From lsf09 at hampshire.edu  Thu Sep 13 15:21:44 2012
From: lsf09 at hampshire.edu (lsf09 at hampshire.edu)
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:21:44 -0400
Subject: [Excalibur] Welcome to Excalibur!
Message-ID: <20120913152144.Horde.0iXJJ-rBk2lQUjJINkxzlrA@webmail.hampshire.edu>


To all the new folks who just recently signed away their souls to  
Excalibur...welcome and thank you!  To all the old folks who signed  
away their souls years ago and still show up...whatever, I guess we  
still love you.

So, for those of you who forget what it is you signed up for..this is  
Hampshire's massive sci-fi/fantasy nerd collective!  We will own your  
Saturday nights for the entire time you are at Hampshire, screening  
sci-fi/fantasy movies and shows at 8pm in the lecture halls of FPH  
(usually East).

Speaking of Saturday nights...this Saturday marks the first official  
Excalibur screening of the year!  This semester it has come down to a  
choice between two shows.

Red Dwarf:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bugSGlLDDs

and Season 5 Doctor Who:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVVVFFPt_oA

Tough choice, I know.  As for the movie, we will be showing The Host  
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468492/).

So, yeah..this Saturday, 8pm, East Lecture Hall FPH.  Be there, or the  
tiny Bane that was sitting on the table at Hampfest will be your  
reckoning!

- Lauren



From diw08 at hampshire.edu  Thu Sep 13 19:36:53 2012
From: diw08 at hampshire.edu (David Warshow)
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:36:53 -0400
Subject: [Excalibur] Introducing Artemis Bridge Commander!
Message-ID: <CA+JWfFUBbk-YjuOQejfUsWd1YOyYKv10YqDkCnbUAFPEkdrWiw@mail.gmail.com>

Welcome to Excalibur (again)!

This semester we will be trying something new! Artemis
Bridge Commander Saturdays at 6PM, before the screenings in FPH ELH!

*Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator!*

Join the crew of the Artemis and travel the stars! Live life like a 'B'
scifi-movie! Adventure awaits!

*What is Artemis you ask? *(Gameplay video: http://youtu.be/72XhdVqDT1g)

"Artemis is a multiplayer, multi-computer networked game for Windows
computers.

Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers
together. One computer runs the simulation and the "main screen", while the
others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do,
like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control.

Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room
("bridge") , and while they all work together, one player plays the
Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn't have a workstation, and
tells everyone what to do.

Artemis is a software game for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7." (
http://www.artemis.eochu.com/)

*So what do you DO in Artemis? What?s the mission?*

A: The Invasion Mode of Artemis lets you single-handedly save the space
stations in the sector from the invading ships. When starting the mission,
you can set many parameters of how the mission plays, like number of
enemies, overall difficulty, sector layout, mines, nebulas, etc. It's not
really like Star Trek where you have a series of challenges that form a
story.


*What should you bring?*
-Your Self
-A laptop* (Preferably running windows) (Mac users, please install Wine or
Windows in a VM, I can also provide a Ubuntu VM with Wine installed, but
things will go faster if you install Wine or Windows yourself ahead of time)
-Your laptop CHARGER, dead batteries are no fun.

*If you don't have a laptop come anyway we can switch off who is playing.
*If you have more then one laptop it would be great to have
spares, especially if they run windows!

Optionally:
-A mouse makes many of the systems easier to run
-A joystick, I will bring one but if there are more than 6 of us a second
would be great.
-Red Shirts

To SPACE!!

David W.
diw08 at hampshire.edu
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From dak06 at hampshire.edu  Thu Sep 20 08:50:44 2012
From: dak06 at hampshire.edu (David Axel Kurtz)
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:50:44 -0400
Subject: [Excalibur] arisia tshirt
Message-ID: <CAP7P+9RndtBsgeiKk2skCtRAjJSc9Ar0kXi4eX7Z_+zDr6w18Q@mail.gmail.com>

Hey there Excalibur:

Arisia - the best little nerdhouse in Boston - is gearing up for its
2013 run. In which I am playing a large part. For reasons passing
understanding (but pronounced "too much free time").

Part of the gear-up is getting a design for the staff t-shirt. This is
the t-shirt that'll be given to the few hundred people who'll work the
con as volunteers... and nobody else.

We're looking for design submissions. From which we'll choose the best.

There are, as of this moment, no limitations. The work can be
Arisia-specific or not; it can incorporate the title or not; it can be
in 16.7 million colors or 2 or 1 or none.

Send one design - or ALL THE DESIGNS - to davidaxel at arisia.org

Tell your friends! Tell your enemies! SUBMIT HARD.

If you're picked, you'll get... uh... a t-shirt. And geek cred. Or
something. Or butts.

Butts!

-daxel

From lsf09 at hampshire.edu  Fri Sep 21 13:11:22 2012
From: lsf09 at hampshire.edu (lsf09 at hampshire.edu)
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:11:22 -0400
Subject: [Excalibur] Spaaace..followed by a screening!!!
Message-ID: <20120921131122.Horde.EZvhbvrBk2lQXJ_6EB_jGDA@webmail.hampshire.edu>


Yo!

You guys know the drill, but in case you forgot...8pm, East Lecture Hall!

Another thrilling episode of Red Dwarf!

..and then: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00TZHHnyTXE (seriously,  
click on the link..it's the clue for the movie)

Also, we are still playing Artemis Spaceship Bridge Commander  
beforehand starting at 6pm (also in ELH).  Bring your laptop  
(preferably Windows) AND your CHARGER, and come blow shit up in space!  
  It'll be awesome!  There are space whales!

- Lauren




From diw08 at hampshire.edu  Sat Sep 22 16:13:49 2012
From: diw08 at hampshire.edu (David Warshow)
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:13:49 -0400
Subject: [Excalibur] No Artemis. EXCALIBUR SCREENING STILL AT 8PM
Message-ID: <CA+JWfFX4C_X=kWDPK=5ZeTH5QiN4AWdsa9AaPzhOPNnDsO2WwQ@mail.gmail.com>

Good news everybody,

EXCALIBUR SCREENING IS STILL AT 8PM.

Bad news everybody,

Artemis is canceled tonight, unless you want me to spew my sickness on you.

tl;dr: no space, screening at 8pm.

David "101.1?F" Warshow
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From lsf09 at hampshire.edu  Sat Sep 22 18:14:01 2012
From: lsf09 at hampshire.edu (lsf09 at hampshire.edu)
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:14:01 -0400
Subject: [Excalibur] Correction On Last Email
Message-ID: <20120922181401.Horde.EaSxTPrBk2lQXjgpXPwiYMA@webmail.hampshire.edu>


Actually, David lied.

Unfortunately, we have to cancel the screening tonight since all three  
signers are unavailable for reasons attributed to sickness, prior  
engagements, and Div III bullshit of fuckery.  Sorry about that guys.   
But there should definitely be a screening next weekend.

- Lauren "if you think i'm lying about Div III bullshit of fuckery,  
you can come to 29 and read my three books for me for tuesday" Fraser


From cg09 at hampshire.edu  Fri Sep 28 15:17:21 2012
From: cg09 at hampshire.edu (Connor Gallagher)
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:17:21 -0400
Subject: [Excalibur] THE RETURN OF EXCALIBUR 10/30 !!!!
Message-ID: <5065F7C1.1020300@hampshire.edu>

Tell me Excalibur peoples, what is best in life?

"TO CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES, SEE THEM DRIVEN BEFORE YOU, AND TO HEAR THE 
LAMENTATION OF THEIR WOMEN!"

     -Arnold "The Governator Barbarian" Schwarzenegger

yes indeed we return victoriously with a barbaric screening, CONAN THE 
BARBARIAN!!! and two Red Darwfs. 8PM ELH.  Be there. There will be 
plunder (food) and barbarism (Also James Earl Jones shooting a snake 
arrow from a bow)

-Connor
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