WeddingLAN at GNWLAN 10 was EPIC!

By: Christopher "Synther" Wilson

It's been a month, but I had to throw out some info on the absolute awesome that was GNWLAN 10/WeddingLAN.  GNWLAN is always a fun event with it's moderate size, fun activities, awesome staff, fantastic sponsors, great charity events, and friendly atmosphere.  This LAN was special to myself and Kate "iGetzPants" Wilson because it was also our wedding!

Originally my vision of having a wedding at a GNWLAN event was to have the ceremony outside, on the river, with a sunset in the background.  It would be picturesque without disrupting the LAN itself and yet it was only about 300ft from the LAN, therefore all attendees would be invited!  It was very important to me that we not disrupt the events that Ryan “Havok” Headrick had planned and to not hijack his entire event.  Unfortunately, mother nature had other plans for us.  Three separate storm fronts moved in back to back dumping almost an inch of rain and with 39mph winds.  Getting married outside was no longer an option and Kate was getting a bit frantic by 1:30am Saturday  morning.

It was Havok to the rescue!  Ryan, his wife, and all of the GNWLAN staff setup a ceremony for us in the LAN itself and it was decided that we would have two ceremonies: One for LAN attendees and a second at our reception site for family.  Brad Hutchison of the GNWLAN staff did our photography for both events and Shannon “Mrs. Cake” Motter officiated both ceremonies.  We were blessed with an absolutely awesome wedding thanks to our wonderful friends.  They literally made things come together that we thought were in danger of failing.  

Along with the wedding, GNWLAN also ran a charity raffle for the V foundation for Cancer Research!  Along with all of this there were some great games to be played!  If you are ever in the mood to go to a LAN event, you should definitely put GNWLAN on your short list of must go to events.

I also want to say that it meant a very great deal to me, personally, that founding members of the PDX Murderous Moppets were in attendance for our wedding.  Thank you!  And thank you to Jeff “Dgephri” Kaiser for being such a great best man!  It was a real joy to see you all there on our special day!  Thank you so very much.