With the first two rounds of the group stage completed we have the sourcetv demos up for you get

If you are at epic.SIX get them from

ftp://ftp/public/Tournament/Demos/epic.SIX/CSS/

If you're not then here

ftp://demos.epiclan.co.uk/pub/demos/epic.SIX/CSS/

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 tournament, 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.

Following on from the fun we've had at previous events and on numerous epic.Thursdays, TF2 Dodgeball will be getting an official slot on our timetable. But not only that, it will be one of our fun tournaments in Hall 1.

For those who don't know, playing is very simple, as you may not even have to move to let your team succeed. Both teams will spawn on their respective sides of a symmetrical arena, where they may or may not be able to reach the enemy teams side, which depends on the map. A specific spawn point, usually high up and is in the split center of the arena, spawns Critical rockets that home on one random player, which must be airblasted to the other team or the crocket will explode on contact with the pyro who failed to airblast it, forcing him to spectate until a new game starts, as dodgeball functions like arena mode.

The format is extremelly simple; tried and tested. It's 3 vs 3 in a knock out competition with the 2 final teams battling it out on Sunday for overal victory! Don't be the one to hear "You've failed! BOOOOO!".

So get practicing firing your lady cotton at moving rocket targets!

If you've still not signed up for epic.SIX and want to take one of the remaining spaces, head over to the booking page and signup!

On Friday afternoon at epic.SIX, we'll be releasing our Bigfoot into the wild.

At 4pm, we'll display the first clue, all you need to do is follow the clues to be the first one to find Bigfoot's Bling. The first one to return it to us will win a Killer 2100 Gaming Network Card.

The clues will be slightly cryptic, but a lot easier than the old epic.Hunt! Everyone will be racing at the same time to be the first get the card. Keep an eye on the event intranet for the first clue on Friday!

In case it is a warm weekend, we are going to permit small desk fans on a trial basis at epic.SIX, allowing up to one per table (i.e. shared between 2 people). We will monitor the power situation to ensure it remains stable with the fans running.

Please come prepared for a warm venue!

As usual we will be running our tuck shop 24h a day throughout the LAN where you can purchase snacks, energy drinks etc. Our main shop will be located in Hall 2 at the main staff area with a smaller outlet in Hall 1.

For full meals, don't forget we have our om nom nom van open just outside the main entrance.

Some of our main products follow to give you an idea of our range, however exact availability and pricing will be confirmed at the event.

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Following good feedback from epic.FIVE we will again be setting up the Nintendo 64 in our console area. To mark its return we feel it would be fitting to run a fun tournament and what better game than the classic Goldeneye 007?!

The tournament will take the form of a vanilla 4 player deathmatch with the highest scoring player going straight through to the final. The final will be our poor man's Golden Gun game type for additional pressure (deathmatch on Licence to Kill). The player scoring highest after 15 minutes will get to take home Hg's Golden Gun!

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

Not yet booked for epic.SIX? Want to attend and take home your very own golden gun? Good news, there are still places available.

P.S. Scaramanga third nipple and batteries not included.

The Kustom Shop List for epic.SIX is now available, detailing all of the shiny things you'll be able to buy at the LAN. The Kustom shop will be open from Thursday evening through to late Saturday/early Sunday.

As always, you will also be able to order other items from www.kustompcs.co.uk and select the "Pickup from epic.SIX" delivery option to get free delivery to the event for any items not included in the list.

The epic.SIX seating plan will be locked down from tomorrow evening (21st July). 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.

The epic.SIX timetable is now available!

Throughout the weekend, we have loads taking place from big games, to fun tournaments, with live DJ sets, random flash challenges with KustomPCs, the chance to hunt down a Bigfoot Gaming NIC somewhere in the venue and some retro console action on Goldeneye 64.

All you have to do, is make sure you have an epic.SIX ticket to take part!

Hope to see you there!