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And this would probably be taking place around June 2017? Like previous posts stated?
I'm considering June but if the folks in the discord want to reschedule events so nothing conflicts then I'll likely move it.
Currently I'm considering Feb, and if that doesn't look hopeful then I'll fall back to June.
By no means should this post be considered an official announcement, just ESTIMATES. I'm still waiting on a few venues to reply.
taggAre there really LAN spaces you can find in Chicago that are cheap enough to book?
Yeah Chicago is a great place location wise to host a LAN, but renting a space here might be too expensive.
From everything I've heard event booking is a nightmare here
I'm already looking into a few venues (getting prices + spacing info, and nearby hotels).
I'm also not eliminating the possibility of hosting the event at a lan venue with PC's already provided.
There's a few local Lan centers I've reached out to including Ignite which was used for a TOTH event before.
As far as expenses go I doubt that it would be more expensive than the event I did in Miami last month.
That's...embarrassing.
How tf is football manager entertaining to anyone
DreamboatAlso, is it biannual, or biLANnual.
I'm sorry
this guy
FLAN2017 CHI-CITY HERE WE COME BOIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
nonagonoSelling more physical merchandise is also a possibility (and it doesn't require depending on Valve). Look at what the Smash community did to fund their Boston lan: https://smash.gg/tournament/shine-2016-1/shop/shine-shop#shop-products.
I should have my website up soon (Valve Time + waiting on LLC paperwork to go through).
Will be selling some shirts/mousepads + hopefully some KB&M gear with the proceeds going towards lan.
This didn't need it's own thread
But good on you for emailing them.
I had already sent them something earlier, hopefully they reply to either message.
SentinelOrgs like perilous, nerdrage, reason and whoever else (I havent slept in about 30 hours so i can't think of any others) simply don't stay in the scene long enough to have an item made about them
When I decided to rebrand Florida Lan I did it with the mindset that I'd be making an Org that could host TF2 events for as long as I remained interested in TF2. I've already had 3 in-game items made for the "FLan Brand", I have very little reason to think Valve would be against the idea after having 154 people donate to this last event to get a FLan medal.
Maybe my Org can help fill the void in the community, only time will tell. The unveiling will be pretty soon (hopefully).
Here's a nice lil meme design for one of our shirts/mousepads
parapluieConcerning this compendium thing, just an unrealistic proposition :
Since it seems unlikely to get an item to the mann co store to fund a lan event
I disagree 100%
Florida Lan got 6k funded with not a whole lot of advertisement. Over 2k of those donations came from people who wanted to buy the flan 2016 medal. Now imagine that on a larger scale that is the MannCo store.
I already emailed Eric about it, waiting on his response (and hopefully his approval).
ShdSteelDoctorMiggySooooo hyped on this. If another LAN is held this year in for sure goinggggggg.netwrkjrkif valve added in game purchases that contributed to funding tournaments (exactly like dota 2) i feel like it could really rejuvenate the scene. if prize pools are larger, it can give pros an incentive to put time into the game.
Maybe we can.
I can ask Eric about having a community made medal put in the mannco store and with the proceeds going to the LAN fund.
Doesn't hurt to ask, the worst he can say is "No"
I don't think it's gonna happen this year.
netwrkjrkif valve added in game purchases that contributed to funding tournaments (exactly like dota 2) i feel like it could really rejuvenate the scene. if prize pools are larger, it can give pros an incentive to put time into the game.
Maybe we can.
I can ask Eric about having a community made medal put in the mannco store and with the proceeds going to the LAN fund.
Doesn't hurt to ask, the worst he can say is "No"
Let me know if you guys are down to collab in Chicago.
(#FLanHype?)
Someone asked about the costs and mental strain of setting up a lan is like so I'd like to share with you my past experiences so that you may learn from my mistakes. That being said I am planning a fourth lan event but it very likely won't be called Florida Lan because fuck Florida. I've completely rebranded the event so it's general enough that I can do Lans + Online events (Really excited about making a post for this soon!). As far as the LANs go I'm actually considering Chicago in June 2017, I'll likely have a Poll up sometime this weekend. Since that's pretty far from me I'm going to be getting some local help from DrShdwPuppet and hopefully we can make this the next big NA lan. I've been doing this for 3 years and every year has been an improvement over the previous ones, I'm really looking forward to seeing how things turn out in 2017.
TL;DR: Florida Lan has been renamed and is likely taking place in Chicago in June 2017. Plus here's some notes on how run a lan.
Anyways, here's my reddit post:
Ok so,
it depends on what kind of LAN you're hoping to make.
My first two lans were at LANCenters with PC's/Monitors/KB&M already provided and typically they will ask you to pay half their normal "all day rate" per player.
So if their "all day rate" is 10 bucks they'll ask for 5 bucks per person; 10 bucks happened to be the entrance fee so half of it went to venue and the other half went into prize pool.
This is exactly what happened at my 2014 event. In 2015 I went to a different LANCenter and they charged 20 for all day, at that event I charged 30 entrance fee leaving me with 20 after the "venue cut" to be put in prize pool. At both those events I put in some of my own money to beef up the prize pool. If I remember correctly the 6s event in 2014 had each person on the winning team get 130 and in the 2015 HL event each person on winning team got 100.
Now the nightmare of BYOC...
BYOC events are much more complicated because there are so many other factors in place:
How many days will the event be?
How is the location? Are hotels near the venue? Or is the hotel and venue together (as it was in my 2016 event)?
Is the airport nearby? Are there shuttle services?
These questions need to be asked and answered because it will help you PICK the venue location.
ONCE you have your general venue location figured out now you need to do some 'shopping'
What's the maximum occupancy of the room?
-Get too little and you'll run out of space, get too much and you'll spend extra on a bigger room that you really didn't need (as I did in my 2016 event)
How about power? What is the charge for setting up the power so not having enough power won't be an issue?
-Always speak to an engineer supervisor when discussing power as sales people will bullshit just to get you to sign (as happened in my 2016 event when we blew a breaker)
How about network? Is it already preconfigured or do you need to configure it? Are there costs involved? What's the bandwidth??
-In my 2016 event I had to pay for an internet line, JUST the internet line. I still had to provide my own networking equipment and set it up on my own. -That's another thing to keep in mind if you are forced to setup equipment. This shit aint cheap, if you buy stuff with the plan to return it within 14 days then DON'T FORGET
Personally, running events at LANCenters is super convenient but super limited as most of those PC's have software restrictions that make setting up configs and huds a pain. BYOC is sooo much better but you're going to run into costs. I would say I originally thought I'd be spending about 5.5k MAX at the 2016 event but my bills came up to 7.6k. Not wanting to take that out on the donors and their prizes I ended up paying that 2.6k difference out of pocket because I'm way too nice. No regrets, planning to do a bigger one next year.
Hopefully this bit of info can be of great help to some of you wanting to start an event of your own.
Please, PM me if you need any help and I'll be glad to lend a hand.
SideshowWe were chatting about a couple of ideas at i58, would be sick if their idea comes to fruition. Having two global LANs a year (one NA and one EU), even at the cost of all other cups throughout the year, would be great for tf2.
Hmmmm
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