30-08-2004 14:21									#1
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What is hte longest LAN party you've been to, and what is the longest that you have been playing nonstop at a LAN party?
also, any good LAN party storiies if they exist would be appreciated.
This thread can also function as a forum for tales of crazy nights involving many bottles of Bawls!!!

	30-08-2004 14:23									#2
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I spent fourteen hours straight playing multiplayer Halo (two linked xboxes) at our freshman lock-in (sort of like a giant, schoolwide sleepover, minus the sleep).

	30-08-2004 15:01									#3
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I had a freind play Anarchy Online for ~40 hours straight a month ago

not a lan tale, but still one of long time gaming

Jon Miller

	30-08-2004 15:55									#4
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The longest LAN-party I've been at was 6 days (twice)... I've been at lots of LAN-parties, but those two times was the best (only about 15 people each time)... I can't stand those small 48 hour parties, they're just too small...
I'm holding my own LAN-parties from time to time, which are mostly 5 days (about 7 people), but they're not so fun as those 6-days-parties, since the people participitating are not that interested in trying different games (They only play fps)

	30-08-2004 15:56									#5
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Btw, I've also been at parties with 50-100 people, but they're less fun

	30-08-2004 16:33									#6
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Back when I played Quake competitively my clan had a long running dispute (a friendly one) with UNR about the relative merits of 2 approaches to a tourney map. We met them at a big Euro LAN and spent about 16 hours straight testing. It turned out they were both good.

That's probably my longest session without a break (though there was some cycling so I watched some games rather than playing). I've done that a few times for MP games, but these stories of people who play for 2 days non stop are amazing.

	30-08-2004 19:41									#7
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What's a party?

	30-08-2004 19:51									#8
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	31-08-2004 05:31									#9
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I'd have to go with 0. Never been to one. I think you need friends for one of those

	31-08-2004 06:15									#10
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I haven't gone to a LAN party.

	31-08-2004 06:47									#11
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Not a LAN party, but I've played multiplayer Starcraft for 36 hours straight before. Youth.

	31-08-2004 06:58									#12
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I've only spent a few hours at a LAN party before.

	31-08-2004 12:49									#13
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quote: What's a party?

It's a LAN (Local Area Network) party. It is a great gathering of PC freaks to play multiplayer gmaes together to their hearts content.
If you, like me aren't a PC freak, then it helps to get to know some people who are PC freaks, and they can probably drag you along to one of these great gatherings.
They cna be great fun, especially if you are really into fps, that seems to be the dominant genre for these parties. One essential ingredient is caffiene, bawls is a great source of this helpful stimulant.
I'd rreccomend trying it at least once, and allowing yourself to get into it.

	31-08-2004 14:23									#14
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Answer to the question of the thread:

I don't really know for sure... my best guess is that it was one of the many ad hoc LAN get togethers when my brother and I were home from college and invited a whole bunch of friends over to play whatever on the LAN we set up in our parents' house. I recall that Aliens vs. Predator, StarCraft, various Half-Life mods, Unreal, and even the occassional strategy game were popular.

I don't think the all-day fragging sessions on my college dorm wing count... seeing as those were ad hoc all day events, but we already lived in the same building to begin with... so whether this counts as a "LAN Party" where you invite people over is open to interpretation.

I remember playing the original Quake (with all of its various mods), Quake II, and eventually Unreal my freshman year of college with some 15-25 other guys in my dorm on a fairly regular basis. LAN play in such a situation is far superior... no worries about cheating because anyone who dares to blatantly cheat can get beat down by all the other guys on his floor. Furthermore, in the days before every FPS game worth its salt had its own voice communication system, being able to yell down the hallway at the punk you just fragged was a nice 'feature'.

	31-08-2004 14:32									#15
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I've never played on-line (either LAN or on the net - well, apart from 'poly games), but I'm taking my laptop to Spike's house, and if Jamski remembers to bring the right cables then we could set something up. That would depend on how we feel though, so don't expect 24 hour NWN marathons.

	31-08-2004 15:32									#16
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Well I've been to two "small" 48 hour lan parties. Had one a fortnight ago at home here actually. I've never lasted that long though. Longest I've been up is probably about 16 hours or so gaming. I lose interest before I can keep going on.

Although all of last year at the hostel I was in, could kinda be classed as a continious lan in the same way that Arnelos mentioned. Good times that was. Drunken' Counterstrike is the only way to go

	31-08-2004 17:23									#17
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bipolar, that was a rhetorical question

Merely my half-witted smart-ass-ish way of saying 0

Like Diss said, I think you need friends for those.

	31-08-2004 17:28									#18
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quote: Originally posted by duke o' york I've never played on-line (either LAN or on the net - well, apart from 'poly games), but I'm taking my laptop to Spike's house, and if Jamski remembers to bring the right cables then we could set something up. That would depend on how we feel though, so don't expect 24 hour NWN marathons.

Jamski Spike and Duke in the same house?


Geek orgy.

	31-08-2004 17:31									#19
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No, greek orgy. We're going to smash all Spike's plates. Sshhh though - he won't let us come if he finds out.

	31-08-2004 17:45									#20
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* DrSpike is happy Duke doesn't have his address yet.

	01-09-2004 03:39									#21
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The operative word in that sentence is "yet"

What do you mean "Geek orgy"??? - We're going to keep our clothes mostly on.

Right boys?

-Jam

	01-09-2004 05:18									#22
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In Virginia, three people in one room with their socks off constitutes an orgy.

	01-09-2004 17:02									#23
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* DrSpike is beginning to worry.

	01-09-2004 17:31									#24
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You invite Jam and Duck to your house, and only begin to worry now?

	01-09-2004 17:53									#25
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Just how bad can they be?

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Famous last words.

	01-09-2004 21:24									#27
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a weekend of lanning is enough for me, and yes the smaller lans with a few friends are usually the best, because then I can play some decent games (worms 3D, aok,.. ) instead of the regular ut or q3

of course, you can't leech that much warez then, I like those lans with some 10 terabyte in warez on dc, but apart from that most games there don't appeal much to me

	01-09-2004 21:54									#28
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I know nobody who wants to play other games than fps...

There were this LAN-party group some years ago (those who made the best parties), but they're not doing it anymore

	01-09-2004 23:29									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Skanky Burns Famous last words.

Shall I just leave them at the station?

	02-09-2004 02:40									#30
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The longest I've spent at a LAN is ten to twelve hours with the longest span of play being 45 minutes or so.

I did have the highest kill/hour-ratio