A player is hosting a LAN party for his son. In total, he spends less than 400 euros because he is reusing old equipment.
A player reports that his son absolutely wanted a LAN party for his birthday. However, this did not stop him from fulfilling his son’s wish: In a post on Reddit, he reports that he managed to assemble 9 computers.
To accomplish this big project, he had to come up with some tricks and ideas. He used not only gaming PCs but also mini-PCs, which are somewhat less powerful.
I managed to assemble a total of 9 systems, including some mini-PCs that I had lying around.
He specifically asked for Halo but also wanted to include other games. He managed to assemble a total of 9 systems, including some mini-PCs that I had lying around.
So he will host a Halo 2 tournament, where all games will run on different PC systems, 3 of which are mini-PCs.
In the end, he decided on the following games:
- Left 4 Dead 2
- Serious Sam
- Minecraft
- Warsow
- Quake
- Flatout 2
- Doom I + II
- Among Us
- Halo 2
- Human Fall Flat
- Raft
- Counter Strike 2
- Team Fortress 2
- Blackops 2
- Zombies
- Re-volt GL(RVGL)
Invested less than 400 euros to fulfill his son’s dream of a LAN party
How did the setup come about? He himself explains in another post that he spent a total of about 400 US dollars (approximately 380 euros) to make his child’s dream possible:
- Three monitors come from his old PC setup, where he switched to a larger monitor. Two of his children switched to larger monitors, leaving two monitors unused. Additionally, he had a replacement device and the two models from the children.
- He bought the mouse and keyboard set for around 20 euros each. In total, he had to order 6 mouse-keyboard combos.
- Moreover, he also organized and partly repurchased quite a bit of network technology.
Where did the desire for a LAN party come from? The father explains in another post that he used to play a lot of Halo 2, and his son always watched him. He and his children also regularly hosted LAN parties together technically. Hence the desire to experience something like this on his birthday:
He grew up watching me play Halo 2 since he was about 2 years old, and I was actively involved in the biggest mod[ification] for the PC version or developed it. This not only made him a fan of the series but also of this particular series.
His brothers, me, him, and my buddy usually always play “LAN”, so he wanted to host a Halo 2 tournament and play other games with his friends, thus a LAN party.
It can also get “more professional”: A software engineer has invested over one million euros to transform his house in Austin, Texas, into a LAN party paradise – 22 gaming stations on different levels included: An engineer builds the perfect dream house for gamers: invests over 1 million euros so he can play with friends
