Hi all,
Just dropping you a friendly GamesSoc email to announce our upcoming,
and first ever, DCU GamesSoc Bring Your Own Computer LAN right here in DCU.
The event will take place overnight starting at 12pm sharp on Saturday
November 5th and wrapping up around 4pm on Sunday 6th November. That's
over 24 hours of organised LAN gaming!
Will full support from the various DCU bodies this will be our biggest
event to date paving the way to many future and maybe even intervarsity
LANs. Games you can look forward to are Counter-Strike (1.6 and Source),
Quake 3, Quake 4(!), Battlefield 1942 and Battlefield 2, Medal Of
Honour, Command and Conquer series, Age of Empires, and more. Games will
have organised matches and run our very own GamesSoc dedicated server.
We plan to try and have a competition most likely in CS or Q3 with
prizes for the winners.
More details will be appearing nearer the time on the GamesSoc forums at
http://games.redbrick.dcu.ie/forums so check it out, register, and have
a say in what games you want to see at the LAN and check regularly for
updates.
To sign up for the LAN we will have a table in the Street in Henry
Grattan this Friday (28th October) from 11am til 2pm. Entry for members
is only 5eur and this will include full access to the LAN for the 2
days. We will _only_ be taking money in advance and sign up will close
sometime during the middle of next week, so try get signed up this friday.
Any questions feel free to mail games(a)redbrick.dcu.ie or post on the forums!
Hope to see you there, keep an eye on the forums, and don't forget the
table this Friday.
Regards,
- David Connolly
Chairperson, DCU Games Society
Hey everyone,
More console freeplay tomorrow (Wednesday) in the Seminar room upstairs in the hub from 2pm - 5pm.
Mariokart, PS2 Pro Evolution Soccer, and with a little luck, Halo on the xbox this time.
It was a smashing success last time, lets do it again!
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DCU Gaming Society.
http://games.redbrick.dcu.ie/forums
mail games(a)redbrick.dcu.ie for more information