I'm a big fan of EVE Online, and for the longest time, they used to have a native Linux port, and then they made it go away. I'd love to see it return, especially if tailored to SteamOS. SWTOR, STO, TERA and a couple of others would also be great to see, but by and large, a good chunk of the indie titles on Steam also work on Linux, so there isnt a real shortage.
Also, plenty of Humble Bundle titles work natively under Linux as well, so this is also a good thing!
I help run a LANparty in Cape Town,South Africa. We cater for 600 people and this is a monthly event, and open to the public. First things first, right of attendance reserved, and enter at your own risk. Also, tell people to be aware of their surroundings, keep small valuables on your person at all times (wallets, cellphones, etc). Keep your case closed (not necessarily locked), and when in groups, try and get people to sleep in shifts, so someone is always awake to look over things.
As far as being public is concerned, yes it is, but those people who come to LAN have heard about it either on a local lanparty website or word of mouth, so that already narrows down the attendance "awareness" of people to those who are interested.
Yes, things like cellphones have gone missing, harddrives went missing, a handbag disappeared (yes GIRLS do attend our functions, and yes the bag was recovered) but in all cases it was due to negligence of the owners of said things.
Just make people aware of these things (use a PA system, or just a headset and BIG speakers) to let people know the houserules. Works for us, should work for you. YMMV on local laws though...
BTW it also helps that 2 of our regular attendees are cops;)
Here in South Africa, recently the government communications regulator told the the Telco that they were charging too much for broadband connections; once for the line rental to the consumer and again for ISP costs on availible monthly bandwidth.
The telco turns around, says "bite me" and subsequently raises the ISP bandwidth costs (consumer-side) by 700%! Just goes to show what a private monopoly can do when the government doesnt have the muscle to back up its regulatory authority.
No problem regarding the food and all, since the primary toaster located at Canal Walk, Cape Town, is a giant shopping centre with a HUGE food court. Groovy, now I can get my McTucky and Open Source software in one sitting!!
Now all we need is Bob's Bar, Grill, Laundry and FOSS pickup!
I helped a friend of mine that was going on long leave at a research institute. Campus was (for me, huge, 250 ppl), but it was great! I was brought in as sysadmin for netware, but helping out in other places, besides admin 2 servers was a rewarding time. It's great when you don't have to just admin user accounts - but to go out and... swap out a mouse, bang groupwise over on a user's machine till it worked, blow up a 21" CRT.
Point is, diversity is definitly a plus!
I help setup and run a local LAN event in Cape Town, South Africa, and we are starting to see a definite increase in female gamers in both FPS and strategy. By an increase, I mean from none in late 2001 to over a dozen now.
They are quite able to hold their own in games such as CS and Warcraft 3, and are well respected for their skill. Negative commentary is near non-existant (restricted mainly to "Damn, Vixen 0wnz0red in that last MOHAA stage"!)
All I can say to Girl Gamers is You Go Girl!!
Still working on getting my girlfriend to play Warcraft, though...
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I'm a big fan of EVE Online, and for the longest time, they used to have a native Linux port, and then they made it go away. I'd love to see it return, especially if tailored to SteamOS. SWTOR, STO, TERA and a couple of others would also be great to see, but by and large, a good chunk of the indie titles on Steam also work on Linux, so there isnt a real shortage. Also, plenty of Humble Bundle titles work natively under Linux as well, so this is also a good thing!
I help run a LANparty in Cape Town,South Africa. We cater for 600 people and this is a monthly event, and open to the public. First things first, right of attendance reserved, and enter at your own risk. Also, tell people to be aware of their surroundings, keep small valuables on your person at all times (wallets, cellphones, etc). Keep your case closed (not necessarily locked), and when in groups, try and get people to sleep in shifts, so someone is always awake to look over things. As far as being public is concerned, yes it is, but those people who come to LAN have heard about it either on a local lanparty website or word of mouth, so that already narrows down the attendance "awareness" of people to those who are interested. Yes, things like cellphones have gone missing, harddrives went missing, a handbag disappeared (yes GIRLS do attend our functions, and yes the bag was recovered) but in all cases it was due to negligence of the owners of said things. Just make people aware of these things (use a PA system, or just a headset and BIG speakers) to let people know the houserules. Works for us, should work for you. YMMV on local laws though... BTW it also helps that 2 of our regular attendees are cops ;)
Actually, it is, at least here in South Africa
Hey, here in Africa, you buy wives with cattle, otherwise known as lobolo. Doesnt work with universities here either...
Here in South Africa, recently the government communications regulator told the the Telco that they were charging too much for broadband connections; once for the line rental to the consumer and again for ISP costs on availible monthly bandwidth. The telco turns around, says "bite me" and subsequently raises the ISP bandwidth costs (consumer-side) by 700%! Just goes to show what a private monopoly can do when the government doesnt have the muscle to back up its regulatory authority.
No problem regarding the food and all, since the primary toaster located at Canal Walk, Cape Town, is a giant shopping centre with a HUGE food court. Groovy, now I can get my McTucky and Open Source software in one sitting!! Now all we need is Bob's Bar, Grill, Laundry and FOSS pickup!
Lets see...
Skinning nudies onto AA characters is just plain yuck! And not to mention then the US gov'mund then bringing in the DCMA. Thats just gonna hurt!
I helped a friend of mine that was going on long leave at a research institute. Campus was (for me, huge, 250 ppl), but it was great! I was brought in as sysadmin for netware, but helping out in other places, besides admin 2 servers was a rewarding time. It's great when you don't have to just admin user accounts - but to go out and... swap out a mouse, bang groupwise over on a user's machine till it worked, blow up a 21" CRT. Point is, diversity is definitly a plus!
I help setup and run a local LAN event in Cape Town, South Africa, and we are starting to see a definite increase in female gamers in both FPS and strategy. By an increase, I mean from none in late 2001 to over a dozen now. They are quite able to hold their own in games such as CS and Warcraft 3, and are well respected for their skill. Negative commentary is near non-existant (restricted mainly to "Damn, Vixen 0wnz0red in that last MOHAA stage"!) All I can say to Girl Gamers is You Go Girl!! Still working on getting my girlfriend to play Warcraft, though...