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Northeast Ohio LAN Gaming Association: NOLGA's News Search on This Topic:    [ Go to Home | Select a New Topic ]   LAN Party in the works  Hey everyone, This is just an update from the NOLGA staff. Yes, we are still here and we are about to unleash one of the greatest LAN party concepts we have ever proposed. We are still in the planning phase, but keep checking back because we will have news very soon. Trust me, this is gonna be big. Until then hit up the forums and tell us what you want to see out of our next LAN party. -Lothar Added by LordMono: The website is going to change as well. New look and setup, same great NOLGA! Things are in motion. More to come. HANG IN THERE! Posted by lothar on Tuesday, July 17 @ 18:29:13 PDT (1795 reads) (Read More... | Score: 0)   News: Post Frag Factory I Wrapup  Thanks to all the people that attended NOLGA Frag Factory I. I hope you all had a good time like my staff and I did. The Following are the winners of the Tournaments Held: Congratulations to Team 4v5 Winning the Counter-Strike Source tournament. Congratulations to Team Werra for winning the Call of Duty 2 Search and Destroy Tournament. Congratulations to Panther for winning the ECS Motherboard in the Quake 4 tournament. Congratulations to Master Alex, RadiumBurn, Black_hawk, Flood, sims, Stupify, k-smitty, and deuceitup for winning the Steelpad QCKS in the Battlefield 2 tournament. Congratulations to MasterAlex for winning the Call of Duty Deathmatch Tournament and winning a Zboard and Call of Duty 2 Keyset. Congratulations to Sims for winning the Seasonic Powersupply in the Doom 3 Deathmatch Tournament. I'd also like to give out a Special Thanks to the GasPowered Gamerz and Monarch Computers for their donations. Check out their websites by clicking on their names. Thank you to ESCAPE For coming out and donating their promotional items and allowing us to run tournaments out of their store. NOLGA will continue to be doing Tournaments for giveaways with possible free admission to NOLGA's Next event Atleast 1 thursday a month. Check the forums for more details. Also thanks to all our sponsors for all the swag that was donated. Without them we couldnt give away any of the free stuff we did. So if you have time please send them an email thanking them for their donations it would help us out alot for our next event. I'd like to personally thank everyone that helped with setup and cleanup. Without all of you this event could not have happened. I'd also like to thank the person in charge of the building Mark and his band Any Colour you Like. Without you guys letting us use your warehouse space, and lighting this event could not have happened and been quite as fun as it was. And thanks to Will from AASound For providing us with his Power Distro and More Lighting. In all acutality though it is the attendees that make the event and we hope to cater to them. Anyone Who has any suggestions on anything to make the next event better. Feel free to email me, AIM message me at Shawng1034, MSN Message me at sgilbertson@nolga.org, add me to X-fire as Shawng1034 or post on our forums. All of our pictures should be up by the end of the week. If you have any pictures you would like added please email them to me and we will get them up on our website. Also if you would Please update your contact information so we can inform you of future NOLGA Events that way we can contact you early about our future parties.. Planning will be under way shortly for the next NOLGA Event so hopefully we will be able to see some old faces and even some new ones. Once again Thank You all. Zakath and the rest of the NOLGA Staff! Posted by Shawng1034 on Thursday, June 15 @ 00:00:00 PDT (1904 reads) (Read More... | News | Score: 1)   News: Tournamets @ Escape  Vertos writes "Tommorow At Escape I will be holding Tournaments for Discounted or Free Admission To Nolga Events. prizes include: -5$ off Voucher to Nolga Events. -10$ off Voucher to Nolga Events. -Free Admission Voucher to Nolga Events. **All Vouchers Include One Free Bottle Of Bawls at The Event** *Tournament will either be 2v2 Teams, 1v1 Matches, or free for all DeathMatch *The Tournaments will be held around 4 pm. so make sure your there. ***In Order to Participate In The Tournaments You Will Need to Purchase the Time Needed From Escape. Prices Are: -1Hr $6.00 -3Hrs $15.00 *All First Time customers are given 1 Free Hr When They Create There Login. -Vert " Posted by Shawng1034 on Friday, May 26 @ 12:24:01 PDT (2074 reads) (Read More... | News | Score: 0)   News: FREE ADMISSION!  NOLGA will be at ESCAPE on Thursday May 25th and Thursday June 1st Handing out free admission to Frag Factory I. We will also be hosting a couple tournaments those two days. We will be doing a 2v2 Call of Duty 2 Tournament on Thursday June 1st and a Quake 4 2v2 Tournament on Thursday May 25th. Any Questions contact us at fragfactory@nolga.org or post on our forums and we will get back to you ASAP. Directions and pricing are Available on Escape's Website at http://www.escapeplay.net. Any participants that show up will recieve 1 free bottle of bawls at Frag Factory I. Posted by Shawng1034 on Wednesday, May 24 @ 19:40:25 PDT (2093 reads) (Read More... | News | Score: 0)   News: Tournaments, Times, Rules, other various Info  Ok Here is the Announcement you have all been waiting for. The tournaments for this up and coming LANParty are going to be: Call of Duty 2: Search and Destroy 5v5 Counter-Strike Source: 5v5 Battlefield 2: 8v8 Quake 4: 1v1 (Deathmatch) We will be following CAL rules and the maps are as listed below. Maps are subject to change at NOLGA Discression. Make any Suggestions to changes in the forums. Prizes will be announced shortly as sponsorship comes in. There will possibly be 1 cash prize tournament but no guarentees yet. (We could do a cash entry tournament where the pool gets split up between the teams if you like). NOLGA will in turn donate to the Cash Pool for the tournaments. If you would like to do/suggest this for any tournament feel free to post in the forums. CS:S Double Elim Round 1: de_inferno Round 2: de_nuke Round 3: de_cpl_mill Round 4: de_inferno Round 5: de_dust2 Loser Bracket Round 1: de_cpl_mill Round 2: de_inferno Round 3: de_dust2 Round 4: de_cbble BF2 Double Elim (all 16 player maps) Sponsored by Steelpad. Round 1: Sharqi Round 2: Daqing Round 3: Kubra Round 4: FuShe Round 5: Karkand Loser Bracket Round 1: Kubra Round 2: FuShe Round 3: Karkand Round 4: Dragon CoD2 Double Elim Round 1: mp_dawnville Round 2: mp_trainstation Round 3: mp_carentan Round 4: mp_railyard Round 5: mp_burgundy Loser Bracket Round 1: mp_carentan Round 2: mp_railyard Round 3: mp_burgundy Round 4: mp_matmata Quake 4 Single Elim Each 1v1 match will be 3 maps to determine winner each person picks 1 map NOLGA picks 3rd map from map pool: Map Pool: Final Version of Galang (l4dm1) Monsoon (l4dm2) Phrantic (swq4dm1_final) [TMP2] The Lost Fleet (q4dm3tmp) Now the schedule for the event.  Doors will be opening at 10AM SHARP on Saturday June 10th and we will be closing them at 6PM Sunday June 11th. Counter-Strike Source Tournament starts at NOON on Saturday sharp. Sign ups for the tournament begin at 11am and close at 1130am. Anyone not Signed up for the tournament by 1130am will not be entered into the tournament. Announcements will be made when tournament sign ups open. Call of Duty 2 Search and Destroy Tournament starts at 6PM on Saturday. Sign ups for the tournament begin at 5pm and close at 530pm. Anyone not signed up for the tournament by 530pm will not be entered into the tournament. Announcements will be made when tournament sign ups open. Battlefield 2 Tournament starts at 10PM on Saturday. Signups for the tournament begin at 9pm and close at 930pm. Anyone not signed up for the tournament by 930pm will not be entered into the tournament. Announcements will be made when tournament sign ups open. Quake 4 Deathmatch Tournament starts at NOON on Sunday. Signups for the tournament will begin at 11am on Sunday and close at 1130am. Anyone not signed up for the tournament by 1130am will not be entered into the tournament. Announcements will be made when tournament sign ups open. We will be following this schedule exactly as posted. If you have any questions or concerns feel free to email me at sgilbertson@nolga.org. We will have servers up and running for all the tournament games and other various games. If you would like to bring your own server please contact me and i will arrange a section for it in the server area. Escape is also allowing attendees to NOLGA to rent out their PCs. Contact alex@escapeplay.net for details. Mention you were reffered by NOLGA. NOLGA is also working with Escape for Discounts and free Bawls. :-) Every person that visits Escape between now and June 8th and purchases time with ESCAPE will get 1 free bottle of Bawls at NOLGA Frag Factory. If you go and spend more than $20.00 at ESCAPE you will also get $5 off your admission at the door or prepaid in cash @ Escape. :-) If you purchase a membership to ESCAPE  you will recieve $10.00 off admission at the door or prepaid in cash only @ Escape. You must mention NOLGA at the time of purchasing items with ESCAPE. Prepay only Available at ESCAPE when NOLGA members are there. NOLGA will be at ESCAPE every thursday night and will possibly be running a tournament and giving away free admission. Local Food There are many local resturaunts around within a 15 minute driving distance. Feel free to as a NOLGA Staff member at the event for directions. Local Hotels Here is a list of some local hotels if you are traveling from out of town. NOLGA is open all night long and you may sleep where you fall. Comfort Inn 2873 S. Arlington Rd. Akron, OH  44312 330-645-1100 Hampton Inn 3235 South Arlington Road Akron, OH  44312 330-644-5679 Quality Inn 2940 Chenoweth Road Akron, OH  44312  330-677-7126 Fairfield Inn and Suites 1025 Interstate Parkway Akron, OH  44312 1-330-245-0041 Raddison Hotel 200 Montrose West Ave. Akron, OH  44321  330-666-9300 1-800-333-3333 Holiday Inn 4073 Medina Rd. Akron, OH  44333  1-877-270-6397 Basic Rules. NOLGA Does not allow Alcohol or Drugs at its event. Anyone caught using Alcohol or Drugs at NOLGA Frag Factory will be asked to leave without refund. Smoking will be permitted Outside only. Cigarette butts must be placed into the cans designated. Outside Food and non alcoholic beverages are permitted inside. We will have a snackbar and will be selling various snacks, pop and bawls. See our snackbar menu for details on what the snackbar has to offer. *You may also bring your own chair to NOLGA Fragfactory. (The chairs we tend to have for use are hard as a rock. I couldnt imagine someone wanting to sit on them for long periods of time so for your own sake we recommend you to bring your own chair or atleast something to pad it). Any Questions? Feel free to email us at fragfactory@nolga.org Thanks :-) NOLGA STAFF Posted by Shawng1034 on Sunday, May 14 @ 20:49:00 PDT (1745 reads) (Read More... | News | Score: 0)   Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45  Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 is comming soon! If you haven't seen anything on this game yet, you better check it out now! It's WWII FPS at it's best! Check out the website at www.redorchestragame.com. Here is some more information... (From www.redorchestra.com) Fight in the theatre of war that changed the world forever. Battle alongside your compatriots on some of the most inhospitable environments of the Eastern Front in Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 RO places you in the most realistic WWII first-person multi-player combat to date on the PC, allowing the player to fight through some of the most intense combat of the war. You can play as infantry, using a wide range of infantry weapons, or crew one of the many armoured combat vehicles available in the game, from half-tracks all the way through to the most famous German and Soviet heavy tanks. You can engage the enemy with everything from your bayonet at close quarters up to the massive 122mm cannon on the Soviet IS-2. And if that isn't enough, find an officer and a radio to call in thunderous artillery strikes to shake the enemy loose. Key Features Fight intense battles on 13 authentic Eastern Front combat environments Crew 14 fully realized vehicles with highly detailed exterior and interior models Choose from 28 authentic infantry weapons Full 32 player online Multiplayer Support Unique Setting – the only FPS to focus on the WWII Russian Front Engage enemy tanks at 800 metres and more with the Simulation-level armored vehicle combat Fight the full range of combined arms infantry and vehicle combat in detailed environments based on real-world data, from city-centre to deeply rural settings Realistic bullet and projectile ballistics will make you duck for cover Coordinate strategies with your team-mates via Voice Over IP Authentic Immersive Sound FX and 3d Positional Sound System 3d “Iron Sights” and unique 3d scope system True weapon deployment system including resting rifles on support Historically accurate artillery system Distance-based sound system dynamically creates the battle ambiance Advanced player movement system featuring diving over obstacles and leaning Custom 8 way animation system for highly realistic player animations This could be a great game for NOLGA events, so pre-order your copy today and check out the website! Posted by lordmono on Thursday, February 23 @ 20:34:16 PST (1951 reads) (Read More... | Score: 5)   Gamers, it's time to vote!  We have decided to let the gamers choose the next LAN date. On the right hand side of this page there is a poll going for the next date of the NOLGA LAN Party. All you have to do is login and choose one of the dates. We are doing this because we want to make sure that we have the best date for the gamers so that they can all attend and have a great time. We have some really good things planned for this event and we hope it will be out best yet! So just get on over to those polls and cast your vote! Pick the date that is best for you and we will tally up the most voted date and annouce it soon! Posted by lordmono on Friday, January 27 @ 15:50:38 PST (1063 reads) (Read More... | Score: 3.66)   News: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year  All of us here at NOLGA would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Safe New Year. We hope to see alot of you at our parties in the up and coming year of 2006. So Look forward to announcements after the 1st of the Year about our next LANParty. Again Have a Safe and Merry Christmas Zakath and the NOLGA Staff Posted by Shawng1034 on Sunday, December 25 @ 19:24:19 PST (1215 reads) (Read More... | News | Score: 0)   Yes, We Are Still Alive & Kickin  We are still here so fear not folks. The next LAN is already being planned right now. Although we don't have a certain date set as of now. Feel free to tell us any suggestion or requests you might have for the next LAN in the forums while we are getting ready. So keep checking back in the next couple of months. Posted by Mardigen on Sunday, October 02 @ 09:55:20 PDT (1288 reads) (Read More... | Score: 0)   News: Only Days Away  Well we are only days away from the LAN and we have a few things to clear up before the LAN... If you are under the age of 18: You MUST have the [Hold Harmless Agreement]. Just get that printed out and signed by a parent or gaurdian BEFORE you attend the event. Choose a seat! If you have not picked a seat yet, please do so! We need to make sure that we have enough seats for all our gamers! So if you haven't picked a seat, DO IT NOW! If you are having problems, please email someone at NOLGA. Please read the Rules Page before you attend as well. And one final request...which is a really big one... PLEASE KEEP THE BATHROOMS CLEAN AT THE EVENT! Posted by Shawng1034 on Friday, August 12 @ 05:35:15 PDT (1354 reads) (Read More... | News | Score: 0)

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