View Poll Results: Have you been to a LAN party ?

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  • A What party ? Does Aunt Doris's 80th Count ?

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    LAN PARTIES : Have you ever been to one ?

    Seeing as myself, SteveA and Monkey are all part of the newly formed NFF team and have been to a few LAN parties now it seems we have the LAN bug truely.

    So... heres a poll to see if any of you Hexus gamers are lanners or not

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    i was at bloodline, pwnz0ring with my linux box

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    Used to go to ones in oswestry but stopped for some reason?! nevermind

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    ive been to numerous gsv lans and also a BL lan in coventry, fantastic stuff, really do enjoy the getting mashed whilst playing games.

    My face is usually stuck in smile mode all week / weekend

    Ahh the stories you could tell from lans, better then war stories anyday

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    Im Staff for MultiplayUK i deal with all your networking needs and after MANY events i can say whole heartedly, that , lanning is the way forward....

    PIMP <-----

    there are loads of other lans out there.
    Dude

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    Quote Originally Posted by directhex
    i was at bloodline, pwnz0ring with my linux box
    and playing frozen bubble on the SLI system if I recall correctly

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    GameON Roxor yo BoXors - As do multiplay (sorry have to get that in or they will urinate on our server)

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    Lol
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    I'm surprised people still bother with LAN parties considering most avid PC gamers have broadband connections these days. But I guess actually being there with you're friends drinking beer, eating pizza and having a laugh is more than enough of an excuse to go. At least it gives some relief to your fingers with the endless typing hehe .

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    Quote Originally Posted by ArmagoN
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    The server if you wish to relieve yourself into its ports is called shelob.multiplay.co.uk

    As for LAN's - My first one was infact ACON5 and I had a cracking weekend, got wasted and basically carried on from there.

    Next time I go to the 1 @ Uttoxeter race course I'll be getting the Pizza numbers and kebab numbers before I go.
    Last edited by Lee H; 27-05-2005 at 04:42 PM.

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    Went to a proper "this is our Quake clan" one about 7 years ago. It was very cool.

    Then at uni we occassionally got 4-8 people around for a more relaxed "play games all day, down the pub in the evening" kind of affair. Co-op Operation Flashpoint was a favourite.

    Being able to properly talk and discuss team-tactics makes the games so much more enjoyable.

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    Went to Multiplay's i7 and i8 and a few much smaller lans. They rock. Not done any lanning recently though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by e-LAN-go
    I'm surprised people still bother with LAN parties considering most avid PC gamers have broadband connections these days. But I guess actually being there with you're friends drinking beer, eating pizza and having a laugh is more than enough of an excuse to go. At least it gives some relief to your fingers with the endless typing hehe .

    It depends, True enough it is the atmosphere. The fact you and your mate get drunk then play random games.... like chaos league, OMG i have such memories of screaming touch down and not knowing how i did it!!!! LOL
    Dude

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    i used to go every saturday night to a all night lan party at my local Internet Cafe

    but its died down noe, and not half as many peple play CSS. :-(

    still its a very good experiencee

    a great laff if everyones in a good mood

    Barney

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    Quote Originally Posted by e-LAN-go
    I'm surprised people still bother with LAN parties considering most avid PC gamers have broadband connections these days.
    In this country, broadband doesn't really exist (Unless you call 512kb ADSL with a 3 GB cap that's roughly 10 times more expensive than the same in the US or the UK, "broadband") so LAN parties are very popular, to the point that there are a couple of groups that hold a LAN every month. Most are run and organized by gamers, with little, if any sponsorship. Of those I've been to, people typically don't drink; the CS players are usually rather noisy anyway.

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    every couple of months some mates back in bristol organise one, there's usually about 15 of us. i love it, its what got me into games in the first place! wicked atmosphere. its called quake and curry, we drink loads of cider and eat super hot curry for 3 days, talk **** and play loads of games! feckin brilliant.

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