Alllllllll righty then...
When I first started seeing my boyfriend I was introduced to a wonderful world that up until now had remained a mystery to me. I am talking of course, about the elusive LAN party. For those of you who are not aware of this wondrous event a LAN party is where a group of people get together with their computers and copious amounts of caffeine and lock themselves away for lengths at a time to play games together. Of course before I started seeing Rich I was a player of games but had never really had the nerd circle around me to be able to do stuff like this. So in all senses of the word when I attended my first one I was going into it a complete and utter noob. Now I am in no way saying that I'm now Queen of the LAN parties, but I feel that I at least have some knowledge that I can pass on to other females who may find themselves in a similar situation. So, without further a do, I give you "Claires' guide to how to survive your first LAN party".
1. DO NOT BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR TECH SUPPORT!
When I first attended a LAN party with my boyfriend Rich I was between laptops and had had my PC gutted by my father a couple of months earlier. I was in no way expecting to actually get to play any games as I didn't expect any of these seasoned gamers that I had never met before to assist this little pink haired noob. That, was my first mistake. When I did get to the party I found that Rich and his friends had some how managed to get together a small PC, a monitor, mouse and keyboard and had set it all up just so that I could play with them. I had never met these people before and they had put themselves out to help me. It was then that I realised that people who do this thing on a regular basis aren't looking to keep the experience to themselves. You will find that the majority of gamers out there are just happy to see people taking a genuine interest in what they devote so much time and effort to that if you just ask then if they can help you they will.
2. UNLESS ITS A REGULAR PARTY DON'T GET DRUNK!
Now don't take this the wrong way, if you want to get drunk then get drunk, but if you actually want to play some games then thats probably not a good idea. If your coming for the gaming then you don't wanna be stumbling around the place yelling "FUCKING NOOB PULLERS!!!! NEONOVISNBFNBLB.....wheres my beer?".
3. CAFFEINE IS YOUR BEST FRIEND!
If you are going into your first LAN party completely blind, I must warn you, you aren't going to bed any time soon. The last thing you want is to get all tired and start tripping out while playing Skyrim because it will fuck.you.up! Now obviously you don't want to go too far the other way because a caffeine headache while staring at a screen will kill your eyes and make you want to stab yourself in the ear, so the biggest thing is to balance your caffeine intake with things that will help refresh and revitalise you. I recommend splitting your liquid intake between energy drinks, some low caffeine content hot drink like tea or decaf coffee and always drinking water or juice in-between.
There are many other things that I could write about, but if i told you all the happenings and ways of the LAN party then that would take all the excitement and enjoyment out of discovering it yourself, like I did...plus there's a special edition extended box set of Lord Of The Rings box set calling to me.
Fly you fools. When in doubt, shoot the ground x
2. UNLESS ITS A REGULAR PARTY DON'T GET DRUNK!
Now don't take this the wrong way, if you want to get drunk then get drunk, but if you actually want to play some games then thats probably not a good idea. If your coming for the gaming then you don't wanna be stumbling around the place yelling "FUCKING NOOB PULLERS!!!! NEONOVISNBFNBLB.....wheres my beer?".
3. CAFFEINE IS YOUR BEST FRIEND!
If you are going into your first LAN party completely blind, I must warn you, you aren't going to bed any time soon. The last thing you want is to get all tired and start tripping out while playing Skyrim because it will fuck.you.up! Now obviously you don't want to go too far the other way because a caffeine headache while staring at a screen will kill your eyes and make you want to stab yourself in the ear, so the biggest thing is to balance your caffeine intake with things that will help refresh and revitalise you. I recommend splitting your liquid intake between energy drinks, some low caffeine content hot drink like tea or decaf coffee and always drinking water or juice in-between.
There are many other things that I could write about, but if i told you all the happenings and ways of the LAN party then that would take all the excitement and enjoyment out of discovering it yourself, like I did...plus there's a special edition extended box set of Lord Of The Rings box set calling to me.
Fly you fools. When in doubt, shoot the ground x
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