The great Johnny Vaughan and Denise Van Outen used to sing about vital statistics every day in The Big Breakfast; while their stats were less than vital, here are some you just won't be able to live without... well... maybe...

For over a year now we have been watching, listening and gathering statistics about what we talk about in #epic.lan. This has now been analysed, parsed, compiled and had their splines thoroughly reticulated.

We are proud to announce to you.... irc.stats.epiclan.co.uk

have fun... :)

We can now confirm the remainder of the dates for our Midlands LAN parties in 2010

• epic.lite 1 - 28th - 31st May 2010 (Spring Bank Holiday) - Sold Out
• epic.FOUR - 29th July - 1st August 2010 (Bookings Now Open)
• epic.lite 2 - 24th-26th September 2010 (Bookings Opening June)
• epic.lite 3 - 19th - 21st November (Bookings Opening August)

epic.FOUR will be one of our main events at Uttoxeter Racecourse, Staffordshire UK and will have capacity for at least 120 gamers. We've decided to stick to just 2 main events this year at the racecourse, but hope to bring 3 main epic.LAN events in 2011.

Our epic.lite events are much smaller and more relaxed events for just 32 people in our original home at Moorlands Village Hall, Bagnall (also in Staffordshire). The first epic.lite event is already sold out, with a waiting list in operation, though there is a small number of spectator passes available.

Good communication is the key to winning, from commanding a battle fleet to fighting an ork or just to get yourself healed by the team medic when you need it! We are proud to announce our first epic.Mumble server is open for business.

This will make our weekly epic.Tuesday events even more fun with cross-team chat & banter.
But this is not limited to just Tuesday, the server has a plethora of different channels allowing you to communicate to the people playing the same game as you.

So come and join us and mock everyone as you steal their dog tags in Battlefield, or stab them in the back in TF2, or nom on them as a face hugger in Aliens vs. predator.

Server Details
Address: mumble.epiclan.co.uk
Port: 64738 (default)
Password: epic

And don’t forget to buy your tickets for our next event epic.FOUR at the end of July as well as keeping an eye out for the release of new dates for our epic.lite series of events later in the year. epic.lite 2 will be coming to a Bagnall near you!

Over the epic.THREE weekend, we ran a number of fun tournament events for anybody to take part in.

Prizes were provided by our friends at Crucial, Kustom and Dust Off.

The tournament winners were:

Trackmania

Winner - Fatal
Runner Up - Dae

Defcon

Winner - Orvil
Runner Up - Cyberdrac

DJ Hero

Winner - Ghozer

Pub Quiz

Winners - Murray, why did you leave us?!
Runners Up - 2 guys, 2 girls, 1 cat

CSS One on One Rifle Trifle Cup

Winner - Bez
Runner Up - Fuz

Team Fortress 2

Winners - One Gunsmith, One Deer
Runners Up - Box

Hunt

Winners - Astrolox, Superchief, qbnut

YOU, yes you. We saw you taking photos of epic.THREE! We have something special for you - our Capture the LAN competiton. Submit your best 5 photos to us and we'll put them up for people to vote on! We'll also dig out a prize for the winner and show off the best entries in our gallery.

To submit your entry, create a folder on our FTP and upload your photos. You have until Sunday evening!

• Capture the LAN FTP Server
  

Sorry for the delay, it's been quite hectic for the team since packing down from epic.THREE, but you can now view the scores for the epic.THREE pub quiz which was won by team "Murray, why did you leave us?!" in the last minute thanks to a successful final bonus round question.

Congratulations to everybody who took part, a total of 65 players entered the quiz, so about 3/4 of the event, that's what we call a big game!

Also a well done to most of those people in the boat race!

While there were some questionable levels of performance, with far too much spillage, there were some truely epic displays of drinking skill.

Both the pub quiz and boat race will be back for epic.FOUR in July!

After a great event in February, we're proud to announce our next UK LAN Party, epic.FOUR.

Date: 29th July - 1st August 2010
Time: 4pm Thursday - 4pm Sunday
Venue: Uttoxeter Racecourse, Staffordshire. UK
Spaces: 120+
Tickets:

Participant - £50 (£45 until 6pm 1st April)
Spectator - £5 (half day) £10 (full day) £20 (whole event)

• Book Now
• Attendance
• Seating Plan

Over 50 people are already signed up for this event with months still to go! So be quick, you don't want to miss out on one of the most fun and exciting UK LAN events of the year!

The last gamer has left the building and packdown has begun, we'd like to thank everyone for coming to epic.THREE.

We published a survey on the intranet at the event for you to fill in and tell us what you thought. The same survey is now available online! It's only accessible to people who went to epic.THREE and if you already answered it at the event, we have your answers already!

• epic.THREE Feedback Survey

There's also a feedback thread on the forums for more in-depth feedback. Tell us the good, the bad and the ugly about epic.THREE!

• epic.THREE Feedback Forum Thread

Tell us your thoughts on what we did right, what we did wrong and what we can improve; and together we can make epic.FOUR our best event yet!

Get your wooly hats and mittens out as nuclear winter is coming. Millions are set to die at Uttoxeter Racecourse as independent British game developers Introversion hands over the keys to the World's nuclear arsenals with a Turn Up and Play DEFCON tournament at epic.THREE; with the winners walking away with one of 8 full game keys.

Judgement Day is set for 25th - 28th Feburay 2010. Book your seat for the end of the world!

It's Global Thermonuclear War, and nobody wins.
But maybe - just maybe - you can lose the least.

Read More

Don't forget while you're packing all the rest of your kit for epic.THREE to grab a print out (or screenshot for mobile phone) of your Booking Pass for the event.

To get to your Booking Pass go to My Account > Event Bookings > epic.THREE > Print Your Booking

The more people that bring their booking pass, the quicker we can get people processed at reception and the sooner you can get setup ready for an epic weekend of gaming (or to the bar, whichever!)

And remember, when you check-in to the event, you will be given a fabric wristband which you need to wear throughout the event, it will be checked by the bar staff if you wish to get served, and every time you enter the venue by the epic.LAN team and the external security company who will be on duty with us in the evenings.