I've only had a "LAN party" at my high school once. There was a lockdown drill (in response to the Columbine school-saftey fears) and so every classroom would have to turn off its lights, cover up the windows, and be silent. I happened to be in an I/T class at the time, and it seemed like a Counter-strike tournament (oh, the irony) would be a lot more fun than sitting around. Two hours later, we left the class a little bit more entertained than the rest of the school, and perhaps a little bit more violent.
Also, I worked for a while as a lab assistant in a large community college. Having a fairly liberal student body, the fair use policy was that you could do anything, as long as you say that it's school related. And so, of course, the policy was abused, but the lab assistants just vented frustration by remotley killing their game or inverting their mouse. Bad for karma, but watching their frustration made up for it.
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I've only had a "LAN party" at my high school once. There was a lockdown drill (in response to the Columbine school-saftey fears) and so every classroom would have to turn off its lights, cover up the windows, and be silent. I happened to be in an I/T class at the time, and it seemed like a Counter-strike tournament (oh, the irony) would be a lot more fun than sitting around. Two hours later, we left the class a little bit more entertained than the rest of the school, and perhaps a little bit more violent.
Also, I worked for a while as a lab assistant in a large community college. Having a fairly liberal student body, the fair use policy was that you could do anything, as long as you say that it's school related. And so, of course, the policy was abused, but the lab assistants just vented frustration by remotley killing their game or inverting their mouse. Bad for karma, but watching their frustration made up for it.