General Information

Important Information

More Detailed Information

IRC Channel - touch base with other StreetGeeks between LANs.
Nearby Supplies - groceries, fast food, beverages, etc.
Clans, Guilds and Groups - StreetGeek related groups.
Games we play - Games played at StreetGeek.
Tournaments - Tournament structure and rules.

General Spiel:

Greetings young grasshopper! So you'd like to spend the occasional weekend mucking around with good mates, playing some fun games and just generally having a good time. more time playing the coolest games vs. the coolest people? Don't we all. Lucky for us we have StreetGeek LAN Parties to spice up our gaming schedule!
This page contains a few words of wisdom about all the ins and outs of LANning.You'll learn what to expect at the LAN, what to do, what to bring and the like. Everyone's welcome at StreetGeek, young and old, l33+ (experienced) and n00b (inexperienced) alike. StreetGeek tries to foster a distinctly non-competitive atmosphere. So, if you are the national Korean champion at StarCraft and are looking for a challenge, this is probably the wrong LAN for you. On the other hand, if you are the Korean champion at StarCraft and you are looking for a good time, this is probably the perfect LAN for you! You can always check this page for upcoming LAN details. The box at the top left of the page shows you a countdown 'til the next event. We hold exactly 12 LANs every year, and try to schedule them on or near the second Friday of each month. Events usually run from 7pm on Friday 'til 9pm on Saturday, of a total of 26 hours. Special occasions, of course, call for marathon LANs of up to 42 hours.

Seating and Registration

Please register for each LAN that you plan on attending. Early registration greatly assists us in planning the events. About 7 to 10 days before each event, a confirmation email will be sent out asking you to confirm your registration. When you confirm your registration, you have the opportunity to select a seat. For regular members, we will try to hold on to your seat until 8pm on the Friday night. If you have not arrived by this time, your seat may be reallocated. Supermembers are able to book seats at registration, and Super members' seats are reserved for the entirety of the LAN, but they forfeit their spleen if they confirm and don't show up. If you will be arriving late, arrange for a friend to pay for your seat when they arrive. 'Reserved' signs are available for seats that have been paid for. Seats that have been paid for and which have a 'Reserved' sign will be held for the whole LAN. Likewise, if you go home overnight and take your PC/console with you, ask for a 'Reserved' sign so that your seat will not be reallocated overnight.

On the day

Your seat

Members with allocated seating tickets will be supplied with:

one seat
a 2.5 to 3 ft width table area
one power point
one gigabit network socket on the switch

What to bring

For the Allocated Seating area:

5m or longer Cat5e or Cat6 network cable. Available at the ticket counter for $12.
Computer or console If you want to have more than one computing device plugged in at a time, please ask at the ticket desk first.
Monitor (no more than 1 CRT. Large LCDs are fine, 2 large LCDs are usually fine, unless it's a large event when we may be strapped for power.)
Power board
Kettle cables
Keyboard, mouse, headphones^*
Chair (if you prefer your own chair)

For the Social area:

Everyone:

What not to bring

^*Speakers are not permitted in the Allocated Seating area, so don't forget your headphones. There is only one set of speakers hooked up to the projector. The reason for this is to keep the noise to a reasonable level. Speakers are permitted in the Social area, where the consoles are.

Arrival

The events run from 7pm on the Friday night til 9pm on the Saturday night. Doors to the foyer will be opened at some arbitrary time before 7pm, but entry to the ticketed areas will not be permitted until we start processing tickets at 7pm. Please do not enter a ticketed area without a ticket. This includes parents, etc. You may be asked to leave, and refused entry.

Prizes

Prizes are donated by sponsors and purchased by us on behalf of our sponsors.

Prize Brackets

Often, the prizes are not known beforehand, so these brackets are provided as a rough indication of the value of the prize that you can expect to be awarded for a particular tournament/promotion.

Über Prize - $300 plus - only for special promotions.
Major Prize - $100 plus - Random door prize.
Minor Prize - under $40 - Tournament prizes.
Micro Prize - under $5 - Given away all the time.

Tournament Prizes

Door Prizes

At the closing ceremony of each event, door prizes will be awarded. Door prizes are awarded to attendees randomly selected from the list of tickets sold. Micro and Minor prizes are awarded only to people attending the closing ceremony. Major prizes will be held for the winner to collect for three months, after

Forums

Before posting in the forums, read the Forum Rules. There is also an FAQ post, but it's a little dated.
There is a StreetGeek User account on the forums. Any important info will come from this account.
The most important forum sections are:

Upcoming LAN - info and discussion relevant to the next LAN
StreetGeek Stuff - info more broadly related to the event
Trading Post - Buy and sell your gear
General Chitchat - General chitchat
I'm bored - Kill some time and some braincells. Silly games are played here.

Current Promotions

Current promotions:

July is Wintereenmas, and marks the screening and judging of our annual StreetGeek viral competition. Best viral vid wins $400!
September has a n00b promo. There will be a special prize draw for n00bs and the people who invited them.
October is Charity LAN - all ticket money will be donated to charity"
November is n00bvember - n00bs get in free!

Info for potential sponsors

What sort of people attend StreetGeek?

The majority of StreetGeek Lanners are in the range of 18 to 30 years of age. Males outnumber females by about 8 to 1. A typical member is a non-competitive gamer for the most part, playing casually in a variety of games, spending around 4 hours per week gaming. Income level spans a large range. Roughly half of our members are full time University students.

Who should become a sponsor?

StreetGeek sponsorship is well suited to companies with a target demographic in the 18 to 30 range, with an interest in promoting to uni students and gamers in general.

What role does a sponsor fulfil?

Sponsors support StreetGeek either by providing prizes, or by providing a service to the LAN that reduces our overall running cost.

What benefits does a sponsor get?

StreetGeek aims to improve your exposure to our clientele. We achieve this by:

Constant verbal promotion at our events, particularly in opening and closing ceremonies
Displaying your promotional material at our events
Visual promotion on our website
Promotion in our email newsletter (700 monthly recipients)

Who are your existing sponsors?

Please refer to the list of Current Sponsors and the list of All Sponsors.

Thanks to all of our sponsors and associates ever, past and present:

Allneeds Computers, providing our major prizes.
^{Allneeds provides the best value computer parts in Adelaide. Period. You have my personal gaurantee. You might find their products a tiny fraction cheaper elsewhere, but Allneeds provides
absolute top-notch service and support that you wont find at any of the other stores in their price range.}

BettaMomentum Internet, providing ADSL 2+ at all of our events!
^{BettaMomentum also have the best value ADSL 2+ in South Australia. Once again, I (Boinst) personally gaurantee that fact.}
Colonel Light Gardens Uniting Church, running StreetGeek LANs as an outreach activity.
^{Consider dropping in to a Sunday service. You might catch some of the admins there!}
Thermaltake, providing excellent prizes through Jason Lassey at .
^{Thermaltake provide some top quality cases. Check out the LANBOX here.}
Monster Energy Drinks, makers of our favourite caffeine infusion.
^{Caffeine, caffeine, caffeine.}
Jolt Cola, makers of tasty caffeinated goodness!
^{Caffeine, caffeine, caffeine.}
Sports Card World, vendors of Magic The Gathering cards, among other trading cards and related awesomeness.
^{Sponsored our second ever Magic - The Gathering Tournament}
Gamers Guild, located in Christies Beach, purveyors of Magic, Warhammer 40k, and other geeky awesomeness.
^{Sponsored our first ever Magic - The Gathering Tournament}
Adelaide University Union, parent organisation of the Adelaide University LAN Society (AdeLAN) - that's us!
^{Full of Awesome Sauce.}

Anything missing or out of date on this page? Please discuss here.

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SAGAfest 2009 11 - 12 July