Generally a bunch of folks get together with their PCs and connect to a LAN, hence the name. From there it's usually a gaming session with something like Quake 3, Unreal Tournament, Balttlefield 1942, or whatever the favorite multiplayer game is.
There is also sometimes shareing of software and other media because of the convenience of being on the LAN, but be careful as this part easily slips out of the bounds of what's legal to share. Pizza, chips, beer and a very long night are often part of the deal. In such long nights past, folks have made "lancakes" at dawn. If you're looking to meet girls, this isn't the place, but it's usually some of the most fun you'll ever have playing these games. Michael On Monday 21 June 2004 05:49 pm, Christopher L Merrill wrote: > Mike Shaw wrote: > > Anyone know of any spots to setup a LAN party in > > the Triangle short of renting a conference room for a > > day at a hotel? I know there used to be a > > place(Electriclan?) but it was shutdown last I heard. > > Ok...I'll bite...what is a LAN party? > > I think we had one once...in about 1991, when the engineering director > approved our budget proposal for networking all the R&D workstations > and PCs. > > C > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chris Merrill | http://www.webperformanceinc.com > Web Performance Inc. | http://www.webperformancemonitoring.net > > Website Load Testing, Stress Testing, and Performance Monitoring Software > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
