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Do people even do LAN parties anymore? x)
by andrepd 2y ago
Do people even do LAN parties anymore? x)
- jsheard 2y agoThey do, but "LAN" has become a bit of a misnomer since few games actually have real LAN play options anymore. If you're playing modern titles then you end up with a bunch of PCs or consoles in the same room all connecting to a remote server over the internet. Internet connections are a lot better than they were back in the day at least.
- wholinator2 2y agoDang, wouldn't you run into serious internet problems with that? Do modern games use that much data? Could a single internet service handle 6 simultaneous connections?
- FreebasingLLMs 2y agoReally is not that much data involved (not counting downloading the game itself). Streaming multi-player game data to/from an individual player can range from like 10kbps to 100kbps depending on the game and scale involved. Remember you are only sending the deltas (and occasional entire refreshes).
- superb_dev 2y agoLatency is a lot more important than throughput for online games
- FreebasingLLMs 2y agoAbsolutely - especially when we are talking about first person shooters.
- nightpool 2y agoLots of competitive games still have LAN options because they're basically required for reliable in-person tournaments. I'm familiar mostly with Nintendo games like Smash, Splatoon 3 and Mario Kart but even very modern games like Valorant have the technical ability to run LAN servers (even if the game's publishers keep the actual LAN servers closely guarded and only use them for large in-person events). And of course CS and LoL and similar have LAN modes
- josefx 2y agoA fun weekend playing mostly older games once or twice a year.
- pathartl 2y agoWe do, sprinkled throughout the year. Or sessions see ~20-24 people and last about 14 hours.