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The Pro-Gaming scene in the US seems very small and underground right now at this point. Though titles such as Halo 3 and "novelties" of online play with Xbox have really ramped up the participation, it is still a relatively small thing when compared to other countries (I won't even mention Korea...)
For whatever reason, it seems like in the US, a large population of the Starcraft community is based in California. Even more specific than that, Southern California seems to have the most players. That being said, I would like to throw a cast out there into the TL sea and really find out how many players there are out here? I live in Orange County myself, and I'm sure there are other players who do as well.
It's my hope that Pro-Gaming or at least a more competitive edge to gaming breaks through out here, and I want to be a part of something like that when it does or be someone who does my part and plays. If anybody in the Orange County area is interested in having some LAN parties, starting a psuedo-clan (or maybe clan if the skill level is there!), a new ICCup team, mass gaming, anything! Then let me know here!
I find that when I have other people participating with me in events, the competitiveness level in me rises way above normal, as does my motivation and focus. Playing SC alone or with random people constantly gets old. Pushing each other and knowing a name or a face to who you are playing really makes it more of a versus experience as well as opens chances to get critiqued and improve ones play.
Anywho, let me know if this sparks anybodies interest!
EDIT: If you do live in Orange County, also post in what city you are located and what types of things you would be interested in starting or participating in!
List of OC-ites and interest: 
Quesadilla (Yorba Linda): LAN's, clan, practice, hang out, anything!
Kr_Mint (Mission Viejo): LAN, hang out, etc.
LOcDowN (Aneheim): LAN's
ArC_man (Irvine) + Friends: LAN, hang out
SigrUn (Long Beach): ?????
Xeris (San Diego) + Friends: LAN
blabber (Irvine): LAN
Lycaeus (Irvine): LAN, picking up blabber 
CowGoMoo (Irvine): LAN, hang out, etc.
Diggity (San Diego): LAN?
Ninja[SiN] (Cypress): LAN, hang out, etc.
G5 (NorCal): LAN (Prize $ only)
Machine[media] (CentralCal): LAN (Prize $ only)
Zelniq (LA): ?????
CharlieMurphy (Huntington Beach): Lan, Tourneys
Available 29th:
Quesadilla
Lycaeus
ArC_man
Xeris[Light]
Day[9]?????
To be continued.....
Official Teamliquid.net SoCal LAN details!
December 29th, 12PM - 8PM
Interpia PC Bang, Garden Grove, CA
$12 for PC use
Double-Elimination Bracket, with bo5 Final round!
Address: 11042 Magnolia Avenue
Garden Grove, CA 92841-1028
(714) 534-7570
Come compete, meet new players, hang out, and increase the Broodwar community in Southern California! If this goes well, this definitely will not be the last one. 
CONFIRMED ATTENDING:
Quesadilla
Lycaeus
Xeris
Xeris' Cousin
Semioldguy
sizcyp
Machine[media] (maybe? ...blame G5)
AceTv
Syntax
CharlieMurphy
ChrisUniverse
Evade
Cyp
T_v (Pending)
Mr.X (Pending)
Bracket:
Coming soon w/ replay pack
Everyone Else: GAY
PICTURES!
Picture Pack @ [url blocked]
The Bang
Charlie Murphy's Micro
Machine Raping
Group Photo
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i'm in orange county. what part are you in?
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in 2005 we had 3 LAN's for SoCal people 
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I'm in Orange County also, PM me if you'd like to meet up or play. Always glad to meet others who are also interested in the pro scene.
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kinda off topic...but what IS the real oc like anyways?
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On December 13 2007 11:54 Ender wrote:
kinda off topic...but what IS the real oc like anyways?
overly-hyped. none of the stuff on all those shows even happen. i live in the center of OC, and i don't live in a 4.5 million dollar house, or drive my daddy's Mercedes anywhere. even though there are some nice places, it's really no nicer than anywhere else.
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I live in Yorba Linda. Check the EDIT of the first post for details since I am getting a few responses! This could be really sick, put some gnar stuff together, hopefully a lot of gaming...
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I live in Anaheim and would like to participate in any small LAN's for fun, if it's a tourney with something like $20 buy-in or whatever then no thanks.
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Another edit:
I'm going to add a list of players, location, then interest so we can make this junk happen!
Also a list is something more tangible than just saying we want to be in it.
On December 13 2007 11:40 Xeris wrote:in 2005 we had 3 LAN's for SoCal people
Who was in that? ;D
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I'm gonna be back home in Irvine this break
If anyone wants to hang some time, I'm down. I got a buncha friends who would want to hang and play SC also, so I'll bring along at least like 2-3 more people.
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Sweet dude! We should actually all set up a time and event where we can do this before Christmas or whenever during break. I'm actually going to Seoul the 31st and will be gone til school starts again... But before that I'm game!
From the sounds of it, a LAN/chill seems to be the most popular suggestion, so we should put this together. I don't know about you guys, but Saturday the 22nd seems rad. Before Christmas, nobody has school, and hopefully people are around... But it's a weekend on already a break, so people are relatively free?
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On December 13 2007 14:00 SigrUn wrote:
I'm in Long Beach!
What are you in for?
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I'm in San Diego / LA (school in SD) I'd be willing to drive up to an hour any direction for a LAN.
well one LAN we had we actually rented out a house and had a BYOC LAN, had some really fun shit happen !_!...
Cypressman, evade, Froz, me (ofc), some Blizzard employee (nvnplatypus), and lots of other guys ... I think we had around 20 people total. Anyways it was a really great LAN, think I got 4th place @ that, Froz 1st, evade 2nd, cypress 3rd IIRC. The best moment was when Hovz showed up and was going to kick evade's ass for something he did 3 years before.
Anyways, if you guys plan something I'll for sure show up and I know some other people like Day[9] will also come 
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i can really do it anytime. so just PM me or mention it in this topic, and then we can decide .
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NorCal for me. Good luck, forming a SoCal clan!
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I'm from San Jose but I'm going to college in Irvine
I can't really drive anywhere so I can't LAN outside my immediate area
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