[57north-discuss] Hackerspace virtual activities

[Alfie Pates]

I can facilitate jackbox! I forget which packs I own but I own some of them.

Cheers,
A

On Wed, 27 Jan 2021, at 12:36 AM, Dave Hibberd wrote:
> Hey Nerds.
> 
> Let's play some games on Friday. 
> 
> I suggest Among Us[1] (Windows/Wine [steam/epic/msft store], iOS, 
> Android) on Friday to sow the seeds of distrust amongst the community.  
> It's cheap (<£5) and after a simple explanation and attempt, you might 
> even get the hang of it.
> 
> If anyone has any jackbox[2] games we can drink and be stupid. They're 
> akin to TV gameshows - watch the stream, participate with 
> phone/tablet/PC and trash talk each other. This can easy happen on 
> Friday too, I have pack #3. It gets better the more you drink and has 
> memetastic ads.[4]
> 
> Also, in more "niche appeal", online multiplayer OpenTTD[3], and  build 
> some ridiculous train networks or something. This will need setting up 
> a server somewhere, so Friday is unfeasable.
> 
> [1] https://innersloth.com/gameAmongUs.php
> [2] https://www.jackboxgames.com/
> [3] https://www.openttd.org/
> [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_ULE7TezoE
> 
> -- 
>   Hibby
>   MM0RFN
> 
> On Tue, 12 Jan 2021, at 3:29 PM, Tom Jones wrote:
> > Hello Hackers,
> > 
> > It pretty clear to me that this cycle of lock up lock down is going to
> > continue for the next few years. Rather than dispersing slowly I think
> > we should make a deliberate effort to do at least one thing each month.
> > 
> > I don't know what we should do and I am not gong to organise all the
> > things, I think you as a member are a great source for ideas. Lets share
> > ideas for virtual things we can do and then figure out where there is
> > weight of interest to organise around.
> > 
> > Virtual meetings are going to be the mode, but we can arrange to have a
> > variety of different topics activities and forms for them. Once we
> > accept that we won't be in the space on Tuesdays we can start to figure
> > out fun and crazy ideas to implement.
> > 
> > I look forward to hearing your ideas and seeing what plans we can come
> > up with to make them happen.
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > This is of course on top of our twice weekly mumble calls that have been
> > running without fail since March 2020. The next mumble call is tonight,
> > you should join us.
> > 
> > - Tom
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