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DreamHack Winter 2002

Posted by michael on from the i-dream-of-genie dept.

JJC writes "DreamHack, a huge LAN party, is taking place this weekend in Sweden. Here's some information in English and a daily report from sponsors ASUS. This and this ought to give you an idea of the scale of the thing. Here's the obligatory webcam and their Internet bandwidth graph. It's a massively impressive event, wish I was there! :-)"

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  1. NOT a lan party you fucks. by Wojtek · · Score: 5, Insightful

    dreamhack is a DEMO party. For art, not for playing retarded videogames all night. It's
    for hacking out that great 4k intro with the full
    first level from decent. Or faking that multiple light source "phong" with a picture of your mate holding a coke can. Not for playing videogames.
    I wish people would grab a clue. Gamerlamers used to get chastized or beat up for going to demoparties, sadly this isn't the case anymore.

    I doubt i'll even bother ever going to asm if this is what they have become. There's no thrill in watching some dorks play videogames. There *is* a thrill in seeing the latest wizzbang effects on the screen and figuring out for yourself just how they worked so you can do that plus more in your next demo.

  2. 4 days?? Is this as scary as it sounds? by Woogiemonger · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Do you think any of the thousands of geeks bother to shower?