Setting Up Our First Huge Gaming Event was CHAOS



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With only seven hours on the clock, Linus and the team transform a badminton club into a 250-seat LAN event, complete with a stage, LED wall, custom PCs, VR arena, vending machines, and retro gaming area. Power issues, time pressure, and chaos… this is how Whale LAN 2025 came together.

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:03 Power and networking
3:00 Steam cache
3:35 Retro area couches
4:25 Pre-loading the cache
5:14 Tables
5:50 Whale VIP setup
6:30 LED wall and stage
7:22 Custom Whale PCs
9:00 Potty tour
9:17 8v8 gaming setup (more power issues)
10:20 Updated retro area
13:58 Whale Cup
14:19 Whale PC completed setup
14:53 Vending machines
15:20 VR area
16:36 Office chair shuffleboard
17:00 Tape to tape
19:14 Finished stage setup
21:15 Outro

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