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[LinkoVitch]

This is still planned to happen, however I have had very very little in the way of confirmations from people wanting to go. If you would like to join us on our road trip to Germany, drop me a PM ASAP. If you leave it too late (IE after we have booked crossing tickets etc) it will be tough.

If you want to go to this rather excellent Jagfest show in Germany (Nov 19th) let me know. If you have general questions, ask here in this thread so everyone can benefit from them.

[Tyrant]

I really want to go, however money right now is really tight.

Can you give us an accurate estimation on how much it will cost?
(I can be picked up from the edge of London if that makes a difference)

[LinkoVitch]

Um, "Accurate estimation" ? ok.. it will cost money

I have no idea what the fuel economy of the minibus will be like, so I have no idea how much fuel will be used. Also the cost of the minibus on the ferry will be higher than a car and the split will depend on how many people go, so again, not sure. IIRC travel it was £60 each last year (that was 4 of us in my car), I would hope the minibus version of the trip was comparible in cost.

We were thinking of staying in the same hotel, I am not 100% Gaz would be the man to ask, but I think that was 100 euro for the 2 days, as in total. sh3 can you remember how much your room was?

The way we did the money last year was I calculated the travel cost split once we were all back home. I can usually absorb a delay in payment from passengers for fuel for a bit, then I come for your thumbs

Ideally don't want to get too close to London, so somewhere on the M25 or on way to Dover would be best or at Dover even. But we can sort that out later.

Hope this has been of some help ?

[Tyrant]

Hmm... so we're looking at about £150 then... I'll have to have a dig behind the sofa, see what I can pull up. When do you need a definite answer by?

[LinkoVitch]

That 100 for the room was on a per room basis, so if you split it with someone it would half the cost to you (also that is based on room pricing from the dark recesses of linkobrain).

There is one person who has voiced a willingness at least to share a room, who at present isn't sharing a room... so the possibility is there.

The sooner I know the better as it obviously has baring on the whole thing.

[Tyrant]

I don't fancy sharing really, and don't think anyone would want to share with me either, apparently I sound "Like a caged dinosaur" when I sleep.

[Fadest]

Don't remember the price, it was something like 60/70 euros for a night in a single room IIRC.
Btw, I just wanted to check the prices on a booking website, and it seems that the hotel is fully booked during the ejagfest...

[sh3-rg]

Fadest, on Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:15 AM, said:

Don't remember the price, it was something like 60/70 euros for a night in a single room IIRC.

60 sounds about right to me

Fadest, on Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:15 AM, said:

Btw, I just wanted to check the prices on a booking website, and it seems that the hotel is fully booked during the ejagfest...

[Gaztee]

Right now I am refreshed from my lovely sojourn to Cuba, I guess I need to get this sorted asap! As it stands I am still down to work the weekend of the show, so I hope to be able to sort that out next week when I'm back in the Hellhole!
The hotel we used last year is full that weekend too Having a quick scout about the cheapest place I can find is in Dortmund & worked out at £148 for 2 nights b+b per room. That's ok if you're sharing, but ramps costs right up for single roomers. The other problem is that Dortmund is about 30 mins away from the event, so may incur a rise in fuel costs! The minibus will cost a £100 (TBH on 1/10) & I think the Ferry crossing was about £200 (link can you confirm this??) Last year we did about 1000 miles round trip, so I should have an approximation of fuel costs next weekend.
Should be able to meet with Link on tuesday at the CC to discuss things further, but its not looking as cheap as last year mainly coz we've missed out on the cheap hotel!

[GroovyBee]

Seems to be plenty of hotels in Düsseldorf. Is that an option?

[Gaztee]

GroovyBee, on Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:13 PM, said:

Seems to be plenty of hotels in Düsseldorf. Is that an option?

Yes its an option, but the ones in Dortmund are a LOT cheaper from what I've seen. There isn't too much difference distance wise between dortmund or Dusseldorf.

[GroovyBee]

Maybe if a German speaking jag owner got involved it might be a bit easier. That's not me tho .

[LinkoVitch]

Gaztee, on Sat Sep 24, 2011 12:45 PM, said:

Right now I am refreshed from my lovely sojourn to Cuba, I guess I need to get this sorted asap! As it stands I am still down to work the weekend of the show, so I hope to be able to sort that out next week when I'm back in the Hellhole!
The hotel we used last year is full that weekend too Having a quick scout about the cheapest place I can find is in Dortmund & worked out at £148 for 2 nights b+b per room. That's ok if you're sharing, but ramps costs right up for single roomers. The other problem is that Dortmund is about 30 mins away from the event, so may incur a rise in fuel costs! The minibus will cost a £100 (TBH on 1/10) & I think the Ferry crossing was about £200 (link can you confirm this??) Last year we did about 1000 miles round trip, so I should have an approximation of fuel costs next weekend.
Should be able to meet with Link on tuesday at the CC to discuss things further, but its not looking as cheap as last year mainly coz we've missed out on the cheap hotel!

Minibus under 2.4 meters high and I guessed about 7 adults is around £220 for the ferry (that is total price including returning trip on the Sunday.. £101 each way + fuel charge)

Have you sorted the insurance and breakdown cover for the minibus Gaz?

[LinkoVitch]

Due to costs and interest it has been deemed to not be cost effective to go via minibus, we are now looking at doing this via the medium of cars (the Battle Barge and Paige).. This *should* bring costs down a fair bit to what we have experienced on previous trips.

Thanks to those that have confirmed their desire, your places are safe (your sanity, any that you may have, is not )

[bmx]

Hey guys,

I just finished the ejagfest 2011 press-release. Feel free to share it.
Here is the link to the PDFs (german and english version): http://dl.dropbox.co...pressrelease.7z

And here it s:

+++ Press Release +++ Atari Jaguar Europe Festival+++
*** approved for immediate publication ***


Announcement of the Atari Jaguar Europe Festival 2011

The Atari Jaguar Europe Festival, "ejagfest" in short, takes place on November 19th of this year in Kaarst, Germany.

The Atari Jaguar Europe Festival is an annual festival for all Atari Jaguar and Lynx fans, developers and retailers. Open-minded fans of other video game systems are welcome, of course.
The „Atari Jaguar Europe Festival is a meeting of retro gaming fans from all over Europe. The focus of attention is Atari and all consoles of the cult lable. All of you who would like to play systems like the Jaguar, Lynx, VCS 2600, 5200, 7800 or on a trusty homecomputer of the 80s, this is the right place.
Retro games, homebrew announcements / presentations, prototypes believed to be lost and demos of all kind can be experienced on the ejagfest. Developers from all over Europe regularly take the opportunity to present their new developments on the festival, and sometimes even have exclusive items for sale. Another highlight was the presentation of the only working “High-res Jaguar Virtual Reality Headset” in existence, which was shown for the first time in Europe on the ejagfest in the year 2007.
Competitions such as “Club Drive” or “Kasumi Ninja” make sure everyone has a fun time. Next to these fun competitions, the official European championship in “Checkered Flag” for the Lynx is taking place each year. To make the event complete there are retro game retailers to offer Jaguar/Lynx titles and a variety of other retro games and systems.

Highlights of this year:

Team Reboot shows & sells:
A new freely available Jaguar game with Rotary Support called “Kobayashi Maru”.
The latest version of “Rebooteroids”
A new game game for Falcon030 (port of a former Reboot Jaguar release).
Gaztee shows & sells:
New Box-Sets for Aircars, Barkle and Space War
Copys of Aircars 94, Space War 2k, Painters and another beta game.
Jaguar box set promo mugs
Linkovitch shows:
Demo for Jaguar Developer community that will hopefully help with the production of new stuff on the Jag
Matthias Domin:
Impulse X hopefully ready and for sale.
GroovyBee shows:
Atari 7800 “Expansion Module Project XM” Hardware Prototype
Atari 7800 Homebrew Games and Demos
Atari Shop NL sells:
Retro-Games and Goodies for different systems.


Competitions:
• Checkered Flag European Championship (Atari Lynx)
• Kobayashi Maru Competition (Jaguar)

This list is nowhere complete; every visitor who has something to show is welcome to. Please let us know in advance if possible.
All of you who enjoy retro games and a nice chat with like-minded people are welcome to join us.

This year is the event‘s 11th anniversary and takes place for the 8th time in a row at the Bischofshof location in Kaarst.
Opening is on 19th November at 11:00am. Entrance fee is 5,00 Euro.
The exact address, directions and latest news can be found on:
www.jagfest.org/euro on www.twitter.com/ejagfest and on www.facebook.com/ejagfest