Post MADLan 2007 Update

MADLan 2007 was a great success! We saw a lot of new faces and met a lot of new teams. All in all we had roughly around 200 attendees. There were no power or networking problems throughout the event and so far we have heard nothing but great reports. Thanks to all of the attendees and sponsors for making this event a success! We plan on throwing the next event in 2008, As soon as we have a date/location and time we will post it, so check back! Oh yeah and check out the MADLan 2007 Gallery!

And for those of you who are looking for more LAN's or hosting your own check out this new site! It’s dedicated to bringing together the LAN community nationally! They have a pretty cool Calendar in the LAN Events section. You can sort events by month, day, and state! They also are dedicated to helping people with LAN parties if they have some problem areas.

14 Nov 2007 by zomb1e

Pre-Payments have Ended, Setup Info.

The Pre-payments for the MADLan 2007 Events are now closed. You may still pay through paypal for the even't but at full admission price. Meal Tickets are still available for purchase.

All unpaid seats will be given on a first come first serve basis at the event.

Anyone who wishes to help set-up for the event, please PM or e-mail Megan for her phone # if you would like to help set up on Thursday. We expect to be there at 7-8PM but please call in advance to let us know you are coming!

If you would like to help setup on Friday, you may come to the Royal Scot as early as 9:00AM. We will be at the Royal Scot until setup is complete, this could go on unill the next morning. ;)

Remember to bring your Surge Protector!

14 Nov 2007 by zomb1e

Registration Pre-Payment

Registration Pre-Payments will be closed at 8:00PM EST Tonight November 14th, 2007. So pre-pay now while you still can!
All remaining seats will be taken on a first come first serve basis!

Remember to bring your Surge Protector!

14 Nov 2007 by zomb1e

MADLan Power Update! Please Read!

ATTENTION:

Due to several requests for extra outlets and people wanting to use their own power strips we have redone our power layout.

We are now requesting that you BRING YOUR OWN SURGE PROTECTOR. You will be provided an outlet to plug your surge protector in. You are still limited on power consumption! You may only plug in your Computer, Monitor, and Headset amp. For any concerns please contact an admin at the event.

If you are unable to provide your own surge protector we will have them available to rent for $1 each. We will also have them to buy for a set price.

You may share surge protectors with a friend as long as they are at the same table as you. YOU MAY NOT share surge protectors with people at the tables beside or in front of you, they must be at the EXACT same table as you.

Forum Thread: http://www.madlan.net/forum/showthread.php?t=200

For any questions please contact meganschoenherr@madlan.net

04 Nov 2007 by zomb1e

More Sponsor Swag Arrives!

We just recieved some swag from Creative™ And all of the swag that has arrived so far:

28 Oct 2007 by zomb1e

Sponsor Swag & Event Schedule

First A Reminder: ALL PAYPAL PRE-PAYS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE AFTER OCTOBER 26TH.
Pre-Payment will be closed the evening of November 14th (wed before the event), at this time the paypal button will be removed from the site and you will pay full price upon admission to the event.

Note: If you are on the Waiting list for the event and you pre-pay, you will automatically be moved to the attendee list! YOU MUST PRE-PAY TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT.


For Questions please contact meganschoenherr@madlan.net

Alright! As we're getting closer to the LAN more and more sponsors are jumping on board! So far this is what you can expect to see so far at MADLan! Now we haven't decided on tournament prizes or anything yet. Once we have all the swag from our awesome sponsors, only then will we be able to post the final prizes.

This is a rolling list, so as we receive more swag, we'll update it. Anyways, now for the good stuff here are some of the Sponsor swag we have received so far:

SteelSeries QcK heavy's
Creative Sound Cards
Creative FATAL1TY Headsets

Merc Gaming Keyboards
550watt SLI Antec Power supplies
Antec P180 case
Cathode Kits
UV Fans
Cooled Hard drive enclosures
Tagan Monolith II Cases
A ton of different types of IceyBox Hard Drive enclosures


Upon Admittance Everyone Will recieve a MADSack! Filled with Sponsor Swag such as Magazines, T-shirts, Hats, Fan Grills, Cups, Balls, Mouspads, and who knows what else!


More swag coming as MADLan Aproaches!


Some of you may have been wondering about what the schedule looks like. It looks like this will be the final schedule we will attempt to stick to.

Saturday!
9:30am - Doors Open
10:00am - MADLan 2007 Begins!
11:00
12:00pm - Battlefield 2142 Tournament Starts
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
5:00pm- Halo 3 Tournament Starts
6:00
7:00pm - Dinner served
8:00pm - Dinner cleaned up
9:00
10:00
11:00

Sunday!
12:00am - Mystery Game Starts
1:00am
2:00am
3:00am
4:00am
5:00am
6:00am - Trackmania Tournament Starts
7:00am
8:00am
9:00am - Counter Strike Tournament Starts
10:00
11:00am - Mario Kart Tournament Starts
12:00pm - Lunch Served
1:00pm - Lunch Cleaned up
2:00
3:00
4:00pm - MADLan 2007 Ends

If anyone would like to help with set-up or tear down: We will be setting up the event Thursday November 15th and Friday November 16th. The most help will be needed on the 15th though. Tear down will occur immediately after event end.
All of those people that help with set up will be rewarded as follows: One prize will be set aside and that prize will be raffled off to those people that participated in setup on Thursday or Friday. If you participate in setup both day you will be allowed 2 entries into the raffle. You must attend setup for at least 2 hours to be awarded your raffle entry. Your odds vary by the amount of people that show up for setup. This same type of procedure will apply for clean up after the event. If you have any questions or would like to volunteer ahead of time for setup/cleanup please e-mail me at meganschoenherr@madlan.net

06 Oct 2007 by zomb1e

Big Shot Gaming - Upcoming Event!
There's yet another LAN going down in Michigan In November, check them out! www.bigshotgaming.com

Event Details
General Information
Nov. '07 3-day LAN (BYOC)
Start - 02. November 2007 20:00 ---End: Sunday, 04. November 2007 08:00
Information: Register for this event if you're bringing a computer to the LAN and intend on playing computer and/or console games. If you do not plan to bring a computer, please sign up for the "Nov. '07 3-day LAN (Console Only)" event.

For a detailed event description see their main page www.bigshotgaming.com

Event lasts 3 days. Sponsorship will provide some prizes, energy drinks will be sold. 3 meals will be provided. Many games to be played!

Location
Central Michigan University's Kulhavi Hall Rooms 145/146
212 West Broomfield Street
Mount Pleasant, MI , 48858
Parking Space: Yes

Financial
Price (advance sale): 15.00
Price (direct sale): 20.00
Payment instructions: You MUST prepay to reserve a seat. If you register and do not prepay we DO NOT guarantee you a spot at the LAN.

Participants
Number of Participants: 120
Minimum Age: 16 Years

25 Sept 2007 by Megz

MADLan E-Mail Update
Hello MADLan Gamers!

MADLan 2007 is still a few months away but we are already over half capacity with several of the pre-pay’s rolling in! I would just like to remind everyone that your seat is not secure until you pre-pay. So if we end up with a waiting list and someone on that list pre-pays before you…you do run the risk of getting bumped down! Not to mention that you save $10 by pre-paying, so it’s a good idea anyway!

We have some new developments that everyone should be aware of:

Meal tickets are being sold. One meal ticket will be $7 and can be bought in advance through paypal. The paypal button can be found on our website at www.madlan.net The meal ticket will cover two meals (one per day)

Meal 1: Up to 3 hot dogs, some side items (like chips/cookies/whatever we get), and up to 2 can/bottle drinks.
Meal 2: Up to 3 slices of pizza and up to 2 can/bottle drinks

You can pre-pay for your meal tickets at www.madlan.net on the front page. There is a designated paypal button under the registration numbers!

The Royal Scot also has food and there are restaurants and fast food places around to accommodate your other meals. Royal Scot food prices and menu can be found in the forums in the Event Related section.

We will order food based on the number of pre-pays for meal tickets. We will over order to accommodate a small number of people wishing to buy meal tickets at the event. Once we sell out of the extra tickets at the event…no more meal tickets can be purchased. If there is extra food, the people who have purchased meal tickets will be invited to come up and get seconds.


Tournament updates:
Originally posted was that the Counter Strike Source was going to be a 3v3 Pistols only and that we were going to have a Battlefield 2 tournament.

THESE HAVE BOTH BEEN CHANGED.
Due to popular demand and sponsor choices the tournament list is as follows:


Tournaments to be played:
Counter-Strike: 5v5
Battlefield 2142 6v6 Fast Assault sponsored by Coolermaster!
A GIANT TrackMania Tournament, so brush up your skillz! (www.trackmania.com to get the game, it is free!)

Console Tournaments: If you wish to only play in the console tournaments and not take part in the rest of the event, admission will be $10 per tournament; to be paid upon admission to the event.
Halo 3 2v2
Mario Kart Double Dash 1v1v1v1

More info can be found in the forums on all of these tournaments.

Several sponsors have jumped on board including:
SteelSeries
Computer Power Users
CoolerMaster
Ideazon
Cenatek
Tagan
And Mushkin

More and more sponsors are signing up every day!

We have added some tournament details in the forums so be sure to check those out. We also created a section for people who are looking for or can give rides, so feel free to take advantage of that.

If anyone would like to help with set-up or tear down: We will be setting up the event Thursday November 15th and Friday November 16th. The most help will be needed on the 15th though. Tear down will occur immediately after event end. All of those people that help with set up will be rewarded as follows: One prize will be set aside and that prize will be raffled off to those people that participated in setup on Thursday or Friday. If you participate in setup both day you will be allowed 2 entries into the raffle. You must attend setup for at least 2 hours to be awarded your raffle entry. Your odds vary by the amount of people that show up for setup. This same type of procedure will apply for clean up after the event. If you have any questions or would like to volunteer ahead of time for setup/cleanup please e-mail me at meganschoenherr@madlan.net

Please direct any questions to meganschoenherr@madlan.net

Thank you all for your time and we'll see you at MADLan 2007!
Megan M Schoenherr

02 Sept 2007 by Megz

BF2142 Tournament

09 Aug 2007 by zomb1e

Counter Strike: Source Change
THE COUNTER STRIKE SOURCE TOURNAMENT HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A 5V5 BY POPULAR DEMAND.
Please check out the forums for more info.

The Battlefield 2 tournament has been changed to Battlefield 2142 due to sponsor request. More info to come.

Also make sure that you add meganschoenherr@madlan.net to your safe list in your e-mail. We will be sendingout an e-mail with a lot of exciting announcements next week ;)

CHECK THIS OUT!
Tagan is proud to announce its new forum to better serve and support their customers directly. We will be giving away free prizes just for signing up to the forum. The free Giveaway will start from July 20 till end of August.
Give away prizes includes Tagan's new ITZ series PSU, Icy Box enclosure, and Aplus cases. A full list of prizes to be announced soon.

So go to http://www.tagan.com/forum and register today!
(in the referal box please type QueenMegz so that they can track who comes from MadLAN)
02 Aug 2007 by Megz

MADLAN I Is HERE!
There was a small typo on the e-mails that went out. The event will be in NOVEMBER! (not january as previously listed, my apologies)

The time has finally come!!!

Sign up for this event on the MadLan website at www.madlan.net


300 Gamers!!!!

When: November 17th and 18th

Time: Saturday 10am to Sunday 4pm (that is right 30 hours of kick-ass LAN action)!!!

Where: Royal Scot North Room (above the Restaurant and Pro Shop)
4722 West Grand River Ave
Lansing MI 48906

Cost: Prepay- $20 or at the door $30 (this includes entrance to ALL tournaments.

Console Tournaments Only: If you wish to only play in the console tournaments and not take part in the rest of the event, admission will be $10 per tournament; to be paid upon admission to the event.

What to expect?
Awesome Prizes
Kickass Tournaments
And a lot of gaming!


Tournaments to be played:
Counter-Strike: Source 3v3 Pistols Only
Battlefield 2 5v5
A GIANT TrackMania Tournament, so brush up your skillz! (www.trackmania.com to get the game, it is free!)

Console Tournaments:- If you wish to only play in the console tournaments and not take part in the rest of the event, admission will be $10 per tournament; to be paid upon admission to the event.
Halo 3 2v2
Mario Kart Double Dash 1v1v1v1


More info to come!!!


Sign up for this event on the MadLan website at www.madlan.net
28 Jun 2007 by zomb1e

Welcome!
Welcome!
Some changes are still taking place with the site, please be patient.
27 Jun 2007 by zomb1e