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MillionManLAN Party: The Doors Are Open

Posted by michael on from the remember-to-eat dept.

socram writes "Tom's Hardware has an overview about one of the biggest Lan Parties. This event is sponsored by AMD, ATI, ASUS, ABIT, Cisco, NVIDIA, and the Hitachi storage division. Check this article out, more than 1000 people killing their brain cells! Presentation by ASUS, ATI's Q&A Session and more."

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  1. yeah but in Louisville, KY ??? by malakai · · Score: 3, Interesting

    why?

    Hell, pick Orlando so people can do a theme park or something else that makes the trip more worthwhile. Or those with families can let the kids go do something while they hang out geeking.

    LA, NYC, Orlando, New Orleans... the places are well known. All major events occur at them. They are picked for good reason....

    Louisville, KY??? what are they smoking. No wonder they can barely break 1k people.

    -malakai

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  2. Sponsor Talks by Eberlin · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I guess this is what happens when you have a giant corporate-sponsored lan party...you get lots of advertising and sponsor hype.

    I mean think about it, the spirit of the lan party is in gathering your friends for hours of fragging and trash-talking. In a giant event like this, you're stuck between uber 1337 n1nj4 d00dz (strangers telling you to ph33r them, j00 n00b!) and companies advertising products in your face all day.

    I'd take a teeny little router with a few friends any day instead.

    1. Re:Sponsor Talks by deadsaijinx* · · Score: 3, Interesting

      agreed, LAN parties should be about you, your 30 closest friends, and that dumpster you plan on diving into. On the other hand, at these huge ones you could score some free MoBos, and all you have to do is shave and paint your head ;]

      Unfortunately, LAN parties will soon be illegal under the DMCA, as they provide some of the fastest pirating networks available.

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