[Year 12 IPM] OT : LAN gaming

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Yes there is are LAN gaming options beyond CS that are free to download, 
can run off a LAN, less violent and equally popular with the middle 
school lads encouraging teamwork etc. We run a club with full parent 
permission and support once a week, after school hours. Interested 
teachers are welcome to contact me directly as I would rather talk about 
this off-list.

Regards Roland

Andrew Shortell wrote:
> Andrew,
> Counter strike is a game that encourages a lot of noise from the
> participants. (I really mean a lot.)  The game server needs its firewall
> disabled. The game runs quicker on a dedicated machine. 
>
> Questions I would ask include:
> Parental permission ?
> Encouraging violence?
> Against the ethos of TC College - religious affiliation etc, biblically
> inclined parents etc
> Bad reaction from RE teachers?
>
> The fact that it will be almost entirely boys .. this is not a girl
> friendly environment ... 
>
> I endured it on Wednesday afternoons last year --- some loved it, some
> grew bored
>
> LAN gaming is big, there must be better ones out there than CS
> Good luck
>
> Andrew Shortell
> Braemar College 
>
>
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> On Behalf Of WEIR Andrew
> Sent: Monday, 27 February 2006 3:07 PM
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> Subject: [Year 12 IPM] OT : LAN gaming
>
> Apologies for the off topic question
>
> Some of my students have expressed interest in wanting to run a lunch
> time LAN party using the schools network before we rule it out or go
> ahead with it I wanted to see if any other schools had actually done it
> and what issues we might face.
>
> We have already begun to look at the following aspects;
> Game Rating and audience.
> Licenses
> Installation
>
> The students wanted to use Counter strike. There idea is charge a small
> admission fee and donate the money to charity.
>
> Any help or advice would be great.
> Andrew
>
> Andrew Weir
> Head Of Information Technology
> VK3HFT
> Thomas Carr College
> 35 Thomas Carr College Tarneit
>  
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