Gamer Expo - Irish Gaming Expo

rizzla

http://www.gamerexpo.net/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dublin-Ireland/GAMER-Irelands-Largest-Gaming-Exhibition/138956302796336

http://twitter.com/GamerExpo

GAMER - Ireland's Largest Gaming Exhibition

Citywest Convention Centre
October 29 - 31st, 2010

Featuring:
LAN War I
GAMER Lounge
3D Gaming
New Release Demo Areas
Cosplay Competition
LIVE Music
GAMER TV

Tickets €10 - Available Soon Ticketgroup.ie

Sounds great, can't wait to go. Anyone else going?

OctavarIan

If the cosplay competition is hidden somewhere away from everything else then yes.

Jazzy

is there a LAN ?

SeantheMan

Ill go for the craic, just to see what its like I suppose. Only a 10-15 min drive from me

Zeouterlimits

Sounds interesting, but that site could use a bit of meat/community section.
Who is running it?

koHd

Zeouterlimits wrote: »

Sounds interesting, but that site could use a bit of meat/community section.
Who is running it?

There doesn't seem to be any info on who is running this.

Also, I wonder if the E10 fee just gets you into the venue, but you have to pay more to enter 'LAN wars'?

Should be more info by the end of the week. Says on their facebook that their full site should launch today.

allanb49

Could be a laugh

rizzla

Cosplay event is being held on Halloween, so the entrants won't really look that out of place... I guess.

Yeah I kinda want more info on it too. Heard the whole weekend tickets are only €20 though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbh18v6Wdvo

:pac:

Grumpypants

Im hoping its an expo and not just a tournament or LAN event. If i can see and test out new games set for xmas then ill be very interested. Its too far for me to drive to Dublin just to play games i can play from home.

Im heading to Gamescom in Germany in 3 weeks really looking forward to that have some interviews and hands on time lined up for Red faction, homefront, Killzone 3, GT5, LBP2 and sony and EA press conferences to attend cant flipping wait !!!

koHd

Really wish they'd get more info on their web site.

Grumpypants

koHd wrote: »

Really wish they'd get more info on their web site.

Site hasnt launched yet its meant to be today sometime so expect more info later or tomor

Zeouterlimits

Just reminded me how much I hate that font (silly thing to focus on I know).

allanb49

Site still hasnt launched :S and no info on there facebook page either

Sabre0001

Could be interesting. Site not live yet though

Optimus Prime

I met these guys the other day out in Citywest, the site will be launching this week. they are really sound guys and the event is going to be huge. seriously this is the biggest gaming event EVER in Ireland. I got a tour of the centre and seen the floor plan this is going to be massive.

LifesaverNiall

looks fun so its 20 euro for the whole 3 days is it? and then like a 10 if u wanna just go for one day?

rizzla

The site is now live. Can't wait to go, cheap enough too, especially if there's any swag.

Grumpypants

If you still get the countdown on the website refresh the page that worked for me.

Bag of goodies is always a good idea, people like free things

FREE HAT !

Tallon

I'm going to this if it's real

Optimus Prime

Its real alright.

titan18

Isn't this on the same time as the London one?Not good timing if it is

Optimus Prime

nah thats the 1st to the 3rd of October.

titan18

keithgeo wrote: »

nah thats the 1st to the 3rd of October.

Nah,that's the Eurogamer one, the London MCM Expo is on the Halloween weekend, and I think the Golden Joystick Awards are the same time aswell

Optimus Prime

titan18 wrote: »

Nah,that's the Eurogamer one, the London MCM Expo is on the Halloween weekend, and I think the Golden Joystick Awards are the same time aswell

Right you are, i just checked it out.

Doodee

Who's behind it?

Nevyn

Doodee wrote: »

Who's behind it?

http://www.gamersireland.ie/

Optimus Prime

Thats not correct actually, gamersireland.ie have nothing to do with really, we will promote it on the site and elsewhere as much as we can along with a bunch of other irish gaming sites but thats it. Two other guys are the brains behind it and are putting a lot of work and effort into making it a great weekend for all of us gamers.

Nevyn

The who are the other guys, why are the doing it?

Reganio 2

Is their any point in a guy who knows very little about PC games going? Is it basically going to be all about shooting games basically? I am not in to them tbh. Might go 1 day and see what its like.

Stevo105

If there is enough content for the PC gamer im there (LAN party doesnt interest me). If its just Console noobs pre-releases, i'll give it a pass.

Shiminay

I have to be honest, I take exception to the video claiming that this is the first time ever that the gaming world has come to Ireland. Like a lot of people here, I've been helping to run LANs in this country for over 10 years (Galway LAN and LanParty.ie). I've seen us sending teams to international competitions. I've also been involved with the World Cyber Games. However, that's a small complaint and I realise they're only saying that for reasons of hype.

I am planning on going to the event and I really do hope it takes off. Details still seem to be sketchy though, I'd love to hear what's actually happening rather than just a list of events.

Sabre0001

Hopefully it takes off and runs well. Also looking forward to more concrete announcements.


Just hoping it's not another false prophet!


LAN in Limerick has broken my trust...

Optimus Prime

We have had a lot of Lan events in the past alright, but i dont think we have had anything on the scale of this, a 3 day event in the convention centre in Citywest. I dunno if anyone has been there, but if you have you will know how big it is, i mean its huge! Ive seen the floor plan for the event and there is a lot of stuff going on at. consoles etc will be there you dont bring your own, its going to have tvs all around the place so you can see whats happening during the event, its going to have demo areas with 3d gaming etc, food section with tvs around it showing whats going on and people with stalls or whatever showing off stuff.

now i have nothing to do with this thing, i have just seen the planning, effort and genuine excitement that these guys have put into it, they want to make the entire thing a show not just another lan event. a lot of work is going into it. From what i have seen, and its just my opinion, it looks like its going to be are really enjoyable weekend for gamers.

Shiminay

Yea, it looks like they're sinking a lot into it, I really do want to see it do well. I was toying with the idea of putting something like this on with a few others this year already, looks like we were too slow

It may not count for much, but the week before is Gaelcon and I'm not sure that having 2 huge games related cons 1 week apart in a country as small as this was the best idea. Granted, this is focusing on computer gaming and Gaelcon has it's roots in table-top / rpg / card games etc, but they've been making an effort in the last few years with console stuff.

Jaysus, I've just realised I must seem all doom and gloom about this, I'm really not I can't wait to see what's gonna be happening

Den85

Yeah, thegamingliberty will be there too. Sounds great and it's good to see something like this hit the Irish gaming scene. Can't wait to check out some new releases as well as see 3D gaming inperson.

Stevo105

Den85 wrote: »

Yeah, thegamingliberty will be there too. Sounds great and it's good to see something like this hit the Irish gaming scene. Can't wait to check out some new releases as well as see 3D gaming inperson.

I wonder will the 3D gaming be for the PC or the PS3..or both

Den85

Stevo105 wrote: »

I wonder will the 3D gaming be for the PC or the PS3..or both

Good point. Still, I haven't seen it in person yet so it should be a treat. Hopefully they'll have Arkum Asylum and Dark Void at least on show.

Nevyn

Again who is running this and why?
Is it being put together as a pr event for certain games publishers?

We have had demos of games at lans and gaming conventions before but they were additions to what else was going on.

Will this just be a series of stuff in an exhibition hall?

Grumpypants

Im expecting this to be a gaming expo rather than a LAN party. So i would be expecting the big 3 to have booths showing the upcoming games for xmas/2011. Also i would expect any companies based in Ireland to have some showing at it. EA,Activision, Blizzard etc.

You can stick a LAN party then in some dark back corner and let them talk about gay wizards and magic and leave the main area for the gaming purists on consoles.

That_Guy

Awshum. Would love to attend this. Cheap too which is always welcome.

TomCo

Grumpypants wrote: »

You can stick a LAN party then in some dark back corner and let them talk about gay wizards and magic and leave the main area for the gaming purists on consoles.

:rolleyes:

thewheel2.0

Grumpypants wrote: »

You can stick a LAN party then in some dark back corner and let them talk about gay wizards and magic and leave the main area for the gaming purists on consoles.

Living up to the name I guess...

Nevyn

Doesn't seem to be a homebrew operation.

WHOIS information for gamerexpo.net :

[Querying whois.verisign-grs.com]
[whois.verisign-grs.com]

Whois Server Version 2.0

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

Domain Name: GAMEREXPO.NET
Registrar: REGISTER.IT SPA
Whois Server: whois.register.it
Referral URL: http://we.register.it
Name Server: NS1.BLUEHOST.COM
Name Server: NS2.BLUEHOST.COM
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 18-jul-2010
Creation Date: 19-may-2010
Expiration Date: 19-may-2011

And some idea of who they want to be there for us to gawk at

* The RETAIL Zone – suitable for game industry retailers (including on-line retailers)
* The SOFTWARE Zone – suitable for game developers, publishers and MMORPG’s.
* The DEMO Zone – suitable for hardware manufacturers.
* The 3D Zone – Suitable for 3D TV manufacturers and 3D Game developers / publishers.
* The INTERNET Zone – suitable for ISPs.
* LAN War I Arenas – suitable for the promotion of hardware, components, accessories and games.

* retail sales are strictly forbidden in all zones with the exception of the Retail Zone.
** there is very limited availability in the DEMO ZONE

Dcully

Ill attend this for sure,just hope there will be a decent amount of pc stuff going on.

That_Guy

Please don't let the retail area be expensive.

Den85

That_Guy wrote: »

Please don't let the retail area be expensive.

Yeah, hopefully they give us some pretty godo deals. Plus, tickets aren't that in price compared to what I expected.

Et Cetera

Sounds interesting! As a student of videogame design I have a great excuse... Hopefully there will be companies showcasing stuff or having reps there to talk to about the actual industry....

Syferus

That_Guy wrote: »

Please don't let the retail area be expensive.

If you're going to an expo looking for good deals you're setting yourself up for failure - new releases will never be able to match the best prices online and by defintion any sellers of old games will have a good idea of what the market value of a given product is.

rizzla

Syferus wrote: »

If you're going to an expo looking for good deals you're setting yourself up for failure - new releases will never be able to match the best prices online and by defintion any sellers of old games will have a good idea of what the market value of a given product is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n3LL338aGA

Instead of Beards, it would be games.

Pdfile

Et Cetera wrote: »

Sounds interesting! As a student of videogame design I have a great excuse... Hopefully there will be companies showcasing stuff or having reps there to talk to about the actual industry....

lets be honest, we all just wanna see models from the avatar game.... :cool:

Jayd0g

Tickets for this are on sale now. Disappointed in the pricing though.

Gamer Expo site says it's €10 online to purchase a day ticket, €15 at the box office on the day.

However when I go to http://www.ticketgroup.ie/Gamer_Expo_tickets

To purchase, there's charge of €1 for purchasing using a card and another €1 for postage. So €12 for a day ticket altogether.

Now I don't mind paying the €12 on the optomistic basis that this show will be worth it, I just don't like the misleading €10 that's listed on the official site.