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Re:“Just a bunch of idiots having fun”–a photo history of th... by squaredot on Sunday November 20, 2022 @09:00AM (#33680926)
> I think the comment that it was harder to be an asshole because someone would just ask you to leave (physically! With your equipment!) is quite relevant. It’s way too easy to be a jerk online now.

Maybe the big difference is that you would do a LAN party with friends, whereas you would play online mostly with unknown people.

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Re:“Just a bunch of idiots having fun”–a photo history of th... by jimmydean12 on Sunday November 20, 2022 @09:28AM (#33681133)
That’s true! Certainly I was invited to LAN parties where I knew a few people and was getting to know 2 or 4 others, perhaps there was even the opposite effect to being a jerk, I wanted to have a better relationship with the others ?
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