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[Announce-gamessoc] Smash bros Wii U Tournament - Gamecube adapter needed!

by gamessoc＠redbrick.dcu.ie

Hello everyone!, For those going to our Smash Bros Wii U Tournament tomorrow, if you happen to have a Gamecube Controller adapter for the Wii U we ask you if possible to bring it in for the tournament as the society currently does not own one. We only need the one and thank you ahead of time! Gamessoc Secretary, Edward Moriarty

8 years, 9 months

[Announce-gamessoc] Update - Intersoc charity event room finalised!

by gamessoc＠redbrick.dcu.ie

Hey everyone! Just a quick email to let you all know that the room for the charity event tomorrow is finalised and it is XG16. Hope you see you there! Edward Moriarty

8 years, 10 months

[Announce-gamessoc] Week 10 - Smash, LAN and an Intersoc Charity Event!

by gamessoc＠redbrick.dcu.ie

Good evening one and all I have returned form my absence to bring you another Gamessoc weekly announce email! And don't worry I won't be copying and pasting parts from previous weeks anymore. Anyway here is what is going on this week for Gamessoc! --Trad Gaming - As Normal [Mon,Wed]-- --Console Gaming - Smash bros Wii U Tournament! [Wed]-- --Christmas LAN! [Fri 11th - Sat 12th]-- --Charity event with ISoc-- - -- Trad Gaming shall be on this as usual with it's wonderful assortment of games of the board, card non-electronic variety. If you haven't been before or are thinking about I would highly recommend you turn up and play a game or two! You can find Trad Gaming on Mondays in XG01 from 6-10pm and on Wednesdays in XG01 from 5-10pm. -- - - -- Console Gaming shall be running a Smash Bros Wii U tournament this week! [Rules to be decided closer to the tournament] You guys know and love the game and play it every week without fail! Now let's see what you got! Sign-ups shall cost you 2 and will be from 2pm onwards with the tournament expected to begin at roughly 3pm, Hope to see you there! You can find Console Gaming on Wednesdays from 2-5pm in XG01. -- - - -- We shall be running our annual Christmas LAN this December from 6pm on Friday the 11th until Saturday the 12th at 6pm. If you are curious as to what a LAN is, well we bring in our PC's and Laptops from home all into DCU, network them together and play games for 24 hours! If you don't happen to have a PC (or want to take a break) no worries we will also be setting up our TV's, Consoles and Trad games as well so there is something for everyone! There will also be tournaments throughout the LAN for PC and Consoles with prizes too! More details in the following time to come! -- - - -- This week we will be running a Charity event in association with Isoc this Tuesday from 5pm-8pm. There will be Console's set up for various tournaments with pizza vouchers as the prizes! Standard 2 to enter and there will be a donation bucket being passed around in case you feel even more generous! I will send another quick email once we know what room it is in so keep an eye on this space! -- - That's all for this week so I'll see you in the next! Don't forget to like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/DCU-Gamessoc/165346350341426 And follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/GamesSoc Until next time, Edward Moriarty GamesSoc Secretary 2015/16

8 years, 10 months

[Announce-gamessoc] Week 9 - From the desk of the chair

by gamessoc＠redbrick.dcu.ie

Hey everyone, this week your announce email is brought to you from your beloved chair Rob! On the agenda for this weeks email we got Trad Gaming Console Gaming Discord Server **Trad Gaming is on this Monday, 6-10, and Wednesday, 5-10. Our games were on holiday to Eirtakon over the weekend so we will have a full refresh and bring up many games we havent had in the past few weeks from the basement. I'm sure if we all work hard enough we can scrub the smell of weeaboo off them! **Console gaming is on this Wednesday from 2 5, so come along to that and stick around for trad gaming afterwords. So if sitting in the corner yelling at people while playing smash brothers is your thing come along! Otherwise the quiet crowd are off playing different games, can you imagine? Console gaming will also need a strong weeaboo scrub, especially to get all the salt from Eirtakons tournaments off them. ** Discord A couple weeks ago I set up a discord server and havent shut up about it since, it's a chat-room with a built in teamspeak, So if everyone could hop on and join it using this link https://discordapp.com/invite/0cmmZp3X3eu4xZX6 I'm sure once we get more of you on we can all play League, TTT and Minecraft together again! We also have a facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/DCU-Gamessoc/165346350341426 But the group is better! https://www.facebook.com/groups/107549179282938 Rob McGrane Your Chair 2015 - whenever

8 years, 10 months

[Announce-gamessoc] Week 8 - It's time for an All-Stars Battle Royale!

by gamessoc＠redbrick.dcu.ie

Evening everyone! Week 8, where the all stars fight and the Retro take flight! ...anyway here is what's going on in Gamessoc for the coming week: - Trad Gaming: As Normal [Mon + Wed] - - Console Gaming: PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Tournament [Wed] - - PC Gaming: Currently Offline - - Retro Gaming This Week! [Thurs] - - Discord: New IRC and Voice Chat Server - - - Trad Gaming: As Normal [Mon + Wed] - - Trad Gaming will be on this as normal this Wednesday with the board and card games you know and love! You guys know the drill, escape the house on the hill, smash tokyo, defeat the boss monster, find the spy and expose the werewolfs! You can find them on Mondays in XG01 from 6pm - 10pm and Wednesdays in XG01 from 5pm - 10pm. - - Console Gaming: As Normal [Wed] - - Consoles returns again this week and we have a big trolley of TV's, consoles and bags of games and controllers for you to relax (or get really into) after the Wednesday lunch rush! This week we shall be running a PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Tournament! It's like super smash brothers except with Sony characters, only it's not that similar to smash brothers actually, different but a lot of fun! Sign-ups are 2 and take place form 2pm onwards with the tournament expected to take place from 3pm. As per the usual they will be set up on Wednesday from 2pm-5pm in XG01. - - PC Gaming: Currently offline - - It's that time of year again where we sadly must be patient and wait for the computers to be imaged while not exactly enjoyable is quite necessary. We will let you know ASAP when PC gaming will be back up and running. - - Retro Gaming Night Info! - - The time has come! Retro gaming night will be taking place this Thursday in the NuBar in the Hub from 6pm onwards! For those of you unaware, Retro Gaming Night is where we take over the lower half of the NuBar, set up our usual TV's fitted with some Retro Consoles including the big TV in the corner of the room! We shall be running tournaments all night with some lovely prizes and all of the tournaments are free to enter so be sure to enter as many as you can! Good old games, food, drink, laughs and prizes! What's not to like? We also have a facebook event now which you can now find here! http://tinyurl.com/RetroGamingNight - - Discord: New IRC and Voice Chat Server - - So we have set up a Discord server! What's that you ask? Well it's a handy dandy voice and text chat server that's incredibly easy to use! You can hop on to chat in different channels (different ones for voice and text) and chat away with different gamessoc members or talk and play games together here! Here is the invite link for our Gamessoc Server! We hope you guys check it out! https://discordapp.com/invite/0cmmZp3X3eu4xZX6 There are also dedicated clients for desktop and mobile if you prefer that too! https://discordapp.com/apps I believe that's everything that's happening this week and I'll see you next time! Don't forget to like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/DCU-Gamessoc/165346350341426 And follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/GamesSoc Until next time, Edward Moriarty GamesSoc Secretary 2015/16

8 years, 10 months

[Announce-gamessoc] Week 7 - Half way there!

by gamessoc＠redbrick.dcu.ie

Evening everyone! It's week 7 marking the second half of the semester, going strong! Here is what's going on in Gamessoc for the coming week: - Trad Gaming: As Normal [Mon + Wed] - - Console Gaming: As Normal [Wed] - - PC Gaming: Currently Offline -- - Retro Gaming Night Info! - - - Trad Gaming: As Normal [Mon + Wed] - - Trad Gaming will be on this as normal this Wednesday with the board and card games you may and may not know! So grab a game or pull up a chair and have some fun! Don't forget usually near the end of the night a big game of Werewolves is played where anyone and everyone can join in so if you haven't played it yet I would highly recommend giving it a shot! You can find them on Mondays in XG01 from 6pm - 10pm and Wednesdays in XG01 from 5pm - 10pm. - - Console Gaming: As Normal [Wed] - - Consoles returns again this week and we have a big trolley of TV's, consoles and bags of games and controllers for you to relax (or get really into) after the Wednesday lunch rush! We had our tournament last week so back to normal for now! As per the usual they will be set up on Wednesday from 2pm-5pm in XG01. - - PC Gaming: Currently offline - - It's that time of year again where we sadly must be patient and wait for the computers to be imaged while not exactly enjoyable is quite necessary. We will let you know ASAP when PC gaming will be back up and running. - - Retro Gaming Night Info! - - Our next event will be our annual Retro Gaming Night! It's quite simple really, on the 12th of November we shall be going to the NuBar and setting up our TV's with some retro Consoles for some games, laughs, drinks and Tournaments! We have a facebook event now which you can now find here! http://tinyurl.com/RetroGamingNight More specifics to follow in the following weeks and to any of you who have any retro games or consoles you might want to bring in to the event feel free to email us and let us know! I believe that's everything that's happening this week and I'll see you next time! Don't forget to like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/DCU-Gamessoc/165346350341426 And follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/GamesSoc Until next time, Edward Moriarty GamesSoc Secretary 2015/16

8 years, 10 months

[Announce-gamessoc] Week 6 - Zeds all dead, in other news, Games!

by gamessoc＠redbrick.dcu.ie

Evening everyone! Week 6 shall mark the glorious victory of the humans against the zombie menace! Also games still exist, which is nice too. Here is what's going on in Gamessoc for the coming week: - Trad Gaming: As Normal [Wed] - - Console Gaming: Tekken Tag 2 Tournament: Tournament [Wed] - - PC Gaming: Currently Offline - - Humans vs Zombies: Results: Human Victory! - - Retro Gaming Night Info! - - - Trad Gaming: As Normal [Wed] - - Trad Gaming will be on this as normal this Wednesday with the board and card games you may and may not know! So grab a game or pull up a chair and have some fun! Don't forget usually near the end of the night a big game of Werewolves is played where anyone and everyone can join in so if you haven't played it yet I would highly recommend giving it a shot! You can find them on Wednesdays in XG01 from 5pm - 10pm. - - Console Gaming: Tekken Tag 2 Tournament: Tournament [Wed] - - Consoles returns again this week and we have a big trolley of TV's, consoles and bags of games and controllers for you to relax (or get really into) after the Wednesday lunch rush! We shall also be having a Tekken Tag 2 Tournament Tournament this Wednesday as well! Sign-ups will happen at around 2pm and The tournament should start around 3pm and sign-ups will cost 2 will the prize of a 20 gamestop voucher up for grabs! As per the usual they will be set up on Wednesday from 2pm-5pm in XG01. - - PC Gaming: Currently offline - - It's that time of year again where we sadly must be patient and wait for the computers to be imaged while not exactly enjoyable is quite necessary. We will let you know ASAP when PC gaming will be back up and running. - - Humans vs Zombies: Results: Human Victory! - - The dust has settled and the smoke has cleared...and the Humans rise victorious against the Zombie Horde! Thank you to everyone who took part in the game and made it a success! It was a lot of fun to run after and away from you all! - - Retro Gaming Night Info! - - Our next event will be our annual Retro Gaming Night! It's quite simple really, on the 12th of November we shall be going to the NuBar and setting up our TV's with some retro Consoles for some games, laughs, drinks and Tournaments! More specifics to follow in the following weeks and to any of you who have any retro games or consoles you might want to bring in to the event feel free to email us and let us know! I believe that's everything that's happening this week and I'll see you next time! Don't forget to like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/DCU-Gamessoc/165346350341426 And follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/GamesSoc Until next time, Edward Moriarty GamesSoc Secretary 2015/16

8 years, 10 months

[Announce-gamessoc] Week 5 - The Dead Walk Again!

by gamessoc＠redbrick.dcu.ie

Evening everyone! Week 5 is Zombie week! Hope you have your socks and NERF guns ready or else!...*Munch*........Braaaaaaains Here is what's going on in Gamessoc for the coming week: - Trad Gaming: As Normal [Mon + Wed] - - Console Gaming: As Normal [Wed] - - PC Gaming: Currently Offline - - Humans vs Zombies: Starts Tomorrow! [Mon 19th] - - NERF Gun Raffle - - - Trad Gaming: As Normal [Mon + Wed] - - Trad Gaming will be on this as normal this Monday and Wednesday with the board and card games you may and may not know! So grab a game or pull up a chair and have some fun! Don't forget usually near the end of the night a big game of Werewolves is played where anyone and everyone can join in so if you haven't played it yet I would highly recommend giving it a shot! You can find them on Mondays in XG01 from 6pm-10pm and Wednesdays in XG01 from 5pm - 10pm. - - Console Gaming: As Normal [Wed] - - Consoles returns again this week and we have a big trolley of TV's, consoles and bags of games and controllers for you to relax (or get really into) after the Wednesday lunch rush! As per the usual they will be set up on Wednesday from 2pm-5pm in XG01. - - PC Gaming: Currently offline - - It's that time of year again where we sadly must be patient and wait for the computers to be imaged while not exactly enjoyable is quite necessary. We will let you know ASAP when PC gaming will be back up and running. - - Humans vs Zombies: Starts Tomorrow! [Mon 19th] - - Our annual Humans vs Zombies (HvZ for short) will be starting tomorrow and will last the entire week until Friday the 23rd! If you haven't signed up no worries! We will be in the hub from 10:30am onwards to register people and give you your headbands and kill pins! If you have signed up already make sure you have your kill pin written on a piece of paper and pick up headband from us tomorrow in the hub (Note: You need a headband to play so make sure you get one!) There is no cost to play so feel free to and see if you can survive the week! PLEASE read the rules located here as they are necessary to play the game!: http://games.dcu.ie/hvz/rules.php PLEASE *** One other thing that needs to be mentioned that isn't mentioned in the rules are the few Original Zombies. These Zombies are unknown to the players (they appear as Humans in the game) and will NOT be wearing a headband until 2pm or if they kill 5 humans at which point they will become normal Zombies and wear their handband. They act like normal Zombies and can still be stunned for 10 minutes so quick reactions or paranoia helps for the first hour. *** Don't forget we will also be having Missions during the week and the first one is tomorrow! The first mission is Saving Private Toasty and will start at 6pm at XG01 and a reminder to all that Humans cannot be caught half an hour before the mission or after it ends so keep that in mind! More details here: http://games.dcu.ie/hvz/missions.php Whether you are a Human or a Zombie the missions are so much fun I highly recommend everyone to partake in them if you can! - - NERF Gun Raffle - - Earlier in the week we have been selling raffle tickets so that you lovely people can win yourself your very own NERF gun! Tickets are still on sale up until the drawing of the raffle. Tickets are 2 for 5 or 50c each and can be bought at the hub and just before the mission! The drawing will take place just before the mission tomorrow (6pm at XG01) so make sure if you have tickets you turn up! I believe that's everything that's happening this week and I'll see you next time! Don't forget to like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/DCU-Gamessoc/165346350341426 And follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/GamesSoc Until next time, Edward Moriarty GamesSoc Secretary 2015/16

8 years, 11 months

[Announce-gamessoc] Week 4 - Mario Kart Tournament and HvZ Details!

by gamessoc＠redbrick.dcu.ie

Evening everyone! Another has come and gone and into week 4 we go so: Here is what's going on in Gamessoc for the coming week: - Trad Gaming: As Normal - - Console Gaming: Mario Kart 8 Tournament - - PC Gaming: Currently offline - - Humans vs Zombies: Week 5 - - - Trad Gaming: Monday Only - - Trad Gaming will be back as usual with our big stack of board, card games and more. So grab a game or pull up a chair and have some fun! Don't forget usually near the end of the night a big game of Werewolves is played where anyone and everyone can join in so if you haven't played it yet I would highly recommend giving it a shot! You can find them on Mondays in XG01 from 6pm-10pm and Wednesdays in XG01 from 5pm - 10pm - - Console Gaming: As Normal - - Consoles returns again this week and we have a big trolley of TV's, consoles and bags of games and controllers for you to relax (or get really into) after the Wednesday lunch rush! This week on top of this we will also be running a Mario Kart 8 tournament on the Wii U. It costs 2 to sign up and 1st place wins a 20 Gamestop voucher! Signups will take place from 2pm onwards with the tournament expected to start around 3pm. So...think you got what it takes? Even if you don't sign up anyway as it's a lot of fun (It's what I do for most of the tournaments myself.) As per the usual they will be set up on Wednesday from 2pm-5pm in XG01. - - PC Gaming: Currently offline - - It's that time of year again where we sadly must be patient and wait for the computers to be imaged while not exactly enjoyable is quite necessary. We will let you know ASAP when PC gaming will be back up and running. - - Humans vs Zombies - - Our annual Humans vs Zombies (HvZ for short) will be taking place during week 5 from the 19th to the 23rd so ready your NERF guns and rolled up socks and try your best to make it through the week! Not sure what exactly HvZ is or how to play? No worries! The full list of rules can be found at the following link here is a quick summary for you! http://games.dcu.ie/hvz/rules.php The zombie outbreak as made it's way to the DCU campus however thankfully only a few people have been infected...so far that is! You will start the game on the Monday after you sign up and receive your kill pin and HvZ band which you will wear on your arm to show you are currently playing the game as a human. Your goal is to make to Friday 8pm without a zombie managing to make you their next meal! As you go about your college day (even in the zombie apocalypse you still have lectures and assignments, weird right?) you have to be ever vigilant and keep an eye out for zombies because if one of them manages to grab you that's it! Nom! Don't worry you aren't defenseless, remember the NERF guns and socks I mentioned earlier? If you manage to shoot or throw a sock at a zombie they are stunned and can't catch you or anyone else for the next 10 minutes! They can still follow you around though and get you when they are no longer stunned, persistent things aren't they? If a zombie gets you, you must immediately give them your kill pin and an hour later tie the band around your head and bam, your now a zombie! So how does one zombie exactly? Well unfortunately zombies are hungry creatures and if they don't feed or catch a human every 24 hours they starve and are out of the game! That's what the kill pin is for, they login onto the website, enter the pin and they go back to 24 left to feed again! All you have to do is find a human player, grab them before you get stunned, get their kill pin, enter it on the website and continue to hunt! There are also missions throughout the week which are events that both humans and zombies can partake in and you may be temporarily become human or zombie to balance out the teams for it! Also for the duration of the mission humans caught are not dead and don't become zombies so don't be afraid to play the missions! Missions typically begin at 6pm at the Henry Grattan on campus and one example of last years missions was Escort the VIP. The human team had to guide a defenseless human VIP along a path to the destination within the time limit and would only move if surrounded by human players. The Zombies would do their zombie thing and try to stop and grab the humans "killing" them and stop the VIP from reaching the destination. Some special rules were in effect for the mission: - Zombies were only stunned for 60 seconds and can't move while stunned and can't catch anyone while stunned. - Humans grabbed has to immediately return to the Henry Grattan to "respawn" before heading back out to escort the VIP. Depending on which side won the mission one of the following could happen: - Random humans became zombies or random zombies became human. - The zombies would gain/lose hours left until they starved. The exact details of the mission and reward for the winning side have not been finalized but this should give you a good idea on what to expect and it's so much fun to do as well! Some last little rules for the event for the safety of you and everyone else playing or not. - No realistic looking weaponry. Weapons must be brightly colored. - Blasters may not be visible inside of academic buildings or jobs on campus. - Players may not use cars or play where there is traffic. - Foam darts must be harmless, and not cause any pain. - No Play Zones - Some Areas on Campus are "no play zones" where the game is permanently suspended. Dart blasters must be concealed and no players may be stunned or tagged. These areas include: - Academic buildings - The Library - Bathrooms - The Gym - Safe Zones - Some areas are merely 'safe zones', gameplay continues, but humans can not be tagged while they are inside the zone, unless a zombie can reach them with two feet outside of the zone. Humans in the safe zone can tag zombies who they feel may attack them as they leave the zone. Safe zones include: - Canteens - Campus Residences - The Street - Nubar - Spar - Old Bar Players found to be breaking any rules, intentionally or not, may be penalized in some way, or asked to leave the game entirely. All players are required to read the rules completely, so ignorance is no excuse. - Other Rules - - NEVER blast a non player, this is a bannable offence. - Athletes: Athletes are safe during official practices, but not on the way to or from practice. - Non players must not interfere with the game, in ways such as spying for a player. - A zombie must have both feet outside of a safe zone to tag a human. Humans can stun zombies from inside of a safe-zone. - Zombies may not attempt to damage or steal human weaponry including bullets. - Zombies may not use shields to deflect foam darts or socks. - Missions may change what is considered a safe zone. - Human deaths during missions don't count. - Zombies cannot steal guns or ammo from humans. - Keep your student ID on you at all times, don't argue with security if they have an issue with us running around with nerf guns. - Zombies can run. - Please, don't be a douche. That's about it and the website where the game will be run from will updated soon with the live game where you can sign up to! http://games.dcu.ie/hvz/index.php I believe that's everything that's happening this week and I'll see you next time! Don't forget to like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/DCU-Gamessoc/165346350341426 And follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/GamesSoc Until next time, Edward Moriarty GamesSoc Secretary 2015/16

8 years, 11 months

[Announce-gamessoc] HvZ postponed until week 5

by gamessoc＠redbrick.dcu.ie

Hey guys, bit of sad news today. Unfortunately Humans vs Zombies will have to be pushed back to week 5 (19th - 23rd) instead of taking place next week. This is because we wanted to be sure we could maximize our player base by better promoting HvZ during our events and in the hub next week, so we will be working hard to get everything in order and making Humans vs Zombies bigger than ever! If you don't know what HvZ is you can check out the rules at http://games.dcu.ie/hvz/rules.php We also have some older examples of some of the missions we run http://games.dcu.ie/hvz/missions.php We will also be taking sign ups at each of our events during the week. Until next time, Edward Moriarty GamesSoc Secretary 2015/16

8 years, 11 months

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