GENERAL LAN PARTY INFORMATION
This years LAN will be held from Thursday, May 20th - Sunday, May 23rd at the "Country Inn & Suites" located near the Pittsburgh, PA International Airport.  Setup will begin at 4pm on Thursday, and gaming will start soon after.  Gaming will continue 24/7 throughout the weekend until 4pm on Sunday evening. This LAN is a private, invite only LAN.  Registration is reserved for those who receive an invitation from {US}XGen, or another Clan {US} East member.  Invitations will be extended to members of our gaming community (and family/friends of {US}).  The venue will hold 50 gamers comfortably, so we should have enough for most of our clanmates & community members.
LAN Name:	{US}East LAN 2004
Event Date:	Thursday, May 20th - Sunday, May 23rd
Start Time:	Thursday, May 20th.  Hotel check-in @ 3:00 pm.  LAN setup @ 4:00 pm.  Gaming begins shortly after.
End Time:	Sunday, May 23rd.  Hotel check-out @ 12:00pm.  Gaming ends @ 4:00 pm.
Location:	Country Inn & Suites, Pittsburgh Airport
Hotel Address:	5311 CAMPBELLS RUN ROAD PITTSBURGH, PA 15205 (412) 788-8400
Rules	Click here to read the {US}East LAN 2004 rules.  You must agree to these rules to be admitted to the event.
LAN Party Disclaimer	Click here to read the {US}East LAN 2004 disclaimer.  You must agree to these terms to be admitted to the event. All attendees under the age of 18 must bring a copy of this discliamer, signed by their legal guardian, to the event. Failure to do so will result in you not being able to participate.  No refunds will be made.
Games Supported	Half Life: Counter-Strike 1.6, Battlefield 1942: Desert Combat Mod, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Call of Duty, Quake III Arena, Rocket Arena 3, and more.
Tournament(s)	Counter-Strike 2v2 Registration: Please register on-site, or via email.  You can email me directly @ xgen@clanuseast.com. Teams: Teams can have any number of players on the roster, but matches will be 2v2. When: The CS 2v2 tournament will be held on Friday May 21st.  Specific times will be announced during the event. Prizes: The winners of the tournament will receive two (2) engraved mice (photo here).
General Raffle	We will be raffling off a video card (type to be announced).  Tickets will be available at the event.
Giveaways	We have received a number of items from sponsors to give away at the event.  Upon registering at the door, you'll receive a ticket good for the entire event.  You'll redeem your prize (if your number is called) with this ticket.
Other General Information:	"Allegheny Room" is a 1,000 sq foot room for our gaming pleasure Guest room rates, as low as $49.00 per night (with "USEAST" PROMOTION CODE) Free continental breakfast every morning for all hotel guests Prizes for CSC tournament winners provided by {US}East LAN General Raffle will be provided by {US}East LAN Soda provided by {US}East LAN Beer provided by {US}East LAN (for those with valid ID) Giveaways, coupons, and other goodies provided by sponsors to be announced at a later date. ** Funds Permitting ** Pizza party provided by {US}East LAN (Saturday night) ** Tentative ** Cash Bar/Bartender provided by {US}East LAN (Saturday night) And much... much... more
More details will be announced soon including tournament details, prizes, sponsors and more!

{US}East LAN 2004 SPONSORS

Your favorite highly-caffeinated beverage will be there!  Drink Bawls - Never Sleep.

ACSLAN is a local LAN gaming organization (Pittsburgh, PA area) that holds monthly LAN parties of nearly 25 players.  ASCLAN has generously offered to supply high speed switches as well as a high-end gaming server.

Aurora Computer Systems, of Johnstown PA, have offered to donate a few USB-powered clip-on lights and a Gamepad to {US}East LAN 2004.  They will also be offering emergency replacement parts during the duration of the weekend including hard-drives, mice, keyboards, power supplies, NIC cards etc, as well as other cool stuff including USB powered clip-on lights and Gamepads.

Established in early 2000, CaseAce Products is rapidly emerging as the innovation leader in the exploding LAN gaming world. The GearGrip product line has been extremely well received by gamers and computer enthusiasts around the world.

Hackerthreads.com is a full service screen printing company. The site is designed to appeal to all types of people who use computers; programmers, graphic artists, web designers, IT professionals, overclockers, gamers, and anyone who enjoys trying to make their computer better, faster, or more secure. They offer custom prints for events, websites, and have our their own line of tech related clothing.

Founded in 1991, Spire® is the premier brand for computer thermal solutions. With today’s high-speed processors functioning at an unprecedented speed and output, the demand for better and more reliable cooling solutions has become one of the most important issues in the computer industry today. As a premier manufacturer of high quality cooling solutions, Spire is able to meet the demands of the computer industry by providing competitively priced products, next day delivery and lifetime warranty.

Triad Marketing & Communications, a Pittsburgh-based marketing firm, caters directly to your needs no matter how large or small. If you are a small business owner and/or marketing decision maker and you see a need for top-quality marketing and/or communication services, contact Triad Marketing & Communications today.

Func Industries is the manufacturer of one of the top gaming surfaces in the world - the Surface1030 - Competition Mousing Surface.  The patent pending double sided surface of the fUnc sUrface1030 provides precision and accuracy appropriate for people who work and play hard. Using only the highest quality components, fUnc has designed the sUrface1030 mousing solution to be the last mouse "pad" you ever need to buy.  Func has agreed to provide us with a few of these mouse pads, as well as an exclusive discount to {US}East LAN 2004 attendees only on Func merchandise.

Antec is the leading provider of unique computer cases (I have one, believe me - they rock), world-class power supplies – including the TruePower and SmartPower lines – have won countless international awards for their reliable performance, flexible rackmounts, as well as a wide range of fans, lights, and other PC accessories for those of you who'd like to add a little visual flair to your gaming computers.

Corsair has earned a reputation of consistently being first to market with quality leading-edge products that support new computing platforms and technologies. Each stick of Corsair memory is specifically designed for rock-solid performance in the most demanding of applications. Corsair has a long history of cooperation, qualification and collaborative testing with the major motherboard and systems manufacturers. Often we are first to market with reliable memory for the latest systems.

Gamers and game developers agree.  The hottest games are developed on NVIDIA, to be played on NVIDIA.  NVIDIA: The GPU of choice for PC Gamers worldwide.

Alienware - The Best Custom Built Gaming PC for the Ultimate PC Gamer!

More sponsors to be announced...

Thanks to all of our sponsors.  Without you, we wouldn't have the cool "swag" to provide as prizes to our devoted attendees!  Your support is greatly appreciated.  I urge all of our LAN attendees and community members to return the favor and support our sponsors by clicking the links provided to visit their Web sites and learn a bit about their products.