EtherSnap / OMFG – Current Status
Aug 19th
Well as you all know EtherSnap took a short break as a lot was happening within the team. I’ve recently moved to the Gold Coast located in Queensland and the old EtherSnap staff based in Melbourne have made a new and exciting lan to carry on what we started.
EtherSnap will be moved to Queensland and the current two locations under investigation for hosting future events are Robina and Varsity Lakes. Something else may come up in time but these locations are my main focus.
So for the people located in Melbourne, there’s a new lan in town and it’s called ‘One More Frag – Gaming LAN’
This can be shorted to OMF Gaming and OMFG LAN and the new site for this lan is located at OMFGLAN.com.au. It’s got a forum so get up on over there if you’re based in Melbourne and check our EtherSnaps new sister lan!
In the coming weeks I’ll have a post explaining the in-depth partnership between the two lans and have OMFG LAN banner placements setup around the site.
Very good things are coming.. Stay tuned..
Come one come all!
May 15th
Registrations Extended & Competion Prizes!
May 13th
Just letting everyone know that our registrations have been re-opened. We hit our registrations cap at 80 yesterday, this is why the registrations were closed.
In order to compensate for non-arrivals etc, we are allowing a few more, SO GET IN QUICK REGISTER & CONFIRM!
Competitions and Prizes:
Left 4 Dead 2 – 4v4 – Versus – Prizes: Crucial BallistiX Sponsorpack – Antistatic Strap, Memory Hog, T-Shirt, Crucial Material Patch.
Call of Duty 4 – 5v5 – Search and Destroy – Prizes: 4Gb of LED Ram provided by Crucial BallistiX and Pure Pwnage™ Ü.C1 Gaming Surface runner ups receive Pure Pwnage™ Season 1 Combo and a Thermaltake Lanyard.
Counter-Strike: Source – 5v5 – Prizes: Thermaltake Xaserbag from Thermaltake a Kinzu SteelSeries Optical Mouse and the runner up will receive some products from Crucial BallistiX.
Team Fortress 2 – 6v6 – Control Point – Prizes: PurePwnage Sponsor Pack – Pure Pwnage™ Season 1 DVD Set, Pure Pwnage™ Season 1 CD, FPS Dough or Jeremy Leetspeaker, Surface, PP Cast Sticker Set, the runner up for this event will receive a FPS Dough or Jeremy Leetspeaker and a Pure Pwnage™ Ü.C1 Gaming Surface.
Quake 3 – 1v1 – Prizes: Thermaltake ISGC FAN 12, Thermaltake Lanyard, Crucial T-Shirt, Pure Pwnage™ Season 1 Combo.
Various door prizes and on the spot prizes may take place as well as other activities such as away from keyboard events!
EtherSnap has a new venue and here’s the information!
Apr 15th

EtherSnap Entry
VENUE HAS CHANGED!
PLEASE READ THE UPDATED EVENTS PAGE AND BELOW POST.
10:00AM 15th of May to 5:00PM 16th of May!
Register For This Event | Members Currently Attending | Event Information
TITLE: ETHERSNAP EVENT #1
Entry Price: $25
Location
The EtherSnap events are located at the Sandown Racecourse in Springvale just off Princes Highway. As you are driving down towards the event location you will see an assortment of gate numbers, please go through Gate 3 and you’ll see our signs which will let you know where to go from there!
The 2,000 Square Meter venue we have setup for you will provide full featured air conditioning also features a large roller door, and exterior concrete ramps at either end for easy vehicle access if you equipment is too heavy to carry.
591-659 Princes Hwy, Springvale VIC 3171, Australia
Sandown Racecourse (Melways Reference Page 80 D7)
EtherSnap now comes in mobile format!
Apr 10th
I’m not sure about you guys but at times i get very bored and always seem to find myself searching up websites on my iPhone / Portable device. So with this in mind I’ve installed a new feature which will auto-detect your screen size and adjust the sites theme accordingly.
I’ve included some pictures below showing the new feature in action!
- Bookmark Icon – iPhone / iPod Touch
- Comment Publishing View
- Comments View
- Home Page
- Landscape View
- Landscape View – iPhone Example
- Post Preview
- Post With Pictures View
Pure Pwnage sent through some swag!
Mar 13th
Pure Pwnage have sent through some awesome new gear from the Pure Pwnage Noob Store. These products will be given to people at EtherSnap events as prizes for all sorts of different activities taking place on the set event days!
Here are some photos of the awesome gear Pure Pwnage has sent on through.
- FPS Doug Leet Speaker
- Jeremy Leet Speaker
- Pure Pwnage™ Season 1 DVD Front Shot
- Pure Pwnage™ Season 1 DVD Back Shot
- Pure Pwnage™ Season 1 CD
- Pure Pwnage Stickers
- Pure Pwnage™ Ü.C1 Gaming Surface
- Pure Pwnage™ Ü.C1 Gaming Surface
- Pure Pwnage Stickers
- Pure Pwnage Overall Product Shot
- Pure Pwnage™ Season 1 DVD Sets
- Pure Pwnage Leet Speakers
New forums up and running!
Mar 12th

Due to the many bugs and issues with our previous forum, i’ve swung an install of PHPBB3 for you all to communicate on. Sign up and introduce yourself on the forum and just get to know one another before our first event.
You can also ask questions regarding the event or just vent your spleen, either way it’s in place and is ready for your fingers.
Have fun!
Steel Series Now At JB Hi-Fi
Mar 11th

SteelSeries, a leading manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories, today announced the availability of its professional gaming gear portfolio through JB Hi-Fi, one of the largest consumer electronics retailers in Australia and New Zealand. SteelSeries offers players feature rich peripherals including headsets, mice, surfaces, keyboards, co-branded publisher products and accessories that have been designed alongside some of the world’s best ranked professional gamers.
Established in Melbourne in 1974, JB Hi-Fi was founded with the philosophy of delivering specialist ranges of equipment at Australia’s lowest prices. Since then, the company has developed and diversified its business to now offer a wide range of consumer electronics including JB computer/video games, Plasma and LCD televisions, digital cameras, portable audio, gadgets and more across both New Zealand and Australia.
“The ability to offer SteelSeries professional gaming gear at a distribution level this broad, with a quality partner like JB Hi-Fi, is a huge step forward for SteelSeries in Australia,” commented Flemming Gyldenhammer, Regional Sales Manager for SteelSeries. “This partnership strongly underlines the demand for professional gaming peripherals in the Australian market; a demand that we look forward to fulfilling with the help of JB Hi-Fi.”
“We’re pleased to be working with SteelSeries who represent a great addition to the JB Hi-Fi PC offering through an excellent range of high quality, professional gaming gear for the enthusiast and casual gamer,” said Steve Barker, Purchasing Manager JB Hi-Fi.
“Australia is home to a rapidly growing gaming market and host to large gaming events such as Extreme Games and E-Games. JB HI-FI as one of the largest gaming retailers will help to expand the pro gaming or E-Sport concept to the consumers in Australia.,” said Mr. Kee Ong, CEO of Synnex Australia, who is distributing SteelSeries in Australia.
FutureMark is now on board!
Mar 6th
Well after many emails back and forward FutureMark have agreed to officially sponsor EtherSnap!
They have offered a wide range of prizes and goodies which will be given out on the day to the members of our FutureMark sponsored Event Horizon tournament. For now the structure of this event has not yet been developed so we are going to have to keep the goodies and prizes available for this one under wraps!
FutureMark have been very generous with this sponsorship, it’s a pleasure to have you on the EtherSnap team!
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SteelSeries Mechanical Gaming Keyboard The 6Gv2
Mar 4th
- Modeled After the Award-Winning SteelSeries 7G, The New 6Gv2 is the Straight to the Point Gaming Keyboard Option
SteelSeries, the leading manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories, today, during CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, introduced the SteelSeries 6Gv2 keyboard. Designed with 18-karat gold-plated mechanical switches, the keyboard offers quicker reaction times and advanced key combinations for more Actions Per Minute and a lifetime more than 10 times that of conventional keyboards.


































