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Posted by michael on from the bang-bang-you're-dead dept.

CaptTrips writes "C|Net has an interesting article on the growing wave of LAN parties. Michael Duarte best puts it when he says "being able to play as a team, talk with the people next to you -- it's just a whole different aspect than playing online. For me, it's just more fun to put a face with the name of the person you're playing with." I agree!" This is a good excuse for us to link to QuakeCon. GameSpy has extensive coverage of the con - they've got some interesting screenshots and previews up.

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  1. On a Continuing Note.... by Befreiung · · Score: 3, Informative

    Hello I'm Michael Duarte, the host of Silicon Valley Frag Fest, in case any one was wondering the URL is www.svfrag.com Thanks! Mike

  2. Re:I would LAN more... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Where i live, in Sydney Australia, there are hundreds of gaming rooms around .. especially in the city. Machines there are typically at least 1 ghz, plenty of ram, with comfortable seats and snack facilities available (bottled water/cookies nothing messy).
    The most expensive of these rooms are $6 AU per hour, my friends and i regularily visit korean gaming rooms which are much cheaper about $1.50 an hour. Most popular games are definately starcraft and counterstrike but rainbow 6 series and age of empires 2 are also almost universal

    Sadly most of the starcraft games ive participated in focus more on money maps and less on actual strategy

    Cant see why these wouldnt be available in almost any city around the globe, your local chinatown would definately be a good place to check