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The yearly gaming mecca known as QuakeCon, featuring the biggest BYOC (bring your own computer) LAN in the great state of Texas, is set to kick-off starting July 23 through the 26. What you didn't know is that the QuakeCon team announced the registration dates for the event. Like last year, all pre-registration spots in the BYOC will be pay-for only with no First-Come-First-Served spots available.
This year, there will be a total of five registration rounds offered:
- BYOC Select-a-Seat with UAC Command Center Seating
- 32 packages, $500 per package
- Wednesday, March 4 at 7pm CST / 8PM EST
- BYOC Select-a-Seat with QuakeCon done Quick
- 300 packages, $175 per package
- Wednesday, March 11 at 7pm CST / 8PM EST
- BYOC Select-a-Seat + Swag Pack
- 500 packages, $170 per package
- Wednesday, March 18 at 7pm CST / 8PM EST
- BYOC Select-a-Seat
- 1600 packages, $55 per package
- Wednesday, March 25 at 7pm CST / 8PM EST
- Swag Pack
- 50 packages, $125 per package
- Wednesday, April 1 at 7pm CST / 8PM EST
If you a familiar with the QuakeCon pay-for packaging strategies, most of the packages look familiar. The newest package offering is the UAC Command Center Seating package, featuring a VIP seat in the NOC with direct access for your system to the backbone and guaranteeing you the fastest network access at the event.
Package details after the break.
UAC Command Center Seating Package
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- Select and Reserve a VIP seat at the NOC in the BYOC
- Express lane fast-pass registration for the BYOC
- Express lane fast-pass to every panel, presentation, and public event at QuakeCon
- Limited reserved access seating for all panels, presentations, and events
- Ability to plug your PC directly into the core
- Official QuakeCon 2015 T-Shirt
- Official QuakeCon 2015 BYOC T-Shirt
- Official QuakeCon 2015 UAC Lanyard
- QuakeCon 2015 branded 4400 mAh power bank
QuakeCon done Quick Package
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- Select and Reserve a guaranteed seat of your choice in the BYOC area
- Express lane fast-pass registration for the BYOC
- Express lane fast-pass to every panel, presentation, and public event at QuakeCon
- Limited reserved access seating for all panels, presentations, and events
- Official QuakeCon 2015 T-Shirt
- Official QuakeCon 2015 BYOC T-Shirt
- Official QuakeCon 2015 QdQ Lanyard
- QuakeCon 2015 branded 4400 mAh power bank
BYOC Select-a-Seat Package
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- Select and Reserve a guaranteed seat of your choice in the BYOC area
- Official QuakeCon 2015 BYOC T-Shirt
- Official QuakeCon 2014 Lanyard
Swag Pack Package
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- Official QuakeCon 2015 T-Shirt
- TWO Special Limited Edition T-Shirts
- QuakeCon exclusive hoodie
- QuakeCon 2015 branded 4400 mAh power bank
About QuakeCon
In its 20th year, QuakeCon is a non-stop celebration of games and the people who play them, where thousands of gamers join together to play on a world-class network, culminating in North America’s largest BYOC (Bring-Your-Own-Computer) LAN party.
Often described as the “Woodstock of Gaming,” QuakeCon is a four-day, non-stop celebration of games and the people who play them. Free to attend and open to the public, QuakeCon 2015 will feature North America’s largest Bring-Your-Own-Computer (BYOC) LAN party. QuakeCon also offers plenty of excitement for those who don’t bring their own computer. Non-gamers can participate in drawings and competitions with huge cash prizes, check out the exhibit hall with the latest games and hardware, take part in the new tabletop gaming area, and attend the non-stop entertainment, parties and events. . Bethesda will be showing some of their upcoming games and will offer attendees the chance to go hands on with some of their most anticipated titles for the first time.
First created in 1996 by a group of friends on IRC and now going into its twentieth year, QuakeCon remains true to its original mission as an event created by gamers, for gamers. Sponsored by id Software, Bethesda Softworks and other industry-leading software and hardware manufacturers, QuakeCon continues to be run by a dedicated group of volunteers, including an executive team with more than 75 years of combined experience producing the event.
I remember when this was a
I remember when this was a free event and there was a mad rush on registration day to get a first-come-first-served seat reserved. Now 2400 seats are being sold through the packages listed above. Do they not do any of the free seating anymore, or do you have to shell out for the cheapest $55 package to even hope to get a LAN spot? (Not that $55 for 4 days of gaming is expensive)
For a guaranteed spot, you
For a guaranteed spot, you need to pay for it. But they will be offering several hundred via social media-based contests as well (which was done last year as well)…
Have they ever had a full
Have they ever had a full house? It seems they always have empty spots every year.
They sell out of all the
They sell out of all the spots, its whether or not the ppl that paid for those spots show up. Usually it pretty full come Friday night, but ppl start trickling out Saturday…