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You can still LAN party if you want to. (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 176 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

When I was 16 I could get 4 or 5 people to come over to my house on a week night with almost zero advanced notice. I am now 30 and

  1. I don't know 4 or 5 people

  2. It would take 3-4 weeks to get everyone's schedule to line up

  3. Half of everyone would cancel because they didn't feel like going out

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 weeks ago

real :'(

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

True, these are valid problems.

Here is how I do it and yes I know I am very privileged.

  1. Have a DISCORD with everyone who might attend in it.
  2. Pick 3-4 dates at least a month in advanced. Have people list witch dates work for them. Pick the one with the most open spots.
  3. Tell my work building supervisor that I want to use our training room for a LAN party (We have a good history of this and it brings in other coworkers. So like team building stuff).
  4. (Optional but effective and makes it seems like you have a plan) Draw up a tentative schedule with which games you are playing and how long you are going to be playing. Add Chill Time/Extension time in case people want a break between games or want to play more.

Good Luck!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Man do I hate discord though

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

~~DISCORD~~

Matrix /s

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I bowed out of a friend's recent LAN bc every time they just play Halo and Age of Mythology and they're all super good at both and I'm terrible at both (and not interested in playing either game tbh).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oof, your loss mate. Real shame.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Sorry, I can't make it. But only because I have no fucking idea why I agreed to it in the first place...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe it’s not everyone, but at 37 I feel much less interested in socializing in the first place.