Gearing up for 2016!

Happy Holidays! 

PDXLAN is gearing up for PDXLAN 27, the sold out 550 person LAN happening this February 18th-21st. If you are coming to PDXLAN 27, keep in mind it will be the first PDXLAN to start on a Thursday and end on a Sunday. (We know some of you still haven't realized that!)

PDXLAN 27 will also be ground zero for "Modding For Charity | 2016" with our partner, NVIDIA and GeForce Garage. Starting on January 11th, FIVE teams of two will begin modding a PC for the February LAN. PDXLAN has recruited some of the best modders in the Northwest for the occasion! All five systems will be given away via charity raffle at PDXLAN 27. Each system will contain an NVIDIA EVGA GeForce 980Ti, an Intel 5960X Processor, a 500GB Crucial MX200 SSD, 16GB DDR4 Crucial Elite RAM, an ASUS Sabertooth X99 Motherboard, 700W Thermaltake PSU, Thermaltake RGB Riing Fans, and a HDD from WD. For more information about Modding For Charity 2016, check out the PDXLAN Micro-Site here. 

How can you win one of these AMAZING Modded Systems? At PDXLAN you will be able to buy a raffle ticket for $5 and then drop it in the box next to the system you wish to win. Want 1 chance at all 5? Drop 1 ticket in each box. Want 100 chances at a particular system? Donate $500 and get 100 tickets to drop in the raffle box of the system you want. You CAN buy tickets for family and friends not in attendance, simply put your name and their name on the back of the ticket. If we draw that ticket, you can deliver the PC to your family member / friend. 

Beginning in January we will begin posting Contests, Tournaments, and sponsor information for PDXLAN 27. If you are interested in PDXLAN 28 this summer, tickets for that will go live on SUNDAY FEB 21ST at NOON. Given how fast the last Summer event sold out (93 minutes) you will want to be sure to be ready to buy your summer tickets.

See you in 2016!

PDXLAN November Recap!

This past weekend 450 gamers assembled in Portland Oregon to play PC-Games for 3 days. There was something different about this group of hardcore PC-Enthusiasts though: They were excited to make a difference through giving. 

PDXLAN contacted over 40 sponsors to help provide prizes in trade for the attendees raising food for those in need in the Portland Metro Area. The attendees answered by raising over 430 Turkeys and over $20,000 in funds to help buy even more turkey for meals this Holiday Season. 

Donations were given to the Union Gospel Mission in downtown Portland Oregon. The UGM's most expensive season is the Holiday Season where they feed over 2500 families, and daily feed nearly 1,000 meals. The donations the PDXLAN attendees provided will cover the entire season feeding nearly 30,000 meals locally.

Attendees traded donations for raffle tickets and a swag bag worth nearly $180. For each attendee that provided at least $66 in donations or 50 pounds of Turkey, a Swag bag with Star Wars Battlefront, DIRT Rally, Mini-Metro, Creativerse, a Heroes of the Storm bundle, a NVIDIA hat, SAPPHIRE water bottle, Enermax Tablet Stand, and a plethora of other small goodies were given. For every 10 pounds of food given (roughly $12 dollars) attendees also earned a raffle tickets for the charity raffle in which 40 sponsors provided prizes totaling nearly $200,000.

PDXLAN started it's charity event in 2007 raising just 4,500 pounds the first year. Each year PDXLAN attendees grew the yearly amount given. The amount raised in 2014 crested 42,000 pounds. This year PDXLAN decided to take a different route and raised the equivalent of 59,000 pounds of food.

PDXLAN would like to give a heartfelt thank you to all the sponsors who provided prizes for the PDXLAN Charity event, as well as the attendees who gave so much to help so many.

Thank you to everyone who participated,

Matt Conwell
PDXLAN Founder / CEO

4 GAMERGEAR SPONSORS PDXLAN'S CHARITY EVENT!

PDXLAN would like to thank 4GamerGear.com for sending us two awesome chairs to give away at this November's charity event! Look for them in the Charity raffle! Thanks 4GamerGear!

TRIPWIRE INTERACTIVE SPONSORS PDXLAN'S CHARITY EVENT!

PDXLAN would like to thank Tripwire Interactive for sponsoring PDXLAN this November with 100 copies of Killing Floor 2 for the top 100 donors! Thank you Tripwire! 

SUMO SPONSORS PDXLAN'S CHARITY EVENT!

PDXLAN would like to thank SUMO for sending us some awesome bean-bag gamer chairs for the Android play area! Thanks Sumo!

ZOTAC SPONSORS PDXLAN'S CHARITY EVENT!

PDXLAN would like to welcome ZOTAC as a PDXLAN November Sponsor! ZOTAC has sent us mini-pc's, and even a full system to giveaway! Huge thanks to ZOTAC!

WD SPONSORS PDXLAN'S CHARITY EVENT!

PDXLAN would like to thank WD for again sponsoring PDXLAN. WD has sent many terrabytes for all the digital content we as gamers chew up! Thank you WD! 

TRENDNET SPONSORS PDXLAN'S CHARITY EVENT!

PDXLAN would like to welcome  Trendnet as a sponsor of PDXLAN's Charity event this November. Trendnet has sent pens for everyone, a few routers, and a sweet dual-bay NAS!  Thanks Trendnet!

THOSE LIGHT SIGNS SPONSORS PDXLAN'S CHARITY EVENT!

PDXLAN would like to welcome local-sponsor, Those Light Signs. By far, they are the brightest sponsor! TLS will be giving two light signs to the PDXLAN charity raffle! Thanks TLS!

KINGSTON SPONSORS PDXLAN'S CHARITY EVENT!

PDXLAN would like to welcome Kingston as a sponsor of PDXLAN this November! Huge thanks to Kingston! 

COOLER MASTER SPONSORS PDXLAN'S CHARITY EVENT!

PDXLAN would like to welcome Cooler Master as a sponsor of PDXLAN's Charity event this week! They've sent a few huge boxes of goodies! Look for them in the raffle! 

PNY SPONSORS PDXLAN'S CHARITY EVENT!

PDXLAN would like to welcome PNY as a sponsor of PDXLAN's Charity event. PNY is supporting the event with one PNY GTX 980 XLR8 Pro OC for one of the 5 prize systems, and three PNY GTX 960 XLR8 Elite OC cards for the charity raffle. In addition we'll be seeing TWO PNY 480GB CS2111 SSD's! Huge thanks to PNY for the awesome prizes! Special shout-out to a good friend there as well ~ Congrats on baby #2! 

PATRIOT SPONSORS PDXLAN'S CHARITY EVENT!

PDXLAN would like to welcome Patriot as a sponsor of PDXLAN November. Patriot will have a booth in the lobby showing off something.... very special... 

Thank you Patriot! 

ORIGIN SPONSORS PDXLAN'S CHARITY EVENT!

PDXLAN would like to thank Origin for sponsoring PDXLAN's charity event this November. Origin is giving us 500 copies of Star Wars Battlefront. Attendees that meet the minimum donation will get a Key-Code that unlocks the game in Origin. Get ready to game upon release! Origin is PDXLAN November's largest sponsor!

LOGITECH SPONSORS PDXLAN'S CHARITY EVENT!

PDXLAN would like to welcome Logitech as a sponsor of PDXLAN November! Look for amazing mice, keyboards, and headsets from the gold-standard in peripherals. Huge thanks to Logitech! 

DEFENSE GRID 2 SPONSORS PDXLAN'S CHARITY EVENT!

PDXLAN would like to thank Hidden Path Entertainment for providing 100 copies of Defense Grid 2 to PDXLAN. We'll be using these codes for the Top 100 donors at PDXLAN November! 

ENERMAX SPONSORS PDXLAN'S CHARITY EVENT!

PDXLAN would like to welcome Enermax as a sponsor of PDXLAN's November charity event. Enermax has sent a few cases and PSU's for the raffle as well as a surprise for the first 300 people to give 50+ pounds of Turkey: A Enermax Tablet Stand! Thank you Enermax! 

ASTRO SPONSORS PDXLAN'S CHARITY EVENT!

PDXLAN would like to thank ASTRO Gaming for their huge prize support for PDXLAN November. Astro has sent two very large boxes of headsets ranging from the awesome A50's to A30's. Mixamps, and backpacks! The A40's they sent are the brand new A40 TR with Mixamp kit! Look for these uber awesome headsets in the charity raffle! Thank you Astro! 

AMD SPONSORS PDXLAN'S CHARITY EVENT!

PDXLAN would like to thank AMD for their support of PDXLAN's November Charity event. AMD will be providing DIRT RALLY to all PDXLAN November attendees that donate at least 50lbs of Turkey or 33+ meals to charity. AMD is also providing a numerous assortment of their latest GPU's from Sapphire! Look for TWO grand prize systems powered by AMD Graphics!

Mini Metro SPONSORS PDXLAN'S CHARITY EVENT!

PDXLAN would like to thank Dinosaur Polo Club for supporting our charity event with 450 codes for Mini-Metro. Steam copies of the game will be given to those attendees who donate 50+ pounds of Turkey or Meals to the Union Gospel Mission. Thank you Mini-Metro!