Cancer has affected pretty much everyone I know in one form or another and the disease is terrifying simply because it doesn’t seem to care who it affects. Young and old, healthy people and people who smoke a pack a day seem to be equally at risk.
There are a few people in the gaming industry currently who are suffering with the horrifying effects of cancer and while the unfortunate truth is that there really is nothing that the large majority of us can do to help stop it.
However this weekend we can do a little bit to raise funds and awareness for Cancer by doing what we love best, playing games.
This weekend Next weekend Emperors Palace will play host to the 7th national Gaming For Cancer event hosted by Liberty LAN.
Emperors Palace has given them a 800 seat location to host the LAN making it easily one of the biggest LAN’s in the country which is enough reason to rock up all on its own.
However to make the event even more interesting SteelSeries and ASUS have teamed up with them to run three different tournaments with prizes ranging from cold hard cash to headsets, mouse and towels.. yes towels.
The tournaments will cover DOTA 2, CS: GO and Call of Duty: Ghosts. The tournament will be run by the experienced team over at Do Gaming and will be headed by Robert Hart.
For full details check out the announcement on the DGL page and the original LibertyLan homepage.
But you are going to want to be quick as there are only 330 spaces left.
Last Updated: April 1, 2014
Admiral Chief Railjack
April 1, 2014 at 11:04
Good cause, I like it!
Wish someone would host a Planetside 2 jam session where we have lekker lekker interwebs and get a outfit all in one room!
SargonTheGreatPandaOfAkkad
April 1, 2014 at 11:07
Emperors Palace? Is that in Namibia? Botswana? Or one of the equally foreign and distance places us denizens of the mountains care not for? 😛
Brady miaau
April 1, 2014 at 11:14
Near the JHB international airport.
Apartheid museum is / was there. Quite interesting for me, a bit of a history buff to see that.
ElNicko
April 1, 2014 at 11:44
Brady – You’re thinking of Gold Reef City , that’s where the apartheid museum is.
Brady miaau
April 1, 2014 at 14:39
Nah, I saw it many years ago (2005?) at Emperors Palace. It was in a temporary hall, put up on the wall and on temporary boards. That is why I said is / was there. Was not sure
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 1, 2014 at 11:08
Nobody told me I was hosting anything.
Rince
April 1, 2014 at 11:11
*Looks up from map to your house* Ah, yeah, I may have failed to mention that when I saw you last… Sorry?
Brady miaau
April 1, 2014 at 11:21
Indeed. You supply the chips and dip, we bring the cold drinks and beer.
Also, Hulu girls? Hulu Guys?
Unavengedavo
April 1, 2014 at 11:26
Why not both?
http://static.fjcdn.com/gifs/It+s….+.+.+.+a+trap_d5a18c_4585792.gif
ElNicko
April 1, 2014 at 11:45
WTF ????? and there goes my lunch….. 😐
Admiral Chief Railjack
April 1, 2014 at 11:55
So you are skipping lunch to gawk at this???????
ElNicko
April 1, 2014 at 11:56
More on the lines of , I just finished my lunch when I saw “THAT”……
Jedi JJ
April 1, 2014 at 11:49
You call that shack a palace?
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 1, 2014 at 12:08
I can label things however I please, meat bag.
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 1, 2014 at 11:10
Gaming for a good cause.
Rince
April 1, 2014 at 11:11
This is awesome, but a smoking lounge? Really?
Brady miaau
April 1, 2014 at 11:20
Hey,Emperor’s Palace it is.
I used to smoke, so I understand the need. But perhaps, during the weekend, as a gesture of good faith for “cause”, they should close it and instead put pamphlets and stuff there instead
Rince
April 1, 2014 at 11:21
Agreed, and me too. Just thought wow..
Brady miaau
April 1, 2014 at 11:22
Awesome, so you quit too.
Man, not an easy thing to do. And to keep on the wagon? I find smoking is like a disease, I still, years later, get odd craving every now and again to smoke.
Rince
April 1, 2014 at 11:23
When I have a few drinks I use that twisp stuff to sort me out. I actually tried a normal cig in a pissed state a few weeks ago, was instantly sick 😉
Brady miaau
April 1, 2014 at 11:24
Ah, drinking. I stopped drinking while I was quitting smoking. There was no way I could carry on and stop smoking.
Good on you for having plan (Twisp, whatever that is) for when you drink
Now, I drink very little, normally the good stuff, aged scotch, and then not very much at all.
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 1, 2014 at 11:21
Hopefully filled with framed pictures of cancerous lungs.
Rince
April 1, 2014 at 11:22
Indeed. A good opportunity to help push the drive to stop.
Dutch Matrix
April 1, 2014 at 11:40
I know this sounds insensitive, but a better shocker would be people on their deathbeds dying of cancer and emphysema. My father in law passed away that way.. horrible way to go, all skeletal and such
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 1, 2014 at 11:43
Mine too.
Admiral Chief Railjack
April 1, 2014 at 11:15
Emperor’s Palace?
You mean Nkandla?
Rince
April 1, 2014 at 11:16
Nice 😉
Brady miaau
April 1, 2014 at 11:18
It seems to me cancer is indeed a disease on the the rise: we know of more and more people that have it / get it. Is the medical community getting better at diagnosing it, perhaps?
We know of so many people with Cancer and the treatments, the new ones, are so expensive, family homes are lost to pay for it. Check your medical aid, you will be shocked to see how little they actually pay for treatment. R300 000 when each treatment is R30 to R50k does not stretch far, Grandmother in law went through that.
My wife and I have both lost close family members to Cancer (me, several). My life insurance policy has an extra “Dread disease” cover, that should, for the most part, sort out the financial side if it hits either of us. Also, is it hereditary? Who knows. House Doctor days likely, but studies show different results.
I applaud efforts like this, I truly do. Well done them and to the people who go have fun in a good cause.
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
April 1, 2014 at 11:20
This is awesome. Wish I could join.
I’ve seen what cancer does to people. It’s not nice.
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 1, 2014 at 11:22
Inderdaad.
Unavengedavo
April 1, 2014 at 11:23
Also wish I could join.
Admiral Chief Railjack
April 1, 2014 at 11:34
Aye, recently lost my grandma to this, I can relate
Gavin Mannion
April 1, 2014 at 11:27
Quick update, I had the date wrong.. this is happening the following weekend
Admiral Chief Railjack
April 1, 2014 at 11:33
Damn, you forget to feed the editor again?
Unavengedavo
April 1, 2014 at 12:33
Think they are all suffering from shock because of the news from PCFormat
Jedi JJ
April 1, 2014 at 11:48
Good idea, good support for cancer and gamers showing that we’re not violent psychos as most see us as being.
Devourer of Small Bunnies
April 1, 2014 at 12:02
holy shit, I havent been to a liberty lan in years. Was always such a great load of fun. ‘cept for the whole sleeping in the car bit but otherwise, fond fond memories
William Francis
April 1, 2014 at 16:20
Tickets bought. Going to be a good jam!
SmurFyZA
April 2, 2014 at 08:23
Organise for Cape Town!
Michael Reed
April 2, 2014 at 15:04
I will be there! Can’t wait!