• Flying SquidM
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    324 days ago

    Back to LAN parties? Because those were pretty fun to be honest…

    • @[email protected]
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      3 days ago

      In a city, maybe, though some Australians live on pretty remote farms. Going to be hard to set up a LAN with your buddies down the street.

      kagis for discussion

      https://flemmingbojensen.com/2007/08/07/the-australian-outback/

      Stations (Australian for a ranch/farm) in the Outback are absolutely huge and the nearest neighbor is usually hundreds of kilometers away. People stay in touch through satellite phones, internet, cb radio and kids get their education long distance through the brilliant School of the Air.

      • @[email protected]
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        43 days ago

        Even this should be pretty easy — just connect directly (easy on IPv6) or through whatever tunnel you need depending on the game. Tailscale comes to mind, but you could do L2 tunneling with OpenVPN if you need to simulate an actual LAN.

        I don’t understand why you’d need a central server at all.

      • @[email protected]
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        114 days ago

        And really, they’ve never been easier, with the advent of gaming laptops and the Steam Deck and etc. - no more having to lug a desktop PC, mouse, keyboard, CRT monitor, and a box of cables and find room in your friend’s garage to set it up.