On from the onslaught of GenCon it's LAN time again baby! This Saturday we've got some fun games in store, as well as our first Call of Duty 4 competition! Momo has organised some great teams to come and compete in the 5v5 competition; if you are keen to play come on the day and see if we can find you a team!

When: Saturday, 19th July 2008 9am to 10pm

Where: Springwood Hotel (Springwood Rd)

Cost: $15 gamer per day entry

Saturday 19th of July

Saturday is our standard LanSmash affair with more competitive gaming! DotA comps, Team Fortress 2 comps, Warsow comps, Grid multiplayer.

- 9AM LAN Start

- 10AM CoD4 tournament kick-off, TF2 servers online

- 11AM GRID smash down

- 1PM DotA arranged games

- 4PM Super Mario Brothers Brawlllll

- 8PM CoD4 tournament finish

- 8:30PM Baboviolent2 Smack Down

- 9PM UT2004 LAST MAN STANDING COMP!!!  Prize for the winnar!

Call of Duty 4

Momo from Gamestah fame has organised a kick-ass tournament this Saturday for Call of Duty 4. So far six teams have registered (imbatech, WoD, restrain, Team Hazza, Complex, Randies) to compete through out the day. Momo will also be conducting interviews throughout the day, make sure to check it out!

Defence of the Ancients

We're determined to kick the LAN party scene off for DotA for Brisbane. With that in mind we'll be having organised matches this Saturday and have meetings to shape the future of LS DotA tournaments.

What to Bring: Your whole PC (but no speakers)

Prizes Cash prize to winners - amount to be confirmed Plenty of prizes for everyone else (lucky doors included)

Special note, no alcohol is to be consumed inside the venue! If you want a drink please go to the pub just around the corner...

See you this weekend!

It's all happening at GenConOz. Check out our LAN in the E-Volutions Arena, it's pretty cool! Here's a few tid-pieces to get you through the LAN a lot easier!

• GenCon is located in Number 3 and Number 4 building
• PC Drop off area on Saturday. If you pull up your car outside the building in the drop off zone a LanSmash person in an Orange shirt will be waiting for you to dump your gear before you check in.
• If you haven't Pre-Booked your ticket make sure you arrive early! In the mornings it's quite busy at GenCon, and it's a bit complicated. You have to purchase your Ticket to entry ($22) then head over to Badge Pickup to pickup your badge and then over to Event Registration to buy your tournament ticket.
• Cash Prizes will be sent out by Cheque in the mail. So if you win you'll have to wait a few weeks before you have it in you bank account.

Teams still open! There are a lot of players without a full team who want to play so if you don't have a team you should still rock up and sub in for other teams. It's gonna be fun! Comps starting 7PM sharp!

It's full! Should be some excellent gameplay with some top teams arriving. Saturday is massive with television crews, media and about 10,000 people walking around. Make sure you check us out and support Team LanSmash! :P

Sunday is an open LAN day we're we'll be playing all types of games. Shutdown at 4pm.

Catch you there!

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