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The Gathering 2005 35

Posted by Zonk from the geeks-in-the-thick-of-it dept.
Advill wrote to mention a story on Tom's Hardware discussing The Gathering 2005, an enormous LAN party that takes place in Norway. From the article: "For a while now, The Gathering (TG) has been competing with Dream Hack in Sweden for the title of World's Largest LAN Party. Last year The Gathering won the title, but then Dream Hack struck back again and regained it. This year, the organizers of The Gathering thought that 5,200 participants ought to be enough and decided to stop competing for the title."
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  • Bastards. (Score:3, Funny)

    by Seumas ( 6865 ) on Sunday April 10, 2005 @07:44PM (#12196691)
    I wanna be a norwegian! What is your immigration policy with regard to obese biker-looking geeks? And more, how easy are your women?
  • Counter-Strike, Quake 3, Battlefield (1942?) and Warcraft 3. For such a huge event, they should have had more than 4 games!
  • Isnt it damn hot at such a hughe LAN party? Thousands of Pcs, Screens and sweating bodys. Must be hot as hell.
  • Back in the days of dialup LANS were the only way for groups of freinds to enjoy an equally balanced, smooth, multiplayer game. I remember packing my car with 3 or 4 of my mates' PCs and lugging them to someone's house. Then we'd spend an hour or so untangling cables, setting up table space and getting all the PCs communicating, before having a few ours to actually enjoy playing a game, then packing up again...

    It was a lot of hard work for a few hours gameplay, but it was our only option.

    Now with DSL so
    • Filesharing Would be awesome at this lan. I would go just for that. Also, LANS offer shorter pings so that nobody has an advantage on different servers. It also helps teams look at eachothers strats right in front of them.

      Most of all it turns an online community into a real community. Where people talk and interact. For computer nerds this is an important thing to do every so often.
    • Show off your computer and your girlfriend (if you have one) and to check out other people's computers. And girlfriends (if they have one). And to totally geek out. It's a different experience with dozens or hundreds of other geeks instead of just you, half naked, sucking down a mountain dew in your apartment.

      It's the same reason people still go to arcades sometimes. And why car geeks get together and show off their cars, check other people's cars out. Drive 'em ar ound a bit. Talk. Make contacts. Share in
    • It's very much a social exercise. With online play you often end up playing with idiots incapable of expressing themselves without insulting your sexuality in the process. With LAN play they're your idiots, and the insults are much more clever - not to mention the delivery is improved because they don't have to type it.

      There's just something about knowing the people you're playing against and being able to gloat in person when you start winning that makes LANs so much more rewarding than online play.

    • Re:LANning Out? (Score:3, Interesting)

      by Catnapster ( 531547 )
      At least for me and my friends, LAN parties are more fun because of their dual nature - aside from the multiplayer gaming, they are also physical gatherings of like-minded people. The games are only a part of the experience, as we can share our music (often at high decibel levels), show each other amusing websites between games, talk trash as one can only do in person, and feel the goodwill and cameraderie that comes about from the donation of drinks and snacks to the party. And don't even get me started on

  • Alert Gary Bettman! (Score:3, Interesting)

    by Otter ( 3800 ) on Sunday April 10, 2005 @08:17PM (#12196864) Journal
    That's a great use for an unoccupied hockey arena. We've got quite a few in North America now -- maybe the NHL could throw LAN parties to cut their losses a bit.

  • No no no no no! (Score:5, Informative)

    by bVork ( 772426 ) <<moc.liamg> <ta> <todhsals+alletnapr>> on Sunday April 10, 2005 @08:51PM (#12197053)
    The Gathering [gathering.org] (and really, how hard is it to put the official URL in the summary?) is primarily a demoparty, not a lan party. I'd say that this would better belong in a different section. Its not just about games and it has never been about games!

    Instead of just oogling over the gaming competitions, take a look at the compo winners [gathering.org] (hell, all of the entries [scene.org]) and see what kind of artwork can be done with computers.

    Ignore the games and appreciate the demos. Keep the spirit of the demoscene alive.

  • Demo party (Score:3, Insightful)

    by mwvdlee ( 775178 ) on Monday April 11, 2005 @03:45AM (#12198655) Homepage
    Didn't the Gathering used to be a Demo party? You know; with people who could actually do something remotely usefull with their sparetime.

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