Monday, June 4, 2007

Re: [BLUG] BLUG gaming session tonight (Neverwinter Nights)

On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 01:43:44PM GMT, Simón Ruiz [simon.a.ruiz@gmail.com] said the following:
>
> Another good strategy might be to announce the games, like, on Monday,
> so the people who're interested in that game have the whole week to
> prepare and practice and such.

Well, I'm of the opinion (and I may be wrong) that for things like
games, people will forget about it by Saturday. I use the schedule on
the wiki as a primary source for people. Then the announcement on
Friday or Saturday is a reminder. Maybe I should email the upcoming
schedule for the next few weeks on Mondays to the list and then remind
on Saturdays. maybe the reminder isn't needed, we're all organized
people right (/me looks around at very messy desk).

> Would you maybe want me to pass your gaming announcements on other
> mailing lists I'm on? (Ubuntu-Indiana and Fort Wayne LUG primarily, to
> keep the local flavor) The bigger pond you fish, the more fish you're
> likely to catch (I don't think that's actually TRUE, but I can't think
> of a better metaphor right now...).

That's fine. I don't really want to get too far out. Bloomington,
surrounding area, Indianapolis and the rest of Indiana are ok too, but
I'd like to keep it mostly people that we know from the list, meetings
and so on. That makes it more fun. Besides, once we get people from a
bigger pond, then you have better players come in and then its less
accessible for beginners. And making gaming appealing both for
non-gamers and for Linux users is what this is mostly about. I want
people to realize that there are games available and that they are
decent. Its not just about playing.

> It might be worth passing them the survey too, first, to see how many
> fish are in those ponds...

Sure. I've actually thought about posting to the Ubuntu Indiana list,
if you want to do that, be my guest.

--
Mark Krenz
Bloomington Linux Users Group
http://www.bloomingtonlinux.org/

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