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GeForce LAN Is Back – On An Aircraft Carrier

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On Aug 26 2011 in Gaming
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Call your friends. Ask your significant other for forgiveness. Gear up and get ready to geek out for 48 hours of non-stop gaming goodness. The legendary GeForce LAN is back and, this time, it’s on an aircraft carrier.

As if stringing together miles of network cables wasn’t enough of a challenge, this will be the first time a 48-hour LAN party with hundreds of gamers will be held on the historic USS Hornet, a retired WWII-era aircraft carrier in Alameda, Calif., just outside San Francisco.

At this year’s GeForce LAN – in its sixth incarnation, if you’re counting – we’ll be showcasing the highly-anticipated Battlefield 3 (get the tie-in now with the USS Hornet?) PC game. Watch the trailers for this game and you’ll see why Battlefield 3 is sending PC gamers around the world into a veritable frenzy.

As usual, GeForce LAN will feature a massive BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) area, around-the-clock tournaments and contests, gobs of prizes and an exhibits area where you’ll find PC gaming vendors showing off their latest and greatest.

Registration will open soon. We’ll offer BYOC tickets (for those hardcore enough to spend 48 hours gaming with us), as well as general admission tickets (for those who just want to come by and experience this event, check out Battlefield 3, and the USS Hornet). We’ll also have limited spots available for sleeping aboard in the USS Hornet barracks for those in the BYOC.

Yes, boys and girls, you get room and board at this LAN party. We’ll even lead a few rounds of dodgeball on the flight deck to help you stretch your legs.

Don’t miss this event  – just ask those who have been to a GeForce LAN before:

More details to be released in the coming weeks. Stay tuned.

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  • Kelly Wilkins

    I missed these!  I have been to GFL 3, 4.  I was sad to find out that 5 was in… Massachusetts or something like that.  Now that I am in Texas, I may make the trek back out to this.

  • http://www.facebook.com/sherylhuynh1030 Sheryl Huynh

    Hope you can make it Kelly. It will great to see all the old faces from past
    GeForce LANs. It has been waaaay too long!

  • http://twitter.com/bennysoo Benny Soo

    I been going to these from the start from the first one to the last one I was able to attend @ NVISION 2008.  I was really sad when they stopped, I am definitely attending this one.  Thanks again NVIDIA!

  • http://www.facebook.com/sherylhuynh1030 Sheryl Huynh

    Believe me, I was sad too. :(   Glad you will be attending this one Benny.  Registration opens soon.  See you there!

  • http://www.facebook.com/bboyeric Eric Lee Mar

    BENNNYYYYYY!

  • http://www.lperegrino.com Louie

    I’ve never been to a GeForce LAN! BF3, nVidia, USS Hornet, Dodgeball……. count me in for sure!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/sherylhuynh1030 Sheryl Huynh

    It’ll be great to have you Louie, you’ll enjoy getting to know the rest of the
    GeForce LAN community. And yes, with BF3 and random contests on the Hornet I’m
    pretty sure you’ll have a good time here. :) Registration should be opening in
    the next week or so. Follow NVIDIAGeForce on Facebook or Twitter to get the
    updates. We look forward to seeing you in October! 

  • http://www.facebook.com/BMFXX Johnathon Mathews

    Any word if there’s going to be more “headline” tournaments besides BF3? All for BF3, but trying to figure out if there will be any other major tournaments :) Would kill for a Call of Duty event. Regardless should be fun, been looking forward to this news since NVISION 08.

  • http://www.facebook.com/sherylhuynh1030 Sheryl Huynh

    Hi Johnathon, the team just got back from PAX so we’re working as fast as we can – hopefully will have details on tournaments in the next week or two.  Were you at NVISION 08?

  • http://www.facebook.com/BMFXX Johnathon Mathews

    Yup, wouldn’t have missed it. Just got back from PAX as well, so i understand the need for a break :) .

  • http://twitter.com/bennysoo Benny Soo

    Sheryl do you know if there will be any console based tournaments like NVISION 08?  I have friends who are more console gamers and wanted to give them the heads up :)  Thanks in advance!

  • http://twitter.com/itsTTG Time To Game

    Woo my group is planning on sending a bunch of people.  We were the first 2 people to finish the world record attempt after pretty much taking no breaks at NVISION08 haha.   Looking forward to a bunch of fun!

  • http://www.facebook.com/sherylhuynh1030 Sheryl Huynh

    Hey Benny – unfortunately there won’t be any console based tournaments.  However at past GeForce LANs there have been console people in the BYOC who play and hang out with their consoles.  We are an inclusive bunch. :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/sherylhuynh1030 Sheryl Huynh

    Great job on that one.  I’m sure there will be a few more records being broken here unofficially – like the most complex LAN party load in ever.  You just watch.