LAN Party, anyone?

[Stalemate]

I've set up only 1 so far (Q3, if you really must ask ), shortly after 9-11.

We had a blast shooting up bots with "terrorist" skins

A friend of mine has also invited me over to his monthly LAN parties (Ghost REcon these days) and I'll joint them next time.

Have you ever participated/hosted a LAN party?

What are your impressions?

[TrackMan]

I've never found any in the area, I searched in Google even

I'd love to go to one, they sound like fun.

[[NeoZeeD]]

i was invited but didnt go,

i would really like to go to one, i heard you play video games all night and get hammered

[Morticia Addams]

Not that I wouldnt want to go to a LAN party.
But I would rather host one cause I wanna wear the PJs and be totally comfortable. You know using someones bathroom and all that stuff.

[Fierce]

It has been a thought of mine for a while now, never been to one, but I would like to host one in my area. My biggest drawback is whether or not it will go smoothly....

[Poseidon]

[quote]Originally posted by TrackMan:
<strong>. . . .I'd love to go to one, they sound like fun.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Ditto

[quote]Originally posted by Fierce:
<strong>It has been a thought of mine for a while now, never been to one, but I would like to host one in my area....</strong><hr></blockquote>


and Ditto.

[Milenko]

I just set the date for my second one that I've hosted. Gonna be May 25th, if anyone around Central PA is interested, you are more than welcome.

Last one I had about 50 people here and I'm shooting for more this time around.

[Draggar]

A couple friends of mine and I used to do that on a monthly basis.

We would never know what we were going to play until after we were all set up.
The favorites were:

Baulder's Gate
Starcraft
Doom
Carmageddon 2

[+Daemon+]

Been to one lan party. I think that bad thing is bringing in the monitor...

It was my first time playing quake3 and I smooked them ahha

150-10 in an hour hehe we had some super heros mod on... was very ez with it, if you picked the right super powers (which I did)

but with everyone having broad band theres no need for lan parties anymore for me. We will just do WAN parties

[Deity]

Been to several. They are a blast! My college computer club negotiated bi-weekly use of the computer labs on friday nights. 40 systems in place, high speed switched network, and we all pretty much loaded the software to play in class. But since it's at the college, we really can't pull all-nighters.

There's also a group here called PCGS, what it stands for I have no idea. The guy that runs it is a network admin for the local PUD. Every month he grabs the PUD auditorium, about the size of two basketball courts, sets up tables and drops 10/100 switches all over the room. You bring your system and hook up. I think the last time I went there was about two hundred people in the room with five different massive LAN games going. Now that was intense!

It's always fun to snipe somebody and hear a voice scream across the room..."Who the f*** keeps doing that!!!" *snicker, snicker*

[Fierce]

For those of you who host or used to host...do you charge?? What do you charge??

[Deity]

I would politely ask people to donate money to help supply new hardware. Cable, switches, *cough* GeForce4 *cough, cough*

[Morticia Addams]

You know what I was telling Taz.. Im surprise that they havent come out with something yet to make travel to a LAN party easy.. I mean the moving the monitor and case and all.
I have a huge suitcase I thought that might do it. But I think something similar to a suitcase stroller would be neat but geared for the gamers.

[Milenko]

I charged $5 at the door for the last one and I think I lost money. I provided soda, pizza, and prizes for the three official tournaments.

This time around I'm gonna either have to charge $10 at the door, or not do prizes. I haven't yet decided.

[Stalemate]

[quote]Originally posted by MorticiaAddams:
<strong>You know what I was telling Taz.. Im surprise that they havent come out with something yet to make travel to a LAN party easy.. I mean the moving the monitor and case and all.
I have a huge suitcase I thought that might do it. But I think something similar to a suitcase stroller would be neat but geared for the gamers.</strong><hr></blockquote>

<a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/38a4.shtml" target="_blank">Monitor</a> and <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/37dc.shtml" target="_blank">PC</a> carriers.

<a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/37dc.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/37dc.shtml</a>

<a href="http://www.pcgamereview.com/buyersguide/guides/lan/" target="_blank">Host your own LAN party</a> and don't forget <a href="http://www.lanparty.com/" target="_blank">www.lanparty.com/</a>

A friend of mine sent me a link to a LAN party that is sponsored . 30$ CAN (~45$ US) for entering, 50 players maximum, food provided (4 meals), 18 hours of fragging, XBox to the overall best player and cash prizes to other qualifiers.

Maybe that will give you some ideas, Milenko.

If you do host another one, will the Q3 server be open to the Internet as well? I think you tried to do something like that last time, no?