• shortrounddev@lemmy.worldEnglish
    145·
    3か月前

    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

    1. I don’t know 4 or 5 people

    2. It would take 3-4 weeks to get everyone’s schedule to line up

    3. Half of everyone would cancel because they didn’t feel like going out

    • deaf_fish@lemm.ee
      231·
      3か月前

      True, these are valid problems.

      Here is how I do it and yes I know I am very privileged.

      1. Have a DISCORD with everyone who might attend in it.
      2. 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.
      3. 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).
      4. (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!

    • dditty@lemm.eeEnglish
      11·
      3か月前

      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).

    • kemsat@lemmy.world
      4·
      3か月前

      Maybe it’s not everyone, but at 37 I feel much less interested in socializing in the first place.

    • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
      41·
      3か月前

      Sorry, I can’t make it. But only because I have no fucking idea why I agreed to it in the first place…

  • teft@lemmy.world
    261·
    3か月前

    I prefer red bull. Drinking isn’t conducive to all night gaming.

    • ProfessorProteus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3か月前

      No love for Bawls? When I was younger the best LAN parties had Bawls. I think they still make it; no idea if it tastes the same.

  • Aux@feddit.ukEnglish
    15·
    3か月前

    Not sure who was drinking cola and eating pizza on LAN nights… We were drinking vodka and eating beer, then polish with weed.

  • NegativeNull@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    3か月前

    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

    • blind3rdeye@lemm.ee
      1·
      3か月前

      I don’t have an account there, so it’s surprising to hear that it has pizza smeared all over it.

  • Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de
    8·
    3か月前

    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.

  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
    7·
    3か月前

    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.