VanLan
VanLan is an upcoming annual LAN gaming tournament that takes place in the heart of downtown Vancouver, Canada. The current set date is AUG 5th-6th. The first VanLan will raise the bar for attendance, tournament intensity, event organization, and gamer satisfaction. Running over two full days, with 420 players and staff coming from all over Northwestern Western Canada and USA, our ‘by gamers for gamers’ perspective is unique.
Hosted at Canada Place
We will blend professional gaming, amidst huge cash prizes and large scale tournaments, together with the casual gamer and enthusiasts’ interests. Hardware prize giveaways for unofficial side tournaments of multi-platform gaming, and human capabilities challenges to boot, this two day event will gather any and all computer lovers into one room, with one focus: To game.
Priding ourselves on attendant satisfaction, we have and will continue to employ hundreds of man hours to ensure that every detail is reviewed and taken care of twice over. Our venue: Vancouver Exhibition and Convention Center, otherwise know as Canada Place
VanLan focuses
Competitive, professional tournament games and management thereof
Cash prizes to reward hardcore tournament gamers
Hardware giveaways based on official and unofficial game tournaments and attendant activities
Immense crowd interation through MC commentary and visual presentations
Media coverage of game activity both during and after event, also of products/sponsors involved
Extreme 'grassroots' approach to our event, thus allowing user opinions to be heard and evaluated
Highest regard for safety, security, environment standards, attendee satisfaction
Website and Registration
VanLan's website can be found at http://www.VanLan.ca or checkout the forum at http://www.VanLan.ca/forum
Be sure to browse around for information concerning our Lan event, culture, and venue. Tournament, official/unofficial games involved, and event schedule information can be found under the 'Tournament' tab in the browser menu. Our user opinions are valued highly, so get over to our forums and dispense your opinions unto us.