Average early 2000s LAN party

[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?

[superkret@feddit.org]

With the current quality of MS products, every office drone works in the software testing industry.

[oduffer@lemmy.world]

I had one with a weird pass through cable. Mainly played EF2000 on it.

[dungrad@feddit.org]

Probably they were the best player and they gave them all the handicaps available.

[dharmacurious@slrpnk.net]

I mean, I don't think any of us were particularly bad about hygiene? It was more just sort of boy-stink. Lol. In fairness, it was coastal Virginia, summer time, in an un air conditioned room, with the only time the door got opened being when one of us had to pee. Lol. To be honest, I remember it almost fondly. Like, the stale smell of it when every one was gone was horrid, but the smell of the room, the hot TV and console, and all my buddies crammed together wasn't bad when it was going on. Just during the week afterwards. Lol.

That said, I have some unique opinions on smells, so grain of salt and all lol

But also, yes, God, the moldy Chinese food-- yuck

[dungrad@feddit.org]

[frostycaveman@lemm.ee]

I had some of those headphones like hat guy has. They were uncomfortable. Strange design.

Damn I miss LAN parties. Ultimately it was World of Warcraft that killed them in my social circles.

[foggy@lemmy.world]

Yo even homies headphones are a throwback.

You know he was using that with this