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"Anyone interested in console LAN gaming?"

I expect everyone kows what a LAN gaming centre is, well its predominantly for pc's but would anyone be interested in one for consoles, if you could play online against other people using fast braodband access, on all three major consoles!

can anyone here please register their interest, and whether they would be interested.

thanks

I think burning them is a bit harsh but that's obviously your own opinion. If they want to go and lug their PC around the country and join up with people of the same inclination then so be it.

Plus it doesn't effect you as your not involved.

I've never been to one, probably never will due to being rubbish at online games but I've played a few in the office and I've also setup a MOH:AA server at home which I've had a few mates connect to over the net. Twas a good laugh but going back to consoles, I still don't see this being able to work.

Jive wrote:
> Oh and please don't copy the whole of my post if your going to reply
> to this, word count doesn't apply here as we're having a sensible
> discussion!

sorry too late

Jive wrote:
> Not even sure this would work. PC Lan games are designed so that one
> PC is the host for the game and all the rest of the PC's connect to
> this.
>
> Consoles by my understanding are different (willing to be corrected
> here) in that they connect to a central game server setup by the likes
> of Microsoft and (soon) Sony.
>
> Plus PC games are standardised written software but consoles aren't.
> PS2 connecting to an X-Box....hmmm, methinks this wouldn't work.
>
> Plus your saying about BroadBand, what's the point of that, you might
> as well just play online and connect in the usual way. Lan parties
> are usually hosted (never been to one but I have read and can imagine)
> at a single sight with a dedicated network, probably 10 or 100mb
> connection which everyone connects to, therefore getting round the
> ping lags inherant with BB or dial up connections.
>
> If your telling me that X-Box online games can setup their own hosting
> games as you would on a PC then ok I stand corrected but then I don't
> think this is the case. As for a PS2 connecting into this online
> experience, well the network adapter isn't even available. As for the
> GC, is it connected?
>
> *waits to be corrected*

hey it was only a simple yes or no i was after, but if this is what i have to do to get one here goes:

>
> Plus PC games are standardised written software but consoles aren't.
> PS2 connecting to an X-Box....hmmm, methinks this wouldn't work.
>

this is pretty obvious, of course you cant connect different consoles together,

> Plus your saying about BroadBand, what's the point of that, you might
> as well just play online and connect in the usual way.
Lan parties

this is what would happen, only that if u played at a centre, then
a)no internet fee
b)no cost of console
c)no cost of game
d)probably faster internet connection that at home by using a business only ISP such as Excalibur
e) playing in a social environment is more fun, which is why people enjoy multiplayer so much

> are usually hosted (never been to one but I have read and can imagine)
> at a single sight with a dedicated network, probably 10 or 100mb
> connection which everyone connects to, therefore getting round the
> ping lags inherant with BB or dial up connections.
>
there would'nt be a 'network' as such, rather just internet connections,for people in the centre to play each other or anyone online but where possible (ps2) netrwork adapoter could be used so that offline multiplayer gaming could be available on a network


> If your telling me that X-Box online games can setup their own hosting
> games as you would on a PC then ok I stand corrected but then I don't
> think this is the case.

no, your right , they cant but at LAN party's you noramlly have to supply your own hardware (pc, montitor, keyboard, cables, network card), and also games and software, where as at a console one, the consoles, games and internet connectivity would already be in place, also it would serve as a demo facility where you could come and play as much or as little of a game as u wish to see if you really want to buy it.

As for a PS2 connecting into this online
> experience, well the network adapter isn't even available.

no but the gamecube and x box are now internet capible, and the ps2 will be soon, also dont forget that this is the very early stages off online console gaming, standard games and cross console compatibility may be a real possibility in the future.

As for the
> GC, is it connected?

yes, modem and broadband adaptors are available, (although hard to find in the uk) and the cube was in fact the first console to go online, in the UK March 7th.


thanks for reading, in theory would you be interested ?

Untitled wrote:
> money is money though, who cares where it comes from as long as they
> pay, also u never answered how u knew so much about this
> apparently(geeky) topic


Because I've known a lot of geeks, read a lot of stories and, though I would love to erase the images from my mind, seen a lot of pictures and video footage.

They should lock those people in and burn them all.

Oh and please don't copy the whole of my post if your going to reply to this, word count doesn't apply here as we're having a sensible discussion!

Not even sure this would work. PC Lan games are designed so that one PC is the host for the game and all the rest of the PC's connect to this.

Consoles by my understanding are different (willing to be corrected here) in that they connect to a central game server setup by the likes of Microsoft and (soon) Sony.

Plus PC games are standardised written software but consoles aren't. PS2 connecting to an X-Box....hmmm, methinks this wouldn't work.

Plus your saying about BroadBand, what's the point of that, you might as well just play online and connect in the usual way. Lan parties are usually hosted (never been to one but I have read and can imagine) at a single sight with a dedicated network, probably 10 or 100mb connection which everyone connects to, therefore getting round the ping lags inherant with BB or dial up connections.

If your telling me that X-Box online games can setup their own hosting games as you would on a PC then ok I stand corrected but then I don't think this is the case. As for a PS2 connecting into this online experience, well the network adapter isn't even available. As for the GC, is it connected?

*waits to be corrected*

Insane Bartender wrote:
> Of course they have money. But it's often not their own. It usually
> comes from mummy and daddy. A lot of what's left is, incredibly, a
> huge gathering of software engineers who, while highly skilled, make
> up the majority to the "geek" proportion of society.
>
> Software engineers are major players in:
>
> Battle recreation
> Role Playing
> LAN Parties
> Costuming
> Fanatacism in any other "not ordinary" sense.
>
> Strange that, eh?

money is money though, who cares where it comes from as long as they pay, also u never answered how u knew so much about this apparently(geeky) topic

Of course they have money. But it's often not their own. It usually comes from mummy and daddy. A lot of what's left is, incredibly, a huge gathering of software engineers who, while highly skilled, make up the majority to the "geek" proportion of society.

Software engineers are major players in:

Battle recreation
Role Playing
LAN Parties
Costuming
Fanatacism in any other "not ordinary" sense.

Strange that, eh?

Insane Bartender wrote:
> My answer to the question is no. As a PC and console gamer, the tag
> "geek" is all too often applied, much to my dismay. But if I
> wanted to really point out a geek, I'd point at the sad little men who
> gather in big open halls and connect their PCs together to play games,
> when they might as well just go online for the same effect. I've seen
> what happens at those gatherings, and it's quite frankly scary how
> incredibly sad the majority of these people are, especially once you
> introduce the large amounts of alcohol that these people then consume
> because they think it's cool to do so when socialising.
>
> Obviously a misguided belief brought about by not socialising
> enough...

so how do u know so much about them??? hmmm, also geeks, they amy be, but there geeks with money and some places charge up to £30 for a weekend, and one one site there is already a list of 56ppl signed up, and probably more to come so thats £1680 for one weekend,

My answer to the question is no. As a PC and console gamer, the tag "geek" is all too often applied, much to my dismay. But if I wanted to really point out a geek, I'd point at the sad little men who gather in big open halls and connect their PCs together to play games, when they might as well just go online for the same effect. I've seen what happens at those gatherings, and it's quite frankly scary how incredibly sad the majority of these people are, especially once you introduce the large amounts of alcohol that these people then consume because they think it's cool to do so when socialising.

Obviously a misguided belief brought about by not socialising enough...