Hey guys - haven't posted anything here in quite some time but we're still around. Most of the local guys who help out with the IntelLanfest partnered up with SxSW this past week and held a trial run lan party at the Screenburn arcade. From Zittware:

I wanted to thank those of you for coming out and supporting LANFest and Intel in the community at SxSw.

I believe we received a lot of great visibility in the community along with some good donations to the United Way Bastrop fire fund.

The Texan Gamer is proud to announce Peace Love and Rockets! This will be the first Peace Love and Rocket in over a year so you know its gonna be good! We have planned and come together to give you this great LAN experience! We will be sporting a very high speed internet connection in which we will all be able to enjoy the release of Battlefield 3!

Location -
Holiday Inn Express Addison
4355 Beltway Dr., Addison,TX 75001

Date/Time -
November 5th, 2011
11am to 10pm - Yes a Day EVENT!

Cost -
$10 Pre-Registration
$15 At the Door

Spots Available -

We're once again helping out with Austin Modders to promote the Intel Lanfest!

Intel LANFest returns to Austin for the benefit of the local Capital Area United Way. Like other Lanfest events; 100%* of the ticket proceeds will be donated to the United Way.

It appears we've had some folks from Reddit come our way from this thread; we appreciate the positive response from folks and our recognition for helping out and hosting events that are open for everyone. We hope you stick around and check back often for news of other gaming events in the Austin area.

EA is working on moving their accounts for gamers over to their new Origin network but they have some security policies that the only way to verify your account is the date of birth. But guess what. You can't update it. So if you created your account 5 years ago and didn't put a DOB or put something random you have no way of knowing OR updating it. Case in point - see my screenshot.

So I propose the following:

PowersGaming Memorial Day Lan was a big success with a full house of 25 guys, great food, and great competition. The next Powers Lan will be the Winterlan and details will follow as we get into this Fall/Winter.

Just got word that the Intel LanFest which was originally scheduled for San Antonio has been moved back to Austin due to unforeseeable events. Here are the details from the website:

Unfortunately, We had a “april fools” day joke played on us at the previous venue which had the effect of removing us as approved to be on campus. Rather than cancelling event; we have moved the event north to our Austin Campus for the same time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Go here to register.
Intel Lanfest comes to San Antonio with the very generous help of Association of Information Technology Professionals / UIW* and the UTSA chapter of the IEEE for a LANFest benefiting the Methodist Hospital of S. Texas / ChildsPlay*. Like other Lanfest events; 100% (minus paypal fees) of the ticket proceeds will be donated to the local ChildsPlay charity.

Much thanks to the guys at Powers Gaming for putting on an awesome winter lan event - there was some serious competition at TF2, CS Source, and Battlefield Bad Company 2, including a match that went until 4am to settle up. The good news is there is another event there right around the corner in May here in Austin that you can attend.

The next event Keep Austin Lan will be attending and helping at out is the Powers Gaming Winter Lan party.

48 HOURS OF NON STOP GAMING !!

Friday January 14 thru Sunday January 16, 2011 (MLK Weekend)

What games are played ? Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and CounterStrike:Source.
NOTE: For BC2, all levels are accepted and playable. Even lvl 50.

How much does something like this cost ?