Million Man LAN

stovey-san writes: "LanWar(EAST: Louisville,KY) and LANtrocity(WEST: L.A., CA) are teaming up to form one of the largest lanparties ever, MillionManLan. Check it out, both sides are to have up to 2,500 participants with linked networks for the ultimate fragfest for a total of 5,000 gamers! Lanwar 12 is starting tomorrow (Sat-Sun) with a sold out 562 gamers, so expectations are high! MML takes off on May 25 for SIX straight days!"

Comments

Lets See...

[long_john_stewart_mi]

I helped organize a LAN for 40 people and even that was hard - I can only imagine how difficult organizing a tournament with 5000 potential entrants would be. Also, what about the smell!? At our two-day LAN party, 5 people stank noticeably by the end of it, one really bad. Some quick math:

5000 * (5/40) = 625 stinky people
5000 * (1/40) = 125 really stinky people

Well, that settles it... I'm not going. =)

Question for the fire marshall

[MulluskO]

I don't know what your preferences are, but when we LAN party, we do it in the dark, as much dark as we can accomplish, save the glow of fifteen monitors.

But with so many people, will it be legal or safe to darken the room?

Alternatively, is it really safe to have 2500 grumpy sleepless nerds in one place?