> My LAN party: All my friends come over to my house and use the computers that I have already set up for them.

I had many computers but not that many. Most friends would bring their own PCs.

Countless hours on Half-Life maps and mods, pre Counter-Strike. Then the Counter-Strike beta came out and that became our (full) life!

We'd also play Warcraft II on our LAN.

Now... Warcraft II wasn't meant to be played over the Internet, so when there was no actual LAN party, we'd simulate a LAN protocol using Kali:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_(software)

That allowed us to play Warcraft II with strangers on the Internet.

Wild times!

P.S: my very best LAN that said was a coax cable going through the window directly to my neighbours' house. Brothers in each house made for nice Warcraft II games.