LANageddon
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| Date: | May 10 - May 13 2007 Doors open at 6PM Close at 12PM |
| Location: | SAIT Colonel James Walker Building 1301 16th Ave NW Calgary, Alberta CANADA |
| Seats: | 360 |
| Tournaments: | Counter-Strike: Source 5 vs 5 WarCraft 3: DOTA 5 vs 5 |
| Sponsors: | SAIT Polytechnic Shaw Cablesystems GP Memory Express Steel Series Ideazon |
| Registration: | Click Here |
LANageddon (also Lanageddon) is the moniker of one of Canada's Largest LAN Parties based out of Calgary, AB, Canada. It is the largest of its kind in Calgary, at which gamers compete against each other in computer games for prizes and bragging rights. In its 8 year tenure, it has solidified itself as one of the premier LAN Parties in North America.
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[edit] History
LANageddon has been operating successfully for over 8 years. In its time it has substantially grown from a small basement event into one of the largest in Canada attracting some of the best competition from all corners of North America.
[edit] 1999-2001
LANageddon began in 1999 operating simply in a basement for only 6 to 10 participants on a casual basis. By 2000 it had grown and was held at a local community center 4 to 6 times per year, catering to approximately 30 guests at a time. This size was maintained until the end of 2001 and had exceeded the capacity of the current venue.
[edit] 2002
In March 2002, the event changed venues to the Calgary Italian Church and expanded its seating capacity again to upwards of 100 guests. Given the larger scale and planning involved the event was scaled back to a semi-annual schedule, operating twice in the months of March and December 2002. 2002 also marked the first events where active sponsorship was sought out to help furnish prizes for tournaments.
[edit] 2003 - Critical Mass
In March of 2003 LANageddon expanded further and once again had to change venues to the Bowness Sportsplex which at the time was also host to Stampede Wrestling. In its first event at the Sportsplex was the first time LANageddon exceeded 220 attendees, marking it as the largest LAN party ever in Calgary and within the top 10 in Canada. This event was also held as a regional qualifier for the World Cyber Games 2003 held in Seoul, Korea.
[edit] 2004 - Plutonium Core
Held from April 31 to May 2 of 2004 was LANageddon's first 4 day event it also marked LANageddon's Fifth Anniversary. Once again attendance was over 200 participants. Although not as successful for attendance as the prior year's event it was still an astonishing achievement for the organizers being the first 4 day event.
[edit] 2005 - Fallout
LANageddon's 6th year marked one of its most successful events ever. With roughly 250 participants it was an especially unique event as it was featured in Episode 8 of the Pure Pwnage web series titled "LANageddon" in which two of the protagonists—Jeremy (teh_pwnerer) and Doug (fps_doug)—competed in the Counter-Strike: Source tournament. Touted as an amazing LAN, it was also one of the first years in which organizers unveiled an entirely new full 100mbit LAN connection with a hefty Gigabit backbone connecting all players together.
[edit] 2006 - Rebirth
Held in the cold month of March, it marked the 7th year. The event again beat records with upwards of 260 participants and guests. Further refining their network and power equipment. The event again went off without a hitch.
[edit] 2007 - Annihilation
Coming soon...
[edit] Infrastructure
| Component | Hardware | Capacity/Specifications |
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| Internet | Big Pipe 1000SM Longreach Fiber |
5-10Gbit |
| Backbone | Dell Powerconnect 6024 / 5224 / 5324 | 10/100/1000 Copper |
| Table Connections | Dell Powerconnect 3024 | 10/100 Copper |
| Power | 125A 600VAC service Serves 1200 Amps of 120VAC |
Approx. 400 Guests |
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