$35 LAN Party...

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 01:58:46PM -0500, Colin McGregor wrote:
> Yes. Also, it largely gets us away from people saying things like "The
> only reason she won is because she had a $2,000 video card in her
> computer!" type comments (okay, I see Canada Computers is offering
> $149.99 gaming mouse (seriously :
> http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_273_275&item_id=032880)).
> But by keeping the compute platform the same we can LARGELY (not
> completely) level the playing field. Obviously there would be some
> small advantages to be gained via special peripherals (gaming mice,
> etc), and some small advantages via OS tweaks, but largely we would be
> looking at win/loose based on tactics (camping in one area vs. say
> keeping mobile) and reflexes.

I think many lan parties have limits on power comsumption per user which
certainly rule out a lot of the insane machines.

> Even 15" or 17" LCD screens are not that hard to transport for most
> people. For a game where (due to the hardware limitations) you do NOT
> want to run at the software's maximum potential resolution, a 15"
> screen would be just fine.

21" CRTs were hard to transport. :)  A 24" LCD is not really hard to transport.

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Len Sorensen
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