A new general gaming website for all lans across Australia, by the name of LanParty.net.au, has opened its doors for business to give gamers across Australia information in regards to upcoming lans and events in all states.

Visit their website now @ http://www.lanparty.net.au!

I prefer Ausgamers...

What's it for? I don't see a link to upcoming events??

oh well, give it time i guess.

last edited by natslovR at 11:54:07 15/Jun/04

I don't see a link to upcoming events??

I think you have to check out the forums for upcoming events and I'm not sure but I don't think you can register for lans through their site.

yeh its a pritty lame site. but atleast they have lans not like...

be nice if the site actually had content and didnt run as slow as a snail on valium

stupid american hosted websites :(

Lanparty has to be the most homosexual way of saying lan.

Tyrone

Thats a pretty homosexual name too

i doubt that , a lan party sounds like a party but the difference between a lan party and a party is that a lan party is not a party , it is far from a party is about something that a party is not GEDDIT?

typo, i disagree. I had a journalist refer to LANs as "lan camps" in an interview. That's gotta be worse than "lanparty".

haha ... ok you win.

i doubt that , a lan party sounds like a party but the difference between a lan party and a party is that a lan party is not a party , it is far from a party is about something that a party is not GEDDIT?

A lanparty sounds like the kind of s*** 12 year old homosexual kids put on their birthday invitations ...

CyberBlade GO YOU GOOD THING

If I'm talking to people who know what they are, I say LAN. Otherwise, I say Computer Convention. Saves a LOT of explaining! :-)

And there's nothing wrong with LANs being referred to as LAN Parties despite the lack of sparklers and party poppers. I mean, you don't hear anyone complaining about Search Parties.
"Oooooh, we're not having fun, someone got fragged, this is a Search Event!"
/rant
:-P

when i hear "LAN" i think of what nancy-boys call "cyber cafes". things like QGL or lan "events" i call "bring your own computer lan"
they are generally more of a "dont ever go to" kind of thing, you know, i am around losers enough at uni as it is in my IT course.

A "bring your own computer lan" huh? How is that more manly than "Cyber Cafe"? Don't get me wrong, 'Cyber Cafe' is one of the most homorific terms I have ever heard of, but 'bring your own computer lan' not only sounds gay, it sounds try hard gay.

If anything, the homosexual nature showen by many of the particpants of QGL is way higher than any informal LAN I have seen. I mean since when was it Hetrosexual to show up in camo fatigues to a LAN (or a "bring my own computer lan"), or to make such a f***ing mess that even the most messy QGL Admins are left in a state of SHOCK and AWE.

Lets not even mention the guy who dressed up in Samurai pants.

What about playing counterstrike - I mean thats really really gay :P

....even mention the guy who dressed up in Samurai pants.

Screw you

....even mention the guy who dressed up in Samurai pants.

Screw you

That guy was the biggest fagot at QGL ever ... well apart from the guy who drew pictures of cocks on the ANZ toilet doors ... that guy was totaly gay.

And as for that weirdo that wears the bandana all the time ...

Hey Tepid
How can you have an informed opion if you have never attended a QGL event?
I personally do not consider myself a nerd just an avid Gamer,Sportsman and business man. So maybe its best not to sterio type gamers!

i even consider myself a pretty big nerd but i've never been to one.

I aspire to be a nerd, but all my family and friends say I'm not. How's that for sad! :D

not many people i know could be bothered hauling their computer around the place, when it does its job fine where it is.

Come on, five minutes of hauling for 12 hours of gaming? A good LAN game has such a great atmosphere, especially the private ones with friends and no d*******s around.
Even a bad LAN has less idiots than online gaming (for CS anyway).

Besides, I have my suitcase PC so I just walk straight in. Very little haulage. :-)

Comments inline, and the quote has been moved around as it made better sense to reply this way.

because bring your own computer lan makes sense to casual gamers, perhaps?
if you say "lan" it could be one of two (well, three) things.

Only three things?

1. Cyber-Cafe

Wouldn’t real casual gamers refer to them as … Cyber-Cafes? Maybe the people that go to them refer to them as LANs, but widesweeping generalisations about casual gamers when you are obviously talking about personal opinion or your group of friends

3. Just at a friends house networking and playing games.

This is probably the most common kind of LAN that is referred to by gamers. I mean it makes sense … I am going to go to Bob’s house to LAN (Local Area Network). You shouldn’t need to say “I am going to go to Bob’s house to participate in a ‘Bring your own computer Local Area Network’”.

2. QGL type event

Which is also a LAN (Local Area Network), it just happens to be one that you can’t fit in someones house. So instead of saying “I am going to go to Bob’s house for a LAN”, you can say “I am going to go to ANZ stadium for a QGL LAN”. It is practically self explanatory!

for most casual gamers, number 2 is sort of "totally out of the question". i even conside myself a pretty big nerd but i've never been to one.

QGL like events are really supposed to be about going somewhere with bunches of people and playing some networked games. Anybody should (and can) show up, I don’t know even how you can classify casual gamers, but I have seen ages from 8 – 50 at QGL (although 8-14 year olds can’t come anymore) and people who play computer games from a couple of hours a week right though to dozens of hours a day who also come to QGL.

So for declaring it that is it out of reach for casual gamers is pretty ignorant.

so in summary, bring your own computer lan is what i say to my friends who are very casual gamers and to whom i couldn't be bothered explaining to. (the name explains it all!)

The name is gay, unless you need to tell all of your friends that the party coming up is a “Bring your own booze and girlfriend party”.

not many people i know could be bothered hauling their computer around the place, when it does its job fine where it is.

I can understand the sentiment, and these days with the advent of Broadband in everybodys house LAN’ing has become less of an important part of peoples gaming lives. I mean gaming on 200ms pings was pretty homo.

That being said tho, there are a lot of features to LANing that you just can’t get at home, in the dark late at night, all alone.

I just realised I was discriminating against you.

The name is gay, unless you need to tell all of your friends that the party coming up is a “Bring your own booze and girlfriend party”.

should be

“Bring your own booze and manfriend or girlfriend party”

when i hear "LAN" i think of what nancy-boys call "cyber cafes".

Where exactly is this rock you live under? I can think of at least one person who'd like to firebomb it.

things like QGL or lan "events" i call "bring your own computer lan"
they are generally more of a "dont ever go to" kind of thing, you know, i am around losers enough at uni as it is in my IT course.

Well, dont we just think so highly of ourselves. People are a******s, deal with it. How about before discriminating against such events you try actually attending one.

props to typo.

I just realised I was discriminating against you.

...

should be

“Bring your own booze and manfriend or girlfriend party”

LOL, an insult so beautifully veiled as an apology! :D

I just realised I was discriminating against you.

...

should be

“Bring your own booze and manfriend or girlfriend party”


LOL, an insult so beautifully veiled as an apology! :D

The complement was better than the original. HAHAHA.

Clunky website, I dont really like it. Surely lans can organise registration and members etc themselves? Or even just use the current ausgamers system.

Also, Tepid, just stop. You're digging yourself a hole. Its obvious that your views aren't welcome here

i think some of you people need to get LIVES (if you know what one is), your debating about the name LAN that pretty sad if you ask me :(

last edited by PHYz at 23:07:13 28/Jun/04

Yeah, and you're from Adelaide.

i think some of you people need to get LIVES (if you know what one is), your debating about the name LAN that pretty sad if you ask me :(

and you are telling people to get lives on an internet gaming forum ...