So epic.SEVEN is now in full swing here at Uttoxeter Racecourse. Build went really well with no major issues and we we're finished well in time for the open at 4pm! Bang on four we had a queue of eager LAN goers ready to get the weekend underway! As the evening went on we had our usual big games and Opening Ceremony to get everyone welcomed into the LAN, during which Joe Styrka (more commonly known as JoeShow) From Gamer FM had his legs (and parts of his torso) waxed for charity. Kamikaze and Squirrel applied the wax strips while members of the community took it in turns to tear off a strip causing Joe some considerable discomfort! It's all for charity though and he was laughing at the end!

You can still donate to Joe's Just Giving page here!

After the Opening Ceremony the big games continued into the night and the LAN got into full swing we even had a fire display by UKTamo out on the terrace which was impressive and something we've not seen at epic.LAN before!

All images from build and day one can be seen on our facebook page or our galleries.

Please help us to speed up the check-in process and keep the queues down by doing the following:

• Ensure any voucher codes have been allocated to the correct participant
• Select your seat 
• Print your barcode booking pass 
• If you are in the CSS or COD4 tournaments, ensure that your team has signed up in full to the tournament system by 8pm Thursday.

If you are planning on spectating the event or you have visitors coming to see you, please create a spectator booking on the system in advance, it's still fine to pay on the door, but will save time on the day.

Remember, the doors open at 4pm, if you arrive any earlier we'll have to ask you to wait outside or in the Railway Bar sleeping area.

And on another note, please make sure you update your games before you attend to help us save bandwidth at the event.

See you in a few days!

One of the social highlights of our events is the pub quiz, and it makes a welcome return on the Saturday night of epic.SEVEN. As a sneak preview, we can now confirm some of the round topics:

• General Knowledge
• Sport
• Science
• Gaming Themes
• TV Adverts
• Gaming Mashup
• Would I lie to you?
• Duckety Blank
• And more...

Want to take part? Grab your ticket now!

The epic.SEVEN seating plan will be locked down this evening (14th October). This is to allow us to finalise seating arrangements for the event as well as confirming numbers for table/seating hire with our suppliers. From this point we may also 'defragment' the seating arrangements to minimise the number of empty rows, please ensure that you share a clan tag with people who you wish to remain sat by to ensure that you are not split up during any required moves.

Those who have not yet selected a seat will still be able to do so, but people who are already in a seat will not be able to move after the lockdown.

If you have any urgent last minute seating changes after the lockdown then please contact us.

Some of our participants will be running a Build Your Own Track (BYOT) - Trackmania Tournament and in return, you could win 50% off your next epic.LAN ticket.

Once the tracks have been built, you'll have the opportunity to race on them and vote for the best track at the event.

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Our epic.SEVEN schedule is now complete and available to view on our timetable page. We have loads going on to keep you busy for the event, from big games to fun tournaments, live DJ sets, social activities and more...

Still haven't secured your seat for epic.SEVEN? What are you waiting for? Head over to the signup page now!

See you there!

Kustom are offering free delivery on any product to epic.SEVEN for collection at the event AND you can also get 10% off any Roccat, Ozone, Q-PAD or Tt eSPORTS products simply by entering the code 'EPICLAN' at checkout!

Go and checkout the products in store now!

After the huge success of the Goldeneye Tournament @ epic.SIX it seemed only right to bring back the Nintendo 64 but this time play that game's spiritual successor Perfect Dark at epic.SEVEN

The tournament will take the form as per the last Goldeneye Tournament, a classic vanilla 4 player split screen deathmatch on the projector with the highest scoring player going straight through to the final.

We anticipate this being a 16 player tournament but we'll increase the number of places if appropriate.

The final will then be played on Sunday

The 2011 epic.LAN survey is now available for you to complete. The results of the survey will be used to help us plan our future events and community activities.

Everyone who completes the survey will be entered into a draw to win one of three £10 epic.LAN vouchers to use on a future event.

The survey will remain open until Saturday 22nd October. Don't forget there is also the opportunity to give your feedback at our epic.SEVEN community workshops.

The tournament needs no introduction, it has been a tried and tested favourite at many previous epic.LAN events.

We fill a server with people who want to play on a first-come-first-served basis and kick off an deathmatch map with a time limit of 5mins and a frag limit of 100. As soon as either of those limits are reached we kick-ban the bottom few players and move onto the next map until we're left with the best of the best, who will take part in the Final on the Sunday!

Once again this is a solo tournament, so you don't need to worry about finding teams, just sign up at the event to take part!