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["Evan Clinton" <nave.notnilc@xxxxxxxxx>]

I propose BZFlag; it is way fun and easy to set up.

On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 9:00 PM, brent timothy saner
<brent.saner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Okay.
>
> Still SUPER short on game suggestions!
>
> but here's an update.
>
> GAMES
> -OpenArena
> -Urban Terror
> -Wormux
> -Additional Games?
> SCHEDULING
> -Date
> -Time
>
>
>
>
> ==GAMES==
>
> =OpenArena=
>
> i have openarena set up and tested. not sure of the load handling, but
> it handles two humans and six bots just fine.
>
> we will be using version 0.7.0; this version is in the ubuntu
> repositories (NOTE: disable hardy-proposed[1] if you're using it).
>
> if you're connecting from a windows machine (or don't want to disable
> hardy-proposed), please go to the ModDB download page[2] as the release
> is not available on their website (more details as to why are in their
> site's news section[3]).
>
> To determine your copy's version number, load up OpenArena and look in
> the lower right hand corner.
>
>
>
> =Urban Terror=
>
> i'm currently in the process of installing and configuring Urban Terror
> (literally, currently. as in "i'm downloading the package while i write
> this").
>
> urban terror ("UrT") is unfortunately NOT available in ubuntu
> repositories. however, the installation process is pretty simple. simply
> download[4], unzip, chmod[5], and run.
>
> i will be running v.4.1
>
>
> =OpenLieroX=
>
> this is a pretty cool Worms clone- on steroids.
> BaD_CrC suggested OpenLiero(X) but i found the graphics a little
> lacking. unfortunately, Wormux doesn't want to run a headless server.
>
> SO! OpenLieroX it is!
>
> grab the i386.deb[6] (unless you're playing from a windows box, of
> course). as of hardy, you should be able to install it by just
> double-clicking the .deb file (this will open gdebi). make sure you have
> sudo.
>
>
> if i left a game out that was suggested to the mailing list, that's
> because i haven't done any work on it yet but i will. :)
>
>
> =Additional Games?=
>
> i was thinking maybe boswars, boson, globulation2, warsow, tremulous,
> and wesnoth? any feedback? i mostly only know FPS games so i need to
> know what you guys want.
>
>
>
> ==Scheduling==
>
> =Date=
>
> we never discussed scheduling but i think that it should be in the
> middle of december or january. obviously, it should start on a friday or
> saturday night.
>
>
> =Time=
>
> i think 2000UTC might be good, and we can run it for..oh, let's say 18
> hours or so.
>
>
>
> i can cron it so that it rotates between games; that way people can jump
> in during multiple times of the day and get to play different games. i
> need a club-ubuntu.org webdev to get in touch with me so we can find a
> way of displaying which game is currently running right on the website
> (i have some ideas on how to accomplish this).
>
>
>
> *************
>
>
> [1] hardy-proposed pulls in 0.7.7, which is NOT compatible with 0.7.0
> servers. alternatively, use the package download from ModDB and unzip
> and play (./openarena-0.7.0/ioquake.i386 is most likely the one you'll want)
>
> [2] http://www.moddb.com/downloads/openarena-070-win32linux-i386-zip
>
> [3] http://openarena.ws/news.html and, specifically for further
> discussion, http://openarena.ws/board/index.php?topic=2307.0
>
> [4] http://www.urbanterror.net/page.php?6 (contains both windows
> installer and linux binaries)
>
> [5] chmod +x ./UrbanTerror/ioUrbanTerror.i386
>
> [6]
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=180059&package_id=208133&release_id=584470
>
> --
> brent saner.
> gpg info at http://www.notebookarmy.org/gpg.txt
> (this is a shorter sig.)
>
> grep -i hotchicks *
>
>
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