Aalborg - Ready for you!

Today one of Crossfire's finest members posted a email screendump from a conversation between him and one Gigantium's employees.

As seen almost everyone have started to think that this is a scam, but let me put it this way.
A half a year ago I had the vision to start a big ET LAN for the community, everything was in some sort of hurry that I didn't realize that people started to hate the idea that it was supposed to be BYOC.

I was out talking with almost every firms in Aalborg about supporting it with all different sorts of stuff, and finally I came across Matrix. I contacted them to see what it would cost to borrow it for a whole weekend for a LAN event, it ended up in almost 3500 € which was a pretty cheap price. The thing however was that the LAN venue was way to small, so I kinda had to put it on hold to find a better place. It was a really hard process as people started to loose the hope in it really coming to life one day, so I grouped up with some former staff members of The eXperience & SLAP to provide me with experience, we quickly managed to have the support from a place called UEG & Aalborg County that was offering us a decent amount of money to cover all the expensives. This was the deal. Therefore we never had some sort of sponsors as the people behind it was Aalborg itself to gather interest to the city.

After the reunion with the former experienced members I was put as a ET-chef to gather interest from the ET scene to the LAN. However this wasn't that easy, I quickly realised the hate toward ET and it's community from the former COD4 & CS Crew LAN members, so I always stayed in focus to be as positive as possible. Gigantium is a big place, and has different sort of departments, I was told that the deal with Gigantium was made regarding it being the host for the LAN and I was right away on writing some stuff about the LAN itself here on crossfire, where I promised that I will come up with a final annoucment about it on 1st of September, 2010.

University started and people started to from maybe 5-10 hours each week helping organizing the LAN to only 1-5 hours, I was however still working on getting all the details done as soon as possible. I managed to get arranged that afternoon trip to the city with the pubcrawl and club, and thought I might've had everything setteld regarding ET. However it turned out that Gigantium was misled by the dates where it was free, so we were offered a big LAN venue, with a small shop, sleeping hal, Internet connection and all the cables needed for about 10.000-12.000€. Some of the folks realised that the date was wrong and went to call me about it, but at that point it was already too late. I simply lost all the faith.

I started from the idea guy behind all to ending up as a simple ET organizor to now being the biggest idiot.

I am deeply sorry for all of this, I think I was just way to exicted about all of this.


Yes I am the one to blame but I am for sure not a scammer. When the moneysystem at BilletNET failed to respond to our deadline I was talking to Krosan about taking in the payments on his account as some sort of security to be 100% sure that nothing will happen to it and no one would get scammed. I hope Krosan can verify as this is true and was talked about 1-2 days before the offical annoucment.

All of this was never INTENDED as a scam, think about it.
Why would a scam people in a game I have played for almost 7 years?
Why would I scam people on a site where my IP ain't hidden?
Why would I scam people that I have played with ages?
Why would I scam on a site where most of them know my real identity?
Why would I scam when i post about 1 picture of myself each 2 weeks?

I have stepped down and won't be helping at all at this event, I however will still be playing this amazing beloved game with a deep sorrow of shyness & guilt. Already now I have been banned on almost every second mIRC channel.

Looks like times have changed, Kamz used to be the most hated now he's the most beloved I used to be a funny and chill guy that had too much passion for this game to now ending up as the most hated because of something I will regret for the rest of my gaming carrer.

Once again I'm sorry.

Adi.
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Main News!
nice:)

A real ET event:)
c u there :D
Good work & Good luck!
Nice, 2 ET Lans look promising! + waiting for cc8 :< not gonna play though but cu there!
team bioscoop smashing da streetbasket?
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TEAM BIOSCOOP IS LITERALLY STEAMIN IN!
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Quotewe have chosen to promote a healthy gaming experience by providing players with free mineral water and fruit prior to each match,


THIS SOUNDS FUCKING AMAZING

FUCK WZZRD

WZZRD WOULD NEVER LET YOU PLAY STREETBASKET
QuoteEntry fees: No exact fee determined yet but not more than CiC7

bo Lied =(

300-400€ entrance fee? aka 60-80€ p.p?

But anyway looking forward to it =) Hope to get some money together and go =D
bo lied to us =(
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ahehehe.. best reply =D
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HAahah epic :D
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Nice, looking forward to it :)
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looking for a team ! :D
Entry fee should be max 300. Travel costs are already higher for most teams.
We have chosen to completely drop Call Of Duty from the games being played and added new and more-known games to the ET community such as RTCW, QuakeLive and FIFA10.

............... :D?
fifa10 is new & rtcw/quakelive are known to our community, get it?
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i was just trying to express how surprised i was by reading 'rtcw'
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I like the 'promote healthy gaming experience' part ^^

You forgot xfire is full of fat nerds stuffin their mouth full with crisps and pizzas :)
it's football, not soccer you fucking moron
Are you Hans?
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actually it`s called soccer.
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No its football
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so u mean american football?
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but u know that there is american and british english?
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in america its called soccer, they invented the fucked up word "Soccer"!!

Football (or soccer as you would call it) was called football long before American football, and in american football they use their hand mostly
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soccer > football
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in term of words of course :P, not sports.
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Good, now we don't have to stone you.
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i know that, i just wanted to point out that it`s not wrong to use the word soccer :P
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American Football evolved from Football, hence Football was played before A-Football. Soccer is the name only yanks use when talking about Football.
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and who gives a shit as long as everbody knows what he meant?
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no, football
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RTCW?
Offcourse thats nice, but location in Denmark + 400€ entrance fee there will be no RTCW teams I'am affraid.

Or will you have to pay only once for both ET and RTCW?
There will be no extra payment for RTCW & FIFA10 since it's a sponsored tournament.
QL however has a small entry fee.
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and if a team ONLY wants to play rtcw and not et ?
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so, do you need to bring your own pc or are there pc's avaible ?
QuoteThe LAN venue will so far be at the semi-sized netcafé called "Matrix" that has some of Denmark's best netcafé computers:


Ferrari F430
Asus Striker Extreme "COMMANDO"
Intel Core 2 Quad / Q6600
NVidia GeForce 8800 GTX
DDR-II-RAM PC-5300/667 Kingston / 4GB


Guess those pc's will be used.
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Kinda hard to tell from that sentence, hopefully there's no need to bring own pc tho:/
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Its really not hard to tell. He is saying its non BYOC
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Tosspot laying the metaphorical smack down. =D
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Nice, didn't had time to read the full post :P
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I can go to this if anyone is seriously thinking of going.
PALLOT.ET WILL ROLL THIS EVENT !
is PLU172 available?!
Soll ich dich mitnehmen? ^^


Fahr aber warscheinlich mit dem Zug oder so :S
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könnten ja zusammen mit zug fahren :>
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von mir aus :)
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wie süß :)
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Fuck yeah! #pallot.et ready to roll nerds.
Quoteto meet each other after years of sweet-talking via Internet


ill get raped -.-

Quotesuch as RTCW, QuakeLive and FIFA10.


OMFG <333333333

QuoteIn order to support the sport aspects of gaming or as some call it eSport, we have chosen to promote a healthy gaming experience by providing players with free mineral water and fruit prior to each match, as well as let players entertain themselves in between matches with plenty of traditional sports activities such as floorball, soccer, streetbasket and much more.


sounds awesome :OO
cu there
wont go bb :D
Avi for this LAN! :o
80€ p.p. haha, nice joke. I prefer 1000-2000 € prizemoney less with a lower participation fee (50€!) than this shit.
Gotta agree there, bo first said that the entry fee wont be higher then CiC... and now we get a fee which is 2 times as high :x
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well atleast it covers the cost of water + fruit + sports :D
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So the sports are "free" ? :D and really, water + fruit for 40€ godam, I expect some 4 star meal for that price :XD
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MAYBE ITS 10KG FRUIT
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HOLY SHIT MAN, THEY WANT US TO DIE ON A VITAMIN OVERDOSE?
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MAYBE WE'LL AIM LIKE MYSTIC, MAUS AND MODUS COMBINED?!
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Then its just a matter of who shoots first =(
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there was reaction game posted yesterday. Go seek fastest persons and build up winning team :D
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link please? ;-)
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so? i bet it looks great there not like what ive seen from videos in enshede and the water + fruits are just a nice service, it will be my first lan i guess cuz i would also like to play the fifa10 tournament :P
and the computers LOOK AT THEM
Ferrari F430
Asus Striker Extreme "COMMANDO"
Intel Core 2 Quad / Q6600
NVidia GeForce 8800 GTX
DDR-II-RAM PC-5300/667 Kingston / 4GB

looks nice tho i dont know how the computers in enshede are
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But still... paying 80€ entrance fee is alot =O

Enschede pc's

Mainbord : Asus P5PL2-C
CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHZ
Graphics : XFX 8800 GTS 320 Mb
Memory : Crucial 1GB DDR2 667Mhz
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i think the 300-400€ are meant for teams, but dunno
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Yes I know that :P, it still makes it between 60€ and 80€ P.P.
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Are you going at lan ? :o :o
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don't know yet my fanboY !
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Don't call me your fanboi :D
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i am your fanboy:-D
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No I AM your fanboi, best engi of the world!
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don't know yet my fanboY !
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don't call me fanboy :D
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i am your fanboy:-D
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more lans, need to fuck up my money
cya in aalborg
cant wait for my pint of water before the game, if i feel brave i might even down it!
:D wat
dunno if i'd be trusting enough to pay entrance for this event..
yeah that's sort of my main concern
QuoteWe have chosen to completely drop Call Of Duty from the games being played and added new and more-known games to the ET community

so they dropped the game that would likely get the money sponsoring and publicity and favor of et which won't get hits outside of crossfire? almost too good to be true
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PLUS ONE SON!
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I'll drive
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you can take a train to hamburg at least !
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cool, and like art wont come, ill be ur 6th
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5on5 rtcw, it's the future! :)
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won't play with that
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Intrested yes but if i would manage to get a team over it will be hard cause 2 lans fast after eachother is kinda hard money wise.
But will try.
per person
denmark :)

Quotesoccer


wat.
i fucking hate it that i dont have the means to play rtcw anymore at home otherwise i would have played there 100% :(((
sounds like a cool and different lan, not as nerdy as the others.
what about the fifa10 tournament? how many players do u expect? and what about the prizes?
RTCW!!:DDD<3<3
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polierte platte
cu there :-)

btw if you got any questions about Aalborg feel free to ask me
Why is it called Aalborg?
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coz retards can't å
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how do u pronounce that "a"?
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RtCW will be 6vs6 I hope???

Really this shouldn't be a question but since et will be 5v5...
need a team
->aalborg
cu there :)
what the hell is floorball?
like icehockey but with a floor and ball (obviously no skates and no sticks for goalkeepers)

popular in fin, swe and cze atleast
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image: Floorball_game

floorball is a really fast and exciting sport to play/watch. it's a bit like icehockey played indoors just with a small ball instead of puck. also floorball isn't as physical as icehockey, but maybe even a bit faster and intense
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ohh ive played that at school, its fun :)
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welcome to normal hockey !
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Avi for basketball pug! ":D"
hell yeah!
ye lets play icehockey Finland vs rest
floorball is fine aswell :P
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for pussies :P
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-There will be no extra payment for RTCW & FIFA10 since it's a sponsored tournament.

who sponsors that tournament? i want your babies!
realllllly naissss !
aalborg is nice, october is nice :)
good entrance fee, rules out the 24/7 "hartz 4" idiots!
I might be there, not sure though.
I will be there _:)
Not gonna pay >500e to play ~6 games of ET... Just no!!!
6 games of ET + free mineral water and fruit!
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+ rtcw games
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ye ok :P Can't play them at home since there are no opponents online =)
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Aalborg, isn't that the pig-shit city of Denmark?
Dropping Call of Duty for games more-known to the ET community? Included in those games are QuakeLive & FIFA10?

Massive marketing mistake made.
True that, but we don't give a flying fuck about CoD4, do we now? :)
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The biggest ET LAN has given a fuck about CoD4 in the past, why wouldn't this LAN do it too? Surely they want to make the attendance as high as possible.
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Do you even follow the CoD scene? Before posting such a comment try doing a bit of research ...
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I'm the manager of Rockit.CoD4, I'm in the #cod.preinvite channel, I write CoD4 news for both crossfire & Rockit, I frequently play the game. Of course I follow the CoD4 scene.

I think you're the one who needs to do his research before posting...
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I've been there as-well, was even in the invite channel :). But then you must know that the eXperience is being held almost at the same date? This event can't handle up with teX :)
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Link me to the newspost about TeX dates. I've not been made aware of any dates yet. Last I heard was they wanted to hold it in September.
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- http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/96419/
+ I have talked with them about it.
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That's the same even as the one you're replying on.

Your link: http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/96419/
Bo's newspost: http://www.crossfire.nu/?x=news&mode=item&id=5571

Spot the difference:
Quote by Cadred.orgDetails
Name: TBA
Date: October 15-17, 2010
Location: Aalborg, Denmark
Prize purse: €5.000
Entry fees: No exact fee determined yet but not more than CiC7
Structure: Groupstage + Double Elimination
Accomodation: Discount at a nearby Hotel (cheaper than the CiC7 bunkers)
Travel: Train, Car, Plane
Conditions: At least 10 teams needed


Quote by Bo's newspostDate: October 15-17, 2010
Location: Aalborg, Denmark (Click)
Prize purse: €5.000
Entry fees: No exact fee determined yet but not more than CiC7
Structure: Groupstage + Double Elimination
Accomodation: Discount at a nearby Hotel (cheaper than the CiC7 bunkers)
Travel: Train, Car, (Plane)
Conditions: At least 10 ET teams needed to make it happen


C'mon man, you've made yourself look like a fool, you know it!
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What? I don't seem to understand your comment :).
Perhaps talking with bo might help you out a bit, I think he knows what's going on.
And if you look down in the comments on the cadred link you might find a comment from a guy called z1no. He's a manager & a boardmember in Roskilde eSport. I'm pretty sure he knows what's going in Roskilde.
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I know z1no. You're commenting in a newspost about the same newspost you linked to me from Cadred. And it is not TeX in that newspost from Cadred.
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I think it's better that I contact you on mIRC. This is just lame. :(
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Read comments, theres a person behind the tex saying its probably same time as that other event.
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Yeah but nothing official, that's my point : )
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what platform is fifa10 being played on btw?
360 and I will rape.
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You play on PS3?
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I am not got fifa10 though
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add C&C3 u n00bs!
fu with your 300-400€ failers!
great choice with rtcw and ql, prolly gonna be there
well me mouly homie and cliff (art maybe) would be there tho it depends on how many rtcw teams will sign up and if you can play rtcw without participating in the ettournament.
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if only it were real :<
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ok adi, are you attending?
d:Dd:d.d::ddddd:d:dD
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Since I live there sure why not, but not in any tournaments :) are you?
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you never know

why not play ET there?
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I'm a bit inactive, and I highly doubt someone would pick me up after not playing a single prac with them.
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inactive again? :s like 5th or 6th time
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Maybe 10th time I think
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Yes, got a lot of work these days, so can't handle playing 4 hours of ET each day ;)
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you should stop coming back x]
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You're prolly right :_(
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Nice! Order might be there :O
Hell yes, always wanted to visit Denmark! :D
LAN DODGER WONT GO
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Hater... :(
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dont hate the player hate the game
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are you going?

:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDddddd
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nah im in europe for a month in the summer anyways, can only take so much retardation :D
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does the lan have no website? oO
might be there.
But i would prefer CC8. (maybe attending both, deppends on myR Lansupport)
Whats the next (international) airport (to lazy to google)
I've been in Aalborg!
400e is way too much as a signup fee
great news! host a floorball tournament with a prizepool, will be izi bash for finns!
watch out for ze swedes
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shhhh izi for bluman!
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fins cant play football at all :c
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like every finn play football and/or ice-hockey till they are 12-14 years old and then stop it coz of alcohol :D
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too high entry fee.
Avi to arrange sleeping places for teams pmme :)
så du kommer :-)?
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Hahahaha jeg har så fundet ud af det gør jeg ikke alligevel :D Ikke som det ser ud nu
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:/ ikke en af dagene?
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Nej, jeg skal med min kæreste til Amsterdam hele den weekend såeh :P
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aha :/ men har hørt at amsterdam er en utrolig by!
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Har aldrig selv været der endnu, men glæder mig da til at se om det passer :P
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Så skal der ryges!!!!!!!
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Hahah det skal min kæreste nok blive begejstret for :D
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Det stemmer =) Amsterdam er en utrolig by for folk fra utlandet ;D
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fedt! vil selv gerne besøge Amsterdam :-)
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how much would sleeping places for the weekend cost approximately?
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From 15e-35e per night.
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no website and [email protected]. ? if you wanna scam people try using your brain and come up with something better
i will probably be there, taking a beer or two.
And meet me!
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im not going to denemark for a fucking lan:D

so wish the ppl who playing there lots of fun
I want to see pics of the netcafe!!! =) Is there a site for the netcafe itself? please share if you got it!!!
FUCK OFF DENMARK XD go to ANTWERPEN!
gtfo with denmark

1.120 km
Only 70km :XD
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I surely won't drive from bavaria to aalborg :x
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Thats why we live in 2010, you know that it is possible to take the plane to Denmark?
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car is cooler 8)

cu@ukraine in may
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Need info on rtcw prizes and whether you can play RTCW wihout playing ET. Seen as you said the payment is for both.

Also whats the Quakelive prize?

How cold will it be at that time of year?
Like 7-12 degress raining, dark and windy weather
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