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Thu 09/10/03 at 21:03
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Recently, the head of our school's games club has left to go on to University - leaving just myself and a couple of friends to run the thing. It's a 45 min (tops) club that runs twice a week.

Seeing as the majority of you seem to be in the knowledge on these things, I was wondering whether or not you could recommend some good LAN games for this situation. We already have Half-Life, Counter Strike and Unreal Tournament - but we want some variety. Any suggestions would be good, and I'd also appreciate any advice on licenses or the legalities of LAN gaming.

Cheers.
Sat 11/10/03 at 21:48
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cookie monster wrote:
> Warcraft 3 is tops.

Bah, you can do better than that cm.

Describe it.
Sat 11/10/03 at 21:48
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Memorandum! wrote:
> What spec are the PCs?

I'm yet to find out exactly, but they can handle most games no problem. I presume they're quite beefy.
Sat 11/10/03 at 21:47
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cookie monster wrote:
> As for the licence thing, who is going to find out that you have
> installed the game on 30 computers?

Exactly what we pointed out to the school. But thus came the inevitable reply;

"If the worst case scenario is the school gets shut down, then it would be ridiculous to take such a chance. Run this legitimately or not at all."
Sat 11/10/03 at 21:40
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"aka memo aaka gayby"
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What spec are the PCs?
Sat 11/10/03 at 21:35
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"+34 Intellect"
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Warcraft 3 is tops.

As for the licence thing, who is going to find out that you have installed the game on 30 computers?
Sat 11/10/03 at 21:31
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Borat, could you give us any more details?
Sat 11/10/03 at 21:31
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Dunno, 16 or so people wreaking havoc in a living city sounds like a damn great idea to me.
Sat 11/10/03 at 19:15
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"Tornado Of Souls"
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Never played it to be honest, but I don't reckon it's that great. Could be though.
Sat 11/10/03 at 18:56
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Oh yes, funny man, hahaha, etc etc.

Really, what is GTA LAN like?
Sat 11/10/03 at 18:49
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Maverick42 wrote:
> GTA 2 has multiplayer LAN?
>
> How does that work?

Well they write a load of code that enables a LAN game to be set up, then you can play it over a LAN. Clever isn't it?

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