r/nostalgia • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 1d ago
Nostalgia Discussion Just got invited to my 1st LAN party in years. Thankfully, I don't have bring my own rig but I'm gonna dust of my overnight bag and sit close to the door like I used to lol. They were so fun though. What are your memories of them?
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u/RebelStrategist I want my MTV 1d ago
I never attended one of these but they look fun. Must of been a pain dragging your rig around back then.
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u/Would_Bang________ 1d ago
Back in high-school we use to go to this yearly LAN with thousands of people. Standing in line with a CRT to enter was an experience. I was really thankful when LCDs came out.
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u/ChizzleFug 1d ago
Used to frequent the two same gaming cafes between 2001 and 2007 with so many LAN parties and overnight stays playing Warcraft 3 and CS 1.6. My mom would give me 10 bucks to go hang out from 4-9pm after school as long as I got my homework done when I got home.
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u/hobbitfeet22 1d ago
Was too poor to own a computer so idk. But I did enjoy doing this with the GameCube and mario kart double dash. That was fun
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u/TappyMauvendaise 22h ago
My brother used to do this at our house in the living room and it smelled like extreme body odor
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u/dick_hallorans_ghost 1d ago
Had one recently and played Artemis: Spaceship Bridge Simulator. I cannot recommend it enough, the game is so fun!
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u/fbman01 1d ago
Myself and 3 friends use the lan together virtual every weekend back in the day, setup rigs on Friday night, then we go get something to eat, maybe catch a movie, then back and then game till morning, get some sleep start again around 2 or 3pm and game thru the night into Sunday morning.
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u/Would_Bang________ 1d ago
Discovered counter strike at my first LAN. It blew my mind. I remember walking around the maps alone when I got back home, because there where no bots.
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u/pensivedwarf 1d ago
Went to a Lan party in a barn around 2001. About 40 people. No lie some guy had a barber chair, all red leather and chrome with a footrest. I had cut a window in the side of my PC tower and installed a plexiglass window and LED lights inside. Custom painted everything. 'TheBarber' killed me a lot in Unreal Tournament and Quake that night. So fun...
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u/iwastherefordisco 1d ago
I've only been to a small LAN party with four of my friends. We played one of the early Battlefield games.
We ate taco chips and drank chocolate milk as per LAN rules, and it was a great gaming experience.
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u/TornWill Was fed after midnight 23h ago
What, these still exist? Maybe there is hope for the world.
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u/JazzfanRS Class of '82 "We knew what do!" 3h ago
Missed this era. But I got a taste of it when I discovered Open Arena that used the same game engine and maps as Quake II. It was kind of weird to see all the homemade maps that players created, using stock skins and some used alot of their own pictures from the early 00's.
A lot of servers are still online but you won't ever find but maybe a dozen human players, of about 100 servers only about 3 or 4 actually have activity.
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u/1ofThe5venoms 1d ago
The BAWLS energy drink bottles in the bottom pic kicked off a stream of memories for me!!!