Operation Northern Light 2016 Trenton Planning & Discussion

[M.S.-ARC]

Does anyone know if the lion claws event in June in Trenton is confirmed?

It has been confirmed that Operation Northern Light will happen once again in Trenton Michigan on June 24 to June 26.

This is the discussion thread for it.

[kjones734]

Is it at the old steel mill?

[Praetor]

It is confirmed on their site.

[Stinger]

Yes, it has been confirmed.

[Legionnaire]

Might as well edit this to be the planning thread.

I'll be there.

[Stinger]

GSAT has plans to go.

[luke213]

I had made the comment I wanted to make it to a Lion Claws event this year, so I might be going. We'll see as it gets closer. Since I've never been to one of their events(actually haven't been to a larger even in nearly 10 years), I'm going to have to do my reading and figure out all their rules and regs.

Is it just me or is their site difficult to navigate? Maybe I'm just having a hard time absorbing information;) This isn't the first time I've been there reading but man I just can't seem to find the common stuff like event rules I'd expect to find.

Luke

[Squib]

I agree Luke I struggle to navigate it too. I'm going to need a simplified version or at least a link to what I need

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[Pagan]

It's not just you. They're redoing the site, so a lot of information isn't there right now.

[luke213]

Once we get closer I might post up a thread covering the details from other guys who've gone before. Since it will be a fairly long trip for me I'd like to make certain I've got all my ducks in a row before hand so that I don't have any problems.

As well depending on teams etc, I don't anticipate I'll be attending with anyone from up here, might be but I won't likely be. So I may want to run with some of you guys if you'll have an old man among ya;)

Luke

[Stinger]

There will be multiple MiA groups organized. I have no doubt you will have somewhere to fit in with friendly people.

[luke213]

Question for guys who've done this before, how soon does the registration typically open and how quickly does it fill up. IE how soon will I have to know 100% whether I'll be able to make it? I know this will vary some but based on past events I'm just curious.

I was actually looking at the calendar and the date conflicts with my normal summer trip to the St. Ignace car show with my whole family. So I am considering going to the show, seeing family for the week or so before then heading down to the game, coming back afterwards and bringing the wife and kids back home. Would be a hectic way to make the dates work for me, but depending on how things go it might be my only way to make it. So it's going to require a fair amount of extra planning to pull everything off;)

Luke

[Squib]

Also does anyone have any guess as to how much registration would be? If not it's not a big deal

[Gimpalong]

Registration doesn't seem to fill up very quickly. I'm not sure how many total player slots are available, but there doesn't seem to be a major reason to rush to sign up. I remember that years ago IRENE would fill up in a few hours and people were registering the minute the event registration opened. I don't think that registration is particularly competitive anymore and it really doesn't make sense for the event host to set a hard cap on participants.

The cost, if I'm remembering correctly, is somewhere in the range of $160-$180 for first-timers and $140-$160 for alumni. In any case, newcomers pay more than returnees.

[Gabriel]

Count me in as a +1 for Green side.  I've heard countless stories about the Steel Mill, but I've never had the chance to actually go.  AO looks huge, so I'm a little worried about how well engagements are gonna go, but I'm still pumped.