[Noisebridge-discuss] [drama] LAN party gaming group

[rachel lyra hospodar]

I think the immediate root of the consternation was that they borrowed a VGA
cable from the public terminal near the door, rendering it inoperable.  That
and alcohol consumption on rubin's part, I would guess.

I have no real horse in this race but I do hate the hell out of the foosball
table.
On Oct 4, 2010 12:29 PM, "Liz Henry" <liz at bookmaniac.org> wrote:
> On 10/3/10 8:46 PM, Robert Fletcher wrote:
>
>> Regarding the official details of Zergbridge, we meet every Saturday at
3pm,
>> do programming and video game development until 6:30 or 7, and then we
>> proceed with the slaughtering of innocent zombies. It's all on the wiki.
>> My apologies for the noise violation, Jason--we should have been more
aware
>> of our surroundings. It's definitely a priority now to keep ourselves in
>> the same room and keep the noise at a reasonable level.
>>
>> --Robert Fletcher
>>
>
> That seems like a reasonable answer.
>
> Playing games together is creative and performative, even if it doesn't
> result in a giant robot. I like the game playing aspect of Noisebridge
> and think it is defensible as a community use. My son watched the
> zombie-killing for a while last weekend. He was impressed and kind of
> inspired. He also read for hours in the space as part of Scott's
> readathon party, including a long while in the DJ Booth/ tea room, and
> was not bothered by the LAN party noise. I was reading and writing and
> working on the other side of the space, and was also not bothered by any
> particular noise.
>
> In fact, I like to see the space used, lively, and full of people. Such
> community uses bring people into the space, which is a good goal. It
> means they become familiar with it and might use it for other purposes,
> or get more involved in future. That's a good thing!
>
> [drama]
> So Rubin, I haven't made any giant badass robots lately. I come in to
> Noisebridge and use the electricity and Internet. I pay dues, and I
> clean up a bit extra or wash some of the dirty dishes when I come in to
> make a small contribution to the community space. I talk with people who
> come in and give them tours and am a nice person to hang out with.
> Hopefully that is enough to fucking justify my occasional presence at
> Noisebridge and I don't have to come build a flaming space robot with my
> cock in order to prove myself. Your email about this annoys me directly
> because you are setting yourself up as the arbiter of legitimacy, which
> is fucking bogus.
> [/drama]
>
> Where is the actual conflict here? Is someone wanting to use the
> classroom during the time Zergbridge people are there, and it's a prime
> time for classes? Is the Internet speed noticeably affected for other
> folks while they're going? Is there actual effect from scarcity of any
> kind? If so, deal with those issues directly by talking to the people
> and coming up with some ideas or asking them to pay a little extra
> towards the cost of expanding bandwidth. Maybe some of them are already
> members, anyway. If they aren't pulling their weight in other ways as a
> group, maybe some of the Zergbridge folks could make some conspicuous
> effort to clean up, take out the trash, or do some other unglamorous
> work for the space in addition to whatever else they do as community
> members. Talk to people and suggest they contribute more, rather than
> attacking a group and making these sweeping statements about how the
> space should or should not be used.
>
>
>
>
>
> - Liz
>
>
>
>
> --
> Liz Henry
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