Announce-gamesoc March 2009

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[Announce-gamesoc] This Week:Street Fighter IV Tournament, LAN

by gamessoc＠redbrick.dcu.ie

Hey guys, heres whats happening in GamesSoc this week. Street Fighter IV Tournament LAN AGM Lab Gaming Traditional Gaming Street Fighter IV Tournament- This has finally arrived, Wednesday from 3pm in The Seminar Room upstairs in The Hub directly after Union council. There will be some great prizes up for grabs so me sure you get there on time to register and take part.Entry will only cost you 2 Euro and well worth th prizes we have to offer.There will be free refreshments to all attendees too so thats another reason to come along.Hope you all make on Wednesday. Also a request on behalf of the committee, if someone were to bring along another copy of the game it would be greatly appreciated as we don't want to hold everyone up too long with only one game at a time. LAN- Its happening this weekend guys, the event you've been waiting for since the start of the year. We still have a few places left so everyone make sure you mail us at games(a)redbrick.dcu.ie to get your name on that list. There aren't many spots left so make sure you get your name in there as son as possible. It will be held in Xtreme Gamer in town so everyone will be provided with a high end spec PC. We will be allowed to bring food and drink(non alcoholic unfortunately) in so make sure you stock up. And just to remind everyone its free into Xtreme Gamer so all you gotta bring are your skillz! :) Should be a great night for everyone who attends so make sur you book your place asap! AGM This time of year has come again people and a new gmesSoc committee will be elected for the coming year. All positions will be up for grabs so make sure you come and tell all your GamesSoc friends to come too. All positions are available to any members so if you feel you have what it takes then come along and make an impact! This will be held at 2pm on Wednesday the 8th of April in a location yet to be decided unfortunately due to the powers that be. but please show your support for Games Soc as we want to see as many people as possible present. A further email with details of each individual position will be sent very soon so you will know what position will suit you best.See you all there. Lab Gaming This continues this Thursday as per usual in Lab C204 in Henry Grattan from 6pm.All your favourite games will still be on offer so make sure you turn up and enjoy yourself. Traditional Gaming. This also continues Monday night in CG20 in Henry Grattan from 6pm and in The Seminar Room in The Hub from 6pm on Wednesday evening.We still have al your favourite was, strategy, board and card games on offer so some along and enjoy the free refreshments at least :P Hope to see you all there. Thats it for this week, we will keep you all updated during the week if there are any changes in schedules or locations so make sure to keep an eye out for a GamesSoc mail. Hope to see you all during the week. -- Gavin Tubritt Secretary, DCU GamesSoc. http://games.dcu.ie

15 years, 7 months

[Announce-gamesoc] GamesSoc LAN in association with Komplett, OCZ and SteelSeries!

by gamessoc＠redbrick.dcu.ie

Hey folks, We can now officially announce that our first LAN of the year will be taking place over the weekend of April 4th - 5th in Xtreme Gamer in on Lower Liffey Street! The LAN will be an overnight event kicking off at 8pm on Saturday the 4th and ending 14 hours later on the Sunday at 10am! We will have 30 high spec PC's available to us at the event. The event is being sponsored by Komplett, OCZ and SteelSeries who will be providing a load of really cool prizes for the tournaments we'll be running, which are: - Call of Duty 4 (5v5) - CounterStrike: Source (5v5) - Unreal Tournament III (1v1) - Dawn of War II (1v1) There will also be a consoles area available and The PC's will have plenty of other games available but you can also bring along your own if you wish. Teams can be made up on the day if you don't have one and the winners and runners up of every tournament will receive really cool prizes such as games, mouse mats and other really cool gaming gear! Check out http://games.dcu.ie/forums/index.php?topic=2317.0 for the full details on the prizes up for grabs. So the LAN starts Saturday 8pm April 4th and ends Sunday 10am April 5th, Admission is free for members. Places are limited so if you want to go then make sure to let us know by mailing us at gamessoc(a)redbrick.dcu.ie Hope to see you all at the LAN which should be the highlight of the semester and of GamesSoc's amazing year so far! So make sure to let us know if you're coming along! Robby, Chairperson, DCU GamesSoc http://games.dcu.ie

15 years, 7 months

[Announce-gamesoc] GamesSoc This Week!

by gamessoc＠redbrick.dcu.ie

Hey everyone, Just a quick reminder of what's coming up this week and beyond in GamesSoc. Traditional Gaming Lab Gaming AGM Traditional Gaming- As always we'll be gaming it up Monday in CG20 in Henry Grattan from 6pm. Lots of Board, War and Strategy games for everyone. There will be free refreshments for everyone who turns up to so make sure you get there early. And we'll be playing again on Wednesday in The Seminar room in The Hub from 6 also. Same rules apply :D Hope to see you see you all there. Lab Gaming- Continues this Thursday, from 6pm in C204 in Henry Grattan. We have all your favourite games like Counter Strike Source, Team Fortress 2 and lots of other new games to keep you occupied for the night! AGM (Annual General Meeting)- This is advance notice that this year our AGM will be held Wednesday April 8th at 2pm in the seminar room, right before consoles. The business of the AGM is to elect a new committee for 2009/2010 and to give you our report on this years activities. This meeting is your chance to decide who runs GamesSoc next year, so it's important that lots of you to come along and have your say! All members of the society who are currently DCU students are entitled to run for a position and to vote. For the details of each committee position check out http://games.dcu.ie/about/constitution.php That's it for this week folks so hopefully we'll see you around during the week. If you have any suggestions, don't forget to check out our forums at http://games.dcu.ie/games and get involved in discussions about your favourite/least favourite games. -- Gavin Tubritt Secretary, DCU GamesSoc. http://games.dcu.ie

15 years, 7 months

[Announce-gamesoc] Karaoke Trip in April!

by gamessoc＠redbrick.dcu.ie

Hey folks, This April GamesSoc will be putting our Rock Band acquired vocal skills to the test with our second karaoke trip of the year! We'll be going out for a night consisting of a meal, drinks and of course the mystical art of karaoke at 'Ukiyo Bar' in the city centre. We're planning the trip for Tuesday April 7th and we want to know who's interested so that we can book enough tables for the meal and booths for the karaoke afterwards! The whole night will only cost €5 plus whatever else you wish to spend on food and drink. Our last trip out there was a great night out and we're hoping for more of the same this time. This will also be one of our last social gatherings of the year before we all part for the summer, so make sure you don't miss out! If you're interested in joining us then let us know by mailing us at gamessoc(a)redbrick.dcu.ie Hope to see lots of you there! Robby, Chairperson, DCU GamesSoc http://games.dcu.ie

15 years, 7 months

[Announce-gamesoc] GamesSoc This Week. TF2 Tournament

by gamessoc＠redbrick.dcu.ie

Hey everyone. This week we are back to normal events following last week's Tech Week festivities, which were a great success too. Thanks to everyone who came along to the talks and hope you all learned something. This week: 10% Discount on Models Traditional Gaming Team Fortress 2 Tournament (5v5) Console Gaming 10% Discounts- If anyone is interested in Minatures, we have acquired a 10% Discount deal with Models Inc. on Dorset Street. This offer goes for everything except already marked down price objects and food. So its well worth a visit some day. All you need to bring is your student card and you will get the discount. Traditional Gaming- Traditional Gaming will be held in CG20 in Henry Grattan this Monday (tongiht) from 6pm and from 6pm in the Seminar Room upstairs in The Hub on Wednesday. We still have all your favourite RPG, Board, Card and War games so come along and have some fun and enjoy the free refreshments that will be provided! Team Fortress 2 Tournament- Now that we have our new graphics cards installed and good to go, what better way to celebrate than to have a tournament. So we are having a Team Fortress 2 Tournament. So get your friends together and get a team organised. Don't worry though, if you don't have a team you will be set up with one on Thursday. Entry will only cost €2 per person. So come earlyas we'll be kicking off just ofter 6pm on Thursday evening in C204, Henry Grsttan. Console Gaming- This also continues this Wednesday in The Seminar Room upstairs in The Hub from 2pm. We will have Rock Band, Halo 3, Gears Of War 2 and lots of other games to keep you all occupied so join us on Wednesday afternoon and you will also get some free refreshments, because we're nice like that! :D Everyone should also check out the forums, at http://games.dcu.ie/forums for chats and debates on your favorite games/topics. If anyone is interested in getting a GamesSoc hoody, then make sure to mail us at games(a)redbrick.dcu.ie or PM us on the forums and we will put your name on the list. See you all during the week. Gavin Tubritt, Secretary, DCU Games Society http://games.dcu.ie

15 years, 8 months

[Announce-gamesoc] Vaticon XV

by gamessoc＠redbrick.dcu.ie

Hey guys, As you may have read on the forums, Vaticon XV is on in UCD from the 3rd to the 5th of April, and Games Soc members get to go for free! Just mail me at democanarchis(a)gmail.com with your name and student number and we will subsidise convention entry. There looks to be a good mix of roleplaying, ccgs and console gaming (including a Super Smash Bros Brawl tournament!). More information can be found on the official site here: http://sites.google.com/site/vaticon/ and on our forums here: http://games.dcu.ie/forums/index.php?topic=2301.0 Cheers, Dennis Trips Officer

15 years, 8 months

[Announce-gamesoc] This Week, MarioKart Tournamnet, Demonware Talk, Microsoft Talk.

by gamessoc＠redbrick.dcu.ie

Hey everyone, we have lots of gaming related events happening this week, so read on to find out what GamesSoc are doing for Tech Week in conjunction wiht Redbrick, Strange Things and Film Soc. Cinema Trip. Microsoft XNA Talk. Build Your Own PC Workshop. MarioKart DS Tournament. Demonware Talk. Traditional Gaming. Lab Gaming. Cinema Trip. As you have seen from our previous mail, GamesSoc are organising an outing for our members to go see WatchMen on Tuesday evening and to meet in the DCU Bar afterward for a few drinks. We only have a few places remaining so if you would be interested in going to the movies with GamesSoc for a subsidised price then email us asap at games(a)redbrick.dcu.ie. Microsoft XNA Talk. Martha Rotter will be coming out to DCU at 2pm on Tuesday from Microsoft to talk on game development with XNA. Microsoft, the company behind the Xbox 360, provides a huge array of development tools for all of its platforms, and gaming is no exception to this.SO make sure you come along and show your support. Build Your Own PC Workshop. On Tuesday at 6pm, Games Soc's own Sean Hand will be returning with his much loved tutorial on how to build your own PC, covering what parts to buy, where to get them and the now to put them all together to create the gaming machine you've always wanted. There was a great turn out last year and we hope it will be as popular this year. MarioKart DS Tournament. Then on Wednesday at 1pm, we'll be having our Mario Kart DS tournament alongside weekly console gaming. Even if you don't have Mario Kart, you can take part through download play, or just borrow someone's DS if you don't have one yourself. We'll have plenty of prizes for the winners and tons of refreshments as always. Demonware Talk. Eoghan Gaffney, DCU graduate and employee of Irish middleware developers Demonware will be coming in at 3pm on Wednesday to tell us about the company and the video games industry. Demonware are responsible for the networking software found in many popular games today, including the Call of Duty series. Traditional Gaming. This Monday we we have switched location for our Traditional Gaming. We will now meet in CG20 in Henry Grattan. Even though we changed location, all the games will still be in action so we'll have plenty of Board, Card and Strategy games to suit everyone. Also we will provide Free Refreshments to all attendees so make sure you come along. We will be back to the Seminar Room upstairs in the Hub for our meeting on Wednesday evening where it will happen all over again so hope to see you there. Both evenings will be kicking off at 6pm. Lab Gaming. 6pm, C204 in Henry Grattan. All your favourite games like, Counter-Strike:Source and 1.6, GTA2, Team Fortress 2 and many more will be there so make sure you get there on time. There is bound to be something for everyone. Hope to see you all there also. Thats it for now and if there is any more update through out the week we'll be sure to let you all know and keep you updated. So enjoy Tech Week and hope to see you all at our events over the next few days. I especially hope to see you all at the Bar on Tuesday night. If you have any suggestions for games, you would like to see played at any of our events don't hesitate to ask us in person, email us at games(a)redbrick.dcu.ie or even PM us on the forums at games.dcu.ie/forums Gavin Tubritt, Secretary, DCU Games Society, http://games.dcu.ie

15 years, 8 months

[Announce-gamesoc] Tuesday: Watchmen Cinema Trip & Drinks in the Old Bar!

by gamessoc＠redbrick.dcu.ie

Hi folks, This Tuesday GamesSoc will be going on a cinema trip to see the first big blockbuster of the year 'Watchmen' followed by a few drinks back at the Old Bar afterwards! We're going to the 7.30pm showing this Tuesday at Santry Omniplex and will be meeting at 6.45pm outside the seminar room right after our build-your-own-pc workshop. We also have some good news in that we will be subsidising the first 15 people interested at €3 per person (roughly half the cost of student admission) so if you're coming along make sure to let us know by mailing us and we'll stick your name on the list. So to recap that's Tuesday, meeting at 6.45pm outside the Seminar Room for the 7.30pm showing of Watchmen in Santry and then back to the Old Bar for drinks. Hope to see lots of you there! Robby Chairperson, DCU GamesSoc http://games.dcu.ie

15 years, 8 months

[Announce-gamesoc] Next Tuesday: Cinema Trip to see Watchmen & Drinks After!

by gamessoc＠redbrick.dcu.ie

Hey guys and gals, GamesSoc is planning a great night out next Tuesday (March 10th) to see the new film Watchmen in Santry and back to the old bar for a few drinks afterwards! The times for next weeks showings have not ye been announced but we are aiming to go see a show between 6.30-7pm, meeting in The Hub about 30 minutes beforehand to head down to Santry Omniplex. Afterwards we'll cap off the night with a few drinks back in the old bar in DCU. The last cinema trip was a great laugh so make sure you keep next Tuesday evening free if you like fun! You do like fun right?! :) We'll send off another mail with exact details of what time we'll be meeting and the showing time for the film as soon as they are available. So keep an eye out for that over the next few days. Robby Chairperson, DCU GamesSoc http://games.dcu.ie

15 years, 8 months

[Announce-gamesoc] This Week.

by gamessoc＠redbrick.dcu.ie

Hey guys, a big thanks to everyone who helped out last week and contributed to our collection for RAG week. We had a great week and lots of money was raised through our tournaments. This week we have all our regular events back this week so read on to find out whats happening. Traditional Gaming. Console Gaming. Lab Gaming Traditional Gaming Monday and Wednesday nights, The Seminar Room in the Hub from 6pm. All your favourite Board, War, Card and Strategy games so make sure you turn up and have some fun. As per usual we will provide free refreshments for everyone who turns up so hope to see you there. Console Gaming We had a great consoles session last week and congrats to Team Waffles who were victorious in the Halo 3 Team Tournament. It was a great turn out and we have our regular consoles back this Wednesday in the Seminar Room from 2 pm. All your favourite Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 consoles and lots of new games for you all to get stuck into. Again free refreshments will be provided for all attendees so make sure you turn up on Wednesday afternoon. Lab Gaming Continues this Thursday in C204 from 6pm. Come and play some Worms, GTA2, Counter-Strike 1.6 and now we have our new graphics cards installed we'll be playing Counter-Strike:Source and Team Fortress 2.Guaranteed to have something for everyone so make sure you get there on time. Thats its for this week so if you wanna get in contact with the committee just mail us at games(a)redbrick.dcu.ie or message us on the forums at games.dcu.ie/forums about any suggestions you may have or games you would like to see played at any of our events. Hope to see you around during the week. Gavin Tubritt Secretary, DCU Games Society http://games.dcu.ie

15 years, 8 months

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