There is NO spectator entry for this event other than for media.
Essential Items.
A computer with a network card
A surge protected power board
Headphones* (no speakers allowed sorry)
All your device drivers
Your Favorite Games
Network cable (UTP, NOT Coax) (10 metres or longer if possible)
A licensed copy of your operating system
A good attitude
You will be provided with one (1) network and one (1) power socket.
If you do not own your own piece of network cable,
good, high quality 10 metre cables will be available for purchase at the event.
You will be provided with one power socket to plug into per player, so if you need more than one socket you must bring a powerboard. We recommend one with a surge protector.
Other than the competitions we expect the following games to be played at the Big Day In:
- Counter-Strike *
- Quake 3 Arena *
- Unreal Tournament 2003 *
- Operation Flashpoint: Resistance
- War Craft III
- Day Of Defeat *
- Return To Castle Wolfenstein *
- Battlefield 1942 *
- Natural Selection *
- Armagetron
- Soldat
- IL-2 Sturmovik
- Starcraft
- V8 Challenge
- Medal Of Honour Allied Assault
Games with a * are confirmed to have dedicated servers running at the event (if it applies).
If you want to see any changes to the above list please
contact us.
The complete event rules are available
here.
Things that shouldn't be bought to Big Day In
- Speakers and Subwoofers (They WILL be confiscated, if you don't have any headphones buy a pair!)
- Any material not suited for people as young as 15.
- Software that you do not own, ie the exchange of 'warez' will not be tolerated.
- Real weapons of any description (Nerf guns are excepted!)
- Alcohol (The age limit for this event is 15)
- Any kind of narcotic substance
- Microwave ovens and bar fridges (email us to check, it may be permitted)
Many shops are close by, you can buy food from any of these shops.
A limited amount of free cola may be provided.
Table/table block allocation are available
here. Please note only competing clans or large groups should allocate seats.
If your computer has problems on the day, we will be available to fix it at a rate of $2000 a minute. In other words, this is not a PC problem workshop. This is a LAN to play games. We will help you with network settings, but that is all. This may sound like bastardry... well it is! It is also your responsibility to make sure you have all the latest patches for all the games and drivers for your hardware devices.
Before you leave the Big Day In we would greatly appreciate it if you could throw all your empty pizza boxes, cans, bottles and other rubbish in the bin before you leave. And if you are feeling really generous, help pack away tables, sweep the floor etc. - this saves the Big Day In team a lot of time packing up and ensures we keep happy and doing the LANs in the future.
