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So first things first. We would like to thank everyone who came and supported us. If there is still interest perhaps we will do another next year. Any suggestions for dates. Also if we do this remember to tell everyone you think would be interested in playing.

Now to the interesting stuff. The tournment results which you will find after the break

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So here is my attempt at some LIVE Blogging during the day at CorkLAN in Cork International Airport Hotel.

Press Refresh to see the most current post, and those reading in a RSS Feed, please visit the website!11:45 - We were here wiring the room last night till about 10:30 and then home for an early bed. This morning there was a few more things needed doing. We also set up RockBand on the Xbox 360, hooked up to a projector and an amp for the real band effect. So we are just about all set up. Hurry down as Conor waiting for you to arrive!

If you have a headphone extender something like below, please bring it along! We need one!

12:40 – We have a sign up for Tournments running in the afternoon/evenings, just check out the post below!

3:33 – Unfortunatly we were quite busy all the day and instead of writing here we were playing games!

Aftermath of the Event to follow in the comming days or weeks!

NOW CLOSED

Its getting close, just a few days to go. To make sure you are ready and so the event goes smoothly for everyone the following is a checklist of everything. Its the equipment list with essentials only and a few setup points of information. PLEASE TRIPLE CHECK EVERYTHING.

• Your system of choice, that means all of it. monitor/TV too
• Network Cables, Any that you have.
• Power Strip. 4 way adapter is the best option.
• Headphones – No Speakers
• Money and food for the 24hours
  • There is a resturaunt and Bar at the hotel where you can get food and drink.
• Your game discs as necessary
  • Make sure they are all up to date. If you have any of the update files please keep a hold of them incase someone else needs them
  • Remember to update steam too.
  • On the 360 remember to actually start up each game you are planning to play while connected to live just to make sure you are ready
• The Disclaimer – Download Here
  • If you are under 18 please get this signed by a Parent / Guardian
  • We will have them there on the day aswell
  • If you are having problems with the pdf version of the disclaimer here is a html Version

Thanks

I promised a post and here it is.

Our Main Sponsor is Logitech who have supplied us with a few prizes and other giveaways. We have also gotten sponsorship from Alienware and we are still in talks with some others.

UPDATE: We are now getting sponsorship from Pepsi. They are going to do their best to keep us from getting thirsty with supplies of Pepsi and 7up.

The prizes are as follows.

There will be a prize for first place for the single player on PC. The game will depend on sign ups. The game with the most interest will get the prize. Currently it looks like that will be Call of Duty 4. The prize is a Logitech MX Revolution Mouse

There are prizes for first place in the PC team rournament. Currently it is for a Team of 4. Once again the game with the most interest will have the prizes and once again this is looking like it will be Call of Duty 4. The prizes are Alienware T-Shirts and large mouse pads.

The current final prizes will be for a tournament on the PS3. This is open for change depending on interest. The prize is a Logitech Mediaboard for PS3. 

I know there are a lot of people coming to play Xbox 360 and I am working on something for you. The lack of third party peripherals has narrowed our options a bit but we will have something for you.

There are other smaller prizes for the other smaller tournaments and fun small competitions through the day and we are still working on other prizes. So what games are people looking forward to playing?

Because this event is BYOB (Bring Your Own Box) this might cause some problems for some people without transport. If your not bringing a laptop, it is very awkward to drag a PC, monitor or Xbox and TV onto a bus. 

This was highlighted by texong in the comments, but I think this deserves it’s own post!

We don’t want transport to be an issue with people and stopping them attending, so here is the official plea!

If you have a car, and are coming to CorkLAN next weekend, why not pick someone up along the way? Cork is a small place and from city centre to the airport it only takes about 10 minutes. 

Leave your details in the comments or email us at events@corklan.com and we can hold onto your details or pass them onto someone.

Thanks, and it’s nice to be nice!

There have been a few questions about the tracks on the Rock Band machine. There is of course the full original setlist and also the Following downloaded Tracks

• Amazing Journey – The Who
• Baba O’ Riley – The Who
• Bang a Gong – as made famous by T-Rex
• Beetlebum – as made famous by Blur
• Behind Blue Eyes – The Who
• Buddy Holly – Weezer
• Can’t Stand Loosing You – The Police
• Charlene (I’m Loosing You) – Stephen and the Colberts
• Countdown to Insanity – H-Blockx
• Eminence Front – The Who
• Going Mobile – The Who
• Hey – Pixies
• Hier Kommt Alex – Die Toten Hosen
• Hysteria – Muse
• Joker & the Thief – Wolfmother
• Leaving Here – The Who
• Manu Chao – Les Wampas
• Message in a Bottle – The Police
• Monsoon – Tokio Hotel
• More than a Feeling – Boston
• My Best Friend’s Girl – The Cars
• My Curse – Killswitch Engage
• My Generation (Live at Leeds) – The Who
• My Sharona – as made famous by The Knack
• New Wave – Pleymo
• The Perfect Drug – Nine Inch Nails
• Perfekte Welle – Juli
• Promised Land – Vesuvius
• Real Good Looking Boy – The Who
• Rock n’ Roll Star – Oasis
• Roxanne – The Police
• Running Wild – Airbourne
• Sea and Sand – The Who
• Sprode – Freezepop
• Still Alive – GlaDOS
• Summertime Blues (Live at Leeds) – The Who
• Synchronicity – The Police
• This aint a Scene, Its an arms Race – Fall Out Boy
• Who Are You – The Who
• Wonderwall  - Oasis
• Young Man Blues – The Who
• YYZ – Rush

I would just like to take a moment to apologise to anyone who was trying to access the site on Wednesday1st  October. There were some unforseen server issues and the site was down for several hours. Its back up now thoug (how else would you read this apology) and should stay that way. So once again, sorry.

The signups page is working too if you were looking for it. Just go to the “Register Your Interest” tab at the top of the page.

Any Cork or National based companies out there interested in sponsoring Cork LAN?