A Lament for the LAN Party • Hacker News Board

Re: A Lament for the LAN Party

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Post by uola » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 10:25 AM UTC

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #39

beggi wrote: post #30

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Call me crazy but as I understand it from kids today it's pretty cool to be a "nerd" today

The word "nerd" is so overused that a supermodel who likes Dickens considers herself a nerd. It's really not the word it used to be.

It's funny because the people I know of personally that has ended up on the cover of vogue was quite awkward in elementary/high school. Being a head taller and skinnier than everyone else wasn't exactly a recipe for being popular in the '90s.

Re: A Lament for the LAN Party

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Post by icebraining » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 10:45 AM UTC

thallian wrote: post #87

cptskippy wrote: post #6

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W:ET was a ridiculous amount of fun.

I love ET! Have you heard of ET: Legacy? It's a modern implementation of the client and server and works great ( had a server running on FreeBSD). https://www.etlegacy.com/

What's the population like? I fired up the original a couple of years ago, and most servers were either dead or filled with bots.

Re: A Lament for the LAN Party

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Post by teddyh » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 10:51 AM UTC

vt240 wrote: post #79

LukeShu wrote: post #33

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To clarify vt240's reply: If you were playing with coax, that would have been 10base-2. 10base-T is twisted pair Cat3 cable that used the same 8P8C connectors we use today.

Sorry. Just to mention it is going to give me nightmares about big AUI media converters sticking out, loose, not fitting right, falling off, ahahhaa. Novell Netware. Tree. Booting from floppy disks. ISA Cards!

http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20000721.html

Re: A Lament for the LAN Party

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Post by maffydub » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 11:17 AM UTC

I sometimes wonder whether hackathons are in some way an evolution of the LAN party (or the demo party).

It does depend a lot on the hackathon - many these days are very business-oriented. :(

...but there are still some where people show up just to experiment with technology - to prototype something quickly and understand whether a technical idea has potential and where the dragons are.

(These are definitely my favourite hackathons. If anyone knows of any like this around London, let me know. I'm hopeful that http://www.hackthesenses.com/ might be one!)

Re: A Lament for the LAN Party

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Post by erikb » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 12:07 PM UTC

Hm, what nobody seems to have mentioned yet: We've all grown up. In that time I used to play 6 hours every week day and maybe 12 hours every weekend day. Now I'm happy if I can make it to 5 hours a whole week combined. If you would organize a LAN party with all my old friends from back then and all the games, I would still need to look in my calendar if I can make it there.

Not just times have changed. We have changed as well.

Re: A Lament for the LAN Party

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Post by LeonM » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 12:09 PM UTC

djrogers wrote: post #2

For us it was and ever shall be Age of Empires. Wololo!

Last year I worked for a startup that did regular AOE LAN parties at the office. I no longer work there but I still go to their AOE LAN parties :)

Re: A Lament for the LAN Party

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Post by BrandiATMuhkuh » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 12:13 PM UTC

My old highschool colleagues and I still meet once a year for a LAN party. Still playing the same old games like Quake, UT and Enemy territory. Last year I flew extra from New Zealand to Austria. And it was worth it.

Re: A Lament for the LAN Party

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Post by syats » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 12:19 PM UTC

Wow, this thread is full of terms and experiences I had long forgotten: IPX/SPX, null model, T plugs and their terminators, trying to make computers "see each other", hauling around CRT monitors (oh, how I envied the guy with the 21" Triniton!) and backpacks full of cables!

Nice times :)

Re: A Lament for the LAN Party

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Post by clydethefrog » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 12:41 PM UTC

ronjouch wrote: post #52

These days I like the sub-LAN, a.k.a. calling 1→3 friends to enjoy Steam couch party games supporting 2→4 xbox controllers. Here's my selection, sorted from most to least approachable to non-gamers and marking with * my personal long-time gamer favorites: * Gang Beasts, http://store.steampowered.com/app/285900/ * Nidhogg, http://store.steampowered.com/app/94400/ * Hidden in Plain Sight, http://store.steampowered.com/…

Same here. I feel couch co-op is really having a small revival the last years.

You should try Duck Game!

Re: A Lament for the LAN Party

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Post by ronjouch » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 1:02 PM UTC

clydethefrog wrote: post #139

ronjouch wrote: post #52

These days I like the sub-LAN, a.k.a. calling 1→3 friends to enjoy Steam couch party games supporting 2→4 xbox controllers. Here's my selection, sorted from most to least approachable to non-gamers and marking with * my personal long-time gamer favorites: * Gang Beasts, http://store.steampowered.com/app/285900/ * Nidhogg, http://store.steampowered.com/app/94400/ * Hidden in Plain Sight, http://store.steampowered.com/…

Same here. I feel couch co-op is really having a small revival the last years. You should try Duck Game!

Duck Game is good! Buuuut although funnier, not as gameplay-rich as TowerFall IMHO :)