Some old Lan Party videos

thechemgeek · Post by **thechemgeek** » Sun May 06, 2007 11:12 am

When I lived in central PA I put together a couple videos for our Lan Party group, FITHLan. I've moved on....started a new group where I am now....but wanted to share them. These were done in 2002-2004. Read the descriptions on the YouTube page.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk4dN5gVQKI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZrEJSLeejQ

Word.

pinguinosupremo · Post by **pinguinosupremo** » Sun May 06, 2007 11:59 pm

RIP.. mr (or is it mrs or ms?) extension cord..

so how exactly did it catch on fire?.. and what exactly was going on?.. couldn't really hear much of what was going on..

thechemgeek · Post by **thechemgeek** » Mon May 07, 2007 11:39 pm

pinguinosupremo wrote:RIP.. mr (or is it mrs or ms?) extension cord..

so how exactly did it catch on fire?.. and what exactly was going on?.. couldn't really hear much of what was going on..

we had many a lan party at this location, so it's not like this was the first one, so we were some experienced folkes. well, i believe someone grabbed the nearest extension cord, plugged it into the nearest outlet and it was shared amongst several systems. basically, it pulled too much power and being rolled up caused it to build up heat...lots of heat...to the point where the plastic melted. what was odd was that we never lost power or saw a flicker. it wasn't until the smell got so bad that anyone did anything and when we turned on the lights it was very apparent what had happened.

oh well. safety tip for you lan party people. also, have ONE power guy and restrict all people to talking to him/her before plugging in anywhere. heh.