What ever happened to LAN gaming?

Ollie83 · 4 Oct 2011 at 21:12

Live in Orkney islands mate. You find me one that can guarantee me less than 50ms ping and I'll be very, very impressed

Speedy Pete · 4 Oct 2011 at 23:24

MrLOL said:
Thats IDSN speeds.

I think you mean ISDN

Ollie83 · 4 Oct 2011 at 23:58

Speedy Pete said:
I think you mean ISDN

I knew what he meant

Just noticed Red Orchestra 2 supports LAN, might suggest it to my mates some time

Sin_Chase · 5 Oct 2011 at 00:53

Oh for LAN modes and Manual IP based Connection options.

Sorely sorely missed.

Joining:
Console > connect a.b.c.d:27015

Or Hosting:
Console > sv_lan 1

Job done. These days LAN modes do not work, are far too complicated or are simply not implemented at all.

ChrisD. · 5 Oct 2011 at 00:56

Screw carrying my rig round to a mates. The case weighs enough, then there's the monitor, peripherals and the fact I have a couple of grands worth of kit being moved... no thanks.

Speedy Pete · 5 Oct 2011 at 00:59

I remember going to a lan with a watercooled chieftec. That was rather heavy.

ChrisD. · 5 Oct 2011 at 01:02

I can see the appeal, but I'd rather keep it over the internet, can still have a laugh with a few beers etc. And if you really want to meet in RL, go to the pub and leave the tech at home where it's safe.

Speedy Pete · 5 Oct 2011 at 01:19

RL ! milano u crazy!

ChrisD. · 5 Oct 2011 at 05:58

Dark_Angel · 5 Oct 2011 at 07:53

As others have said, internet gaming just kinda made it die a death...

Yamahahahahaha · 5 Oct 2011 at 07:55

Lack of LAN support on many popular new games doesn't help.

Jamrasta · 5 Oct 2011 at 08:43

Title of this thread makes me feel old :rolleyes:

Retromatic · 5 Oct 2011 at 08:50

I was quite looking forward to the OcUK lan but not sure what went on with that. Never been to a lan but always liked the idea for ****s and giggles.

Skepticx · 5 Oct 2011 at 08:58

Dark_Angel said:
made it die a death...

It died a death :O

Jamrasta · 5 Oct 2011 at 09:21

Last Lan I went to was the Roweb Christmas Lan Dec 2000 in Swindon

Sleepery · 5 Oct 2011 at 09:44

Most of my memories of small scale LAN gaming seem to be of me and a mate spending hours trying to get whatever game we wanted to play to talk to the other, and about half an hour of actual gaming.

Did have some absolutely epic Doom 2 and Warcraft 2 sessions though, so much more fun when you can see the other guys expressions

Fr0dders · 5 Oct 2011 at 19:43

Sleepery said:
Most of my memories of small scale LAN gaming seem to be of me and a mate spending hours trying to get whatever game we wanted to play to talk to the other, and about half an hour of actual gaming.

Did have some absolutely epic Doom 2 and Warcraft 2 sessions though, so much more fun when you can see the other guys expressions

I have many fond memories of crashing the printers on the school network when playing C&C : Red Alert

The multiplayer only worked using IPX/SPX which used to interefere with some of our big printers and caused them to do all kinds of crazy **** lol.

Happy days.