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Let's level up for 2019

It's time to step up again as we announce our dates for 2019. After many sell-out events over recent years, we've finally agreed to move into the arena space at Kettering Conference Centre which will start to give us significantly more capacity, especially when combined with the new internet connection we had from the last event. 

So get your diaries, in 2019 we'll be bringing you epic.LAN events on the following dates:

  • epic26 - 7-10 February - 650 Spaces
  • epic27 - 13-16 June - 450 Spaces
  • epic28 - 10-13 October - 650 Spaces

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epic25 Fun Tournaments

In some sort of shock organisation for epic25, here are the fun tournaments we have planned for the event and we've decided to mix things up a little with some of the games as well as introducing our new VR machine which will be available for people to play on throughout the weekend. 

The big game timetable will follow in the next few weeks, but for now, you can get yourselves signed up to the fun tournaments!

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Dota2 TI8 Viewing Parties with Grosvenor Casinos

Come along to a Grosvenor Casino near you to watch the Dota2 TI8 finals unfold with the rest of the UK Dota community.

We have three locations lined up for you across the UK, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Manchester (Didsbury) and Reading South, each one with a big screen and food and drink available from the bar throughout the screening. Free parking is also available at each venue.

The events are free to attend, just come along with your best salty Dota memes and some ID to show that you are over 18 (sorry, rules are rules).

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epic25 Sunny Broadband CS:GO Tournament

Community esports at epic25 has received a prize boost thanks to Sunny Broadband who have signed up as headline sponsors for the CS:GO tournament which takes place 11-14 October at Kettering Conference Centre, UK.

The support will see the minimum prize locked in at £1500 going up to £4000 up for grabs if all team slots are filled.

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epic.LAN CS:GO Championship In Association with Grosvenor Casinos

We’re partnering up with Grosvenor Casinos to take CS:GO esports out to venues across the country over the coming months with a total of £10k on the line. The one-day events will have PCs provided, so all you have to do is turn up (with your own peripherals if you prefer).

Qualifiers will be taking place at:
• Grosvenor - Newcastle – 14th July
• Grosvenor - Coventry – 21st July
• Grosvenor – Manchester - 29th July
• Mecca – Glasgow Quay – 11th August
• Grosvenor – Reading (South) – 19th August

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epic24 Fun Tournament Prizes

As well as our esports lineup (CSGO, Dota2, Rocket League, Starcraft2), we have a great range of fun tournaments ready for you next week at epic24, with some cool prizes from our sponsors. 

You can sign up to all of our fun tournaments in advance and they include:

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Huge epic24 upgrade announced!

So we announced this earlier to our Facebook Community Group (you should join that for early previews and stuff). 

We've just received news that the long-awaited improvements to the internet connection at the venue have been installed and activated! 

The venue now has a 1Gbps line and we will be using part of the new connection for epic24. 

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epic24 Ales

We know this is really important to some of you attending epic24, so here are the real ale choices for the next event, as always from the local Kettering-based Potbelly Brewery

  • Penalty Snout Out (4.0%) - New brew with Centennial, Simcoe and a good dose of Citra giving a hoppy flavoursome pale IPA
  • Beijing Black (4.4%) - A strong dark mild, mild but not meek!
  • Hedonism (4.5%) - A light coloured bitter with a citrus hoppy flavour, brewed to give a lifting but not overpowering flavour.
  • S.O.S (6.66%) - Winner of Strong Ale Northants CAMRA 2016. Superb fruity flavoured deep red. 

Oh and of course the Rhubarb cider is back, it wouldn't be a summer LAN without it! 

GT Omega Returns to epic24

Welcome back to GT Omega Racing

You'll be able to try out all the latest GT Omega Racing gaming chairs in the gallery at epic24 from Friday to Sunday, as well as one of their awesome racing cockpits

Plus, if you decide to buy while you're at the event, there'll be some great offers available for you on chairs and backpacks

 

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Upcoming Changes For Your Data

As pretty much everybody now knows, new data protection regulations (GDPR) come in to force on 25th May this year, and like every other business, we've been taking time to review what data we hold, and how we process it. 

GDPR actually doesn't bring around many major changes from the old Data Protection Act, so any organisations who had high standards before, won't have many changes to make ready to be compliant under the new rules. 

 

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