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by jon-wood
3662 days ago
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It makes me sad that everyone is acting like they're no longer a thing. If you can get a few friends together then it's still great fun, possibly more so than it used to be. There's a big organised LAN party here that runs three-four times a year, with space about 80 people in a big school hall, and then some friends of mine get together now and again at each other's homes. With modern kit you can just turn up, plug in, and be playing. Our most recent LAN party was a friend's stag night, a full weekend of gaming, drinking, and general craziness. Also the first one we've done and explicitly left space to use the TV which was great fun later on once everyone was over Counterstrike. |
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My high school (graduated last year, but I doubt it's changed since) would host a LAN party 1-2 times per year, pulling probably 2/3 of the school.
My little brother still arranges ~10-man LAN-parties, and has now managed to get the municipality to arrange smaller LAN parties weekly.
And of course, the huge ones, like Dreamhack and The Gathering are still well and alive.