Looking for Gaming Laptop $1,000 Budget

1_What is your budget?
$1000 and lower

2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
I will take any size, I'm not worried if it's heavy/light.

3_What screen resolution do you want?
Not too picky, I'm used to 1024x768

4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
I'm getting one in place of my desktop.

5_How much battery life do you need?
I'm not too worried about this, I'll always be near a wall.

6_Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?

Sc2 - High
L4D - Medium
TF2 - High
HoN - High

I'm not much of a huge FPS player, so no really system dependent games. (Crysis, Cod, etc) I play more RTS and the like.

7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing,watching movies, Etc.)
Gaming, general computer tasks.

8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need?
250ish

9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
No idea as of now.

10_How long do you want to keep your laptop?
A few years (2-3)

11_What kind of Optical drive
do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
Dvd writer would be preferable.

12_Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
Looking at all

13_What country do you live in?
USA

14_Please tell us any additional information if needed.
All advice appreciated!