Real life Clan Gathering - 5. April-7. April

It's been talked about for a long time and now it's time to make put it into the world!

Disclaimer: But before I go on to tell you about location and such, I just want to point out that there's been some discussions as to where we should meet. And I just want to point out that me planning this, doesn't mean anyone else can't. If you feel there are better options and you'd like to plan for a gathering there, then feel free to! My option here won't be ideal for everyone, but I feel that's awlays the way it is. So we'll have several clan gatherings at several locations, with different settings and all that jazz!

SO - this is one such gathering. If you wish to discuss other locations, please do it in a topic of its own, as this is a topic about this specific gathering.

Moving over to this thread and this gathering:

The planning is still in its early stages, but there is some information that I can put out right away. For instance, the date will be Friday 5. April to Sunday 7. April in 2019. The location is Etne, which is my hometown. My parents have allowed us to use their house, which should be able to bed up to 12-15 people. Should there be even more people who comes, I might be able to ask some nearby family to use appartments and/or houses. But that'll come later as we see how many can come or not.

They've got fibre, so a lot of gaming should be possible, assuming you bring your own gear.

If you wish to find out where Etne is, you'll find it on the map here: www.google.com/maps/place/Etne+Senter/@59.6641488,5.9384583,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x463bf5ac660516f7:0xbf17b2c1fd567e0f!8m2!3d59.6641461!4d5.9406471

As you can see, it's a small place with a lot of nice mountains around it, where we can go hiking and such, if people would want some fresh air. We also have a really nice kebab shop with some good pizza and kebabs!

Transport: I suggest that you take the plane to Haugesund Airport. From there, I'll arrange transport by car. Depending on how many we are, we might have to borrow a car and have some of you drive the other car. And/or have people help out with the driving. The drive takes about 1 hour from the airport to the house we're staying in.

[EDIT]: Many are coming to Flesland (Bergen). If you take the plane to here, it has to land at 13.00 CET at the latest. If not, we'll be in Etne far too late in the evening.

So the hope/plan is that no one will have to pay anything for the house. I'd also like to buy in a lot of food, so that people will spend as little as possible on that as well. In short, your primary expense would be the plane ticket. I'd also prefer if there'd be as little alcohol consume as possible. I'm fine with a beer or two, or sipping on a glas of wine or two. But drunken people often do silly things - and I'd rather that didn't happen in my parents' place when they're kind enough to just let us have it for a weekend. I mean, they didn't hesitate a second and simply said; "Sure, we'll just go away for the weekend".

As a side note, any weed, drugs or illegal substances are stricty prohibited. What you do on your own time is not for me to judge, but I will have none of if there. It is illegal in Norway, and anyone carrying anything to this gathering will be immediately kicked out of the house, as well as the clan. You'll get directions to the hotel, but you'll have to find it, stay there, and pay for the cab to the airport come Sunday on your own. I don't think it's really necessary to mention, but at least now no one can claim they didn't know. There will be no second chances. No room for discussion.


I'm not sure if it'll help, but here's the page to Haugesund Airport: avinor.no/en/airport/haugesund-airport/

It does seem that to get to Haugesund, you'll have to choose a route via Oslo.

Lastly, for some people it might be a lot more expensives to travel than others. Whether your currency is much weaker, or you have to travel longer, or you're a student who don't really have much money to spare, you might in general be in a position where it costs you much more that it does for others. In these cases, I'm open to chipping in a bit. And if anyone else is as well, please mention it here, and then we can work out the economical situaiton a bit. Granted, I'm not sure how much I will be able to chip in, as I'll also be buying food and might have to pay a bit for the transport. But at the very least, I'd like to help out with some money here and there, at the very least


This topic will get updated as we plan things more thoroughly. I'll also try to format it better, especially as the amount of information grows. But at least now you have some direction:

- It will be in 2019, 5-7 April (a weekend).
- It will take place in Etne, Norway
- You are recommended to take the plane to Haugesund, where you'll be collected by car
- No expenses on beds, very little on food, but likely a bit steep price on the plane tickets
- Small amounts of alcohol is fine. Weed and drugs will get you kicked out of the house and the clan. [EDIT:] If the weed is for medicinal use, and you bring a valid doctor's note for it, you are of course permitted to use it. Any document forging will of course not be accepted.
- This is a clan member only event. Meaning, no girlfriends, boyfriends, spouses, exes, RL friends, friends from starcraft etc. Both to be sure we have enough space, but also since it's easier to relax with clan mates alone, rather than having to get to know a bunch of new people on top of everything else.


You are hereby welcome to Etne!! I'll be looking forward to meeting whomever shows up! And feel free to fire away if there should be any questions! <3


People who're coming:

- Incomplete[ReV]
- GruGloG[ReV]
- noNat[ReV]
- Quail[ReV]
- SkRiK[ReV]
- Bad[ReV]
- Caspas[ReV] (maybe)
- XzOz[ReV] (maybe)