sparks_vfr
22nd September 2004, 06:12 PM
Hi guys, we're having another LAN Party,
Venue : Red Lodge just outside Newmarket,
Date 11th / 12th December.
Duration : 24hrs non-stop
Games : BHD and JO (as if there is another game worth playing !!), you can bring your own server if you want to do your own thing, but we have plenty for the tournaments/challenges etc ;D
Seats : 100 users come along and enjoy..
Cost : £20 per seat, for groups/squads/clans of 5 the organiser get's in free.
Facilities Available : Showers, Bar ( ;D), Food, no beds coz you won't be sleeping !
LAN Spec : 100Mb switched.
Please post in this thread if you are interested and want more info.
SO COME TO OUR LAN PARTY - BUT HANG ON - YOU MIGHT ASK - WTF is a LAN PARTY?
In brief, a LAN Party is a gathering of people who all bring their computers, play video games together on a network, and eat junk food. The first thing people (usually parents or spouses) immediately ask is: Why would you want to do that? A computer is an expensive (and heavy) piece of precision electronics, one whose performance is negatively impacted by the accidental introduction of greesy fries cheese in the open CDROM drawer. But the fact is, a LAN Party is the most fun you can have with your machine. (Aside from surfing dirty pictures on the net.)
No, really. Let's assume that you're a computer gamer and you're playing against somebody in a vicious game of deathmatch. You just lept out of a shadow, jumped down behind him, ducked an incoming rocket, and removed his head with a double-barreled shotgun. To celebrate your victory at a LAN party, you'd:
Savor the expression of anguish on his face
Leap up and scream, 'Suck it down, monkeyboy!'
High-five your teammates
Sing a rousing chorus of, 'Who's yo daddy?'
Announce that he couldn't kill you if you were on life support
Turn up the stereo really loud
Begin the smack talk for the inevitable rematch
Now let's assume you were at home alone playing on the Internet. You'd celebrate your amazing victory in the following ways:
Checking your email
It's like the difference between going to a rugby game or watching one on TV. Sure, you can see it all happen on the screen but there's nothing like being there in person and hoping to catch a ball. Another advantage of playing games at a LAN party is the LAN itself, which stands for 'Local Area Network.' As opposed to the Internet, which stands for 'Really really big area network slowed down by people actually trying to do productive things like research.
When you play games on a LAN, you're usually only a few feet from the server. When you and your friends shoot a really big gun, it fires instantly, preferably while it's still pointed at the stunned face of someone who deserves it. It' s intense! Whereas when you play games over the Internet using a modem, you will often have time to catch a rerun of Eastenders between the time when you fire your weapon and the time it eventually makes its way to the intended target, who by this time has had kids and moved to Austrailia. If you've experienced the difference between broadband and a modem, then a LAN is about that difference again but five times over with no data or bandwidth caps!
Anyone who can compare the two will agree that playing over the net can never compete with the adrenaline of playing on a local area network!.
"Live long and slaughter"
eXtreme LAN Party team
Venue : Red Lodge just outside Newmarket,
Date 11th / 12th December.
Duration : 24hrs non-stop
Games : BHD and JO (as if there is another game worth playing !!), you can bring your own server if you want to do your own thing, but we have plenty for the tournaments/challenges etc ;D
Seats : 100 users come along and enjoy..
Cost : £20 per seat, for groups/squads/clans of 5 the organiser get's in free.
Facilities Available : Showers, Bar ( ;D), Food, no beds coz you won't be sleeping !
LAN Spec : 100Mb switched.
Please post in this thread if you are interested and want more info.
SO COME TO OUR LAN PARTY - BUT HANG ON - YOU MIGHT ASK - WTF is a LAN PARTY?
In brief, a LAN Party is a gathering of people who all bring their computers, play video games together on a network, and eat junk food. The first thing people (usually parents or spouses) immediately ask is: Why would you want to do that? A computer is an expensive (and heavy) piece of precision electronics, one whose performance is negatively impacted by the accidental introduction of greesy fries cheese in the open CDROM drawer. But the fact is, a LAN Party is the most fun you can have with your machine. (Aside from surfing dirty pictures on the net.)
No, really. Let's assume that you're a computer gamer and you're playing against somebody in a vicious game of deathmatch. You just lept out of a shadow, jumped down behind him, ducked an incoming rocket, and removed his head with a double-barreled shotgun. To celebrate your victory at a LAN party, you'd:
Savor the expression of anguish on his face
Leap up and scream, 'Suck it down, monkeyboy!'
High-five your teammates
Sing a rousing chorus of, 'Who's yo daddy?'
Announce that he couldn't kill you if you were on life support
Turn up the stereo really loud
Begin the smack talk for the inevitable rematch
Now let's assume you were at home alone playing on the Internet. You'd celebrate your amazing victory in the following ways:
Checking your email
It's like the difference between going to a rugby game or watching one on TV. Sure, you can see it all happen on the screen but there's nothing like being there in person and hoping to catch a ball. Another advantage of playing games at a LAN party is the LAN itself, which stands for 'Local Area Network.' As opposed to the Internet, which stands for 'Really really big area network slowed down by people actually trying to do productive things like research.
When you play games on a LAN, you're usually only a few feet from the server. When you and your friends shoot a really big gun, it fires instantly, preferably while it's still pointed at the stunned face of someone who deserves it. It' s intense! Whereas when you play games over the Internet using a modem, you will often have time to catch a rerun of Eastenders between the time when you fire your weapon and the time it eventually makes its way to the intended target, who by this time has had kids and moved to Austrailia. If you've experienced the difference between broadband and a modem, then a LAN is about that difference again but five times over with no data or bandwidth caps!
Anyone who can compare the two will agree that playing over the net can never compete with the adrenaline of playing on a local area network!.
"Live long and slaughter"
eXtreme LAN Party team