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

[Robert Fletcher]

Actually, that cable was taken for one of the movie screens.  We borrowed
the one from the screen by the kitchen.  Agreed on the foosball table.

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 12:53 PM, rachel lyra hospodar
<rachelyra at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
> > lizhenry at gmail.com
> > http://bookmaniac.org
> > http://badgermama.com
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