In high school through about 2010 I helped organize LAN parties. It was an underground thing. We had our own caching servers and networking equipment so two doz

In high school through about 2010 I helped organize LAN parties. It was an underground thing. We had our own caching servers and networking equipment so two dozen rigs wouldn't overwhelm our hosts' internet. It was as much about sharing warez, helping each other with tech, trading parts for our rigs and hanging out as it was about the games. We'd go thirty hours straight then sleep it off for a whole day. Fantastic memories and some of the people from that scene were later my professional colleagues.