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by eerikkivistik 1019 days ago
Sure thing. So a few notes, you can host CS:GO and Dota 2 games on lan. You do have to be logged in to steam and have a network connection, but the games themselves can be played on lan, so the outbound connection doesn't have to be fast. As for some other games, I highly recommend a cracked version of the original WC3:FT, Starcraft, Battlefield 1942 and Vietnam. Some more insane people, start up a 3-day game of Civilization or Heroes of Might and Magic 3. If you have enough people, I also recommend Enemy Territory (2003 version) with some mods, its awesome. But you need at least 20 people for this. Just for laughs, if we end up with a tie, our tiebreaker is Liero behind a single keyboard.

Edit: Oh, forgot about Age of Empires 2, Rise of Nations. But if you want a good Lan-only experience you kind of have to use cracked versions of old games. I make up for this morally by buying a newer version if there is one even available, then use a cracked old version for playing.

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!!Liero!! Wow haven't played that in a good 15 years, i used to dream of gauss gun trajectories.
Blobby Volley is the only true tiebreaker! (Also good for passing time while games were installing from disc)