https://lug.mtu.edu/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=LAN_PartyLAN Party - Revision history2026-10-19T09:12:15ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.17https://lug.mtu.edu/w/index.php?title=LAN_Party&diff=8160&oldid=prevFreya: Create a page for LAN Parties2026-10-19T01:22:01Z<p>Create a page for LAN Parties</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>LUG has presumably done LAN Parties of some sort since its inception. Meeting minutes from the past do mention LAN Parties quite frequently. This article is instead about the semi-formal, recurring event started in Fall 2026 by [[User:Freya|Freya]], because as far as I can tell the org forgot about LAN Parties for a long time, and this is the first time they have been properly formalized as far as I can tell.<br />
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==Format==<br />
LAN Parties, at the time of writing (on the night after the second one, October 18th, 2026), are an event held every two weeks on Sunday, from 2-4pm in the current standard meeting room. One or two games (likely only one going forth) are chosen and hosted on [[Docs/Shell|Shell]]. Plans exist to move game hosting to a permanent VM, however for now this is the easiest and most accessible way to host.<br />
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Games that are played are '''exclusively''' free and open-source games, both because of the org being a '''Linux''' group (duh) and so people aren't dropping 10 bucks on a game they've never heard of just to participate.<br />
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==Past Parties==<br />
[[File:LAN-Party-2-promo.png|thumb|Promo image for LAN Party 2]]<br />
*LAN Party 1 (the pilot event): October 4th 2026<br />
**Games: Xonotic and SuperTuxKart<br />
**Host: Freya<br />
**Notes: Pretty damn good, had small turnout but it was a blast. Planned to make these semi-weekly from then on.<br />
*LAN Party 2: October 18th 2026<br />
**Game: Mindustry<br />
**Host: Freya<br />
**Notes: Far better turnout, popular enough that the next party will also be Mindustry. A custom map was designed for this session.</div>Freya