Back in the early 00′s, I went to my first lan party.  Rather, I stumbled onto a lan party by accident dropping something off to my friends place.

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve always enjoyed gaming, but I was a solitary gamer.  I had NO idea you could hook computers up together and blast each other to kingdom come in the same room!  What a novel idea – and it seemed my computer geek friend was also a gaming nerd.  Yet another novel idea.

As I entered the room, I saw an interesting site.  Wires, empty chip bags, half eaten pizza’s, wires, and a plethora of soda pop cans strewn all over.  It looked like a tornado had hit the room.  And the people in it.  Describing the people I’d have to use words like ‘greasy’,'unwashed’, ‘blubbery’, and very, very focused on what they were doing.

Remembering my first experience with the lan party, I’ve compiled a list of the top five things (besides loving the games and having a good machine) that every serious gamer needs.

Adult Bibs: You didn’t get that awesome gamers physique by NOT eating some serious junk food. It seems things like chips, chocolate, and especially for some reason, pizza pops are the gamers food of choice.  These foods tend to be greasy, messy, and not being able to eat them in a baby like manner may impede your K/D ratio. Not only that, but likely you’re wearing your favorite SNES t-shirt from when you were a kid that still ‘fits’.  Don’t want to get that stained, except for the sweat stains round the pit area. That’s just a badge of honor.

Drinking Hat: It seemed the lan guys not only ran on the empty calories gained from pizza pops, but they needed a constant flow of sugar laced caffeinated soda pop to be on top of their game.  Why waste time with the hand to mouth? Just get a drinking hat, load your favorite pop in between gaming rounds, pop the straw in your mouth and bam – it’s like an I.V. for your gaming soul!

Wet Naps: PIZZA’S HERE!  Not a reason to stop gaming. And with a box of wet naps, not a reason to get your keyboard all sticky from your grease laden fingers, either.

Adult Diapers: You got game.  You also got 40 ounces of soda in your bladder. BUT YOU GOT GAME!!!! There’s no reason to loose just to go pee. And let’s face it, you didn’t grow those man boobs by doing active things like walking to the bathroom.  Stay, play, and be comfy.

A Chair: Seriously. You’re gonna be sitting your fat bum in a chair for up to 48 hours or longer, and can you really expect your host to give you a good one? He’ll have that for himself and give you gramma’s 100 year old pint sized wood chair that you’re going to break anyways. Get a good comfy folding chair that you can even sleep in (why would you want to move? Wake game!).

And I’ve also found something that you will NEVER NEED WHILE AT A LAN PARTY!

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