Casuals 20th February - Gamesnash LiveDunboyne

A-Trak · 13-02-2010 11:46AM #1

For both a change of Venue, and also as Gamesnash sponsored both the SFIV and 3rd strike comps at the last Lanparty and were also to sponser the next Lanparty, we're moving next Saturdays casuals down there.

The venue is far nicer and roomier than the XGC and looks like a great setup.

Displays are Samsun full HD, so lag is not an issue.

Dunboyne is less than an hour from Dublin on a bus, so isn't much of a trip.
70/70a time table here

I'll be going, and won't miss the crazy heat of the xgc for a weekend.

So who's up for it (The sooner we know the better - Gamesnash seem to be busy these days so we want to get our names down.)

Dreddybajs · 13-02-2010 11:50AM

I'm in!

Doctor DooM · 13-02-2010 11:54AM

Should be able to but will need a loaner of a stick.

Dreddybajs · 13-02-2010 12:09PM

It'd be class if we managed to set this up as a regular event and Gamesnash procured a couple of TE sticks for us to play on (as from reading the site they cater to other peripherals, eg. music games). Would save the hassle of everyone needing to bring their stick (except for the freaks who play on octogate or whatever :pac:).

chopperbyrne · 13-02-2010 02:16PM

I'll be there.

D4RK ONION · 13-02-2010 02:26PM

I find this poll both offensive and racist! It should be held in power's pub in fine old Clarecastle!

ayjayirl · 13-02-2010 03:35PM

Doctor DooM wrote: »

Should be able to but will need a loaner of a stick.

I will prob make it as well Beno so I can bring yours.

What time?

Ken B · 13-02-2010 03:51PM

I'll try to make the time.........

Red350 · 13-02-2010 07:59PM

I'll definitely be there, along with TvC.

Jim · 13-02-2010 08:09PM

Red350 wrote: »

I'll definitely be there, along with TvC.

Nice one, been meaning to give it a go.

Xinkai · 13-02-2010 08:58PM

I Shall Attend.

animaX · 13-02-2010 09:13PM

Dreddybajs wrote: »

(except for the freaks who play on octogate or whatever :pac:).

I can't NOT bring my baby!!

Sagat06 · 14-02-2010 02:17AM

really gonna try to make it up for this one!!

Sisko · 14-02-2010 10:08AM

sweet I wouldn't mind some games with yea, haven't really played you.

Btw terry could you bring that ps2 pad of yours, works better than my ps1 pad it seems I have my own converter too.

animaX · 14-02-2010 10:51AM

Sisko wrote: »

Btw terry could you bring that ps2 pad of yours, works better than my ps1 pad it seems I have my own converter too.

Remind me the day before!

Kirby · 14-02-2010 11:55AM

I'll be there.:)

Orim · 14-02-2010 02:05PM

I'll be there. It'll be nice to be comfortable while playing street fighter.

Owwmykneecap · 14-02-2010 09:26PM

I'll go.

Anyone wanna meet up in Dub beforehand?

Also anywhere to get a cheap room around, if anyone fancies heading on the batter?

BanjoB · 14-02-2010 11:40PM

Does any one know if this is an hour north of dublin..If so it'd prob be too long of a drive from down here in the Waterford..Would love to head up though!!!

Pacing Mule · 15-02-2010 02:19PM

Hi Banjob,

I'd say you would get there as quick as you would the city centre. It's about 8 minutes from the M50 at Blanchardstown. Coming from Waterford presume you end up hitting dublin at the Naas road ?? If you turn left straight onto the M50 you'd land in Dunboyne in 20 minutes max.

FoamyMushroom · 15-02-2010 05:48PM

Im in.

Anyone getting a bus or so? I havent a clue how to get there.

Pacing Mule · 15-02-2010 05:54PM

FoamyMushroom wrote: »

Im in.

Anyone getting a bus or so? I havent a clue how to get there.

Directions / links to bus timetables and map here

Bus leaves you just before the main crossroads in Dunboyne town. Turn right at the lights and it's on your right hand side at the end of the shop units.

Xinkai · 15-02-2010 07:45PM

How much is the rental gonna cost anyways for each of us?

Pacing Mule · 15-02-2010 08:01PM

Suppose that depends on how many are coming. Normal rate is €4 per person or €7 per console per hour. I'd suggest an introductory offer for this week to see how things go of €4.50 per console per hour ?

chopperbyrne · 15-02-2010 08:42PM

Pageant Messiah wrote: »

Suppose that depends on how many are coming. Normal rate is €4 per person or €7 per console per hour. I'd suggest an introductory offer for this week to see how things go of €4.50 per console per hour ?

Comfort or not, we currently pay €2.50 per console per hour in XGC.

Pacing Mule · 15-02-2010 08:52PM

The thing it comes down to is space allocated to each console. XGC can give a console out at €2.50 because they have 60 plus consoles squeezed into the one area splitting the overheads that it costs to run the venue. In the space that 10 consoles use up in Gamesnash Live XGC would have 30 - 40 squeezed in. €2.50 per hour is not a rate that a venue like Gamesnash Live can match.

Xinkai · 15-02-2010 09:01PM

Gamesnash are charging an offer of 4.50, but in XGC we pay 2.50.

Since we are scouting the room more than anything with hopes of moving to a.... warmer... area to say the least, how about 3.50, a euro each way.

Sisko · 15-02-2010 09:10PM

Sorry for the blunt question but am I missing something? Pageant Messiah do you work for gamesnash?

On topic: I don't mind too much about the price since its we're just going for a nice change of venue and to mix things up, we're not permanently changing to gamenash.

I was smart enough to be born a Dubliner thus everything needs to be 10 mins away form me. :pac:

*hides before the bogger backlash

Pacing Mule · 15-02-2010 09:45PM

Sisko wrote: »

Sorry for the blunt question but am I missing something? Pageant Messiah do you work for gamesnash?

On topic: I don't mind too much about the price since its we're just going for a nice change of venue and to mix things up, we're not permanently changing to gamenash.

I was smart enough to be born a Dubliner thus everything needs to be 10 mins away form me. :pac:

*hides before the bogger backlash

Yes sorry I should have said that in the first place.

This is my personal account. Pageant Messiah = an anagram of Gamesnash.ie Pat.

Anyways on topic as such - we're well aware that from a location point alone we are not going to replace the XGC as a regular meeting point but I think what we can do is offer an occasional place for special occasions or just to mix it up a bit.

Where we're coming from is that our consoles need to be rented out at an average of €5.50 per hour at peak times to cover operating costs. ( allows for an average of single players @ €4 and players sharing @ €7.00 ) Our regular customers coming in off the street would be paying €7.00 for any consoles. At the same time you guys are boardsies, have a bit of purchasing power

and if you were coming out on a regular basis for multiple hours would warrant a discount hence the €4.50 rate.

I hear where you're coming from in regards to a scouting situation as well so acknowledging the trial that you're coming from if we were to leave it at the single person rate of €4.00 per hour and see what you guys think of the place - we're confident that you will be happy with the price versus what you get for it. As I said we're not going to be able to replace the XGC for location and ultimately price too but we can be a destination for special occasions.

chopperbyrne · 15-02-2010 09:56PM

Has anyone made our booking yet or have you reserved any consoles for us yet Pat.

We'll be down either way.

D4RK ONION · 15-02-2010 10:10PM

Sisko wrote: »

I was smart enough to be born a Dubliner thus everything needs to be 10 mins away form me. :pac:

*hides before the bogger backlash

... O_o

Now I know you didn't just call me a bogger!

Pacing Mule · 15-02-2010 10:45PM

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Has anyone made our booking yet or have you reserved any consoles for us yet Pat.

We'll be down either way.

It was mentioned in the other thread of 3 consoles from 2.00pm. Normally that would be 9 people at max but from what I can tell you guys normally share consoles among more people. That's no major issue either way.

Ideally we need to know what time you would be staying to, and which consoles you'd be looking at. We have a min of 5 consoles available at any time on Sat as things stand so there should be no issues. If you settle on how many you need and what consoles you want we will hold them for you.

Orim · 15-02-2010 10:53PM

If the fifteen stays steady the I would say we 5 consoles would be best. However we can probaly make do with whatever is available.

As for distribution I would think that one playstation and however many x-boxes are available. We may want a Wii but I can't say for certain.

Starting from two we would normally play until about 6 or 7. However if it's as comfy as you make out then we may not want to leave

Sisko · 15-02-2010 11:16PM

D4RK ONION wrote: »

... O_o

Now I know you didn't just call me a bogger!

But, but I was hiding!

Nah I was not referring to you

Sure everyone from outside Dublin is a Bogger

*hides even better this time

Xinkai · 15-02-2010 11:33PM

Pageant Messiah wrote: »

As I said we're not going to be able to replace the XGC for location and ultimately price too but we can be a destination for special occasions.

Saturdays ARE a special occasion, it's St.Street Fighters Day every saturday!:pac:

@Chopper na i haven't booked yet, if you want me to do it i'll book the 5 consoles that HMUYA said would do us?

And yeah 4.00 sounds fair enough? See how it goes & we'll pay the price depending on how well it goes this week?

chopperbyrne · 16-02-2010 12:10AM

I meant Pat from Gamesnash and not yourself.

Xinkai · 16-02-2010 01:26AM

Yeah got that after i posted, but was already on a different site and CBA to come edit it.

Owwmykneecap · 16-02-2010 04:43AM

Everytime at XGC i say it but it seems to get ignored. but we need to be renting more consoles damnit!

seriously though at xgc theres no excuse for having more than 2 people a console for the most part.

Gamesnash is different, and spectating will be more enjyable etc. but we still don't want to stray above 3 a console too far.

How many consoles are availible? and in what flavors.

TL;DR I spend 30 odd quid getting there + food i dont mind spening a few extra quid on games, if it mens i get to play.
I'll personally rent a console if it helps, maybe if a few commit to this it will help, maybe not...

deposits needed?

Orim · 16-02-2010 05:12AM

Owwmykneecap wrote: »

Everytime at XGC i say it but it seems to get ignored. but we need to be renting more consoles damnit!

seriously though at xgc theres no excuse for having more than 2 people a console for the most part.

It's very rare that we need that many consoles. Often when we do get lots of consoles, half the time there will be consoles sitting unused.
There's two reasons for this :
1) Logistics. We cannot supply the needed sticks/pads/consoles for everyone to be able to play at all times.
2) Attitudes. Most people don't want to sit and play for the entire time we are there. They want to chat, watch matches, get food etc.

As I've said I believe that one console for every three people is about optimum.

Owwmykneecap wrote: »

TL;DR I spend 30 odd quid getting there + food i dont mind spening a few extra quid on games, if it mens i get to play.
I'll personally rent a console if it helps, maybe if a few commit to this it will help, maybe not...

Having said the above I understand that your not from dublin and with travel it's more expensive for you to come along so you don't want to be sitting around, not playing. However I've never had a problem getting in on a game when I've wanted to play (except in those cases where we don't have enough sticks for whatever reason). If it comes then you rent another console as long as their is someone else waiting to play (this probaly won't be possible at Gamesnash, as we will probaly running off a preset number of consoles)

Doctor DooM · 16-02-2010 09:15AM

Might be an idea to rent 1 ps3 for logisticks (see what I did there?) reasons.

Gamesnash.ie: Pat · 16-02-2010 10:58AM

Morning lads - have my official cap on now

We had already reserved 3 consoles for you anyway so they're a definite.

The way Saturday is shaping up we have a party booking in for 5.00 - 6.30 which will take out 5 consoles in the party room.

Won't be an issue if you want to increase it to 5 consoles yourselves from 2.00-5.00 or from 7-8 if you're still there and havent headed off on the batter

but for the time of the party we might need to reclaim one just to have something available for anybody else floating around.

What I think would be the best for you is if we give you the main area ..

which gives you plenty of room spectating wise and won't mean having to move consoles / rooms for when the party comes in. We can set the consoles up anyway you want within there as they are all movable. At the moment in that area there are 3 Xboxes and 2 PS3's - the Wiis are in the party room. If it was a case that you were planning to play TvC for the entire time we'd bring a Wii over but if it's a couple of hours only that could be done earlier in the day over in the other room.

In terms of games we don't have multiple copies of SF4 so if you could bring your own discs it would make things bit easier ( I know you do this in XGC anyway but don't want to end up with a letdown on Sat ) Controls wise we have the standard wireless controllers for Xbox, and have classic controllers for the Wii if needed.

Lastly a confession - I couldn't resist voting in the poll so your results are compromised

Xinkai · 16-02-2010 12:15PM

@ Pat

Can we bring our own Hard Drives to use on the 360's?

Not liking having to unlock everyone AGAIN

And will there be a PS3 in that booking?

Gamesnash.ie: Pat · 16-02-2010 12:32PM

Xinkai wrote: »

@ Pat

Can we bring our own Hard Drives to use on the 360's?

Not liking having to unlock everyone AGAIN

And will there be a PS3 in that booking?

No probs with using your own hard drives. Up to yourselves how many and what consoles you want once they are available. From what I've read here I think one PS3 / 2 Xboxes and a Wii for TvC would make sense. If you needed a 5th console it could be another Xbox. We're flexible with what we can do with the consoles for the parties either way and that's not saying you can't swap consoles during the day too.

Jim · 16-02-2010 01:38PM

ARRRGGHHH, there's an all day gig on Saturday I was going to go to. Totally forgot. Going to have to do some soul searching tonight and make my mind up which I'm going to!

chopperbyrne · 16-02-2010 01:43PM

Jim wrote: »

ARRRGGHHH, there's an all day gig on Saturday I was going to go to. Totally forgot. Going to have to do some soul searching tonight and make my mind up which I'm going to!

Cannes is only a few eeks away...

Xinkai · 16-02-2010 01:44PM

Jim, what's more important, SF that's there for life, or a gig which is for 1 day only? I say go to the gig you'd kick yourself when you hear the stories. There'll be more GS outings.

On another note i think i have a couple of more people coming down for BB at GSL, are we still ok for numbers?

BanjoB · 16-02-2010 09:57PM

Turns out im gettin a tooth out friday, gotta nurse that extraction on sat instead'a drivin to dublin..

. Looks like a cool place though.. When's the next ranbat's on anyway.

Sisko · 16-02-2010 10:31PM

Gamesnash.ie (Pat) wrote: »

No probs with using your own hard drives. Up to yourselves how many and what consoles you want once they are available. From what I've read here I think one PS3 / 2 Xboxes and a Wii for TvC would make sense.

N1, bit of a cheeky question but do people play much SF4 there anyway? On ps3? Wondering if any of the PS3s you have might have the chars unlocked or not. Cause if one does obviously it'd be nice to have that one

hehe

I'm really looking forward to this actually. Place looks sweet, I shall bring my camera.

Ramza · 16-02-2010 11:45PM

Looks legit wish I could make it but all tapped out as of now and just waiting for the next ranbat

Next time for sure

Jim · 17-02-2010 12:06AM

I probably go to gigs more than Street Fighter related events, so its no biggy if I miss one. Atm the moment Street Fighter is looking the better option as I wouldn't spend the entry fee / drinking all day.

Orim · 17-02-2010 12:09AM

Jim wrote: »

I probably go to gigs more than Street Fighter related events, so its no biggy if I miss one. Atm the moment Street Fighter is looking the better option as I wouldn't spend the entry fee / drinking all day.

Wait! What? No-one told me this. I thought we were going for the parties?

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