G-LAN Gaming Event

[diddydecoy]

Not Sure If This Goes here. :confused: but here goes :D

G-LAN Gaming Event Coming Soon .

To maybe the cambridge area or stratford upon-avon we are looking at around 100+ seats but nothing is confirmed we are looking for staff aswell so please call in at our forums and find out more.

g-lan.org

Will post more information once we have booked the location and bought the needed equipment.

hope to see you there ;)

[daedalus]

What the hell is it with people using the letter G before the acronym LAN.

We did it first for god sake.

:P

[Rich]

tips on your website:

clean it up a bit - far too many links - a lot of them have the same purpose, ie information/FAQs or rules/security. Links that no one will care about such as "web links", "music", "downloads", "donations", you get the idea ;)

Get a nice looking theme.

Sort the forums out.

Dont use PHP/Post nuke :P

Take a look at your staff BIOs, they made me laugh.

Get a venue and dates before you spam the site around :P

[mavmins]

Contact IRC: #crouchjump on Quakenet

The same guys that trashed stuff at an i-series and filmed themselves doing it ?

[SilentMike]

Contact IRC: #crouchjump on Quakenet

The same guys that trashed stuff at an i-series and filmed themselves doing it ?

Bashing crouchjump, that was so lastyear. ;)

[her0n]

Contact IRC: #crouchjump on Quakenet

The same guys that trashed stuff at an i-series and filmed themselves doing it ?

Yes, but Rich's points are very valid.

Just taken a look at the G-lan site and.. hm. I think you guys have some work to do.

Anyone able to link to that column by Wizzo? Walk before you run or something (MPUKs main site is blocked at work :@)

[Lucifa]

nm

[mavmins]

I wasnt crouchjump bashing i was just curious as i saw a video a while back, im pretty sure it wouldnt happen again, but the name stuck in my head for some reason.

[diddydecoy]

tips on your website:

clean it up a bit - far too many links - a lot of them have the same purpose, ie information/FAQs or rules/security. Links that no one will care about such as "web links", "music", "downloads", "donations", you get the idea ;)

Get a nice looking theme.

Sort the forums out.

Dont use PHP/Post nuke :P

Take a look at your staff BIOs, they made me laugh.

Get a venue and dates before you spam the site around :P

Thankyou. we are in the making of getting our theme made asap.

any other ideas are very appreciated ;)

[SilentMike]

Get your own site built. Learn some html and the use of style sheets. Its pretty easy stuff to do!
Phpnuke really isnt great for a lan partys website. Its just to busy for what you need.
Just get a few simple pages created showing simple information.
When i was 16-17 i went through the stage of trying to make some kind of online community. It really isnt work the effort!

[diddydecoy]

Get your own site built. Learn some html and the use of style sheets. Its pretty easy stuff to do!
Phpnuke really isnt great for a lan partys website. Its just to busy for what you need.
Just get a few simple pages created showing simple information.
When i was 16-17 i went through the stage of trying to make some kind of online community. It really isnt work the effort!

i will speak with partners of the LAN i will post back in about a week. about a html conversion.

he is in turkey lucky bugger :awesome:

[ProfLiebstrom]

Yes, but Rich's points are very valid.

Just taken a look at the G-lan site and.. hm. I think you guys have some work to do.

Anyone able to link to that column by Wizzo? Walk before you run or something (MPUKs main site is blocked at work :@)

I was looking for it last night, I thought it was a forum post though.

http://www.multiplay.co.uk/columns.asp?m=view&id=109&uid=16

^^ Have a read of that diddydecoy. It's old but gold.

[diddydecoy]

I was looking for it last night, I thought it was a forum post though.

Removed Havent got enough posts yet

^^ Have a read of that diddydecoy. It's old but gold.

Thanks. just finished reading it :p

[daedalus]

You don't need to read such silly articles as that one Wizzo wrote.

It really isn't hard to create a semi-successful LAN party if you just take time to think about it. Don't run with gimicks, jokey crap or leet speak... Thats for your forums.

Make it look professional. Remember that when you start out with making an event you have to attract people to your event. Give people reasons to sign up for your event, you have to sell yourselves to them. People wont just sign up and pay for your event because its a LAN event in their area... You have to act as if you're a company trying to sell a product, because thats basically what you are.

Just think how many other established events there are around the UK now. What makes yours better than those?

And sorry guys, but those 'Managing Director' titles made me giggle.

[Rich]

YOUR MUMS

[winbar]

Have to say as well, 100 is not a good starting point...

[diddydecoy]

finally got the html done for advertisements :D

any one else know html? how do you space between them?

[SilentMike]

<br />Will create a new line.

http://www.w3schools.com - Look on this site. It has a few guides on the proper use of xhtml and css.

Also if you want anything doing just ask me. I have plenty of time spare.

[diddydecoy]

thankyou ;)

[daedalus]

Hows it all going now?

[diddydecoy]

its going ok thankyou we might have some gaming tv coverage which is good still having trouble finding a suitable hall we did find one with lots of equipment space and all facilities but was over 1,000 for 1 day which is a bit much for 1st event.

ive decided to gut the site out so its simple and just gives the LAN information.

[daedalus]

Nice one...

Yeah, finding venues can sometimes be the most difficult part as a lot of them are unwilling to allow 'young' people to run an event, they don't want overnight stays, or they cant have overnight stays due to insurance reasons.

The ones that you can use are generally stupidly expensive due to a hike in the deposit cost because you're young and its an event they don't quite understand.

Just keep looking I guess... Maybe get in touch with the organisers of a few other LANs in your area and see if they can point you in the right direction.

[diddydecoy]

thanks mate ;)

shouldnt be about how young you are.

its about your goal and trying to reach it really.

were trying a UNI/College in cambridge at the moment they have great camping space and loads of facilities maybe even a few spare rooms.

Keep you updated as much as possible :)

[diddydecoy]

quick update for you guys and gals

New Sponsor
UBISOFT

Template Change

Made Homepage Only About G-LAN Nothing Else.

Contacted Halls Waiting For Replys.

ok thats it for now will post when and if anything else comes to mind.

[Jingles]

What venue are you using? I'm curious...

[diddydecoy]

we are hoping either cambridge or stratford but i have contacted a company who own loads of halls over the UK still waiting for a reply ill post once i know. :D:

[Jingles]

Yeah, I meant where specifically if its in Cambridge

[diddydecoy]

i really couldnt say mate were hoping cambridge im waiting for a reply on a college site with lots of space to camp a eat and drink area and gaming space.

so as soon as i know you will know ;)

[diddydecoy]

template changed please drop in and let us know your thoughts ;)

also i think ive got monitor rentals available so all you need is your tower and cables :D will post more once i have spoken with the monitor rental admin.