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   If my external memory serves me right, this is the first time in the history of QuakeCon that the famous LAN party is being announced so soon, in the year preceding the actual event. As tradition would have it, QuakeCon will once again be held in Texas, during the month of August. The exact dates and place were announced yesterday on the event's official webiste, along with a few details to whet the future attendants' appetite.

   QuakeCon 2007 will be held during August 2-5, 2007 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas, and the organizers are already promising "more gaming, events, exhibits and fun planned than ever before", for this 12th edition.
"This year's BYOC Area will consume the entire Trinity Hall 1, with over 70,000 square feet of floor space and 2,700 player spots - over (ed. - "almost", actually) 1,000 more seats than 2006. We've also increased the exhibit area 5X to 25,000 square feet, enough to accommodate up to 50 exhibitors demonstrating their latest games and computer hardware. Of course, it wouldn't be QuakeCon without our high-stakes pro gaming tournaments; and attendees can also look forward to the return and expansion of our enormously popular and one-of-a-kind "Quick Draw" tournaments, which pit randomly selected attendees against each other in high-pressure battles for serious cash. And in keeping with QuakeCon tradition, every day will be packed full of contests, conferences, announcements, and entertainment."    You can already make a hotel room reservation at the Hilton Anatole (details on the QuakeCon website), however the registrations for the BYOC Area will only start on March 2, 2007. And we can only hope that, by then, "BYOC" will still stand for "bring your own computer", not "console".