NETWAR 19.0 - This Weekend!posted by Curium on July 25, 2010 at 12:00 amExciting news, everyone can come out of hibernation again! NETWAR 19.0 IS THIS WEEKEND!!! For real this time... Sorry about the typo in the email subject a few weeks ago. Anyway, I hope everyone is excited about the event as much as the admins are! It is going to be an amazing event and one sure not to miss. Don't be left out in the dark and regret missing it.
Prizes
You absolutely should NOT miss this event, we have too many prizes to give away! Please help us out by attending the event and walking away with a sweet prize!
-Cox Communications is giving away over $1,000 worth of prizes! Details coming soon.
-Crucial Memory is giving away 128GB Solid State Hard Drives, that retail at $399 for each member of the winning dodge ball team!
-Bigfoot Networks donated a Killer 2100 network card for the raffle!
-TN Games is letting us use a 3rd Space Gaming Vest during the event, and then raffle it away!
-INWIN and Cooler Master have a bunch of awesome computer cases to win!
We have many more cool prizes to give away, please visit our event details page for more information.
Funcom is giving away 45 key codes for Age of Conan to our attendees. This week we are going to draw winners and send out emails to those winners with their key!
Special offer for NETWAR attendees. Want $10 off on the purchase of your very own 3rd space vest? Use promo code: TNVEST at
www.tngames.com to make that happen!
Event Time
NETWAR 19.0 will open at 7:00pm on Friday July 30th and end at 9:00pm on Saturday. Please be respectful, do not enter the venue before 7:00pm, we will have the power to the tables turned off and will turn away any early birds. I know you are excited about the event, but this is very disruptive to our staff who is still setting up and are usually in a mad dash in these last minutes.
Last Call Event Registration & Prepay
If you still have not prepaid for the event, you can still get in, go ahead and get yourself registered and prepaid as soon as possible. To prepay, all you need to do is visit www.netwar.org and click on "Prepay now". You may pay with PayPal or a credit/debit card. To pay with credit/debit, during the checkout click on "Don't have a PayPal account? Use your credit card or bank account". If you absolutely cannot pay online, please contact us and we can provide you with other options.
Make sure to remind all of your friends to register and prepay, remember friends don't let friends miss LAN parties.
Driving Directions
Directions to the venue can be found here -
http://www.netwar.org/index.php?page=thedigz_directions
Check-In Procedure
To expedite the check-in process, we have changed our check-in procedure just slightly.
All attendees must download our updated waiver from our site, fill it out, sign it, and bring it along with you to the event.
You must fill-out this waiver regardless if you have signed one for past events.
Please note a new field on the waiver, the Attendee ID, you can find your number from the event details page - Registered Attendees section. Please fill this 1 to 4 digit number in, as we will use this number to quickly identify you in the system and get you checked in and registered for the raffle.
If you are under the age of 18, you must have the waiver signed by a parent or guardian.
Please hand the waiver to our check-in staff when you arrive at the venue.
Grab the waiver here -
http://www.netwar.org/?page=files
What To Bring / FAQ
For information on what to bring to the event and how to prepare your computer before attending, please visit - http://www.netwar.org/?page=gear
Frequently Asked Questions - http://www.netwar.org/?page=faq
Be sure to have your computer in working and stable order, as well as virus and spyware free! Please have all games you want to play installed and patched to the latest version, as well as tested before the event.
Table Space for BYOC (Bring your own computer)
Due to space and power restrictions, your entry into the event allows you to bring (1) computer and (1) monitor, you will be provided with table space with (1) power plug (you'll need a power strip) and (1) network port. If you wish to bring a second computer or a second monitor and wish to consume an entire 2 person table for yourself, you will need to register for an additional seat. FOR THIS WEEK ONLY! Your second seat cost is only $10. Please contact us about registering and paying for your second seat. This is based on availability, we reserve the right to refuse and refund your second seat at the event.
Food & Drink
A large selection of food and beverages (non-alcoholic) will be available for purchase from the kitchen for the entire event.
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BRING FOOD OR DRINK INTO THE VENUE. I cannot stress this enough, this is not our rule. The venue staff will evict you from the premises for breaking this rule. You are welcomed to leave and grab food and drink from somewhere else, just do not bring it back inside with you.
Loading / Unloading Computer At The Event
Please park in the large south parking lot. When you are loading/unloading your computer you may park near the door. After you have completed unloading, please MOVE YOUR CAR!! to a spot farther away so that other attendees can have an easy time getting their computers in/out just like you did.
Please use the southwest doors to enter the building, they will be marked.
When you get to the event, you may come right inside and bring in your computer and put it where you want to sit. Sometime soon come to the registration table and get yourself checked in. We will enter you into the raffle drawing and give you a lanyard. The lanyard must be worn at all times.
Feel free to sign in to our forums to post about tournaments, teams, upcoming game releases, and pretty much anything else that sparks your interest.
Thank you for our attending our events, it is going to be a great time. I will see you this weekend!
NETWAR 19.0 - Next Weekend!posted by Curium on July 19, 2010 at 12:00 amDid you know that NETWAR 19.0 is next weekend? Are you registered and prepaid for it? Well I hope so! It's going to be an event NOT to miss!
NETWAR 19.0 will take place at The Digz Sports Arena in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday July 30, 2010 at 7:00pm. The event will last for 26 hours straight, ending at 9:00pm on Saturday night, July 31st.
Vote for Games You Play
Help us better understand what games will be popular at the event, this will especially help us organize the suggested game periods.
http://www.netwar.org/index.php?page=games_vote
Tournaments
Tournament have been updated on posted on our web site, please visit for more details.
Team Fortress 2 - 6v6 - Control Point
Counter-Strike: Source - 5v5
StarCraft II
Heroes of Newerth
Dodge Ball - 5v5 (Sponsored by Crucial Memory) - 128GB Solid State Hard Drives for each member of the winning team ($400/ea)
Prizes
We are excited to announce that we have a ton of prizes to give away to our attendees donated from our amazing sponsors, please help support them.
Sponsors
Our amazing event sponsors:
Cox Communications
Crucial Memory
Computer Power User
Cooler Master
IN WIN
Geeks.com
Bigfoot Networks
NVIDIA
Funcom
Table Space for BYOC (Bring your own computer)
Due to space and power restrictions, your entry into the event allows you to bring (1) computer and (1) monitor, you will be provided with table space with (1) power plug (you'll need a power strip) and (1) network port. If you wish to bring a second computer or a second monitor and wish to consume an entire 2 person table for yourself, you will need to register for an additional seat. Your second seat cost will be $5 less than your initial seat cost. Please contact us at least 1 week prior to the event to register for your second seat. If you wish to bring a server, please read the BYOS section.
This is a computer gaming event, you will not be allowed to bring televisions or console systems.
For more information on what to bring with you to the event, please read the What to Bring section on our web site.
Bring Your Own Server (BYOS)
For those of you who would like to bring a server, you may do so at no charge. Please contact us at least 1 week prior to the event and confirm a spot in the server area for your server. We will provide you with a static IP address to have setup on your server before you bring it. Your server must be remotely manageable over the network. We will provide you with (1) power plug and (1) network plug, no monitors or keyboards will be allowed.
Event Registration & Prepay
This event will require you to register and prepay ahead of time, the sooner you prepay the larger of a discount on the entry fee you will receive. We instituted this to better help us plan and prepare for the event, it gives us a true count of attendees that will attend well in advance. To prepay, all you need to do is visit www.netwar.org and click on "Prepay now". You may pay with PayPal or a credit/debit card. To pay with credit/debit, during the checkout click on "Don't have a PayPal account? Use your credit card or bank account". For this event we will NOT be accepting payments at the door, you MUST prepay online to be able to attend our events. If you absolutely cannot pay online, please contact us and we can provide you with other options.
Entry Fee Breakdown
$25 (If pre-paid online before July 12th)
$30 (If pre-paid online between July 12th - July 16th)
$35 (If pre-paid online between July 17th - July 23rd)
$40 (If pre-paid online between July 24th - July 31st)
Prepay payments can be refunded before July 24th, to request a refund, please contact us.
The sooner you prepay the better it helps us to plan and prepare for the event, this is why we penalized the door fee for payments that are getting near event time.
Event entry fee will not be accepted at the door, you must prepay online to attend.
Treat this like a concert that is sold out, you must have bought your tickets early, and if you don't show for the event your tickets are not refundable. However, we are graciously offering a refund up until July 24th.
For more information about the event, please read through our web site.
NETWAR 19.0 - This Month!posted by Curium on July 7, 2010 at 6:04 amNETWAR 19.0 is right around the corner, it is this month! The event will take place at The Digz Sports Arena in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday July 30, 2010 at 7:00pm. The event will last for 26 hours straight, ending at 9:00pm on Saturday night, July 31st.
Photos and Videos
We would like to invite you to check out the photos and video from NETWAR 18.0.
Photos - http://www.netwar.org/gallery/netwar-18
Videos - http://www.netwar.org/?page=videos
Upcoming Event Registration & Prepay
This event will require you to register and prepay ahead of time, the sooner you prepay the larger of a discount on the entry fee you will receive. We instituted this to better help us plan and prepare for the event, it gives us a true count of attendees that will attend well in advance. To prepay, all you need to do is visit www.netwar.org and click on "Prepay now". You may pay with PayPal or a credit/debit card. To pay with credit/debit, during the checkout click on "Don't have a PayPal account? Use your credit card or bank account". For this event we will NOT be accepting payments at the door, you MUST prepay online to be able to attend our events. If you absolutely cannot pay online, please contact us and we can provide you with other options.
Entry Fee Breakdown
$25 (If pre-paid online before July 12th)
$30 (If pre-paid online between July 12th - July 16th)
$35 (If pre-paid online between July 17th - July 23rd)
$40 (If pre-paid online between July 24th - July 31st)
Prepay payments can be refunded before July 24th, to request a refund, please contact us.
The sooner you prepay the better it helps us to plan and prepare for the event, this is why we penalized the door fee for payments that are getting near event time.
Event entry fee will not be accepted at the door, you must prepay online to attend.
Treat this like a concert that is sold out, you must have bought your tickets early, and if you don't show for the event your tickets are not refundable. However, we are graciously offering a refund up until July 24th.
Tournaments (WE NEED MORE VOTES!)
Please help us decide what official PC based tournaments to run at NETWAR 19.0 by visiting the web site and clicking on 'Vote Tournaments'. To help protect our voting system from people who vote and never actually attend our events, you must now be prepaid for our event to be able to vote for tournaments.
Prizes
We have a large amount of prizes coming in from our sponsors! We are currently finalizing the list and should have them posted in a week or two. We are excited to be giving it all away at the event! Just in case you were not aware, you must actually attend the event to win! So get registered and get to the event! You don't want to miss out!
Games Played At The Event
Not only will we be running some awesome tournaments, but we will also be organizing gamers to get together and play a laundry list of games including:
Starcraft 2
Supreme Commander 2
Dawn of War 2
Heroes of Newrth
World of Warcraft and many other MMORPGS
Command & Conquer 4
Borderlands
Grand Theft Auto IV
Warcraft III
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Team Fortress 2
Counter-Strike: Source
Left 4 Dead 2
And many others!
Dodge Ball Tournament
Crucial Memory will unfortunately be unable to attend this event. But don't panic! The NETWAR staff will be stepping up and continuing the dodge ball tradition by organizing and running a dodge ball tournament that will be sponsored by Crucial Memory providing the winners with some sweet swag!
Facebook
Like our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/NETWAR-LAN-Parties/229446924675
Spread The Word
Our LAN parties would not have grown to the size they are today without your help. Please continue this tradition by helping us spread the word about our amazing events. Do your part and post about our events on Facebook, Twitter, forums and any other places you think would help. In addition, our event flyer can be grabbed off our web site and placed in public locations such as schools and work. As always, the trusty word-of-mouth method should be able to easily spark interest with others you know.
Now go get yourself registered and prepaid, and we will see you there! It is going to be an amazing event and one not to miss!
NETWAR 19.0 - Registration Open!posted by Curium on May 24, 2010 at 10:26 pmThe NETWAR staff has some exciting news to announce, so we wanted to send an email out to everyone! Okay, I guess we do this every time we have exciting news... But, this should knock your socks off!
We are very excited to announce a SUMMER LAN PARTY!!! It has been 5 years since we have had an event in the summer!
I told you it was exciting! Now you need to go find your socks.
NETWAR 19.0 will take place at The Digz Sports Arena in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday July 30, 2010 at 7:00pm. The event will last for 26 hours straight, ending at 9:00pm on Saturday night, July 31st.
Please make sure you read through this email, there is a lot of updates to catch.
Upcoming Event Registration & Prepay
This event will require you to register and prepay ahead of time, the sooner you prepay the larger of a discount on the entry fee you will receive. We instituted this to better help us plan and prepare for the event, it gives us a true count of attendees that will attend well in advance. To prepay, all you need to do is visit www.netwar.org and click on "Prepay now". You may pay with PayPal or a credit/debit card. To pay with credit/debit, during the checkout click on "Don't have a PayPal account? Use your credit card or bank account". For this event we will NOT be accepting payments at the door,
you MUST prepay online to be able to attend our events. If you absolutely cannot pay online, please contact us and we can provide you with other options.
Entry Fee Breakdown
$25 (If pre-paid online before July 10th)
$30 (If pre-paid online between July 10th - July 16th)
$35 (If pre-paid online between July 17th - July 23rd)
$40 (If pre-paid online between July 24th - July 31st)
Prepay payments can be refunded before July 24th, to request a refund, please contact us.
The sooner you prepay the better it helps us to plan and prepare for the event, this is why we penalized the door fee for payments that are getting near event time.
Event entry fee will not be accepted at the door, you must prepay online to attend.
Treat this like a concert that is sold out, you must have bought your tickets early, and if you don't show for the event your tickets are not refundable. However, we graciously offer a refund up until July 24th.
Tournaments
Please help us decide what official PC based tournaments to run at NETWAR 19.0 by visiting the web site and clicking on 'Vote Tournaments'. To help protect our voting system from people who vote and never actually attend our events, you must now be prepaid for our event to be able to vote for tournaments.
Facebook
Like our Facebook page:
NETWAR Facebook Page
Spread The Word
Our LAN parties would not have grown to the size they are today without your help. Please continue this tradition by helping us spread the word about our amazing events. Do your part and post about our events on Facebook, Twitter, forums and any other places you think would help. In addition, our event flyer can be grabbed off our web site and placed in public locations such as schools and work. As always, the trusty word-of-mouth method should be able to easily spark interest with others you know.
Missing Gamers (CALLING ALL GAMERS!)
For those of you that have not attended a LAN party in years, it's time to break that terrible habit! That’s why I will be sponsoring a "Lanners Come Home" program. If you have not attended a NETWAR LAN party in over 3 years, you will have (2) options when you attend NETWAR 19.0. You can either have me buy you a meal of your choice from what we serve or the ability to take a FREE dodge ball throw at me (excluding my lower region). This excludes any new attendees; Yes, I know you have not been to one of our events in 3 years! ? My hope is that this offer will draw at least a few people out of hiding and get you into a seat at the event. If not, and you feel you need a bigger incentive, contact me.
NETWAR 18.0 - This Weekend!posted by Curium on February 24, 2010 at 6:41 amI know you all have been waiting for these words... NETWAR 18.0 IS THIS WEEKEND!
Prizes
You absolutely cannot miss this event, we have too many prizes to give away! Please help us out by attending the event and walking away with a sweet prize!
-Crucial Memory is giving away 128GB Solid State Hard Drives with 250MB read speed, that retail at $399 for each member of the winning dodge ball team!
-Cox Communications is giving away Visa gift cards, a 23 inch LCD monitor, and 6 months of FREE Premier speed Internet!
-Computer Power User is giving every attendee a free 6 month subscription to their magazine.. All you have to do is attend! Easy enough right?
-We are raffling off (3) $399 computer cases from Cooler Master!
We have many more cool prizes to give away, please visit our event details page for more information.
Event Time
NETWAR 18.0 will open at 7:00pm on Friday February 26th and end at 9:00pm on Saturday. Please be respectful, do not enter the venue before 7:00pm, we will have the power to the tables turned off and will turn away any early birds. I know you are excited about the event, but this is very disruptive to our staff who is still setting up and are usually in a mad dash in these last minutes.
Directions to the venue can be found here -
http://www.netwar.org/index.php?page=thedigz_directions
New Check-In Procedure
To expedite the check-in process, we have changed our check-in procedure just slightly.
All attendees must download our updated waiver from our site, fill it out, sign it, and bring it along with you to the event.
You must fill-out this waiver regardless if you have signed one for past events.
Please note a new field on the waiver, the Attendee ID, you can find your number from the event details page - Registered Attendees section. Please fill this 1 to 4 digit number in, as we will use this number to quickly identify you in the system and get you checked in and registered for the raffle.
If you are under the age of 18, you must have the waiver signed by a parent or guardian.
Please hand the waiver to our check-in staff when you arrive at the venue.
All pre-paid attendees will quickly be checked-in, anyone who has not pre-paid will owe $40 at the door.
Grab the waiver here - http://www.netwar.org/?page=files
Seating Available
There are still seats available, even though we show we are over 250 registered attendees, we only have 158 pre-paid attendees. So all you need to do is pre-pay and you are guaranteed a seat. Regardless, we do not anticipate filling all of the seats, so there will still be seats available at the event.
What To Bring / FAQ
For information on what to bring to the event and how to prepare your computer before attending, please visit - http://www.netwar.org/?page=gear
Frequently Asked Questions - http://www.netwar.org/?page=faq
Food & Drink
A large selection of food and beverages (non-alcoholic) will be available for purchase from the kitchen for the entire event.
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BRING FOOD OR DRINK INTO THE VENUE. I cannot stress this enough, this is not our rule. The venue staff will evict you from the premises for breaking this rule. You are welcomed to leave and grab food and drink from somewhere else, just do not bring it back inside with you.
Loading / Unloading Computer At The Event
Please park in the large south parking lot. When you are loading/unloading your computer you may park near the door. After you have completed unloading, please
MOVE YOUR CAR!! to a spot farther away so that other attendees can have an easy time getting their computers in/out just like you did.
Please use the southwest doors to enter the building, they will be marked.
When you get to the event, you may come right inside and bring in your computer and put it where you want to sit. Sometime soon come to the registration table and get yourself checked in and paid. We will enter you into the raffle drawing and give you a lanyard.
The lanyard must be worn at all times.
Feel free to sign in to our forums to post about tournaments, teams, upcoming game releases, and pretty much anything else that sparks your interest.
Thank you for our attending our events, it is going to be a great time. I will see you this weekend!
NETWAR 18.0 - Next Weekend!posted by Curium on February 16, 2010 at 12:00 amDid you know that NETWAR 18.0 is next weekend? Are you registered and prepaid for it? Well I hope so! It's going to be an event NOT to miss!
NETWAR 18.0 will take place at The Digz Sports Arena in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday February 26, 2010 at 7:00pm. The event will last for 26 hours straight, ending at 9:00pm on Saturday night.
Upcoming Event Registration & Prepay
This event will require you to register and prepay ahead of time to receive the discounted entry fee. To prepay, all you need to do is visit www.netwar.org and click on "Prepay now". You may pay with PayPal or a credit/debit card. To pay with credit/debit, during the checkout click on "Don't have a PayPal account? Use your credit card or bank account". If you absolutely cannot pay online, please contact us and we can provide you with other options. Prepaying online will guarantee yourself a seat at the event.
Prepay Deadline Extended
For you slackers, the prepay deadline for the discounted $25 entry fee has been extended from Feb 19th to Feb 21st. This means you need to have completed your payment with us by 11:59pm on Feb 20th, this Saturday. For the many attendees that have already prepaid, we thank you.
Entry Fee Breakdowns:
$25 (If pre-paid online before Feb 21st)
$35 (If pre-paid online before Feb 26th)
$40 (If pre-paid online on Feb 26th or paying in cash at door)
Prepay payments can be refunded before Feb 24th, to request a refund, please contact us.
Tournaments
All tournament rules have been updated on posted on our web site, please visit for more details.
Left 4 Dead 2 - 4v4 - Versus
Call of Duty 4 - 5v5 - Search and Destroy
Counter-Strike: Source - 5v5
Team Fortress 2 - 6v6 - Control Point
Dodge Ball - 5v5 (Sponsored by Crucial Memory)
Prizes
We are excited to announce that we have over $8,000 in prizes to give away to our attendees donated from our amazing sponsors, please help support them. Heck, just for showing up you get a free 6 month subscription to CPU magazine ($20 value).
Sponsors
Our amazing event sponsors:
Cox Communications
Crucial Memory
Computer Power User
Cooler Master
Geeks.com
Patriot Memory
TRENDnet
Table Space for BYOC (Bring your own computer)
Due to space and power restrictions, your entry into the event allows you to bring (1) computer and (1) monitor, you will be provided with table space with (1) power plug (you'll need a power strip) and (1) network port. If you wish to bring a second computer or a second monitor and wish to consume an entire 2 person table for yourself, you will need to register for an additional seat. Your second seat cost will be $5 less than your initial seat cost. Please contact us at least 2 weeks prior to the event to register for your second seat. If you wish to bring a server, please read the BYOS section.
This is a computer gaming event, you will not be allowed to bring televisions or console systems.
For more information on what to bring with you to the event:
http://www.netwar.org/?page=gear
Bring Your Own Server (BYOS)
For those of you who would like to bring a server, you may do so at no charge. Please contact us at least 1 week prior to the event and confirm a spot in the server area for your server. We will provide you with a static IP address to have setup on your server before you bring it. Your server must be remotely manageable over the network. We will provide you with (1) power plug and (1) network plug, no monitors or keyboards will be allowed.
NETWAR 18.0 - 26 days away!posted by Curium on January 31, 2010 at 6:47 pm
T minus 26 days until NETWAR 18.0!! I hope you are as excited as our staff is for this event. It is going to be an amazing LAN party and one not to miss. You don't want to be that person, the one who has to say, "I missed NETWAR 18". You, of course, want to be the person that gets to say, "I was there, I fragged, and it was a blast!"
NETWAR 18.0 will take place at The Digz Sports Arena in the great city of Omaha, Nebraska on Friday February 26, 2010 at 7:00pm. The event will last for 26 hours straight, ending at 9:00pm on Saturday night.
We would like to invite you to check out the photos and video from NETWAR 17.0, the video includes the infamous Crucial Memory Dodge Ball Tournament footage.
Video -
http://www.netwar.org/?page=videos
Photos -
http://www.netwar.org/gallery/netwar-17
Upcoming Event Registration & Prepay
This event will require you to register and prepay ahead of time to receive the
discounted entry fee. To prepay, all you need to do is visit
www.netwar.org and click on "Prepay now". You may pay with PayPal or a credit/debit card. To pay with credit/debit, during the checkout click on "Don't have a PayPal account? Use your credit card or bank account". If you absolutely cannot pay online, please contact us and we can provide you with other options.
Entry Fee Breakdowns:
$25 (If pre-paid online before Feb 19th)
$35 (If pre-paid online before Feb 26th)
$40 (If pre-paid online on Feb 26th or paying in cash at door)
Prepay payments can be refunded before Feb 24th, to request a refund, please contact us.
Spread The Word
Our LAN parties would not have grown to the size they are today without your help. Please continue this tradition by helping us spread the word about our amazing events. Do your part and post about our events on Facebook, Twitter, forums and any other places you think would help. In addition, our event flyer can be grabbed off our web site and placed in public locations such as schools and work. As always, the trusty word-of-mouth method should be able to easily spark interest with others you know.
Missing Gamers (CALLING ALL GAMERS!)
For those of you that have not attended a LAN party in years, it's time to break that terrible habit! That's why I will be sponsoring a "Lanners Come Home" program. If you have not attended a NETWAR LAN party in over 3 years, you will have (2) options when you attend NETWAR 18.0. You can either have me buy you a meal of your choice from what we serve or the ability to take a FREE dodge ball throw at me (excluding my lower region). This excludes any new attendees; Yes, I know you have not been to one of our events in 3 years! J My hope is that this offer will draw at least a few people out of hiding and get you into a seat at the event. If not, and you feel you need a bigger incentive, contact me.
Tournaments
We are excited to announce the following tournaments for NETWAR 18.0
Left 4 Dead 2 - 4v4 - Versus
Call of Duty 4 - 5v5 - Search and Destroy
Counter-Strike: Source - 5v5
Dodge Ball - 5v5 (Sponsored by Crucial Memory)
We would have loved to offer Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 as a tournament, but the game simply is not suitable for tournament play at this time.
For more details about the tournaments please visit our web site.
Sponsors
We are excited to announce the following sponsors:
Cox Communications
Crucial Memory
Computer Power User
In-Win
Geeks.com
TRENDnet
Dodge Ball Tournament (Sponsored by Crucial Memory)
Crucial is back at NETWAR and will be bringing Crucial Ballistix Tracer high-performance memory, solid-state drives, and other prizes... and they're running Round 2 of the infamous "Crucial Dodgeball Tournament!" w00t! Visit Sam and Jeremy at the Crucial demo table during the event to sign up your team of 5 (or sign up individually to be placed on a team). The first 50 signups receive a new Crucial Memory Hawg T-shirt!
Did you miss the last time Crucial came to NETWAR? Check out this headshot from the tourney:
http://www.youtube.com/user/CrucialMemory#p/u/15/5F9DgZ6JcYs
Table Space for BYOC (Bring your own computer)
Your entry into the event allows you to bring (1) computer, you will be provided with table space with (1) power plug (you'll need a power strip) and (1) network port. If you wish to bring a second computer or wish to consume an entire 2 person table for yourself, you may register for an additional seat, this will allow you to bring (2) computers. Your second seat cost will be $5 less than your initial seat cost. Please contact us at least 2 weeks prior to the event to register for your second seat. If you wish to bring a server, please read the BYOS section.
This is a computer gaming event, you will not be allowed to bring televisions or console systems.
For more information on what to bring with you to the event:
http://www.netwar.org/?page=gear
Bring Your Own Server (BYOS)
For those of you who would like to bring a server, you may do so at no charge. Please contact us at least 1 week prior to the event and confirm a spot in the server area for your server. We will provide you with a static IP address to have setup on your server before you bring it. Your server must be remotely manageable over the network. We will provide you with (1) power plug and (1) network plug, no monitors or keyboards will be allowed.
Final Thoughts
Being that we find ourselves in the midst of winter, there is only one thing you should be considering, and that is attending NETWAR 18.0! There is nothing quite like being inside (and out of the weather) at a large LAN party, fragging others (or in some cases, being fragged).
I hope to see you all at the event, it is going to be a good one. If you are not there, you better have a good reason!
In all seriousness, if there is anything about the event that is keeping you from attending, please let us know. We welcome your feedback!
TRAVIS KREIKEMEIER "Curium"
EVENT COORDINATOR
NETWAR 18.0 - Registration Openposted by Curium on November 15, 2009 at 6:56 pmRegistration for NETWAR 18.0 is now open! The event will take place February 26th-27th, 2010 at The Digz in Omaha, Nebraska. More detailed information will available shortly. Get registered now!
Please help spread the word about the event, an updated flyer is available for printing.
Please put your vote in for tournament games! Use the vote for tournaments link on the left side of the web site.
NETWAR 17.0 - Successposted by Curium on May 2, 2009 at 10:08 amNETWAR 17.0 has come and gone, another very successful event. I would like to thank all of the attendees and sponsors for helping us put on such a great event. Thank you!
Pictures of the event have been posted in the gallery.
NETWAR 17.0 - This Weekend!posted by Curium on April 20, 2009 at 11:54 pmNETWAR 17.0 IS THIS WEEKEND!!!
NETWAR 17.0 will take place at The Digz Sports Arena in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday April 24-25th, 2009 starting at 7:00pm and going all day and night for 26 hours straight, ending on April 25th at 9:00pm. Please do not enter the venue before 7:00pm on Friday.
Early online registration deadline for the event was April 10th to receive the discounted $20 door entry. Online registration after April 10th up until Thursday April 23rd will be $30 at the door. Registration the day of the event will be $40 at the door. Please get registered on the web site as soon as possible if you have not done so already.
THERE WILL BE OVER $6,000 IN PRIZES FOR NETWAR 17.0! You would have to be crazy not to attend!
Please make sure all of the games you want to play are updated to the latest version before attending, including Steam based games.
PLEASE DO NOT COME EARLY! The event doors open at 7:00pm on Friday, no exceptions!!
You may arrive at anytime during the event and leave whenever you wish.
--- Food & Drink ---
A large selection of food will be available for purchase from the kitchen for the entire event. Pepsi and Coke products, including Mt. Dew and Red Bull will be available for purchase at the event.
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BRING FOOD OR DRINK INTO THE VENUE. I cannot stress this enough, this is not our rule. The venue staff will evict you from the premises for breaking this rule. You are welcomed to leave and grab food and drink from somewhere else, just don’t bring it back inside with you.
--- Waiver ---
If you have not signed a NETWAR waiver before you will need to. Please visit our site, print it off, sign it, and bring it with you to the event. If you are under the age of 18, please print the waiver and have your parents/guardian sign it and then bring that waiver with you to the event.
--- Loading / Unloading Computer At The Event ---
Please park in the large south parking lot. When you are loading/unloading your computer you may park next to the door. After you have completed unloading, please MOVE YOUR CAR!! to a spot farther away so that other attendees can have an easy time getting their computers in/out just like you did.
Please use the southwest doors to enter the building, they will be marked.
When you get to the event, you may come right inside and bring in your computer and put it where you want to sit. Sometime soon come to the registration table and get yourself checked in and paid. We will enter you into the raffle drawing and give you a lanyard. The lanyard must be worn at all times. This proves that you have paid the entry fee.
Here is a list of items you will need to bring to our LAN party:
1. Computer Tower (or notebook computer)
2. Monitor
3. Category 5 Network Cable (20 Feet or Longer)
4. Power cable for monitor
5. Power cable for computer
6. 6 Outlet Power Strip
7. Headset
8. Keyboard
9. Mouse
10. Mouse Pad
11. Software (Games of course!)
12. Money (Entry fee, food, drinks, etc.)
14. Optional: Your favorite desk chair
15. Optional: Sleeping bag and pillow if you need to sleep.
System Check List Before Attending:
1. Scan your computer for Viruses with Trendmicro Housecall or other software before attending!
http://housecall.trendmicro.com
2. Scan computer for Malware and Spyware before attending!
Super Anti-Spyware - http://www.superantispyware.com
Malwarebytes - http://www.malwarebytes.org
3. All windows updates installed. (Important! If you do not want to catch a virus at the event)
4. Anti-Virus software installed and updated.
5. Installed all games you wish to play.
6. Patched all games you installed to their latest version
--- Quick Tips ---
Q: Why are none of the game servers showing up under LAN servers in the game?
A: Multiple reasons:
1) You have the Windows firewall or third party software firewall running that is blocking the requests.
2) The game you are running is not updated to the latest version equal to the servers.
3) There is a filter setup in the LAN browser, turn all filters to All (Very common in Call of Duty)
Q: Is there an easy way to see every game server running at the LAN?
A: Yes! We highly recommend using HLSW. Just choose Offline mode when you run the software, choose LAN server list under Server list and it will display every game server running on the network and status about the servers. www.hlsw.net
NETWAR 17.0 - Less than 1 month awayposted by Curium on April 4, 2009 at 7:55 pmNETWAR 17.0 will take place at The Digz Sports Arena in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday April 24-25th, 2009 starting at 7:00pm and going all day and night for 26 hours straight, ending on April 25th at 9:00pm. Please do not enter the venue before 7:00pm on Friday.
Online registration deadline for the event is April 10th. If you are not registered for the event on the web site before April 10th you will be paying $30 at the door instead of the discounted $20 door fee. Please get registered on the web site as soon as possible if you have not done so already.
New NETWAR T-shirts will be available in limited quantity for purchase at the event.
THERE WILL BE OVER $6,000 IN PRIZES FOR NETWAR 17.0! You would have to be crazy not to attend!
We have some new rules for this event:
1) Attendees are not allowed to bring televisions or console gaming systems. This is a computer only based LAN party, consoles make too much noise and distract attendees from the real reason for the LAN party, which is computer gaming.
2) You may only consume half the space of a table with your gear, you are required to allow enough space for another person to share the table with you.
3) This is not a new rule, but you are not allowed to bring outside food and drink into the venue.
4) Do not enter the venue before 7:00pm on Friday
What we provide you at the event:
1) 3 foot wide of table space for your gaming machine
2) One power outlet for your power strip to power your system
3) One network port on our network switches
4) Food & Soda sold by the venue
5) A fun atmosphere
6) Organized tournaments
7) A Ton of Door Prizes! Provided by sponsors
--- SPONSORS ---
Cox Communications will be providing a large Internet pipe for the event as well as over $1,000 in door prizes!
NETWAR welcomes CRUCIAL MEMORY as a sponsor! The Crucial LAN staff will be in attendance to facilitate the now-infamous "Crucial Dodgeball Game" -- w00t! Crucial is providing more than $1,000 in prizes, including some Crucial Ballistix Tracer memory kits with activity-indicating LEDs. Check out Crucial's line of high-performance Ballistix memory at www.crucial.com/gamer.
NETWAR welcomes Garage Games as a sponsor! They will be at the event hosting a Fallen Empire Legions tournament for large prizes. This is a browser based first person shooter game, it is completely FREE and only takes seconds to begin playing. Take control of a futuristic warrior and battle online foes in diverse locations. Armed with a jetpack containing light-speed capabilities and an arsenal of deadly weapons, take on the other team and feel the liberation of total freedom of movement. Check out the game and get some practice at www.playlegions.com
NETWAR welcome Computer Power User as a returning sponsor! They will be at the event organizing a timed computer assembly competition. How fast do you think you can build a computer? Think you are faster than everyone else? Let's see it! Take home prize is a brand new gaming machine! - Check them out at www.computerpoweruser.com
In Win is providing some very nice computer cases and power supplies to give away at the event. - Check them out at www.in-win.us
NETWAR 17.0 - Less than 2 months awayposted by Curium on March 1, 2009 at 9:40 pmWe are pleased to announce the public release of the NETWAR 16.0 video that Cox Communications produced for us. If you have Cox digital cable, tune to Cox On-Demand on Channel 1, you can find the video under Cox Local - Entertainment. We have also posted the
video on our web site!
NETWAR 17.0 will take place at The Digz Sports Arena in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday April 24-25th, 2009 starting at 7:00pm and going all day and night for 26 hours straight, ending on April 25th at 9:00pm.
The event was originally scheduled for April 10-11th, but due to a scheduling conflict we have decided to move the date. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Please help us decide what 3 official PC based tournaments to run at NETWAR 17.0 by visiting the web site and clicking on 'Vote Tournaments'.
Please register for the LAN as soon as possible, as it helps us out tremendously in the planning phases. You can do this by visiting the web site and registering for the event. Registration does not cost you anything, it just saves a seat for you at the event. You will only need to pay when you arrive at the event. If you think you might be able to make it to the event, get registered, you can always un-register at any time.
If you are NOT planning on attending because of other reasons besides schedule conflicts, please let us know why. Reply back to this email, or post on our forums, and give us some details on what is making you not want to attend. We are always looking for ways to make additions, changes, or improvements so that our attendees have a more enjoyable experience, but we can not do this without input from you.
For more information about sponsors, prizes, tournaments, directions, and the schedule for the event, click on event details. While you are there you can get yourself registered.
Feel free to sign in to our forums to post about tournaments, teams, upcoming game releases, and pretty much anything else that sparks your interest.
Don't forget to grab the event flyer from our web site and get them hung up where you can. Help spread the word about the event. Thanks!
NETWAR 17.0 - Registration Openposted by Curium on November 12, 2008 at 8:08 amRegistration for NETWAR 17.0 is now open! The event will take place April 24th-25th, 2009 at The Digz in Omaha, Nebraska. More detailed information will available shortly. Get registered now!
Please help spread the word about the event, an updated flyer is available for printing.
NETWAR 16.0 - Successposted by Curium on November 12, 2008 at 8:04 amNETWAR 16.0 has come and gone, we had our most successful event to date. We would like to thank everyone who attended. Pictures of the event are now available in the event pictures section.
NETWAR 16.0 - This Weekendposted by Curium on November 4, 2008 at 8:16 amNETWAR 16.0 IS THIS WEEKEND!!!
--Event Details--
NETWAR 16.0 will take place at The Digz Sports Arena in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday November 7th, 2008 starting at 7:00pm and going all day and night for 26 hours straight, ending on Saturday November 8th at 9:00pm.
PLEASE DO NOT COME EARLY! The event doors open at 7:00pm on Friday, no exceptions!!
You may arrive at anytime during the event and leave whenever you wish.
A large selection of food will be available for purchase from the kitchen for the entire event. Pepsi and Coke products, including Mt. Dew, will be available for purchase at the event.
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BRING FOOD OR DRINK INTO THE VENUE. I cannot stress this enough, this is not our rule. The venue staff will evict you from the premises for breaking this rule. You are welcomed to leave and grab food and drink from somewhere else, just don't bring it back inside with you.
--Registration--
If you have registered and you find out that you are not going to be able to make it to the event, PLEASE UNREGISTER!
If you have not yet signed up for NETWAR 16.0, IT IS NOT TOO LATE! DO IT NOW!
For directions to the event, please visit the event details page and click on directions.
Registration for NETWAR 17.0 is now open! The event will take place April 10-11th, 2009 at The Digz. You can register for the next event by clicking on Upcoming Events.
--Waiver--
If you have not signed a NETWAR waiver before you will need to. Please print it off, sign it, and bring it with you to the event. If you are under the age of 18, please print the waiver and have your parents/guardian sign it and then bring that waiver with you to the event.
--- Loading / Unloading Computer At The Event---
Please park in the large south parking lot. When you are loading/unloading your computer you may park next to the door. After you have completed unloading, please MOVE YOUR CAR!! to a spot farther away so that other attendees can have an easy time getting their computers in/out just like you did.
Please use the southwest doors to enter the building, they will be marked. PLEASE WATCH YOUR STEP!! THE ENTRANCE HAS A STEP at the door that you MAY NOT SEE when carrying your computer!
When you get to the event, you may come right inside and bring in your computer and put it where you want to sit. Sometime soon come to the registration table and get yourself checked in and paid ($20 if registered on the web site). We will enter you into the raffle drawing and give you a lanyard. The lanyard must be worn at all times. This proves that you have paid the entry fee.
Here is a list of items you will need to bring to our LAN party:
1. Computer Tower (or notebook computer)
2. Monitor
3. Category 5 Network Cable (15 Feet or Longer)
4. Power cable for monitor
5. Power cable for computer
6. 6 Outlet Power Strip
7. Headset
8. Keyboard
9. Mouse
10. Mouse Pad
11. Software (Games of course!)
13. Optional: Your favorite desk chair
14. Optional: Sleeping bag and pillow if you need to sleep.
System Check List Before Attending:
1. Scan your computer for Viruses with Trendmicro Housecall or other software before attending! We don’t want what you might have on our network.
http://housecall.trendmicro.com
2. Scan computer for Malware with Ad-Aware and/or Spybot-S&D before attending!
Ad-Aware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com
Spybot-S&D - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
3. All windows updates installed. (Important! If you do not want to catch a virus at the event)
4. Anti-Virus software installed and updated.
5. Installed all games you wish to play.
6. Patched all games you installed to their latest version
--Tournaments--
Instead of doing Double or Single elimination tournaments we will be using the Swiss Round Robin System for all of the tournaments. The Swiss tournament system has NO ELMINIATION, it will allow all participants/teams to be able to play in every tournament round of the tournament no matter how good or bad you are doing.
For more information about Swiss Round Tournament go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_system_tournament
Tournament Games:
Call of Duty 4 - 5 vs. 5
Counter-Strike: Source - 5 vs. 5
Team Fortress 2 - 6 vs. 6
Guitar Hero World Tour
Please be aware that tournament participation is completely OPTIONAL, you can choose which tournaments you want to play in or you can choose not to play in any tournaments. We cater for both the competitive gamer and the hobbyist gamer who just enjoys playing his favorite games with many other gamers just for fun while winning big door prizes. With so many gamers at the event you will easily be able to find someone else who enjoys playing the games you do.
If you wish to participate in tournaments while at the event but you are not part of any team, you can easily join a PUG (Pick-Up Game) team or join a shorthanded team. We will help you with this during registration for the tournament at the event.
--- Suggested Game Period ---
This will be a period of time listed on the schedule where we select one game and urge everyone to play this game on the many game servers that we will have running during that time. The purpose of this is to get as many players at the event playing the same game at the same time. It is not required that you play the suggested game, as the name states, it is only suggested. This is not a tournament; you can join and quit the game at any time.
--Prizes--
To make the prize distribution fair and make the tournament atmosphere less tense, we have decided to shift all prizes to raffle only. This will allow anyone to win something no matter what skill level you have as well as bring the fun back into the tournaments. Tournament winners will be awarded with a trophy, some prize or swag and bragging rights. Then you can win large prizes in the raffle.
--- Sponsors ---
This is a list of sponsors supporting NETWAR, for a list of what they are donating please visit the event details section of our web site. We are excited at the amount of prizes we will be giving away for this event. You would have to be crazy not to attend! :-)
Cox Communications
FSP Group
D-Link
Computer Power User
Computer Geeks
University of Nebraska at Omaha - IS&T
TRENDnet
UGO Game News
For more information about sponsors, prizes, tournaments, directions to the venue, and the schedule for the event please click on event details.
Feel free to sign in to our forums to post about tournaments, teams, upcoming game releases, and pretty much anything else that sparks your interest. Don't forget about our IRC channel and Ventrilo server as well.
NETWAR 16.0 - 17 Days Away!posted by Curium on October 21, 2008 at 8:18 amNETWAR 16.0 is 17 days away! Are you prepared?
The event will take place at The Digz Sports Arena in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday November 7th, 2008 starting at 7:00pm and going all day and night for 26 hours straight, ending on November 8th at 9:00pm.
Please do not wait till the last minute to get registered for the event. We need to anticipate the amount of attendees that will be attending far in advance. Please register for the LAN as soon as possible. You can do this by visiting the web site and registering for the event. Registration does not cost you anything, it just saves a seat for you at the event. You will only need to pay when you arrive at the event. If you think you might be able to make it to the event, get registered, you can always un-register at any time.
--- Tournaments ---
Call of Duty 4 - 5 vs 5
Team Fortress 2 - 6 vs 6
Counter-Strike: Source - 5 vs 5
Please visit the web site for more details.
--- Suggested Game Period ---
This will be a period of time listed on the schedule where we select one game and urge everyone to play this game on the many game servers that we will have running during that time. The purpose of this is to get as many players at the event playing the same game at the same time. It is not required that you play the suggested game, as the name states, it is only suggested. This is not a tournament, you can join and quit the game at any time.
Please review the event schedule for more information on the games selected.
--- New Server ---
We are proud to announce that we just received our new server for hosting game servers at the event.
Server Specs:
Dell PowerEdge 2950
(2) Quad Core Xeon 5420 (2.5Ghz - 8 Processors)
16GB RAM
1.5TB of RAID Storage
We feel this server will greatly compliment our current game servers. :)
--- Sponsors ---
This is a list of sponsors supporting NETWAR, for a list of what they are donating please visit the event details section of our web site. We are excited at the amount of prizes we will be giving away for this event. You would have to be crazy not to attend! :-)
Cox Communications
FSP Group
D-Link
Computer Geeks
Razer
Foxconn
Computer Power User
In-Win
University of Nebraska at Omaha - IS&T
TRENDnet
-- Internet Provided by Cox ---
Cox Communications will be providing 45 Megabit of Internet for the event.
-- Shop FSP Group ---
FSP Group is excited to announce the OCTOBER GRAND LAUNCH of www.shopfsp.com a FSP Group Direct website to Gamers.
NETWAR Event special discount code for $10 OFF through the rest of 2008, ( PROMOTIONAL CODE: NETWAR )
NETWAR 16.0 - Registration Open!posted by Curiun on August 9, 2008 at 8:56 amRegistration for NETWAR 16.0 is now open! The event will take place November 7th-8th, 2008 at The Digz in Omaha, Nebraska. More detailed information will available shortly. Get registered now!
NETWAR 15.0 - This weekendposted by Curium on April 7, 2008 at 12:35 pmNETWAR 15.0 IS THIS WEEKEND!!!
--Event Details--
NETWAR 15.0 will take place at The Digz Sports Arena in Omaha, Nebraska on April 11th, 2008 starting at 7:00pm and going all day and night for 26 hours straight, ending on April 12th at 9:00pm.
PLEASE DO NOT COME EARLY! The event doors open at 7:00pm on Friday, no exceptions!!
You may arrive at anytime during the event and leave whenever you wish.
--Registration--
If you have registered and you find out that you are not going to be able to make it to the event, PLEASE UNREGISTER on the web site!
If you have not yet signed up for NETWAR 15.0, IT IS NOT TOO LATE! DO IT NOW!
For directions to the event, please visit the event details page and click on directions.
--Waiver--
If you have not signed a NETWAR waiver before you will need to. Please visit our site, print it off, sign it, and bring it with you to the event. If you are under the age of 18, please print the waiver and have your parents/guardian sign it and then bring that waiver with you to the event.
---Call of Duty 4 Game Server Now Up---
To prepare for the upcoming event, NETWAR has setup a Call of Duty 4 server on the Internet for attendees to play against each other between events.
Call of Duty 4
Server address: cod4.netwar.org
Join us in the NETWAR Ventrilo channel for the COD4 server as well:
Server address: voice.cgservers.com Port: 3001
Go to channel -> Public Channels -> COD4 Server
--- Loading / Unloading Computer At The Event---
Please park in the large south parking lot. When you are loading/unloading your computer you may park next to the door. After you have completed unloading, please MOVE YOUR CAR!! to a spot farther away so that other attendees can have an easy time getting their computers in/out just like you did.
Please use the southwest doors to enter the building, they will be marked. PLEASE WATCH YOUR STEP!! THE ENTRANCE HAS A STEP at the door that you MAY NOT SEE when carrying your computer!
When you get to the event, you may come right inside and bring in your computer and put it where you want to sit. Sometime soon come to the registration table and get yourself checked in and paid ($20 if registered on the web site). We will enter you into the raffle drawing and give you a lanyard. This must be worn at all times. This proves that you have paid the entry fee.
Here is a list of items you will need to bring to our LAN party:
1. Computer Tower
2. Monitor
3. Category 5 Network Cable (15 Feet or Longer)
4. Power cable for monitor
5. Power cable for computer
6. 6 Outlet Power Strip
7. Headset
8. Keyboard
9. Mouse
10. Mouse Pad
11. Software (Games of course!)
13. Optional: Your favorite desk chair
14. Optional: Sleeping bag and pillow if you need to sleep.
System Check List Before Attending:
1. Scan your computer for Viruses with Trendmicro Housecall or other software before attending! We don’t want what you might have on our network.
http://housecall.trendmicro.com
2. Scan computer for Malware with Ad-Aware and/or Spybot-S&D before attending!
Ad-Aware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com
Spybot-S&D - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
3. All windows updates installed. (Important! If you do not want to get a virus at the event)
4. Anti-Virus software installed and updated.
5. Installed all games you wish to play.
6. Patched all games you installed to their latest version
--Tournaments--
Instead of doing Double or Single elimination tournaments we will be using the Swiss Round Robin System for all of the tournaments. The Swiss tournament system has NO ELMINIATION, it will allow all participants/teams to be able to play in every tournament round of the tournament no matter how good or bad you are doing.
For more information about Swiss Round Tournament go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_system_tournament
Tournament Games:
Call of Duty 4 - 5 vs. 5
Counter-Strike: Source - 5 vs. 5
Unreal Tournament 3 - 5 vs. 5
Please be aware that tournament participation is completely OPTIONAL, you can choose which tournaments you want to play in or you can choose not to play in any tournaments. We cater for both the competitive gamer and the hobbyist gamer who just enjoys playing his favorite games with many other gamers just for fun while winning big door prizes. With so many gamers at the event you will easily be able to find someone else who enjoys playing the games you do.
If you wish to participate in tournaments while at the event but you are not part of any team, you can easily join a PUG (Pick-Up Game) team or join a shorthanded team. We will help you with this during registration for the tournament at the event.
MMORPG players (World of Warcraft, EverQuest, etc.) may also enjoy attending as you will meet and play with other MMO players. You will be able to have many discussions about the game and play together online as a large group.
--Schedule-- (Tentative)
Apr 11th: Friday
7:00pm - Doors Open & Gaming Begins
7:30pm - Suggested Game Period (SGP) -> Team Fortress 2
8:30pm - Unreal Tournament 3 - 5 vs 5 Tournament Starts
11:00pm - Counter-Strike: Source - 5 vs 5 Tournament Starts
Apr 12th: Saturday
1:45am - Razer Rub-on Tattoo Judging Contest
2:00am - Raffle Door Prizes - 1st time
2:30am - Suggested Game Period (SGP) -> Call Of Duty 4
4:00am - Suggested Game Period (SGP) -> Flatout 2
Noon
11:00am - Guitar Hero 3 - Standoff Tournament Starts (Our XBOX 360 on projector)
1:00pm - Call of Duty 4 - 5 vs 5 Tournament Starts
5:00pm - Suggested Game Period (SGP) -> Rainbow Six: Vegas
6:30pm - Suggested Game Period (SGP) -> Battlefield 2
8:00pm - Raffle Door Prizes - 2nd time
9:00pm - End of Event
--- Suggested Game Period ---
This is something new we would like to start for this event. It will be a period of time listed on the schedule where we select one game and urge everyone to play this game on the many public servers that we will have up during that time. The purpose of this is to get as many players at the event playing the same game at the same time. It is not required that you play the suggested game, as the name states, it is only suggested. This is not a tournament, you can join and quit the game at any time.
--Prizes--
To make the prize distribution fair and make the tournament atmosphere less tense. We have decided to shift a majority of the prizes to raffle only. This will allow anyone to win something no matter what skill level you are as well as bring the fun back into the tournaments. Tournament winners will be awarded with a trophy, some prize or swag and bragging rights. Then you can win large prizes in the raffle.
--- Razer Mantis Raffle ---
Congratulations to Cody Cummings for winning the Razer Mantis Raffle.
--- Sponsors ---
This is a list of sponsors supporting NETWAR, for a list of what they are donating please visit the event details section of our web site. We are excited at the amount of prizes we will be giving away for this event. You would have to be crazy not to attend! :-)
Cox Communications
FSP Group
D-Link
Razer
Foxconn
Computer Power User
Computer Geeks
In-Win
University of Nebraska at Omaha - IS&T
TRENDnet
NETWAR 15.0 - Getting closeposted by Curium on April 3, 2008 at 6:33 amNETWAR is right around the corner!!
NETWAR 15.0 will take place at The Digz Sports Arena in Omaha, Nebraska on April 11th, 2008 starting at 7:00pm and going all day and night for 26 hours straight, ending on April 12th at 9:00pm.
Please do not wait till the last minute to get registered for the event. We need to anticipate the amount of attendees that will be attending far in advance. Please register for the LAN as soon as possible. Registration does not cost you anything, it just saves a seat for you at the event. You will only need to pay when you arrive at the event. If you think you might be able to make it to the event, get registered, you can always un-register at any time.
As requested, Pepsi products will now be sold at the event.
--- Tournaments ---
Call of Duty 4 - 5 vs 5 - Search & Destroy
Counter-Strike: Source - 5 vs 5
Unreal Tournament 3 - 5 vs 5 - Capture The Flag
--- Suggested Game Period ---
This is something new we would like to start for this event. It will be a period of time listed on the schedule where we select one game and urge everyone to play this game on the many public servers that we will have up during that time. The purpose of this is to get as many players at the event playing the same game at the same time. It is not required that you play the suggested game, as the name states, it is only suggested. This is not a tournament, you can join and quit the game at any time.
Please review the event schedule for more information on the games selected.
--- Sponsors ---
This is a list of sponsors supporting NETWAR, for a list of what they are donating please visit the event details section of our web site. We are excited at the amount of prizes we will be giving away for this event. You would have to be crazy not to attend! :-)
Cox Communications
FSP Group
D-Link
Razer
Foxconn
Computer Power User
Computer Geeks
In-Win
University of Nebraska at Omaha - IS&T
TRENDnet
--- Razer Mantis Raffle ---
Razer is offering a pre-event raffle for NETWAR. Please visit ( http://lanparty.razerzone.com/raffle/ ) fill in your name and email address and put " www.netwar.org " for the Raffle code. This will enter you in to a drawing to win a Razer Mantis that will be waiting for you at the event.
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For more information about sponsors, prizes, tournaments, directions to the venue, and the schedule for the event, click on event details. While you are there you can get yourself registered.
Feel free to sign in to our forums to post about tournaments, teams, upcoming game releases, and pretty much anything else that sparks your interest. Don't forget about our IRC channel and Ventrilo server as well.
Spread the word about the event!
NETWAR 15.0 - Registration Openposted by Curium on February 3, 2008 at 12:00 amRegistration for NETWAR 15.0 is now open! The event will take place April 11th-12th, 2008 at The Digz in Omaha, Nebraska. More detailed information will available shortly. Get registered now!
NETWAR 14.0 - 2 Days away!posted by Curium on November 7, 2007 at 7:50 amNETWAR 14.0 IS IN 2 DAYS!!!
--Event Details--
NETWAR 14.0 will take place at The Digz Sports Arena in Omaha, Nebraska on November 9th, 2007 starting at 7:00pm and going all day and night for 26 hours straight, ending on November 10th at 9:00pm.
If you have not yet signed up for NETWAR 14.0, IT IS NOT TOO LATE! DO IT NOW!
For directions to the event, please visit the event details page and click on directions.
PLEASE DO NOT COME EARLY!!! The event doors open at 7:00pm on Friday, no exceptions!!
If you have not signed a NETWAR waiver before you will need to. Please visit our site, click on Flyer & Waiver and print it off, sign it, and bring it with you to the event. If you are under the age of 18, please print the waiver and have your parents/guardian sign it and then bring that waiver with you to the event.
We will now be using six (6) foot banquet tables with two (2) attendees to a table instead of eight (8) foot banquet tables with three (3) attendees to a table. This will give you a lot more room for your computer and yourself.
Please be aware that tournament participation is completely OPTIONAL, you can choose which tournaments you want to play in or you can choose not to play in any tournaments. We cater for both the competitive gamer and the hobbyist gamer who just enjoys playing his favorite games with many other gamers just for fun while winning big door prizes. With so many gamers at the event you will easily be able to find someone else who enjoys playing the games you do.
If you wish to participate in tournaments while at the event but you are not part of any team, you can easily join a PUG (Pick-Up Game) team or join a shorthanded team. We will help you with this during registration for the tournament at the event.
--Beverages and Food-
Beverages and Food will be sold at the event the entire time. You are NOT ALLOWED to bring food or drink from outside of the building into the event.
Your initial purchase of a 32 ounce soda will be $2.00, make sure you keep that cup because refills are only 50 cents!!! That's almost 6 sodas for a buck!
Red Bull and other drinks will be sold as well.
Please treat the facility with respect. Clean up after yourselves, we are NOT your mothers. We do A LOT of work setting up and running these events, and having to clean up large messes before we can even start tearing down is just disrespectful. Even if it is not your mess, please do your part and clean it up. If there are any spills, please inform us immediately so that we may have them cleaned up.
It is inevitable, there will always be some cords running across the floor.
We try our hardest to cover them, but for your safety and the safety of our cords :) PLEASE try and avoid stepping on our cord runs when walking down pathways.
- - - Loading / Unloading Computer - - -
Please park in the large south parking lot. When you are loading/unloading your computer you may park next to the door to enter the building. After you have completed this task, please MOVE YOUR CAR!! To a spot farther away so that other attendees can have an easy time getting their computers in/out just like you did.
Please use the entrance marked with a NETWAR flyer on the south side of the building. PLEASE WATCH YOUR STEP!! There is a small step in the door way that you MAY NOT SEE when carrying your computer! We will have yellow caution tape on it.
- - - REGISTRATION - - -
When you get to the event, you may come right in and even bring in your computer and put it where you want to sit. Just sometime soon come to the registration table and get yourself checked in and paid ($20 if registered on the web site). We will enter you into the raffle drawing and give you a sticker to stick somewhere on your monitor or tower, please make this sticker visible for the staff. This proves that you have paid the entry fee. We will do routine checks for them. The sticker is easily removable after the event. We may have Lanyards instead of stickers for this event, if we do you will be required to wear your Lanyard at all times while on the venue property (inside and outside).
Here is a list of items you will need to bring to our LAN party:
1. Computer Tower
2. Monitor
3. Category 5 Network Cable (15 Feet or Longer)
4. Power cable for monitor
5. Power cable for computer
6. 6 Outlet Power Strip
7. Headset
8. Keyboard
9. Mouse
10. Mouse Pad
11. Software (Games and Operating System)
13. Optional: Your favorite desk chair
14. Optional: Sleeping bag and pillow if you need to sleep.
System Check List (Please at least do 1-4 before attending):
1. Scan computer for Viruses with Trendmicro Housecall before attending!
http://housecall.trendmicro.com
2. Scan computer for Malware with Ad-Aware and/or Spybot-S&D before attending!
Ad-Aware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com
Spybot-S&D - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
3. All windows updates installed. (Important! If you do not want to get a virus at the event)
4. Anti-Virus software installed and updated.
5. Installed all games you wish to play.
6. Patched all games you installed to their latest version
Please chat with us on our forums.
See you at the event!
NETWAR 14.0 - Next Weekend!posted by Curium on November 3, 2007 at 7:40 amNETWAR 14.0 will take place at The Digz Sports Arena in Omaha, Nebraska on November 9th, 2007 starting at 7:00pm and going all day and night for 26 hours straight, ending on November 10th at 9:00pm.
If you have not seen the pictures from NETWAR 13.0, please check them out under 'Event Pictures'.
--Registration--
Please register for the LAN as soon as possible. Registration does not cost anything, it just saves a seat for you at the event. You will only need to pay when you arrive at the event. If you think you might be able to make it to the event, get registered, you can always un-register at any time.
If you have registered and you find out that you are not going to be able to make it to the event, PLEASE UNREGISTER on the web site!
--Tournaments--
We will be using a different tournament bracketing system for this event. Instead of doing Double or Single elimination we will be using the Swiss Round Robin System for all of the tournaments except for Guitar Hero 2. The Swiss tournament system has NO ELMINIATION, it will allow all participants/teams to be able to play in every tournament round no matter how good or bad you are doing. This system also shortens the amount of time it will take to complete a tournament, it should not take much longer than a single elimination tournament, but it will be A LOT shorter than a double elimination.
For more information about Swiss Round Tournament go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_system_tournament
Tournament Games:
Counter-Strike: Source - 5 vs. 5
Quake 3 CPMA - 1 vs. 1
Team Fortress 2 - 6 vs. 6
World in Conflict - 5 vs. 5
Command & Conquer 3 - 1 vs. 1
Guitar Hero 2 - Xbox 360 (Provided by us) - 1 vs. 1 Battlefield 2 – 8 vs. 8
--Schedule-- (Tentative)
Nov 9th: Friday
7:00pm - Doors Open & Gaming Begins
8:00pm - Quake 3 - 1 vs 1 CPMA Deathmatch Tournament Starts
10:00pm - Team Fortress 2 - 6 vs 6
Nov 10th: Saturday
12:00am - World in Conflict - 5 vs 5
2:00am - Raffle Door Prizes - 1st time
3:00am - Command & Conquer 3 - 1 vs 1
11:00am - Guitar Hero 2 - Standoff
Noon
1:00pm - Counter-Strike: Source - 5 vs 5
6:00pm - Battlefield 2 - 8 vs 8
8:00pm - Raffle Door Prizes - 2nd time
9:00pm - End of Event
--Prizes--
To make the prize distribution fair and make the tournament atmosphere less tense. We have decided to shift all prizes to raffle only. This will allow anyone to win something no matter what skill level you are as well as bring the fun back into the tournaments. Tournament winners will be awarded with a trophy and bragging rights.
--Sponsors-- (Providing)
Cox Communications
--Providing a huge Internet connection
--A ton of prizes (TBA)
D-Link
--Powering the entire network
--Gigabit network backbone
Ideazon
--(5) Merc Gaming Keyboards
Seasonic
--To Be Announced
Computer Geeks
--X-Treme Limits Hydrapack w/56oz. Reservoir & FM Radio
--Cobra PR3800-2DX-VP GMRS/FRS 12 Mile Two-Way Radios
--Programmable Scrolling LED Sign Hat
--Westinghouse DPF-0561 5.6'' Digital LCD Photo Frame
--Memorex TravelDrive 1GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive
--Greybusters Keyboard - Aquarium
UNO's College of Information Science & Technology
--Booth on site
--Raffling cases of Bawls
In Win
--F430 Computer Case
--Alpha360 Computer Case
--O3 Computer Case
Foxconn
-(10) Laptop Bags
-Foxconn 8600 GTS Graphics Card
-Foxconn P35A-S Motherboard
A LOT more sponsorship details coming soon.
Feel free to visit our forums to post about tournaments, teams, upcoming game releases, and pretty much anything else that sparks your interest.
Help us spread the word about the event! (Ex. Post on forums, tell your friends, hang up our flyer that is listed on our web site, etc.) Thank you!
NETWAR 14.0 Registration Openposted by Curium on August 15, 2007 at 12:28 amWe are pleased to announce that registration for NETWAR 14.0 is now open! The event will take place again at The Digz, this location has over 15,000 square feet of open floor space for the event, we will be able to seat 500+ gamers. The event will start at 7:00pm on Friday November 9th, 2007 and run until 9:00pm on the 10th.
If you have not seen the pictures from NETWAR 13.0, please check them out by clicking on 'Event Pictures'.
Please help us decide what 4 official tournaments to run at NETWAR 14.0 by clicking on 'Vote Tournaments'.
A lot more details coming soon.
Please get yourself registered for the event as soon as possible.
NETWAR 13.0 - 2 Days Away!posted by Curium on February 21, 2007 at 2:06 amAfter hundreds of hours of planning and preparation, NETWAR 13.0 is two days away!!!
Are you ready?!?
For this event we have $1,500 in Cash Prizes to give away and over $5,000 worth of great items from sponsors to give away. You have to seriously be crazy to miss this event, everyone that attends will walk away with something!
If you have not yet signed up for NETWAR 13.0, IT IS NOT TOO LATE! DO IT NOW!
For directions to the event, please visit the event details page and click on directions.
If you have not signed a NETWAR waiver before you will need to. Please visit our site, print it off, sign it, and bring it with you to the event. If you are under the age of 18, please print the waiver and have your parents/guardian sign it and then bring that waiver with you to the event.
We will now be using six (6) foot banquet tables with two (2) attendees to a table instead of eight (8) foot banquet tables with three (3) attendees to a table. This will give you a lot more room for your computer and yourself.
Full written rules have now been posted on the web site for all four (4) major tournaments. You can find the rules in the tournament section in event details.
Please be aware that tournament participation is completely OPTIONAL, you can choose which tournaments you want to play in or you can choose not to play in any tournaments. We cater for both the competitive gamer and the hobbyist gamer who just enjoys playing his favorite games with many other gamers just for fun while winning big door prizes. With so many gamers at the event you will easily be able to find someone else who enjoys playing the games you do.
If you wish to participate in tournaments while at the event but you are not part of any team, you can easily join a PUG (Pick-Up Game) team or join a shorthanded team. We will help you with this during registration for the tournament at the event.
MMORPG players (World of Warcraft, EverQuest, etc.) may also enjoy attending as you will meet many other MMO players. You will be able to have many discussions about the game and play together online as a large group.
We will be hosting a case mod competition at the event. It will just be a simple contest for attendees who want to enter the competition. There will be a prize for it.
Beverages and Food will be sold at the event the entire time. You are NOT ALLOWED to bring food or drink from outside of the building into the event. Your initial purchase of a 32 ounce soda will be $2.00, make sure you keep that cup because refills are only $1.00, that’s almost 3 sodas for a buck! Bawls and other drinks will be sold as well.
NETWAR 13.0 will have 500 seats and will be taking place at The Digz Sports Arena in Omaha, Nebraska on February 23rd, 2007 starting at 7:00pm and going all day and night for 26 hours straight, ending on February 24th at 9:00pm.
PLEASE DO NOT COME EARLY!!! The event doors open at 7:00pm on Friday, no exceptions!!
Please treat the facility with respect. Clean up after yourselves, we are NOT your mothers. We do A LOT of work setting up and running these events, and having to clean up large messes before we can even start tearing down is just disrespectful. Even if it is not your mess, please do your part and clean it up. If there are any spills, please inform us immediately so that we may have them cleaned up.
It is inevitable, there will always be some cords running across the floor. We try our hardest to cover them, but for your safety and the safety of our cords, PLEASE try and avoid stepping on our cord runs when walking down pathways.
- - - Loading / Unloading Computer - - -
Please park in the large south parking lot. When you are loading/unloading your computer you may park next to the door to enter the building. After you have completed this task, please MOVE YOUR CAR!! to a spot farther away so that other attendees can have an easy time getting their computers in/out just like you did.
There will be two entrances into the building on the south side. They may vary on which one is open at certain times or both maybe open. PLEASE WATCH YOUR STEP!! ONE ENTRANCE HAS A STEP at the door that you MAY NOT SEE when carrying your computer!
- - - REGSTRATION - - -
When you get to the event, you may come right in and even bring in your computer and put it where you want to sit. Just sometime soon come to the registration table and get yourself checked in and paid ($20 if registered on the web site). We will enter you into the raffle drawing and give you a sticker to stick somewhere on your monitor or tower, please make this sticker visible for the staff. This proves that you have paid the entry fee. We will do routine checks for them. The sticker is easily removable after the event.
Here is a list of items you will need to bring to our LAN party:
1. Computer Tower
2. Monitor
3. Category 5 Network Cable (15 Feet or Longer)
4. Power cable for monitor
5. Power cable for computer
6. 6 Outlet Power Strip
7. Headset
8. Keyboard
9. Mouse
10. Mouse Pad
11. Software (Games and Operating System)
13. Optional: Your favorite desk chair
14. Optional: Sleeping bag and pillow if you need to sleep.
System Check List (Please at least do 1-4 before attending):
1. Scan computer for Viruses with Trendmicro Housecall before attending!
http://housecall.trendmicro.com
2. Scan computer for Malware with Ad-Aware and/or Spybot-S&D before attending!
Ad-Aware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com
Spybot-S&D - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
3. All windows updates installed. (Important! If you do not want to get a virus at the event)
4. Anti-Virus software installed and updated.
5. Installed all games you wish to play.
6. Patched all games you installed to their latest version
Please chat with us and other attendees on the newly upgraded Forums.
NETWAR 13.0 - 15 Days Awayposted by Curium on February 7, 2007 at 7:08 amNETWAR 13.0 is 15 days away! With $1,500 of Cash Prizes to give away!
$1,000 CASH PRIZE for Counter-Strike: Source donated by Cox Communications.
$250 CASH PRIZE for Quake 3 donated by Cox Communications.
$250 CASH PRIZE for Counter-Strike 1.6
NETWAR 13.0 will have 500 seats and will be taking place at The Digz Sports Arena in Omaha, Nebraska on February 23rd, 2007 starting at 7:00pm and going all day and night for 26 hours straight, ending on February 24th at 9:00pm.
Cox Communications is turning up the heat at NETWAR 13.0 as they will be our premier sponsor. Not only are they providing a commercial grade 30Mb down/4Mb up Internet connection for this event, they will be providing some of the prizes for the tournaments. Cox Communications will present a $1,000.00 first prize for the winning team of the Counter Strike: Source tournament. You heard that right peeps, a cool thousand to the 1st place team. Second place team members will each receive a FSP BoosterX 3 GPU power supply and the third place team will each receive a FSP CK400 400W Tri-LED Power Supply donated by FSP Group.
The winner of the Quake 3 Tournament will receive a $250.00 prize from Cox Communications. Second place will win a pair of SteelSeries 5H v2 headphones and third place will win a SteelSeries SteelPad Qck+ mouse pad donated by SteelSeries.
The Counter Strike 1.6 first place team will win a $250.00 purse from NETWAR as well as 5 sets of SteelSeries 3H Headsets. Second place will receive 5 SteelPad QcK heavy mouse pads and third place will win 5 SteelPad S&S solo mouse pads donated by SteelSeries.
Last, but not least, is the Battlefield 2142 tournament. The first place team will all win a FSP CK400 400W Tri-LED Power Supply. Second place is still
being hammered out and we will announce the prize at the event or shortly before.
The Guitar Hero II Tournament first and second place prizes will be announced at the event.
We need YOUR HELP! Please spread the word about NETWAR 13.0. Post information about this event everywhere you can think of (eg. forums), especially information about the cash prizes for the tournaments. Please download the flyer from our web site, print it and hang it up where lots of people will see it. Thank you for your help!
Please register for the LAN as soon as possible, you can do this by visiting the web site and registering for the event. Registration online is free, it just saves a seat for you at the event. You will only need to pay when you arrive at the event. If you think you might be able to make it to the event, get registered, you can always un-register at any time. If you know you are NOT able to make it, please unregister yourself.
NETWAR 13.0 - Registration Openposted by Curium on December 21, 2006 at 11:17 pmWe are pleased to announce that registration for NETWAR 13.0 is now open! We are also very excited to announce that NETWAR 13.0 will be held at The Digz, a new location for NETWAR that has over 15,000 square feet of open floor space for the event, we will be able to seat 500+ gamers. The event will start at 7:00pm on February 23rd, 2007 and run until 9:00pm on the 24th. Please get yourself registered for the event as soon as possible.
View pictures of the new venue.NETWAR 12.0 - 1 month away!posted by Curium on October 12, 2006 at 9:49 pmGood News!! NETWAR 12.0 is less than a month away!
NETWAR 12.0 will be taking place on Friday November 10th, 2006 starting at 5:30pm and going all day and night for 28 hours straight, ending on Saturday November 11th at 9:30pm.
At the moment there are currently 199 registered attendees out of 180 seats for the event. Do not let this stop you from registering for the event, as there will be cancellations and no shows. The deadline for online registration for the event is November 4th, but please register for the LAN as soon as possible, you can do this by visiting the web site and registering for the event. Registration online is free, it just saves a seat for you at the event. You will only need to pay when you arrive at the event. If you think you might be able to make it to the event, get registered, you can always un-register at any time.
NOT COMING?? If you are unable to make it to the event, please get unregistered now! So that you may make room for others to take your place.
Need to know information for this event:
Event location:
Fire Fighter's Union Hall
6005 Grover Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68106
Entry Fee:
$20 if registered on the web site
$30 for walk-in
Food & Beverage:
Hy-Vee will be catering food for the entire event.
The venue will be selling Pepsi products, Dr Pepper, Bawls, water, and some other drinks.
We will be running 7 tournaments during the event, consisting of:
Call of Duty 2 S&D 5 vs 5
Battlefield 2 32 vs 32
Counter-Strike: Source 5 vs 5
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Quake 3 CPMA 1 vs 1
Counter-Strike 1.6 5 vs 5
Unreal Tournament 2004 TAM 4 vs 4
For more information about the tournaments, please visit our web site.
Other games that we believe will be popular at the event:
F.E.A.R.
Day of Defeat: Source
Serious Sam 2
Age of Empires III
Star Wars Battlefront 2
Civilation IV
Flatout 2
Empire Earth 2
Rag Doll Kung-Fu
Half-Life 2: Dodgeball
Half-Life 2: Hidden Source
Event Sponsors:
Our sponsors are the heart of our events, without them their would be no show. Please show your support to them as they have shown their support to us. Some sponsors provide services or equipment for our event to function. Other sponsors donate items that they sell or manufacture, so that we may give them away as door prizes at the event, and some sponsors do both.
D-Link
http://www.dlink.com
-Providing us with managed layer 3 gigabit switches to give you guys the ultimate network for gaming.
-Donating items to give away
Cox Communications
Cable TV, Telephone, and Internet
http://www.cox.com
-Providing lots of Internet bandwidth for the event.
-Donating items to give away.
Reboot The User
Linux, servers, and computer service
http://www.reboottheuser.com/
-Donating some hardware to be used at the event.
-Donating items to give away.
dotGame
Omaha LAN Center
http://www.dotgame.biz
-(4) Quarterly Memberships + dotGAME T-Shirt and a bottle of Bawls
Crucial Technology
High performance computer memory
http://www.crucial.com/
-2x 512MB (1GB) DDR2 Memory PC2-5300
-(5) Memory Hawg XL T-Shirt
-(5) Memory Hawg XXL T-Shirt
Cooler Master
Computer cooling devices, power supplies, and much more!
http://www.coolermaster.com/
-Real Power 450 Watt Power Supply – Black
-Extreme Power 430 Watt Power Supply – Silver
-Musketeer - System Dynamics Detector
-Cooler Master T-Shirts, Case Badges & Posters
Computer Geek
Buy cheap computers, computer parts, computer cases and more at Computer Geeks!
http://www.geeks.com
-HP 640i 16x DVDRW Black Lightscribe Drive
-DigiGr8 LED BELT BADGE/BLUE
-Motorola WA840G Wireless Access Point
-Analog Wristwatch and 512MB USB Flash Drive
-Illuminated Green LED Mouse Pad w/4-Port USB Hub-Retail Box
Spire
Computer cooling devices, power supplies, and much more!
http://www.spirecoolers.com/
-Blue Cold Cathode NeonBar II
-Aluminum Fan
-CPU Coolers
Registration for NETWAR 12.0 is now openposted by Curium on June 25, 2006 at 4:05 pmRegistration for NETWAR 12.0 is now open! This event will take place on November 10th-11th, 2006 again at The Fire Fighter's Union Hall in Omaha, Nebraska.
The votes for 'games played' has been reset again. Please place your votes for your favorite games so that it may help us decide on what tournaments to run.
Any bad e-mail address bounce backs on this email we are sending out today will result in a removal of that account from our web site. Please update your email address by clicking on 'update account'.
Let your voice be heard, please join us on our forums.
Summer blowout pricing for Ventrilo, Teamspeak, and Web Hosting packages over at
Crucial Gaming Servers. Get yours while they are hot!
NETWAR on small hiatusposted by Curium on April 15, 2006 at 1:51 pmWe will be taking a small hiatus from hosting events for this summer, due to the staff being far to busy. Expect NETWAR XII to take place in October or November.
NETWAR XI - Success!posted by Curium on February 28, 2006 at 9:10 amNETWAR XI was one of our most successful and largest event ever! We had 121 attendees show up for some serious gaming and good times. This is the most attendees we have ever had at an event, and I believe it is Nebraska's and most of the surrounding states largest LAN party. Thanks to all who attended and made this a great event. Pictures of the event are now posted in 'event pictures'.
Tournament Winners:
Call of Duty 2 -> Ambush!
Battlefield 2 -> Ambush!
Counter-Strike 1.6 -> Educated Players
Unreal Tournament 2004 -> goop
Half-Life 2 Deathmatch -> doubleu
Quake 4 -> electr1k
Counter-Strike: Source -> Fatal Flaw
NETWAR XI - Tomorrow!posted by Curium on February 23, 2006 at 4:02 pmNETWAR XI is tomorrow!
Februrary 24th-25th starting at 5:30pm on the 24th and ending at 9:30pm on the 25th.
Please Note: NETWAR XI will be held at a new location. For directions to the event, please visit the event details page and click on directions.
Fire Fighter's Union Hall
6005 Grover Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68106
Entry Fee:
$20 if registered on the web site
$25 for walk-in
Food & Beverage:
Hy-Vee will be catering food for the entire event.
The venue will be selling Pepsi products, Dr Pepper, Bawls, water, and some other drinks.
You are not allowed to bring any beverage of any kind into the venue.
You are allowed to bring snacks and such into the venue.
If you are under the age of 18, please print the waiver found in our Flyer & Waiver section and have your parent/guardian sign it and then bring that waiver with you to the event. If anyone has signed our new waiver started at NETWAR 8.0, you will no longer have to sign a waiver again.
For an updated schedule and tournament information, including raffle prizes, please visit the event details page.
-When you pay and get registered at the event you will be given a sticker that proves that you have paid the entry fee. Please stick this sticker on the front of your tower or monitor so that it is visible to the staff. The sticker is easily removable after the event.
NETWAR X Movie Releasedposted by Curium on January 29, 2006 at 11:41 amNETWAR X Movie that was edited by Ohashi has now been released.
Download it here
(165MB - XviD) (Right click and save as)
NETWAR has become a developer for ALPposted by Curium on January 23, 2006 at 3:23 pmWell this is kind of old news, but I forgot to do a post for it. I have become the lead developer for
Autonomous LAN Party(ALP) back in November of last year, after the original developers (Nerdclub Programming Team: Xenophobia, Shadow, and Spam) abandoned the project over a year ago. ALP is the intranet software that we used to help run our LAN parties and tournaments ever since NETWAR 1.0. I and two other developers from Australia have worked very hard on ALP, and have released some new versions with over 150 bug fixes and new features.
I am also working on another open source project for the better of the LAN party community. This program will make it easier to start and setup gaming servers, and will also automate match play for tournaments on many different games(eg. Call of Duty 2, Battlefield 2, Quake 4, CS, CS:S, etc.). I am hoping to have a complete working version by NETWAR XI and then will release it to the public after that.
NETWAR XI Registration is now openposted by Curium on December 10, 2005 at 1:31 pmRegistration for NETWAR XI is now open, the event will take place February 24th-25th, 2006 at a new location, The Fire Fighter's Union Hall located at 60th and Grover Street. If you wanna see pictures of the new venue,
click here More updated details will be coming soon, but until then get yourself and your friends registered.
NETWAR X wrap upposted by Curium on December 9, 2005 at 11:44 pmNETWAR X is over and done, and what a successful event it was. Event pictures have been posted in the event pictures section. Most of the LAN party was filmed, Ohashi will be doing the video editing as soon as I get the footage to him, so expect some videos to watch soon. I would like to thank everyone who attended and our sponsors for making such a great event. We had lots of prizes to give away for the event as you can see in the pictures, lots of people walked away with some nice swag. We will be opening up registration very soon for NETWAR XI.
1st Place Tournament Winners:
Call of Duty 2 - Ambush!
Battlefield 2 - pr0's
Counter-Strike: Source - Fatal Flaw
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch - paradoX|Slass
Quake 4 - bodies
Unreal Tournament 2004 - cblank
Counter-Strike 1.6 - Educated Players
NETWAR X - 2 weeks awayposted by Curium on November 5, 2005 at 11:07 amNETWAR X will be taking place on November 18th, 2005 starting at 5:00pm and going all day and night for 30 hours straight, ending on November 19th at 11:00pm.
The deadline for online registration for the event is November 15th, please register for the LAN Party as soon as possible, you can do this by visiting the web site and registering for the event. Registration online is free, it just saves a seat for you at the event. You will only need to pay when you arrive at the event. If you think you might be able to make it to the event, get yourself registered. If you know you can no longer make it, please un-register yourself.
Our games played page has been updated, we have added 12 new games and removed 10 low voted games from it, we have also cleared all of the votes. So please visit the web site and vote for the games that you play so that we may know what is popular.
Join us in conversations on the forums. We also are providing FREE Ventrilo channels for clans and individuals who attend NETWAR.
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Now for the good part,
Event Details:
D-Link has gone and done it again. D-Link will be providing us with managed Gigabit switches for NETWAR X. So we are pleased to announce that all network ports at NETWAR X will be gigabit. Fasten your seat belt and hang on!
We have 20 cases of Bawls (480 bottles) ready for consumption at the event.
We will be running 7 tournaments during the event, consisting of:
Call of Duty: United Offensive (Call of Duty 2 if popular demand is higher than COD:UO)
Battlefield 2
Counter-Strike: Source
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Quake 4
Counter-Strike 1.6 - Double Elimination
Unreal Tournament 2004
For more information about the tournaments, please visit our web site.
Other games that we believe will be popular at the event:
F.E.A.R.
Call of Duty 2
Day of Defeat: Source
Serious Sam 2
Age of Empires III
Earth 2160
Starwars Battlefront 2
Civilization IV
Flatout
Empire Earth 2
Rag Doll Kung FU
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Detailed Sponsors Information:
D-Link - http://www.dlink.com
Providing us with managed Gigabit switches for the event, making our event network all Gigabit ethernet.
Computer Geeks - http://www.Geeks.com
Sent us a lot of computer items to give away.
-Xtatik 512MB MP3/Voice Recorder/WMA LED Display USB
-Logitech Cordless Desktop LX 300 Keyboard & Mouse
-Computer Case Carrying Backpack (Orange/Black)
-GeForce 6200 128MB DDR PCI Express Video Card w/TV-Out, DVI
-Geek U Collegiate Hanes Gray Fleece Sweatshirt - M
UNO's College of Information Science and Technology - http://www.ist.unomaha.edu/
They will have a booth at our event and will be raffling off a surprise gift.
1Staff - http://www.1staff.com/
Providing some items to give away
-Windows Server 2003 - Including 25 User CAL License ($1400 Value)
-Discounts on IT training and certifications at 1Staff
Separate yourself from the competition.
Get your MCSA, MCSE, CCNA or CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) Certifications at 1Staff.
CLASSES STARTING SOON!
College Credits Available at No Extra Charge!
Starting in November, 1Staff will be offering an MCSA/MCSE Certification track for busy I.T. professionals. Classes run in the evening, 2 times per week and are perfect for individuals who are looking to advance their careers by obtaining a Microsoft Certification.
Bellevue University - http://www.bellevue.edu/
Providing some items to give away
-Logitech G5 Laser Mouse
-Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
Cooler Master - http://www.coolermaster.com
Providing some items to give away
-Unknown right now
Computer Power User - http://www.computerpoweruser.com/
Providing magazines to give away
-Computer Power User Magazines
-Case modding magazines
Gamerzstuff - https://www.gamerzstuff.com/
-25 Mouse pads to give away
Mushkin - http://www.mushkin.com/
-Water Bottles
-Pens, stickers, and case badges
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For more information about sponsors, prizes, tournaments, and the schedule for the event, click on event details.
New CS Match Mod system makes front page newsposted by Curium on October 30, 2005 at 4:23 pmA brand new Counter-Strike Server Side mod that I developed for The National E-Sports League for administration of matches has made front page news on their web site. We will also be using this mod for the CS matches at all NETWAR events. This new mod will replace the old one that we used to use at NETWAR.
Read the full article here:
http://www.nationalesports.comNETWAR now has RSS Feedposted by Curium on October 30, 2005 at 3:56 pmNetwar now has a RSS Feed for our news posts on this web site. I wrote the code awhile back for it, but never posted the link anywhere. Add the feed to your feed catcher or add the live bookmark to Firefox.
RSS: http://www.netwar.org/rss
NETWAR X - 1.5 months away!posted by Curium on September 29, 2005 at 10:49 amGood News!! NETWAR X is about 1.5 months away!
NETWAR X will be taking place on November 18th, 2005 starting at 5:00pm and going all day and night for 30 hours straight, ending on November 19th at 11:00pm.
The deadline for online registration for the event is November 12th, please register for the LAN as soon as possible, you can do this by visiting the web site and registering for the event. Registration online is free, it just saves a seat for you at the event. You will only need to pay when you arrive at the event. If you think you might be able to make it to the event, get registered, you can always un-register at any time.
If you are NOT planning on attending because of other reasons besides schedule conflicts, please let us know why. Contact us and give us some details on what is making you not want to attend. We are always looking for ways to make additions, changes, or improvements so that our attendees have a more enjoyable experience. But we can not do this without responses from you.
Join us in conversations on the forums. We also are providing FREE Ventrilo channels for clans and individuals who attend NETWAR.
In addition to the soda and food that we have at the event, we are now adding Bawls as another beverage choice.
We will be deleting all NETWAR web site accounts that we get an email does not exist bounce back.
For more information about sponsors, prizes, tournaments, and the schedule click on event details.
NETWAR X Registration is Openposted by Curium on August 24, 2005 at 3:45 pmRegistration for NETWAR X (ten) is now open. Please RSVP by registering for the event on our web site as soon as possible. For more details about the event click on event details, the information about the event is not set in stone and is possible to change. We will be adding Quake 4 to the tournaments for this event.
NETWAR 9.0 Successposted by Curium on August 15, 2005 at 11:25 amNETWAR 9.0 was yet another great event, I hope everyone had a great time and enjoyed themselves. Pictures of NETWAR 9.0 have been posted in our Event Pictures section of our web site. Our next event registration will be up soon.
Ambush! is organizing a LAN Party called Freedom Fragfest! 2005 on September 23rd-24th. Visit their web site for more information and to get yourself registered for the upcoming event.
Website:
http://www.ambushsite.com/lanpartyNETWAR 9.0 Next Weekendposted by Curium on August 5, 2005 at 3:25 pmNETWAR 9.0 is next weekend! August 12th-13th starting at 5:00pm on the 12th and ending at 11pm on the 13th. If you are under the age of 18, please print the waiver found in our files section and have your parents/guardian sign it and then you will need to bring that waiver with you to the event. If anyone has signed our new waiver started at NETWAR 8, you will no longer have to sign a waiver again. We have a lot of sponsors for this event with a lot of prizes to give away. We have a lot of tournaments planned: Battlefield 2, Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 2: Deatmatch, Unreal Tournament 2004, Call of Duty: United Offensive, and a secret game that will be announced at the event. Many other games will be played during open gaming time as well. If you have not done so already, get yourself registered for the event.
Here is a list of the current sponsors:
Computer Geeks
Computer Power User
Bellevue University
Hyperglide
Mushkin
ATINETWAR 9.0posted by Curium on July 1, 2005 at 9:25 amNETWAR 9.0 is around the corner, August 12th to be exact. If you have not already registered for the event, you might want to get that done. We will be adding Battlefield 2 to our tournament line up for this event. Please visit event details for more information.
NETWAR 8.0 Successposted by Curium on May 25, 2005 at 1:20 pmNETWAR 8.0 was another great LAN, thank you all who attended. I was amazed by how many people stayed up for the whole event. I got 2 hours of sleep then I was back for some more lanning. Details and registration for our next event will be posted soon. Pictures of NETWAR 8.0 are now up in event pictures. During the missile war I turned the lens exposure time way down to try stop the people from streaking, but I forgot to set this setting back after it was over. So most of the pictures of the event are really really dark, sorry about that.
NETWAR 8.0 is this weekendposted by Curium on May 16, 2005 at 12:24 amNETWAR 8.0 is this weekend! That is only 4 days from now, May 20th-21st starting at 1:00pm on Friday going straight through until 11:00pm on Saturday. If you have not registered yet, you better do so quickly, online registration deadline is this Wednesday. Visit the event details page for more information about the event.
NETWAR 8.0 Registration Openposted by Curium on March 8, 2005 at 4:43 pmNETWAR 8.0: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut is now open for registration. This event will be at the same great location: F.O.E 154 Hall in Omaha. This event will be an over-nighter, starting May 20th at 1:00pm, ending on May 21st at 11:00pm -- 34 hours of gaming fun! Also, as an added bonus, there will be a cook on hand the entire event, so if you want some grub at 6am, just place an order and you got it. So, what are you waiting for?! Please get registered and tell your friends.
I am currently in the process of coding a voting system for games. This will allow us to know what is popular so we know what tournaments to run. This system will also allow you to find people at the event that play the same games that you do. You will also be able to start up a tournament and moderate it with any game you wish to play. :)
NETWAR 7.0 Successposted by Curium on March 5, 2005 at 12:57 pmNETWAR 7.0 was a great event and went pretty smooth, thank you all who attended. You can view
pictures of the event and watch some video clips of the ATI Missile war at the end of the pictures. We have also uploaded a
static site of ALP(the Intranet software that was used at the event). We are currently in talks with the venue for our next LAN Party. They will let us know next week on the dates they have available and we will then open registration for NETWAR 8.0!
NETWAR 7.0 Updateposted by Curium on February 14, 2005 at 10:52 amCurrently we are having 7 tournaments: Counter-Strike 1.6, Counter-Strike: Source, Unreal Tournament 2004, Call of Duty, Half-Life 2: Death Match, Garry's Mod competition, and an ATI Missile War.
Current list of sponsors: Crucial Technology, Computer Geeks, Antec, Mushkin, Razerzone, Musicmatch, ATI, NVidia, MGE company, and Riptide.
For more information about the event please visit the event details page.
LanBash 2005posted by Curium on February 7, 2005 at 11:55 pmQuote from Doane College Computer Club --
We here at Doane College announce the coming of yet another LanBash!
Now we have LanBash 2005, our 6th LanBash, and it gets bigger and better
every time. This year, we're planning on tournaments such as Quake 3,
Counterstrike: Source, Unreal Tournament 2004, Battlefield 1942: Desert
Combat, StarCraft: Brood War, as well as our always popular Mystery
Tournament. We've got a new location this year, with space for up to
120 people. All it costs you is $12 if you pre-register and pre-pay,
and that gets you a reserved spot and three meals! For more
information, and to sign up, see our website at
http://lanbash.doane.eduNETWAR 7.0 Updateposted by Curium on January 17, 2005 at 10:37 amSponsors are starting to come aboard for the upcoming event NETWAR 7.0, so far Crucial Technology, Antec, and Razerzone have become sponsors. Visit the event details page for more information on the sponsors and tournaments. We have also setup 3 gaming servers Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Source, and Half-Life 2: Deathmach for everyone to use. The IP addresses can be found on the right hand side of the web site. If you have not registered for NETWAR 7.0, go get registered and tell your friends.
NETWAR 7.0 Registration Openposted by Curium on December 3, 2004 at 9:14 pmNETWAR 7.0 will be held at F.O.E. 154 Hall on February 25th-27th, 2005. A maximum of 160 seats are available. The entry fee will be $15 if pre-registered. Currently we our planning to have 4 tournaments featuring: Counter-Strike, Unreal Tournament 2004, Call of Duty, and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch. More tournaments might be scheduled or changed. Stay tuned to the information found in the event details for further updates. As always, there will be high-speed Internet access. Lunch and dinner will be available at the event for you to purchase, not for sure what the menu will be until closer to the event. Last time for supper we had a choice between prime rib or steak for 8 dollars. Now, what are you waiting for? Go get pre-registered for the event and tell your friends.
NETWAR 6.0 A Big Successposted by Curium on November 16, 2004 at 2:11 pmNETWAR 6.0 was a big success, thanks to all who attended, I hope you enjoyed the event and had a great time. The event went with little to no problems, and I believe everyone enjoyed the free soda and the steak/prime rib supper on Saturday night.
Pictures of the event are now available:
http://www.netwar-lanparty.com/galleryNETWAR 6.0 Updateposted by Curium on October 30, 2004 at 1:52 pmTournaments for NETWAR 6.0 will be Counter-Strike, Call of Duty, Unreal Tournament 2004, Doom 3, and Halo. A number of sponsors have come on to support NETWAR 6.0 and they are ITT-Tech, D-Link, Crucial Technology, Razerzone, Mushkin, Newegg, NVidia, ATI, GearGrip, Musicmatch, and Gamerzstuff. Visit event details for NETWAR 6.0 to keep up to date on the lastest, also come chat with everyone on the forums and IRC.
NETWAR 6.0 Registration Openposted by Curium on September 13, 2004 at 6:19 pmNETWAR 6.0 will be held at F.O.E. 154 on November 13th & 14th. A maximum of 200 seats are available. The entry fee will be $15 if pre-registered. Currently we our planning to have 3 tournaments featuring: Counter-Strike, Unreal Tournament 2004, and Doom 3. First place in Counter-Strike is $250 cash. More tournaments might be scheduled. Stay tuned to the information found in the event details for further updates. As always, there will be high-speed Internet access. In addition, there will be FREE fountain machine soda for you to get your caffeine high. Lunch and dinner will be available at the event for you to purchase, their menu consists of: hamburgers, hotdogs, nachos, and more. Now, what are you waiting for? Go get pre-registered for the event and tell your friends.
