NERDFEST 6 Registrations

Written by Stephen | 17 March 2011

_{Hi all. We have reached the 36 player limit and such registrations have been closed. This does not mean you won't be able to attend the LAN, but it does mean that if you interested in coming you will need to email me with your Name, your Username and a contact number that you can be contacted on(an email address wouldn't go astray either).}

If anyone unregisters we will contact each individual who emailed for a request to attend, we will email in the order we received emails.

_{So just to recap, if you haven't registered and want to come, e-mail Stephen(at)nerdfestonline(dot)com. I will keep the emails in the order they come and as spaces open up I will contact the people who have contacted me.}

_{If you are registered and unable to come please let me know.}

Thanks

_Stephen

NERDFEST 6

Written by Stephen | 17 March 2011

_{It's been a long time coming, and I know lot of you have been waiting for this moment, well we have finally been able to pin down a date for the next event! After the MASSIVE turnout at the last event we can only hope this LAN goes off with a bang! and now the all important details:}

_{When: 14th/15th May 2011}

_{Where: Elliminyt Primary School Recreation Centre}

_{Cost: $25 per person, per network point}

Registration: online (Hard limit of 36 seats)

_{NERDFEST is an drug and alcohol free event open to all ages. We have a strict set of rules which we enforce to ensure everyone has an enjoyable time and we are able to provide a favourable environment to everyone. NERDFEST is a 24-hour event with games able to stay and play throughout the night or go home and come back the next morning.}

_{What it is: NERDFEST is an BYOC (bring your own computer) we provide tables, chairs, power layout, networking gear and gaming servers so all the participants have to do is bring their computer (Box, monitor, keyboard, mouse, power cables, (optional)headphones). Throughout the night we run tournaments in specific games and try to offer prizes to the winners of each specific session. There are also other activities including console gaming, a large screen TV and a projector, pizza run and other activities to keep the participants interested.
Each participant is charged a fee of $25 to cover the costs of hiring the venue, table and equipment with all profit being put back into the event to purchase our own equipment. (A non profit event)}

_{Sponsors: NERDFEST is looking for some sponsors who are able to donate items that can be given as prizes on the night to participants. If you are interested in sponsoring us please email stephen(at)nerdfestonline(dot)com}

_{About Us: NERDFEST is a computer gaming LAN run in Colac, Vic for anyone who is interested in attending from wherever they are. NERDFEST is the only activity of its type in Colac and provides a safe, fun and friendly environment where like-minded people can come together and share their passion for gaming and computers in general.}

NERDFEST 5 Registrations

Written by Stephen | 10 August 2010

REGISTRATION UPDATE:

As you all might have seen by now we have closed the registrations as we are at capacity for the venue. If anyone is still keen to come to the lan please EMAIL me your name, a contact number and what times you wanted to come for and once we are set up I can let you know if we can have any more or if any seats become available.

As a few people aren't staying all night, there will be a few places opening up throughout the event that can be filled so get your number in.

Remember that I will let people know in the order i receive their emails.

Email ME!

stephen (at) nerdfestonline (dot) com

If you are unsure if your registered or not, please contact us via comments, forum or email. And we will get back to you quickly.

NERDFEST 5

Written by Stephen | 17 June 2010

The moment you have all been waiting for…. NERDFEST 5 is here!! We have the same venue, the same admin crew, the same gear but new ideas, new games, new mods and hopefully lots of new people. So get registering on the website and GET YOUR GAME ON!!

When: 14^th/15^th August 2010

Where: Elliminyt Primary School Recreation Centre

Cost: $25 per person, per network point

Registration: Registrations are done online. Currently above capacity!

About Us: NERDFEST is a computer gaming LAN run in Colac, Vic for anyone who is interested in attending from wherever they are. NERDFEST is the only activity of its type in Colac and provides a safe, fun and friendly environment where like-minded people can come together and share their passion for gaming and computers in general.

NERDFEST is an drug and alcohol free event open to all ages. We have a strict set of rules which we enforce to ensure everyone has an enjoyable time and we are able to provide a favourable environment to everyone. NERDFEST is a 24-hour event with games able to stay and play throughout the night or go home and come back the next morning.

What it is: NERDFEST is an BYOC (bring your own computer) we provide tables, chairs, power layout, networking gear and gaming servers so all the participants have to do is bring their computer (Box, monitor, keyboard, mouse, power cables, (optional)headphones). Throughout the night we run tournaments in specific games and try to offer prizes to the winners of each specific session. There are also other activities including console gaming, a large screen TV and a projector, pizza run and other activities to keep the participants interested.

Each participant is charged a fee of $25 to cover the costs of hiring the venue, table and equipment with all profit being put back into the event to purchase our own equipment. (A non profit event)

Sponsors: NERDFEST is looking for some sponsors who are able to donate items that can be given as prizes on the night to participants. If you are interested in sponsoring us please email stephen(at)nerdfestonline(dot)com

WRAPUP - NERDFEST - First Frag

Well, the first EVER NERDFEST event has come and gone. It seems like a fun time was had by all throughout the event with attendance topping out at about 16 games (including 1 mac owner) with the 4 admin's.

Setup for admin's started early at 10 (with NO-ONE being on time) and by 12pm our first gamer arrived. Conrad's to Steven (thomst08) to being the most eager and the furthest traveler.

A great thanks to Kenny from LANX in Ballarat who came down and helped us set up all the gear, all in all there was close to 500m of network cable run through this event. We had a lovely Netgear 48-port gigabit switch supporting this mess of cables which sounded like a fleet of black hawks while running.

The attendance was admirable for the first LAN with computers ranging from brand spanking new, to laptops and then to others which didn't quite fit in their casing (*cough* Fiachna *cough*) and all the way up to a small house (*cough* GERMano *cough*).

As per any LAN there was reformatting (Jamie) and a few BSOD's. No major virus issues with those who were suspected/confirmed to having nastiest quickly taken care by the admin team and cleaned up.

The venue was really good with plenty of space and some good facilities for use. With the extra space it did allow us to run now one, but 2 big TV's with consoles. They seemed to go down a treat for the people's who were sick of getting owned or owning Fiachna.

Gaming was plenty full with some good competitions happening. The final game list ended up being:

Unreal Tournament 2004, Call of Duty 4, HL2: Gary's Mod, GTA: San Andreas multiplayer, failed CS comp (because it SUCKs). We also had some console based competition and a time trial on the playground. I can't really remember who won but it was funny as hell. Expect the UT2004 results to be put up on the site a bit later.

Pizza run went well with a total of 16 pizza's being ordered on the night. they got the pizza's right but the drinks all ended up being coke, which isn't normally that bad.

Big thanks to all the admin guys for helping run the event and sorting out all the issues that came up. Also thanks to everyone who bought consoles for everyone to play on. Also thanks to all the sponsors to help with prizes. Special thanks to Nick (Hydro) for all the help with setting up and packing up and also for the loan of the 40" LCD.

Biggest thanks to all the gamers who attended this event