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Level 4. This area is decommissioned.

Archive: Nirus LAN

The old wing. From 2014 to 2018, computers were hauled in here, tournaments were played and nights were spent awake. Nobody has switched off the light since the last LAN party.

The glowing NIRUS sign with the aperture logo at one of the LAN parties

Log

  1. 1.0
    Nirus LAN 1.0, 2014. The first attempt, in the Tullnerbach-Pressbaum fire station.
  2. 2.0
    Nirus LAN 2.0. Officially it never happened. Unofficially it took place at home, in a small circle.
  3. 3.0
    Nirus LAN 3.0, 2015. A move to Sacré Coeur Pressbaum, with an award ceremony.
  4. 4.0
    Nirus LAN 4.0, June 2016. Sacré Coeur Pressbaum again. Foosball, projector, too little sleep.
  5. ⇄
    Field trip: EVOG-Gaming, spring 2017. Ried im Innkreis. With a Nirus LAN stand of our own and a VR headset.
  6. ⇄
    Field trip: 44th VulkanLAN, October 2017. Feldbach. VR headset and retro corner in the middle of the hall.
  7. ⇄
    Field trip: SV Ried 1912 × EVOG, 14 April 2018. A LAN with a FIFA 18 tournament in the Ried im Innkreis stadium.
  8. ⇄
    Field trip: Camper Ascension ZERO, 11–13 May 2018. Technologiepark Perg, three days.
  9. 5.0
    Nirus LAN 5.0, planned for 14–16 September 2018. Hotel Burgenland, Eisenstadt, 30 seats, gigabit network, CS:GO and League of Legends. It was cancelled for organisational reasons, and this wing was decommissioned.

Finds

Darkened hall full of computers
The hall, shortly before midnight
Player with headphones in front of the monitor
Concentration
Row of players in the dark
3 a.m., nobody is asleep
Row of tables with laptops and a projector
Cable spaghetti, level 4
Foosball table
The real tournament

Field trips

Between our own LANs the lab went on the road, with a Nirus LAN stand of its own at friendly events: as a cooperation and a little self-promotion. On board were a VR headset to try out, cordoned off with red and white tape, and a retro corner with a CRT television and the favourite classics for the Sega Mega Drive, GameCube and Nintendo 64.

EVOG-Gaming 2017 · Field trip · co-op

EVOG-Gaming

Ried im Innkreis, spring 2017. The Nirus LAN stand as a guest, with a VR headset to try out.

3 photos in the photo archive →
44th VulkanLAN 2017 · Field trip · co-op

44th VulkanLAN

Feldbach, October 2017. A hall full of computers with our stand right in the middle: VR on green carpet, next to it the retro corner with a CRT television.

23 photos in the photo archive →
SV Ried 1912 × EVOG 2018 · Field trip · co-op

SV Ried 1912 × EVOG

Ried im Innkreis stadium, 14 April 2018. A LAN with a FIFA 18 tournament in a football stadium, and us with a VR headset and retro consoles.

1 photo in the photo archive →
Camper Ascension ZERO 2018 · Field trip · co-op

Camper Ascension ZERO

Technologiepark Perg, 11 to 13 May 2018. Three days of the Nirus LAN stand: try the VR headset and old consoles.

2 photos in the photo archive →

Photo archive

Everything that was rescued from the old site. Tap to enlarge.

Thanks to all the test subjects who hauled their computers here. The light in this part of the facility is still on. Just in case.