the BIG GAME is celebrating its 26th event this febuary, so if multiplayer LAN gaming are your thing - You cant go far wrong with a BIG GAME
tBG XXVI takes place from 18:00 Febuary 19th - 18:00 August 21th. Located in Wildern School, Hedge End, Southampton SO30 4EJ.
Cost: £25 per person. Sign up today!
Group discount: Book 5 for the price of 4 (making it only £20 per head!)
tBG XXV has the capacity for up to 100 gamers and will feature organised BIG GAMEs of popular titles, the BIG GAMER tournament to win the golden joystick, the Saturday night pub quiz, and the BIG pizza run, as well as all the other gaming you can handle over 2 days and 2 nights.
Venue & Location Info
tBG XXVI is located within the Wildern school grounds in Hedge End, just outside Southampton (Junction 7 on the M27). The venue is superb with excellent facilities on-site including super fast internet and a nice, large, well ventilated gaming area for up to 100 people with separate eating and sleeping areas. There is also a secure car park which will be locked overnight.
Within Hedge End there are tons of places to eat out or in including ALL of the main fast food eateries, (McD's, BK, KFC, as well as a superb fish and chip shop, and Chinese and Indian takeaways). There are also several large superstores within a few minutes walk of the site and an even larger shopping complex complete with a PC World (in case your PC takes a dump!) within 5 minutes drive.
We have maps of the local area at the event, to make sure you don't get lost if you do venture outside.
Event
So what happens at the BIG GAME? Well I'm glad you asked. tBG26 will be boasting attendance by the mighty Projector Games crew for some awesome large scale projector game antics, plus with consoles available to play throughout the weekend, and regular tournaments to get involved in the variety at the LAN should be vast so you'll never be without something to play. Plus with the legendary BIG GAME pub quiz and Dominos Pizza run on the saturday you are sure for a good time.
Games list: for tBG 26 we'd recommend DoW2, Q3, Trackmania, TF2, L4D2, LFS, COD:MW will be the main stead of the tournament games but there WILL be many BIG GAMEs throughout the LAN so there is a good chance of some Battlefield and MW2 or any particularaly awesome big multiplayer title.
Consoles are fully catered for so if you have one bring it along, additional power and network cables can be supplied to your desk if you fancy taking a break from PC gaming.
As well as Projector Games we also have consoles which you can play at anytime throughout the weekend, whether that be rocking out with your clan on Rockband or racing around the famous Leman 24hr race track on Forza3. You are sure to be kept entertained at tBG.
Tournaments
The BIG GAMER Tournament is back on at this event of course and with BIG GAMERs from many previous events in attendance we are set for the ultimate showdown including our most recent BIG GAMER, Ghost from team Dakka. Do you have the required skills to out do him in a whole host of gaming genres? At this event we'll have a whole host of FPS games plus some RTS, driving and of course a smattering of Projector Games tournaments which you will be able to enter and gain points towards the (frankly fabulous) BIG GAMER finale and ultimate prize of all - the BIG GAMER Trophy plus a host of prizes thanks to our event sponsors Crucial Memory and Steelseries.
Tournaments at this Event Include:
Quake3 1v1 (with LIVE action and real-time expert commentary on the projector by Jynx and Ripper for the semi and final (assuming they arn't playing!))
2v2 Dawn Of War 2
5v5 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare
Live for Speed (LFS) Racing Tournament
Plus points for playing in the special projector game games and taking part in the pub quiz! Also at this event we are also having a Forza 3 XBOX hotlap challenge, In which gamers over the course of the weekend will be able to play and who ever sets the fastest lap time will win a special prize.
Sponsors for this event include Crucial Memory and Steelseries who will be providing a wealth of top notch prizes for the event
Signing Up
The event itself costs £25 or you can take advantage of our excellent group/clan discount offer and get your mates down, book 5 for the price of 4 (making it only £20 per head!) and once this is complete, simply sign upto our forums and select which seat you'd like
Simples!!Signed Up Today!
Additional Services
Consoles - Please bring them as it's always good to have a bit of a change for a while and relax (additional power ports and network cables arn't a problem Please check the forums for games you'll need to get the most out of your console - it's never fun missing out on the action.
We have a huge range of technical expertise at the event so any problem you encounter with your PC we should be able to help solve.
Other Features
The site features a secure car park which is locked at night.
High speed (20Mb) internet connection.
Separate male and female showers & toilets.
Disabled access throughout the entire venue.
Large fridge, cold/hot water, and microwave facilities are available.
More information
For more information, check out the BIG GAME Website as well as the forums (Powered by vBulletin) or contact us on IRC: Quakenet - #thebiggame
Location:
Wildern School
Wildern Lane
Hedge End,
Southampton,
SO30 4EJ.
(Google Map)
Thanks for reading guys and if you want to get more of a feel for the events of the past checkout our superb event gallery.
Cheers guys and we look forward to seeing you at the event.
Any questions please contact me on here
- Maveric
