I’d rather sleep ay night
yeah but now we are working 6 day weeks, 10 (or more) hour days.
This meme was made pre-tariff.
Not sure who was drinking cola and eating pizza on LAN nights… We were drinking vodka and eating beer, then polish with weed.
Right, only get the pizza thats actually good and not a fake Instagram hype
Discord + online games means it still kind of happens
LAN and discord are entirely different vibes
Yeah, someone needs to invent a BO protocol.
Body Odor Over Internet Protocol, or BOOIP.
Yeah baby, two more months until our next one.
Disposable income is awesome. Don’t care for the rum, but: Only the proper name brand snacks and drinks, good pizza, proper blow up mattresses, transportation is easy, people either have cars or can trivially rent some, and our computers are also way better these days.
It was work first in my day
This is such peak old school cool haha
I don’t miss carrying 20 kg CRTs.
in college, I was renting a house with 3 roommates who were all gamers. We used to host a LAN party every month or so. Our record was 30 people in the house playing at the same time.
I miss those days
We can afford to buy massive PCs that will die of boredom as we play Minecraft. And if we can’t we sure as hell can afford a loan.
Lol, that’s the reason I wouldn’t LAN anymore. One, my computer is massive, and two, it’s been in the same place for the last 10 years. I’m pretty sure it’s bonded to it’s support structure.
we can LAN if we want to
we can leave your friends behind
cause your friends dont LAN
and if they dont LAN
well they’re no friends of mine
Well they’re no clan of mine.
Everybody look at their hands.
That’s fucking good bro I’m posting that on my social media
If I get drunk I get extra sleepy. Unless I get really drunk, then I get insomnia despite feeling sleepy as fuck
The only sucky part is, of course, that a lot of games no longer support LAN play.
Though I suppose you could just stick to ones that do.
Coop console games support LAN play, even if they don’t support it on PC
I’m so happy seeing so many indie titles that are all about LAN and split-screen play. It’s definitely happening! You just won’t always see it front-paged and have to keep an eye out. :)
Edit: Plus, GoG brought back stuff like Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Unreal Tournament 99 and 2k4, that are still an absolute blast. :D
God damn it, you made me listen to my childhood again.
IDK I start getting real sleepy around 1:30. Especially if alcohol is involved. I can push through it but it’s not really a fun time after that.
When I was 16 I could get 4 or 5 people to come over to my house on a week night with almost zero advanced notice. I am now 30 and
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I don’t know 4 or 5 people
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It would take 3-4 weeks to get everyone’s schedule to line up
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Half of everyone would cancel because they didn’t feel like going out
Yeah that’s the main problem. I don’t know if I’m unusual but it seems like everyone I knew died or moved to a dozen different places thousands of miles apart.
Being autistic, disabled, plus ptsd I dk how to make friends being middle aged and non religious. People are too busy working, kids, health issues or on phones to interact. If I didn’t get married young I would not know anyone within hundreds of miles of me.
True, these are valid problems.
Here is how I do it and yes I know I am very privileged.
- Have a DISCORD with everyone who might attend in it.
- Pick 3-4 dates at least a month in advanced. Have people list witch dates work for them. Pick the one with the most open spots.
- Tell my work building supervisor that I want to use our training room for a LAN party (We have a good history of this and it brings in other coworkers. So like team building stuff).
- (Optional but effective and makes it seems like you have a plan) Draw up a tentative schedule with which games you are playing and how long you are going to be playing. Add Chill Time/Extension time in case people want a break between games or want to play more.
Good Luck!
DISCORDMatrix /s
Man do I hate discord though
I bowed out of a friend’s recent LAN bc every time they just play Halo and Age of Mythology and they’re all super good at both and I’m terrible at both (and not interested in playing either game tbh).
real :'(
Sorry, I can’t make it. But only because I have no fucking idea why I agreed to it in the first place…
Maybe it’s not everyone, but at 37 I feel much less interested in socializing in the first place.
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