1st of all, It's bad location for LAN ( City is nice but the location isn't the best )
2nd: Alot of players who wanna come need VISA to enter RUSSIA, so it makes it hard.
3rd. Cheap vodka and cigarettes are good
4th, Some ladys are nice but it's like 5% are nice ( other 95% are idiots and violent as hell )

The location is not bad at all. It's close to Europe and Saint-Petersburg can be reached by boat in addition to the usual modes of transportation. Besides if I recall correctly one DOES NOT NEED A VISA to visit the city if you go there with a boat cruise.

name worse location in europe :L

Chisinau

Hey! :C

i dont think anyone wants to come to russia :F

you're so monotonous, when its anything related to russia, russians, 102-guys, bearvodkaballet...
year by year its getting boring.
why dont you take a next step and, ffs, declare a war all by yourself, like münchhausen did?

i mean, COMMON.

Not you come to Russia, but Russia comes to you.

I want to come to Russia

harosh

OMG, how come I've never seen this before... [+][+][+]

from now on whenever i read "axaxaxaxaxaxax" i will think of this guys laugh

Will I get free dash camera to record the event from my car?

As I drive through.......

No, but there will be a new model: Keel/Dashcam ...

Although I appreciate the initiative, I dont think teams from esp, fr, it, ger, uk, nl etc will go and fi has no team really :s

I don't think they ever said it'd be nation restricted teams?

Let me rephrase:

I dont think players from esp, fr, it, ger, uk, nl etc will go and fi has no team really :s

(I wouldnt go for example, cause if you travel that far you'd need a realistic chance to win something)

Ah ye, I get it.

You're correct, people would have to go entirely for the love of the game, and there'd have to be quite alot of money invested for it to happen.

for the love of the game... like LANs used to be?

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I have never heard of doing something just for the love of it.

Have you ever heard of volunteering?

I was being sarcastic?

I'm so used to people being retards on online forums, so I'm always like

Who's the retard here if you can't add a simple image :}


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ok since you seem to be new here -
edit post, click browse, add image from your pc, click edit post


edit: on the other hand, I see that you're trying to upload a "memegenerator" image

Just use the url tags instead.

well, I was lurking anonymous for like 3yrs and decided to make this big step for the mankind

I don't have a passport, not to mention visa. Still waiting for UGC :)

If anything, then I would go for duel as main cup with a tdm tournament besides, that would at least make sure to have cooller, cypher, pavel, evil, av3k and maybe spartie. (USA depending on prize money)

I had a really hard time (besides wzj) to fix a german team for adroits, and it was like 3h away...

add Duel mod, non national-restricted TDM and a good prize pool and i may attend, dunno if i can get a visa to go to Russia but if it is worth it, ill try my best. :P

how hard is it for a terrorist to get a visa?

About as hard as shooting kids at schools

easy as pie

Will there be lasagne?

Lasagne & Drink man!

Will you be there?

I don't like lasagne and also I found at my local shop they sell it for 2.50€ This is now a deal breaker for me, sorry :-\

Too bad. I can't enjoy my lasagne without coke.

There will be meteors at least.

horse meat in sweden too?

who wants lasagne if you can have borshch

With a swiss passport its kinda easy to visit any country of our world - exept russia... when i was visiting there it was a FUCKING NIGHTMARE to get a visa and once I had it it still felt I was visiting northkorea

russian foreign-politics are (almost) as fucked as chinas

As much as i would love to visit russia again.. especially for a lanparty - i will definatelly not go through that hustle again

Ye, i know that feel bro. I live in Swiss and this fu*@#$ russian passportvisa bureaucracy... oh wait....i don't have a problem entering Russia. Hehehe. No, really, this thing is totally fucked up. Both ways.

try have it in the alienware arena in kiev maybe? :D

For it to be a lot of prize money, considering a split between 4 players and a split between top3(or more) teams it would have to be a LOT of prize money to attract international teams. Especially since travel costs to Russia are much higher for most ppl than say to the Neatherlands.

How much money you think is enough?

It depends, at least a 2nd place TDM should cover all expenses for players (and that would be +-160-200Euro for flight, about 150Euro spent in Saint P(housing/drinks/food/transport) ) and when u multiply it by 4 - you get 350x4=1400 Eur.

5000€ at least.

It's easy to say but hard to do unless someone else sponsors it. Or there should be an entry fee of, say, 100 bucks.

Add duel and ffa! how about you do an ffa on fri night. which determines seeding for duel on sat and sunday. it will b fun!!!

No thanks, you are forgetting a piece of important information...

In Soviet Russia, LAN events go to you.

Don't do that please :/

In Soviet Russia, HippY pleases you!

Seems quite impossible - visa for a week costs like 50-70$ ? (last time I've checked which was like 5 months ago or something). Plus airplane to Saint P would also cost quite expensive(from every major city it's like 160Euro back and forth), cause no ryanair/easyjet/flyfiesta with their cheap flights. If you want your LAN to be quite close to Russia, you should look at Finland/Sweden/Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania and if you want cheap drinks/housing/etc. you should consider the latter 3 really.

Russians have attended international lans since ever, but if they want to do one in their country its all cry? How can a lan in sydney get more support (not disrespect to Australia) than a lan on mother russia? Know what i mean?

moreover it's not really any different from being placed in some EU city other than having the visa requirement(for some people)

one of the only good things about EU is the ease of travel (and even that has downsides). saying travelling to russia is the same as inside eu is a joke

St.Petersburg is really fine about that, even better than some EU locations...
first of all there're several european lowcost jet companies which got flies directly to St.Petersburg(Air Berlin, Germanwings,Vueling,Air One,Norwegian, etc)
Moreover there's Lappeenranta airport just 200km away from St.Petersburg which got more options including ryanair
Helsinki ain't that far either which should cover all possible lowcost airline options from all over the world.
Moscow also got a few lowcost airlines available so you can come there and get to St.Petersburg by train(though that takes quite some time and one way 20e-100e train ticket depending on train type)
Moreover as people already said St.Petersburg is easy to get by the sea which is an option for people from Baltic countries

So it's not really an issue imho, sure there might be better european locations, but this isn't bad at all and might only be slighly more expensive. And as for internal travelling you don't really need to rent a car or a train to get to the place which is in the center of the city unlike for some european locations :)

then you should've provided this info in the post, because people don't know

afaik its windy as hell in leningrad... maybe thats the reason? :-D

Not sure if you're joking.

There are no borders (read: border checkpoints) in EU, I can just drive/ride a train/walk/fly anywhere I want.

To get into Russia, I need to at least get a passport. I don't have one, I never needed one to go abroad. And I probably need a visa, too?

This has nothing to do with proximity to airports.

No passport, really? Poland is so spoiled. :S

I'm sure he meant international passport. I hope :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area

Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_identit..._Union#Use

(Lists countries which don't need a passport from me even thought they're not in Schengen Area, or even EU. Schengen is nicer because there are no borders literally, but without a passport I can go to a LAN in Croatia for example.)

Not literally. I was camping by Odra once and custom officers found me and said that I was not allowed to stay over night.

Everyone hates campers.

That was perfect spot. :(

In Enemy Territory something like dat was an excuse for calling any eastern european a cheater...


in ql? dunno, ego? afraid of getting bashed by russians irl?

i think a lot of players are scared of russia because...well it's russia. you got meteorites and shit

It's just old russian entertainment.

When's the lan?

I want

Comments TL;DR:

RUSSIA IS SO FAR AWAY I JUST CANT GO THERE MOTHER SAID ME NEVER GO TO RUSSIA RUSSIA IS DANGEROUS AND COLD POLAR BEARS BITE STRONG METEORITES PUTIN DASHCAMS DASHCAMS DASHCAMS

You forgot bears.

"POLAR BEARS BITE"

hahaha nice

Although I won't think that I may participate, I believe the idea of hosting an international QuakeLive tournament in St. Petersburg is simply awesome :)!

ne hotiat lydi v rossiy...

No, it's Russia not wanting us. 50 euro for the privilege to enter your country and spend money on your vodka? Needing written invitations or written confirmation of hotel reservation to even apply? Do you have any idea how mad that sounds for EU citizen?

What will you say if it will be:
1 place: 2000+ $ (not yet decided)
2: 1600$
3: 1400$

Think you should contact current teams/players directly with approximate date of the tournament and details about prizes/location. Similar to what dh admins did with dh summer 2010. If you see there is enough interest you could make the official announcement.

At least it sounds mad, because from what im reading from euros you sound like chicken. Yeah we all get it, its easier for euros to have a lan inside the.... EU! Europe is all that mathers, the rest of the world cant host lans cause euros gonna boycot them, even if its in your backyard. Soft pussies, no wonder your goverments are fucking your asses big time hahaa.

It's easy to get a Russian visa, even for a US citizen. I'm sure it's easier for you to get a Russian visa than a US one since there's not an interview. Dont see why they shouldnt hold an international lan in their own city if they want to. You sound like they are personally offending you.

Ignore Lam, he's just a massive cock.

do you realise you gotta do it for nearly every country except those from your 'Union' and those which rely on tourism? And coming to LAN here is much cheaper than going to QuakeCon or some Asian/Australian LAN really. And I'm not even mentioning that all top russian and non-EU quakers gotta do all the hassle to come to EU lans every time to support the game while some EU teams/players whine constantly.

word

That is not the point. I'm just explaining that we do want to get into Russia, it's just harder than normal :)

You can read yes?

(...) and those which rely on tourism?

This is why such countries are often hosts to international events (among other things).

Also Schengen Area != European Union

What a self-sacrifice by the honorable Russian players falling victim to the evil capitalist Europeans! Getting forced to attend the European lans when all they want to do is just support the game!

it's always the same story.

lol

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Just checked the cheapest flight at a random weekend in june (vienna). 220€
Visa 75€
epassport 35€
Already over 300 bucks. Probably not worth it especially when you can visit dreamhack much cheaper and without all the hassle.

you could fly to Lappeenranta or Helsinki and come by car/bus/train from there, such travel should be cheaper

I've got some bad news for you if you want Quake to be your main money source :D

Dont get your point ...

Because nowadays there are no Quake tournaments, where you can make money. You can win puny 2000$ on dreamhack, of course, but a) this is almost impossible 2) after paying aircraft/food/living bills you'll have 500$ or something. Not a big deal, if you ask me.

So you can think of this tourney like of the way to have some nice time while traveling and a chance to breakeven.

Yeah like I am going to win anything soon in ql ...

My point was that it is kinda expensive and I am (as a example for others) not going to spend 500 bucks for a weekend just to get wrecked in 4 games. Anyone who doesnt have a chance to win something probably thinks the same. It is not about winning rather playing the game and 4 games aint playing imo. I hope you get my point.

Sure. I just wanted to say that currently there are no quake tournaments that have decent prizes. Maximum you can do is to breakeven your bills for the trip...

How about visiting one of the most beautiful cities out there and by the way play some Quake, meet nice people? Not a good enough reason to spend 500$?

No, not rly as I`d rather visit Sweden (Stockholm) than Russia. And if I wanted to see something of the city I`d obviously have to spend more money than the 500€ ;). I`m just saying it is too much money for a lot of people. Get over it.

Believe me you won't have to spend more than 500€ there if you really want to go sightseeing.

See the list I posted above? Lan is two days at least so I needed two additional nights in the hotel and I doubt I can have that for 200€ ;). Still that is not my point and you don`t get it because you feel "attacked" as Russian. Btw. there are other cities I haven`t seen yet and I`d rather see something different than another baroque style city (Vienna kinda beautiful u know ;)). In addition I`m not really interested in architecture rather get to know the city life (dunno how to explain it in English). Kinda sucks when no-one can speak English in the club and all you hear is PRIVET HAROSH DAVAI DAVAI. Still im getting off the topic. Too expensive for a random like me!

by the way play some Quake, meet nice people?

Can do the same in Sweden for less money. You just dont get it, do you?

Only russians will only say "PRIVET HAROSH DAVAI DAVAI".
More foreigns - less "PRIVET HAROSH DAVAI DAVAI". Can't you understand ?

You don't seem to get it actually but I'll leave it at this, do what you like ;).

I've always wanted to visit Sankt Peterburg. Now I won't.

Just get cooller to participate, major the thread, spray.

Only thing I read was someone complaining about costs (#85). This is a hobby, not an income source.

You dont get it, too. Not really surprising coming from you.

Everyone, literally everyone, spends money on their hobbies. $500 is literally nothing compared to the mainstream hobbies, but gamers and particularly pc gamers are cheap people.

Everyone cheap when speech is going about going to Russia.

get some legends' asses to the lan: cooller, unkind, polosatyi, jibo, death, mikes - and nobody will even think ''how much it costs to trip to russia?''

Eh, i could help ppl with translation and mb let someone stay at my place in St.Petersburg. Show the city etc. But i'm 99% sure i won't be there at this time. It's like you move to Europe and Russia suddenly gets faster and cheaper internet, quake lans, Olympic games, football world cup n shit. Fuuuuu

I'd say I could do this, but the main issue I'm not in SpB. The second issue is a lack of time, so not this time I suppose. But it would be funny to talk with a bunch of foreigners tho.