Wired Game Center

Wired Game Center, the place to game.

Wired Game Center is a LAN gaming center. A place to get together to play network games. In this day and age of high-speed internet connections at home, you might ask why travel to a LAN Center??

The advantages of gaming at a LAN Gaming Center

 There are many reasons why people come to LANs, some are:

1) FASTER GAMING: Although the Internet, which is a wide-area network, provides a method for gamers to play against each other on-line, the speed that the Internet relays information is not nearly as fast as a LAN.  Therefore it is typical that networked game performance suffers when played over the Internet.  Depending on each player's distance from the computer that is hosting the game, there will be an inequity in the lag effect of the internet.  Some competitors will experience anywhere from a slight advantage in reaction time to a total disability caused by lag.  To overcome this annoying consequence of on-line gaming, many people join organized LAN parties to enjoy gaming without the lag of a wide area network.

2) FAIRER COMPETITION: As gamers become proficient at a certain game, there is often a compelling interest to find out who is actually the best at it.  Although many competitive tournaments are fought on-line for this purpose, nothing compares to the environment created by bringing everyone close together on the same network.  At a LAN, there can be no excuses about who was disadvantaged by network lag, because LAN ping latency is negligible.  In the case of serious competition for money and prizes, a LAN is therefore really the best way to conduct fair and standardized competition.

3) COMMUNITY: Whenever a group of gamers get together, like any fraternity, there is the benefit of being able to share a mutual interest, learn from each other, and make friends and allies.  Most of the games at a LAN center require at least two people to play so it's a rich environment to find both teammates and opponents.  With all of the varied experience competing at a LAN, there is plenty of information and skills to learn from watching and interacting with the better competitors who attend.  Mutual interests usually make for good friendships and LANs provide an excellent environment for people to interact with and meet people who share their passion for gaming.

4) ACCOMPLISHMENT/REWARD:  Most often LANs will host organized competitions to see who is the best at certain games.  Winning those competitions, like in any sport, provides people with a sense of pride and accomplishment.  Sometimes there is also prizes or money provided as a reward for tournament winners and that can both enhance the sense of accomplishment and also get people's adrenaline going when there's something important on the line.

This page was last updated on 04/24/06.