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Posted by michael on from the bang-bang-you're-dead dept.

CaptTrips writes "C|Net has an interesting article on the growing wave of LAN parties. Michael Duarte best puts it when he says "being able to play as a team, talk with the people next to you -- it's just a whole different aspect than playing online. For me, it's just more fun to put a face with the name of the person you're playing with." I agree!" This is a good excuse for us to link to QuakeCon. GameSpy has extensive coverage of the con - they've got some interesting screenshots and previews up.

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  1. and I thought I was bored on Friday night.... by firippu · · Score: 3, Funny

    LAN parties!? What's next?? Kegger next weekend at the local NIC... yeehaw!

    1. Re:and I thought I was bored on Friday night.... by garcia · · Score: 3, Funny

      I wasn't bored. INstead I got completely fucking drunk and came home at 3:17am EST and saw shit about people saying, "yay, it's a Friday night and I am READING about LAN parties".

      Umm, you are MAKING FUN of people who are posting about LAN parties on a Friday night while you are SITTING AT HOME reading about them.

      At least I am wasted and laughing!

  2. Doom by DrugCheese · · Score: 1, Funny

    We've been hauling our heavy ass computers around since Doom hookin up the ipx network to play.

    Laptops are lovely draggin for Lan Fraggin

    *DrugCheese rants*

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  3. yes!!! by skydude_20 · · Score: 5, Funny

    exciting! its friday night and I'm reading about LAN parties on Slashdot... it couldn't get any better

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  4. Lan Party Fun by Dragon218 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The real fun in LAN parties is not the games, the food, or the ability to tell that guy next to you, "HEY! Suck my plasma orb."

    No....

    It's trying your damndest to get that Windows 98 computer to see your frined's 2000 computer and finding that network cable that you thought you left under your bed for emergencies when the guy with XP is complaining that he needs your DSL connection to get drivers for his new video card that is sitting on your drying X-Wing Model while spilling the bean dip in your shag carpet from the 70s. Suddeny, skippy (your dog) pukes up what was the burgers you got 15 minutes earlier for dinner, on your new dual athalon server.

    AAAAGGHHH!

    Lan parties are fun...

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  5. It's all about trust... by Flarelocke · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...trusting that you can kill the cheaters physically if not in the game.

  6. CNet... by Zazi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Leave it to CNet to give you the latest in breaking outdated news. "There is a network of computers called 'the internet' that is now hot among people." Way to go CNet. Way to go. =D

  7. Re:LAN Parties by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The you pay the extra fee for the private session.

  8. School LAN party by mselmeci · · Score: 2, Funny

    I consider myself very lucky: my CS teacher in high school has lan parties, where we use the school's machines and network. Sure, the machines may be outdated, but they can run Tribes 1 very well.

    The administration has been slightly annoyed at us, but didn't ban it, instead made it so that if a student wanted to play, they had to get a sheet signed by teachers each week that says we were getting good grades. This was the same thing that sports had to do. In effect, playing Tribes in the school CS lab after school/during lunch was officially considered a sport.

    I can imagine an interview at college:
    Have you any sports experience?
    1 c4n n41l j00 fr0m a h100dred y4rD5 w1th m4 sn1p3r r1f73!!!