Hey everyone!
Waka waka waka waka waka waka... (Or do a Shakira on it, I'm torn to be
honest.)
Here's what is happening this week!
- Console Gaming
- Trad Gaming
- Game Development Meetup
- Humans Vs Zombies
- King of GamesSoc
- Retro Gaming
- - Console Gaming - -
Consoles gaming will be on as always this week from 1pm to 5pm on
Wednesday is XG16. We'll have the normal consoles set up, so you can
go and play games and stuff. (Can you tell I don't go to consoles?)
- - Trad Gaming - -
We will have traditional and tabletop training running only on
Wednesday this week from 5pm to 10pm. The bank holiday swallowed
Monday's session - but a three day weekend was worth it, right? Come
along and play an assortment of games, like Bang, Family Business and
all that jazz.
- - Game Development Meetup - -
Last weeks meetup went well, so we'll be meeting up again this Tuesday
(tomorrow) from 6pm onwards again. Even if you missed last week's
meetup
you can still come along this week! Room will be confirmed tomorrow
once
bookings get back to us.
- - Humans Vs Zombies - -
Humans Vs Zombies will be returning to campus this year! Get your
socks and nerf guns ready to fight the zombie plague. We'll be holding
it as a weeklong event during week 8, and will set up the website for
signups over the coming week. For our new members, Human Vs Zombies is
a campus wide game that begins with some Original Zombies, who then
infect humans. Zombies must feed, or they will starve, and humans must
try to stay alive.
Have a look at the rules here http://games.dcu.ie/hvz/rules.php
- - King of GamesSoc - -
King of GamesSoc is returning this year! For the new members, this is
a competition for members of the society to fight out for the place of
king. You win trophies by winning tournaments, as well as
participating in random quests. Last year we crowned Cormac Clare as
our king, however Evin McMahon claimed the first trophy by winning the
first tournament. Who will be your king this year?
- - Retro Gaming - -
Retro gaming returns as well as everything else this year. We'll be
setting up in the NuBar on Thursday evening with the televisions and
some retro gaming consoles and running tournaments. Tournaments will
depend on what hardware we can get our hands on, however we hope to
hold a Crash Team Racing, Golden Axe duel mode, and Super Mario Bros
battle mode tournaments. Come along to try and win some drinks
vouchers, we'll be there from 6pm onwards down on the dance floor!
We'll also be holding a Pacman tournament. Waka waka waka...
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
Want to watch Ed and Rob dick around and talk about the announce?
http://youtu.be/sJaT3zS6TJs
IT'S TIME FOR AFREEKA! (That's all for this week.)
Tríona Barrow
GamesSoc Secretary 2014/15
Hey everyone!
Sorry for the spam this week, this is just a follow up email for this
weeks announce.
- Game Development Meetup
- Gaelcon
- King of GamesSoc
- - Game Development Meetup - -
For anyone who was able to attend the EGM, you would have heard that
we intend on making a game this year. For anyone who is interested,
we'll be holding a meeting on Thursday at 6pm in CG03. If you have
any interest we'd love to see you there - whether it's in the actual
code, animations, storyline, etc.
- - Gaelcon - -
Gaelcon is back this year from the 24th to the 27th of October in the
Ballsbridge hotel. Gaelcon has a whole host of events on this year,
from the normal LARPs, CCGs, RPGs and wargames to some tournaments -
including some favourites from trad gaming - like Dominion and Love
Letter. If you're interested in attending this weekend, reply to this
email, as we have arranged for 20 members who will be going to receive
60% of the entrance fee back on provision of their receipt.
If we get a group of at minimum ten people we can apply for the group
rate, so far four people have expressed their interest. So if you're
interested, let us know, because it will work out cheaper for you!
Check out more information here http://www.gaelcon.com/
- - King of GamesSoc - -
King of GamesSoc is returning this year! For the new members, this is
a competition for members of the society to fight out for the place of
king. You win trophies by winning tournaments, as well as participating
in random quests. Will Cormac defend his crown from last year? Only you
can decide! We'll be kicking it off once the leaderboard from last year
is reset on the website.
Thanks,
Tríona Barrow
GamesSoc Secretary 2014/15
Hey everyone!
Whaaaaat? How is it week 5 already?
Here's what's happening this week!
- Trad Gaming
- Joint Anime Viewing
- Console Gaming - FIFA12
- Game Development Meetup
- Gaelcon
- EGM Results
- - Trad Gaming - -
As always our wonderful trad gaming will be on both Monday and
Wednesday in XG01. On Monday it will be running from 6pm to 10pm,
while on Wednesday it will be running from 5pm to 10pm, after console
gaming. Come along and play Werewolf and Ninja!
- - Joint Anime Viewing - -
We'll be holding a joint viewing with the Anime and Manga society this
Tuesday! We'll be watching some gaming related anime up in C104 from
5pm to 9pm. Come along and chill out for a few hours!
- - Console Gaming - -
Console gaming as always will be on from 1pm to 5pm in XG16. This week
we'll be holding a tournament in FIFA12 on PS3. Signups as always cost
two euro, and the tournament kicks off at 2pm. Will you be celebrating
goals, or falling out of the league? For anyone who isn't interested,
our usual consoles will be set up also.
- - Game Development Meetup - -
For anyone who was able to attend the EGM, you would have heard that
we intend on making a game this year. For anyone who is interested,
we'll be holding a meeting on Thursday at 6pm. The room will be
confirmed, but if you have any interest we'd love to see you there -
whether it's in the actual code, animations, storyline, etc.
- - Gaelcon - -
Gaelcon is back this year from the 24th to the 27th of October in the
Ballsbridge hotel. Gaelcon has a whole host of events on this year,
from the normal LARPs, CCGs, RPGs and wargames to some tournaments -
including some favourites from trad gaming - like Dominion and Love
Letter. If you're interested in attending this weekend, reply to this
email, as we have arranged for 20 members who will be going to receive
60% of the entrance fee back on provision of their receipt.
Check out more information here http://www.gaelcon.com/
- - EGM Results - -
We held out EGM on Wednesday in order to deal with election of
committee members and the adoption of the SLC constitution. As a
result of this, the SLC constitution has been adopted by the society,
and some of our fellow members were elected to positions as follows:
Treasurer: Paul Tierney
Trips and Events Officer: Hazel Egan
PC Events and Server Officer: Cillian Lambe
First Year Representative: Izzy Thiel
Congratulations to the new committee members and thanks to everyone
who came along to make their voice heard.
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
This week sees the triumphant return of the announce video, watch the
video when it goes live tomorrow morning at
http://www.youtube.com/user/GamesSoc/videos
That's all for this week!
Tríona Barrow
GamesSoc Secretary 2014/15
Hey everyone!
We're getting to a third of the way through the semester! This week as
always is full of GamesSoc events to keep you entertained.
Here's what's happening this week!
- Trad Gaming
- Golem Arcana
- Console Gaming
- EGM
- Gaelcon
- PC Gaming
- - Trad Gaming - -
Trad as always will be running on
both Monday and Wednesday in XG01. On Monday it will be running from
6pm to 10pm, while on Wednesday it will be running slightly earlier,
from 5pm to 10pm. Come along and try out something new, like
Lifeboats, or one of our enthusiastic games of Werewolves. Just don't
trust Nicole...
- - Golem Arcana - -
During Monday's trad session we will have Declan Lowry coming in with
a copy of Golem Arcana for a demo of the game. The game is a miniature
board game with digital elements, as created by Harebrained Schemes
thanks to their successful Kickstarter last year. Room is yet to be
confirmed, but it will be running during the normal trad hours of 6pm
to 10pm. Find out more information at http://golemarcana.com/ or by
watching their launch video at http://youtu.be/08Vv0TUPe0k
- - Console Gaming - -
Consoles will be up and running this week in XG16 as usual from 1pm to
5pm. Come along and pwn some n00bs with our normal games and consoles
set up. Tournament to follow during next weeks session.
- - EGM - -
We'll be holding our EGM on Wednesday of this week at 6pm in XG01.
(Yes I know the last email said 5pm, it's actually 6pm.) We have a few
things to cover in this EGM, as follows:
- Adoption of the SLC Constitution
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23040279/Gamessoc%20Consitution%20updat…
- Addition of a second PC Events Officer
- Election of Committee Positions - First Year Representative, Trips
and Events Officer, Treasurer, PC Events Officer (vote pending)
- AOB
If you are interested in running for any of these positions, you must
email your interest to games(a)redbrick.dcu.ie before 6pm the day before
(Tuesday) to ensure you can run for the position. Join the event on
Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/802049679818102/
- - Gaelcon - -
Gaelcon is back this year from the 24th to the 27th of October in the
Ballsbridge hotel. Gaelcon has a whole host of events on this year,
from the normal LARPs, CCGs, RPGs and wargames to some tournaments -
including some favourites from trad gaming - like Dominion and Love
Letter. If you're interested in going, please reply to this email by
Wednesday, as we are trying to arrange for a discount for GamesSoc
members.
- - PC Gaming - -
PC GAMING IS BACK GUISE! ...For one week only. The PCs still aren't
sorted out, but on Thursday from 6pm onwards we will be hosting a
joint event with Pokémon soc. We'll be running a Pokémon Showdown
tournament up in C204. Signups cost one euro and there will be a prize
given to the winner on the night.
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
Unfortunately we don't have an announce video for this week, however
your regular broadcast should return to normal next week.
That's all for this week!
Tríona Barrow
GamesSoc Secretary 2014/15
Hey guys!
We've got a new guy joining us today fresh out of selection. His
name's Soap. Which means all the newbies have been added to the
mailing list and have started coming along to our events! Welcome to a
new year of GamesSoc - we signed up around 200 members this year, so
we're looking forward to seeing you at events during the next year.
- Trad Gaming
- Console Gaming - Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- Fresher's Ball
- EGM
- WinterLAN
- - Trad Gaming - -
Come one, come all, to trad gaming! Trad as always will be running on
both Monday and Wednesday in XG01. On Monday it will be running from
6pm to 10pm, while on Wednesday it will be running slightly earlier,
from 5pm to 10pm. Come along and try out something new, like Last
Night On Earth and Resistance.
- - Console Gaming - -
Consoles will be running this week in XG16 on Wednesday, from 1pm to
5pm again. This week we'll be running a Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
tournament. Old school mode rules will apply, and we'll be taking
signups from 1pm, and starting the tournament at 2pm. Signups are two
euro per person. Not your thing? We'll have the rest of the consoles
set up as normal too.
- - Fresher's Ball - -
We'll be holding our annual fresher's ball this Thursday from 8pm
onwards. It's a great chance to chill out and meet other members of
the society, all in the familiar surroundings of the NuBar. Come along
and relax with friends, there will be food on the night!
- - EGM - -
We'll be holding our EGM on Wednesday the 15th of October (week four)
at 5pm in XG01. We have a few things to cover in this EGM, as follows:
- Adoption of the SLC Constitution
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23040279/Gamessoc%20Consitution%20updat…
- Addition of a second PC Events Officer
- Election of Committee Positions - First Year Representative, Trips
and Events Officer, Treasurer, PC Events Officer (vote pending)
- AOB
If you are interested in running for any of these positions, you must
email your interest to games(a)redbrick.dcu.ie before 6pm the day before
(Tuesday the 14th) to ensure you can run for the position.
- - WinterLAN - -
Members of GamesSoc have been invited to attend WinterLAN, an eSport
and Gaming event. WinterLAN will be taking place over November 15/16th
at the O'Callaghan Alexander Hotel. Games being played will include
League of Legends, Call of Duty, Starcraft 2, Pokémon X/Y VGC and a
YuGiOh TCG tournament! Interested? Check out the event page
here:https://www.facebook.com/events/664113997018219/ or the Facebook
group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1440467086176211/
Don't forget to like our page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/DCU-Gamessoc/165346350341426
or follow us on Twitter
https://twitter.com/GamesSoc
Or watch Rob and Ed insult console gamers in the video announce
http://youtu.be/4p_ZN8E1NzI
That's all for this week!
Tríona Barrow
GamesSoc Secretary 2014/15
Hey guys!
It's week two, which means that we're all getting used to being back
in college. That's ok though, because college means more GamesSoc!
- Clubs and Societies Days
- Trad Gaming
- Consoles Gaming
- Fresher's Ball
- Humans Vs Zombies
- EGM
- Snakes and Ladders with RAW
- - Clubs and Societies Days - -
Yay, it's time to rejoin your favourite society! (That's us, right?)
We'll be signing up new and old members over the next three days,
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Come along to see your favourite
committee members, who will sign you up for the normal four euro for
the year. And of course, we'll have some sweets to try and brib- I
mean, entice you to join. Find us at booth 78 in the back of the Old
Bar.
- - Trad Gaming - -
Trad as always will be running on both Monday and Wednesday in XG01.
On Monday it will be running from 6pm to 10pm, while on Wednesday it
will be running slightly earlier, from 5pm to 10pm. Woo more trad!
Just don't ask Stephen about seagulls...
- - Consoles Gaming - -
Consoles will be running this Wednesday in XG16 from 1pm to 5pm. We
will be starting tournaments from week three onwards, so this gives
you a chance to chill out before the competitiveness starts!
- - Fresher's Ball - -
We're planning to host a Fresher's Ball during week three to welcome
our new members as well as our old members back to GamesSoc. More
details to follow next week!
- - Humans Vs Zombies - -
Humans Vs Zombies, our now annual event will be returning to DCU
campus during week six! Prepare your socks and nerf guns, and be
prepared for some zombie fighting action.
- - EGM - -
We will be holding our EGM during week four in order to elect a new
First Year Representative, Trips and Events Officer, and Treasurer. In
order to run, you must first email your interest in a position to
games(a)redbrick.dcu.ie. More details to follow in next weeks announce.
- - Snakes and Ladders with RAW - -
RAW (Raising Animal Welfare) Soc have invited GamesSoc members to
participate in a game of Giant Snakes and Ladders! The game will be
kicking off on Wednesday from 1pm to 3pm, if consoles isn't your
thing.
Want this announce in a more... Video based format?
Check out our new weekly announce video, as filmed on our Minecraft
server by our PC Events Officer Rob and Webmaster Ed!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqvU-BKLaaQ
Looking forward to seeing you soon!
Tríona Barrow
GamesSoc Secretary 2014/15
Hey everyone!
Welcome back to another year of college and gaming related adventures!
We're all looking forward to the year ahead, and while it's only
fresher's week we still have some of our events on.
Here's what's going on with GamesSoc:
- Trad Gaming
- Console Gaming
- - Trad Gaming - -
Trad gaming will be running twice this week, the same as last year. On
Monday and Wednesday, it will be running from 6pm to 10pm in XG01.
Come along to catch up with people after the summer break and play
some games and stuff.
- - Console Gaming - -
Consoles will also be running this Wednesday. We'll be setting up the
usual consoles and games in XG16 from 2pm to 5pm. The shorter time is
due to the time period we can access the Helix basement. However we
can still have some button mashing fun, and shout obscenities at each
other (just like old times...)!
We're working on getting PC Gaming running again, however it may take
some time to get everything sorted out.
Looking forward to seeing you soon!
Tríona Barrow
GamesSoc Secretary 2014/15
Hey guys,
For everyone who is currently on the list for Qcon, we would like a
twenty euro deposit from you guys.As per the last announce, we want
you to get this in by this Friday to either Freddie or Kilian so we
can finalise the bookings. However, if you do want to pay the full
amount (twenty three for two nights, or forty seven for three nights)
we won't say no!
We will also be organising transport up to Belfast for Qcon, and we
will have a return bus also for those staying three nights. This will
be extra, but once we've confirmed the list we'll be able to book it
and give a proper cost.
Good luck in exams!
Tríona Barrow
DCU GamesSoc 2014/15
Hey everyone!
Hold me now... Sorry about how late this email is going out!
Here's what's going on with GamesSoc:
- Trad Gaming
- Console Gaming
- PC Gaming
- King of GamesSoc
- Qcon
- - Trad Gaming - -
Trad gaming will be as always on twice this week, on both Monday and
Wednesday from 6pm to 10pm in XG01! If you really want to go to the
Monday session, I'd advise hopping into that time machine of yours!
Come along to play some games and relax. We'll also be running
trad sessions during the summer as well, so if you're in Dublin you
can still get your games related fix!
- - Console Gaming - -
Console gaming is running from 2pm to 6pm in XG14 this week! Come
along to get some button mashing therapy from those assignments and
exams. We'll have the regular consoles out with all of the favourites.
- - PC Gaming - -
PC Gaming is on this week on Tuesday and Thursday from 6pm to 10pm. On
Thursday we’ll be holding the last tournament of the year, so come
along to play Hearthstone against your fellow members. Sign ups start
at 6pm, and cost two euro per head. Tournament will start at 7pm! Come
along to play other games either, if you want, I guess.
- - King of GamesSoc - -
We held our King of GamesSoc event last week in order to crown this
year’s king. After some stiff competition on the day, we are proud to
announce Cormac Clare (Guy Sensei) as this year’s King of GamesSoc.
Well done Cormac!
- - Qcon - -
Ermahgerd QuerCern! Qcon will be on in QUB from the 20th to the 24th
of June, and we're going! It'll be twenty three euro without travel
for two nights, or forty seven for three nights - we'll hopefully be
organising a bus up and back which will be a little extra. For our
associate members it will be sixty six euro for two nights, or ninety
for the three nights, excluding travel also. We're taking names for
our group bookings now, so reply to this email if you're interested in
attending as we only have ten places still available! We're also
taking deposits for those already on the list, you must get twenty
euro to either Freddie or Kilian before the 23rd of May.
That's all for this week, good luck in exams!
Tríona Barrow
GamesSoc Secretary 2014/15
Hey everyone!
Holy announce Batman! The semester is going far too quickly...
Here's what's going on with GamesSoc:
- PC Gaming
- King of GamesSoc Closing Event
- Annual Table Quiz
- Qcon
- - PC Gaming - -
PC Gaming is on this week on Tuesday from 6pm to 10pm. It's the only
regularly scheduled event still running as normal this week, thanks to
all of our other events and the bank holiday! Come along to play
games, or laugh at Rob, our incoming PC Events Officer.
- - King of GamesSoc Closing Event - -
We will be holding our closing event on Wednesday from 2pm to 8pm in
the Old Bar. This of course is your last chance to try to claim the
crown as your own for this year! Currently the top of the leaderboard
stands as follows:
1. Guy Sensei (Cormac) and skirmisher (Daire) with 7 trophies
3. esports (Evin) with 5 trophies
We're going to hold trad and console tournaments, as well as having
random trophy drops in order to keep the end result all up in the air.
If enough people bring their laptops, we'll also run some PC
tournaments! A ridiculous amount of pizza will be provided on the
night, and we'll finally know who wins the crown. So who's going to be
your king this year?
- - Annual Table Quiz - -
We'll be holding it on the Thursday from 7pm onwards. Be sure to get
down to the NuBar early to grab a seat. It's three euro per head, or
twelve euro for a team, and you have a chance to win some fabulous
prizes!
1st Prize: Assortment of Games (PS3, Xbox 360, PC and Wii)
2nd Prize: Assortment of Trad Games
3rd Prize: Sweets
We'll also have a raffle running on the night, which means you can win
a N64 with two controllers, Doom 64 and GoldenEye 007. Tickets will be
one euro each, or a strip of five for three euro. See you there!
- - Qcon - -
Ermahgerd Quer Cern! Qcon will be on in QUB from the 20th to the 24th
of June, and we're going! It'll be twenty three euro without travel
for two nights, or fourty seven for three nights - we'll hopefully be
organising a bus up and back which will be a little extra. For our
associate members it will be sixty six euro for two nights, or ninety
for the three nights, excluding travel also. We're taking names for
our group bookings now, so reply to this email if you're interested
in attending as we only have thirty places available!
That's all for this week, hope you guys enjoyed the extra long weekend!
Tríona Barrow
GamesSoc Secretary 2014/15
