i want girl go qgl

because no-one has CRT monitors and beige 12-bay cases anymore

The great thing about the lan back in the day was that everyone had shitty dialup connections and it was the only way to get some decent multiplayer games happening, not to mention the rows and rows of monitors playing porn at 2am... And the leeching which of course i did not participate in. However now that everyone has fast broadband, a lot of the lure of attending a lan has dimished.

I have a lot of fond memories of QGL lans however to me it is best left as a memory. Sort of like re-playing an old game that you loved only to realise that you shouldnt have as it doesnt have the same impact as it once had.

Went to only a few LANs with a bunch of mates during high school. Was always a day of CS which i never liked. About 10 of us @ some hall in Caboolture. Remember the first time i attended i didnt even have a LAN card and had to buy one @ the event.

i could use a good backpunch, right on the knot in my shoulders... careful though, I might break your hand with my spine.

WHO'S COPYING!?!?!?!?!?!

lol nothing like 10mbit bnc and t-pieces to bring out the dark side in a fella

Can't have another LAN because:

1. Lots of hassle to organize
2. The event usually runs at a cost to it self.
3. Internet got more prominent.
4. Organization and power load balancing take a bit.
5. Finding a venue.
6. A lot of the games these days need a net connection
6a. Not many games have a LAN Mode or LAN Play...
6b. So you end up playing TF2, COD4, etc
7. Trendies decided 'gaming is cool'.
8. Used to be quite a few gaming LAN Cafes around Melbourne. Quite have since closed down or moved into the 'gaming bar' style area.
9. Setting up competitions is a hassle. Recently at Respawn LAN there were problems with the COD4 comp and people putting money in the kitty so-to-speak.
9a. People can't organize their own competitions.
10. Gaming cafes or PC Bangs are prominent in South Korea, Vietnam and Laos cause of the socioeconomic factor, but that has gotten better over the years.

http://www.shafted.com.au/ - Here's what we used to run in Melbourne

http://respawn.com.au - Here is what is left of Shafted cause back in the day we did a good job. Usually booked out very fast.

Not sure what you mean, we still run QGL lans monthly.

The lack of QGL lans just goes to show you the terrorists have already won.

There's a QGL LAN party every week you're just not invited.

Would hate to see the power requirements for the monstrous rigs people are running now.

Did you have your USB powered vibrator plugged in?

Because of the demographics in PC gaming, I reckon if you had a lan today, you'd get more women, and fewer little boys

so take that as an incentive or deincentive, depends

and I'm not even counting the ones that used to be little boys and became women

!boom paedo joke, !wham tranny joke, how can you keep up

Did you have your USB powered vibrator plugged in?

wouldn't you?

especially when some cunt had to take his t piece home

I run a QGL lan every wednesday but there isn't any LAN games anymore. Everything is online.

Yeah this is bloody annoying. To have a LAN game now, you need an internet connection and to be connected to origin / steam anyway.