Re: [Flightgear-devel] Multiplayer Funfly.

2008-01-03 Thread Hans Fugal
I think neither the list nor the forum is the forum, though announcements could be posted to either. The wiki is a closer match, but what's really needed is something that is A) bookmarkable, and B) has an RSS feed (or feeds if there are distinct event types that people might want to subscribe to

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Multiplayer Funfly.

2008-01-02 Thread Stuart Buchanan
--- Hans Fugal wrote: Sounds like fun was had by all. I hope to catch the next event. Another funfly would be fun, but here's another idea that takes less coordination, and so could be done more frequently. We could have a fly-in from time to time. The airport and time chosen in advance, and

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Multiplayer Funfly.

2008-01-02 Thread Stuart Buchanan
--- Hans Fugal wrote: I for one would never know about them in that case. I don't and won't follow any forums. Equally, there are those who don't and won't follow any mailing lists :) I think I may guilty of mixing up the message and the delivery mechanism here. The main point is that there

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Multiplayer Funfly.

2008-01-02 Thread Sébastien MARQUE
Hi all, and happy new year, I arrive a little after the battle, so I couldn't participate to this event, but anyway I really wish to see more and more events using mp. Each month a part of the the French community takes place to fly with each other around remodelled terrains and sceneries

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Multiplayer Funfly.

2008-01-01 Thread Curtis Olson
Funfly Update: Just a reminder, the funfly is 1600 GMT (note the corrected time) which is 10am USA Central time if anyone wants to double check my math one last time. That is in about an hour from now. I have created a web page for this event to help with communication. The page will be

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Multiplayer Funfly.

2008-01-01 Thread Curtis Olson
On Dec 31, 2007 1:25 PM, Curtis Olson wrote: I am thinking it would be fun to schedule a multi-player fun fly tomorrow (New Year's Day). The FunFly is now complete! We had 9 active participants and at least 9 spectators, maybe more at times. I think everyone had a good time. It was really

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Multiplayer Funfly.

2008-01-01 Thread alexis bory
Curtis Olson wrote: The FunFly is now complete! We had 9 active participants and at least 9 spectators, maybe more at times. I think everyone had a good time. It was really fun to see all the airplanes concentrated together like that! I think someone brought their camera, so we will

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Multiplayer Funfly.

2008-01-01 Thread Maik Justus
Hi Curt, thank you very much for this great event. Unfortunately my hardware forced me to be a spectator (due to thermal problems my notebook throttles down after some minutes of flightgear; I need to clean the cooling system again. And I am thinking about buying a new computer). What could

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Multiplayer Funfly.

2008-01-01 Thread Robert Black
On 1/1/08, Maik Justus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And I like Hans idea of Fly Ins (with basic ATC?) (and with sight seeing tours...) Maik At around 12:00 GMT there were four to six pilots out there practicing so the fly-in is not a bad idea for an all or more event with maybe the main event

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Multiplayer Funfly.

2008-01-01 Thread Curtis Olson
On Jan 1, 2008 2:29 PM, Robert Black wrote: At around 12:00 GMT there were four to six pilots out there practicing so the fly-in is not a bad idea for an all or more event with maybe the main event taking place at a particular time. Cover all the time zones. I'd love to see a couple people

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Multiplayer Funfly.

2008-01-01 Thread Maik Justus
Hi Curt, Curtis Olson schrieb am 01.01.2008 21:54: A sailplane/soaring competition would be another fun one. Maybe we sign up a couple tow operators who stay busy towing people up, and then see who can stay aloft the longest. Sounds great. E. g. build teams with one tow aircraft and one

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Multiplayer Funfly.

2008-01-01 Thread Ron Jensen
On Tue, 2008-01-01 at 22:22 +0100, Maik Justus wrote: Hi Curt, Curtis Olson schrieb am 01.01.2008 21:54: A sailplane/soaring competition would be another fun one. Maybe we sign up a couple tow operators who stay busy towing people up, and then see who can stay aloft the longest.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Multiplayer Funfly.

2007-12-31 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Am Montag, 31. Dezember 2007 20:25 schrieb Curtis Olson: I am thinking it would be fun to schedule a multi-player fun fly tomorrow (New Year's Day). This sounds like pure fun! I have never really tried the dhc2w but expect me to be in! See you all tomorrow (if my wife gives me an hour off...)!