QuakeCon

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QuakeCon
The Official QuakeCon logo
Genre	computer gaming
Location	Dallas, Texas
Country	United States
First held	1996
Last held	Present
Organizer	id Software
Filing status	Corporate
Official Website	http://www.quakecon.org

QuakeCon is a bring-your-own-computer (BYOC) computer gaming event with a competitive tournament held every year in Dallas, Texas, USA. The event, which is named after id Software's game Quake, sees thousands of gamers from all over the world attend every year to celebrate the company's gaming dynasty. It is North America's largest LAN party, the largest free LAN party in the world, and usually runs over a period of four days.

Now more than a multiplayer gaming event, QuakeCon is also a venue to showcase the newest games and hardware being developed by companies involved with id Software including booths selling clothing, computer peripherals, and software.

To be able to keep QuakeCon a free LAN party, it is highly dependent on volunteer work. These volunteers, often described as the crew, cover most aspects of the organization of the party. For this QuakeCon has gained a reputation as "Woodstock of gaming", and a week of "peace, love, and rockets!".^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Origin 2 Past events 2.1 1996 2.2 1997 2.3 1998 2.4 1999 2.5 2000 2.6 2001 2.7 2002 2.8 2003 2.9 2004 2.10 2005 2.11 2006 2.12 2007 2.13 2008 2.14 2009 3 Statistics 4 Popular games 5 Community 6 Sponsors 7 External links

[edit] Origin

QuakeCon originally grew out of a group of people on the EFnet IRC network, in channel #quake. As various regular visitors to the channel began expressing a desire to meet and game together in person, Jim Elson, a.k.a. "H2H", a gamer from the Dallas, Texas area with ties to the local Dallas-area gaming community, and Wikipedia editor Yossarian Holmberg, a.k.a "yossman", a computer consultant from Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, came up with the idea of assembling at a hotel. The original event name was actually '#quakecon', named after the IRC channel, though this quickly evolved into just 'QuakeCon'. Mr. Elson organized the bulk of the event for the first two years, until the number of people attending each year demanded a more organized approach. Volunteers grouped into teams to assist in the setup, troubleshooting, and tear down of the event's equipment and network.

[edit] Past events

[edit] 1996

The first event, in August 1996, was held at the Best Western hotel in Garland, Texas, a mile or two away from the id Software company offices. Starting with just 30 people, by the end of the weekend the number of people had grown to 100, as news of the gathering began to spread on Internet chat networks. The Best Western has since been replaced by a La Quinta Inn.

Attendees who had brought their computers along to the event set up a small, impromptu network, in one of the hotel meeting rooms, playing mostly Quake I and Doom, testing deathmatching skills. A small tournament was held, with winners taking home T-Shirts as prizes.

The highlight of this first gathering came on the eve of the last day, when the entire id Software team showed up at the event in a surprise and most-welcome visit, stopping by to chat with the participants. John Carmack, lead programmer for Doom/Quake, participated in a 30–45 min. group chat with attendees on the porch of the hotel. Some ideas discussed during that chat eventually made it into Quake's future public releases. This "Carmack's Talk" has now grown into a yearly keynote speech.

Doom 2 1v1

• 1st Place: PoLish
• 2nd Place: AceJas
• 3rd Place (tied): Indub
• 3rd Place (tied): Avatar

Reference: http://web.archive.org/web/20000816025343/www.quakecon.org/about.html

[edit] 1997

QuakeCon 1997 brought an estimated 650 attendees to the Holiday Inn in Plano, Texas. It was covered by numerous Internet and broadcast media outlets, and was sponsored in part by id Software and Activision.

• During QuakeCon 1997, John Carmack met his future wife, Katherine Anna Kang, when she visited id's offices.

Quake World 1v1

• 1st Place: Dan "RiX" Hammans
• 2nd Place: Forego
• 3rd Place: Grayson
• 4th Place: AceJas
• 5th Place: Walter
• 6th Place: Yossarian "Yossman" Holmberg
• 7th Place: Club
• 8th Place: Kornelia "Kornelia" Takacs
• 9th Place: Indubious
• 10th Place: Duke of Earl

[edit] 1998

QuakeCon 1998 was held in conjunction with the Cyberathlete Professional League. Due to poor planning and the lack of people who had helped make the first two events a success, QuakeCon 1998 is regarded by many as being only partially a QuakeCon event. However, it was instrumental in motivating a group of people to start planning QuakeCon 1999 early.

• Total Attendance: 800
• BYOC Size: 300
• Location: Infomart, Dallas, Texas, USA

Quake 2 1v1

• 1st Place: Dan "RiX" Hammans - $5,000
• 2nd Place: Victor "Makaveli" Cuadra - $4,000
• 3rd Place: Kurt "Immortal" Shimada - $3,000
• 4th Place: Robert "Resonance" Dubois - $2,000
• 5th Place: Jason "Unholy" Carleton - $1,000
• 6th Place: Andy "Leprechaun" Vajda

[edit] 1999

QuakeCon 1999 was the first event in which id Software played a major role in the organization. Recognizing that major sponsors were needed, David Miller a.k.a. "Wino" & Paul Horoky a.k.a "devilseye", both original QuakeCon 1996 people, contacted id Software and convinced them to become the main sponsor, and to help out with finding more sponsors. Together with Anna Kang (then id Software employee, now John Carmack's wife) and a team of volunteers, Mr. Miller & Mr. Horoky set out to build QuakeCon 1999, which became the template for later years.

• Total Attendance: 1,100
• BYOC Size: 500
• Location: Mesquite Convention Center, Mesquite, Texas, USA
• Highlights: A change of venue allowed the convention to grow larger than it had ever been before, and, this time, just down the street from id Software headquarters in Mesquite. id Software employees, including John Carmack, participated in various tournaments with attendees on-site as well. A large number of companies sponsored the event for the first time, including Activision, AMD, Apple Computer, ATI Technologies, Logitech, Linksys, and Lucent Technologies.
• 1999 marked the year that the event was designed in a way clearly recognizable to any later QuakeCon attendee. In fact, this design, largely attributable to David Miller's leadership, would be widely copied by other LAN parties in later years, and would be significantly expanded on and perfected in later events. But this event, with its distinct layout, could readily be considered the foundation of the modern LAN party, and continues to be used to great effect even today.
• Quakecon 1999 was the first time Quake 3 was used in competition as the game had not yet been released to the public.

First ever Quake 3 tournament

• 1st Place: George "DieharD" Myshlyayev
• 2nd Place: Tim "1134-Bane" Santaniello
• 3rd Place: Aaron "toxic" Clutter
• 4th Place: Tim "r1msh0t" Orsak
• 5th Place: Gordon "Gloucester" Luk
• 6th Place: Dan "RiX" Hammons
• 7th Place (tied): John "Screw" Horacek
• 7th Place (tied): Mark "Turmoil" Santaniello

[edit] 2000

QuakeCon 2000

• Total Attendance: 3,000
• BYOC Size: 900
• Location: Mesquite Convention Center
• Highlights: 2000 saw a greatly expanded convention space, allowing for vendors to bring E³-quality displays to the convention. Conferences and seminars were also added, creating places for gamers and developers to trade notes and discuss the industry and community in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. 2000 marked the first year of the modern QuakeCon format as the BYOC encompassed the entire exhibition hall at the Hampton. QuakeCon begins to appear in national media.
• Announced: March 31, 2000
• Date took place: August 3 - 6
• Registration: May 5
• Reference: web.archive.org

Quake 3 1v1

• 1st Place: John "ZeRo4" Hill
• 2nd Place: Terrel "Matador" Garret
• 3rd Place: Mark "Wombat" Larsen
• 4th Place: Tyler "ReVeNaNt" Bentz
• 5th Place: propolys
• 6th Place: Matt "Muiy" Huey

[edit] 2001

QuakeCon 2001

• Total Attendance: 3,000+
• BYOC Size: 1,250
• Location: Mesquite Convention Center
• Highlights: 2001 saw QuakeCon continue to flower and grow, as the event began to strain the confines of the Hampton inn, and the event began to attract national acclaim and attention. 2001 also saw a significant change in leadership of the event, as the retirement of David Miller and Paul Horoky caused the event to be passed to John "Eviljohn" Carney as Executive Director, and Brian "Tapper" Davis as the Director of Operations. Reservations for placement in the BYOC were nearly quadruple the available capacity.
• First year to have Cash Prize Tournaments
• Announced: March 22, 2001
• Registration: May 11, 2001
• Took place: August 9 - 12
• Reference: web.archive.org

Quake 3 1v1

• 1st Place: John "ZeRo4" Hill - $30,000
• 2nd Place: Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel - $10,000
• 3rd Place: Tyler "ReVeNaNt" Bentz - $5,000
• 4th Place: Jason "socrates" Sylka
• 5th Place: Paul "czm" Nelson
• 6th Place: Oleg "demonic" Zhovnir

[edit] 2002

QuakeCon 2002

• Total Attendance: 3,250+
• BYOC Size: 1,305
• Location: Mesquite Convention Center
• Highlights: 2002 saw the retirement of John Carney, and Brian Davis assumed stewardship of the event as Executive Director. 2002 was also the first year id assumed a very active role in the pre-event activities, with the arrival of Marty Stratton a year earlier. Added Return to Castle Wolfenstein to the tournament lineup in a Team-based tournament. First unofficial Ms. QuakeCon event, first appearance of Doom III theater, also the first appearance of The Sinus Show (then known as the Mister Sinus Theater), an Austin, Texas-based MST3K troupe, lambasting Britney Spears' movie Crossroads.
• Date was announced February 19, 2002. (unconfirmed)
• 2002 is often considered the last year of the truly "grassroots" QuakeCon, since id Software assumed a much more dominant role in planning and booking the event in later years. 99-02 are often called the "Golden years" of the event by old timers, and marked the days when the event had a distinct flavor to it all its own, and most of the event venue booking and sponsor contacts were done by volunteers. 2002 also marked the year when the Internet "bubble" fully burst, and caused the decline of a great many gaming websites as viable businesses. Future events saw much less interest and emphasis on websites and web companies, and more focus on established hardware vendors.
• Announced: February 19, 2002
• Registration: June 14, 2002
• Took Place: August 15 - 18

• QuakeCon 2002 final standings:

Quake 3 1v1

• 1st: Alex "LeXeR" Nesterov - $20 000
• 2nd: Sean "Daler" Price - $10 000
• 3rd: Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel - $5 000
• 4th: Sergiy "kuku" Rudy - $3 000
• 5th: Jared "cha0ticz" Cugno - $2 000
• 6th: Paul "czm" Nelson
• 7/8th: ]km[propolys / kuku
• 9/12th: zero4 / K9-makaveli / FienD
• 12-16th: Habib / Sector / vernon kay / LoSt-CaUzE

Return To Castle Wolfenstein

• 1st: the Doctors - $25 000
• 2nd: Infensus - $12 500
• 3rd: clan Kapitol - $7 500
• 4th: Barons of Hell - $5 000
• 5th: Affliction - $3 000

• Reference1: web.archive.org
• Reference2: web.archive.org

[edit] 2003

QuakeCon 2003

• Total Attendance: 4,000+
• BYOC Size: 2,000
• Location: Adam's Mark Hotel now the Sheraton Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
• Highlights: First change in venue since the convention moved to Mesquite, Texas, USA, 4 years prior. Tapper continued to coordinate volunteer activity, while id assumed much more of the pre-event planning through the capable hands of Marty Stratton. Ms. QuakeCon evolved into a tournament-based event with a sponsor, id unveiled Doom 3 deathmatch. The first display of the award winning franchise called "Call of Duty" found its way into the exhibitor area.
• First QuakeCon to include 2 team games: Quake 3 CTF and Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
• Date was announced April 8th, 2003.
• The event dates: Aug. 15 - 17th, 2003.
• QuakeCon 2003 Final Standings:

Quake 3 1v1

• 1st Place: John "Zero4" Hill - $25,000
• 2nd Place: Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfors - $12,000
• 3rd Place: Paul "czm" Nelson - $8,000
• 4th Place: Magnus "fox" Olssen - $6,000

Quake 3 CTF

• 1st Place: Cloud9 - (yrim, FFSmasher, viju, cl0ck) - $10,000
• 2nd Place: clan519 - (ZeRo4, czm, Gator, Socrates) - $7,000
• 3rd Place: Gunzoids - (Farside, VeRTeX, Blokey, Derfel) - $5,000
• 4th Place: Against All Authority - (Appleseed, Raoul, Thefou, Penx) - $3,000

Return To Castle Wolfenstein

• 1st Place: Infensus
• 2nd Place: gmpo
• 3rd Place: Affliction
• 4th Place: 4 Kings Intel

• Reference: web.archive.org
• Reference: [1]

[edit] 2004

QuakeCon 2004

• Total Attendance: 5,000+
• BYOC Size: 3,000
• Location: Gaylord Texan Resort Hotel and Convention Center, Grapevine, Texas, USA.
• Highlights: Yet another change of venue brought QuakeCon into the record books as the largest LAN party in North America, with over 3000 BYOC attendees. Tournaments prizes totaled over $150,000 and saw the world's first Official Doom 3 Tournament, won by Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel. The event also had a live performances by The Sinus Show, and Tweaker, featuring Chris Vrenna, former Nine Inch Nails drummer. This year also saw another significant change in leadership, as a result of an injury to Brian Davis just weeks before the event. Aaron "Alric" Ferguson was appointed to fill in for Tapper at the last minute.
• Date was announced March 15, 2004. (unconfirmed)
• Date took place: August 12 - 15
• QuakeCon Final Standings:

Quake 3 1v1

• 1st Place: Paul "czm" Nelson - $25,000
• 2nd Place: John "Zero4" Hill - $15,000
• 3rd Place: Anton "cooller" Singov - $10,000
• 4th Place: Sean "Daler" Price

Quake 3 CTF

• 1st Place: Against All Authority - (StGermain, Raoul, Thefou, Penx)
• 2nd Place: Cloud9 - (yrim, actionnewbs, viju, cl0ck)
• 3rd Place: Gunzoids - (Appleseed, Derfel, Deus, Blokey)
• 4th Place: clan519 - (ZeRo4, czm, Gator, Socrates)
• 5th Place (tied): Negative Influence - (Pangu, Shad, Alacrity, pirpacQ)
• 5th Place (tied): iCE cLIMBERS - (Gopher, Toxic, Fox, Tech)

Doom3 1v1

• 1st Place: Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel - $17,000.35
• 2nd Place: Sean "Daler" Price
• 3rd Place: HS
• 4th Place: cl0ck
• 5th Place: ve-elpajuo

• Reference: Official Announcement
• Reference: Tournament Results

[edit] 2005

QuakeCon 2005

• Total Attendance: 6,000+
• BYOC Size: 3,200
• Location: Gaylord Texan Resort Hotel and Convention Center, Grapevine, Texas, USA.
• Highlights: Another large event which saw the unveiling of Quake 4 multiplayer. Aaron Ferguson's first complete year as Executive Director.
• First time at QuakeCon featuring an all girl gamer tournament with major cash prizes.
• First year of Intel's sponsorship of QuakeCon, beating out AMD.
• Date took place: August 11-14, 2005.
• Date was announced March 22, 2005. (unconfirmed)
• QuakeCon Final Standings:

Doom 3 1v1

• 1st Place: Fredrik "gopher" Quick
• 2nd Place: Yang "RocketBoy" Meng
• 3rd Place: Slain

Ms. QuakeCon Quake 3 1v1

• 1st Place: g0d-Missy - $15,000
• 2nd Place: g0d-Ms.X - $10,000
• 3rd Place: g0d-Trito - $5,000

Quake 2 Retro Tournament

• 1st Place: Mikael "Purri" Tarvainen - $10,000
• 2nd Place: Doze - $7,000
• 3rd Place: Rigg5 - $3,000

Enemy Territory

• 1st Place: Check 6
• 2nd Place: United 5
• 3rd Place: idle.ee

• Reference: Tournament Winners
• Reference: Official Announcement

Alienware Performance Challenge

• Single GPU - 1st Place: Mickey21
• Dual GPU - 1st Place: Unknown

[edit] 2006

QuakeCon 2006

• Total Attendance: 4,000+
• BYOC Size: 1,800
• Location: Hilton Anatole Hotel, Dallas, Texas, USA.
• Highlights: QuakeCon 2006 was the first time Enemy Territory: Quake Wars was playable by the general public. Longer than normal delays leading up to the official event announcement fueled Internet speculation that the event was actually canceled for the first time ever. It was also discussed publicly earlier in the year by id Software executives that the event had a possibility of not being held inside Texas, nearly breaking a 10-year tradition since the convention's start. The entire event was also announced, planned, and executed in little over a month, a much shorter timeline than prior years. The first QuakeCon to feature a Team Deathmatch tournament.
• The first event to include the Nvidia Quickdraw tournaments, which pulled random people from the BYOC area to compete for 1,000 dollars.
• Date took place: August 3-6, 2006.
• Date was announced June 23, 2006.
• QuakeCon Final Standings:

Quake 4 1v1

• 1st Place: Johan "toxjq" Quick - $15,000
• 2nd Place: Anton "cooller" Singov - $7,000
• 3rd Place: Alex "ztrider" Ingarv - $5,000
• 4th Place: Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski - $3,000
• 5th Place: Alexey "cypher" Yanushevsky - $2,000
• 6th Place: James "2GD" Harding - $1,500
• 7th Place (tied): Sabian "ClampOK" Hayblum - $750
• 7th Place (tied): Blue - $750

Quake 4 2v2 Team Deathmatch

• 1st Place: Britney ( Toxjq and Ztrider) - $13,000
• 2nd Place: fnatic ( 2GD and Blue) - $7,000
• 3rd Place: mouzsports ( Cooller and Jibo) - $5,000
• 4th Place: BlackDragons ( DaHang and Raistlin)
• 5th Place: Devistation,Inc ( cl0ck and destrukt)

Enemy Territory 5v5

• 1st Place: idle.ee
• 2nd Place: Crossfire.nu
• 3rd Place: KiH

Nvidia Quickdraw Winners

• Rafik "LoSt-CauZe" Bryant
• Sunchanan Charanyananda
• Brian Dinsdale
• Raul Enriquez
• Billy Roadifer
• Jeff Tank
• Bryan Walker
• Aaron "Kalngt" Cephers

• Reference: Official Announcement
• Tournament Reference: Tournament Results Announcement

[edit] 2007

QuakeCon 2007

• Total Attendance: 7,000+ (estimated)
• BYOC Size: 2,700
• Location: Hilton Anatole Hotel, Dallas, Texas, USA.
• Highlights: Registration took place March 2, 2007 at 9:00pm EST. Aaron "Alric" Ferguson continued in the role of Executive Director for this event, which sported a 5x increase in vendor space (25,000 sq ft) over the 2006 event, 7,000 sq ft (650 m²). total event space, and the return of the popular "Quick Draw" tournaments for all general attendees. The second public beta of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars was released to BYOC attendees on the first day of the event. There were just two featured tournaments, both with $50,000 purses, and both sponsored by NVIDIA: ET:QW, and the new Quad Damage Tournament, which combined all four Quake games into one competition. The event was also highlighted by a slew of major announcements, including id Software's new intellectual property RAGE, a sneak peak at the "id Tech 5" engine, a 10-2-2007 release date for ET:QW, updates on the new Return to Castle Wolfenstein game title and major motion picture, the revelation that old id Software titles were to be made available via Steam, the upcoming debuts of Quake Arena Arcade, Quake Zero (now officially named Quake Live), and Quake Arena DS, also--in an unprecedented move--the announcement of the dates and venue for the next QuakeCon before the current year's event was even finished.
• Date took place: August 2-5, 2007
• Date announced December 18, 2006.
• QuakeCon Final Standings:

1st ever Quad Damage 1v1 Tournament

• 1st Place: Johan "toxjq" Quick - $20,000
• 2nd Place: Magnus "fojji" Olsson - $12,500
• 3rd Place: Tim "Dahang" Fogarty - $7,500
• 4th Place: Mikael "Purri" Tarvainen
• 5th Place: Tim "naymlis" Bowes
• 6th Place: Chance "chance" Lacina
• 7th Place: Rafik "LoSt-CaUzE" Bryant
• 8th Place: Tom "Griffin" Wall

1st Ever Enemy Territory:Quake Wars 6v6 Championship

• 1st Place: Team-Dignitas
• 2nd Place: Team-HOT
• 3rd Place: Check-Six
• 4th Place: Demise
• Reference: Official Announcement
• Reference: Tournament Announcement

[edit] 2008

QuakeCon 2008

• Total Attendance: 6,000+ (estimated)
• Location: Hilton Anatole Hotel, Dallas, Texas, USA.
• Date took place: July 31 - August 3, 2008
• Date announced: August 3, 2007.
• Highlights: QuakeCon 2008 marked the debut of the first-ever Quake Live 1v1 and CTF tournaments. (sponsored by Intel) As well as the Activision Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Team Championships (featuring competitions on both PC and for the first time on Xbox 360), The Alienware Quick-Draw Challenge, and the QuakeCon Ultimate Power Up.
• Reference: Official Announcement
• QuakeCon Final Standings:

Intel Quake Live 1v1 Championship

• 1st Place: Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky - $5,000
• 2nd Place: John "ZeRo4" Hill - $3,000
• 3rd Place: Tom "Griffin" Wall - $1,500
• 4th Place: Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson

Intel Quake Live Capture The Flag Championship

• 1st Place: Billy Maze Dayz - (ZeRo4, 2, viju, cl0ck) - $8,000
• 2nd Place: Team Rage - (wn, kgb, shizem, icel0re) - $4,000
• 3rd Place: In It For The Money - (palarity, bLt, swooped, fox) - $2,000
• 4th Place: Team Johnson - (carnage, relic, Fiend, dkt)

The Activision Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Team Championships (PC)

• 1st Place: mamut.si
• 2nd Place: Kompaniet
• 3rd Place: H2O
• 4th Place: Team Fate

The Activision Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Team Championships (XBOX 360)

• 1st Place: The Green Team
• 2nd Place: CWell Fellas
• 3rd Place: SkullRiders
• 4th Place: Bouncing Blinking Blue Ba

[edit] 2009

• Total Attendance: 7000+
• Location: Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas, United States
• Date took place: August 13, 2009 - August 16, 2009
• Date announced: 12/18/08
• Highlights: Like the year before, Quakecon 2009 had both 1v1 and CTF tournaments for Quake Live. The notable difference with this years tournaments was two separate 1v1 competitions, one for only pro players, and the other was open to everyone else. This was a much appreciated feature from the community because there was no longer as many blow out games in the tournament. djWHEAT (one of the commentators for this years tournaments) also expressed his opinions to John Carmack from the shout casting booth saying that the separation “alleviates any hesitation or frustration” for any amateur players that want a chance to compete.

Intel Quake Live Masters Championship

• 1st Place: Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson - $14,000
• 2nd Place: Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira - $7,500
• 3rd Place: Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky - $4,000
• 4th Place: Tim "Dahang" Fogarty
• 5th/6th Place (tied): Brian "dkt" Flander
• 5th/6th Place (tied): Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone
• 7th/8th Place (tied): Tom "Griffin" Wall
• 7th/8th Place (tied): Magnus "Fojji" Olsson

Intel Quake Live Open Championship

• 1st Place: Jeff "Flysher" Heakes - $1,500
• 2nd Place: Nelson "Hardup" Maxson - $750
• 3rd Place: Clifton "Cliffy" Houck - $250

Quake Live Capture the Flag Championship

• 1st Place: Evil Geniuses (DaHanG, viju, clampOK, id_) - $12,000
• 2nd Place: WhoRunIt (eisenkreuz, kgb, pyro, icel0re) - $6,000
• 3rd Place: Fnatic (stermy, link1n, spart1e, deus, fox) - $4,000
• 4th Place: Loaded (carnage, relic, walter, blt)

[edit] Statistics

For QuakeCon 2004, the following was current:

• Over 200,000 ft² (19,000 m²) of BYOC, vendor, and convention floor space
• BYOC utilized over 1,200 power strips
• Network composed of over 80,000 feet (24 km) of Cat5/Cat5e cable
• Table switching infrastructure: 144 Linksys managed switches
• Core switching infrastructure: Cisco Systems 6509 switch with 7 48 port Gigabit ethernet blades, dual Supervisor 720 modules and dual 4000Watt power supplies
• Setup of all components of the BYOC (network plant, servers, tournament, NOC, etc) was completed with a staff of over 500 unpaid volunteers over a 2-day period. The vendor areas were set up by contractors.

[edit] Popular games

• Age of Empires II
• Battlefield 2
• Call of Duty
• Counter-Strike
• Doom (Source Ports included)
• Doom 3
• Left 4 Dead
• Return to Castle Wolfenstein
• QuakeLive
• Quakeworld
• Quake II
• Quake III Arena
• Quake 4
• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
• Team Fortress 2
• Warcraft III
• Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

[edit] Community

The QuakeCon community primarily organizes itself online, through IRC. The main channel for everything related to the event is #quakecon on GameSurge. Here you can find people discussing not only the event but also chatting almost every hour of every day with their friends.

The QuakeCon website also hosts the QuakeCon Forums, a common place for new members to introduce themselves to the community, ask questions about the event, organize for rides to the convention, and discuss event developments. Membership on the forums is open to all and is a requirement of registration for the event.

Quakecon atendee since 2002, Ahab The Arab was officialy recognized as the 'Celebrity of Quakecon' in late 2009. This is due in part to his annual Photo Shop Ahab contest, forum interaction, bringing international attention to Quakecon and overall socialite standing.

[edit] Sponsors

QuakeCon is primarily paid for by id Software in conjunction with the sponsorship of leading technology companies. Often companies will forego a large monetary sponsorship and will instead elect to lend equipment to the event as a promotional measure.

Past sponsors of the event include Activision, nVidia, AMD, Aspyr, Apple, ATI Technologies, Alienware, Ageia, 1UP Network, FragArcade, Intel, D-Link, Logitech, Linksys, Spike TV, Newegg.com and Lucent Technologies

[edit] External links

• Quakecon.org — Official website
• Official photo galleries
• Photos of the first QuakeCon (1996)
• Quakeconpics.com — A collection of photos from past QuakeCons
• QuakeCon 2007 in Pictures — A large collection of photos from QuakeCon 2007
• Quakecon 2008 Experience Video

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