Mr Dawson said he hoped to be able to put on another event early next year.
"These sort of events happen all over the world, but New Zealand is quite far behind.
"There are plenty of gamers in Rotorua who love this sort of thing and who end up going to LANs in Hamilton and Tauranga."
Mr Dawson said gamers were generally interested in the more popular games such as League of Legends, Counter-Strike and Battlefield, but a hit of the event was an old-school gaming machine set up to play Street-Fighter.
"The majority stayed the whole night, but there were a few people who had to go home or off to work," he said.
"We have gamers from all walks of life - builders, engineers, IT people - and we were happy to see a few younger people coming through too."
One of the youngsters was 14-year-old Sarah Mitchell, who did not stay the entire time.
"I don't know how they can play for that long," she said.
Sarah said she spent most of her time playing fantasy game Two Worlds and Plants vs Zombies - Garden Warfare.
"It's easy and lots of fun. Not a lot of girls like this sort thing, they are more into [games like] Minecraft."
She said 24 hours of non-stop gaming was a bit much for her to handle.
Mr Dawson said the event would not have been possible without the help of Community Rotorua, which provided the venue, and internet provider Now Rotorua's Grant Kilby, who helped with a high-speed fibre broadband connection with help from Unison.
"Because of piracy, most games today need to be authenticated, so having a fast connection is really important. This was the fastest connection we've had," he said.
For more information, or to find out when the next SupraLAN will be held, visit lan.suprait.co.nz.
