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I mostly just organized events with friends and my brother's friends. Biggest LAN party we had was around 20 people at our parent's house (back when we still we
by Sakos 3y ago
I mostly just organized events with friends and my brother's friends. Biggest LAN party we had was around 20 people at our parent's house (back when we still went to high school). Networking was such a nightmare. Either it was trying to get everything configured right, or finding the right cables or getting the right network hub or switch or getting them hooked up right. Half of the first day was always wasted getting everything setup and up and running.
Overall though, loved the experience of playing together with 10-20 people in the same one or two room(s) over an entire weekend.
It's a shame that it's mostly died out. I don't even know who I'd invite to a LAN party nowadays. I certainly don't own a house, much less one as big as my parents'.
- jon-wood 3y agoWe had a long running adage that the games would start at LAN parties about 10pm. Didn’t matter when you arrived to set things up, could be 9pm, could be 9am, technical issues would conspire such that they weren’t resolved until 10.