Sacramento LANFest 2009 - food, friends and lots of FUN!
I remember attending my first LAN Party back in the mid-90s - a small group of us; maybe 8 to 10 people at a friend's house. We played Quake 2 for about 10 hours... It wasn't so much the game-time that got us together - but it was the food, the friendships and the competition that pumped us up!
Here is a quick video so you can see some of the fun!
I have to give a big shout-out to the Folsom RIGG (Recreational Intel Gaming Group) - these guys put their life aside for the weekend. Dealing with game servers, power requirements, network cabling - and a bunch of gaming guys can be nerve-racking! $20k in prizes were given out! 6 Extreme Edition CPUs, a gaming laptop & PC, and tons of other gaming garb!
You can meet the RIGG members in the gaming community too!
You can see my photos & short videos from the event on Flickr
Don't forget to watch my Tweets @Toadster - Blizzcon here I come!
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Jul 30 | Toadster said:
I forgot to mention:
Intel LAN Fest has raised over $275,732.50 for charity!!!
http://lanfest.intel.com/?page=charities
Aug 03 | ZerApiO said:
Really cool vid. Thanks for puting it together Toadster.
Aug 10 | jasonurl said:
when's the next lanfest? More importantly, when aer you guys hosting the next lanfest. I so want to be there.
Aug 11 | Todd Christ said:
Hi jasonurl - if you check out http://lanfest.intel.com you can see all the different locations and schedules. Here in Sacramento, I believe there are two major LANs each year - one in summer and one in winter.
Thanks for reading - and keep watching!
Sep 22 | Dan said:
Awesome, I'm glad I found this! Hope they do one in Chicago.
Sep 30 | imran said:
Good