QuakeCon 2007 - Dallas

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » March 3, 2007, 9:18 pm

Registration for QuakeCon 2007 in Dallas (Aug 2-5) is open. It's free and a lot of fun if you know peeps there.

Eric and I go every year and it's a blast. We primarily go for the partying at night

http://www.quakecon.org/index.php

PM me if you are going and we'll meet up.

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » March 3, 2007, 9:21 pm

Is this for Quake 1 or?

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » March 3, 2007, 9:26 pm

QuakeCon is the current convention being produced by The QuakeCon Organization. First and foremost, QuakeCon is a huge LAN party dedicated to fans of id Software's games (i.e., Quake, Quake 2, and Quake III Arena, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Enemy Territory, and the DOOM series). We also hold workshops and roundtables where id Software employees discuss their games, technology, and their thoughts about the gaming industry. Other people and companies from the gaming community also participate in the workshops and roundtables while displaying their upcoming games and hardware. QuakeCon also hosts tournaments, large and small. Basically, it's an enormous LAN party with a lot of other stuff to do in-between deathmatching with people from all over the world! Read more about the purpose and history of The QuakeCon Organization in our About section.

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » March 3, 2007, 9:27 pm

http://gallery.quakecon.org/main.php?g2_itemId=3098

pics from 2006

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » March 3, 2007, 9:46 pm

Oh ok, i was never really good at Quake 1 anyways.

If i'd live a bit closer, i'd prolly show up.

Wouldn't want to miss this event for the world

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 4, 2007, 12:29 am

He's singing about the Hero of Canton, A Man they Call Jayne!

Inside joke for Firefly fans:

http://www.julesong.com/misc/browncoat/ ... Canton.mp3

Sajko · Post by **Sajko** » March 4, 2007, 12:34 am

Buy me a plane ticket and I'm there!

Sirensa · Post by **Sirensa** » March 4, 2007, 2:55 pm

Winnow wrote:He's singing about the Hero of Canton, A Man they Call Jayne!

Inside joke for Firefly fans:

http://www.julesong.com/misc/browncoat/ ... Canton.mp3

Speaking of... just rewatched that episode last night. Best Firefly episode IMO. I love Jayne!

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » March 4, 2007, 4:05 pm

is that guy throwing down gang signs in that photo?

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » March 4, 2007, 7:57 pm

This one needs a caption contest.. or perhaps the one from the same page labeled "Entertainment" where some bloke is blowing bubbles...

My entry, "Fez will make your room quake"

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » March 4, 2007, 8:09 pm

God I love redheads.. can you introduce me, Lala?

Kaelina · Post by **Kaelina** » March 5, 2007, 3:48 pm

I went to QuakeCon last year (for the first time) and wasn't super-impressed.

Although I'm very curious about it this year since they nerfed E3, there aren't very many public expos like this left. Leipzig is all I've heard anyone talk about this year. =/

Is it going to be at the Hilton Anatole again this year?

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » March 5, 2007, 8:46 pm

Yes, same place.

Like EQ Fan Faires, no one I know goes for the actual convention stuff, although the BYOC is pretty cool to experience. It's all about the parties and people.

Eric is one of the small original QuakeCon members (the first one in 96 was only 30 people), so the folks we hang out with are old schoolers, including the 2 guys credited for organizing the first one. I have a fucking blast every time I go. Much drinking and hilarity.

It would be boring if you don't experience the group aspect. I'll take a couple swings through the BYOC to see what kind of crazy shit people have set up, and through the booths for any free stuff, but that's about it during the day. I've talked to some of the folks who help organize it last year and they have lots of ideas to make it better, but I guess implementing them is easier said than done (everything is volunteer-based).

Every year attendence has increased (except for last year because they had venue issues and didn't announce dates until very late) despite the convention stuff being ho-hum. This Wiki for QuakeCon breaks down the numbers from each year.

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » March 8, 2007, 12:02 am

Zaelath wrote:God I love redheads.. can you introduce me, Lala?

found u miss new booty~~~