Date
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10:00am Saturday, 12 Jan 2008 until
3:00pm Sunday, 13 Jan 2008 |
Location
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Melbourne, Australia |
Venue
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Latrobe Uni |
Admission fee
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$25 |
Players
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342 / 400 |
Registration closed
| See player list
Introducing Respawn LAN v6.
Respawn LAN v6 is the latest installment of quality LAN gaming from Respawn. With a maximum player
count of 400, high speed network and a large prize pool, we continue our tradition in running the best LAN
gaming events in Melbourne.
The event will be running from Saturday January 12th at 10AM till Sunday January
13th finishing at 3PM
Venue
Locateted in Latrobe University's Union Hall, the event will have a capacity of approximately five
hundred players, offering reliable three-phase power and air-conditioning for superior comfort and gaming
experience. This venue also has shower facitilies. Union Hall has also been home to numerous Shafted
events in the past.
Address:
Union Hall
Latrobe University, Bundoora Campus
Kingsbury Drive, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
You can use a map (thanks to Latrobe University, modifications
by Shafted LAN) which we strongly advise you to PRINT OUT AND TAKE WITH YOU.
Network
A professionally engineered rock-solid Cisco powered gigabit network with a multi-gigabit backbone
will ensure lag-free game-play without the burden of overloading switch uplinks. The network will be
configured using DHCP so set your network card to obtain an address automatically to connect
to the network. This is the default configuration of Windows operating systems. PLEASE DISABLE INTERNET
CONNECTION SHARING if you are using it as it will interfere with our network.
Game Servers
Dedicated game servers will be provided for many popular games, freeing your PC to give you the
best frame-rate possible. A list of servers will be published closer to the event. This will include
Quake 3 (DM and Instagib), Call of Duty 4, Team Fortress 2, Quake 4, UT2004, Battlefield 2, Battlefield
1942, Call of Duty 2 among many others.
This will include our Battlefield 2 64 player server which will host a large organised game.
Competitions
The competition line-up for this event includes the following:
- Counter-Strike Source 5v5 - $750 prize to winning clan
- Quake III Instagib free-for-all
- Warcraft III DOTA - $250
- Warcraft 3 1v1 - $150 first prize, $50 second.
- Team Fortress 2
- Console tournaments on N64, XBOX 360 and Nintendo Wii consoles
This event will also see the return of AFK competitions throughout the event including the
increasingly popular hard drive throwing (hard drives supplied but you are welcome to bring your own!)
Trophies will be awarded to winners of some of these competitions.
Other Activities
There will be plenty of other activities to keep you entertained at the event. There will be a
room with game consoles networked for those who feel like a break, small giveaways throughout the event.
Who knows what else we may have planned? :)
Food and drink
We will be running BBQs throughout the event for our hungry lanners free of charge. In addition,
we will also be organising a large pizza run.
McDonalds Kingsbury is located a 15-20 minute walk from the venue. Presentation of your Respawn
LAN v4 tag will entitle you to a 10% discount for the duration of the event. We will also be
awarding McDonalds food vouchers as prizes throughout the day for some of the AFK and other competitions.
Feel like a fresh start to Sunday morning? We'll be cooking you BREAKFAST before competitions
resume. Yum!
We will also be selling soft-drink at the event for $1 a can and bottles of water and energy drinks
for a little more.
Computer Hardware vendors
Next Byte will be attending Repsawn LAN v6, offering an
array of motherboards, processors, RAM, hard drives, power supplies and other odds and ends for anyone
after that last-minute upgrade. We strongly suggest you contact the store manager of the Bundoora (Latrobe
Uni) store via their website if you have any special requests.
Registration
Registration for this event is MANDATORY. Registration for our events is a three step process:
Firstly, you need to register on our new custom registration syste,. Secondly, two weeks prior to the
event, confirmations will open. This is for people who have already registered as well as people who
register within two weeks of the event; you must confirm your registration. Thirdly, you must check-in at
our event upon arrival - note that those who have not registered and confirmed may not be permitted
to attend the event. If you can't register, send us an e-mail or PM via this website.
Sponsors
Many aspects of our event rely on the effort and kind contributions of our sponsors. We would like
to thank the following sponsors for this event for their contributions:
Further information about our sponsors can be found on our Sponsors
page.
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