Editing LAN party (section)

=== Sponsorship ===
Many computer companies, including [[NVIDIA]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nvidia.com/content/sponsorship/frmsponsorship.asp|title=Events - GeForce|website=www.nvidia.com|access-date=9 April 2018}}</ref> [[Cooler Master]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cmstorm.com/en/esport/news/57/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922022756/http://www.cmstorm.com/en/esport/news/57/|url-status=dead|title=Cooler Master|archivedate=September 22, 2012}}</ref> [[Cyber Snipa]], [[Antec]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.antec.com|title=Welcome to Antec|website=www.antec.com|access-date=9 April 2018}}</ref> [[Corsair Gaming|Corsair]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair/community/LAN_parties.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029005151/http://corsairmemory.com/corsair/community/LAN_parties.html|url-status=dead|title=Corsair Community: LAN Parties|archivedate=October 29, 2006}}</ref> [[Alienware]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alienware.com/sponsorship/sponsorship.aspx|title=Alienware|website=www.alienware.com|access-date=9 April 2018}}</ref> [[SteelSeries]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://steelseries.com/|title=SteelSeries|access-date=9 April 2018}}</ref> [http://www.tesorotec.com/ Tesoro],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aybonline.com/sponsors/|title=Sponsors – All Your Base Online|website=www.aybonline.com|access-date=9 April 2018}}</ref> and [[Thermaltake]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thermaltakeusa.com/Contact_lanparty.aspx|title=Thermaltake - U.S.A.|website=thermaltakeusa.com|access-date=9 April 2018}}</ref> offer sponsorship packages to large LAN parties, with funding, prizes, or equipment given in return for advertising. Many large-scale LAN parties seek such sponsorship, in order to reduce operating risk (often the organisers risk losing tens of thousands of dollars) and provide prizes for attendees.