[pwny]

Like the author's group of friends, mine has stopped throwing LAN parties. I think our last ones were around early WoW time.

However, large LAN parties are far from being dead. There's Dreamhack and the like, and my alma mater runs a huge 2000+ players LAN event every year (https://lanets.ca/). It seems like it's become more of a grand event, as opposed to the couple times a year gathering with a handful of friends.

As a guy in his late 20s, it's really interesting to see how gaming has evolved and democratized itself during the past couple decades.