Hello,

even though this subreddit is mostly american audience, I want to raise awareness about our event that grows every year! Located in the Eastern Czechia, close to southern Poland. We have returning visitors from all around the country, but unfortunately no Polish visitors, simply because they don't know about us. We're actually quite close to southern Poland, so there's definitely potential for people from there to join us as well. Maybe that is you reading this right now! 👀

We also compete for a championship belt that stays with the winner, similar to the UFC, across several different games — plus plenty of other prizes throughout the event! 🏆🎮

Seats are still available!

Attaching a link to last year lan party aftermovie!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjoYsvOXABs

We've been running LanCache on our TrueNAS server and had about 3.4 TiB of cached data. We wanted a practical way to see what was in it and manage the space, so we built Super Lan-Cache. The source and install files are now public: https://github.com/HDR-Performance/super-lan-cache

It combines the LanCache engine and a web UI in one container. It scans an existing cache, shows cache hits and live activity, groups indexed files by service or Steam depot, and previews selected cache groups before you remove them. Cache allowance and retention settings can be changed from the interface. We've been testing it at home with Steam downloads, including Turok 3 and ARC Raiders.

For a group of PCs downloading the same supported content, the benefit is being able to reuse cached data over the LAN and see whether requests are actually hitting the cache. It doesn't make the first download magically faster. It also can't guarantee that a whole game is cached just because a depot appears in the library, and HTTPS content stays uncached.

We also published Super Pi Hole, our separate Pi-hole v6 build with a custom DNS and device interface: https://github.com/HDR-Performance/super-pi-hole. You can optionally pair the apps with a setup code and review a Steam or other cache DNS preset. Super Lan-Cache works without it, so you can keep your own DNS setup.

Both are free, open source and currently early test releases, with Docker Compose and TrueNAS installation YAML. These screenshots are from our running server; the cache screenshot still uses its earlier LanCache Control name. I'd be interested in feedback from people managing a cache for LAN parties, especially how you decide what to keep between events.

Heyo!!!! I'm looking to put together a small group of Toronto/GTA gamers who are interested in streaming, YouTube, or getting into content creation, with the goal of eventually building a consistent gaming crew that can also hang out and play together in person.

I've got some friends I play games with already, but I've realized I'm usually the one initiating everything. I'd love to find people who are genuinely excited to regularly play games together, create content together, and eventually meet up in person.

The vibe I'm going for is very chill and welcoming. Think friends sitting around playing games, talking, joking around and having a good time rather than trying to be the loudest people in the room, so wanna be Kai Cenat's sorry.

I'm a streamer/YouTuber myself, and the primary goal of this group is absolutely to create content together. You don't need to already be a streamer or have an audience, but I am specifically looking for people who are either:

- Already streaming or making YouTube content
- Comfortable being on someone else's stream/video
- Interested in starting their own Twitch/YouTube channel
- Interested in eventually creating collaborative gaming content

Some things I'd love for us to eventually do:

- Multiplayer gaming streams
- Older/obscure games that nobody talks about anymore
- Weird games we've never played before
- In-person LAN/couch gaming sessions
- Pass-the-controller nights
- Just hanging out and talking while playing
- Group streams and collaborative YouTube videos
- Multiplayer tournaments/challenges

I'm especially into Action games, old and new alike, think Ninja Giaden 2, Vanquish, Beyonetta, DMC, God of War, etc. And I love interesting multiplayer games that aren't just competitive shooters like Monster Hunter, Lost Planet 2, Helldivers, Lethal Company, Resident Evil 5, etc. But I'm definitely not expecting everyone to have the exact same taste.

One thing that's important to me is being willing to give games a fair shot. If something has older/different controls or takes a little time to learn, I'd rather figure it out together than immediately write it off. You don't have to like every game — just be open to trying things. I've noticed a lot of people in my generation (People in their 20s) will immediately give up on a game if it isn't super accessible (like most AAA games nowadays let's be honest), as opposed to trying to figure the game out.

You don't need followers, professional equipment, or an established channel. I'm much more interested in finding people who have the personality, enthusiasm and willingness to actually build something together. Ideally, I'd like to start with a small group and let the friendships develop naturally from there. If we end up becoming good friends outside of gaming too, even better.

If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, feel free to comment or message me with a little bit about yourself, what you play, whether you already stream/create content, and what kind of content you'd like to make. You can reach out to me here or my discord: bragi45. You can also check out my stuff on youtube: SirBradaton and Twitch: Sir_BRADaton. Just don't watch my most latest streams those ones were throwaways. Thank you!!!!

You can now have up to 8 people on one screen. Tried it out at a work event and it was incredible. No need for Ethernet wires, multiple Switches, etc.

You probably want at least a 55” tv, though.

Technically it’s no longer a “LAN”, but I recommend trying it out!

Hello LANners! We are hosting our third public LAN in Nova Scotia, with a Halloween-y theme this time around including a costume contest!

If you're in the province or will be in town that weekend, come join us! So far we have Team Fortress 2 in Scream Fortress mode and Trouble in Terrorist Town (GMod) on the docket. We plan to add two more Halloween themed games to the lineup after some testing.

Hey everyone!

A while ago, I mentioned that I was working on my own custom Battlefield 2 build specifically tailored for LAN games. Some of you even downloaded and gave it a try.

After a couple of weeks of hard work, I’m thrilled to present the next version of this build to the community! In this update, I’ve:

- Fixed the majority of crashes.

- Expanded and improved AI behavior.

- Implemented a full-fledged "semi-realism" mod, giving you the option to choose which settings to apply when hosting a server.

The build is completely portable and runs through its own custom launcher, making it super easy to set up and play.

Unfortunately, I can't post a direct download link here, but I’d be more than happy to share the link to my Discord server in the comments for anyone interested.

The best reward for my hard work would be if you give it a try, have fun playing, and maybe even tell your friends about it!

Grew up on early-2000s LANs, now trying to bring one back in Berlin: 60 seats, BYO PC, Friday to Sunday, spring 2027. Tournaments are retro — Enemy Territory, UT2004 (now free again via OldUnreal), Quake III, CS 1.6, Zero Hour. Freeplay is whatever people bring.

Setup plan so far: two 48-port switches with 10G uplink, LanCache with Steam prefill, separate 5G failover for auth-dependent stuff like AoE2 DE and CS2, one box for game servers, 63A CEE and no more than eight rigs per 16A circuit.

I'm collecting interest before booking a venue - people sign up and vote on which six tournaments get slots: https://vektorlan.de/?ref=rlan&lang=en

What I'd love from this sub: what did you get wrong at your first LAN that you'd tell someone starting out? Power, network, tournament format, anything.

Some friends are doing a bachelor party in Lake Tahoe. Asides from the obvious (water-related activities), I wanted to do a LAN gaming party at our Airbnb. Get back to our childhood roots, and truthfully, I am struggling with figuring out how to pull that off.

The problem is that Tahoe is pretty isolated. After some brief research, I don’t think there are really many services that would both rent and help us set up 8-10 desktops up. I even checked out games2u which looks awesome, but I don’t think they service Tahoe area either. Thanks everyone, would appreciate any ideas!

Hello, So PS4 uses Broadcact/multicast to game hosting and game discovery which are layer 2 network features

So i used OpenWRT to create Layer 2 Bridge between 2 sites so that i can play with my friend LAN party games

So far i know that most Call of Duty Games support LAN party gaming. We mostly play Black Ops 3

But now we need recommendation for games that support LAN multiplayers ( without needing Sony's Servers )

Racing games other than F1 are welcome.

Every recommendation is appreciated. We are willing to buy any games that meet our requirements

Thank you

There is still a lot of work ahead, but this is already more than zero.

This is a small scale Xbox 360 Lan party where I will have 8 consoles. I am currently only registering 8 people unless I get a ton of interest.

I have a large list and would love to play a variety of games. Halo and COD will for sure be played though.

This is put on by my growing community: Side Quests Gaming Club.

Sunday, Sept. 13th 2026

Register below. Bring a friend! (It's free!) (also have your friend register)

https://www.lanreg.org/sidequests/xbox360

Dead by Daylight is actually one of the stronger LAN games for us. The 1v4 works really well, and it gets especially fun once the survivors start wording their callouts so the killer at the other table has no idea what they're talking about.

The problem is skill gaps. A good killer against four casual players can turn into a massacre pretty quickly. The other way around isn't much better. Put a beginner on killer against four experienced survivors and you might as well give them a tour of the map and wish them luck.

And you can't really fix that by simply rotating the killer. If the skill levels are far apart, you need a surprisingly well thought out schedule. Who plays killer against whom, which survivor groups actually work, and which matchups should probably never happen.

Otherwise you technically have five people playing, but not necessarily five people having fun. If we can't balance the groups reasonably well, I'd rather leave DbD out of the LAN altogether.

Hey everybody, I present you a teaser of some of my recent maps. If you have time I would appreciate any feedback! Cheers!

Hi r/lanparty — we’re BitingGoat Software, a small independent studio.

We built RallyTone because we wanted voice and text chat for LAN sessions without requiring everyone to create an account or depend on a public cloud service.

On the same network, one person can host and the others can discover the party automatically. For more permanent setups, you can self-host RallyTone Server on a PC, NAS, or Docker host, and desktop clients can connect directly by IPv4 or IPv6. There’s no relay or automatic router setup, so remote access stays deliberately hands-on.

RallyTone is currently available for Windows and macOS. It’s still an early product, and we’d genuinely appreciate feedback from people who run real LANs — especially around setup friction, audio quality, or anything you think is missing.

Maker disclosure: this is our own app.

https://bitinggoatsoft.win/products/rallytone/

Happy to answer technical or self-hosting questions here. Honest criticism is welcome.

SpeedRunners is a regular at our LANs and is great fun with 4 players. With a larger group though, the 4-player limit becomes pretty noticeable. We even came up with our own tournament format to work around it, but at some point you simply have more people waiting than playing.

SpeedRunners 2 is supposed to support up to 8 players at once. We'll all be able to try that online soon enough, but I'm especially curious how well it works at a larger LAN. We'll definitely be testing it. If anyone gets to play it with 6–8 people at a LAN before we do, I'd love to hear how it went.

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I'm working on a growing suite of systems for running LAN events with a growing group of friends. I'm currently working on three new (to me) DDR3-based systems with a mix of my own old hardware and some used market items. However, for these three systems I'm looking at buying relatively inexpensive new monitors. While I have purchased used monitors quite cheaply in the past, I've often found used monitor purchases to be far more fraught than that of most other used components. Maybe just poor luck?

Regardless, I think I've narrowed it down to either the Acer SB222Q EBI 21.5" FHD, or the Dell SE2426H 24" FHD. Both seem to have basically acceptable stats for what I need (e.g. FHD, IPS, 100Hz+, <3ms). They'll be used primarily for shooters, with a few other RTS, racing, fighting, or ARPG titles thrown in.

Can anyone here speak to either model? Alternatively, can anyone suggest an alternative model? Again, keep in mind that I don't think I'm going used this time due to too many hassles with used monitors previously...

Thanks for any input!