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North America's Largest LAN Party

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-wan-parties dept.

An anonymous reader sends this early announcement (registration will open later in the month) for Fragapalooza, writing "North America's largest LAN party is coming again this year. Scheduled for July 17th - 20th, 4 Days of non-stop gaming. If the numbers are the same as last year we should see roughly 1100 people packing the Mayfield Trade Center in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Sponsors for past events included some of the biggest names in technology including Intel, Microsoft, ATI, Sympatico and Cisco just to name a few."

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  1. How many women usually go to these things? by $$$$$exyGal · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Does anyone have any idea how many women go to events like this? What's the ratio?

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  2. Bigger by dethkultur · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Quakecon, gets more, has for a couple of years now.

    And as for grrl gamers showing up, yes there will be plenty I assure you. Some hot ones too. Only maybe 1 out of 50 of participants will be female based on the big lans I've been to, but they do show up (usually as a gf, or MOM even, but there are some female clans out there.)

  3. LAN moments by dolo666 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I love LAN parties. The smell... is the only drawback. :P

    My wife and I actually Honeymooned at the third Monster Mash LAN party. Seriously... we got married and went there! She was prego at the time and we couldn't fly, so there was nothing else going on. But seriously... it was cool of her to go there.

    No, my wife isn't a gamer. Just a really cool chick.

  4. Re:Lots of machines.. by harmgsn · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What about QuakeCon? They've had well over 1100 people for the last couple of years. Here is their site. Last year, they filled up the Mesquite Convention Center (Mesquite, Texas) and were turning people away. Total count for last year was somewhere around 1,200 people in the BYOC alone. This does not include all the spectators or people that diddn't bring a comp but played on someone else's... Their sponsors include: ATI (last year), Nvidia (year before), Bawls, AMD, Linksys, Speakeasy, id Software (id software auctually pays for most of it). I would have to say that QuakeCon is FAR larger that the one you're referring to. For those interested in going: the BYOC is completely FREE. Yes, you pay nothing at all to get to participate in QuakeCon. They have $30,000+ tournaments (that's grand prize). Normally, they're held in August here in Texas (Mesquite, Texas... east of downtown Dallas) and registration normally fills up within a day of it being opened. =\

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