I've just received word from Blade about yet another LAN happening in the lead up to SIEGE. Here's the deet's...

LS Arena is the birth of a new annual event held in Brisbane, Australia. 2007 will bring the culmination of 7 years worth of Brisbane community gaming to a large festival held at the Arena, Sleeman Centre.

When: Saturday 14 July 2007, 9am till 11pm
Where: The Arena, Sleeman Centre

LanSmash is a computer gaming group running LAN's for over 7 years in the Brisbane community.  In 2007 they're stepping it up a notch jump-starting Queensland's biggest and best gaming event.

Local developer Auran will be there to show gamers their latest game, Fury.  All LS Arena gamers are handed out free Beta passes for fury to play the game before its release at the end of this year!

In brief
*  $15 Participant Ticket
* 300 gamer BYOC LAN Party
* Console competitions
* Game developer presentations
* AINC CounterStrike-Source pre-qualifiers, winners are flown to
Melbourne finals!

Sounds like a perfect opportunity to hone your skills b4 SIEGE. Check out their site HERE.

LOL!