PLR Website updated

After a few months of inactivity, the official website of the Peace, Love, and Rockets LAN Party has received a few touch ups.

We first would like to thank the AWESOME Wendy Woode for the brand new logo featured on the main page and all future publications. This logo was released for the last PLR in November, and it's long overdue arrival to the web is here.

Sponsors have been flushed in preparation for a potential future LAN, and the brand new, fully featured photo gallery is now up and running. This new gallery includes all official galleries from the entire history of PLR starting with Peace, Love, and Rockets #1 from January of 2007 in Ennis, TX - right up to PLR 14 in November 2011 in Dallas, TX. We are currently missing PLR 8 and 9 as they were never delivered from the interim PLR staff of that time. If anyone has any photo's from these two events, we'd love to have them!

Watch for more news about upcoming PLR LANs here!
As always, the most up to date official PLR info can be found at www.peaceloveandrockets.org

Borderlands 2 rolling in sometime after March 2012

Borderlands 2, which Gearbox described as a "no-brainer" sequel following the success of the first title, has been officially announced. The game will head to Xbox 360, PS3 and PC during 2K's next fiscal year, which begins on April 1, 2012.

The sequel will bring to the unexplored regions of planet Pandora, and introduce "all-new characters, skills, environments, enemies, weapons and equipment."

Borderlands 2 will be shown for the first time two weeks from now at Gamescom, and then come stateside for a PAX Prime presentation August 26 - 28.

League of Legends Tournament

Shadow LAN is once again hosting a 2v2 League of Legends Tournament! If you aren't heading to Quakecon this week then head over to Shadow LAN to check out the LoL tourney! Its bound to be fun!

Next League of Legends 2v2 August 6th!

Shadow Lan will be holding the next League of Legends 2v2 tournament on Saturday, August 6th at 2:00 pm! Be sure to bring your best League partner to DOMINATE!

www.shadowlangaming.com

QuakeCon 2011 Tournament Line Up Announced

Incase you missed this....

With QuakeCon just over two week away, we’ve got details on this year’s tournaments. Get the full scoop in the press release below…

QUAKECON 2011 TOURNAMENT LINE UP ANNOUNCED

July 18, 2011 (Rockville, MD) – The world’s very best QUAKE LIVE® players will once again gather in Dallas, Texas to take part in intense online tournaments at QuakeCon® 2011, being held August 4-7, 2011 at the Hilton Anatole. Top professionals will compete in the Intel-sponsored QUAKE LIVE Duel Invitational Masters and the Intel® QUAKE LIVE Team Deathmatch Invitational Masters and contend for a share of over $40,000 in prize money. Also new to this year’s QuakeCon®, up-and-coming players will have the opportunity to prove their gaming expertise in the Brink™ Open Championships.

This year, players competing in the tournaments will all be using the same kind of computers thanks to Dell. Players will be using the Alienware Aurora, which combines the latest in gaming technology to deliver a premier gaming experience to even the most demanding hard core gaming fan.

QuakeCon, which is free and open to the public, offers an opportunity to see the greatest players in the world compete in highly-competitive tournaments. Matches will also be broadcast live each day of the competitions on large screens with play-by-play commentary from this year’s shoutcasters who will capture all of the energy, excitement and behind-the-scenes drama, with live match coverage, player interviews and expert analysis.

The QuakeCon 2011 Tournament Lineup:

The Intel® QUAKE LIVE Duel Invitational Masters
The Intel QUAKE LIVE Duel Invitational Masters will feature known professionals and top QUAKE LIVE competitors in their own exclusive tournament. Sixteen (16) of the world’s best QUAKE LIVE players, hand selected by tournament staff from the open online registration, will face-off in the 1 vs.1 duel for more than $14,000 in a single elimination bracket, with each match played in a best-of-three-games format. With two competitors remaining, thousands will gather to watch as these two best-of-the-best survivors go head-to-head in a single elimination, best-of-five-games throw-down with an $8,000 check written to the champion. Matches will feature a pool of five arenas.

The QUAKE LIVE Team Deathmatch Invitational Masters
The Team Deathmatch Invitational Masters will feature 4 vs. 4 competitions for eight (8) teams battling it out in a single elimination bracket and best-of three-games format using five arenas. Players who come out on top will share prizes of $28,000, including $16,000 for the team of champions. Matches in the tournament will feature five arenas.

The Brink Open Tournament
Available for up to sixteen (16) teams of amateurs with five players per team, the Brink Open will offer up-and-coming competitors a taste of the excitement and pressure of professional gaming. Battling for prizes ranging from top of the line video cards to autographed copies of Brink, players will compete in a stopwatch single elimination bracket. Matches for the Brink Open Tournament will feature Aquarium, Resort, and Terminal.

Registration Information
Players may register online by going to registration.quakecon.org between July 15^th and July 31^st.

Registration for the Brink Open Championship is first come, first served. Additional on-site registration will be available to fill any remaining tournament slots. Interested parties please visit our tournament area on-site at QuakeCon from noon to 1:00pm CST on Thursday, August 3^rd for participation availability.

Players with professional gaming experience or extensive QUAKE LIVE experience interested in receiving an invite to the Intel QUAKE LIVE Duel Invitational Masters or Intel QUAKE LIVE Team Deathmatch Invitational Masters must register online at registration.quakecon.org. Tournament invites will be delivered to qualified competitors selected by our competition committee. A complete list of qualified participants will be posted at www.quakecon.org following the selection process. Players selected for Intel QUAKE LIVE Master Championship are not eligible for the Open Tournament.

For official rules, requirements, prize money distribution, pool of arenas and additional information, please go to www.quakecon.org/tournament.

WOW Everyone! Truly Apperciate the Feedback!

I want to take this very short time to thank EVERYONE for the amazing feedback we have gotten for our upcoming LAN! We were planning for a small LAN due to short notice and possible lack of interest, but everyone seems more ready than EVER!

With this being said, I am going to have to announce some good and bad things. First with the bad, if the numbers turn out like the feedback we have gotten, we won't be able to fully sit everyone at the LAN center, because of this, there is going to be a 30 person limit for BYOC. We will hopefully be expanding this with our next LAN but at this time we will not be able to fit that many computers with the current layout, so the LAN is completely FCFS!. Get up there early, get up there quick if you want to have a confirmed spot! If you plan on playing consoles all night then you are more than welcome to come and play those at the same price. With this being said also, if you are not interested in coming to game and just want to hang out and socialize then we will be charging $5 at the door. One last bit of bad news, no alcohol at this LAN (but there will be Bawls for sale!), we will be planning a 21+ LAN very soon!

Now for the AWESOME news! We have our main games for the LAN, so prepare your rigs and get ready to FRAG!
Focus Games -
Call of Duty 4
UT2K4
League of Legends
Quake Live
Starcraft II
Counter Strike Source
and any other LAN games you want to fire up! (Not in any particular order)

We will be hosting mini tourneys of just about each of these games throughout the night, prizes will be bragging rights! This is going to be old style LAN where everyone comes in, sets up, games/socializes, has a good time, then goes on their way!

Don't forget to join the event on Facebook and suggest The Texan Gamer page to your friends!

Thanks again everyone! This is going to be a AMAZING LAN!

LAN Announcement!

TXG is proud to announce our TXG Welcome Back LAN!

We have found our new LAN location and are wanting to introduce the place to everyone! Bring your rig, bring your skillz, and don't forget to bring your GAME! Check the events tab on our Facebook page for more information and to RSVP!

Charge for the event is $15
Charge for the event using the location's computer is $20

I also hear that BIGGER and BETTER LAN announcement will be made while at this event....Hope to see you all there!

New LAN Center & New Fun!

Welcome back to The Texan Gamer! We are back and more prepared than ever to provide you with the best LAN parties and gaming news in all of Texas!

After a bit of a hiatus, we are proud to announce that we have a new location for LAN parties and are looking forward to bringing back the local LAN scene! We are proud to announce that Shadow LAN is our newest provider for a fun location to bring everyone together to LAN! Follow the LINK to their website to check it out!

Keep checking back for more updates! I hear there is a LAN party in the plans for the very near future to break in the place.....