DreamHack
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DreamHack is a LAN party, a local area network gathering with demo competitions, gaming competitions and more. It's arranged twice annually at the Elmia exhibition centre in Jönköping, Sweden and holds the world record (as recognized by the Guinness Book of Records and Twin Galaxies) for the world's largest LAN party and computer festival.
In the year 2007 the founders of DreamHack received a diploma of honor from the municipality of Jönköping for being so important to business, education and society of the local community.
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[edit] DreamHack history
DreamHack began as a small gathering of schoolmates and friends at a basement in Malung in the early 90's. In 1997 it was moved to Arena Kupolen in Borlänge and became the largest LAN party of Sweden. Furthermore, DreamHack 2001 and the upcoming events were held at the Elmia exhibition centre in Jönköping, where it has been since.
Starting the year 2002, DreamHack became a biannual event with DreamHack Summer, aiming for games, taking place in June and DreamHack Winter, slightly more specific for demo scene, being held during the last weekend of November.
[edit] The world's largest computer festival
At DreamHack Winter 2007 a new world record for number of computers connected in the network at a LAN party was set. The record is now 10,445 computers.[1].
DreamHack Winter 2004 had 5,272 attendees and 5,852 computers connected to the network. That year DreamHack made it to the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest LAN party.[citation needed]
DreamHack is arranged with the help of 350 volunteers, set up in Crew Teams. They work in shifts to provide service for the visitors, like the support crew that have a help desk where the participants can address their technical problems.
The 2005 official 10th anniversary DreamHack Winter was attended by 7,538 people according to the DreamHack organization.
At Dreamhack Winter 2006 the organization tried and succeeded in beating the existing world record for the biggest LAN party. Their goal was to gather 10,000 people there. As of October 15, 2006, ten thousand tickets had already been prebooked according to the ticket system. At 18:33 local time on the first of December, a representative from Guinness Book of Records officially announced that the record had indeed been broken. The new record was 7,752 attendants and 7,788 computers connected to the network. With temporary visitors, sponsors and crew included, the total attendance of DreamHack Winter 2006 was 10,638 people.
DreamHack of today consists of two large arenas where every participant has their own seat at their computer (60 deep and 80 cm wide), but has also developed DreamHack Expo, which is a small fair within and outside of the premises. The event offers demo and gaming competitions, displayed on huge screens, while the expo gives opportunities to view and try the latest technical advances, take part of seminars and lectures, go for miscellaneous competitions or try an outdoor activity like bungee jumping, lasertag and kart racing.
DHS'07 took place June 16 to 19. The event was also hailed as a success and had new special events, specifically having the original Darth Vader actor, David Prowse appear, as well as hosting the world's largest public beta test for RACE - The Official WTCC Game. About six thousand people bought seats, age ranging from 9 to 40 and a ten percent share of females. People arrived from all over the world.
[edit] References
- ^ DreamHack, the world's largest computer festival (2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-02.
