By Kenny - Date: 2009-11-01 10:52:59
Yesterday was the last chance to complete the survey of our FS Lan Party this year, as a matter of transparency we want to present the results of the survey to all of you. The results will be presented question by question.
In total the survey was completed by 93 participants, as such it should give a quite good view on the ideas of all participants.
The following table gives a view on how the questions were answered. Please note that the sum of the percentages won't always result to 100%, in this case the remaining value are participants which did not complete the question. In case of the rating questions 4-5 is considered positive, 3 is considered indifferent and 1-2 is considered negative.
| Did you found all information needed BEFORE the lanparty? | Yes: 96% / No: 3% |
| Are you satisfied with the location at Everberg? | Yes: 95% / No: 5% |
| When arriving, was everything clear? | Yes: 85% / No: 2% |
| Was the event briefing clear? | Positive: 86% / Indifferent: 7% / Negative: 2% |
| Are you satisfied about the flights? | Positive: 64% / Indifferent: 23% / Negative: 8% |
| Was there enough information present concerning the flights? | Positive: 78% / Indifferent: 14% / Negative: 2% |
| Were you satisfied about the quality of our ATC? | Positive: 83% / Indifferent: 11% / Negative: 1% |
| Do you like the concept of the IFR challenge? | Positive: 58% / Indifferent: 23% / Negative: 14% |
| Are you satisfied about the prizes and the way of awarding them? | Positive: 64% / Indifferent: 21% / Negative: 9% |
| Were you satisfied about the offer of food and drinks during the flights? | Positive: 81% / Indifferent: 8% / Negative: 4% |
| If participated in the BBQ: were you satisfied about the offer of meat and vegetables? | Positive: 70% / Indifferent: 16% / Negative: 6% |
On these questions we can simply say: don't change a winning team, we'll continue on the same track next year with the event and be sure that we will improve it further based on your comments.
On the open questions side, we've picked out the following list of questions/comments on which we want to give some explenations.
Several people mentioned points about electricity, some even suggested to rely on generators. We can ensure you that the problems we faced this year won't occur again next year, the venue owners assured us that they'll repair the electrical installation. Additionally we'll better plan the electricity distribution before the event and put restrictions on which electricty plugs you can use next year.
Similary many people made comments about the IFR challenge, some commented that they didn't like the concept, others commented that it reduces social contacts during the day and some others. We'll review the concept next year and try to come up with something that satisfies most of you.
Some people mentioned that they enjoyed the flyout concept, but the traffic should be distributed a bit better next time. Most likely if we go again for the flyout concept we'll use a bigger departure airport and we'll assign the first destination airport.
Similary some people told us that there was not enough challenge, in the early editions we sometimes had special events that occured with weather which made it more challenging. We'll think about it to see if we can get surprises in next year.
A number of people mentioned that we should use standard airports next time, we acknowledge that we made a bad move here this year and we'll certainly take this into account for next year.
Some people asked to have shorter legs next year, so they can do more flights during the day instead of a few long ones. We'll investigate if this is possible.
Also a few people asked to include more X-Plane related prizes next year, we'll do our best to find sponsors of this kind. If you have suggestions of companies who make X-Plane addons, please let us know.
On the catering side we've got some suggestions of new drinks like hot chocolate, more choices for lunch and maybe even offering breakfast. We'll investigate the possibilities here for next year.
Similary on the BBQ side some people asked if they would be able to choice the meat they start with, unfourtunately this won't be possible as this makes it much harder for the people behind the BBQ. Also some comments where made about making the BBQ later in the evening while others asked to put it earlier on the evening... well its hard to statisfy you all :-).
In the end we would like to thank you all for the feedback you've provided and hope to see you again next year for the 9th edition!
By Kenny - Date: 2009-10-17 09:47:31
Its now already more then a week ago... our beloved FS Lan Party. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for participanting and espcially all the people who helped with the cleanup (without being asked to help)! You guys really made our job easier. Thanks!
At this moment we've also published a number of photos on our website and shortly you will get an email to participate in our survey to improve the event even more :-)
By Kenny - Date: 2009-10-04 11:01:07
Dear participants,
Sunday, the day after the event, time to come to look back to the event shortly. I want to thank you all, in the name of the complete organisation team, to join our FS LAN party this year. Without you this event would not have been possible! Thank You!
As you also know, we faced some technical problems with the electricty during the day. We think you, as a participant, have the right to know what the cause of this technical problem was. Basically during the event we lost power on 2 of the 3 phases of our main electricity supply. This was caused by a loose (and severly damaged) wire near the surge protector. Luckily the technician of the electrical company (Eandis) was kind enough to help us out and temporary fix this problem, he also advised the venue owner to get it repaired properly as soon as possible. The owner told us that he would take it up with the city on their next meeting, so most likely we can enjoy proper electricity again next year.
Although it was outside of our control, I still would to apologize to all of you for this electrical problem.
As we announced during the event, this year an online survey will be conducted between all of you. During the coming weeks we'll send out an email to all participants with a link to the survey inside. The survey itself will query you - as participant - about your feelings of the event, also we would like to collect ideas for regions for next years and also ideas for our 10th edition.
PS: the surveys will be treated in anonymous way.
Thanks for coming to our event and we hope to meet you again next year,
The organisation team
By Kenny - Date: 2009-09-26 10:23:00
Dear participants,
Only a week left for our event and be sure that we are counting the days (as you probably are) to our 8th edition. Based on the current number of participants I would say that we'll break records this year! Most likely we'll have more then 100 participants.
Every year we see some problems with people who do not have the required material with them, we would like to remind you that you need to bring at least:
Obviously you also need your PC with headset, but strangely enough nobody forgot that one yet ;-)
Participants of last year will probably remember that the traffic circulation in Everberg was changed, the traffic circulation of last year still applies. Therefore: if you use an online route planner or GPS to travel to the venue, please note that the 'Annaciadenstraat' in Everberg is one-way and cannot be entered if you come from Meerbeek. Please refer to the route details for how to drive in Everberg.
The following schedule gives an overview of the day, please note that some times are estimates and all times are local:
We more or less finished the table planning for this year, normally speaking the current version should be final unless major changes occur. Please check the table planning on our website to verify that you have enough space for your setup. In normal cases everyone is assigned exactly 1 table, unless we're speaking of a co-pilot who does not bring material, or more tables are needed. In the latter case refer to the letters in the group to which you are assigned.
If you have too few space, please report this ASAP to the organisation at info@fslanparty.be. Thanks!
To smooth the registration process during the event, we would to ask you to first come inside without material and report yourself to one of the registration responsibles: Kenny Moens or Jacques Mariens. Once one of them noted your registration and checked your payment you can go and pickup your material from your car and bring it inside.
We've also got a pleasant surprise from one of our sponsors: the first 100 people who register themself at the event will receive a free issue of PCPilot!
We would like to remind you about our extended range of drinks this year: additionally to regular drinks (coffee, cola, beer,...) we will offer a strong beer: Leffe Bruin and Leffe Blond, during the event you'll also be able to buy a bottle of red or white wine. Obviously all these will be offered at democratic prices like last year.
On the wine level, we would like to know how much people are interested in it so that we have an idea of how many bottles we should buy. If you (or your group) is interested in a buying a bottle of wine in the evening, please inform us at info@fslanparty.be.
To conclude the briefing we would like to remind the people who asked to pay by bank to perform this payment ASAP. If the payment is not received before the event itself we will be forced to charge the higher fee of €12.5 instead of €10.
That's all for now, we are looking forward to meeting you all again next week!
Kind regards,
The organisation team
By Kenny - Date: 2009-09-22 20:27:45
Dear participants,
We're inching closer towards the event, and I'm pretty sure many of you already started their countdown! Well time to give you guys some more information about what will happen on the event itself!
In this briefing we'll discuss some major points about the flights, charts and catering, together with some smaller items related to the event.
On the flights level we have to make you aware of a problem which you might face if you use FS2004. Quite recently the South African authority decided to rename a couple of airports and to change a number of navaids. As a consequence of this, FS2004 is not up to date by default for the region. If you use FS2004, you have to take the following into account:
We do not know the situation yet for our X-Plane users, however I urge the X-Plane users to check it out to ensure that they have the proper airports and navaids available!
Related to the flights, we have to announce that we will not provide any printed charts anymore this year. This is mainly done for environmental reasons, we provide the charts on our website (in PDF format), and obviously you will be able to get them locally as PDF too. If you want printed versions you have to print them out yourself (before the event that is, we don't offer a printer at the event).
As every year, we have to bring something special, therefore we're very happy to announce that Björn is working very hard to finish up the IFR Challenge of this year!
We're very glad to see that we've already reached 100 registered participants, let's hope it still increases though! Still, as the number of participants is quite high, we had to repeat the process of assigned tables like last year. The current version of this table planning is now available on the website. The group to which you are assigned can be found on the participants page. If you want any minor changes here, please let me know, however do note that it will be hard to satisfy anyone, so it might be that we cannot accept your request. Sorry for this.
On the catering we are happy to announce some new plans for this year: besides what we usually offer at the bar of drinks we plan to complement this with 2 special beers: Leffe Blond and Leffe Bruin. In the evening with the BBQ you'll be able to buy a bottle of white or red wine at our bar too for a reasonable price.
Should you would want any changes to your registration of the BBQ (e.g. extra BBQ, ...), please let us know at latest 1 week before the event, so that we can take it into account for the orders.
PS: any promotion for the event is still welcome. If you know friends who are still scared to come, simply try to convince them :)
Kind regards,
The FS Lan Party Team
By Kenny - Date: 2009-09-22 20:27:42
Dear participants,
In about 5 weeks from now our 8th edition of the FS Lan Party will take place and I must admit that I'm looking forward to see the familiar faces again and to welcome our first-time participants!
Well time for a very first briefing towards our participants giving some views on the prizes, the flights, and other smaller things.
In contrary to previous years, you will not be distributed on different airports for the departure, instead we'll all depart from the same airport which will be fully staffed by ATC. Your departure will be: Johannesburg Intl (FAJS). From here we'll fly to any one of the open airports, except Port Elizabeth (FAPE) which will only open later during the day.
The complete list of open airports is:
As every year, at the end of the day we'll hold a final flyin. This will be towards Cape Town Intl (FACT), in this case Polokwane Intl (FAPP) will be closed.
Detailed information of the flights is now published on our website.
We're also extremely happy with our sponsors this year, despite the economical situation we were able to collect around 80 prizes this year. So nearly everyone should be able to grab a prize! A complete overview of our prizes is available on our website.
At this moment we've reached almost 80 participants, we sure hope that this number will further increase once the event nears. Therefore we want to make a small request towards you as participant: if you know friends who are a bit hesitating, or don't know it yet, promote the event towards them. The more participants, the better!
If you want, you can also use our banner in your forum signature, but do not forget to make a link of it! The banner is available at: http://www.fslanparty.be/fslanbanner.png
For the people who did not pay their participation fee yet (if they requested to pay by wire transfer), we would like to remind you to pay your participation fee before September 25.
PS: if you know someone who can ensure that the weather is sunny (for the BBQ), please ask him to do this favour :)
Kind regards,
The organisation team
By Kenny - Date: 2009-08-21 18:51:33
On October 3, 2009, IVAO Belgium organises its 8th FS Lan Party. For the people that don't know it yet, the FS Lan Party is an event where you'll be able to fly in a network environment. You bring your PC with Flight Simulator to Everberg, Belgium, and perform a number of flights in the area under full ATC coverage.
The advantages of this? Let me give you some:
You're afraid because you've never flown online? Don't worry, just come and the other participants or the organisation will be happy to assist you to get everything running and to feel the first experience of flying in a network (or later online on IVAO).
If you like flying and you are able to come on October 3 to Everberg, Belgium, be sure to join the event, you'll never forget it and join the year after again, as our earlier participants confirmed.
More information can be found on this website. To register yourself for participation (required), visit the following webpage: http://www.fslanparty.be/2009/register.php
We hope to welcome you on October 3, 2009.
By Kenny - Date: 2009-05-06 17:37:49
Dear FS Lan Party enthousiasts,
We are pleased to announce that the preparations for the event of this year have finally started. In the next few weeks we should have a final date and location, so stay tuned for more information!
The organisation.
By Kenny - Date: 2008-09-23 20:10:27
By Kenny - Date: 2008-09-14 11:46:10
At this moment we've more or less finished the time schedule for this year (all times are local time):
Important Note: due the high number of participants we were forced to assign everyone a table. Before unloading your computer, please register yourself with the organisation and they will tell you the table you are assigned.
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