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Thank you everyone for making this year another great event. We had our challenges with the date and venue change, but when it was all said and done we had a great year!

I would like to thank everyone who helped with our goal to raise money for Breast Cancer Research. We had 33 people participate and raised $19,000! Well done everyone!

I would like to thank our sponsors for helping us out again this year. Without their support, Fragapalooza wouldn't be the same!
- Intel has been a HUGE supporter of ours, and this year was no different. Not only did they provide us with some kick-ass prizing, but they also supplied the amazing tournament machines.
- Nvidia gave away some video cards again this year and made a HUGE generous donation of $10,000 towards Breast Cancer Research!
- HP provided us with the network this year which was ROCK SOLID! Without a network we wouldn't exist. Hard to have a LAN party with no LAN!
- SHAW was our Internet Provider again this year and we could not have asked for more. The connection was rock-stable and SCREAMING fast this year!
- MSI had a booth this year and did a presentation for us.
- Corsair was on hand again this year and gave away some really nice stuff!
- Razer sponsored our 5v5 tournaments and gave us a ton of swag! (who doesn't love swag?)
- NAIT provided a MONSTER of a server that we used to host our website at the event along with some game servers. They also provided the projectors for the main stage again this year.
- BAWLS!!! How can you survive 4 days at a LAN party without it? Good thing we didn't have to find out this year!
- Futurelooks.com had a representative onsite who wrote daily event updates on his Blog...including photos of everything!
- Est-elle Academy of Hair Design. These lovely ladies took the time out of their day to help us complete our goal. Not only did they dye our hair pink for the week leading up to the event, but they came and performed the Head Shave! (had fun doing it too I might add)

There are a ton of other sponsors who provided prizing, swag and other services to help with the event. In no particular order I would like to thank the following: Dlink, Westcan Wireless, Velocity Micro, Foosh Energy, Ubisoft, ZeroSurge, PCCC Inc, Seasonic Electronics, Crackheads Candy, Trendnet, Apevia, Sandhills Publishing, Thermaltake USA, Backyard Drive-in, Apocalypse Gaming, Sumo Lounge, Grant MacEwan, Gigabyte, NZXT, Linus from NCIX.

Also, I would like to thank you, the participants, for coming! Without you there is no reason to host Fragapalooza.
I would also like to give a huge thank you to the volunteers who worked their asses off during setup, during the event, and finally with teardown. Without your continued support every year we would not be able to put on the event with the success we enjoy.

Finally, I would like to thank the staff. Not only did you ensure the event ran as smoothly as possible, but you sacrificed your hair for a great cause - and for some of you it was a big sacrifice. It was my pleasure and honour to work with each of you again this year. In case I didn't say it enough during the event - THANK YOU.
- Commo - our Head Tournament Organizer who kept all you competition junkies occupied!
- Melbosa - couldn't help out this year due to an injury, but still managed to raise money for our Head Shave.
- Cova - helped with server configs - including the monster server from NAIT - and worked the night shift.
- Drown - our Registration Guru! Helped get all of you through the doors as quickly as possible.
- Blaze - our Programming Guru! Tirelessly worked on the website before, during and after the event.
- Overlord - One word - NETWORK. Without him this event would be forced to use tin cans and string!
- Haxim - couldn't attend this year due to the birth of his first son. Congratulations!!
- PsychoCanuk - Who better to ensure the security of your computer gear?

We also had some new additions this year -
- Nato - helped Commo run the tournaments into the wee hours of the morning.
- Frage - also worked tirelessly with Commo and Nato on the tournament side.
- AngelofDeath - Drown's right-hand man at registration!
- Babaganoosh - all around great guy! Helped Overlord with the network, helped me with any volunteer coordination and worked the night shift with Cova!

I need to personally thank Chell. She worked tirelessly for months before the event with all the logistical tasks that noone else is coordinated enough to do. During the event she was always there to pick up those supplies that we forgot we needed, or ran out of, and always did it with a smile!

And last, and certainly not least. StraT - your support and organization brings it all together. You are Fragapalooza. Without you the rest of us would be lost. From the bottom of my heart - Thank you.

-- Michael "Sphincter" Hollands

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The Weekend to End Breast Cancer head shave was a huge success! The Staff and volunteers went out and raised $8,232.66! We collected $562.70 from you - the participants - at the event, and another $10,000 from Nvidia! The grand total collected for Breast Cancer Research is a WHOPPING $18, 795.36!

Thank you to all of you who sacrificed your hair for the cause and another big thank you to everyone for donating your hard earned money.

I would also like to personally thank each of the Staff and Senior Volunteers who dyed their hair pink for the week leading up to the event. Without your participation this would not have been possible.

--Sphincter

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Welcome to Fragapalooza 2008! We are under way on our first day of the event. With or PHAT connection from Shaw we are hosting the Internet Site locally. This means that EVERYONE gets to know what is happening even if you aren't here.

Our first order of business is to let everyone know that we are hosting an Internal IRC again this year. Please connect to irc.fragapalooza.com or use our handy java applet. Sorry guys, but this will only work if you are internal to the event. However, we do have a linkbot between the Internal IRC and our channel on EnterTheGame.

Next, we will be distributing the pre-orders of BAWLS late this evening after the majority of gamers have setup.

For those of you who will be setting up your own servers in the Server Farm, please wait until this afternoon before bringing them up - just gives us extra time to get ready for them.

T-shirts will be ready later this evening as well, and for those of you who ordered a Hoodie - they will be ready later as well.

Check back often for updates!

-- Sphincter

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Another update from Setup!
It is now late Wednesday night and the venue is eerily quiet now as the staff trudge home for one last night of rest before the big event.

While you are getting ready to bring your gear down for the big event, or once you get your machine up and running, you should check out the Exclusive Fragapalooza Offer from NCIX!

Check back often as we will be updating this site throughout the event. See you in the morning!!!

-- Sphincter

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Hey everyone! We are now in the home stretch before the event. With only a few days left to go we will be locking down parts of the site over the next few days.
The first thing to go will be the ability to register online for the event. As of 23:59 Sunday night, you will no longer be able to pre-register. DON'T PANIC!!! You will be able to register at the door starting Thursday morning at 9am.

The next thing to be locked down will be the seating page. We will need to finalize the seating layout so if you attempt to change seats, or select a seat and you can't, now you know why.

Just prior to the event itself, we will probably lock the forums in some fashion. We do this so we can open them up for the attendees of the event itself. Don't worry...we will open them back up after the event is over.

Beginning Monday we will start getting ready for the setup and begin the setup process with a vengeance on Tuesday. As a result none of the Admins will be able to respond very quickly to any questions until the venue is ready. The best thing to do is send us an email if you need something and we will respond as soon as we can.

I guess that about covers things for now...see you all on Thursday!

--Sphincter

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We have created some forum posts with some very important information that you will need. This includes a post regarding Registration Reminders, a post regarding Pre-Registration and a post with some last minute checklists of things for the event itself.

Give these a read and post any questions in the forums, or visit us in IRC.

For ease of use, here is the link to the waiver form. EVERYONE must have this filled out and signed. If you are under 18, you must have it signed by your parent or guardian.

Thanks!

-- Sphincter

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We have done a fairly major backend update to the page, to include the tournament module. As you can see the offical tournaments are now listed in the tournament section.

The rules have not quite been finalized but we are working on it hard, the basic draft of the rules are on the website, feel free to comment on the forums.
Also if you are having issues with the new site let me know please!

--Commo

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I don't know if you noticed, but this year we are introducing the concept of fragbuxs. Fragbuxs have absolutely no value, and are intended purely for fun.

You can win, or lose fragbuxs by risking them on tournament games. Kinda like betting, but its all play money.

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I am pleased to announce that FPS Doug from Pure Pwnage fame will be attending Fragapalooza this year, brought to you by Intel Extreme Game Faces.

Joel Gardiner (FPS Doug) will be kickstarting Fragapalooza in Edmonton
on Thursday August 7th from 7pm-9pm. Joel will be giving away 100 autographed
posters and will stick around to deliver some headshots to a few lucky fans.

--Commodore

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As some of you are aware, this years event will be held on the same weekend as the Weekend to End Breast Cancer. It is also held literally across the parking lot from the starting point of the 60km walk.

The Fragapalooza Staff have decided to participate in our own way. We will be shaving our heads for cancer!! We need your support to make this a success. Please consider supporting us in our cause. Donations will be accepted both in advance, and at the event itself. A Donation Form is available for download and can be returned to me at the event.

I am also pleased to announce that there will be a representative from the Alberta Cancer Society on-hand to answer any questions. The media will be available to help make this a fantastic event.

The actual Head Shaving will take place on the Friday at 4:00pm. Please let everyone know!

-- Sphincter

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The time is 4am and you are still wide awake playing your favourite game. How is this possible??? One word - BAWLS!!!

That's right, Fragapalooza is pleased to announce that we will once again be selling BAWLS by the case! The cost will be $50 per case and that includes GST and Deposit.

Please send us an email at BAWLS with your real name, your Fragapalooza alias and the number of cases you want. We will be taking payment at the event itself and distributing the product at the same time. We will not be able to sell individual bottles or partial cases. For any questions or discussions, please see the forum thread.

-- Sphincter

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We have updated our giveaways count on the main page to $65,000 in prizing. I just thought you guys would like to know that.

Intel will be providing us with some top of the line gaming systems again this year. Here are the specs:

• Bone Trail2 MB - ATX w/Viiv (DX48BT2)
• Yorkfield support
• Motherboard: DX48BT2
• Memory: 2GB DDR3 1600MHz
• Processor: 3.2GHz QX9770 (Yorkfield XE)
• Hard Drive: 1 SATA 160GB
• Video Card: Nvidia* 8800 GT PCIe 512MB
• Net Card: Intel® 82566DC Gigabit Ethernet Controller
• OS: Windows* XP Pro

While we will be using these systems to run some of our tournaments, we also will be opening them up to the general attendance to use during our tournament down times. --Commodore

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Just a reminder to everyone that Razer is giving away 3 full event passes for Fragapalooza 2008!
Check out the contest page for details.

Speaking of Razer, I am pleased to announce that our 5v5 tournaments - TF2, COD4 and CS:S - are being brought to you this year courtesy of Razer! You can expect some kick-ass Razer gear for winning these tournaments.

--Sphincter

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We are working hard on drafting the rules for all the tournaments this year. We are planning to have them up by the end of the month(or sooner). --Commo

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The long awaited tournament announcements are here:
We have collected the polls and have picked the top 3 selections.

• TF2 5v5
• COD4 5v5
• CS:S 5v5

Based on our 2v2 tournament poll

• UT2004 2v2
• WAR3: 2v2 (DOTA or Frozen Throne)

Alot of people have expressed intrest in having an DOTA tournament, and in my error I omitted it from the poll. Please provide (intelligent)input on the forums and we will make a decision.

On that note we are looking for some help running tournaments, specifically (war3, UT, COD4) please email me if you are interested.

We are working really hard on some new software that should make it easy for participants to run their own tournaments. Stay tuned for updates.

Also! if you are interested in running an unofficial tournament, please contact me I will post it on the main page

--Commo

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I have now sent out the volunteer application forms to all those that have emailed me so far. If you have not received anything from me and are expecting to, please send me an email so that I can ensure I have your correct email address. (check the Contact page)

If you have any questions or comments at all, please join us in IRC - #fragapalooza on EnterTheGame or send me an email.

Thanks!

Sphincter

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There is a new poll up to give us the final information we need to decide tournaments. Saying that though we will announce our Official tournaments at the end of the month.

Also we will have the rules created by mid june. Feel free to contact me (see contact page) with any questions.

--Commodore

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Fragapalooza, as some may know, also has an ETQW clan. Tonight they played in the TGL qtr finals. They had a tough match, but on a side note, one player really stood out on the team and we wanted to recognize his performance. His name is FP|ras his game was extraordinary, and stellar in every aspect. Fragapalooza's ETQW team wants to honour his play with the Fragapalooza "Player of the Night" reward. Congrats!

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We have a seating plan setup for the new venue you can find it here .
We are working hard on the new seating system and hope to have it up and running in the near future.

Also please note that this is still in the working stage and we may make some changes to it. Just thought you guys might enjoy a quick peak.

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Hey everyone!
I just wanted to make sure that everyone was aware of this The first 400 PAID registrations are entered into a draw for a shiny new Video Card from Nvidia, and the first 200 PAID registrations will be eligible to win a high end CPU from Intel
So the first 200 have a chance at winning both!
I would not want anyone to miss out!

FP|Commo

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If there is anyone out there who has not answered the polls please do so on the left. You can answer the poll if you have a forum account, but only those that register for the event will be counted. Also paid user votes are weighted slightly higher.

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The announcement I know you have all been waiting for is finally here!!! Registration for Fragapalooza 2008 has now opened!

If you have any troubles registering, stop by IRC (#fragapalooza on EnterTheGame) and ask for help. You can also email us at fpadmin AT fragapalooza.ca

Seat Selection will be active soon. With the change in venue we have had to redo our seating arrangement and it will still take a bit of time. I promise we will get it ready just as soon as we can!

Help us spread the word and tell all your friends. This is going to be a great year! New venue, new date...what more can you ask for?

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We have done a ton of work to the site in preparation for Registration. Some of it looks the same to you, but the majority of the work has been done to the back-end of the site.

We have also upgraded the forums and will be changing the Theme in the near future to better match the rest of the site.

Stay tuned for more information!

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Unfortunately this year no video, photo camera\\\'s or camera phones will be allowed as they will be holding auditions for Miss Nude Alberta in the bay next to us. There will be security at all entrances checking for these devices so please leave them in your car or hotel.

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Well everyone...now that we have the venue and dates lined up finally, here is the next big announcement! Registration will be opening Monday April 7th! (no specific time yet...stay tuned!)

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You wanted them last year, and they showed up. You asked for them again and once again Razer is back! This time they are bigger than ever!

Check out the following forum post with the first of many announcements to come from Razer and Fragapalooza!

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Well...we finally have an official date and venue. August 7-10 are the dates, and we will be using the Northlands Sportex. For those of you who have been patiently waiting for final confirmation, thank you for your patience!

Registration will be opening soon...stay tuned for more details on that!

Cheerz!

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We have run into a serious snag that we are working through. We are having some issues with booking the Mayfield and are looking at an alternate location. The biggest snag will be the date may have to change.

We realize that some of you have booked your vacation time already and that is why we are making this announcement now, even though nothing has been confirmed. Please bear with us as we work on getting this confirmed ASAP.

If we have to change venues, the new date for Fragapalooza will be August 7 - 10.

If you have any concerns or questions, please direct them to me in IRC (#fragpalooza on ETG) or in the forums.

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Well its almost time! We are looking to open registration last week of this month so keep checking back or register on the forums and you will be e-mailed when registration is about to open.

We are very excited this year as we have some new staff members and new senior volunteers that have some great new ideas. This year is gunna kick some ass so help us spread the word!

Cheerz!

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Something a little off topic... We are looking for some good players to join our FP Enemy Territory Quake Wars team for some scrims and competition leagues. If you feel you can contribute and would like to join our team drop by IRC (irc.enterthegame.com) #pointblank or #fragapalooza and let us know. If you don\'t have IRC then you can make a post in the forums. Message Commo, or StraT. We may also be runing a fun tournament or official at this years event so pick up the game and start practicing! Cheerz!

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Fragapalooza 2008 has been tentatively booked for July 24th - 27th!

Mark your calenders, book the time off, and make plans to have a hell of a kick ass time!

See you there... Cheerz!

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Welcome to 2008! I hope that everyone has had a safe and Happy New Year!

Planning for Fragapalooza 2008 is under way, so stay tuned for details as they become available!

Cheerz!

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Registration has now begun for the 2003 main event in Edmonton. We have a lot of great things planned for this event and we expect this to be the best yet!

Cheerz! See you there!

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I hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas...was Santa good to you? :) On behalf of the Fragapalooza Staff, I want to wish you a very Happy New Year...and please make it a safe one - don't drink and drive.

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Baseboard: D875BZL Bonanza (Extreme)

Processor: 3.2/800 EE

RAM: 1GB DDR400

Vid Card: NVidia GeForce FX 5900 XT

Sound: Audigy2 ZS THX 6.1

OS: XP

Just a reminder to those that plan to enter the tournaments to bring your own Keyboard and mouse.

Cheerz!

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Well we have decided tournaments for this year! We are happy to announce that in honour of our 10th year of Fragapalooza we are returning to the game that started it all

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After careful consideration of the results from the registration poll, the official tournaments that are going to be held at this year

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This was part of our April fools gag, please don't fall for it

Fragapalooza has just confirmed the Apple will be sponsoring 64 top of the line 17 inch iMac's for this years tournament machines. We are very excited to be working with Apple and raising their gaming profile in Canada and hope to make the best use out of their technology. This is a large enough number of machines to be able to run all of the Official Fragapalooza tournaments on tournament machines. A requirement of Apple sponsoring our event is that the whole West Side of the venue is being restricted Apple only to boost their image. I hope you understand.

Intel in response to this news is requiring the East Side of the venue to be only Intel Inside. We know this leaves out those with AMD processors, as such we have arranged for the Mayfield staff to setup a tent outside with substantial power. At least the networking won't be a problem with our 100% wireless solution.

See you soon!
Fragapalooza Staff

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The dates have been set and booked. Thursday July 27th to Sunday July 30th. Four days of gaming mayhem! Book your time off!

Registration will open March 26.

Cheerz!

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Here is a news update that pretty much everyone will appreciate. At this year's event, the Fragapalooza Staff are going to be taking care of everyone's network cable requirements. Each seat in the venue is going to have a cat5 network cable already pre-run to our massive network.

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