[activities] Re: What kind of activities do we want to do?

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

1) Lack of preparation
2) Lack of planning
3) Lack of participation
4) Lack of games
5) Lack of interest

When a 2nd attempt at game day was brought up, I think the general decision
was that Linux is not a good gaming OS, and that a game day should consist
of playing Windows games, and thus should not be officially sponsored by
ACLUG.

I'm a bit inclined to still agree, even tho Linux gaming has improved since
then.

If everyone had a network-ready computer with, say Quake 3 (or some other
pre-designated game(s)), and we could just plug them into a hub and go, that
would be the only way to make it worth while, IMHO.

And even then, it'd still be a bit questionable as to whether it's worth the
hassle of hauling computers around for just a few hours of playing.

-- Jonathan


On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 08:53:17PM -0600, Anne McCadden wrote:
> 
> What could be done so that Game day would be more successful?  What
> about Game day made it a failure?  ~Anne
> 
> Jonathan Hall wrote:
> > 
> > Don't forget our crappy Game Day :)
> > 
> > On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 07:58:15PM -0600, Dale W Hodge wrote:
> > >
> > > What kind of activities do we want to do?
> > >
> > > In the past, Aclug has tried:
> > >
> > > A BBQ - with a so-so turnout.
> > >
> > > A New User Day - a complete bust, as there were more staff than new users.
> > >
> > > Install Fests - These usually work, but are often unorganized.
> > >
> > > NetWorkshops - #1 was excellent, #2 was just okay.
> > >
> > > Pizza Parties / Socials - These are liked by some, despised? by others.
> > >
> > > Saturday Sale / Demo Days - These worked okay at first, but quickly became
> > > uninteresting to both the staff and the visitors.
> > >
> > >
> > > So which do we try again, and how might we make them better?
> > >
> > > --dwh
> > >
> > > ---
> > > Dale W Hodge - dwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Secretary - info@xxxxxxxxx
> > > Air Capital Linux User's Group  (ACLUG)
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> > >
> > >
> > 
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