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I just sent this in an email to everyone, but here is the online, indexed, static version!

Get ready for kick a** event at GEEX, only a little over 1 week away! Some great elements have been added to the event. Many sponsors have banded together to make this first year a great start for a long over due Utah Gaming and Electronics EXpo, and each following year will be even better!

Tournaments will include both PC and Xbox360 games with over $25,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs from Palit Multimedia, Geekbox, Landing Zone, Intel, NVIDIA and more! The tournament games include TF2, CS, TMNF, DotA, Halo 3, CoD 4, GH3, Gears of War, and Fight Night. As you can see, the tournament schedule is quite full, so expect some heavy competition. Vansilli will be shout casting the PC tournament matches, and he'll be putting together some great video for you to show your buddies after you recuperate.

The LAN party will run from 12:00 pm (noon) on Thursday (July 17), through 7:00 PM on Saturday (July 19), that's 55 hours of pure gaming fun, if you can handle it. The prepay discount has been extended to July 13th as well, so you can have more time to take advantage of the savings. The Marriott Hotel is across the street from the Salt Palace (to the East) will offer you a room for just $69 per night, just tell them you are with the GEEX event and they'll hook you up with that sweet rate. It'll be a good place to crash and shower if you are coming from far away.

Exhibitors are coming in slowly, but there are a few great companies that have come on board. Play n Trade, FatPipe, Best Buy, Dust-off and more! There will be speakers from the IGDA, Disney Interactive, Neumont University, Project Wish, Sensory Sweep Studios, and more! Check the speakers section of the website (http://www.geexshow.com/speakers.php) to make sure you are able to be present when the speaker that interests you will be there.

The first year event has been a bit of a rough road and a learning experience for all parties involved and we expect a nice turnout this time. Your support and the support from the gaming community will keep Salt Lake City on the map as a leader in technology and entertainment. We'll see you all there and bring some friends and spread the good word so we can continue to expand the event!

-p0wd3r
protocol42.com

Sent on behalf of the GEEX organizers.
GEEXshow.com - You'd better be there...

I'm looking forward to the event!

Here's an article that came up today in the des news about it:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,514...66,00.html

nice find empok, but...

wow, no props to p42. :/

No worries about the props. The ones that know what a LAN party is, already know who's running it.

True, but if we wanted to attract those that didn't know P42 throws kick ass LAN Parties at the UofU this comment makes it look like the University throws their own LAN Parties..

So do you think that having GEEX the same week as E3 made it difficult to get more exibitors?

Though I noticed there isn't really any game developers showing up as exibitors anyways.

I don't think E3 had much impact on GeeX exhibitors, I think that most major vendors want to see an event be around for a year or so before they put much stock into it, so now that the first year is out of the way, hopefully next year larger sponsors can be secured and a better venue (where parking is free) can be secured.

Amen Brotha...

Yup, next year they're looking at the South Towne Expo Center. Free parking, mid valley location, no downtown traffic to worry about, still close to TRAX, and it'll only be 2 days (Friday-Saturday). However, I'm going to try and get the LAN party able to push into the wee hours of Sunday morning (say 10 am?) with a Sunday tear down. But there is a lot of discussion that needs to be made in the coming months to iron out all of the kinks.

Awesome powder, that sounds like an amazing plan for next lan party, hopefully we will be able to secure it.

Geex08 this year was def a success in my opinion, and you can tell there are alot of people invested in this event and it looks like we will get even more support, sponsorships, and involvement in the years to come!