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The only e-mail i know is info@partyextreme.nl. I doubt there will be much response within the first 24 hours since they are probably working on a solution too. As for now, the lan=life and karting and dj contest and so forth are cancelled as far as i know. They may work on a relocation too, but that is not certain.
thanks
I just noticed that on http://www.rai.nlwww.rai.nl, theres no trace left of the whole Game-Extreme, while they were fully advertising it some days ago...
guess the RAI-stuff is completely cancelled
well lotsa succes in finding a solution
Right, what we have right now (provisory):
- Apparently the venue RAI had not been paid by the sponsor,
- we are looking for a solution, either the sponsor can be goaded to pay anyway or we find a new venue,
- this can only be done during office hours, so we have to wait until tomorrow morning.
Either way, as far as we see it cancelling is not an option. Theres a lot of people working on this. We will try to keep everyone informed at the soonest.
I just received this e-mail:
To all Roboteers,
While all preparations for Euro2005 where going well, the main sponsor let us know, this afternoon, not to be willing to pay for rent of the venue and other necessities. Therefore the tournament cannot be held as we wished.
Because Roaming Robots will bring their arena over anyway we are now trying to move the event to Rucphen. There we can still put up a class1 arena. The hall is available but we need permission from police and fire department. The address is: Sprundelseweg 1, 4715 RB, Rucphen (between Breda and Roosendaal).
Tomorrow (Tuesday) we will look for a campsite.
Because we now have no financial support DRG can not arrange free camping, food or CO2. Everyone that registered is welcome to participate in Rucphen. The entrance fee will be completely used to cover the costs for this alternative.
I hope you understand the terrible situation we found ourselves in and still want to be here to make it a good tournament.
We will keep you up to date of all developments.
To all Roboteers,
While all preparations for Euro2005 where going well, the main sponsor
let us know, this afternoon, not to be willing to pay for rent of the
venue and other necessities. Therefore the tournament cannot be held as
we wished.
Because Roaming Robots will bring their arena over anyway we are now
trying to move the event to Rucphen. There we can still put up a class1
arena. The hall is available but we need permission from police and fire
department. The address is: Sprundelseweg 1, 4715 RB, Rucphen (between
Breda and Roosendaal).
Tomorrow (Tuesday) we will look for a campsite.
Because we now have no financial support DRG can not arrange free
camping, food or CO2. Everyone that registered is welcome to participate
in Rucphen. The entrance fee will be completely used to cover the costs
for this alternative.
I hope you understand the terrible situation we found ourselves in and
still want to be here to make it a good tournament.
We will keep you up to date of all developments.
The FRA has been in communicatino with both the DRG (event organisers) and Roaming Robots (arena provider) regarding the situation around the DRGs European Championships.
We will have a statement at 15:00 BST about what teams can expect should they choose to go out to Holland this weekend as we understand that the first of the UK teams are heading out in the next 24 hours.
FRA Events
http://www.fightingrobots.co.ukhttp://www.fightingrobots.co.uk
can I still use the tickets I ordered through party extreme to visit the EC wherever itll be? (I suppose not...)
Im not even sure if theyll send me the tickets now... hope it wont be too hard to get my money back
Youre still welcome to visit the EC mMrtijn.
Official FRA Update
Over the last 2 weeks the FRA has been keeping an eye on the developing situation regarding the DRG European Championship event in Amsterdam after it came to our attention that there appeared to be a serious problem with the apparently ticket independent financial model of the event. This problem manifested itself as repeated failures to pay Roaming Robots for their arena (which they have still not recieved payment for) that resulted in the FRA taking action to warn its members about the situation via email.
Despite things looking more secure over the last few days, as we suspected there were serious problems behind the scenes which we were not made party to, and we are told by the DRG that their sponsor has pulled out and cancelled the entire event at the RAI center.
In light of the cancellation of the event in Amsterdam, the FRA is not in a position to tell teams whether they should, or should not travel to Holland - that is a decision that teams must make themselves. The FRA has agreed to keep UK teams up to date on developments so that the DRG can concentrate on making alternative arrangements, and UK teams can make an informed decision on travelling so they know what to expect.
The facts as of 15:00 BST as detailed to us by the DRG.[*]There is no confirmed alternative event arranged. There is no camping or accommodation arranged or recommended. Attempts are being made to arrange an event in Rucphen, currently with a stated 50/50 chance It will not be known until tomorrow if the alternative venue can be used Entry fees will still be payable (possibly in part rather than full) CO2 filling will be available, but on a Pay-Per-Fill basis (approx £3 a fill) Polycarb screening and a roof will be in place for spinners Public Liability Insurance for teams attending has been transferred to the new venue[/list]We aim to get another update out later tonight, however realise this will be too late for some teams who will be heading over there later today unfortunately there is nothing else we can do at this point in time.
The Fighting Robot Association
http://www.fightingrobots.co.ukhttp://www.fightingrobots.co.uk
Youre still welcome to visit the EC mMrtijn.
I know, but I ordered tickets through party extreme, are those tickets still usable or are they worthless now?