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Million Man LAN

Posted by michael on from the half-a-league-onward dept.

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!"

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  1. Great fbi opportunity by perdida · · Score: 4, Insightful
    this LAN party will be a great opportunity for FBI entrapment stings on warez distributors, hax0rs, movie pirates, and, of course, terrorists.

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  2. well, not sure how bigger is that much better by NotAnotherReboot · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sure, lots and lots of people to play, but I honestly don't see how this would be any more fun than going to a LAN for one specific game and having much fewer people. That way competition will be good, tips will be shared, and it is a more personal experience. If I wanted to join this many people I'd just fire up my game server browser and pick one of the thousands of Half-Life games going and play there.

    ..or any other online game for that matter.

  3. Why do they bother? by 3Suns · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why do they even bother calling it a "Million Man Lan" if they are only going to accept 5,000?
    Seems to me they're undercutting themselves.

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  4. Re:On a side note... by Krimsen · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Make sure they understand what CounterStrike is. If they think it is like SuperMario Brothers and they catch you guys playing it, they might consider you guys to be "at risk" for Columbine-type behavior. I'm not trying to be funny, so make sure your school administration understands what kinds of games you guys are going to play.

  5. Re:FYI by BrookHarty · · Score: 3, Insightful

    hehe, easy to remember the gathering. http://www.gathering.org

    But then, The Gathering is much much more than a lan party, most of these parties are Demo partys. And im amazed at how these young video game players dont even know what the demo scene is. People compete with the best demo, not the best frag maniac.

    Check out google for more info.
    http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Multim ed ia/Demos/Parties/

    Also, why arnt you listening to scene music, the music of the demo parties!?!?
    http://www.scenemusic.net