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Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by ruszki »

giantg2 wrote: post #75
cptskippy wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was teasing you and the op because you both made hedges ("seems", "sounds") when it was very clearly stated in the very first eight words of the first sentence of the first paragraph on that site.

I've never tried to join, so I don't know how exclusive it is. There are private clubs and groups that you just need to ask and they'll let you join. Others do a lot of vetting. If it's the former, it's not all that private.

You should read the article and the linked manifesto, because they are very clear that it’s none of that.

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Post by CaptainFever »

I find it funny how the manifesto complains about AI so much; meanwhile, my AI-friendly friend group uses these exact kinds of private servers/networks to get away from the hordes of AI haters and harassment on the public Internet.

But I guess that's fine. We can each have our own spaces, and never the twain shall meet.

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Post by omnicognate »

fc417fc802 wrote: post #118
omnicognate wrote: post #74

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Read the manifesto, linked there and in the comments here. Its entire membership is 19 close friends and they won't let anyone new join who hasn't already been friends with one of them for at least 10 years. They're just sharing the idea because they like what they've built and think other people could have fun building something similar. It's like a treehouse enthusiast putting some pictures of the cool treehouse th…

> It's like a treehouse enthusiast putting some pictures of the cool treehouse they've made on their website. At which point you might (reasonably IMO) complain that you're rather curious what use they find for said treehouse in practice.

I suppose, if you're the sort of person whose response to finding pictures of someone's treehouse on the web is to complain there are no pictures of people playing games in it.

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by lmm »

x2tyfi wrote: post #89
ericdiao wrote: post #10

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Oh this make sense. For LAN, one definitely want L2. Totally overlooked the objective.

Why though? The only use case I can imagine is a legacy game which performs a server search by broadcasting/scanning the local network. And even then - most of the time these games had server browsers.

Some classic games use IPX for multiplayer, so you can't play them over an IP VPN.

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by ndndndn »

CursedSilicon wrote: post #7

No description of the games they even play? It's an interesting idea. But it sounds like one big "no girls allowed" kind of treehouse with how minimally forthcoming they are about documentation

Why would you assume they play games instead of socializing? Talking about no girls allowed...

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by orliesaurus »

kentonv wrote: post #28

Heh, of all arguably-valid definitions of "LAN Party" I think this one is as far away from mine as you can get. Traditional LAN party: Everyone brings their computers to one place to connect via a LAN, where they play games, swap files, demo stuff to each other, etc. My LAN party: All my friends come over to my house and use the computers that I have already set up for them. Nobody brings their own. The point is to i…

Cool I also live in Austin and I heard of your LAN party house many times, curious though, how often do you LAN?

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by fc417fc802 »

omnicognate wrote: post #123
fc417fc802 wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's like a treehouse enthusiast putting some pictures of the cool treehouse they've made on their website. At which point you might (reasonably IMO) complain that you're rather curious what use they find for said treehouse in practice.

I suppose, if you're the sort of person whose response to finding pictures of someone's treehouse on the web is to complain there are no pictures of people playing games in it.

Context is important. If the pictures are captioned "check out this awesome treehouse I built" then yeah I don't expect anything further.

Whereas if they are captioned "this treehouse is my absolute favorite place to hang out" or "everyone should build one of these for themselves" or "building this treehouse saved my relationship" or whatever then I am going to find myself wondering why that might be.

Like if I tell you that Python is just the best language ever and you ought to be using it for approximately everything you do because it will improve your life or society or perhaps even the universe as a whole, might you not wonder _why_ I think that?

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by omnicognate »

fc417fc802 wrote: post #127
omnicognate wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suppose, if you're the sort of person whose response to finding pictures of someone's treehouse on the web is to complain there are no pictures of people playing games in it.

Context is important. If the pictures are captioned "check out this awesome treehouse I built" then yeah I don't expect anything further. Whereas if they are captioned "this treehouse is my absolute favorite place to hang out" or "everyone should build one of these for themselves" or "building this treehouse saved my relationship" or whatever then I am going to find myself wondering why that might be. Like if I tell…

I don't know why we're even having this debate, but this thread is in response to someone literally complaining they didn't say what games they play on it (as if they necessarily even do). They've given plenty of technical info about it - certainly more than they're obliged to, which is none - and anyone who would do something like this is going to do it their own way anyway.

I'm clearly in the target audience as I'm now considering doing something like this. The page gives me all the information I need or want.

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by stormdennis »

scottlamb wrote: post #119
jimmcslim wrote: post #40

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And a real risk of a shattered CRT screen! I remember carting my bougie 17” Viewsonic around in the back of my Hyundai Excel and wondering if it would pick up a crack along the voyage…

CRTs might tougher than we gave them credit for. I once dropped a Sony Trinitron from shoulder height when it hit a low ceiling. Didn't crack. Still worked. (And yes, this was at a LAN party.)

When I was a kid we threw out our old B&W tv. I wanted to smash the CRT but had heard that they could explode so from a distance I fired several .22 bullets at the screen. They had no effect. IIRC the screen wasn't damaged at all? I can hardly believe what I'm writing but it was true

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by p0w3n3d »

kentonv wrote: post #28

Heh, of all arguably-valid definitions of "LAN Party" I think this one is as far away from mine as you can get. Traditional LAN party: Everyone brings their computers to one place to connect via a LAN, where they play games, swap files, demo stuff to each other, etc. My LAN party: All my friends come over to my house and use the computers that I have already set up for them. Nobody brings their own. The point is to i…

your definition is LAN Party with BYOB but not BYOD
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