The folks at the Twin Cities-area MPGD Yahoo group are having a LAN party on March 18th. MPGD is a loose-knit group of people I met earlier this year at work, who take turns hosting LAN parties about 3-4 times a year. These guys are cool, have fun, and usually pull in a decent amount of people.

Here’s the info, straight from my email:

“I’ve been working to get our basement done in time for MPGD #26, and
guess what? Its done! Last weekend Chris and I hauled over all the
chairs and tables just to make sure everything would fit, and it
looks great, we even have room to spare (so invite everyone you know
and spread the word). Consider this the official announcement for
MPGD #26.

Event: MPGD #26
When: Saturday March 18th, 2006, Noon until whenever
Where: J.C. & Kathy’s House, 4345 Wild Meadows Dr, Medina, MN, 55340
Phone: 763-783-8270 (H)

Games: I’d like to play some Alien Swarm (UT2004 mod) until we get
more than 8 people showing up, then we can switch to AoE III, Star
Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, UT2004 Invasion for a few rounds
(maybe we’ll beat it yet), AvP2, Counter-Strike: Source, BF2, and
for those of you who bought it and brought it last time, but we
didn’t play it, Serious Sam II. We’ll probably close out the night
with some Rogue Spear and Ghost Recon. Of course, if there is some
killer new game out, especially one that is cooperative multiplayer,
then mention it so we can talk.

What everyone should bring:
Your gaming PC, configured ready to plug into a network, software
already installed and ready to go, network cable, power strip,
batteries for your cordless keyboard/mouse, headphones, head-mounted
microphone for voice enabled games (yelling works too, but remember
everyone has headphones, and your enemies can hear you yell). And
finally don’t forget to bring a small donation for snacks, pop,
food, etc (which is usually, and probably will be agian, provided by
Chris).

When I need from you:
Small switches or hubs for each room (just need a few, I have a
gigabit backbone and switch already, and one 16-port and one 4-port
switch but we might need one big switch for the main area, I also
have a signal-boosted 802.11b/g Linksys WiFi hub too, so wireless is
okay), volunteers for game servers, and volunteers willing to make
try-n-buy versions of any of the software we’ll be playing. I’ll
host a web-server and file-share for all the game patches, mods,
etc, buf I need people willing to take ownership of a game and come
early with all the patches and everything ready to setup on the file
server.

Hope to see you all there!

-J.C.”

So, go sign up for the Yahoo Group ‘mpgd’, tell them Jon Jackson sent you. They are a welcoming bunch. If your not comfortable doing that, but want to come along, email me at jjackson@worldstop.com and I will let J.C. know to hold you a space.