Ideally we'd need to wait for TCPIP play before we can do this.
a room full of people with 20 changing seats every 5 mins would be a little hectic

As far as Lan parties go, me and a bunch of mates have played SE4 at Exe-Lan and Exe-Lan II (Lan party in the South West of England, hosted by Exeter Universities Netgamers society.)
it's loads of fun, especially watching the expression on people's faces when they completely didn't notice a cloaked fleet

hehe
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The Unofficial Space Empires 4 Mod Utility V2.0
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