Anyway, this is the first day of my first journey to my first european country and my first european LAN, and I am excited And while I am waiting for my New York Strip steak to be served (thankfully the extra-large beer portion was instantly delivered) I can type away on my two hour battery life laptop.

I expect a couple of hours of free time which I will spend sight seeing in Stockholm, before I rendezvous with reppie for the bus ride to Jonkoping. Then, the next day (Nov 30) will be the registration and group games at Dreamhack for the QuakeWorld tournament. Groups 1 through 6 will begin playing their games on that day (games start 15:00 and 19:00 CET which is 9AM and 1 PM EST), which include familiar players like ParadokS, Adrenalin, riker, Ake Vader, locust, reppie, bps, and others. Of course I will be trying my darndest to contribute to the effort of broadcasting these games live to the rest of the globus, since I will have nothing else to do that day (unless I find a really nice sauna in Jonkoping). The next day, the last two groups will begin playing with players like LocKtar, nabbe, Tobes, eta, and of course myself. Those games will begin at 10:00 CET which is 4:00 AM EST, so the LocKtar and nabbe fans in North America will have to wake up really early to watch them live, but if you know anything about me, you will know that demos will be on CHTV asap!

Then, the playoffs will begin sometime around 14:00 CET (8 AM EST), and continue until the Grand Finals, which are scheduled: December 1, 20:00 CET (2:00 PM).

Well, my New York Strip is here, but I'll be back