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

[Anne McCadden <amccadden@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the detailed feedback.  I didn't come to game day because I
don't play the blood & guts, shoot 'm up games.  I am more of a tetris
and Marjohng gamer.  I played the game where the robots fight a few
times.  That is fun after fighting with computers all day trying to
figure out what hardware needs to be replaced and stomp the Windoze bugs
out.  I have the Windoze version of Quake 3, but I don't know how to get
the patch to work for linux.  At work some of the techs used Quake to
test computers with.  Their idea was if the computer can play a few
games of Quake without crashing, then the pc is fixed.  Those techs have
moved on to doing something else since the rule of not playing games
while on the clock.

Any ideas or requests for an activity that the members or visitors would
like to have?  ~Anne

Jonathan Hall wrote:
> 
> 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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