LAN Parties

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I know (and agree with) the strict anti-boxing rules on P99, but does that make it impossible to have occasional LAN parties with my RL friends who also play P99?

I've got several friends who have all gotten back into EQ via P99 and it'd be really nice to be able to play in the same physical location from time to time.

The IP exemption system seems strict and I hear it takes a long long time to ever get processed. Would a request for something like this even get approved? Is there some way to LAN that I'm not aware of without breaking the rules?