Fedora Community Gaming - Why aren't you there?

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:25:33 +0930,
  Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Beyond that, I think you're going to suffer from one major problem; the
> timing of events.  Chances are that I wouldn't be able to join in at the
> time you advertise a session (likewise for other people), either we're
> not free, awake, or not in the mood.  And the converse; that when we
> want to do a group game, there's not one running.  Internet networked
> games don't really work well when they're only on for a very limited
> time frame, they need to be 24 hour hosted.  Fixed, short term, sessions
> are more the realm of LAN parties.

These are supposed to be like LAN parties. So they do have some of the
same issues.

> I'm surprised you haven't suggested chess.  Not that I can play it, but
> that was the traditional classic pen-pal game.

I don't think that works well as a social game for more than two players.