#Gaming Culture

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A sea of glowing CRT monitors filling a dark hall at the DreamHack Winter 2004 LAN party
Trends 1994–2010 (peak 2000s)

LAN Parties

You hauled your full tower, CRT monitor, keyboard, and mouse to a friend's basement, plugged into the network, and played until sunrise. Counter-Strike, StarCraft, Unreal Tournament — the trash talk was live, the pizza was cold, and nobody believed online gaming could ever replace the room.

Video thumbnail — Leeroy Jenkins HD 1080p
Trends 2005–2010

Leeroy Jenkins

A World of Warcraft guild meticulously plans a raid — and then Leeroy Jenkins, back from making chicken, bellows his own name and charges in alone, wiping everyone. "At least I have chicken" became the internet's shorthand for glorious reckless abandon.