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Posted by: Recon Number 54
Marathon and Halo CE LAN parties in schools and dorms.
While Halo 2 was the first (and an amazing) attempt to capture that "virtual couch" experience, the nature of the Internet will always introduce undesirables into the experience.
Agree and Disagree.
While LAN parties can be fun, they require organization, a group of people to also want to do it, agree on what and how to play etc...etc...
Though the online community is, by in large, people you don't know and probably don't want to, you can play when you want to, when you want to. Say I have an extra 15 minutes before school one day, I can head into a game of SWAT and be almost guaranteed to be done before I have to leave.
Convenience can sometimes be dominated by the want of a custom experience with people you know but sometimes the diversity and unexpectedness of the online universe can be what brings, to you, a better experience.
Point being there are pros and cons to both sides but I see more pros to the online aspect, never having played video games in a time when LAN parties were the preferred and popular way to play multiplayer.