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Rhode Island LAN Center Frequently Asked Questions Here is a list of the most asked questions below: Rhode Island LAN Center Questions: Tournament Questions: Event Questions: Gameserver Questions:
Rhode Island LAN Center Questions: Can I bring my own computer? / What is BYOC? BYOC stands for Bring Your Own Computer. As gaming saturates the market and continues mainstream, most players build and covet their machines. We have set up Rhode Island LAN Center as a place to bring and showcase your creation. You won't have to worry about using unfamiliar hardware, setting up configs or loading drivers for your components. We welcome you to bring your rig and set it up here to play with others. We provide a 19" Mitsubishi DiamondPro Monitor on all stations, Microsoft Internet Keyboard, Microsoft Optical Mouse, Plantronics Headphones and a comfy reclining seat for you. All you need is your computer itself. Being Rhode Island LAN Center is geared toward a BYOC environment, you may bring as little as your own box, or as many components as you'd like to hook up to your own box. We use headphones over speakers in the LAN environment to keep noise distraction to a minimum. On rental machines you may plug your own mouse, keyboard and headphones in, as well as any gamepads or joysticks. What are the specifications of the computers I can rent? You can check out our rentals on this page. What internet connection do you have? Rhode Island LAN Center has a tier 1 full T1 to allow the lowest, steady ping possible for all your internet gaming. And in multiplayer gaming, what is more important than a low ping? May I surf the web, check email, IM, etc.? If you are bringing your own computer you may utilize our T1 as long as it doesn't interfere with the network quality of the other players. Surfing the web, checking email and such are welcomed but downloading, uploading large files and illegal activities are not allowed at Rhode Island LAN Center. You may be asked to stop a certain application if it affects the play quality of any other gamers. Do you have any public gaming servers? Yes! If you would like to play with us even when you're not here, check this page for a list of our current public game servers. Do you have gift certificates? Yes! Come in and pick up a unique gift for someone with a gift certificate to RILC. Do you offer facility rental and parties? Yes! Call us at 401-490-3249 or use this form to contact us if you're interested in hosting your next birthday party or event in a unique digital gaming environment! You can find our rates on this page. What about tournaments and events? We host several events throughout the month, for different games. Check the events page for a list of events, or the tournaments page for a list if upcoming tournaments. If you would like an event created for a certain game, contact us! RILC members enjoy block pricing, a reduced hourly rate, slot reservations and tournament discounts. Check out the rates page for all the savings details. We are located in a multi-business complex with plenty of free off-street parking. Yes! We are also a Bawls Sponsored LAN Center. Who sponsors you and who do you sponsor? Will you sponsor me? Rhode Island LAN Center is sponsored by the New Rock Alternative FNX 103.7FM and Bawls Gaming. We sponsor a local Counter-Strike team Eternal5 (gamesnet #eternal5) with a private CS server, facility usage and tournament entry sponsorship. Please support the home team on gamesnet! We will sponsor more teams in the future, but currently we are not sponsoring any more teams. Thank you for your interest!
Tournament Questions: You can always find tournament dates and details on this page. What are the tournament rules? You may find the tournamen rules on this page. RILC is mainly a BYOC LAN because gaming enthusiasts who attend our center have their own beloved computers. During a tournament, we feel all players should be able to use these same machines, the machines they've practiced on, are acustomed to and feel comfortable with. We want to give every player every chance to reach their full potential. For this reason, our tournaments will always be Bring Your Own Computer. This elmininates alien hardware and most frustrating delays. Also, for this reason, upon entering a RILC BYOC tourney, you agree to allow other players to inspect your config files, game shortcuts and running processes, etc. RILC provides 19" Mitsubishi DiamondPro ultra-flat monitors, Microsoft Keyboards & Optical Mice. All you need is your box itself, headphones of choice, and you may of course use all your own components, aside monitor. What games do you host tournaments for? RILC strives to support all games with fun tournaments to participate in. Currently these are the games we plan to host tournaments in: Counter-Strike Feel free to suggest a tournament for a game! What are the entry fees and are they refundable? Entry fees are different tournament to tournament. RILC Members always enjoy reduced tournament entry fees! They are listed in the tournament details on the tournaments page. Fees are refundable up to the cutoff date, but not after. Is HLTV available for Counter-Strike Tournaments? On the final rounds of our tournaments, if available, we start HLTV and allow people to watch. HLTV IPs and information will be dispersed in the forums and on our IRC channel, irc.gamesnet.net #rilancenter.
Event Questions: Events can always be found on the events page. Event rules can change from event to event, but the basics can be found here. If you do not have your own computer, RILC provides has a few rental machines you may use. Please call ahead for availability, but RILC events are mainly Bring Your Own Computer. RILC provides a 19" Mitsubishi DiamondPro Monitor, Microsoft Keyboard & Optical Mouse so you need only your box and choice headphones. What games do you host events for? RILC hosts events for the following titles: Counter-Strike What are the event entry fees? Depending on the size and type of event, entry fees may vary. Members always receive discounted event entry fees! Please check the details of the events you're interest in for associated entry fees. Is HLTV available for Counter-Strike Events? HLTV is reserved for tournaments and our cs1.rigamers.com:27015 public game server.
Gameserver Questions: Where do I report trouble players and rule breakers? Please get the users IP, Steam ID or any associated information you can gather about the individual you wish to report before doing so. At minimum, please record the time and name of the person and we may be able to find them in the logs to deal with. Screenshots, demos and any other evidence is always helpful to drive home a proper ban. Please report these players either via our chat room on irc.gamesnet.net #rilancenter, emailing us or by calling us during open hours at 401-490-3249. You may find our general game server rules on this page. Where are the servers located, what are they and where are stats for them? Our servers are always located in the most route effecient places to better serve our local gamers. To see a list of public game servers we currently run, please visit the servers page. What LAN servers are available? We have LAN servers ready for Counter-Strike, Unreal Tournament, Call of Duty, Battlefield 1942, and Halo PC. Warcraft 3 servers are held on respective machines. We will set up a dedicated server for any title you wish to come down and play, subject to availability. Depending on offense, bans may be lifted in certain circumstances by emailing us. Please leave as much descriptive information around the circumstances of your banishment as possible. Please note the date or general time of the banishment so logs may be consulted. Repeat offenses will most likely be declined. I get a bad ping to your server, what can I do? We strive to achieve the best latency to for all locals on our servers. Should you have a consistent latency issue with one of our public gaming servers, please email us and we'll see if we can help. |
