The LAN Party Thread

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I'm headed to a LAN party with some friends and at the behest of Hoff, I'm making a thread of it.  Idk yet, but I may stream a little bit of it.


Packed up and ready to go

[Hexterdude]

what are you gonna play?

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what are you gonna play?

So far it's looking like CSGO, Battlefield 3, Halo Online, and GTA5.   There might be something else they want to play, but I have no idea.

[HoffmanMyster]

Yeeeeee!

You're really going to game on a Model M?  O.o

Also, you guys should throw some classics (from my days at least ) into the mix!  CSS, Unreal Tournament 2k4, AvP, Quake 2...    Ah, man, now I wanna have a LAN with my middle school buddies again. 

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The setup!

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The REAL setup

[Zeal]

The setup!

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Seeing that mouse & mousepad just made me cringe. Can you honestly play CSGO like that? :P

Comment still stands, tiny mousepad is tiny.

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The setup!

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Seeing that mouse & mousepad just made me cringe. Can you honestly play CSGO like that? :P

Comment still stands, tiny mousepad is tiny.

I forgot mine at home :(

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Two of the butts bailed so here's the gang


And the snacks

[HoffmanMyster]

Oh good, you did bring another board.  )  Hah.

Just the three of you?  Bummer about the other two skipping out, but you can still have a fun LAN with even two people - I once pulled an all-nighter playing Morrowind (both separately of course) with my friend because we had issues getting the network set up. 

[Hexterdude]

You guys need to bust out some league

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Oh good, you did bring another board.  )  Hah.

Just the three of you?  Bummer about the other two skipping out, but you can still have a fun LAN with even two people - I once pulled an all-nighter playing Morrowind (both separately of course) with my friend because we had issues getting the network set up. 

It ruined our plans of CSGO, but we can bust out halo online!  Next time will be classics

[Spopepro]

Yeeeeee!

You're really going to game on a Model M?  O.o

Also, you guys should throw some classics (from my days at least ) into the mix!  CSS, Unreal Tournament 2k4, AvP, Quake 2...    Ah, man, now I wanna have a LAN with my middle school buddies again. 

I thought you said "classics". Bolo or riot.

[HoffmanMyster]

Yeeeeee!

You're really going to game on a Model M?  O.o

Also, you guys should throw some classics (from my days at least ) into the mix!  CSS, Unreal Tournament 2k4, AvP, Quake 2...    Ah, man, now I wanna have a LAN with my middle school buddies again. 

I thought you said "classics". Bolo or riot.

Oh, you. 

I said...

classics (from my days at least )

...I knew someone would try to do this!  )

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Next up, gmod!

[HoffmanMyster]

Next up, gmod!

Good choice!

[trenzafeeds]

You guys need to bust out some league

You can't even play league on LAN lol

[digi]

Pretty kewl to see you fine lad's lugging your comps together to hang out and have a LAN party! Back in the day before the Interweb's, this is how we played games with our amigoz!

We used these things called "Ethernet cables" and connected these "Ethernet cables" to a 10mbit hub so we could play Warcraft II and Quake.

[HoffmanMyster]

We used these things called "Ethernet cables" and connected these "Ethernet cables" to a 10mbit hub so we could play Warcraft II and Quake.

Wait, is this not what you'd do today?    I'd never trust a wifi connection when I'm ten feet from the other computers anyway.

[digi]

We used these things called "Ethernet cables" and connected these "Ethernet cables" to a 10mbit hub so we could play Warcraft II and Quake.

Wait, is this not what you'd do today?    I'd never trust a wifi connection when I'm ten feet from the other computers anyway.

IT WASN'T AIMED AT YOU HOFF I KNOW YOU KNOW AND I'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU KNEW THE NEW.

[HoffmanMyster]

We used these things called "Ethernet cables" and connected these "Ethernet cables" to a 10mbit hub so we could play Warcraft II and Quake.

Wait, is this not what you'd do today?    I'd never trust a wifi connection when I'm ten feet from the other computers anyway.

IT WASN'T AIMED AT YOU HOFF I KNOW YOU KNOW AND I'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU KNEW THE NEW.

  I'm just saying, are the kids these days not using ethernet cables?  Obviously I know about them.  But I assumed that's the standard still.  digi so mean.

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We used these things called "Ethernet cables" and connected these "Ethernet cables" to a 10mbit hub so we could play Warcraft II and Quake.

Wait, is this not what you'd do today?    I'd never trust a wifi connection when I'm ten feet from the other computers anyway.

It's an OG LAN here!  Local servers for all our favorite source engine games.

[digi]

We used these things called "Ethernet cables" and connected these "Ethernet cables" to a 10mbit hub so we could play Warcraft II and Quake.

Wait, is this not what you'd do today?    I'd never trust a wifi connection when I'm ten feet from the other computers anyway.

IT WASN'T AIMED AT YOU HOFF I KNOW YOU KNOW AND I'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU KNEW THE NEW.

  I'm just saying, are the kids these days not using ethernet cables?  Obviously I know about them.  But I assumed that's the standard still.  digi so mean.

You're ruining my joke, just plain rude...Packers get one win and they think they own the World...pfft.

[HoffmanMyster]

We used these things called "Ethernet cables" and connected these "Ethernet cables" to a 10mbit hub so we could play Warcraft II and Quake.

Wait, is this not what you'd do today?    I'd never trust a wifi connection when I'm ten feet from the other computers anyway.

IT WASN'T AIMED AT YOU HOFF I KNOW YOU KNOW AND I'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU KNEW THE NEW.

  I'm just saying, are the kids these days not using ethernet cables?  Obviously I know about them.  But I assumed that's the standard still.  digi so mean.

You're ruining my joke, just plain rude...Packers get one win and they own the World...pfft.

* HoffmanMyster repents his sins to digi

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* XX7 is on a caffeine high

[HoffmanMyster]

* XX7 is on a caffeine high

I'm reminded of my favorite energy drink back in the day.

I even enjoyed one with Halverson last year. 

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* XX7 is on a caffeine high

I'm reminded of my favorite energy drink back in the day.

I even enjoyed one with Halverson last year. 

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Those are some tasty looking bawls.

[HoffmanMyster]

* XX7 is on a caffeine high

I'm reminded of my favorite energy drink back in the day.

I even enjoyed one with Halverson last year. 

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Those are some tasty looking bawls.

Too much geekhack, not enough vidya games!!  >:D

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* XX7 is on a caffeine high

I'm reminded of my favorite energy drink back in the day.

I even enjoyed one with Halverson last year. 

Show Image

Those are some tasty looking bawls.

Too much geekhack, not enough vidya games!!  >:D

Just Cause 2 is downloading.  My vidya gaming skills are limited on my friends bad internet.

Plus keyboards are important

[trenzafeeds]

I participate in a LAN pretty much once a month. Perhaps I will make a thread next time I do.

[Spopepro]

Pretty kewl to see you fine lad's lugging your comps together to hang out and have a LAN party! Back in the day before the Interweb's, this is how we played games with our amigoz!

We used these things called "Ethernet cables" and connected these "Ethernet cables" to a 10mbit hub so we could play Warcraft II and Quake.

Bahh, ethernet!  I wasn't joking about Bolo. My parents were middle school teachers.  On a friday, we would raid the computer lab and borrow 10-16 Macintosh LC IIIs and take them to my house.  We would network them with AppleTalk (ethernet was really expensive, and I think most of it was still coax... token ring was the low cost networking solution for IBM clones) and play Bolo, and OG Marathon for as long as we could until people were falling asleep on their keyboards. 

LAN was the best.  Internet required multiplayer has wrecked one of the coolest aspects of gaming culture.

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I participate in a LAN pretty much once a month. Perhaps I will make a thread next time I do.

Do it man!

[trenzafeeds]

I participate in a LAN pretty much once a month. Perhaps I will make a thread next time I do.

Do it man!

I'm hoping that I will be able to have the Jane CE in time

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Pretty kewl to see you fine lad's lugging your comps together to hang out and have a LAN party! Back in the day before the Interweb's, this is how we played games with our amigoz!

We used these things called "Ethernet cables" and connected these "Ethernet cables" to a 10mbit hub so we could play Warcraft II and Quake.

Bahh, ethernet!  I wasn't joking about Bolo. My parents were middle school teachers.  On a friday, we would raid the computer lab and borrow 10-16 Macintosh LC IIIs and take them to my house.  We would network them with AppleTalk (ethernet was really expensive, and I think most of it was still coax... token ring was the low cost networking solution for IBM clones) and play Bolo, and OG Marathon for as long as we could until people were falling asleep on their keyboards. 

LAN was the best.  Internet required multiplayer has wrecked one of the coolest aspects of gaming culture.

The magic of split screen games are gone

[HoffmanMyster]

I participate in a LAN pretty much once a month. Perhaps I will make a thread next time I do.

Do it man!

Definitely!  Or feel free to morph this thread into a running LAN thread for anyone to post to, if XX7 and yourself are satisfied with that (it is not a required moderator-decision, just an idea ).

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I participate in a LAN pretty much once a month. Perhaps I will make a thread next time I do.

Do it man!

Definitely!  Or feel free to morph this thread into a running LAN thread for anyone to post to, if XX7 and yourself are satisfied with that (it is not a required moderator-decision, just an idea ).

I'm down for it!

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And now we're on to TF2, but it crashes whenever I join a server.

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And it's over, and I'm coming down off an extreme caffeine high.





I was tempted to stay the night, but parental curfew came into effect.

[bocahgundul]

I never go to a LAN party cause there aren't any LAN party here. Is it like bring your computer to your friends house and play with your friends?

[katushkin]

UT99 is where the fun was. Sniper arena with godlike bots was just nuts. Haven't had a decent LAN experience since Insomnia last year, as the one this year was more about me playing Dota by myself or with R1N3 across the pond lol...

[LeandreN]

* XX7 is on a caffeine high

I'm reminded of my favorite energy drink back in the day.

I even enjoyed one with Halverson last year. 

Show Image

Those are some tasty looking bawls.

Too much geekhack, not enough vidya games!!  >:D

Just Cause 2 is downloading.  My vidya gaming skills are limited on my friends bad internet.

Plus keyboards are important

Omg Just Cause 2 multiplayer mod is fantastic, especially those servers with "shiftboost" enabled. lol

[HoffmanMyster]

And it's over, and I'm coming down off an extreme caffeine high.

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I was tempted to stay the night, but parental curfew came into effect.

Noooooo, it ended too soon!    Looks like it was a fun time though. 

Speaking of curfews, there was a time I was at a LAN at a buddy's place and his parents were gone.  My parents had a strict parents-must-be-home rule, so we got his neighbor to come over and talk to my parents on the phone and tell them he was the parent.  The moral of this story is you should have stayed. 

* HoffmanMyster ceases to be a bad influence

[jamster]

I saw the first photo and thought you were bringing a Model M as a psych warfare weapon against anyone else in the room

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And it's over, and I'm coming down off an extreme caffeine high.

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I was tempted to stay the night, but parental curfew came into effect.

Noooooo, it ended too soon!    Looks like it was a fun time though. 

Speaking of curfews, there was a time I was at a LAN at a buddy's place and his parents were gone.  My parents had a strict parents-must-be-home rule, so we got his neighbor to come over and talk to my parents on the phone and tell them he was the parent.  The moral of this story is you should have stayed. 

* HoffmanMyster ceases to be a bad influence

I almost stayed the night but my dad needed the car early in the morning

[HoffmanMyster]

And it's over, and I'm coming down off an extreme caffeine high.

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I was tempted to stay the night, but parental curfew came into effect.

Noooooo, it ended too soon!    Looks like it was a fun time though. 

Speaking of curfews, there was a time I was at a LAN at a buddy's place and his parents were gone.  My parents had a strict parents-must-be-home rule, so we got his neighbor to come over and talk to my parents on the phone and tell them he was the parent.  The moral of this story is you should have stayed. 

* HoffmanMyster ceases to be a bad influence

I almost stayed the night but my dad needed the car early in the morning

Booooo, tell dad to get his own car. 

[trenzafeeds]

I'm at a LAN right now. I'll post some pictures real soon.

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I'm at a LAN right now. I'll post some pictures real soon.

Please do!

[tp4tissue]

so..... there was no female attendance at this party ??

[trenzafeeds]

so..... there was no female attendance at this party ??

There is at mine...

Also: My set up where I am

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so..... there was no female attendance at this party ??

Female attendance will be a low at any LAN