[GLLUG] more Penguicon thoughts

[Eduardo Cesconetto]

would they run on it?

On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 20:04 -0400, Caleb Cushing wrote:
> or we could run those games on the TERMINAL SERVER. 
> 
> On 5/2/07, Eduardo Cesconetto <eduardo at cesconetto.com > wrote:
>         I'm sorry if I am repeating myself here, but I still believe
>         that if we 
>         actually give more emphases to open source games, we would
>         need more
>         "common" hardware to play, therefore it would be a lot easier
>         to find
>         machines, even old iMac 400Mhz running YellowDog can play
>         OpenQuake 
>         fast, and they are a dime a dozen..
>         
>         On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 19:42 -0400, Caleb Cushing wrote:
>         > the only other place for pc gaming might be... the gaming
>         room. still
>         > the problem both years was having one machine. we really
>         need more 
>         > people helping to find hardware for this or more people
>         donating.
>         >
>         > On 5/1/07, Charles Ulrich <charles at idealso.com> wrote:
>         >         On Monday 23 April 2007 15:05, Caleb Cushing wrote: 
>         >         > I like the Idea of a seperate gaming room.
>         Although I would
>         >         want it
>         >         > to be a permanent installation for the weekend
>         because the
>         >         hardware
>         >         > would be too much to set up and tear down every
>         night. 
>         >
>         >         That's pretty much not going to happen,
>         unfortunately. Every
>         >         single
>         >         Penguicon has had problems finding space for
>         everything, even
>         >         to the
>         >         point that they sometimes consider displacing things
>         that are 
>         >         normal
>         >         parts of a con like the dealer's room. The only time
>         they go
>         >         out of
>         >         their way to make room for something new is if it
>         turned out
>         >         to be 
>         >         extremely popular the year before. And in terms of
>         popularity
>         >         and
>         >         demand, computer gaming has been very nearly at the
>         bottom of
>         >         the
>         >         barrel every consecutive year. 
>         >
>         >         Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see computer games
>         thrive at
>         >         Penguicon
>         >         (I was once a gamer myself), I just don't see a very
>         large
>         >         audience for 
>         >         it.
>         >
>         >         --
>         >         Charles Ulrich
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>         Eduardo Cesconetto
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>         
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Caleb Cushing
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