Guzmer LAN
Taking place on August 12, 2023, a LAN party took place in Chucko's basement where the Guzzlies can degen video games all night.
Attendees
Notable Events
- Cory wins "Guzmer Whose Frag is That?"
- We achieve a rare win in ranked CS:GO
- Chuck wins Fall Guys Custom Level Tournament
Memes
- Are windows actually windows if they can't open?
- CO2 poisoning
Played Games
- The Sims Online (FreeSO)
- RuneScape
- Warcraft III
- The Ship: Murder Party
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- CS:GO
- Puyo Puyo Tetris
- Crawl
- BattleBit Remastered
- Fall Guys
Controversy
- Hutno cancelled 4 days before the event due to a family conflict
- Carly violated the power strip plan even though it was posted
- Two events had prizes and the winners were the opposite event's host. Did they conspire to keep the prizes to themselves?? 👀
Planning
Proposed Games
⭐ = recommended 💳 = requires purchase ⏳ = long 🏴☠️ = obtained
- Armagetron
- Tron light-cycle clone
- ⭐💳 BattleBit Remastered
- Modern Battlefield style game with Source Engine movement, COD gunplay, and Roblox graphics
- Battlefield 1942
- Battlefield 2
- 🏴☠️ Blur (2010)
- Call of Duty 2
- Call of Duty 4
- ⭐⏳💳 Civilization V
- ⏳💳 Civilization VI
- Crawl
- 4 player local only 2D dungeon crawler
- Counter-Strike: Classic Offensive
- Old CS mechanics and maps ported into a CS:GO mod
- 💳 CS:GO
- 💳 Deceive Inc.
- Spy PVP shooter battle arena
- Duck Game
- ⏳ ETS2MP (Morrowind)
- ⭐ Fall Guys Custom Course Tournament
- 12 minutes to build a custom course, 3 grace minutes to complete and upload it
- See who can clear the most Guzmer custom courses with each having a 3 minute time limit
- ⭐💳 Garry's Mod
- Could do anything: Murder, Trouble in Terrorist Town, sandbox, roleplay trolling
- 💳 Golf With Your Friends
- 💳 GTA Online
- 🏴☠️ GTA3 MP Mod
- GTA:SA open world multiplayer sandbox
- Halo 2
- Halo 3 via MCC
- 🏴☠️ Heroes of Hammerwatch
- ⏳ Heroes of Might and Magic 3
- Old 2D turn-based RPG
- 💳 Jabroni Brawl 3
- Source Engine goofy deathmatch arena
- Jackbox games
- Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
- Asymmetrical bomb defusal manual simulator; supports VR
- Kirby Air Ride
- 💳 Left 4 Dead 2
- Magicka
- Co-op comedic magic action
- 🏴☠️ Monopoly (1995)
- 🏴☠️ Monopoly Tycoon
- Weird Monopoly turn based strategy mashup
- ⭐ Moonbase Alpha
- John Madden!
- Move or Die
- 2D battle platformer
- Natural Selection 1
- Asymmetrical alien vs marines shooter, based on Source Engine
- 🏴☠️ Pico Park
- Cute 2D platformer multiplayer puzzle game
- Pummel Party
- Violent Mario Party PC clone
- Quake 3
- RVGL
- 💳⏳ Sea of Thieves
- 🏴☠️ Serious Sam (HD)
- Team Fortress 2
- TF2 Classic
- ⭐⏳🏴☠️ The Long Drive
- ⭐💳 The Ship: Murder Party
- First-person murder mystery
- The Sims 1: kill your sim speedrun
- The Sims Online (FreeSO)
- Custom servers for The Sims Online MMORPG that got shut down ages ago
- The Wiki Game
- 💳 Titanfall 2
- 🏴☠️ Tony Hawk's Underground ProMod
- Towerfall
- Trackmania
- ⭐🏴☠️ Uno Rush
- Cancelled because Cory's 360 died and Xenia is kinda trash
- Unreal Tournament
- Halo-like deathmatch arena
- 🏴☠️ Warcraft 3
- 💳 Watch Dogs: Legion Multiplayer
- Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
- Battlefield clone
What to bring checklist
- Your PC (packed in a padded box, buckled in your car)
- Your Monitor (in its box, or covered in a sheet/pillowcase to prevent scratches)
- Power cables for PC and monitor
- Display cable (HDMI/DisplayPort)
- Mouse with wireless dongle
- Keyboard
- Mousepad
- Headset (preferably closed back, with an isolating microphone)
- (Optional) Gamepad/PC Controller
- (Optional) Switch + Controllers
- Food
- Any booze you want to drank (Chuck does not own any drank)
- Coffee (Chuck does not own a coffee machine)
- Any other snacks you'd enjoy
- Any sleeping arrangements, if you plan on sleeping (cringe)
- The house has a 2 queen beds, a sofa bed, and a big sectional
Concerns
- Some gamers may require headset mics to avoid boom mic setup hassle
- Linux gamers will need to use Windows to increase the number of games we can play
Improvements for next time
- A clearly defined and brief games list that the attendees are attending for. Then we can focus on one game to degen for a long period
- More "gameshows", like Guzmer Who's Frag is That
- Run event in winter, and run a flexible air duct into basement
- Shorter tables