looking for a ride. i enjoy long chats about anything. i can also shut up if needed. i live near oakland.

I'm open for giving a ride, as long as you're staying relatively close to Folsom. I warn, my car no longer has A/C or a stereo. My life is running on maxframes, from the looks of it.

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Anyone want to draft Magic cards at the LAN? kL, London, and I were thinking of doing a Gatecrash draft when we got there. You'll probably need to chip in like $10 for the booster packs.

Will maybe do, was always interested in the card game, will try to learn to play before lan.

dude if you do end up playing with us, i promise you it will be fun and not serious at all

has anyone started putting together teams yet?
dibs on Bdonski haha! can't wait to see you there bud

The enigma/arizona/fanom team is probably gg.

is that how it's gonna roll? or do people have an interest in doing a draft among comp TF2 players to make it interesting?

do we have a headcount yet? if we have enough for 2-4 teams we could make it happen

last time, we had way more than enough for a highlander pug. we'll have a good number of people.

If we have time, both might be fun, but I would rather play on a team with my friends then do the draft tournament.

there are 34 people registered with seats right now (check first post)

can't wait to play some lan ping tf2 with the worst 120hz you can buy, new mouse and new keyboard. 8)

I'll definitely be down for horribly embarrassing myself in a LAN PUG of some sort.

Its like a full night on Friday, then full day on Saturday, we got time to do anything if people don't get tired. There is a park not that far away for fresh air and nature hikes.

iirc we hardly played any video games and spent most of our time eating and smoking LOL

slin, i will make you listen to my edm collection.

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If I can go, this would be my first LAN ever; mind I ask a few newbie questions? :P

(Sorry for the horrible formatting, I'm typing on my phone.)

Even though I'm a Highlander Player, and dabbling in 6s, should I still go? I'd love to meet some of the names I see in this thread; would love to meet all the others as well.

As for gaming goes, I'm assuming we just play whatever people want to do? I heard there's a TF2 tourney as well.

As for the off times, do people just chat about look at other players or games, or something else? I'm only 18, would that be a factor in things?

And since this thing is over multiple days, and its BYOC, I'm assuming we tear down our setups on a day-by-day basis, and would rent hotels or something?

Sorry for such newbie questions. I've been wanting to go to a LAN for a while, and I would love to see if I could make it!

--RJ

I'm not nearly the most qualified person to answer, but I went to the Seattle LANFest just recently and am heading to this one.

- Yes, you should come by, if it's not wrecking your schedule or budget! This list of players is ridiculous. If anything, it's massive inspiration to get better. I met b4nny and bl4nk at Seattle LANFest and I'd be a liar if I said it didn't push me to do better.
- Correct, you can do whatever you want. The LAN gives you a spot and you do as you will. They'll announce events that are optional to participate in (assuming it's the same style of Seattle, which would be weird if not). Also, judging from this list of players, there will be a ton of non-competitive fun events, too.
- You're also correct about the off-time. And being 18 might be a factor, yes. Really depends on the crowd.
- You don't need to tear down your setup until the end of Sunday. If they do things right it's pretty secure. Some people are renting hotels (me and John), some people will probably sleep at the LAN itself (I did this at Seattle LANFest, was surprisingly not terrible).

Really, if you can make it (time and budget), I can at least highly recommend it (granted, that's only from me). The attendance list alone is a fantastic reason to go. It also helps to be able to bring a friend, but it's not necessary. :)

gimme gas money

First of all, thanks for responding! :) Going to go in order and ask a few follow up questions, if that is okay.

-I feel like I would want to improve a ton after meeting anybody in person...I would love to watch them and how they play. I'm learning Pocket and Roamer since I love to jump, but my DM is lacking; I've been hitting up pugs since I can't commit to a team due to school.

Anyways...

-Hmm, my main concern is about having my gear stolen. It's not that I don't trust us TF2 players, I'm just worried about leaving my seat and coming back to something missing.

-With that point in mind, if I was to sleep at the LAN, would I be sleeping at my chair? :P I guess I would pack accordingly, though.

-I don't have any friends who play TF2 in real life, sadly. It would likely just be me on my own, though I'm sure one of my parents is paranoid about me going.

Sorry for my rambling, thanks again for responding! If my schedule lines up, I should be able to go. :D Are there any seats left?

--RJ

there are tons of highlander players. 6v6 players and highlander players are sitting in the same spots. we don't segregate ourselves. you can socialize, play in pugs, watch other players, surf the web. we will be pugging. no one will steal your stuff. just come alone and meet people. you will want to shower so i wouldn't recommend sleeping on the floor.

read these q and a's
https://lanfest.intel.com/events/sacramento-spring-2013/faq#1.16
https://lanfest.intel.com/events/sacramento-spring-2013/faq#1.25

I think the people who attend don't really have stealing on their minds, but it is a possibility and just remind yourself your items are occasionally.

O yay, im also like you RJ, nervous to go n' stuff, being as I am also 18 also and most people at the lan should be much older n' stuff and yay, its kinda intimating at first if you think about it. But still, i think its going to be a blast. Think it would be great place to meet people and make new friends.

Also there is a seat between me and frieght-train (M15) and three seats (K13-k15), and (L10) next to Bdonski, you may wanna snag up one of these options.

I'll respond to just this, as vile and Ghostac have you covered pretty well. My short experience is that you're right. I was blown away by b4nny's real life play; it's really on another level than that I've seen anywhere else. To see it online is one thing, to see it in person is seriously something different. He also generously taught me how to c-tap, which is by far much easier to learn when you can physically see the timing.

That's what I was thinking; being able to see something, especially something tough like ctapping, in person would help a ton. Great point!

Despite my efforts to try and work out my scheduling to go to this thing, I won't be able to attend. :(

Will there be others in the future, possibly in the summer? I still would love to talk to and meet everyone. You all seems so supportive. :)

--RJ

Changed seat to L6.

don't worry about your age. a lot of people are 18-20. i'm 19 and this is my second time.

can't make it, cu@nextlan

I will be leaving from San Francisco to the event. If anybody on the way needs a ride let me know.