Utrecht, NetherlandsWe have enough consoles, games, controllers, cables etc. for at least the stream setup.
For now I think we have 3 NTSC N64 consoles (2 with 64DD and 2 Expansion Kits needed for the stream). We have at least 2 copies of PAL GX. More than 2 PAL Gamecube + GBA players. A few Super Famicoms as well. I'm not sure about GBA's but there will be at least 2 given away as prizes around.
For one I recommend everyone to bring their own favorite controllers, especially if you have a scheduled run. If you want to be sure of a practice console it doesn't hurt to bring your own + game. There's plenty of tv's for the event around. Awesome Space mostly has PAL equipment so for N64 it would be nice to have at least one more NTSC for practice/whatever. I'm not sure if either Daniel or Philippe will bring their 64DD but I have 2 at home at least so for the stream we're good to go. If you'd like to play GBA multiplayer just bring your own + game since it's portable anyway.
Make sure to label everything that you bring clearly as there will be tons of controllers and games around.
That's great, if possible make it link to the twitch page: twitch.tv/fzerocentral. For some reason I can't seem to make it work on this forum but it worked fine in other places.
To come back to my earlier reply to BuMf00d on the matter, you're most definitely welcome to attend the event. We had registration in the past so I could anticipate how many would be sleeping over.
The sleeping arrangement I was going for initially didn't work out so now the sleeping will be at my house. Actually me, Meridian and KVD share the house so at the moment there will be 11 additional people for certain sleeping over. With you and BuMf00d included it would be 13. We've had 10 people stay over in the past which is tight but possible. I think 13 is just about possible if we work together and try to make it fit in the living room and upstairs area but it will be a tight fit. Most likely we can make it work. I'm also not sure if all the Dutch attendends intend to sleep over because if not it would make things easier as well.
That said my house is about a 10 min drive away from the venue. So far we've not been succesful in arranging enough cars (we have 1 or 2) to transport easily. If you come with a car that would be very helpful to make that work out better. For now the plan is to just share a taxi with 4 people but we may be able to keep that to a minimum as well with some more cars.
As for writing an article about it, sounds great the more attention for F-Zero the better :).
Where Awesome Space, Utrecht, The Netherlands http://awesomespace.nl/ Marco Pololaan 8, 3526GJ, Utrecht
For those traveling by train to Utrecht: To easiest way to reach the venue from Utrecht Central Station is to take Bus 7 (direction "Kanaleneiland" located at "Jaarbeurs side" on the station) to the busstop Marco Pololaan. You can also take the tram to stop Utrecht "5 mei Plein".
Arriving at Schiphol airport: There is a trainstation on Schiphol where you can take an Intercity (IC) train to Utrecht Central Station. Then it's the same directions as above by taking bus 7.
Housing: Unfortunately, it is not possible to sleep in the Awesome Space venue. The only free option I can offer is to sleep at my place. That is located at Utrecht Terwijde. It is about a 10 minute drive from the venue and also reachable by public transport. I suggest sharing taxi's for the late night travels as sharing a taxi with 4 people should make the cost comparable to public transport and a lot faster. The living room + some upstairs area should be big enough for everyone to sleep on some airbeds but be sure to bring your own sleeping gear. We have 2 couches and 1 spare bed as well. Contact me for the exact address. Of course, everybody is free to take a hotel or other options if they so wish.
Event start and early arrival: The venue opens for the event on Friday the 13th on 7 pm. If you arrive early in the day it's easiest to go to my house first to drop off your stuff. It is in walking distance from station Utrecht Terwijde. It can be reached from Utrecht Central Station by taking a "sprinter" (stops at every stop, don't take the intercity) train in the direction "Den Haag Centraal". Contact me for the exact address.
To make the tournaments more interesting I decided to give away some prizes to the winners :)
F-Zero X tournament winner: F-Zero MV set with game + guidebook + GBA + Hot Violet Chroro Q car
F-Zero GX tournament winner: F-Zero GPL set with game + GBA + GBA Link Cable + E-Card Reader (to scan F-Zero e-cards)
F-Zero X Climax Tournament winner: F-Zero X guidebook
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The schedule is up now on: http://www.speedrun.com/f-zero_marathon/schedule
If there are any further remarks or suggestions post it here.
BuMf00d: Yeah sure you're welcome to drop by if you like.
One remark however is that I am still currently trying to arrange a mass housing for sleeping during the event. I do have a certain back-up for that in case it doesn't work out but it's quite limited in space so in that case I can't promise you a sleeping spot (yet).
Updated the first post. If you'd like to attend the event please let me know soon.
Watch http://www.twitch.tv/fzerocentral
Where Awesome Space, Utrecht, The Netherlands http://awesomespace.nl/ Marco Pololaan 8, 3526GJ, Utrecht
Dates The marathon will take place in the weekend of 13 - 16th of May 2016. Awesome Space is booked for the F-Zero meet from Friday May 13th 7pm to Monday May 16th 7 pm.
Marathon stream will run from Saturday May 14th to Sunday May 15th 2016
Marathon objective The main goal of the marathon is for F-Zero players to meet and have fun! Last year’s online F-Zero Marathon was a great success. Now, we would like to organize a big F-Zero marathon where as many players as possible can meet. This will be a great opportunity for multiplayer sessions and even whole tournaments to be put on stream!
F-Zero X Expansion Kit owners: this will be the perfect opportunity to exchange tracks with other players!
Run Submissions The type of runs for the stream can be anything from 4 player multiplayer to time attack sessions. Anything F-Zero related is welcome.
If you would like to contribute a run to the stream make sure to contact the organizers with the type of run and a good estimate of the run time. If possible include your personal best time for the run.
All F-Zero games are welcome to the marathon, including popular hacks such as F-Zero X Climax.
Schedule http://www.speedrun.com/f-zero_marathon/schedule
Housing There will be housing available close to the venue. Sleeping facilities are free for everyone but you will need to bring your own sleeping gear (inflatable bed, sleeping bag etc.).
Sign ups If you would like to attend the event you can register and submit runs you like to contribute by contacting me directly. You can also send an email to fzeromarathon (at) gmail.com
To have enough preparation time, make the schedule and get a clear picture on how many people will be attending I need to know who is planning to attend and contribute runs some time in advance.
Registration and run submission deadline (now closed)
Confirmed participants WMJ KVD MeridianPrime J4sp3rr Vallkyr BPA TBK E-Dragon Moreno Daniel Edward406 Partystar Philippe Hiipfire
Remote Runners Yoshifan AKC12 Naegleria superSANIC FoREVer4258 UchihaSDA
Organisers/ contacts WMJ (Twitch: WMJspeedruns) Meridianprime ( Twitter : NLG_Meridian Twitch: meridianprime) KVD ( Twitter : KarelvanD, Twitch: smk_machine)
Tech: J4sp3rr (Twitter: J4sp3rr, Twitch: J4sp3rr)
Contact info To register for the event and submit runs send me a PM or an email to this gmail address: fzeromarathon
Any suggestions or remarks are welcome!
Update 19-01-2016
After some feedback the date for the event is now final. The venue has been reserved for the weekend of 13 – 16 May 2016.
This date was chosen because Monday the 16th is a holiday in many countries including The Netherlands so that should make it easier for people to attend and deal with traveling. We also try not to conflict with other speedrun marathon events.
Marathon stream will run from Saturday May 14th to Sunday May 15th.
If you would like to attend the event you can register and submit runs you like to contribute by contacting me directly. You can also send an email to fzeromarathon (at) gmail.com
To have enough preparation time, make the schedule and get a clear picture on how many people will be attending I need to know who is planning to attend and contribute runs some time in advance.
Registration and run submission deadline (now closed)
Additional note for people that can’t make it to the event:
There will be a limited number of slots available for remote streamers that would really like to contribute to the marathon. For example, as participants in a race with people on site.
There will be some hours in the night (TBD) CEST+1 that will be free. We cannot monitor those hours as of now as this is only a small event run by a small group of people. If anyone is willing to volunteer that can manage tech issues in those hours to make those slots available for remote runners that would be fantastic. We can provide some tech guidelines to help out with that as well before the marathon. Otherwise we will do our best to run a highlight reel of some noteworthy F-Zero runs during those hours.
