Re: tlug: re: Netrek

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Howard Abbey wrote:

> Jonathan Byrne - 3Web wrote:
> > On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, tjhaslam wrote:
> > >Coolness.  We will have to do a Games section at one of the formal TLUG
> 
> > This is an interesting idea, actually.  We could install game servers on some
> > of the TLUG machines and have them available at meetings for network gaming
> > and such.  Maybe we need to recruit a volunteer to be Game Master now :-)
> 
> I hereby volunteer for about 9 months.  Or, perhaps better, to at least
> teach 
> someone else about getting a Quake 2 server running with 'Eraser bot'
> computer 
> opponents playing head on or Capture The Flag.  Very fun.
> 
> BTW, Unreal, Heretic 2 (Quake like shoot-em-up's) & Starcraft (strategy 
> colonize /conquer) can now be played under Wine!  Haven't tried yet, but
> am 
> hoping to really soon.

starcraft, really?  I own a copy of that, I could bring it to the meeting
to try out on Wine.  What makes you think it'll work, was there an
announcement on winehq?

> 
> Wacky idea: Coda serving network games, with local caches (some
> incredibly 
> small, some huge).  That would be a real test of how the coda file
> system does 
> with hardware intensive apps, IMHO.
> 
> later,
> Howard
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