Really?

When I was 12, I had the full support of my parents with these sorts of things. Perhaps you could ask them nicely if they can help?

Make sure you confirm when confirmations open. We'll be sending you an e-mail to advise when this happens as we may be making a few changes to the process between now and then to ensure that our confirmations list is as accurate as possible.

The issue we've had in the past is that players will register, confirm and then not show up - so the person who is 401 on the list COULD have turned up however since, as far as we knew, there was no seat for them, we effectively tell them they couldn't rock up. Then comes Respawn morning and we wonder where the 120 or so people who said they'd come are.. and we go home on Sunday night with a bunch of pre-printed player tags with your names of them.

Maybe we should shame these guys, too?

We might make some changes to accommodate this however at this current point in time, pre-pay will beat everything. If you pre-pay, you're IN. You're CONFIRMED. Once we verify your payment, of course.

We have raised the price to $35 to cover us on all angles here. Nobody is making a profit out of this - we're certainly not getting paid - and remember, the more money we have, the better and bigger things we can do for the community in the future.

Trust us Amazing things are in the pipeline.

No BLUR comp? =(

Z,

Are you not getting sick of repeating yourself?

umm, if over 400 people pay, what happens then?

btw zartos, didnt read what u had to say, xbox girl made everything quite clear.

I think I read somewhere that the pre-pay cap is 200 (EDIT: dead_man stated this in his post on page 1 of this thread), so as long as you confirm within the 2nd 200, you should be ok.

So 200 people who register after the first 400 can buy themselves seats if they spam paypal and people who wasted their time on thursday night might get f all? May as well get rid of register number and just have seats available to buy.. like how most events are run...?

Sorry.. all this has made me upset.. plus I missed being in top 400 because server crash..

Hi B3NN,

Unfortunately we've been subject to financial risk by our high amount of no-shows caused by people registering and not showing up to the event.

My advice to you is to either pre-pay, which will guarantee you a spot or alternatively, ensure you confirm immediately when confirmations open.

-z.

Man I'm happy I got a Paypal account otherwise this prepay business would really make me sad

ahh ok thats fair enough
still disapointed on the pay rise but o well its respawn where its always awsome to be there

Unless you're being sarcastic... I think you missed the internet-joke-boat.
Anyway, this thread has been a laugh... thanks 'Razer' guy.

PS: Heard of selling unwanted prizes? Perhaps on this cool thing known as Ebay?
Maybe that's too hard.

What ever was I thinking?!

Not being able to get a paypal account is like not being able to wipe your butt

all you need is a bank account and a home phone number

Actually, you don't even need a PayPal account to prepay as long as you have a credit/debit card (although I think the likelyhood of that is pretty slim) - simply select the option to not login when you're redirected to PayPal and you only need to enter in your billing details.

or i can throw them in the bin and let nerds who cant win fight over it

If you don't like the prizes, don't bother competing in the comp.
Simple.

yeah okay tough guy.

I like how he called other people nerds, when he's the one who's played enough CoD4 to last 3 lifetimes, competes in tournaments, etc, and is apparently sponsored by Razer.

GG bro.

he no nerd he a geek

Both the same thing in my books, chief.

still going to play and win just as i said before there just useless for SOME people

idk u might not any team could win

come and see me at the @v17 and ill donate it to you if you really like

Quoted for truth.

If your that desperate to get rid of it, I can always do with a spare keyboard and/or mouse

ill have the keyboard my mum needs a new one

GIARUS, I'll make you a deal, you can have this glourious Microsoft PS/2 keyboard, fully compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac, this will fully meet your mum's needs, and I'll take that Thermaltake one and be confused as to why the hell it has a fan

There's a keyboard that has fans?

can u show some photo's of the keyboard

Look at the Thermaltake Keyboards up for prizes

GIARUS: http://www.pcrush.com/images/hi-res/112083.jpg
It's one of these

hmmm i rather the Thermaltake keyboard cause then i can give my mum my g15 s1

that keyboard...i wantee

i want more

KEYBOARD FIGHT

I'll trade ya my heap of shit Razer Tranny.

(cleaned thread)

Sigh.

I've said it once, and i will say it again giarus
STOP THREAD CRAPPING
KEEP POSTS ON TOPIC

If you want to just have a chat, use the spam forum or MSN.

i vote sponsored players be banned from comps.

i mean honestly, respawn and sponsors seem to be paying/donating goods to a bunch of fucking ingrates who are the minority of players that come to these events. I would rather see all of the prizes on offer given as a series of door prizes or for fun comps with the main comp winners getting some free food or something.

fletchdawg: you should be ashamed of yourself. the actual 12 year old kid in this thread has better manners than you, as far as i am concerned you can go fuck yourself with all that razer gear you so dearly love.

The sponsors give us the prizes for the specific comps, we are unable to use the prizes for other things. Tt eSports have also given us some prizes for a door prize

That's fair enough.

My main point is I would like to see less emphasis on "serious competition" and more towards players having fun in general.

I hate it how these serious competitions seem to be dominated by a select bunch of ingrates who generally leave after the competition anyway. The only contribution I see from a lot of these players are screaming matches with unwanted testosterone and anger flying around. CSS for instance is like a flame dickheads seem to be drawn to. Do i really need to point out previous incidents with that competition at respawn/shafted? (even big day in IIRC)

At least with more emphasis on some great prizes (mind you, i consider a couple of cans of drink or a free pizza a great prize. that thermaltake lanbag I won a while back was absolutely awsome ), not only would it nuture more friendly competition but it would be accessible to a greater percentage of the player base - not just the select few with twitch speeds as fast as their mood swings.

That's why we run both prized comps and fun comps. It gives the "serious players" a chance to scream at each other, while the people who want a fun game of something with almost nothing at stake can play in seperate competitions.

But that is my point, I would like to see less major prizes for the serious competitions and more for the other competitions, or possibly just an even distribution of the prizes - with the emphasis on major prizes to be won that pretty much everyone has a good chance of winning in one way or another. I mean how about a keyboard for someone that wins the tron competition? Seems fair.

I understand your hands are tied as to how sponsor prizes are to be allocated but I see very little point in aggravating stupid ingrates with awesome prizes when they don't seem to contribute to the friendly and social atmosphere than lans are all about. It would be great if the sponsors could see it this way

Aside from CS:S and COD4 which are as you said pro competitions. The rest of the major prize draw is quite accessible.
HL2DM, UT2k4 tron and flatout 2 are examples of competitions that get massive attention during the event, but can be enjoyed by casual players as well as hardcore gamers.

AFK comps will be making a massive return this lan. Tank will be assisted by a few people to ensure that there is always plenty on for the casual gamer

I personally agree with you 100% deano, in that respawn is here for everyone, not just the gaming elite. Which is why we have funcomps, AFK comps, and many other attractions that make our events different from many other lans, who focus primarily on pro gaming.

We need a DiRT 2 comp