H3XU5.LAN #6 - 5/6/7 March 2010 - Uttoxeter

[matty-hodgson]

everyone should get GTA IV and we can have a massive game of free mode .

[MadduckUK]

mm.. well they had two steam cheapy opportunities, only an idiot would not have it by now

[stevie lee]

^ or someone who can't pay for it, for whatever reason

yes i am an idiot

[finlay666]

So who is up for some TA at this one?

Total Annihilation?

I'll look for my discs but if not I think a fair few have supreme commander

[Disturbedguy]

I cant find my Total Annihilation CD's

[MadduckUK]

i think mine are still at my mums, as long as she hasn't thrown them out in the intervening 9 years

[Disturbedguy]

I leant them to my step brother..never saw them again

[finlay666]

Well my iPod kit is almost in my car... need to reinstall the display I think tomorrow as it's not very stable atm, but there will be power in the car

[Disturbedguy]

Please dont kill your car before hand lol!

[jim]

Okay, looks like I can get to Uttoxeter train station for 8pm - if they'll let me leave work early on Friday... hopefully they will... although even then it will be a bit of a push.

The journey looked fine on the National Rail website - until they decided that 4 minutes would be ample to get from Euston underground to Euston overground, and onto the train for Stoke

Then I'd probably have to get the 5:03 train back again on the Sunday to make sure I don't get stuck in London and miss the last train home.

Does that sound reasonable? I'm going to be at least an hour late and have to leave a bit before it's scheduled to finish but I'm guessing that won't be a big deal?

The train journey adds an extra 70 miles

[stevie lee]

Does that sound reasonable? I'm going to be at least an hour late and have to leave a bit before it's scheduled to finish but I'm guessing that won't be a big deal?

well at the last LAN, madduck picked me up just after 6:30 and we got there around 8pm ish for a 5pm start. so i think its just the actual 'being there' that counts

i think we were all packed up by 4pm ish for the 5pm finish on sunday aswell.

cant remember exactly, but they sound about right

[jim]

well at the last LAN, madduck picked me up just after 6:30 and we got there around 8pm ish for a 5pm start. so i think its just the actual 'being there' that counts

i think we were all packed up by 4pm ish for the 5pm finish on sunday aswell.

cant remember exactly, but they sound about right

Come again?

Cheers, looks like that should be okay then. Turns out National Rail was wrong as well, so the journey isn't actually that bad. For some reason it thinks the tube takes 40 minutes to get from Vauxhall to Euston, when it's actually 12 minutes according to the Transport for London website.

I'll discuss it with my girlfriend when she gets back, hopefully I can book everything tomorrow

[Guy]

Timing wise it doesnt really matter what time you get there, people arrive all throughout the late afternoon/early evening.

Usually I don't set off from mine until 5/6 and its a 3+ hour trip for me with traffic.

[tiggerai]

Snooty - we're all usually going by about 2pm on sunday so a 5pm train may be a bit late

[jim]

Snooty - we're all usually going by about 2pm on sunday so a 5pm train may be a bit late

Great, that's what I wanted to know

Had these visions of being stuck there for hours waiting until some damn train turned up

Would be fine, but seeing as you've got to book for a specific train it's anything but flexible. I'll make it a bit earlier then, dependent on how they're running... maybe 3ish or something.

[Gr44]

Anyone know if we're allowed to bring 2 or 3 PC's to this?

I can host some servers and such on another one... L4D2 server and UT99 server I'm thinking! FTP too, of course...