyable for us :)

Even if you have just a curiosity, respond back im sure I can convince you to come down :)

[gemini]

I had a quick chat with Dave this morning who seems interested, and Dave is a motorist.

All we need is one more and we have a team :) If one more is interested, then between the five of us we have transport, and a team, the first two big hurdles in sorting a trip.

I really want to sort this out. This would be my first trip to an i-series as part of a team :) It would be awesome to enter a big LAN tournament, and enjoy the exhebition without the pressure of having to fix everyone elses computers.

Please speak up if you would like more information, or to come along :)

[Castiana]

I'd be intrested, but i'm not sure i can afford it.

[gemini]

Il send u a PM later tomorrow Castiana. Showing how we can keep the cost right down for everone.

It's worth doing for a month or two without a few luxuries to be able to save to go :)

[Castiana]

I shall await said PM.

[gemini]

Sent. I forgot to mention in the final totting up at the end, add £15 for EAS onto the guesstimates :)

[MadmaN]

how much would this whole thing cost you reckon , tickets , food , sleep , 200 quid total?

[gemini]

Il forward you the PM aswell. £200 would be quite comfortable :)

[Bloodnok]

Can I see this PM aswell please

[MadmaN]

Wowzers ,going by your PM it could be an expensive trip , it's a dam shame they dont allow you to bring in alcoholl from tesco or something.

i recon 250 to 300 for me Maybe. .. its realy hard to say .. depens how much booze i want lol . do people drink outside before going back in the building? lol , sneak some shots in haha.

[gemini]

Its due to the fact the building is a licenced premesis. Its nothing to do with Multiplay not allowing it, its the british government not allowing it. While you can drink in your tent you cant anywhere else on site. And let me say, the security are good.

I personally plan on spending about £250 - £300 myself. That would be very comfortable for the entire event.

Dave, PM incoming.

[MadmaN]

how about the old vodka in a bottle of coke trick lol ..looks like coke but its mixed with lovley vodka lol

[PseudoPhreak]

cant go a weekend without drink? wait. not even that, cant go a gaming session without drink!!!

[MadmaN]

considering i drink like once a month or sometimes longer i like to have a drink when its a lan party hehe,

[gemini]

More PM's for Madman. Il also send Zero the price guide :)

[MadmaN]

who's all going then? ..i need to save them pennys now :)

[Bobster]

sadly my situation is the same as sams

[gemini]

If anyone else is interested keep the intrest coming.

I have sent PM's to everybody who has expressed an intrest so far. I would like to get the ball rolling and i'm happy to be the first to buy my ticket to prove im serious about the trip :)

I'l be booking my ticket on Thursday probably. I'l post a screenie up with my proof of payment / booking. :)

[ZeroG]

I'll need to see about booking time off work but I don't see it being a problem.

[gemini]

I havnt had responses from ZeroG, Castiana or Dangerous_Dave. Can you please check your PM Inbox, carefully read the message and reply.

Thank you :)

[MadmaN]

Yup come on peeps lol

[gemini]

+1 point to ZeroG :)

[gemini]

+5 points to Dangerous_Dave who is in as a driver :D

-50 points to MadMan for failing to regulate the number of private messages stores in ones inbox :D

[MadmaN]

hey i cant help it im popular haha

[gemini]

Castiana loses 5 points for every hour that passes where he fails to read his PM's :)

(Im quite enjoying the points game)

[MadmaN]

how many points do you get if your signup and pay? ;) lol and whats the TUP: £120.00 option lol

[gemini]

how many points do you get if your signup and pay? ;) lol and whats the TUP: £120.00 option lol

If you signup and pay your points is set at maximum and can not be altered from there.

The Turn up and play option is aimed at european clans who are not able to come normally because they cant get their computers on the planes. You pay £120.00, and you get a Packard Bell iPower computer and 17" monitor given to you for the duration of the LAN. They are all set up before you arrive so all you have to do is, Turn Up and Play.

Its not without its limitations though. You cant sit in with the main LAN (would be too easy for machines to go walkies) and instead sit in a seperate area. I wouldnt pay for it on the grounds that

1) If I was going to be sat in TUP area while rest of clan was elsewhere, I wouldnt be interested
2) If entire clan was to be sat in TUP area, I would find a LAN party in my own country.

Put it simply, don't take that option. Standard BYOC + EAS is the way to go.

[Castiana]

I'll post a deffinate yes or no tonight ^^

[gemini]

I'll post a deffinate yes or no tonight ^^

You're a good man. Thanks :)

[MadmaN]

whats team games do they play? cod4 ect?

[gemini]

Anything and everything mate. The biggest games are CSS and CoD4 but over my i-series have seen everything from RedAlert2, Warcraft3, Flatout, Civilisation, Worms, Re-Volt, Armagedtron, literally everything.

It's the standard of play and the atmosphere I look forward too tbh. The saturday night party is always brilliant. We have a good ammount of drink, an awesome pub quiz, a boat race then more drink into the night.

[gemini]

http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=i36bookingfd4.jpghttp://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=i36bookingfd4.jpghttp://img220.imageshack.us/img220/4333/i36bookingfd4.jpg

I'm booked and paid for i36.

Ive updated my Clan name so its now BreachLAN

[MadmaN]

im paying up very soon!!!

[gemini]

As a quick heads up for everyone (Thanks for reminging me Stu)

When you try to book EAS, it asks for a reason. The reason is no longer particularly valid so dont worry about it. However, you should put something like "Long drive from Scotland" in the reason box. It doesnt really matter.

Also, when you create your accounts, it will ask for a clan name. Use BreachLAN (case sensitive). Again its not as relevant as it once was but it might help us sort seating.

Thanks :)

[panda_sam]

Guys, I saw the thing about booze mentioned earlier. It's entirely possible for you to buy booze from tesco. If you're camping, they're quite happy for you to drink in/in front of your tent as long as you're not too noisy and clean up after yourselves.

I spent most of the last lan sat under a big Jolt marquee very very drunk.

[gemini]

Thanks for that Sam. :)

[MadmaN]

Thanks for heads up!

[MadmaN]

anyone paid up yet? im paying tuesday next week!

[gemini]

If you guys could pay as quickly as possable we can start to sort out seating. Let me know when you have paid.

Thanks :)

[Bloodnok]

Ive paid :D so OMGWTFBBQ is the rest of ya?

[MadmaN]

im paying on tuesday!!!!

[MadmaN]

just read the i36 homepage. there now at a 1000 gamers paid!!!

[NiceGuy]

Hey boys, i will be paying very shortly for i36 also.

I will be meeting up with my CSS team to compete, although i have no of getting down as yet. Is it possible if i could please hitch a ride with you guys??

[MadmaN]

not unless you join our css team haha

[MadmaN]

did you remember to book early arival dave?

[gemini]

Dave joins me in first place on the table of freakin awesome :D

Who wants to join the freakin awesome table ?

[Bloodnok]

did you remember to book early arival dave?

Yes after gemini keeping me right

[NiceGuy]

Is that a yes guys? (Still havnt paid yet):S

[gemini]

Dave, log in to the seat picker and give me control of your seat. I will then plonk us down together somewhere. I'l space us out so no randoms should sit inbetween us and that should give time for others to pay and fill in the gaps.

NiceGuy if you are in on helping pay for our fuel, you are in on the journey :)

We are going for EAS and leaving probably early afternoon on the last day. Depending on how we feel we might hang around for the raffle then clear off immediately after that. See how we feel. But it will definately be a Monday departure.

Let me know if thats a problem.

[NiceGuy]

Thats not a problem, i just really need to get down! Of course i will chip in for fuel! I wouldnt dream of not! lol!!

Thanks alot!! Gemini pls add me on steam: odniceguy


I guess i can buy my ticket now!! WOOT

[MadmaN]

cant wait to buy mine on tuesday! then m8s paying thursday w0000000t

[gemini]

Excellent.

It has just became more important that speed is increased.

Multiplay have announced that at this lan there is potential the exhebition will be in the same hall as the LAN. If we are to get seats as far away from the exhebition as possable then we need to hurry up.

Dave can you please let me know when you have given me control of your seat.

Stu can you please do that AS SOON as you have paid.

And can ZeroG and Castiana please let me know when you plan on paying for the LAN.

Thanks everyone :)

[ZeroG]

Sent PM Gemini

[gemini]

Replied. Things are going nicely now. We should have five by the end of the week

[MadmaN]

WoooooT ... thats it! ive paid for i36!!!

confirmed paid me, gemini, bloodknock , my m8 on thurs. mark soon?

mega bonus points to me :D

[NiceGuy]

I am paid too!

I can't wait!! Wooot

[Bloodnok]

1 word:

w00t!




and its Bloodnok (too many Daves on this planet...)

[gemini]

Thats me, Bloodnok, MAdMan and ZeroG all in position. Depending on Madmans mate and Castiana when they find out we may have to move to keep everyone together.

Thank you everyone for your efforts this far.

With 4 of us signed up now we can start planning the journey and getting other things in place to make the trip as great as we can make it.

I get home from work around 9pm tomorrow. I will start the process of sorting things out first thing thursday morning and I will have info available to discuss with everyone at Breachlan.

Everyone for now though sit back and relax. We have gotten over the biggest hurdle in organising a group trip of this nature.

I am looking forward to this now more than ever before. We are in for a great time.

Everyone should have sorted themselves out by the time breachlan comes. So I will have the bulk of the plan in place for you all then.

Take care everyone. Thanks :)

[MadmaN]

Thanks Gemini will tell m8 to pass seat onto you!

i see ZeroG is sat under diff section from us lol.

[ZeroG]

I didn't know what to put so I just randomly chose - don't think it makes any difference anyway.

[gemini]

Technically it doesnt. But they are designed so like minded gamers are always sat together.

[Negator]

i-series is overrated unless you plan to meet lots of online peeps who are down south. went to i18 and it was a big expense and generally a bit crap. Smaller lans are the win.

[MadmaN]

maybe so .. but its differnt and something new for a change!!!

[gemini]

I disagree.

I love going to lans of all sizes. All have pro's and con's. The sheer scale of the I-Series makes it an awesome experiance.

[MadmaN]

Thats 5th BreachLAN Clan member paid going!!!! m8 has just paid up for i36 :) you should have control of his seat now gemini , his gamer name is l33buk.

realy cant wait now!!!!!

[gemini]

Tidy. All sorted.

[gimpchimp]

Very tempting. Will run it past the wife.

[MadmaN]

just had bad new from my m8! he cant get time off work so he wont be attending :(

[gemini]

That is unfortunate.

We need 1 more in that case to help us have a team of 5.

[MadmaN]

Hey guys at the LAN I had an idea about having a Car-to-Car Wireless Network between us for the journey to i36 :)

I found this video on youtube and it gives you an idea of what you can do , Netmeeting Voice and Video Conference over lan, small games plus other stuff :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp72RbwDW80

I'm going to buy this access point very soon which has 2 big antennas on it which would network us together.

http://www.3000rpm.com/acatalog/TP-Link_TL-WR841N_300Mbps_Wireless_802.11n_Router.html

let me know what you think?

[ZeroG]

ah MadmaN and his toys :)

[MadmaN]

i cant help it ive got this addiction where i want to try everything possible lol.

i done my wifi trip to the law hill in dundee , part 2 will bigger and better and hopefully a nice sun shining day this time round.

[gemini]

Certainly would be a good laugh and a geeky thing to do on the way down.

Bearing in mind though we have no power points it would need to be quick. But if you guys could complete a game of anything it would be absolutely hillarious

[itsmyyard]

Couldnt you just use in car adapters with the cigartte lighter as a source of powerpoint?

[gemini]

No.

Those things draw a MASSIVE current. Like, upwards of 40A constantly. That is bad for the battery. Plus its dangerous to have that level of current anywhere near you.

Plus it is likely to take out the fuse on the ciggarette lighter. Which could have things like the stereo linked into it. Then we would have an 8hr drive and no Stereo.

[ZeroG]

...and have to listen to madman singing O.o

[MadmaN]

ye! how much are adapters? or does anyone have one spare we can borrow?

[MadmaN]

dad said it should be fine, he said the radio is linked to the main power source diff from lighter socket.

would need something to power the access point atleast. and have laptops fully charged.

[MadmaN]

also who has webcam built into there laptops?

[PseudoPhreak]

do you really want to take that risk in someone elses car? you break it you bought it!

[MadmaN]

do you really want to take that risk in someone elses car? you break it you bought it!

ye it's ok , just thinking how i could power a access point... anyone got a power brick? or a UPS.

[Bloodnok]

thats alot of extra weight...

[MadmaN]

thats alot of extra weight...

depends on what size

[Sinner]

was planning on it but i cant this year, lack of funds and the fact i have to work monday the 13th as its a bank holiday ... GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

[gemini]

Taking a UPS would take up space that we just dont have.

I have confirmed nothing is coming from Galashiels so we have three people planned for each car as it is atm. There simply is not space for other stuff like a UPS bearing in mind we will have more kit than we would have for a breachlan. (Camping stuff etc)

The invertor devices as far as I am concerned are dangerous and I will not allow one to be used in my car. To draw 40A constantly from the battery will reduce the quality of the battery, risk taking out other electronics in the car, and quite frankly they are dangerous.

[MadmaN]

we could try just networking both cars pc to pc without a wireless router but it wont be as powerfull connection.

[gemini]

Between two cars surely the standard laptop signals should be enough.

Create an ad-hoc network from whatever laptop has more beef. Then on the way down me and Dave just stick close. Surely that should be strong enough.

[gemini]

Breachlan now has five members paid up and ready for the LAN.

We can participate in either one of the two main tournaments. So what would you guys prefer.

CounterStrike Source or Call of Duty 4

Also, expect an information pack coming out in a weeks time detailing who is taking who, pickup locations, equipment requirements etc etc.

[ZeroG]

Although I'm not particularly good at either I would prefer CoD4 over CS.

[Castiana]

CoD4 ftw ^^

[MadmaN]

im better at cs:s but yer cod4 :)

[gimpchimp]

Hmm -- I won't be able to make i36 but I'm going to try for i37. Most likely not going to take my own PC though and just pay for one down there.

[MadmaN]

will use my high power antenna then , armagetron driving lan style?

[gemini]

I'd vote for CoD4 aswell. We can sort signups later.

I'm at work for another hour and a half, and with no work to do and the boss gone for an early flight I guess I have some time to kill :D

[MadmaN]

thats a couple of videos uploaded to the breachlan account

[ZeroG]

Lucky you

[Bloodnok]

thats a couple of videos uploaded to the breachlan account

Dave Gaming, what lame a gamer :P

[MadmaN]

i want to use this sig http://www.cosmicduck.net/countdown2/preview.php is it possible?

[PseudoPhreak]

i want to use this sig http://www.cosmicduck.net/countdown2/preview.php is it possible?

Have you tried it to see if it is possible?

[Castiana]

(remove the spaces)
[ img=http://www.cosmicduck.net/countdown2/preview.php][ /img]

[MadmaN]

(remove the spaces)
[ img=http://www.cosmicduck.net/countdown2/preview.php][ /img]

ohright you just treat the php file as an image file... thanks man.

[PseudoPhreak]

heh, reminds me of "its a .jpeg but its animated like a .gif, wtf"

[Bloodnok]

Less than 4 weeks to go? Better start getting ready

[MadmaN]

yup can't wait!

[gemini]

I have sent the information pack to Dangerous_Dave, Castiana and MadMan.

Could ZeroG and NiceGuy please get in contact with one of those three and get them to forward you the info pack.

Thanks. This is it. Getting real close now.

17 Days


***EDIT***

BTW anyone who replies to the email address I sent that info pack from will be lined up and shot. :)

[MadmaN]

i have no info pack! you mean you have sent it as an email? - no pack has been sent to my email!

the pack you sent me before? i cant find it :/ can you resend it pls?

[gemini]

I sent it to the email address in your Breachlan profile.

stu_man_2k2[at]hotmail.com

[MadmaN]

when did you send it? i cant see any email from you :/ .. can someone pass it on to me plz! thanks

[Castiana]

Its called a spam folder. Check it.

[MadmaN]

it's called already first thing cheaked lol , nothing :/

[Castiana]

Just another time where hotshit(hotmail) fails. I'll forward it onto you, if that doesent work i'll PM you the files.

[gemini]

I sent it from the works email address, ghanson at talisman-energy

[Bloodnok]

Just a wee update, My dad is trying to get a gearbox for a Mini (not that BMW half arsed) from Birmingham and wants me to pick it up while we are on the return journey from I series, Its not big nor heavy but I will be taking an empty box thats the same size, making sure there is space for it.

I have been told that it should be clean.

Hopefully everyone will be ok with this

[PseudoPhreak]

i am outraged!!!

[NiceGuy]

Likewise, this just will not do!

[MadmaN]

come on dude! gamers come first . you should know that :D .... oh thanks prism i now got the email!!! . geminis must have got lost lol

[Castiana]

Whos Prism?

[Bloodnok]

Guys, its only a warning as I'm not sure they will be open on the easter...

But If I do bring it back, its one step closer for the car to back on the road/hill climb

[PseudoPhreak]

Whos Prism?

the one thats in your sig, your email addy, your url and your xfire name

[Castiana]

Point taken :P

[gemini]

Shouldnt be a problem to sort out a gearbox. I wont be following you into Birmingham to collect it, we should be avoiding unecessary miles.

I still though would highly encourage your dad to pay for shipping. In my experiance, the drive home from an I-Series is much harder than the drive down there. I am usually not in the best of moods and only interested in getting home. Adding extra miles and time to the journey is something im just not going to do unless absolutely necessary.

[MadmaN]

found 1 tent , just need to find the other one , then i need to build them and air them out.

ye all you want to do is go home asap and get back to your home comforts! your own bed ect.

im taking the single air bed, it folds up into a bag it dont take much room, it will make such a difference to your sleep. you can pickup a single air bed for a tenner from asda!

[Bloodnok]

I still though would highly encourage your dad to pay for shipping.

He would but its a pick up only...

I'll add more info when i get it

[MadmaN]

sometimes you gotta keep papa happy to keep him nice lol

[MadmaN]

6 man tents!

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=6+man+tent&_sacat=See-All-Categories

about 20 quid each , or unless someone has one?

[PseudoPhreak]

sounds hot!

[ZeroG]

Can someone send me the info, need to get some stuff sorted and time's running out.

[MadmaN]

cheak your e-mail dude! , are you taking your laptop or your full system Mark?

should be 4 documents in the email!

[MadmaN]

found 2nd tent!

[MadmaN]

thats the tents built! just washing them now.

pics comming soon! :)

[MadmaN]

Ok scrap the idea of taking an single air bed. because there aint enough room as once its blown up it would leave the person lying next to me squashed up against the tent lol.

we have 2 options! just take a camping mat OR we could use a double air bed.
Im ok with sharing if anyone else! i wont try and rape you or anything haha so your safe there :D

in return of using an double airbed you get great comfyness which = a better nights sleep! instead of a rock hard ground lol.

what do you think?

[MadmaN]

pics and a vid clip :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmqaooS7lik

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/5697/abovetents.jpg (http://img14.imageshack.us/my.php?image=abovetents.jpg)

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8319/eurohike.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/my.php?image=eurohike.jpg)

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/6056/notherntent.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/my.php?image=notherntent.jpg)

[gemini]

Excellent.

I bought another 2x man tent today at argot (only £13 lol) so thats the accomodation sorted.

Good work Stu.

[MadmaN]

no problem :)

[gemini]

I will be preparing my car today. Sorting the tyre pressures, topping oil etc etc

[Deep Blue]

Enjoy yourselves guys, remember stay safe, change your clothes and take plenty of BO basher ;)

Tyre pressures should be checked weekly regardless ;)

[MadmaN]

i can pickup a double airbed from asda for 12 quid!

[MadmaN]

not sure if all who is going to i36 have seen this?

http://i36.multiplay.co.uk/newsid/726/ - food and drink @ i36

[Bloodnok]

Good News, no mini gearbox to be picked up as its being shipped here.

Bad News, need to get new tyres for car asap.

[MadmaN]

i hope everything will be ok?

[Bloodnok]

Getting tyres done on Wednesday (the day before the trip, what fun)

[gemini]

That's good news.

Everyone should now be seriously starting to go through the list of things to do before the event.

Use http://gameshadow.com to make sure all your games are up to date. Then make sure you have an up to date NOCD crack applied to every game.

Also, make sure Steam is up to date. Delete your clientregistry.blob file and make sure you know your Steam account username and password off by heart. Please don't keep your passwords saved. This includes web saved passwords.

Stop all file sharing on your computer. Including windows file shares and shared printers. Make sure you have no P2P, Newsgroup or DC++ applications running by default. This includes sharing within iTunes should you have iTunes sharing enabled.

Fast Passes are now available to print off. Print your off then KEEP IT SAFE AND ACCESSABLE. The point in saving a few minutes on your check in is kind of pointless if you need to spend half an hour digging it out the bottom of your bag.

If you do not have any equipment, now is the time to get it.

[MadmaN]

why do we need to log in manually? forgot you said someone might come up and use your computer? in that case i shall lock my system each time i leave it!

[gemini]

It's something you should do for every LAN party. Not just I-Series.

But there is software available on the internet which allows ones saved password to be "recovered" from a clientregistry.blob file. Even if you remember to lock your PC it is possable that someone put some kind of program onto a USB memory stick capable of recovering the clientregistry.blob file.

[Bloodnok]

Just wondering what security cables would you prefer?

[MadmaN]

It's something you should do for every LAN party. Not just I-Series.

But there is software available on the internet which allows ones saved password to be "recovered" from a clientregistry.blob file. Even if you remember to lock your PC it is possable that someone put some kind of program onto a USB memory stick capable of recovering the clientregistry.blob file.

well if in that case it don't matter if you login manually or not , they will get your details! :/ it's a scary thought when you have spent allot of money on games on steam.

[gemini]

It is.

But its the same as every other big pubilc event.

There are some people there who just can not be trusted and you should try to make sure you don't get any problems from them.

@ Dave, as long as your security cable is capable of attaching your computer to your desk it should be ok. The desks are similar to Breachlan ones so you can loop the cable round the leg and then attach it to your computer.

[MadmaN]

fingers crossed for good weather at i36!

[gemini]

48 Hours from now I will be en-route.

Everybody should now seriously be starting to go through the kit list. Search for the kit you dont have and post here anything you have extra.

I still have one spare security lock for anyone who would like it.

If you havn't started disabling your shares and everything then now would be a good time to get cracking on things like that.

I'm dead excited. See everyone Thursday.

[ZeroG]

Hmm could do with the security lock if it's absolutely necessary.

[Bloodnok]

I got mine yesterday, just hope its long enough...

[gemini]

It will be. You only need to tie it to the desk.

[PseudoPhreak]

I got mine yesterday, just hope its long enough...

thats what she said!!!!!

[Bloodnok]

Moving on, how many of us are taking cans of jolt?

Just that I got 7 (6 cola, 1 blue) and I don't think i need to take the lot

[MadmaN]

48 Hours from now I will be en-route.

Everybody should now seriously be starting to go through the kit list. Search for the kit you dont have and post here anything you have extra.

I still have one spare security lock for anyone who would like it.

If you havn't started disabling your shares and everything then now would be a good time to get cracking on things like that.

I'm dead excited. See everyone Thursday.

did you keep one for my laptop m8?

Thanks.

[Castiana]

Anyone got a spare cable?

[gemini]

Usually when im at the i-series I have one for my computer, one for each of my screens and one for my laptop (staff h4x)

This time obviously though I can only take one screen and there isnt any point in taking the laptop so I only need the two.

MadMan and ZeroG have the other two for their laptops. Everyone else should look into getting their own as soon as possable.

Kustom PC will be selling them at the event for £10, as will Multiplay but I dont know their pricing.

[Bloodnok]

There's always some place that sell them cheap...

Anyone got a working RA2 NOCD crack?

[ZeroG]

hmm I hadn't planned on taking the laptop, still trying to work out issues with it.

[MadmaN]

gamecopyworld.com Dave! the magic place to get all yer no cd/dvd cracks :)

[MadmaN]

hmm I hadn't planned on taking the laptop, still trying to work out issues with it.

oh I thought you where taking your laptop. not sure what sorta space we are going to have.

[Sakey]

Kinda wish I was going....

[Bloodnok]

gamecopyworld.com Dave! the magic place to get all yer no cd/dvd cracks :)

It didn't work... and now i find the TFD version works without the disc...

*slaps self with WinME

[ZeroG]

If I could get the issues worked out with the laptop I would have loved to have taken it. sure beats lugging a whole desktop setup around.

[gemini]

Stu mate I would highly suggest you take your full tower. Seriously.

We will make room for everything. Dont worry about that. We will find a way to fit everyone and everything in comfortably.

[ZeroG]

I think in Madman's case his laptop is much higher spec than his desktop :)

[gemini]

In that case, the laptop is win :D

[MadmaN]

Yes my laptop is MUCH higher than my current system lol.

system upgrade will come after i make my self debt free and never touch a credit card again in my life lol.

[NiceGuy]

Does anyone have a decent spare headset, my creative fatal1ty has died on me today! :(

urgent! Please help??

[MadmaN]

Advent headphones with a mic , nothing special but they do the job.

you could buy headphones at the lan?

[gemini]

Kustom will be selling headsets at the event. Alternatively I have this really garbage pair I could loan you. They were LAN Treasure from some other lan I went to.

[gemini]

Ok Team - Less than 24hrs to go. Please make sure you have all the following looked out and ready.

1) Photo Identification
2) Cash / Cashcards / Credit Cards

Please also for the start of the journey tomorrow please have £60 cash ready to add into the fuel kitty. (This is a generous kitty and will result in us having plenty change at the end, its just one of those things we should have a big buffer with)

[MadmaN]

see you at 9:45 at morrisons car park?

[gemini]

Yes.

You should all have my mobile number. My phone will be switched on tonight from 5pm-7pm and then from 8pm-10pm.

If you have any questions, hesitations, or would like any information then please don't hesitate to call me. I'l take as long as anyone needs.

If anyone doesnt have my phone number, then PLEASE find it from someone else AS SOON AS POSSABLE.

It is important that we have everyone elses phone number so in the event of a problem we have the ability to keep in communication.

This is currently the way I have rende'vous arranged.

ZeroG - Pickup from home (8:15)
Castiana - Pickup from home (8:30)
NiceGuy - Be at Dave's house tomorrow morning at a time agreed with Dave (the earlier the better).
MadMan - Be at Morrisons petrol station for 9:30 tomorrow morning.

If you have a problem with any of these timings then please contact either myself or Dave as soon as possable.

29 Hours until EAS opens.

[NiceGuy]

I wonder what 8.30 in the morning looks like?

Haven't seen it in a while O.o

[ZeroG]

You should try 6.30am every morning :P

[Bloodnok]

At least you can go back to sleep, I've gotta drive...

and ffs why did COH have to start downloading again...

[NiceGuy]

lolololololol

[MadmaN]

oh boy we have almost made it!!!!! see you guys in the morning!

[Castiana]

I'd like to call Shotgun in Gemini's Car. Being a tall bastard, i cant sit in the back for long before the crap sets in....

[Bloodnok]

i cant sit in the back for long before the crap sets in....

what, ur going to shit urself or did u mean cramp :p

[MadmaN]

im kinda the same , but aslong as i can strech my legs abit i should be ok .

[ZeroG]

Pity you are 2nd pickup Prism :P

[MadmaN]

it's only fare to swap around coming back?

[Castiana]

Tushé ZeroG.... Tushé....

[MadmaN]

see you all at i36!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Castiana]

I bid you all Welcome from the BreachLAN team at i36!!!

Total Travel Time: 11 hours and change
Average Speed: <40MPH

F*CKING roadworks.... M6/M4/M42, there a mess....

[Sakey]

Why, in the name of fuck, were you anywhere near the M4?

You weren't going to Newbury

[gemini]

we werent :)

[Bloodnok]

Why indeed, I saw a queue and went sod it and beat them by a minute (after satnav and self wents nuts...)

[MadmaN]

lol it was a hell of time traveling down , but we are here !!!! Yepeeeee

[gemini]

They are selling 4pint bottles of Scrumpy Jack for £12 :D

[PseudoPhreak]

They are selling 4pint bottles of Scrumpy Jack for £12 :D

Didnt you prove drinking at lans isnt a good idea for you at the last BL?

[Deep Blue]

Didnt you prove drinking at lans isnt a good idea for you at the last BL?

:D

[Castiana]

I've been recording "video blog's" of the trip, once I get home i'll make a little breach-iseries movie and post it up. Gemini is the main star!!

[MadmaN]

yup i have been taking some vids also!

[gemini]

Ok, Update

Today we decided to enter and play in the i36 Call of Duty 4 Tournament.

Here are our results for the day.

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8947/finalscores.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=finalscores.jpg)

Just in case you are wondering, that is the worst possable result the admins here have ever seen. By a HUGE margin.

I am also aware I spelled Breachlan wrong but my reason is that it was 6am this morning when I made the team and there was no hot water in the shower :(

[PseudoPhreak]

i dislike that you are giving us a bad name!
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICAL BREACHLAN TEAM!!!

[gimpchimp]

Wtf?

[Bloodnok]

"Captain Hammer" giving admin abuse yet again

[MadmaN]

lol :D

[PseudoPhreak]

did you see what he had in there before?!?!?!? i only edited his post!!

[Bloodnok]

And his account it seems...

[MadmaN]

abit harsh?

[Bloodnok]

So much for your and BreachLAN's credibility...

[Castiana]

Any reason for this PseudoPhreak (http://www.breachlan.co.uk/forums/member.php?u=81)?

Other than looking really unprofessional, I do believe that it's setting a bad example.

Changing Gemini's pic was funny yes, but the sig changes are a bit to far.

[PseudoPhreak]

i think some people are taking this a bit too seriously.
It was meant as a joke, as im sure geminis original post was meant as too and i ran with it.
As for being unprofessional, it was a joke as anyone reading it would see that!

[MadmaN]

ok , vids and pics coming soon! , Castiana will be making a video.

overall im very pleased with my trip to i36 , the lan rocked , the people rocked , and i will be back again :)

[Bloodnok]

Home safe but in need of bed...zzzzzZZZZzzzzz

[NiceGuy]

We all got home safe :)

We all had a great time too! Thanks again to gemini for organizing this, and big thaks to Dangerous Dave for driving also! Thanks all!

If anyone is interested my counterstrike source team did very well, here are the final standings:

Top 94

1. Reason Gaming
2. Team Dignitas
3. LLLions
4. 4Kings
5-6. Veritas
5-6. Crack Clan
7-8. Zen
7-8. fm! Toxic
9-12. rasta.rwp
9-12. infused
9-12. yoyotech
9-12. H2O : Good Looking Gamers
13-16. imperial
13-16. TumBotMix
13-16. :)))
13-16. Attica
17-24. Clothing4Gamers
17-24. Rasta||
17-24. dtp


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17-24. Rasta <-------- (my team)

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17-24. TwistedPlay
17-24. tc5.
17-24. Lost Sanity
17-24. Rasta.
25-32. BoS//
25-32. CYNICAL
25-32. lod.css
25-32. sYnced.css
25-32. [eC*K2]
25-32. wotr
25-32. GECLAN
25-32. evengence
33. Darkstyle!
34. fm! Sapphire
35. Rasta!
36. Damn$exy.Mix
37-38. Reason Gaming Fem
37-38. relapse
39-40. instincts.
39-40. Rapid
41-44. Coltkillaz | [mQL]
41-44. eminent
41-44. exC//
41-44. SD-Gaming
45-48. 1/5
45-48. #Think.
45-48. Rasta.Clanbug
45-48. Sex, drugs and css (SD:css)
49-56. Harmless
49-56. Newbreed.css
49-56. Invictus
49-56. RiOT
49-56. deL.
49-56. Team.Synergy
49-56. Coltkillaz - CK
49-56. TainteD BeeF Community
57-64. syntaX.UK
57-64. onset.
57-64. #eV
57-64. Ki.Descend
57-64. Ki.[A]
57-64. M.3000
57-64. n2L
57-64. Fraglabs
65. (^.^) Space Pandas
66. Barrel Of Munkys
67. RedCell Gaming
68. Erratic
69-70. FERUS
69-70. DECISION
71-74. CodeRed Gaming
71-74. definition.
71-74. eX!st
71-74. CodeRed Gaming2
75-78. MODfail
75-78. cook*
75-78. 3rd.Div //
75-78. [ES-X]
79-86. DivinuM
79-86. pms.
79-86. FleX
79-86. Those Who Know
79-86. -=YUK=-
79-86. SquareDisc
79-86. Chaos Gaming
79-86. [Arm3D]
87-94. ESX2
87-94. pewpew.css
87-94. ♥
87-94. The-Tournament
87-94. DhD
87-94. g0t Liv3r
87-94. BigNades
87-94. [SWog]


So yeah, 17th-24th not bad for my first competitive LAN.

This is how we did in the group stages:
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb209/odniceguy/i36groupstage.jpg?t=1239766750
Knocking out a seed woot!! Have it fragmasters!

Hey look, our team posted on Cadred.org:
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb209/odniceguy/rasta17th24th.jpg?t=1239766749

[NiceGuy]

Here are some pictures of me, mates and my team:

Me:
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs010.snc1/2891_1122823344818_1054126341_30349920_610751_n.jp g

My team minus the leader (Arky went to bed):
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs010.snc1/2891_1122823384819_1054126341_30349921_1628900_n.j pg

Me and my mate from the internet, Hummingman:
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs010.snc1/2891_1122823424820_1054126341_30349922_5091067_n.j pg

Me and online mates:
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs010.snc1/2891_1122823624825_1054126341_30349927_6829524_n.j pg

[Skull]

lol, onset came 57th (my old clan - used to be known as .SAS^)

[MadmaN]

just an update BreachLAN Clan got 1 round against Fnatic the profesional clan on COD4!

And it was me who got that round :D - we got raped big time , but it was all fun hehe.

[Castiana]

Ok, can you send me all your video/pics for the video!!!

Email them to me please: prism27@gmail.com

[MadmaN]

on the way soon m8!

[gemini]

I hope everybody had a good time.

Stay tuned and watch this space for another gemini arranged trip to an I-Series 2010.

[MadmaN]

this time round with hostel rooms :D

[PseudoPhreak]

this time round with hostel rooms :D

stu just wants you alone in a room! where noone can hear you scream!

[Sakey]

Well unfortunatly for Stu, from the reports on the mpuk forum, in the hostel rooms, everyone can hear everything :p

[ZeroG]

Well unfortunatly for Stu, from the reports on the mpuk forum, in the hostel rooms, everyone can hear everything :p

Same thing with the tents tbh

[Bloodnok]

"Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy) as it fell was Oh no, not again."

[Castiana]

Tushé Dave. Tushé

[ZeroG]

It's Touché :P

[Bloodnok]

I was thinking that :P

served

[MadmaN]

;P

[MadmaN]

i36 pics + extras - Videos getting uploaded now! - edit http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VB2DO1R4 - all videos i recorded in 1 rar file :)

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/5760/picture223w.jpg
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/8787/picture252b.jpg
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2899/picture261h.jpg

[MadmaN]

sleeping dave lol :D
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/4852/picture339u.jpg
Ninj4 Dave :)
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/8002/picture351a.jpg

[Bloodnok]

about time you posted that bl night pic :P

[MadmaN]

ye eventually got around to it lol. was in the phone digging out the videos so i got the pics aswell.

[Castiana]

Where did you find the videos?

I've found a few of them but not all of them on my phone...

[MadmaN]

Libary, media , then cycorder videos i think it was.

they should all go in one place tbh. unless you recorded some with 3G Video Recorder

[gemini]

Bit of news, a blue hooded top was left in the back of my car. It's probably a medium.

There isnt anything in any of the pockets.

Does it sound like yours ?