Frag-o-Matic 26.0

Dreamhack summer 2012

AUTHOR: Gelleby

DATE: 17/06/2012

COMMENTS: 7

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As a member of Frag-o-Matic we often visit other lanparties, one a bit smaller, the other a bit larger such as now: DreamHack in Jönköping, Sweden.
We've driven around 1400km to get here.

Even now we're this far away from Belgium, we still walk into FoM participants (which is a nice thing).
If you're here too, bring us a visit in hall B on row 37.

Life as a participant is good. Sufficient food and beverages, rapid internet connection, lots of animations.

Network and internet

Every row of participants has two switches where everyone among them can plug in his/her own networkcable, such as on FoM.
Traffic from hall switches is then sent over an optical (fibre) link to three racks in the main hall, hall D.

The system works fine and that's good to know because DreamHack is sponsored by Telia, the largest ISP in Sweden!
During the event we reach 50Mbit down- and upstream with ease.
In Belgium we can only dream about this.

Animation

Half of hall B is dedicated to a game expo where hardware is sold and games are exhibited.
In hall D (main hall) artists perform and funcompo's are held at regular intervals.
It's quite logical for most of the participants to be seated here, participants who have a seat in other halls can watch the presentations on a bigscreen or through the livestream(s).
Then there's hall C where pro gamers get to show the best of their skills.
Furthermore there are two movie theaters, so called dreamarena's Orange and Extreme, finals are held in the latter.

Live coverage

DreamHack serves diverse livestreams on http://www.dreamhack.tv and there is a separate press area where gaming websites can update their webpage and write reviews.

Just a while and it'll all be over :(

Luckily a FoM is near, let's all get ready for it!