Ok, my friends and I have hosted 3 LAN parties now. Every time we have had it at my friend church and it is always an overnight deal (fri-sat). Each time we have one it gets a little bigger. The first time it was 12, then 18, then 25. After the last time we decided we needed a new location. It kept blowing the circuit breaker and stuff. So we have found a hall that is $100 for the night, but we can accomedate more people - somewhere around 80. I don't expect we'll have that many, but 50 wouldnt suprise me. Last time we had a party, it got a little out of hand in terms of games. No one could agree on what to play or anything. Any suggestions on how to better regulate the games so that every game gets a decent play time, but no one is bored if they dont like that game? I was thinking of running 3-5 servers and alternating games during the course of the night (i figure we will have 12-16 hours). Also, is there any way to keep people from starting their own servers? I dont want to be a jerk, but I would like to keep everyone focused and prevent them from using the switches for non server games.
thanks,
-doug
thanks,
-doug