Average early 2000s LAN party

[dharmacurious@slrpnk.net]

So, I missed LAN parties, but me and my buddies used to all get together (normally at my house) and play console games and d&d, and I feel like it has pretty similar vibes.

Some seriously amazing times. The thing I remember most distinctly, though, is the smell. A dozen 12-15 year old boys who don't yet understand the necessity of deodorant, all crammed into a bedroom, basically sitting on top of each other. The smell was loud. My room used to reek of it for 5 or 6 days, just in time for next Saturday to roll around and stink it up again. Lol.

[pugjesus@lemmy.world]

Me and my pals were pretty good about hygiene, regularly showered when we all spent the weekend at our pal's, but good God, when someone would forget a bowl of some food or other over the weekend, or it'd get shoved back behind a wall of empty soda cans and bulky monitors for the whole week?

[empricorn@feddit.nl]

Thank you for the reply! Amazing. I hope you're still passionate about what you do!

[nurse_robot@lemmy.world]

I don't think so, same haircut, same clothes, same build?

[s2k@lemmy.today]

They still are! I throw two or three a year and never have an empty seat.

[aurenkin@sh.itjust.works]

What about an empty ceiling?

[sergio@slrpnk.net]

Chad life.

[mdccclv@lemmy.ca]

Duct tape isn't good at binding to skin, after it gets sweaty it can come off fairly easily. So this guy could wriggle free if he really wanted to.

[s2k@lemmy.today]

Got it covered (Halloween LAN from last year)

Complete with a ribcage mounted AP

[sleepmode@lemmy.world]

We played Unreal Tournament mostly because it ran really well on Linux. Rarely had LAN parties but it worked fine over dial-up. Kinda wild. Miss those days. We did a lot of dumpster diving because people would just throw everything out when they left college.

[toddestan@lemm.ee]

Funny enough duct tape ceiling guy is playing on an LCD monitor.

[gift_of_gab@lemmy.world]

I feel ancient that I was an adult when this was happening.

[aurenkin@sh.itjust.works]

I would like to be your friend please

[crank0271@lemmy.world]

Spoken like someone who's made a harrowing escape or two.

[crank0271@lemmy.world]

It was 2002. There was only one haircut.

[thefartographer@lemm.ee]

That's, like, $80 of duct tape in today's money

[rubberelectrons@lemmy.world]

Halcyon & on & on...

[partial_accumen@lemmy.world]

at lan parties using 10base2 networks and

"Anyone have another BNC terminator? Oh, also the IPX network number we're using is 11111111."

Rendition Verite video cards

Nobody could afford the Canopus, it was a room full of Sierra Screamin' 3D cards at best

with a side of 3dfx.

A dedicated 3D card in addition to a good 2D card?! We'd dream, but didn't have that kind of cash.

[grass@sh.itjust.works]

that reminds me of when I was telling a friend about the kid who became lion king. he didn't believe me and when I tried to find it, any trace of the story had disappeared from this plane of existence

[addie@feddit.uk]

Fortunately, wages have increased to match, right?