Event: TMC OakLANd 1 - LAN Party
Event Date: 02/01/2013
Written By: Warhawk
Date Written: 3/15/2026


In 2013, thanks to a tip from Aftermath, a potential LAN venue was discovered. This was the "Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment" also known as "The M.A.D.E." located in Oakland california. This was a non profit organization dedicated to preserving games and digital entertainment history.

The space was called a museum, but it had a stange layout. Lined with shelves of retro video games, there were consoles were attendees could sit and play any game in the museum library. It was more about giving people access to the games, rather than curating gaming artifacts or a prestine collection of games.

After some initial talks with the staff and some initial evaluations of their power and network situation, plans were put in place to host a small LAN event. The event took place on February 1st, 2013 and was the first LAN event that we had hosted in a very long time. The past several years had not been kind to the LAN scene, which had all but died out in the Bay Area. Lack of LAN events had also made it a rocky time for TMC in general as our organization revolved around LAN events. As such, the entire group had taken a hiatus for a few years. This event was to mark a return to activity for the group and we had a decent amount of TMC members make it out for this event.

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