LANified! 23: Courier Connection (Forums >>)

LANified! 23: Courier Connection, runs from 10am Saturday October 24th 2015 till 6pm Sunday October 25th 2015





LANified! 23: Courier Connection is a two day LAN party, featuring a DotA 2 main tournament, additional mini-tournaments, and lots of other gamers to have a blast with! The DotA 2 main tournament has a cash prize pool of up to $700 plus the "Best in Calgary" award for the team that places first.


But what are your LAN parties about?

LAN parties are events where we all get together with our computers, form a network, and play ludicrous amounts of games! Our events perpetuate a friendly, social atmosphere where you will meet all sorts of other gamers, play many games, relax and have a great time. For those who want to challenge themselves, we also offer professionally operated and structured tournaments, and less structured mini-tournaments, with fabulous prizes and gamer cred!


So I want to attend, what do I need to know?

If you plan to attend our event we recommend you sign up and prepay. First you login to your account (registration is free), and on this page hit the sign-up button. Then after you have signed up, come back to this page and hit prepay (in the same spot). There are advantages to prepaying, including your seat being guaranteed when the event sells out and entrance into the prepay-only raffle!

We also recommend you review our FAQ thread: https://www.lanified.com/forums/viewtop ... 28&t=84268

The waiver for this event can be found at: https://www.lanified.com/downloads/LANi ... 4_2015.pdf


What games will people be playing?

The "Game Preference" section, on this page, shows a list of what people want to play. For further explanation please see the FAQ at: https://www.lanified.com/forums/viewtop ... 28&t=84268


I am new to competitive gaming, can I still enter the tournaments?

Everyone starts somewhere and we want to foster more people getting into competition. Tournaments and competition are a blast, even if you don't necessarily take first place! It's really easy to get into, and you may even build rivalries along the way! We design our tournaments to make it worthwhile for players of all skill levels to enter, so by all means, join up!


When do the tournaments happen and what is the prizing?

Tournament/Event schedule:

• 10am Saturday - Event opens to the public
• 1pm Saturday - DotA 2 tournament registration opens
• 2pm Saturday - DotA 2 tournament registration closes, Stage 1 of the tournament begins
• Later Saturday (after DotA 2 tournament) - Mini-tournaments start
• Noon Sunday - DotA 2 tournament Stage 2 begins
• 6pm Sunday - Event closes to the public (event will stay open later if tournament goes beyond 6pm)

Tournament prizing:
DotA 2: 5v5 - Round-Robin+SE - 2 Stage

• Guaranteed minimum - 1st place - $200 + "Best in Calgary" award
• 30 Prepays - $700 pool - 1st place - $400 + "Best in Calgary" award / 2nd place - $200 / 3rd place - $100

Mini-tournament prizing:
DotA 2 - Mode and Format TBA

• Surprise!

Age of Empires 3 - 8 Player FFA

• Surprise!

Is there a good way to find or chat with people at the event?

If you see other people playing something that you think is interesting, then just ask them about it! A big part of our LAN parties is the social atmosphere, "Sharing is Caring" as we say! Additionally you can join us on IRC Chat on the networks page ( https://tv.lanified.com - be sure to type a nickname). To change your nickname in the chat type /nick newnickname . Or if you're IRC savvy, you can jump on gamesurge and then /join #LANified! (exclamation point included).


What have people said about LANified! events?

If you want to read feedback or give some, just head to our feedback section of the forums ( https://www.lanified.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=20 ). We appreciate honest feedback, especially areas you didn't like or want to see us improve!


Are there rules?

The rules for the tournaments are linked in the "Tournaments" section below, if you plan to enter any tournament we strongly recommend you read them. The rules for the event can be found in this thread: https://www.lanified.com/forums/viewtop ... 9&p=255052

Signing up for the event is free. Spectating is free.

Computer LAN entrance + Tournament entrance:

• $47 Early-Bird Prepay until Sunday September 27th 10pm (2200hrs)
• $57 Prepay until Wednesday October 14th (end of day), prepay closes after this
• $70 At the door

Those who prepay will be entered into our prepay-exclusive raffle! We have not yet finalized the raffle prizes just yet.

All entrance sales are final.