Some years ago there was a vivid Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory competition returning at every edition of the Frag-O-Matic, a LAN event in Belgium which was able to draw hundreds of participants for each instalment. The model for an event like FOM is quite simple, put all the gamers in one big hall and let them bring their own computer so they can play games throughout a weekend.
The Enemy Territory scene has gotten quite spoiled with the advent of LAN events like the Crossfire Challenges. Crossfire uses a Turn Up and Play format, which means tournament computers are provided for players to compete on. While this format is great for international competitions, it comes hand in hand with a certain amount of drawbacks including configuration issues and the fact that teams can only play at specific times. Bring your own computer (BYOC) LANs don't suffer from this, seeing you have access to your own computer throughout the event, which means you can play as much as you want, without having to suffer through a configuration hell. Another advantage of most BYOC LAN's is that they often offer players a place to sleep if you bring your own sleeping gear. This makes them cheaper to attend than for example your average Crossfire Challenge.
While BYOC LAN's clearly have some advantages they have but nearly died out for Enemy Territory. BYOC LAN's which still support Enemy Territory are limited to for example
Enlarged and the recently held 
Intel LanCraft Silesia. However in my humble opinion there is room for more. People like smOke have shown a great commitment to Enemy Territory competition and managed to get the game supported at the Intel LanCraft Silesia. However, you as a player can help a lot as well, by finding yourself a “LANable” team and get in contact with other teams from your region to attend LAN events. If just four teams attend an event you can already have an interesting little competition.
Three years ago I tried to get an Enemy Territory competition to be held at The Party. Back then I sadly failed to get the minimum required amount of teams (eight), but with ET becoming 5on5 and going through a recent surge of activity I think it's worth trying again. The event I'm currently most interested in is the FATLAN in Lommel, Belgium – right below the Dutch border near Eindhoven (which also has The Netherlands second biggest airport).
The FATLAN will be held from the 14th to the 16th of May and the entrance fee is € 34,95 per player if you pay in advance (before the eight of May), and you can bring your own sleeping gear so you don't have to pay for accommodation.
I would like to poll if there is enough zest for having a BYOC Enemy Territory competition at the FATLAN. Don't expect great prizes (although if there'll be a lot of signups, they will probably be decent), do expect a great amount of fun though, and perhaps it can act as good preparation for the potential Denmark LAN tournament. Please PM me here on Crossfire with a lineup of your team if you are interested in attending. I'll try to make it official if enough enthusiasm from the community is shown.
The Enemy Territory scene has gotten quite spoiled with the advent of LAN events like the Crossfire Challenges. Crossfire uses a Turn Up and Play format, which means tournament computers are provided for players to compete on. While this format is great for international competitions, it comes hand in hand with a certain amount of drawbacks including configuration issues and the fact that teams can only play at specific times. Bring your own computer (BYOC) LANs don't suffer from this, seeing you have access to your own computer throughout the event, which means you can play as much as you want, without having to suffer through a configuration hell. Another advantage of most BYOC LAN's is that they often offer players a place to sleep if you bring your own sleeping gear. This makes them cheaper to attend than for example your average Crossfire Challenge.
While BYOC LAN's clearly have some advantages they have but nearly died out for Enemy Territory. BYOC LAN's which still support Enemy Territory are limited to for example
Enlarged and the recently held Intel LanCraft Silesia. However in my humble opinion there is room for more. People like smOke have shown a great commitment to Enemy Territory competition and managed to get the game supported at the Intel LanCraft Silesia. However, you as a player can help a lot as well, by finding yourself a “LANable” team and get in contact with other teams from your region to attend LAN events. If just four teams attend an event you can already have an interesting little competition.FATLAN
Three years ago I tried to get an Enemy Territory competition to be held at The Party. Back then I sadly failed to get the minimum required amount of teams (eight), but with ET becoming 5on5 and going through a recent surge of activity I think it's worth trying again. The event I'm currently most interested in is the FATLAN in Lommel, Belgium – right below the Dutch border near Eindhoven (which also has The Netherlands second biggest airport). The FATLAN will be held from the 14th to the 16th of May and the entrance fee is € 34,95 per player if you pay in advance (before the eight of May), and you can bring your own sleeping gear so you don't have to pay for accommodation.
I would like to poll if there is enough zest for having a BYOC Enemy Territory competition at the FATLAN. Don't expect great prizes (although if there'll be a lot of signups, they will probably be decent), do expect a great amount of fun though, and perhaps it can act as good preparation for the potential Denmark LAN tournament. Please PM me here on Crossfire with a lineup of your team if you are interested in attending. I'll try to make it official if enough enthusiasm from the community is shown.
So if you want 50 PC's for example, you can quickly end up paying €7500. So it's really not that easy to organize a non-BYOC event as you might think.
That's true but other thing is you gotta stay with your pc or at least keep an eye on it to don't leave it all alone and who would want to play all the time at lan when its also about ppl you met there and party.
True there is less delays but on the other hand with no BYOC lan delays are caused not by configuration problems but by dumb ppl who just dont know how to deal with them , hi
Oh cmon for 3 nights at bad boekelo have paid 40 euros each which isnt much money + hotel is just great for it price and if i would want to get my own sleeping gear i would just pay more for luggage and if i bring pc and crt monitor its another 20+ kg 10 or 20 euros , depends on flight.
I rly appreciate your contribution in making et alive but BYOC is just wrong.
'Oh cmon for 3 nights at bad boekelo have paid 40 euros each which isnt much money'
probably polish ppl wont be allowed stay there anymore, just as you left that room lol :)
Polish cheat irl aswell or what ? :D
Or my mates lied to stole my money :<
nigger stole my bike
i mean hell yea !! :D im at lloret and ur on a laaaan
1. it was 30km from my house
2. i literally slept on my keyboard
3. i knew the people there and admins and in any case of stealing id know who did it and when can i get him
Based on comments above; wasn't SGH open a BYOC LAN? I thought quite an amount of good teams attended, right?