UK LAN Gaming

Posted by Myers at 11:44 8/3/2004.

I have finished writing my latest article for UKTerrorist, this one titled, UK LAN Gaming. It explores the murky waters of the UK LAN scene with regards to Gaming Centres, LAN Parties and LAN tournaments and most importantly it makes suggestions on what is needed to improve the scene.

With more internet centres than ever in the United Kingdom, things are looking up surely? Well the answer is no, not really. New centres are opening all the time but those that have been around a while are still being forced to shut their doors. Progress towards "inferno-online" is not being made. Within the last few months alone I can mention several centres that have been forced to close their doors. BattleLAN in south woodham ferrers, UniCon in Manchester, Beyond Gaming in Coventry etc. Major tournaments will not keep these centres alive, promotion to the gaming "elite" will not keep these centres alive. The bread and butter of their business depend upon a steady stream of local customer's through their doors.

The full article can be found here.

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	arsen Head Arse UKTerrorist 11:43 8/3/2004	Read it then ;) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Myers Saviour of UKT UKTerrorist 11:44 8/3/2004	(This was an automated post) I have finished writing my latest article for UKTerrorist, this one titled, UK LAN Gaming. It explores the murky waters of the UK LAN scene with regards to Gaming Centres, LAN Parties and LAN tournaments and most importantly it makes suggestions on what is needed to improve the scene. With more internet centres than ever in the United Kingdom, things are looking up surely? Well the answer is no, not really. New centres are opening all the time but those that have been around a while are still being forced to shut their doors. Progress towards "inferno-online" is not being made. Within the last few months alone I can mention several centres that have been forced to close their doors. BattleLAN in south woodham ferrers, UniCon in Manchester, Beyond Gaming in Coventry etc. Major tournaments will not keep these centres alive, promotion to the gaming "elite" will not keep these centres alive. The bread and butter of their business depend upon a steady stream of local customer's through their doors. The full article can be found here. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Bodkin 2seXeh 2perfoRm 11:55 8/3/2004	V good article. Well thought through. Gamers are too far spread throughout the uk though, stockholm is a paradise for this industry. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Undone^ ForsakeN 12:35 8/3/2004	the distance between clan members is the main problem, plus the ages of members dont help either. Some people are off in "half term" , whereas other members are not. Thats assuming you want to go as a clan, but if you were to go with your CounterStrike friends IRL then i guess it'd be fun, shame i dont have any :( [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Inny 12:37 8/3/2004	my local lan center closed wen steam came out, as cs was thier main source of income and as the iguk league was bycotting the steam license. wen the clan played there the center was packed out and they earnt a good lil penny :< [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Zorro- Clan [F] 13:50 8/3/2004	good article, let's hope the UK/IE Cup can make a first step forward to create the link between online gaming and LAN in the UK ;) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Noah- r4ngers 14:15 8/3/2004	article is spot on tbh :[ [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Coopsy Landed 14:31 8/3/2004	pld arsen. t**ts ;) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Coopsy Landed 14:31 8/3/2004	that would make more sense if i posted it in the same place... [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Pimpboy feo 15:53 8/3/2004	nice article myers just shows your not just a pretty face <3 [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]

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