Hell yeah I'm back to make another irritating thread!


This is one thing that's interested me when it comes to gaming. Everyone always says "Do it on LAN" "beat [x] on LAN" "C U @ LAN" etc but the one thing that's interested me is the question of: Is LAN really the ultimate judge of 'skill'?

I say this because the main draw to why LAN is accepted as the way of showing who's better is due to pings, net, same hardware/surroundings etc.
The one thing in that list though that I feel is quite important is surroundings (that is, comfort levels)


Lets take one example. Strenx is always winning these weekend cups, even against people who looses to frequently at LAN. Is he winning them because of internet/pings/net or because he's more comfortable in his own surroundings (sitting in his bedroom or whatever with his own hardware). Is Cooller/Cypher frequently loosing to Strenx in these Zotacs because of the ping etc or winning at LAN because he has more experience and is more comfortable at LANs? More to the point, is Strenx loosing at LAN because of the comfort or because of the skill? If the LAN was situated in Strenx's bedroom, who would win...?



Just an interesting question really. I'm really playing devil's advocate here because I believe that LAN would be the better show of who's 'better' and do think that Cooller/Cypher plays much better then Strenx, but the question is still very valid