Beck's Lead and Nut Paragraph

Lead: You could see the sleep crusted in the corner of their eyes and the bags under their eyes gave one an inkling of the adventure that the four men had just undertaken. To some, the sight might have been amusing, but to the gamers who strode purposely through the doors only seconds ago, they had reached their destination: Dallas, Texas. It was the annual LAN party that they had come for, and they had driven 19 hours from Michigan to get there.

Nutshell: Several years ago, Chris Quick and three other friends left Michigan early in the morning, heading for the biggest LAN party in the US (in Dallas, Texas). They were planning to stay the week, filling their time with video games, movies, and other technological time consumers. They had driven 19 straight hours to make it on time, and it was obvious by the exhausted that haunted each of their faces, despite being disguised by looks of jubilation.

-Beck Goodloe