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Posted: **Mon Dec 22, 2003 1:50 pm**

According to mapquest from my house to Chicago:

Total Est. Time: 11 hours, 51 minutes Total Est. Distance: 742.84 miles

That's a full 1 day trip for me from Maryland by car or train.

How long will this LAN last? 1 full week? The longer the better

Posted: **Tue Dec 23, 2003 7:10 am**

Jesus Freak:

I did a little research on travel from my home to Chicago, using the travel dates of June 25-June 28, 2004. Here is what I found:

Train Ride:
http://www.amtrak.com/

Via Train from my house to Chicago it looks like $200-250.00 fare, and TWENTY SIX HOURS TRAVEL TIME EACH WAY.

If you check http://www.expedia.com or http://www.orbitz.com you can find AIR fares around $170.00. Oh, and only 3hr 10 minutes travel time each way.

The only benefit I can see is that taking the train might allow you to bring your own systems more easily. Other than that, it's idiotic to even think of it

Posted: **Tue Dec 23, 2003 5:28 pm**

so when is this LAN? I just locked down the Venue for CFST 2k4, just wanna see when the Chi Fest is.

Posted: **Tue Dec 23, 2003 6:31 pm**

looks like this one will be the last weekend of july or the weekend after.

Posted: **Tue Dec 23, 2003 6:45 pm**

ok kewl, then i'm going to shoot for the last weekend of May. I put up a post, so hopefully i'll get some feedback from people.

Posted: **Wed Dec 24, 2003 9:52 am**

Excellent! THat means I'll be going to CALIFEST this year! Woohoo!

More news @ [url=http://www.d3chicago.com,]www.d3chicago.com,[/url] fellas. Please post all ur questions there.

Posted: **Wed Dec 24, 2003 7:57 pm**

While I haven't signed up (although I did one the first site) count on 4 peeps coming with me.

Posted: **Thu Dec 25, 2003 2:19 am**

pun means http://www.d3chicago.com/

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2003 9:35 am**

oops, sorry!

Sarge, stop over and say hi.

Posted: **Fri Jan 02, 2004 10:18 pm**

Wow! Lothar, mongoose, kurupt... it would be hard for me to pass this up, even though I don't play anything now. I hope it's in August! My schedule, even in summer, is usually taken, but I would love to make it.

Jesus Freak- did you say coming from Maryland??

Steve / clone7

Posted: **Sat Jan 03, 2004 12:58 pm**

w00t! clone, if you can make it, I'll have to double my efforts to get there... and I'll try to bring my doormat

Posted: **Sat Jan 03, 2004 8:23 pm**

hey clone! would be sweet if you came!!

Posted: **Sun Jan 04, 2004 2:41 pm**

Haha, that would be great loth

. It looks like it'd be an 11ish hour drive- I can't remember how far suncoast was but there would be a lot of variables involved. I will keep an eye on this and try to see more definitely as it gets closer and things firm up.

Steve / clone7

Posted: **Sun Jan 04, 2004 9:26 pm**

Clone7, yes I'm from Maryland. I'm in northern St. Mary's County(Mechanicsville to be exact.) Why ya ask... ?

I'm currently looking at transportation issues...

Posted: **Tue Jan 06, 2004 11:15 am**

I'm so ready... Set a date set a date!

Posted: **Wed Jan 07, 2004 11:11 am**

Well, because to get to suncoast I split travelling fees with some guys (Testiculese and Demon) and it seemed like a good way to go

. I'm in Baltimore now, so maybe we can work something out as the date gets closer.

Steve / clone7

Posted: **Wed Jan 07, 2004 12:59 pm**

hey clone, get on Kali sometime...

Posted: **Wed Jan 07, 2004 2:04 pm**

Guys, the weekend of July 30th is the what we're shooting for. Does this sound good? I just wonder if this date is too close to the May 28th Califest date.

Thoughts?

dont forget, stop in for news @ www.d3chicago.com !!1

Posted: **Wed Jan 07, 2004 2:10 pm**

Sounds perfect for me so far.

Posted: **Wed Jan 07, 2004 2:47 pm**

If I could ever come to a LAN, it would be this one. Date looks good for me! Just make sure it's no sooner(later is fine).

Clone7, Baltimore is 1 hour from me... my sis happens to live there.

Posted: **Wed Jan 07, 2004 3:56 pm**

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by punisher:
 Guys, the weekend of July 30th is the what we're shooting for. Does this sound good? I just wonder if this date is too close to the May 28th Califest date.

Thoughts?

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

July 30th is perfect, my Birthday is Aug. 2 and id accept that as a gift from my dad

.

Posted: **Wed Jan 07, 2004 10:31 pm**

JF, if you seriously think that you could possibly make it to this LAN, bring that whore Shadowfox with you. I know I'll be there no matter what the date is, as long as it's set in stone at least a month in advance.

Posted: **Thu Jan 08, 2004 12:01 am**

Two months buffer sounds like plenty.

Posted: **Thu Jan 08, 2004 7:30 am**

Yeah JF, Bring your girlfriend Shadowfox.

She needs a beating.

Posted: **Thu Jan 08, 2004 4:02 pm**

Anyone driving from Texas? If so, maybe we could organize some sort of thing to make it cheaper on all of us. Myself, Silence, Rhino, and maybe Roncli are interested in going. We all live in the Houston area.

Posted: **Fri Jan 16, 2004 8:47 am**

July 30 is groovy!
Should I start playing Dx again?

Posted: **Fri Jan 16, 2004 12:50 pm**

tha windy city.. aint ready fo me!

Posted: **Fri Jan 16, 2004 10:26 pm**

nes! heya. comin to califest?

Posted: **Mon Jan 19, 2004 7:50 pm**

Ferno,
Sadly, no...I looked at it, but if/when I do go to Cali, it's to be outside and enjoy the city...not be in a room full of geeks

...but seriously, I can't. Would be fun though.
This Chicago one is about 20 minutes away from me, so it'll be all good! (And I won't have to worry about anything this time!)

Posted: **Tue Jan 20, 2004 1:08 pm**

Neo viper - Email me

Posted: **Thu Jan 29, 2004 11:19 am**

OK Folks, the website is up, although the information that we can provide is limited at this point. But stop over @ www.d3chicago.com and check it out!

Clutch, can you fix the forum link, please?

Posted: **Thu Jan 29, 2004 9:43 pm**

Done!

Posted: **Fri Jan 30, 2004 6:43 pm**

Chifest 2k4 registration fee is $1,000.00 in advance, 1,500.00 at the door.

If you are below the age of 18 you will need to contact us to verify parental consent.

WHAT THE HECK??????!!!! Please tell me you're pulling my leg cause NOBODY is going to pay that much

Seriously though, what will be the fee?

Posted: **Fri Jan 30, 2004 11:39 pm**

Oh hell no, dude. It's legit, but that incudes a free USA Today and Continental breakfast.

Posted: **Sat Jan 31, 2004 1:37 am**

Posted: **Sat Jan 31, 2004 5:19 pm**

Oh, well yall need to market better! Free newspaper and breakfest make all the difference

And Rock your avatar is turning me on.

Posted: **Sat Jan 31, 2004 7:07 pm**

1,000$ ?!?!?!?!? what in gods name

Posted: **Sat Jan 31, 2004 8:50 pm**

I'm just an attention whore!

It's a joke! We can't set a price till the site is locked down, so I just threw a number in there. I used a number that I figured would make people stop and READ THE WHOLE PAGE before they registered. Looks like it worked... nobody has registered yet!

Posted: **Sat Jan 31, 2004 9:02 pm**

I wonder if this one will end up with more people then cali.

Posted: **Sat Jan 31, 2004 9:52 pm**

I used a number that I figured would make people stop and READ THE WHOLE PAGE before they registered. Looks like it worked... nobody has registered yet!

I wonder why.

DescentBB

Major LAN in Chicago!