we'll miss you rick, have fun @ ETS.

I'll be there: The Alpha and Yanmega. Also I'm happy so see a big tf2 turnout. I went to the summer one and there wasn't a huge tf2 crowd.

Gosh I should probably go to this, I'm only a couple hours away.

yo might come thru since ets is dead for tf2 players

techno we can carpool again if u want homie I still have the lan van xD

now it's a party

lets do this

Any people from the NY area? Lets all get together! So we know how to get durr!

if ricks in im in

I'll be leaving right from my job in New Castle, DE around 5 PM or so. I can pick up one person as long as it's not too far out of the way.

^Actually that might be a problem, because I won't be driving towards Delaware to go home, because I live in south Jersey. I guess if someone only needs a ride there and not a ride back, I can do that? I dunno, I might be able to work something if someone really needs a ride.

u need to get kev to lan holy shit

someone drive me from pa pls

If I can somehow manage to save up enough money in time I will go.

added peeps to the maybe+confirmed lists

P and O are practically full, start grabbing section N

I'm in, seat N10

Is there a timeline for getting a hotel reservation or can we do it whenever?

not sure if there are limited rooms at the group rate ($92/night for a 2 person room) but the lady said i could cancel my room up until 6 PM on day of arrival with no penalty, so i'd book it just in case. you can cancel later if needed. also that seems really late to be accepting cancellations without fees so i'd confirm that with whomever you're booking in case that lady was full of shit

Bought my ticket. Can't wait to see everyone @ lan again!

Got my seat in row N, though I considered grabbing that prime piece of real estate next to Br0nze again in O16.

The seat selection isn't permanent though, so once people have their teams picked out I'm sure some swapping can be done among us if necessary (which it really isn't).

You can change seats whenever you want, right? I think I might be sitting with IRL friends but maybe I should get a spot in the TF2 section for now.

yes you can

I'll look into my schedule, but I may be able to go and if so I can carpool up from North Carolina.

It seems like you guys might have enough to fill up table N too. Would you like me to see if I can reserve that table for TF2 players so you don't end up spread out?

Edit - Nevermind. It looks like you guys are having no problems sitting together.

Paid. If I don't move my seat later on, looks like ctrlfmuffin and I will be playing Street Fighter and Stepmania for 99% of the event.

I guess I also need a team. :O Scout would be cool.

Maybe reserve N if you can? I know for a fact we'll fill up at least one more table but that probably will not happen for another month.

I can reserve N; however, you cannot sit down while the seats are reserved. I wish there was a way to get around this but we are using the LANFest system. The system works OK for a specific gaming group because they tend to buy all of their tickets at one time. We unlock the table and they sit down (or we sit them). In this situation it would be a little bit of a hassle since you guys are buying your tickets separately and at different times. If I reserve the table for you guys, you will have to let me know when everyone has purchased their tickets. Then I can unlock the table for you to sit.

I would like to go. I might...

All the way from Kansas, pyro mains cannot be stopped.

Oh, hm. That would probably be a little hard to coordinate. I dunno, it's up to everyone else.

Lets just leave it open. We can try to move folks around once everyone has purchased a ticket if need be

Gotta get dem lan flares. I'm figuring out logistics right now. Would like to meet Street Hoops bros and everyone else though.

Should be booking my room and ticket next week, cya there

An alternative could be to reserve the 'next' row. For example, right now N1-8 would be reserved, until N9-16 are all filled.

What really should happen is you FITES admins should bring it up to lanfest, and see if they can implement a reserve system with passwords for future lans. i.e. this block of reserved seats has a password, and anybody that knows the password can unlock one seat. The password could be posted in the thread; it wouldn't be foolproof but it would be better.