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The Gathering 2005

Posted by Zonk on from the geeks-in-the-thick-of-it dept.

Advill wrote to mention a story on Tom's Hardware discussing The Gathering 2005, an enormous LAN party that takes place in Norway. From the article: "For a while now, The Gathering (TG) has been competing with Dream Hack in Sweden for the title of World's Largest LAN Party. Last year The Gathering won the title, but then Dream Hack struck back again and regained it. This year, the organizers of The Gathering thought that 5,200 participants ought to be enough and decided to stop competing for the title."

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  1. No no no no no! by bVork · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Gathering (and really, how hard is it to put the official URL in the summary?) is primarily a demoparty, not a lan party. I'd say that this would better belong in a different section. Its not just about games and it has never been about games!

    Instead of just oogling over the gaming competitions, take a look at the compo winners (hell, all of the entries) and see what kind of artwork can be done with computers.

    Ignore the games and appreciate the demos. Keep the spirit of the demoscene alive.

    1. Re:No no no no no! by Lord+Graga · · Score: 2, Informative

      The Gathering is not a fullblodded demoparty, but rather a combined LAN and demoparty. The largest demoparty, Breakpoint 2005, was held at the exact same time as TG, and we had "live" contact on the bigscreen from time to time.. great fun :P
      Anyway, if you wanna see PC art, check out the Breakpoint entries too.