LAN GAMING PARTIES !!!!!!!!!!!

A LAN party is a temporary gathering of people with computers or game consoles, between which they establish a local area network (LAN), primarily for the purpose of playing multiplayer video games. The size of these networks may vary from the very small (two people) to very large installations. Small parties can form spontaneously, but large ones usually require a fair amount of planning and preparation. As of 2010, the world record for the size of a LAN party is 12,754 connected systems, set at DreamHack, in Jönköping, Sweden.^[1]

LAN party events differ significantly from LAN gaming centers and Internet cafes in that they generally require participants to bring your own computer(BYOC)^[2] and are not permanent installations, often taking place in general meeting pl

Usually, smaller LAN parties consist of people bringing their computers over to each other's houses to host and play multiplayer games.

Console-based LAN partieS

Private LAN party

While traditional LAN parties have solely consisted of computer gaming, the widespread adoption of network-centric console platforms, such as Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, has led to an evolution in LAN parties.

Console-LAN attendees need only their console, games, and television to garner the same local gaming experience as their computer-based counterparts. Many popular multiplayer games for the console have also been ported to the PC (e.g. Battlefield: Bad Company 2) and vice-versa (i.e.Halo: Combat Evolved). Developers have given consumers the choice to enjoy the same multiplayer games on multiple platforms, paving way for an alternative stage in 21st-century LAN parties

THE LARGERST PARTY

DreamHack is the world's largest computer festival,^[1][2] a local area network gathering with live concerts and competitions in digital art and gaming. It is arranged twice per year at the Elmia Exhibition and Convention Centre in Jönköping, Sweden. It holds the world record (as recognized by theGuinness Book of Records and Twin Galaxies) for the world's largest LAN party and computer festival, and has held the record for the world's fastest Internet connection, and the record in most generated traffic.^[3] The Internet connection record was beaten in 2012 by the second largest computer festival in the world: The Gathering in Norway.^[4]

In the year 2007, the founders of DreamHack received a diploma of honor from the municipality of Jönköping for being important to business, education and society of the local community..