LAN parties are alive and well in my town. Next LAN is in five weeks! Honestly, LAN party weekends beat out Thanksgiving for my favorite holiday.
The atmosphere of LANs has definitely changed though. Ten years ago it was quite easy to get 30 nerds to play a particular game like Savage or UT together. Today gamer culture has become divided as genres are better defined. You’ll have a few guys in one area playing Overwatch, Halo, or Call of Duty, more groups playing MOBAs like Dota/LoL, and then you have RPGs – WoW being the most popular. Gamers are no longer “Gamers.” They’re “RTS Gamers” or “MOBA Gamers” or “FPS Gamers”. Still, getting a bunch of people who abhor sunlight as much as I do for a weekend of nostalgia amidst a tangle of Cat5 is just as fun as it’s ever been. Chris Wright Network Administrator From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Josh Reynolds Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2017 6:16 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Putty, is there any better? I do miss the communities and hidden adventure around BBSes, BBS gatherings, and LAN parties. - Josh On May 4, 2017 7:40 PM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: Kermit Dial up BBSs Floppys Nah, not really, I don’t really miss any of that. From: Chuck McCown Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2017 6:37 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Putty, is there any better? I miss the days when all you needed was Procomm with the fuchsia and yellow screen. From: Forrest Christian (List Account) Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2017 6:24 PM To: af Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Putty, is there any better? Just noticed this thread. I use "Bitvise SSH client" for my unix terminal needs. I use Putty and TeraTerm as well. I also have used SecureCRT in the past, but I have a hard time paying what they're asking, especially since I found Bitvise (and the fact I'm not in a terminal window nearly as much as I used to be). On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 8:41 PM, Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: I use the shit out of putty (and winSCP) I'm a GUI gimp, I will own that. Is there any better set of tools for the windows environment? Not Complaining at all, or looking to change, I get a ton done with these two applications, just curious if there are even better solutions -- Forrest Christian CEO, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc. Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 forre...@imach.com | <http://www.packetflux.com/> http://www.packetflux.com <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/icons/linkedin.png <http://facebook.com/packetflux> https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/icons/facebook.png <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/icons/twitter.png http://ws-stats.appspot.com/t/pixel.png?e=setup_page_outlook_composehttp://ws-stats.appspot.com/t/pixel.png?e=setup_page_outlook_active&uid=e965778f9a351fad7a8a860dffc144cehttp://ws-stats.appspot.com/t/pixel.png?e=setup_page_outlook_active&uid=e965778f9a351fad7a8a860dffc144ce
