Minho Campus Party

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Minho Campus Party (also known as MCP) was Portugal's first and largest recurring LAN party. It took place in the Minho Province region.^[1][2][3]

History[]

LAN parties originated in Northern Europe.

The event is considered a manifestation of the new opportunities for youth and youth culture in this millennium: All over the world, young people are coming together to create communities based on a mutual interest in computers and computing.

MCP 2005 Cancelled[]

Despite its increasing popularity over the previous 4 editions, the 2005 event (expected to be held between the 27th and 31st of July), was cancelled due to a lack of sponsors.^[4]

Professor Altamiro Machado[]

The idea of bringing an event of this type to Portugal, and specifically to the Minho area, came from (one of the pioneers of computer science education in the 1970s), a professor and then director of the Department of Information Systems (DSI - Departamento de Sistemas e Informação) of the Minho University. He sought support and contacted the team of Charles Pinto, responsible for the Spanish event. It was thanks to his initiative that a group of about forty students of the DSI participated in the Campus Party [1] 2000 in Valencia, with the objective of later helping the implementation of a similar event in Portugal. Professor Machado died at the end of March 2001. During the 2001 event, a session was held paying homage to the professor[2].

Network[]

Cisco Systems supported the MCP since its first edition, and for the following four years, building the network infrastructure and supplying the necessary equipment (an investment of more than two million dollars). Before the role was taken over by ProCruve Networking by HP Portugal Telecom supports the connection.

MCP 2004[]

• 3 (three) ATM, STM-1 (155 Mbit each), connected to the data centre of the Telepac (Portugal Telecom Group) on Porto.
• 15,000 meters of optical-fiber
• 30,000 of network cables

Areas[]

• Computer games
  • Counter-Strike
  • FIFA Soccer 2004
  • Halo: Combat Evolved
  • Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
  • Need for Speed: Underground
  • Quake III Arena
  • Rise of Nations
  • Unreal Tournament 2004
  • Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
  • Age of Mythology
  • Age of Empires II: The Conquerors
• Multimedia
• Linux and Security
• Mobility and Telecommunications

When official competitions didn't exist, participants frequently organized competitions between themselves, of which many became officially recognized by the organization.

See also[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Minho Campus Party.

• Leeching (computing)
• LAN Party
• Minho University

References[]

External links[]

• Minho Campus Party, official page
• Minho Campus Party Forum^{[permanent dead link]}
• #campusparty, channel in the IRC network,

Articles and news[]

• SIC Online, online videos (in Portuguese)
• Ciberia, photos
• Minho Campus Party, 2002^{[permanent dead link]} (format WMV) RTP2 -
• NTV, 2002^{[permanent dead link]} (format WMV)
• RTP1 morning edition, 2002^{[permanent dead link]} (format WMV)
• RTP2 night edition, 2002^{[permanent dead link]} (format WMV)

Press releases[]

• Cisco Systems Portugal