Ladies and Gentlemen, JSM Lan Party 2006 is upon us! The powers-at-be have requested I re-extend the invitation to Massassi again this year:

What it is:

[From the site]
The Jacob Smith Memorial LAN party is a charitable event held once a year to help raise money for cancer research. Jacob Smith was 16 years old when he passed away after a long battle with cancer. This event is held in remembrance of his life and to give hope to other victims of this disease.

Where it is:

Duluth, Minnesota: Harbor City International School

When it is:

July 20th - 22nd
That's right, THREE days of awesome.

How much it is:

$20 for PC, $10 for console/idle watchers.
Not only is this absolutely inexpensive compared to some lan parties: Almost 100% of that goes to Cancer Research. Everyone involved with this event is donating their time, and in some cases, even their own money.

Why it is:

This LAN is put together by a bunch of teenagers. Besides the obvious wanting to have some fun, this event shows that young gamers are GOOD PEOPLE TOO! Good enough to want to help out the Cancer Research and help save people like Jacob Smith. The entire event is admirable, and really worth the cause.

What to do:

GO AND PRE-REGISTER! Genki and I both are already pre-registered, as well as my lovely lady. If you can make it (Yecti, Cazor, Buck?) pre-register and possibly win an i-pod nano! This pre-registration also helps them figure out how much food they need, etc.

As you already noticed, two of massassi's coolest cats are going to be there: YOU SHOULD BE THERE TOO!

JediKirby

Yeah. Genki *is* everyone's favourite Genk.

I could make it, but the cities to Duluth is a long drive (for a lan), plus I would have nowhere to stay

Haha. That's exactly the same dates as JELP.

I'd go if I lived in America and wasn't going to the aforementioned JELP.

That's the point. You stay at the lan party the full 3 days. Sleeping bags and all. No need to stay anywhere. 20 dollars for 3 nights, food, and a t-shirt.

That's a value I wouldn't turn down.

I'll work on it Kirby. It's gonna be tough convincing my parents to let me go to Duluth, MN which is 6 hours of way to stay at a school for 3 days and game.

Cities to Duluth is nothing! you wankers

I live an hour farther then that, NOTHING

(oh, and I might be able to con my girl into coming kirbs, might be meeting with Sarah tommorrow too)

Girl!? This is new. Inform me via AIM my friend!

If I have any way of getting there, I'll consider it.

But 20 bucks isn't inexpensive at all. That's about normal fare for LAN parties.

Three days of lan? With food included? A nice t-shirt on top of all that?

Oh, and PRIZES!?

The ones I've been to, yeah :p

wait, we all get shirts this year?

sweet

I work way too much. I'll try though.

Why must I live in Illinois?

I think it'd actually work better if the LAN party was hosted in a state that actually had people in it.

You mean a state besides one that houses a very significant amount of Massassians? Not to say all reside there, but a noticable amount are there.

Psh. I'm driving from Atlanta for this.

...actually... dammit. I'll be in Ohio the next weekend playing shows.... I guess that's too late though.

I'll be passing through Duluth in 2 days...sucks I missed this

going north? you'll drive through Eveleth, maybe

(my town)

Well I live in Wisconsin, so it would only take about 6 hours to get to Duluth.

But anyway, we are just stopping in Duluth before we head up to canada.

sweet, MN/Canada is great for fishing season. Have a nice drive up 53, don't hit any mint green subaru's, I'd be sad if you hit my car.

edit: unless you're going up the North Shore, its still a nice drive up that