I'm with packeteer. There are LAN parties and then there are LAN parties. I've been to the all-night games fest with the mates and I've been to the more civilised, female-inclusive social events.
gaming and LANing are exactly like going to the mall or going and hanging out wherever kids used to, only generally LANs are a hell of a lot safer. I know when I used to go out as a teenager, back PHD (that's Pre-Hard-Disks), I rarely went OUT as a group with my female friends. It was usually just a bunch of guys anyway. As I recall, the goal was to minimse female presence in your group to maximise the chances of picking up...I wonder why it never worked!!;oP
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I'm with packeteer. There are LAN parties and then there are LAN parties. I've been to the all-night games fest with the mates and I've been to the more civilised, female-inclusive social events. gaming and LANing are exactly like going to the mall or going and hanging out wherever kids used to, only generally LANs are a hell of a lot safer. I know when I used to go out as a teenager, back PHD (that's Pre-Hard-Disks), I rarely went OUT as a group with my female friends. It was usually just a bunch of guys anyway. As I recall, the goal was to minimse female presence in your group to maximise the chances of picking up...I wonder why it never worked!! ;oP