Saturday, August 30th 2008
LAN Party at NVISION '08 Sets World Record
One of the highlights at the NVISION '08 event was a world-record attempt LAN Party organised by NVIDIA and sponsors for the longest continuous LAN party. The BYOC (bring your own computer) event saw 203 gamers battle it out for 36 hours, and winners awarded gold medals. Several multiplayer LAN Party favourites such as the Quake series, Unreal Tournament series and Team Fortress 2 were played. Some were seen continuing their (never-ending) World of Warcraft campaign too.
During the events, gamers were allowed 10 minute breaks every 60 minutes of play or six of such breaks could be saved up for a 1 hour break every six hours. During the course, they were provided free food and drinks. An adjudicator from the Guinness Book of World Records was flown in from London to monitor the attendees and keep records of the event. An attendee, Raymond Yuen captured the event to compile a public album of the GeForce LAN 4, worth taking a look here.
Sources:
TG Daily, images courtesy Raymond Yuen
During the events, gamers were allowed 10 minute breaks every 60 minutes of play or six of such breaks could be saved up for a 1 hour break every six hours. During the course, they were provided free food and drinks. An adjudicator from the Guinness Book of World Records was flown in from London to monitor the attendees and keep records of the event. An attendee, Raymond Yuen captured the event to compile a public album of the GeForce LAN 4, worth taking a look here.
23 Comments on LAN Party at NVISION '08 Sets World Record
But thats cool. 203 gamers for 36 hours...jesus...I can hardly play games for longer then an hour.
I wonder in five years hove many laptops will be in Lan Parties, because the Laptops are better and better in visuals and cheaper of course year by year!
:toast:
larger e-penisbetter performing desktop with more to show off.I wonder how pissed they would be if i brought a 30" screen and a huge rig with a Mach II cooling system and a "IM A CAMPER" mousepad.
Edit: Nvm, i see 30"ers and a guy even with a dual screen setup. *sigh* Wish i could do that with local LANs.
I hope they give it a try at the one in Peoria!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKK933KK6Gg
what the heck is the guy on the very left playing?
lol
edit i see it now it guitar hero - DOH!!!!!!!!!!!