{"id":2823,"date":"2020-02-19T16:39:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T16:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/epic-lan-event-history"},"modified":"2024-07-20T10:18:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T10:18:02","slug":"epic-lan-event-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/esports\/epic-lan-event-history","title":{"rendered":"A history of epic.LAN events and what\u2019s next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{664fc65b-4e87-4772-8916-e0c3d94827bc}{185}\" paraid=\"272488259\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Playing games online, against others, has become increasingly easier across the globe each year. It&#8217;s great that you can just play without the need to carry your gaming devices around from the comfort of your home.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_103796\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{771c9ad6-2d6a-47da-a690-cf787d8c5d6c}{226}\" paraid=\"311736558\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">However, nothing really beats a good BYOC LAN event. For those in the UK, that&#8217;s where&nbsp;epic.LAN&nbsp;comes in. Today, we&nbsp;take a look&nbsp;at a brief history of&nbsp;epic.LAN&nbsp;events, how far the organization has come, and what&#8217;s next.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 aria-level=\"2\" lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{664fc65b-4e87-4772-8916-e0c3d94827bc}{198}\" paraid=\"1917123087\" role=\"heading\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">A brief history of&nbsp;epic.LAN&nbsp;events&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{664fc65b-4e87-4772-8916-e0c3d94827bc}{210}\" paraid=\"1134415303\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">The goal of&nbsp;epic.LAN&nbsp;is to &#8220;bring back the fun to LAN gaming&#8221;, with a mixture of casual gaming and esports tournaments. The British organization and tournament organizer&nbsp;is&nbsp;all about community and those awesome BYOC LAN events that bring gamers together. The team is<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=92SvtQ_19rE\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;filled with volunteers<\/a>&nbsp;that have a passion for gaming.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{664fc65b-4e87-4772-8916-e0c3d94827bc}{223}\" paraid=\"1361570911\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">epic.LAN&nbsp;focuses on LAN parties and esports events, with three main events taking place annually, while there are several smaller events as well.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{771c9ad6-2d6a-47da-a690-cf787d8c5d6c}{232}\" paraid=\"648954883\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Not only does the&nbsp;epic.LAN&nbsp;team provide UK gamers with some fantastic LAN parties, but they also work behind the scenes at UK&#8217;s biggest gaming events, where they provide services, from admin teams to networking, software and more. The team also works closely with gaming industry organizations such as EGX and ESL UK.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M1r_kv5wSmk&nbsp;\">\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M1r_kv5wSmk?rel=0\" style=\"border: 0; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\" tabindex=\"-1\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{height:100%}img,span{position:absolute;width:100%;top:0;bottom:0;margin:auto}span{height:1.5em;text-align:center;font:48px\/1.5 sans-serif;color:white;text-shadow:0 0 0.5em black}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M1r_kv5wSmk?autoplay=1&gt;&lt;img src=https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/M1r_kv5wSmk\/hqdefault.jpg alt='YouTube video thumbnail'&gt;&lt;span&gt;&#9654;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{664fc65b-4e87-4772-8916-e0c3d94827bc}{229}\" paraid=\"1886841835\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">epic.LAN&nbsp;events have been around for a very long time. In fact, the team has over 17 years of experience in the industry.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{771c9ad6-2d6a-47da-a690-cf787d8c5d6c}{238}\" paraid=\"311494287\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">The team is filled with avid gamers, who&#8217;ve been running their own community gaming and esports events since 2003. The first big BYOC&nbsp;epic.LAN&nbsp;event under the name epic<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epiclan.co.uk\/epic1\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">.<\/a>ONE&nbsp;took place back in March 2009, and even back then, it was an awesome experience for gamers to enjoy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{664fc65b-4e87-4772-8916-e0c3d94827bc}{244}\" paraid=\"1077531357\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">While there has been a&nbsp;tonne&nbsp;of smaller events created and organized by the team, there have been 28&nbsp;main&nbsp;epic.LAN&nbsp;events over the past decade. Since February 2013 (epic.TEN), the main&nbsp;epic.LAN&nbsp;events have taken place at the Kettering Conference Centre in&nbsp;Northamptonshire.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{771c9ad6-2d6a-47da-a690-cf787d8c5d6c}{254}\" paraid=\"1932866772\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">These events focus not only on several<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/esports\/uk-esports-awards-2019-announced\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;esports titles and tournaments<\/a>&nbsp;with some great prizes, but also on the casual gamer, providing attendees with an authentic LAN experience. Then, there have also been various activities to take part in for attendees, from quizzes to fun tournaments and more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=02p4r5izM6U&nbsp;\">\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/02p4r5izM6U?rel=0\" style=\"border: 0; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\" tabindex=\"-1\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{height:100%}img,span{position:absolute;width:100%;top:0;bottom:0;margin:auto}span{height:1.5em;text-align:center;font:48px\/1.5 sans-serif;color:white;text-shadow:0 0 0.5em black}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/02p4r5izM6U?autoplay=1&gt;&lt;img src=https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/02p4r5izM6U\/hqdefault.jpg alt='YouTube video thumbnail'&gt;&lt;span&gt;&#9654;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{664fc65b-4e87-4772-8916-e0c3d94827bc}{250}\" paraid=\"1117863955\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">The epic.ONE event had only 69 people register but attendance has grown quite a bit. In October 2019 with the most recent main event, the&nbsp;epic.28, 661 people registered.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{c5f6e951-4855-451e-9337-e4bcea64e4e1}{5}\" paraid=\"1457708343\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">These events have improved in every aspect over the years, and in 2020, there&#8217;s even more for UK gamers to look forward to.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 aria-level=\"2\" lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{771c9ad6-2d6a-47da-a690-cf787d8c5d6c}{7}\" paraid=\"2126926289\" role=\"heading\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Upcoming&nbsp;epic.LAN&nbsp;events&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{771c9ad6-2d6a-47da-a690-cf787d8c5d6c}{19}\" paraid=\"1960428296\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">This year is looking very promising for&nbsp;epic.LAN, with three main LAN events already planned.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{c5f6e951-4855-451e-9337-e4bcea64e4e1}{11}\" paraid=\"1317285153\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;The next one is epic.29, which takes place 20 to 23 February 2020. From 2 to 5 July, epic.30 will take place and from 8 to 11 October, epic.31 will take place. These three main events will all happen at the Kettering Conference Centre.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{771c9ad6-2d6a-47da-a690-cf787d8c5d6c}{25}\" paraid=\"162620924\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">You can check out a full list of future as well as past events on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epiclan.co.uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">epic.LAN&nbsp;website<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{771c9ad6-2d6a-47da-a690-cf787d8c5d6c}{122}\" paraid=\"722768609\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">If you live in the UK or happen to be visiting, keep&nbsp;epic.LAN&nbsp;in mind because nothing beats a good old LAN event.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Playing games online, against others, has become increasingly easier across the globe each year. 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