Well, our most used tech lab, which is used by PLTW classes, robotics, and TSA, received new computers on Oct 1.
The old ones were 400mhz PIIs with integrated video.
The new ones are Dells w/2ghz P4s, 64mb DDR MX440 8x AGP, and 512mb PC2100.
So, I was thinking, wouldn’t a lan party be a great fundraising idea?
I’m currently working on finding out the logistics of settings up such an event, since it would be using the district’s SCHOOL computers for GAMES and PROFIT (for a non-profit organization, of course :)).
There are 24 computers in the lab. If 20 computers were used and people had to pay $5/hr (or maybe have discounts for loooong hours), that would result in $300 in 3 hours (though I’d expect people to want to game longer)… if this fundraiser were done during the summer, that would result in a lot of money if held regularly.
Has anyone done something like this before? Lemme know what happened.
A few team 25-ers toyed with the idea for quite some time during the summer, but nothings come of it yet. It’s a pretty good idea, though, and could make alot of money. We were going to give most, if not all, to project RINOS, to support rookie teams.
OK I JUST SAID THIS!!! In my post that is rite under urs I said this! And ummm I got this from 25 and from other people. and we are setting up one. We are planning for about 35 people. we are playing CS, maybe NS(the best), and then maybe some other games. We are having 2 nice servers hooked in!
My team is planning a fundraiser like this, key difference is it’ll be BYO computer and $15/head for one time entry, we’re also having monitor rentals for $10/apiece. Biggest cost for us is the Cat5 cables.
*Originally posted by Matt Krass *
** Biggest cost for us is the Cat5 cables. **
I can get them for you REALLY cheap. Send me an e-mail [email protected]
Where did teams that have done/are planning to do LAN Parties get their network gear? Do you think companies would donate it or lend it out for the night in return for some sort of thanks/recognition/anything not costing money?
Well we’re still searching for our cabling (Btw, sanddrag I emailed you, thanks).
As for servers we’re borrowing some school Dells (Swapping out the HDs, hehe) network hubs/switches donated by various members for the night, plus we may be getting some from the company our college alumnus works at. We’re bringing our own workstations to help admin (and play). Also, we’re contacting local distributors for drinks and snacks.
*Originally posted by Aignam *
**Where did teams that have done/are planning to do LAN Parties get their network gear? Do you think companies would donate it or lend it out for the night in return for some sort of thanks/recognition/anything not costing money? **
I know that Alienware will donate free mousepads and/or tshirts if you host a lan party with 50 or 100 people and send them pictures of the event after a certain amount of time… note that 50 or 100 (forget which) people have to attend - does not mean they all have to be playing at once. It’s not much support but free stuff in exchange for a few pictures or videos ain’t bad.
Has anyone yet hosted a LAN party fundraiser? How successful was it? How was it run?
We hosted at our school…BIG success
We only made $600 but were limited on space (40 seats)
Each had to bring in home computer, and games.
Our class is a computer/Network class so we have servers and hardware. We are looking at using our gym for a bigger tourney this year - 100-120 people.
It is easy money for 12 hours of work. Very little overhead.
this is a great fundraiser. the rookie team that we mentor did this and made bank in one night. and there was a guarenteed amount of players so they got lots of poeple to come.
We tried a LAN party a couple years back. Truth be told, no one showed up. I think it was because of a lack of advertisement. Make sure everyone knows that it’s going to happen! Otherwise it’s a good idea.
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If you end up doing an old version of NS (1.04 is the best), tell me. PLEASE. If at all possible make it online so I can play with you guys. I love NS, but hate what has happened to it. T.T My AIM is SessoFiendJake. PLEASE IM me if you can make it an online NS1.04. Domo.
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We held two LAN parties last year, and we’re doing another one in two weeks. We charge $25 a person, you bring your own equipment, and we provide pizza and soda, from 6pm-8am. We got 50 people for the first two, and we’re expecting another 50 this time. After we pay for the pizza and soda, we make about $1000. It has undoubtedly been our easiest and most successful fundraiser.
OMG!!! people stole my idea =P jk… um ya… Me and a friend started hosting weekly lan parties this past week… we got about 12 people… and we are hoping to get up to 32-40 people… We only charge $5 from 6pm-12am for the fact that its for fun… and as of now we are only doing PC gaming… i talked to PitBull 1126 tonight about his idea and teams lan party they plan on doing… Its a great idea and im definatley hoping to do a few for fundrasing reasons soon… but you definatley have to advertise WAY ahead of time… post flyers at local gaming stores, at all surround highschools, and espically those teams involved… Just make sure to have a huge variety of games… from console shooters like Halo, to sports like madden 2k5 or Sega’s Sports line, to DDR w/ the dance pads, to the full out PC shooters, and RTS games…
um… if anyone has any questions on how im running our local lan party just im me on Hardcore2xtremes or Heret1c121
Where can I find the equipment to run a LAN Party? I don’t know of anyone with 2-3 24 port Switches laying around…or 50 ethernet cables. Any suggestions would be great.
How does this sound?
$20 entrance fee per head.
$.50/soda. (Juice/Milk in AM)
$1.00/pizza slice. (Doughnuts/Muffins in AM)
Random cookies/chips & pretzels for free.
Free wifi/xbox gaming in a seperate area for those who want to take a break from pc gaming for a bit. (They can have a wireless card in their gaming rig or a laptop for the wifi).
Also, at your guys LAN Parties, did you try to get sponsors like ATI and NVidia? Did you give away any door prizes? Did you run tournaments? Where was it held? Did you seek support of school tech admin? What were the times it was held from?
Any suggestions would be great.