It'll be worth paying the money just to see ME for a start....
Goodness knows, I had to beat the fans off with a stick dipped in the proverbial last time.
Of course, this time around, I shan't be wearing my peekaboo leather chaps... sorry.
Other than that, LANs are the ultimate in gaming fun AT THE SAME TIME as socialising with like minded individuals.
Personally, I think its a damn fine thing that Intel are sponsoring an event. Regardless of whether you're an AMD or Intel Fanboy, the serious amount of money that these guys have to sponsor events only means that the events get better and get OTHER companies interested too. That means bigger prizes, MORE prizes, MORE events and more happening at each event.... it's all good, whether you have an INtel CPU or not.
(Besides, the day can't be far off where they do Intel branded leather waer, can it?)