LanOC v7.0 Gaming Discussion and List

I'd love to See BFBC2 have LAN support by LanOC V7.0!


I have a hard time endorsing any "internet" only game for a tourney @ a LAN. Maybe I'm old-school but there are too many variables when play online from the same location...(read into this more LAG!)and admin headaches!

But alas all the good new games seem to be moving to this online only model to curb all the pirates, and make the games easier to port from (to) consoles .... Progress

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Oh4sh0 wrote:

I think you should try to stay with games that people can LAN and there will be a large amount of gamers:

Good:
TF2
Flatout2
Cod4
Ut04 - Should try some onslaught games next time
Crysis Wars - Although not enough people seemed interested, or maybe there was a tourney going on at the time?

Too much CSS (always too much at every LAN)

Bad:
DOTA?
BFBC2?
CODMW2?

Could Add:
Serious Sam?
L4D - enough players?
Battlefield 1942/DC/2?
Fear?
Trackmania
GRID
Try a diff RTS? RON?

I agree to an extent, its undeniable that we have a great time with a full server of TF2. But I'm a huge RTS fan, which are typically limited to a smaller amount. I don't want to see them go away.

RON = Rise of Nations? Whats the player cap in it?

I'm also a big fan of L4D, but it has even more restricting player limits than some RTS even at it's max.

I'd be cool with LoL too. Me, Shroud, and Harple have been playin quite a bit of that. Also, we did get a decent amount of ppl playing Crysis Wars. I'd be up for playing that for a tourny or just all-around more of it.

Crisis wars is a good game with LAN support. Plus i think everyone can borrow a copy so there is no excuse not to be in the tourney

Just a thought but for tournies and even big planed games we might want to try to stick to games that people don't have to go out and buy. Of course people are going to buy new games but i feel we could have bigger games if people were able to get it off the server. If anyone thinks of an older-ish game I can try to work my magic and "acquire" a copy of it. but I doubt I will be at th enext LanOC cause I will be working in tennesse over the summer. Also I don't know if anyone out ide of Star, Harple, and I have played it but Command and conquer renegade is a pretty fun fps that is old enough to easily get for free and can lan with only one file of it.

we should consider some of the Free options that are out there. I put a post in the hot deals section, and WIKI has a whole page devoted to free FPS games..

Shroud wrote:

Just a thought but for tournies and even big planed games we might want to try to stick to games that people don't have to go out and buy. Of course people are going to buy new games but i feel we could have bigger games if people were able to get it off the server. If anyone thinks of an older-ish game I can try to work my magic and "acquire" a copy of it. but I doubt I will be at th enext LanOC cause I will be working in tennesse over the summer. Also I don't know if anyone out ide of Star, Harple, and I have played it but Command and conquer renegade is a pretty fun fps that is old enough to easily get for free and can lan with only one file of it.

This is exactly why we really, really were hesitant about doing MW2/BC2 tournaments. Most the games played at the LAN, except TF2 which is $20 and discounted all the time, even to $2.49 at one point, are available. Plus I know both Wes and I have at least one extra steam account with a copy on it each. And I think ultimately we try to look tournaments the same way, which is why we felt UT2004 was a good option for FPS.

The thread Techno created on free games is a good list, too. If most are as good as Wolfenstein Enemy Territory, they're definitely something to consider. It'd be good to see that list developed more too if anyone else knows some. W:ET will be available on the LanOC server too, as well as anything else that we test.

I remember playing a lot of C&C with Shroud, Harple, and Harple's brother Valeron. Those were some really fun times

I would love to check out C&C4, but the DRM keeps turning me off.

Come to think of it a Wolfenstine:ET Tournament would be allot of fun!

It's free, yes it's a bit oldschool but I think it would appeal to both the newer gamers (Come on you guys all play CS!!, and wolf:ET is way newer then that!) and us old guys (being of more nostalgic nature for us).