Me and Chris are going to be going to LANs at the end of this month. Well, Chris hasn't confirmed with me yet but I'll be going.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=239674¤tpage=4This one is sponsored by Verizon FiOs and has $1000 prize to first place, top 8 players get rewards. Sen is going to be going to this one so I'm already pretty sure I'm not getting the 1 grand haha. I believe its $25 to get into the tournament.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=239145¤tpage=2#27This one is in the first week of August, and seems like the funnest one. Apparently they going to have free BBQ, DJ outside, big-screen TV where games are going to be played, and the prize pool really depends on how many people participate. $15 to play in this one. If you win you get your name on a plaque and hung up on a wall at the LAN center, pretty cool. Really good players are attending this one, this is my 3rd time going to this one and the first one QXC one, the second was won by a guy from checksix gaming that goes by the name of Mystic(x6.Mystic, GM terran I believe) and a bunch of the LagTT gaming guys go there as well, a few of them being GM's.
Going to be really intense, lots of fun, and really looking forward to this month. Of course I'm also attending MLG Anaheim at the end of the month so its a big month for me in terms of e-Sports :). Hopefully I can churn out some good results, get noticed, and get connections from there. Southern California is starting to be considered a big place for e-Sports, considering the fact that the NASL finals are here, so many big $$ lans are turning up, and with MLG Anaheim coming up, as well as Blizzard HQs being here and so many top players in this region, I hope to put prOxi up there and get us noticed as well.
Cheers guys and wish me and Chris luck.
FYI, the last time I went to second LAN listed, I got to the ro16 winners and ro8 losers. I'm 10x better now than I was before, I got high hopes. :).