Pittsburgh LAN Coalition
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The Pittsburgh LAN Coalition, Inc. (Pittco) is a group of LAN parties in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Pittco was established in December 2003 by a number of well-established, smaller LAN parties looking to combine their efforts to hold large-scale LAN parties.
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[edit] Event details
The name of Pittco's event is "Iron Storm." The name comes from Pittsburgh's notability as a former steel mill center[citation needed]. At its events, Pittco holds tournaments for games including Counter-Strike: Source, Unreal Tournament 2004, Battlefield 2, Quake 3, Quake 4, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and Warcraft III. Attendees often organize unofficial tournaments for games like DOOM 3, Call of Duty 2, and Nexuiz. When a high-bandwidth broadband Internet connection is available, attendees may play World of Warcraft.
There are many side events, called "jackass events" by many attendees.
[edit] Jackass events
- Karaoke
- Rap Battle
- Human-powered drag racing
- Red Bull chug
- Red Bull relay
- Freeze head (who can hold their head underwater the longest in the cooler full of ice water)
[edit] Past Events
Iron Storm is held bi-annually, generally in March and in August. Occasionally, Pittco will quickly put together smaller events, called "Lite" events.
[edit] Iron Storm 1
- February 28-29, 2004 - 120 attendees, held at the Four Points Sheraton by Pittsburgh International Airport
[edit] Iron Storm 2
- July 31 - Aug 1, 2004 - 115 attendees
[edit] Iron Storm 3
- March 5-6, 2005 - 115 attendees, held at the Ross Township Community Center
[edit] Iron Storm 4
- August 6-7, 2005 - 150 attendees, held at the Ross Township Community Center
[edit] Pittco Lite
- March 4-5, 2006 - 76 attendees + staff, held at the Beechview Holiday Inn Select
[edit] Iron Storm 5
- August 12-13, 2006 - 136 attendees, held at the Castle Shannon Fire Hall
[edit] External links
- Official web site
- TwitchGuru (Tom's Hardware Guide subsidiary) review of Iron Storm 3 [1]
