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| Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at 2:23:39 PM #19831 |
 Source421 Member 'hnnggg' Level 19 Posts: 1,308 Submissions: 38  | Has anybody organised a small LAN party before? Im planning on running one in the summer, i expect about 10 people to show - no more. Basically, ive read a few guides on the subject, but i was wondering if there was any minor things i could do to enhance the experience, and to make sure the party runs smoothly. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated, i really want this to happen. |
| Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at 2:28:02 PM #19832 |
 Indy Member 'Garburator' Level 45 Posts: 1,935 Submissions: 95 | I have one basically every month. 7-8 people nothing big. Don't count on wireless routers, get a wired router to get everyone in. I take it you mean computer? Make sure everyones system can run what you want to play. if you are playing computer cs 1.6 is the best game evar. |
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| Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at 2:31:45 PM #19834 |
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Source421 Member 'hnnggg' Level 19 Posts: 1,308 Submissions: 38 | I was planning on getting something called a Switch (i believe), it allows you to connect about 20 PCs together, which is then plugged into the router. |
| Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at 2:45:43 PM #19835 |
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Indy Member 'Garburator' Level 45 Posts: 1,935 Submissions: 95 | Yeah thats the word. a switch, I think I might have one of those, I have a wired router. I dunno if its called a switch. but it has like 8 ports. I always go out on junk day and find crappy computers and we have cs1.6 tournements. |
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| Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at 2:51:03 PM #19836 |
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Source421 Member 'hnnggg' Level 19 Posts: 1,308 Submissions: 38 | What are the safety precautions i need to take regarding electricity? Such as sockets, extension sockets (Yknow, the things you plug in and they have about 5 extra plug sockets on) and how many things i should have plugged in at once? |
| Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at 3:11:18 PM #19838 |
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Indy Member 'Garburator' Level 45 Posts: 1,935 Submissions: 95 | hint, buy a power bar. I usually put all the computers on 2 power bars. my breaker never tripped once. I found it was fine. Note, bring fans it will get hot, |
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| Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at 3:15:13 PM #19839 |
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Source421 Member 'hnnggg' Level 19 Posts: 1,308 Submissions: 38 |  Dude, where do i plug it in? _____________ I shall take all that into consideration. I think ill be able to make this happen  |
| Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at 3:42:59 PM #19840 |
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Indy Member 'Garburator' Level 45 Posts: 1,935 Submissions: 95 | LOL! into your belly. |
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| Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at 6:43:17 PM #19845 |
| DarkestAngel Removed Account | Wtf is a LAN party? A get together where everyone sits around and plays computer games! lol@geeks  |
| Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at 7:20:09 PM #19847 |
 Coopz Member 'Penis Size: Massive' Level 35 Posts: 2,398 Submissions: 113 | You've never heard of a LAN party? I've only ever taken part in one, playing Half Life which I'd ever played. I got absolutely slaughtered. Was a good laugh though. It was at school using their networked PCs, not the best but they did the job. Hope it goes well, have fun! |
 Ein Schrei wird zum Himmel fahren, Schneidet sich durch Engelsscharen. "Mein herz brennt, gib mir kraft." Der kalte Mond in voller Pracht hört die Schreie in der Nacht... und kein Engel steigt herab. |
| Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at 7:45:49 PM #19852 |
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Coopz Member 'Penis Size: Massive' Level 35 Posts: 2,398 Submissions: 113 | ^^^That was YouNoobs 20,000th reply!  |
Ein Schrei wird zum Himmel fahren, Schneidet sich durch Engelsscharen. "Mein herz brennt, gib mir kraft." Der kalte Mond in voller Pracht hört die Schreie in der Nacht... und kein Engel steigt herab. |
| Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at 8:12:07 PM #19860 |
| DarkestAngel Removed Account | ^^^Happy anniversary? They are prob known as something else around here. Didnt take me long to figure out what it is, but I'm not much a gamer so I have never attended/thrown one |
| Thursday, May 21st, 2009 at 1:05:54 PM #19873 |
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Source421 Member 'hnnggg' Level 19 Posts: 1,308 Submissions: 38 | Where are you from, DA? |
| Thursday, May 21st, 2009 at 4:03:26 PM #19876 |
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Source421 Member 'hnnggg' Level 19 Posts: 1,308 Submissions: 38 | Another question - Should i run my games on a dedicated server or will i be alright to host and play on the same computer? If i have to set one up, how would i go about doing so? |
| Thursday, May 21st, 2009 at 4:21:44 PM #19877 |
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Indy Member 'Garburator' Level 45 Posts: 1,935 Submissions: 95 | host and play on the same is fine. don't need it really unlees you play over internmet. |
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| Thursday, May 21st, 2009 at 7:37:53 PM #19879 |
| DarkestAngel Removed Account | Quote: Where are you from, DA?Pennsylvania. Lancaster County, specifically. And no, I'm not amish |
| Thursday, May 21st, 2009 at 11:35:42 PM #19882 |
 spaghettifier Member 'Physics Master' Level 6 Posts: 257 Submissions: 6 | is lancaster county near pittsburgh? I'll be living there next year. Edit: I've never had a LAN party before, closest I came was connecti to my bro's laptop and playing generals or UT2k4. Also in school, CS:S ad warcraft 3 LAN parties are quite common, especially during computer based classes.thre, staying on topic. |
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| Friday, May 22nd, 2009 at 12:47:55 AM #19887 |
| DarkestAngel Removed Account | I'm like 3 hours or so from Pittsburgh. Why dear gods would you want to live there lol |
| Friday, May 22nd, 2009 at 1:51:53 AM #19888 |
 teh1337 Member Level 10 Posts: 2,358 | First off, i used to run lan parties in my parents basement every day during the summer. Shit was tight. We played starcraft and shit like halo 2 vista, and had xboxes there too. A switchboard would serve you best. I stole mine from the school my junior year. 21 ports i think? |
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| Friday, May 22nd, 2009 at 11:09:04 AM #19899 |
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spaghettifier Member 'Physics Master' Level 6 Posts: 257 Submissions: 6 | For college that's why, Carnegie Mellon FTW |
Fuck off, . Uses [view] tag. |