Pittsburgh LAN Coalition
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| Name: | The Pittsburgh LAN Coalition |
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| Established: | 2003 |
| Number of staff: | 18 |
| Number of events: | 7 |
| Website: | www.pittco.org |
The Pittsburgh LAN Coalition, Inc. (Pittco) is a group of LAN parties in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Pittco was established in December 2003 by a number of well-established, smaller LAN parties looking to combine their efforts to hold large-scale LAN parties.
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[edit] Pittco Logo
The Pittco logo has changed twice the organization's inception. Originally, Pittco used an image of the city of Pittsburgh. The image was later changed in March 2005 to the current logo, which was meant to represent the "Three Rivers" for which Pittsburgh is known. It is also similar to the logo of the Pittsburgh Steelers professional American football team.
[edit] Event details
The name of Pittco's event is "Iron Storm." The name comes from Pittsburgh's notability as a former steel mill center[citation needed]. At its events, Pittco holds tournaments for games including Counter-Strike: Source, Unreal Tournament 2004, Battlefield 2, Quake 3, Quake 4, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and Warcraft III. Attendees often organize unofficial tournaments for games like DOOM 3, Call of Duty 2, and Nexuiz. When a high-bandwidth broadband Internet connection is available, attendees may play World of Warcraft.
There are many side events, called "jackass events" by many attendees.
[edit] Jackass events
- Karaoke
- Rap Battle
- Human-powered drag racing
- Red Bull chug
- Red Bull relay
- Freeze head (who can hold their head underwater the longest in the cooler full of ice water)
[edit] Past Events
Iron Storm is held bi-annually, generally in March and in August. Occasionally, Pittco will quickly put together smaller events, called "Lite" events.
[edit] Iron Storm 1
- February 28-29, 2004 - 120 attendees, held at the Four Points Sheraton by Pittsburgh International Airport
[edit] Iron Storm 2
- July 31 - Aug 1, 2004 - 115 attendees
[edit] Iron Storm 3
- March 5-6, 2005 - 115 attendees, held at the Ross Township Community Center
[edit] Iron Storm 4
- August 6-7, 2005 - 150 attendees, held at the Ross Township Community Center
[edit] Pittco Lite
- March 4-5, 2006 - 76 attendees + staff, held at the Beechview Holiday Inn Select
[edit] Iron Storm 5
- August 12-13, 2006 - 136 attendees, held at the Castle Shannon Fire Hall
[edit] Iron Storm 6
- March 17-18, 2007 - 141 attendees, held at the Castle Shannon Fire Hall
[edit] External links
- Official web site
- TwitchGuru (Tom's Hardware Guide subsidiary) review of Iron Storm 3 [1]
