LAN Party
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 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.
Format
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 Shell. Plans exist to move game hosting to a permanent VM, however for now this is the easiest and most accessible way to host.
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.
Past Parties
- LAN Party 1 (the pilot event): October 4th 2026
- Games: Xonotic and SuperTuxKart
- Host: Freya
- Notes: Pretty damn good, had small turnout but it was a blast. Planned to make these semi-weekly from then on.
- LAN Party 2: October 18th 2026
- Game: Mindustry
- Host: Freya
- Notes: Far better turnout, popular enough that the next party will also be Mindustry. A custom map was designed for this session.
- LAN Party 3: November 1st 2026
- Game: Mindustry
- Host: Freya
- Notes: Ran through a few levels of campaign mode. Promo images were made using PICO-8