[rsayers]

Oh the memories. My first "lan" party was in my parents garage right after Quake 1 came out. We had two computers connected with a null modem adapter, since neither of us could afford network cards. Everyone took turns playing 1v1 games.

My best friend and I got our first apartment when we were still in High School, which ended up turning into an almost 24/7 lan party. Friends would find space for their PC's and leave them there for weeks, dropping by to play games when they had the time. One weekend we had so many people, there were two PCs setup on the kitchen counter. Internet access? A socks proxy letting everyone share our 33.6 dialup connection.