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In College, the Party Never Stops — for LAN
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Odin
11/16/09

In reply to In College, the Party Never Stops — for LAN
With the advent of stand alone DotA based games that actually do a good job of modernising the original (read: Heroes of Newerth) WC3 might be under threat as a classic LAN game. Though it still does have its huge array of great custom maps that aren't DotA so who knows. #lan
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Mr.P1ckl3s
11/16/09

@Odin: Modernising the original (read: Complete Rip-off). #lan
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Odin
11/17/09

@Mr.P1ckl3s:
Funnily enough if you actually admit to heavily basing what you make off of something else it absolves you of ripping off. Ripping off is where you blatantly copy something and don't admit to doing so. They said they were making a DotA based game, asked the current custodian of it for his blessing and were granted it.

I really don't see any problem with that.

@D4nte:
LoL tries to be DotA based but tries to do a lot of its own thing as well. The result of which doesn't really feel enough like DotA to be worth playing instead of DotA.

HoN on the other hand got both myself and about 7 of my friends, all long time DotA players, to finally kick the game for good and move on. #lan
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Mr.P1ckl3s
11/17/09

@Odin: I am the exact opposite, if I want to play dota I'll go play dota. If someone wants to make an AoS standalone game then by all means go for it (Demigod/League of Legends), I just don't want a dota clone when dota does the dota part just fine.
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Odin
11/17/09

@Mr.P1ckl3s:
DotA does the DotA part just fine but everything else about it is and always will be under the heel of WC3 and its limitations.

HoN also does the DotA part fine along with allowing people to rejoin after being DCed, better matchmaking tools, an improved interface as well as a bunch of other stuff. #lan
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Kualtek
11/16/09

In reply to In College, the Party Never Stops — for LAN
It's nice to see something that says the LAN people still exist. It seemed for awhile we were going to be downplayed to extinction. I run a group for me and my friends called LANMinds [gamers.allfragnolag.com] and will be a staff member for a bigger 75-seat LAN in February next year called CryoLAN Party [www.cryolanparty.com] We still exist and we still have a great following. It's very easy to fill the room every month for mine and from what we see of CryoLAN we will easily fill house by the end of January just on pre-pay sign-ups.

This article says that we (PC LAN people) mainly play older games, and while that is true, it's mostly true of competitive gaming from my own experience. I would say we play a lot of newer games like Killing Floor, CoD5, UT3 and more.

It's unfortunate that games like MW2 will not be played as we can't guarantee connection to be stable with so many users using the same connection. For me, this was the biggest argument for dedicated servers. #lan
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AOClaus
11/16/09

In reply to In College, the Party Never Stops — for LAN
There's one good thing to come out of Modern Warfare 2, unlike the previous game you're not limited to the pre-made classes when playing offline, so even in a lan you can use whatever you've unlocked and create custom classes. #lan
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ArmoredCavalry
11/16/09

@AOClaus: Pretty sure they had that in WaW... #lan
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AOClaus
11/16/09

@ArmoredCavalry: oh, well i don't know, i didn't really like WaW and sold it. #lan
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Azquelt
11/17/09

@AOClaus: That was the case in CoD4, unlocks work exactly the same in LAN play as they do online. You can use the ones you have and gain XP and levels while playing on LAN. #lan
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AOClaus
11/18/09

@Azquelt: Not on the console version of CoD4.
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Azquelt
03:43 AM

@AOClaus: Ah, I assumed that the PC version was implied since the story was about LAN parties. (Which usually implies PC gaming, despite the networking capabilities of consoles.)
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RockyRan
11/16/09

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It's really sad my college has nothing even closely resembling to an organized gaming community. Either that or it's so underground that it's practically not there. #lan
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AOClaus
11/16/09

@RockyRan: i don't think most colleges do, i don't think most colleges care, and i think at this point in time they might find it hard to justify the cost of setting up a room like the one they talked about in this article.

maybe if they charged money to get in, but i'm still not sure most schools would be willing to set aside the space required. #lan
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EchoSix
11/16/09

@RockyRan: We have one, but it's total crap. We tried to organise a lan at the start of the year but it just devolved into a pissing match about which shooter was better. #lan
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RockyRan
11/16/09

@EchoSix: Mmm, yeah. Stuffing a bunch of college gamers in one room does may or may not be such a good idea.

Still, I'd like some sort of gaming community that I can get in touch with. All my friends are either very light gamers or not at all. I love local multiplayer/LAN parties but I can never find enough people to get a good meeting going. I'd start a group if I weren't in engineering/wasting all my time at Kotaku. #lan
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deanbmmv
11/16/09

@RockyRan: I agree with Nexus.
If it's not there now, then start it.
Dorms tend to have a pre-set up LAN network ready and waiting.
So just ask around, find the PC gamers (usually in PC labs) and get something going.
Maybe ask at your IT office. Our uni has UT3 installed on a floor of our comp building, so as long as we ask nicely and only play at night then we can use it for some gaming. Just obviously no food n drink, n keep it quiet:P
So yeah, ask about, maybe make some flyers, and get something going. And remember to pitch it to the people in charge how socialable it is, the ones in charge like that stuff. Meshing students together, breaking the ice n all that. #lan
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homernoy
11/16/09

In reply to In College, the Party Never Stops — for LAN
I would love to go to a LAN party, but my PC of late weighs a friggin ton. I think I would throw my back out if I attempted to carry it far. #lan
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sereal
11/16/09

@homernoy: uh get into shape? #lan
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Twik63
11/16/09

@sereal: ya for real, or get a dolly #lan
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NecronomiconUK
11/16/09

@Twik63: Or a woman to carry it for you. #lan
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Koztah
11/16/09

@homernoy: [www.geargrip.com]

Enjoy. #lan
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sci-fi_wasabi
11/16/09

@NecronomiconUK: So your mom carries your equipment, drops you off and then picks you up from the LAN party afterwards? Where does she find the time? #lan
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NecronomiconUK
11/16/09

@sci-fi_wasabi: Between that an being down the docks, she still manages to find the time. What a woman #lan
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homernoy
11/16/09

@sereal: I was joking, but my case is a Cosmos S with 4 hdd's and two 285 gtx's and it is very large and awkward. #lan
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homernoy
11/16/09

@Koztah: Those are sweet. I actually could use one of those when I take my PC back and forth my apartment to my house. #lan
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Twik63
11/16/09

@homernoy: i would throw things at you if i saw you or anyone walking around with that. #lan
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Koztah
11/16/09

@Twik63: You would throw things at someone who's walking around with a 15lb steel enclosure on a convenient swinging handle?

Brave man. #lan
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Twik63
11/16/09

@Koztah: after i threw it who could run faster? =) #lan
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Sharkey1337
11/16/09

In reply to In College, the Party Never Stops — for LAN
This is why there is an outcry against Starcraft II's lack of LAN. I do miss my days of huge LAN partying, mmmmmmm nostalgia... #lan
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hot_heart
11/16/09

In reply to In College, the Party Never Stops — for LAN
Hehe. With Counter-Strike you can LAN party like it's 1999! #lan
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Jackie Yoshi
10/31/09

In reply to Games, Not Porn, is Adult Actress' Secret Pleasure
Cause who wants to hear about average female gamers, when you could just regard them as only meaningful if they're eye candy! #alexisraven
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egoimago001
10/31/09

@Jackie Yoshi: Amen. This is why you guys 'never see' female gamers. It's not because we're elusive, it's because you act like this (and.. post articles like this, jeez).
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Brian Crecente
10/31/09

@egoimago001: "It's not annoying, it's a little surprising," she said. "I've met a lot of cool women that play video games through LAN tournies. What surprises people is that I'm hot and a porn star and a player, but that has nothing to do with it, gaming is so popular now."

"My gaming should be about what I do, not who I am." #alexisraven
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laursen.lau
10/31/09

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I have that exact case and DVD drive. Weird.
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Vishus
10/31/09

@laursen.lau: As do I . Whats even weirder is that I have that same external HDD with the clear housing that's sitting on top of it as well. #alexisraven
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Darein
10/30/09

In reply to Games, Not Porn, is Adult Actress' Secret Pleasure
See, not only do video games make people do drugs and kill people... they also make people into pornstars... /sarcasm #alexisraven
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Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!!
10/30/09

@Darein: You also get an internet cookie. #alexisraven
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ithyphallus, bonks morrigan
10/30/09

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proof that pc gamers get the most tang #alexisraven
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Hextan
10/30/09

In reply to Games, Not Porn, is Adult Actress' Secret Pleasure
I somehow doubt that porn itself would be any adult star's SECRET pleasure. Good for her though, I like reading these kinds of stories. #alexisraven
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mobetta
10/30/09

In reply to Games, Not Porn, is Adult Actress' Secret Pleasure
she may be a so called porn geek or so to speak (i'd hit it) but can she top 2 360's, ps3, superNES, psp, gamecube, ds lite, turbo express portable, wii, dreamcast, ps, ps2 & four computers in one room? #alexisraven
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10/30/09

@mobetta: Yes... look at her V/O equipment (or A/V, if you prefer).

Granted, if you are using rigs that are using at least a Clarksfield setting and are bewulf clustering your rigs and cooling them with Nitrogen Oxide, then you might be onto something, lol.

BTW: 4 Gaming rigs (2 water cooled, 2 Nitrogen Ox cooled), 2 gaming laptops - 1 ASUS ROG, 1 SAGER, 1 SNES - US, 1 SFC - Japan, 1 Mega Drive - JPN, 1 Genesis - US, 1 SuperGrafx - JPN, 1 TurboGrax16 - US, 1 TurboDuo - USA, 1 NES - US, 1 Famicom - JPN, 2 Vectrex - Classic near mint state, 1 TI-99-4A (In the box), 1 ADAM (found it at Big Fun in Cleveland, Heights, OH), 1 Atari VCS, 1 Atari 5200, 1 Atari 7800, 1 Atari XE, 5 pinball machines, 1 Zoltar machine and an auctioned BaffleBall in it's original (read: not restored) state. #alexisraven
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Spoony Bard
10/31/09

@mobetta: E-peen alert. #alexisraven
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mobetta
11/02/09

@Spoony Bard: erm, this is NOT my setup, i'm just relaying the info my roomate has, he's much more of a gamer than I am. I just have 1 of each current gen console. #alexisraven
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kunai
10/30/09

In reply to Games, Not Porn, is Adult Actress' Secret Pleasure
Brian, CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR AND SPELLING. Seriously, how are you the editor? #alexisraven
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10/30/09

@kunai: FYI - Read the FAQ. #alexisraven
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rawkr
10/30/09

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Yes, how dare we think that someone attractive who has a vocation that is less than politically correct is actually intelligent and can do something other than smile and perform sex acts. Gamers are only a certain kind of person, overweight pimply makes between the ages of twelve and thirty, right? Skeptical, fine be that way, but its not impossible. Grow up! #alexisraven
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