Only in Sweden

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Ahh Sweden. Where The Pirate Bay is a political party. Where protection from the DMCA is written into the bill of rights. Where wardriving was more common than drive bys.

This is a country which knows how to (LAN) party.



Dreamhack, officially (according to the Guinness Book of Records) the world's largest LAN party, offered up all sorts of gaming thrills along the lines of StarCraft II and Counter-Strike to the 12,000 attendees. It looks like the air was thick with excitement, perspiration -- and hopefully a little air freshener.

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