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Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (wolfet) is a WWII multiplayer game that I believe is more fun than Counterstrike or Medal of Honor (multiplayer mode).

The only other multiplayer FPS that required as much teamwork in order to win is the free Half-Life mod called Natural Selection. Simply amazing mod. One team plays aliens while other plays humans.

WOLFET was originally set to include both single and multiplayer modes--my understanding is that when they ran into problems completing the single-player mode, they decided to distribute the multiplayer game as a free download.

I've run the server on Linux but have only tried playing on Windows.

Highly recommended (remember to apply the latest patch and download some custom maps). There are also many mods available too.

http://www.enemy-territory.com/
http://www.splashdamage.com/modules.php?op=modload &name=Downloads&file=index&req=viewdownload&cid=7

Just to do ID some justice: they have proven that they *can* do
proper (pretty awesome actually) gameplay with wolfenstein - enemy territory.
It's a free download (full version!) and there's even a linux version.

Oh and it's definately one of the best balanced out shooters ever - definately worth a try if you haven't ever played it.

The thing about this is... it's totally optional. See movies at friends houses. Listen to independant artists and radio stations (my local one is Pirate Cat Radio - pluggity). Don't buy DRM CDs. Hell, buy used CDs and rob them of any profit. Play free video games (RTCW:ET, hit Home of the Underdog and grab System Shock 2 - hit the torrent and be a Good Person).

It's the new punk - If you pick up on it quick, you can claim you were there.

Well yeah, but it's still a lot more fun jerking off by yourself!

I'm lucky though, my PC game of choice right now is Enemy Territory and I've been lucky to find a server I can call home. We have a pretty good bunch (attitude-wise and ability-wise), and I've made a few good personal connections.

So yeah, lots of idiots out there, but there's plenty of people who just want a nice clean game, you just have to put a little time and effort into finding them. Once you do, stick to them like glue.

For example, my FPS of choice at the moment, Enemy Territory, has the option for limited lives. Once you've tried it, going back to unlimited lives anything is like being a Sumo wrestler beating up first graders: It's boring and far too easy.

Otherwise I would not be able to walk quietly and open doors silently in Enemy Territory.

Or perhaps we never understood each other, or maybe no one cares. Let's go play ET.

My suggestion would be nix (no pun intended) the whole linux angle to this. The kids are going to be learning difficult apps, and having to deal with an operating system that functions differently (think stuff like cut/paste) will just be frustrating. You also don't know about the hardware the kids are using at home, so a LiveCD that may or may not detect their hardware correctly could end up being more of a hassle than a bonus.

Second, LiveCDs have very subpar performance compared to a hard-disk install, doing graphical work or trying to model in 3d is going to be a painful experience to say the least; and will leave a poor impression of linux in the campers minds.

You mentioned that the commercial versions of these apps are expensive; they are. In many cases, the company that makes the app offers a much discounted or even free version. For 3d studio max, there is the excellent gmax software that does what most of your campers would likely love to do, create models for computer games. If you aren't content with gmax (which is a truly great program), there is always the Maya Learning Edition which is a learning version of the program the pros are using.

I would contact the software companies that offer learning versions and see if you could distribute those. The companies will be very happy that you want to use their programs, and may throw some free stuff your way (I can't think of anything cooler to win at summer camp than a software t-shirt).

If you are dead set on FOSS, I would make a compilation of those apps(gimp, OO.o, thunderbird/firebird, etc.) for Windows and throw them on a CD. Without Linux, you'll have more space for some killer free apps, and you'll have way more kids that will use Gimp or Open Office or Blender if they can use them without having to install a new, unfamiliar operating system. Remember, gratis will mean more to them than libre . If you want to get them intested in FOSS, download a small game (even something like a solitaire/tetris clone) and show them little snippets and explain what they do ingame.

Lastly, if this is a summer (read fun) camp, there will be some time for gaming. I obviously wouldn't recommend a live CD for this, but if you are looking for free(beer) software that is multiplatform, I'd recommend America's Army and Enemy Territory

I searched around and I came up with a list I think you'd get some good mileage out of, and I promise you'll hook more kids with these than you will a Linux liveCD.

6.19 MB - Firefox 0.8
7.52 MB - Thunderbird 0.5
257 MB - Wolfenstein Enemy Territory
51.0 MB - gmax + help, tutorials, and textures
133 MB - Maya Personal Learning edition
2.20 MB - Blender
63.5 MB - OpenOffice 1.1 installer
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520.41 MB total

First of all Quake2 and Quake3 will run great on those machines. Aswell Counter Strike will also run just dandy. Another nice one to checkout (this one is free) is Enemy Territory a nice game built on a modified Q3 engine if my mind serves me correctly. Also this game is a wicked fun game as long as you have at least 3 people per teams, some maps may be to big for a small game, but there are some small maps that would work great with anything over 3 players per team :)

Happy holidays!

sorry. that's Enemy Territor

Hi there. I run Linux here (Gentoo) and the following system:

• AMD XP 2500+
• nforce2 motherboard
• 512MB PC 2700 RAM
• ATI Radeon 9700

I play the following games on Linux. Enemy Territory and America's Army. With high detail settings on both games, 1024x760(?) resolution, fullscreen, I get 70-80FPS. This is *excellent* FPS, and wouldn't be possible unless there were decent drivers available for ATI cards under Linux.

Your post is incorrect.

Assuming that you either have 10 or more people regularly, and/or plan on having internet access. Enemy Territory is a blast. Moreover, it relies on teamplay, if all you have is a bunch of people running around, playing death-match or Lewis and Clark the videogame, your team tends to lose, fast. And, best of all, its completely free, you don't even have to pirate it. Though, it does require a good bit of horsepower. Nothing under a P4 (not Celeron, never Celeron), and at least the GeForce 4 Ti4800 or better (note: GeForce FX 5600 Ultra is not better), and at least 256MB RAM. Granted, at the moment, this probably isn't an overly expensive rig, but when multiplied by several machines, it'll cost some money. But, if this setup is really for gaming, you should probably be shooting at about these specs as a minimum anyways.

or freeware.