We'll work on resolving this issue by next LAN.

I think pre-pay should be for %75 of atteding ppl next time, Means you get more turnout then eventually %100 prepay, everyone has access to prepay if if u dont like srsly... NUB!!

But overall great lan, i noticed the switching capacity was much much better and owner of the racks.. I had a slot for the entire lan FTW!!

Anyway my 2 cents

Respawn V19

Guni's Xmas LAN


Ill get some t-shirt designs up soon



now that i think about it, lets do it, everyone keen on a Guni Respawn Lan .

I was checking the food run screen until we gave up and went for Nando's, only to find the pizza run had opened while we'd been gone and closed like 2 minutes before we got back. It'd be nice if orders could be open earlier in the day or at least a notice of when the orders will be opening and closing posted early.

The trophies were cool, but the prizes for TF2 kind of sucked...we've gone from $100 each to $50 to $30 to a generic "black gaming mouse". I understand that sometimes not a lot of teams enter the comp but it's a disappointing trend.

Pros:
food
the super awesome network
Felt that the temperature was just right.

Cons:(not really Respawns fault)
People who don't wear Deodorant. (lol idea of small cans of deodorant as a present for the next LAN?)
Those idiots who kept on turning off the power on some of the tables (perhaps have a lock on the door?) (seriously disappointing though. I felt sorry for the other tables )
Delay of Comps ( This was majorly because of the problem above ) (& possibly have notes on the comp info, eg. blur and the windows firewall issue)

So yes, fairly awesome. shame there wasn't as many as they said they would have, but that's because of the date setup, since the school holidays had ended.

Quick Feedback Answers:
[Q] Deodorant?
[A] Something we are aware of, the problem with cans is, if everyone sprays them. If someone has allergies or something, they might get sick? or what not... and not everyone wants to be filling their lungs with delicious hydrocarbons instead of oxygen..

[Q] Pizza Order
[A] Orders normally start about 3pm and close 4pm, with all payments required by 4:30pm to give the store enough time to prepare the order we send them. Sorry if you missed out because you were out of the venue, but thats how it's always been.

[Q] Comp delays
[A] Deadman will probably correct me here, FLATOUT2 got held when we kept losing 2 players due to the power issue. Blur which we ran, you can't run ANY firewall. This was announced by R4N on the P.A. many times.

Pros: -Network was hectic as
-Awesome comps
-Free redbull/lollipops
-Well organised
-Awesome+fast pizza
Cons: -Power outage (handled it well though)
-Need more afk comps

Overall Great LAN!

When we lost power for the 3rd time i decided to stop all Comps until we where 100% certain it was ready to roll.

Pros:

-Nerf Warz! Ammo isn't really that big of a problem when there is so much of it flying around. I was able to find enough darts to fill up my clips when it came time to leave.

HOWEVER! What i think may be cool, is if we have a dedicated 'nerf box' up at the front of the admin table. Anyone who finds darts can chuck them in the box, and when it's time to leave, you just get replacement darts from the box. This helps with the problem of people finding darts, but not the right ones (the slim fire darts vs the large ones)

If you guys are feeling partcularly generous, you can splurge for a couple of these bad boys: to keep up the front, so people can 'replenish supplies' mid battle.

It would also be cool if we could organize some kind of full scale nerf war AFK comp - paintball style. Not really sure how it would work, it would have to rely on people's honesty (you're out if you get hit).

-MASSIVE props to Sando for allowing League of Legends to work on the network, just another point that makes LoL a much better game than Heroes of Newerth!

-Pre-paid seat bookings were also a fantastic idea - I was able to sit up towards the admin desk, and away from the 'CSkiddies' that get a little too excited during their comps.

-Steam worked flawlessly. As well as the faster network making getting updates off the FTP a breeze, myself and my friends rarley had any of the connectivity issues we've had in the past.

CONS:

I can't think of too much, this is honestly one of the best respawn's i've been to, but if I had to say something, it would be the constant announcements for people to move their cars. Seriously, people have been coming to this lan long enough, they are warned at the gatehouse, they know they should move their car as soon as they unpack, so if their car gets towed it's their own damn problem.

A new idiot is born every few seconds.

Had a great time at V18, The operation gets slicker each time. It was great not having to do a supermarket run for the first time the food and variety was good.

I want to just say thanks to the people around us bringing a good vibe to the area; includes Tacoman and the crew and Priorax and the crew. and thanks to all the admin yet again.

Pros

-More people playing Games
-Team immunity
-Redbull
-Network
-Food and cafe upfront
-Sponsors
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Cons

-Our seats were way to close to the guys behind us in damn desk chairs leaning back all the time.
-Yelling and screaming shit about dota and crap like that was just ridiculous, the cod4 and css yelling was not to bad
-Can someone shut the front doors once it gets dark? The breeze at times did get cold as the doors were not shut for some time.
-No bf2 comp? Last time bf2 was successful and had a fair few people playing for a fun game ?
-Empty seats ..
-Anyway of knowing what versions to patch to for the fun comps?

Thats all i can think of, sorry if i offended anyone but i am just trying to be honest for the sake of the lan

Any constructive criticism will be well received. It is how we know what to change to make the lan better for everyone!

This is something I can agree with. We're not being paid by you, therefore you can't treat us like we're completely and utterly under you... Remember that we -did- pay just like everyone else to go to Respawn. Also, we're not psychic and can't hear your demands before you roll up to the table to yell at us for ignoring you or whatever.

But, on the other hand, we also didn't have enough people at the gopher table standing up for when help was needed. You volunteered your time; you got put on the nice close table; you need to follow through and not pull out half way. I was in the middle of a comp and I still stood up to go help with pizzas that I wasn't even eating.

/rant.

I was on a good table yet got told i'd have to move because it was booked. No idea if they actually showed up, but I left anyway.

I was happy to help with anything, but being yelled at instead of asked kind of puts a drag on it. Next time I might just go to work for the same thing, but actually make some papah ca$h money.

I found on a few occasions while i was chatting with friends like Sando (aka in the admin area) that there was often people lined up for drinks or something with no one there so on a few occasions i jumped up and served them cans or whatever. This isn't an issue for me, the issue was when i got grumpily told that i had to write down what i'd sold or enter the products into a programe. This too would have been fine had i been told prior that it was necicary, or been told nicely, considering i was HELPING. I'm not even a gopher nor was i a player in this instance i was just there to catch up with some mates for a bit.

I just didnt help at all <3

guni: i can't figure out if you're a girl or a boy, what are you?

^ this

Both.




























(Guni is a dude.)