The Top 10 Dos & Don'ts for Your First LAN Party - MMORPG.com

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The Top 10 Dos & Don'ts for Your First LAN Party - MMORPG.com

LAN parties are an exciting opportunity for gamers to come together, play their favourite games and socialise with other like-minded people. They provide a fun, safe space for gamers to connect, make new friends and share their passion. However, for a first-timer, a LAN party can be a daunting experience, particularly if you don’t know any other gamers attending. Check out Ballistix Global Esports & Gaming Marketing Manager Patrick Soulliere's thoughts.

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Pher0cious

11. Keep your hands above the table at all times. LOL!!

alkarionlog

is that still a thing?

gervaise1

Don't use DOS? Does would be fine though!

(The pun was just to tempting. Sorry.)

Panther2103

I miss having lan parties. But at this point in life all my friends who I had them with live in different states, so I'm just glad the internet exists.

Iselin

I clicked on this expecting it to be one of those long lost articles from 10 years ago that somehow find their way to the front here now and then.

What do I know though... I guess Lan parties are still a thing or maybe they're just coming back sort of like bell bottom jeans?

Scot

Yes gamers we have to tell you to meet new people! So true.

Don't excessively scream and shout...mum may put up with it, people you meet wont.

Don't play with another player's PC while they are away...unless you want to lose a hand that is.

Top tips

Phry

Once upon a time my PC was light enough to carry around. 

Amathe

Bring plenty of extra floppy discs.

Wizardry

There has only ever been one game i would consider for a lan and that game would be ruined by lan pings.

When i spent everyday playing UT99,it was amazing fun,99% were all on 56k,it was calculative,thinking,strategic combat.Soon everyone had DSL it veered it's ugly face,weapons op,kills so fast you could throw strategy out the window,it became more like a crappy ARPG just spam away.
I could only imagine how bad the combat would have been on a lan,i watched lan play,did not care for it at all because the combat became very predictable and more like see u first,your dead.
Point being,never wanted to play a lan.

Now watching TCG's played on a lan i still feel no need other than to thwart cheating.

Sevala

Bigger LANs are still a thing too:
https://massivelan.com/home
https://lanfest.intel.com/

bobbymcswanson

Fun article....reminds me of the old days....a few of these say the same thing though

Phaserlight

11 - DO tape someone to the ceiling if you run out of chairs

https://tinyurl.com/yy6w3dmk

Samhael

alkarionlog said:

is that still a thing?

I don't really think so. Back when games had servers that could run offline for LAN-based play, these were amazing. But since many games moved their servers into the internet, the best experiences for the players is usually to have each at their own residence so they don't all choke the same bandwidth.

crankked

So, in short: Have common sense.....?

kitarad

Phry said:

Once upon a time my PC was light enough to carry around. 

Exactly I can barely move the monster I have.

GladDog

Phry said:

Once upon a time my PC was light enough to carry around. 

LOL

I would bring my gamer laptop, power cord, wireless mouse and headphones. I'm too old and curmudgeony to lug my PC around.

Sabrac

This article reminded me how old i am
Do people still do lan parties?. Since the internet huge growth over the years it pretty much kill the need for them (i liked them though).

Xodic said:

My LAN days went a lot like this:
-Show up.
-Start setting up the network.
-Start fixing my network card issues.
-Start fixing my sound card compatibility issues.
-Start fixing my video card compatibility issues.
-Start fixing other people's network card issues.
-Start fixing other people's sound card compatibility issues.
-Start fixing other people's video card compatibility issues.
-Marcus forgot his monitor.
-Richard forgot his mouse.
-Shane brought a Macintosh...

-End up at a bar.

I'm pretty sure i was a Richard type at some point in lan parties (I could swear I brought it with me!) and we appreciated your efforts :P

Hashbrick

There is a ton of lan parties still, look around where you live near your big cities, you might be surprised to find one.  There's one in Indiana annually that I know of and a buddy of mine runs the Counter-Strike tournament for it. 

Most aren't actually using LAN in the traditional sense, it's more of a gathering and community hang out.  It's funny cause you will see people watching NetFlix and it's like can't you just do that at home?