A gathering of people with common interest especially in popular game, that is held to play the game over a Local Area Network (LAN). In most cases, the event was organized informally by a friend or a neighbor and uses a small network. But there are also periodic world multiplayer game competitions involving hundreds participants over a very big LAN.
a collection of players all gathered together to play across a Local Area Network (LAN)
a collective gathering of PC gamers in a common location
a gaming event that involves a group of people playing PC games with and against each other on a Local Area Network (LAN)
a gathering of computer users connected together via their LANs playing a multiplayer game
a get together where people bring their computers, hook them up together, and play games into the night
a group of like minded gamers who gather in a place with their computers connected over a network to play games and be merry
a local area network party where multiple computers are used to play computer games in a multiple-player format
a temporary computer network, built to play games, share files, and enjoy a social atmosphere with other gamers
a temporary, sometimes spontaneous, gathering of people with their computers, to play multi-player computer games
A party/tournament, in which computer gamers gather at an Internet cafe to play games over a broadband connection, LAN or WLAN network.
A LAN Party is a group of individuals with two or more gaming consoles, TVs, and games, in the same building or house, sharing a router or access point to communicate in head-to-head, peer-to-peer, or Adhoc Mode.
ranging from tiny get togethers to massive 500+ conventions like quakecon, a lan party is simply an event where gamers bring (or rent) computers to one location to play network multiplayer games. most lan parties stipulate: byoc. check out blue's lan party list
A LAN party is a temporary, sometimes spontaneous, gathering of people together with their computers, which they network together primarily for the purpose of playing multiplayer computer games. These local area networks (LANs) come in various sizes, from very small (two people) to very large (more than 6,500 people). Small parties can form spontaneously, but large ones usually require a fair amount of planning and preparation on the part of the organizer.
