Average early 2000s LAN party

[treczoks@lemmy.world]

Oh yes! We had those, too (as my friend had no networking card), and playing with the red and blue CDs was fun! This must have been somewhere '95 or '96.

[_stranger_@lemmy.world]

Oh man, I remember after we got network cards trying to make an Ethernet cable out of a bunch of old power cords. The error rate was through the roof but it actually worked for like an hour. We eventually walked to the local RadioShack and bit the bullet on buying a cable

[sleepmode@lemmy.world]

The TNT was a beast! I ran it on a k6-2 also. Unfortunately it crapped out and I replaced it with an MX400 which I still have (I have a problem). We all played with a myriad of platforms. One guy was on a friggin' Alpha that he warmed his feet with under his desk. We also played Quake but for some reason we were obsessed with the silliness of UT. MMMMM MONSTER KILLL

[sleepmode@lemmy.world]

I had a pair too. They were roughly finished and would dig into your skin. Also didn't sound very good. Cool idea though..

[hootinnhollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Give this party some good smells

[stinerman@midwest.social]

I was once so broke that I couldn't afford a case for a computer I had.

So I brought my computer to a LAN in a trash bag and set it up on the host's electric stove.

[treczoks@lemmy.world]

I've done loads of coax cables back then, not just for those meetings, and later made quite a number of tp cables, too (as part of my job back then). But I had the tools for cutting, crimping, testing, and verifying them and the training, so that was not an issue.

[theangryseal@lemmy.world]

It is crazy how fast time goes by, especially if you deal with some kind of trauma. I swear, my divorce was almost a decade ago and I’ve been with my current wife almost as long. Feels like a year maybe. It just slips through your fingers.

I was around 20 when that pic started circulating. I was definitely addicted to counter-strike at that time.

[hupf@feddit.org]

LANtrocity

[dutchkimble@lemy.lol]

Oh I see, that clarifies it

[gift_of_gab@lemmy.world]

Oh you said it. I am still struggling with the fact Covid lockdown began six years ago. Or that my kids are almost the age I was when they were born.

The LANs I went to tended to be Rainbow Six, Unreal Tournament, and Quake 3, and then Aliens vs. Predator 2000. That fuckin' ping sound, before we all had headsets, coming out of three speakers at once, was wild.

[urda@lebowski.social]

https://lanwar.com/ still going strong if you need a LAN party.

[ecb@feddit.org]

Weirdly, WoW was like a constant, ongoing lan party for us.

We would all lug our rigs over to one guys house and play, even if we were in separate raid groups

[ecb@feddit.org]

We used to do 12-hour, all-night Empire Earth games!

[nikkidimes@lemmy.world]

I feel like the static buildup common on trash bags might not be the best for rawdogged computer components

[dr_fetus_jackson@lemmy.world]

Full disclosure: I was in my mid 20's and a factory worker in the later 90's, so I had a little more cash to afford my hobby. It still hurt though.

[koboldcoterie@pawb.social]

Aww, man - I'd forgotten about Empire Earth, that game was absolutely the shit at the time. Wish it'd gotten more attention and credit.

[stinerman@midwest.social]

I'm shocked (haha pun) that it still worked but it did.

Also the cord from the power supply to the outlet ran next to the sink.

[nikkidimes@lemmy.world]

I love this, and I'm so glad nothing went awry lol

[lovablesidekick@lemmy.world]

Wrapped in plastic and the heat rising from all those monitors - I bet that guy was sweating.