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seven-seas-digest      Tuesday, September 9 2003      Volume 02 : Number 745




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Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 18:20:46 -0500 (CDT)
From: amyr@jump.net (Amy Moseley Rupp)
Subject: seven-seas OT:  how to get the geeks out of the closet and not writing viruses

There's a new club craze going round -- only cool isn't in.

Multi-player games are faster and better on a LAN rather
than over the Internet, so clubs with up to 40 spots on their hub
popular, staying open most of the night, with players bringing
their own laptops or using set-ups.

They are, as one would expect, almost entirely male, and are
billed as "LANgasms."   They are played by teens at after-school
get-togethers and sleepovers, and by adults in basements and
other spots rented for the purpose.  The game of choice is
Counter-Strike, pitting five counterterrorists against
five terrorists.

These "BYOC" events (bring your own computer) are drawing people
out of their own basements and into a social atmosphere where
they can stand up and taunt their victims.

- --Amy



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