Event Date Registration Venue Accommodation Nearby Restaurants and Food Venues Food and Drink Alchohol, Drugs and Smoking Parking Your Belongings/Valuables Seating Spectators/Guests What to Bring What NOT to Bring Network Games and Tourneys Prizes Event Date: Check-In/Set-Up = Oct 29th (Sat), 2005 @ 10:00am Event Start = Oct 29th, 2005 @ 11:00am Deadline for Check-In/Registration = Oct 29th, 2005 @ 2:00pm Event End/Take-Down = Oct 30th (Sun), 2005 @ 3:00pm Venue Close = Oct 30th, 2005 @ 4:00pm All registered attendees have in-out privileges once they check in to the event. The actual event will run from Oct 29th 11:00am - Oct 30th 4:00pm for a total of 28 hours of gaming. There is an hour before and after each event start and end time allotted for setting up and taking down your computer system. Registration: You can register online for NeoLAN 2005 at our Regisration Page. Early registration starts September 15, 2005, and the cost for 2 days is $32 (plus tax). Registration online after Oct 15, 2005 or at the door at the day of the event is $45 (includes tax). So please register early so you can save that extra $10 and spend it on food while you're there! Payment methods allowed: Cheque Made payable to "Neo Era Media, Inc." Send to: #105-3031 Viking Way Richmond, BC V6V 1W1 Cash (only allowed if you're paying at the door) NeoLAN Waiver: Everyone is required to have read the NeoLan 2005 Waiver before attending the event, and will be asked to sign it in front of NeoStaff when checking in, or you can fax it to our office at (604)247-8889 anytime before the day of the event. If you are under the age of 18, you must also have a parent/guardian either sign it during check-in or have it faxed over with your parent/guardian's signature before the day of the event as well. Venue: This year's NeoLan 2005 is going to be held in Vancouver, BC at the Century Plaza Hotel in the Burrard Ballroom suite. It's located conveniently downtown on Burrard St. (between Comox St. and Nelson St.), beside the St. Paul's Hospital. Address: Century Plaza Hotel 1015 Burrard St. Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y5 Telephone: (604) 687-0575 Toll Free: 1-800-663-1818 http://www.century-plaza.com Map: Click Here for a Printable Map and Driving Directions. Accommodation: If you feel you need a break from the 28 hours of gaming waiting for you at NeoLAN, feel free to book a room with the Century Plaza Hotel to rest your eyes a bit on a comfy bed, instead of the hard floor of the venue. We've personally made an agreement with Century Plaza Hotel to provide discounts for everyone if more than 5 rooms are rented. Room rates start at $149.00 (plus tax), or $139.00 with the discount. You can make reservations online at http://www.century-plaza.com/reservations.html. Be sure to mention you're with "NeoLAN" when you make the reservation so they can factor in the discount for you. *Remember if you have friends coming to NeoLAN, you can always split the cost of the room together. Note: When registering online for NeoLAN, please indicate if you would be booking a hotel room because that will give the hotel an idea of how many rooms will be required, and hopefully with enough rooms they can give the group (including you) a discount. Nearby Restaurants and Food Venues: Denny's Food Type: Everything for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (from omelets, burgers, sandwiches, salads, dessert, , etc… - diner style) Price Range: $$ Walking Distance from Hotel: 2 minutes Hours: 24 hours Address: #101 - 888 Burrard St. T: 604-689-3127 Subway Food Type: Sandwich and Soup Price Range: $ Walking Distance from Hotel: 5 minutes Address: 810 Burrard St. T: 604-685-6882 Café Plaza Food Type: Everything for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Price Range: $$ Walking Distance from Hotel: IN hotel Hours: 6:30am - 9:00pm Address: 810 Burrard St. T: 604-685-6882 Menu: http://www.century-plaza.com/dining.html Starbucks Food Type: Coffee, Teas, Frapps, Sandwiches and Desserts Price Range: $-$$ Walking Distance from Hotel: 3 minutes Address: 900 Burrard St. T: 604-683-4464 Blenz Food Type: Coffee, Teas, Iced Drinks, Desserts Price Range: $-$$ Walking Distance from Hotel: 6 minutes Address: 992 Robson St. T: 604-685-7951 Roy's Steak and Seafood Restaurant: Food Type: Steak and Seafood Walking Distance from Hotel: IN hotel Price Range: $$-$$$ Address: 1015 Burrard St. (IN hotel) T:604-684-3474 Menu: http://www.century-plaza.com/roysmenu.html Salai Thai: Food Type: Thai Price Range: $$-$$$ Walking Distance from Hotel: 2 minutes Hours: 5-10pm Address: #102 - 888 Burrard St T: 604-683-7999 Menu: http://www.salathai.ca 7-11: Food Type: Convenience Store Walking Distance from Hotel: 30 seconds (across the street from the hotel) Hours: 24 hours More Restaurants on Robson St. and Davie St. both streets are a 10 minute walk from the Century Plaza Hotel Food and Drink: We will be providing everyone with lunch on Saturday and again on Sunday. There will be pizza, cookies, yogurt, granola bars, juice and pop - enough for everyone, but seconds won't be allowed. You will have to hunt for your other meals/snacks for the rest of the event. Small snacks will be allowed, but don't expect to get in with a plate of spaghetti. There are plenty of restaurants in the area to eat at, including at the hotel. Keep the food in the restaurant. Make sure any food or drinks you bring into the venue will be handled appropriately and not damage any equipment. Alcohol, Drugs and Smoking Alcohol, illegal drugs, or smoking is NOT permitted inside the venue. If want to drink (and are over 19), do it at the hotel bar or at other nearby locations. If you want to smoke, do that outside the hotel too. Please note that anyone coming back into the event inebriated will risk the chance of being kicked out by NeoLAN staff members if we perceive it to be a risk to other attendees and the event itself. Parking: There's parking at the Century Plaza Hotel for approximately $10-12 for the entire day. There is also nearby parking lots and street parking located on Burrard St. Your Belongings/Valuables: We will have a designated area within the venue where you can leave your personal belongings with us for the duration of the event. Identification tags will be attached to your belongings and stored in a locked room. You can access it anytime during the event, but we will need to see your event pass for verification. Items you are allowed to store are: packaging for your own computer equipment (There will be a limit for this as determined by NeoStaff upon arrival, so please use good judgment). (1) sleeping bag (1) backpack The cost for the checking in your personal belongings at the event is $1/person for the items listed above. This is on a first come first serve basis due to the limited capacity of the room. If we do run out of room, you can also check your belongings with the hotel though access is much more limited there. Note: We reserve the right to inspect your personal belongings you bring to the event, in your presence, to ensure the safety of yourself as well as others attending the event. Seating: If you are attending the event with friends or people you want to play with, please give us the name of your group when you register online so we can arrange to have you sit together at NeoLAN. Groups will be assigned seats before singles who will be seated in real-time. Only people who do early register online will have this opportunity. Everyone will be given assigned seating before the event, and no one will be allowed to trade/change once they are seated. So please come early if you want a good seat at the event! You don't want to be seating at the very back when all the action is at the front! Spectators/Guests: Due to security reasons and the limitations of the venue, spectators or guests are not allowed in the event room. Only people signed up for NeoLAN and who brought a computer are allowed! People who sign up but don't bring a computer won't be allowed inside. What to Bring: (1) computer per person (1) monitor - 19" CRT or LCD maximum (1) keyboard (Note: First person shooter game pads such as the Nostromo speed pad are allowed in replacement of a keyboard) (1) mouse (1) mousepad (1) headset (1) power bar (1) extension cord (1) ethernet cord All software required for the event, including official copies of games played. (1) set of change of clothes and toiletries - recommended but not required. (1) sleeping bag and pillow (1) photo ID (1) NeoLAN pass (if you registered online the pass is emailed to you, otherwise you will get it at the door) (1) Signed Waiver - You can either fax (604-247-8889) or email us (deanna@neoseeker.com) the signed waiver prior to the event, or it has to be physically provided upon arrival at the event at check-in, signed. Please try to label all of the items you bring to NeoLAN with your name and phone number for easy identification in case of mix-up or theft. What NOT to Bring: Speakers Printers, Scanners, other forms of peripheral Steering wheels, joysticks, other supplementary game controllers Huge modded cases are NOT allowed. Cases allowed are tower cases, small form factor PC's (these will have to sit on the floor), home theater cases and low profile cases (these will be stood on their side on the floor). Alcohol or illegal drugs Anything else NOT listed on the "What to Bring" list Network: No info yet Games and Tourneys Check out our tourney page Prizes: This year NO ONE will go home empty-handed, may it be a t-shirt, new motherboard, or even a complete PC system. There will be tons of door and tournament prizes from both Neoseeker and NCIX. Top tournament winners will have their names forever immortalized on NeoLan and Neoseeker as well.