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

[Robert Fletcher]

Yeah, that note was from Friday when we borrowed it to hook up a projector.
We returned it and forgot to take down the note.  The space is definitely
short on monitor cables.  I'll probably pick up a couple to keep on hand,
along with adapters.

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 1:05 PM, rachel lyra hospodar <rachelyra at gmail.com>wrote:

> That's odd, there was a note on it with a name that I associated with the
> gamers & not the party... and we needed to use that machine for counting
> people as they came in. I believe moxie ran out to CC to buy the vga cable
> needed for our setup. Shrug. Resources get shuffled around, but as a general
> rule of thumb I think taking apart working systems ought to be a Last
> Resort.
> On Oct 4, 2010 12:58 PM, "Robert Fletcher" <lobatifricha at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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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