Re: [AFMUG] Putty, is there any better?

[Steve Jones]

I like LAN players
They respect the fact that no matter what new wireless magic sauce comes
out, a string of copper will always beat it, and if they call me saying
theyre having an issue gaming I don't have to go over the kazillion reasons
why "no, your xbox in the basement connecting to your wireless router in
the garage wont work well"

On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 9:45 PM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net>
wrote:

> That sounds like fun.
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> I’m an Overwatch player myself.
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> I used to ladder in HOTS at Platinum level 2v2, but now StarCraft II is
> pretty much dead to me.
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> UT, that cracks me up. I was the champion at that FPS. And Quake and Doom,
> lol.
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> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Chris Wright
> *Sent:* Friday, May 5, 2017 5:16 PM
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> *To:* af@afmug.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Putty, is there any better?
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Chris Wright
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> Network Administrator
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> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <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?
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> I do miss the communities and hidden adventure around BBSes, BBS
> gatherings, and LAN parties.
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> - Josh
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> On May 4, 2017 7:40 PM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
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> Kermit
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> Dial up
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> BBSs
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> Floppys
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> Nah, not really, I don’t really miss any of that.
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> *From:* Chuck McCown
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> *Sent:* Thursday, May 04, 2017 6:37 PM
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> *To:* af@afmug.com
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> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Putty, is there any better?
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> I miss the days when all you needed was Procomm with the fuchsia and
> yellow screen.
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> *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account)
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> *Sent:* Thursday, May 04, 2017 6:24 PM
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> *To:* af
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> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Putty, is there any better?
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> Just noticed this thread.
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> I use "Bitvise SSH client" for my unix terminal needs.   I use Putty and
> TeraTerm as well.
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> 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).
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> On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 8:41 PM, Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> 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?
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> 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
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