Hey everyone!
Gah, where did semester two go?! Despite the time travelling wizardry
that means the semester is nearly over, we have buckets of events and
things to do.
Here's what is happening in GamesSoc:
- Trad Gaming
- Console Gaming: Soul Calibur Tournament
- PC Gaming
- Minecraft Server Whitelist
- Annual Table Quiz
- King of GamesSoc Closing Event
- - Trad Gaming - -
Trad gaming will be as always on twice this week, on both Monday and
Wednesday from 6pm to 10pm in XG01! One of our trad officers, Fionn,
will hopefully be running a game of Fiasco during Monday's session
also, so if you're interested in roleplay be sure to tag along! If
not, tag along anyway?
- - Console Gaming - -
This week Console gaming is in XG14 from 2pm to 6pm, and they're
holding a tournament in one of the best games ever, Soul Calibur.
Entry fee is two euro as always, and we'll be taking sign ups until
the tournament starts at 3pm. You think I could lose to the likes of
you? If you don't feel like playing it (apparently that's a thing) we
will have the usual other consoles and games there too.
- - PC Gaming - -
PC gaming will be on in C204 on both Tuesday and Thursday from 6pm to
10pm. Come along to mash a keyboard to the game of your choice, such
as Civ 5, Typing of the Dead, AoE2, and many more!
- - Minecraft Server Whitelist - -
Due to repeated issues with griefing and looting on the Minecraft
server, a whitelist has been set up. In order to join the whitelist,
you must be a paid member of GamesSoc and must request to be added.
Want to get in on it? Email us, or talk directly to our PC Events
Officers Rob or Padraig.
- - Annual Table Quiz - -
QUIZ QUIZ QUIZ QUIZ! Ahem. I mean, during week eleven we will be
holding our annual table quiz! We'll be holding it on the Thursday
(24th of April) 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, with an awesome prize,
but we'll tell you more about that in next weeks announce...
- - King of GamesSoc Closing Event - -
So after a year of giving out trophies and all of that, we must crown
our king! So of course, we're going to do it in style. During week
eleven we will be holding this on Wednesday (23rd of April) from 2pm
to 8pm in the Old Bar. This of course is a good chance to scope out a
team for our quiz the following day, and try to knock people off the
top of the leaderboard. Currently the leaderboard stands as follows:
1. Guy Sensei (Cormac) and skirmisher (Daire) with 7 trophies
3. esports (Evin) with 5 trophies
4. Zedheaded (Ed) with 4 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! Pizza will be provided on the night, and we'll finally
know who wins the crown!
That's all for this week!
Tríona Barrow
GamesSoc Secretary 2014/15
Hey everyone!
So apparently putting "Fatality" as the topic puts people on edge, so
we'll give your heart a rest this week! Week nine is underway this
week, but it's business as usual over here.
Here's what is going on in GamesSoc:
- Trad Gaming
- Console Gaming
- PC Gaming
- King of GamesSoc Event
- Annual Table Quiz
- Vaticon
- - Trad Gaming - -
Trad gaming in on as always twice this week, on Monday and Wednesday,
both from 6pm to 10pm in XG01. Come along to play some games and chill
out, such as Family Business, Loveletter, and more!
- - 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 will be on in C204 from 6pm to 10pm on both Tuesday and
Thursday this week. Come along to stress out both our incoming and
outgoing PC Events Officers, while shooting 'em up or playing virtual
cards.
- - King of GamesSoc Event - -
So as the year is winding down, it's getting closer to us announcing
this year's King of GamesSoc! So of course we have to hold an awesome
event to celebrate. Think you know who's going to win? Think again,
we'll be giving out loads of trophies at the closing event to shake
things up! More details to follow.
- - Annual Table Quiz - -
It's that time of year again, where the committee will make you
scratch your heads in exchange for lovely prizes! More details to
follow, but mark down the 24th of April in your diaries.
- - Vaticon - -
Vaticon is on this weekend in UCD (11th to 13th April)! Weekend
tickets are only a fiver, and there will be LARPs, RPGs, CCGs,
Pathfinder, tabletop, wargaming and videogames all on offer.
Even better you can get the 11 from outside DCU right there too.
Follow the links below for more information.
Website: http://vaticon.ie/
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/485977651514502/
Hope you guys are staying sane, and good luck with any looming
deadlines!
Your frazzled secretary,
Tríona Barrow
GamesSoc Secretary 2014/15
Hey everyone!
It's week eight already, which means that semester two is stepping
into hardcore mode for most of us! Don't worry though, you can still
set your spawn to GamesSoc in order to recharge your health and mana,
Here's what is going on this week:
- Trad Gaming
- Console Gaming: Mortal Kombat Tournament!
- PC Gaming
- - Trad Gaming - -
Trad gaming in on as always twice this week, on Monday and Wednesday,
both from 6pm to 10pm in XG01. During Monday's session our first year
representative, Milena, will be running a small Dominion tournament.
Not your style? Come along anyway to play some Bang!, catch some
Werewolves, or even TransAmerica.
- - Console Gaming - -
Console gaming is running from 2pm to 6pm in XG14 this week! We had
some technical difficulties last week, which meant our Mortal Kombat
tournament couldn't go ahead. That's ok though, because we're holding
it this week instead! Signups cost two euro a head, an the tournament
should start around 3pm. So, what should we do besides standing around
looking pretty?
- - PC Gaming - -
PC Gaming, everyone's favourite weekly event, will be on in C204 from
6pm to 10pm on both Tuesday and Thursday this week. Come shoot zombies
and build with virtual Lego for a few hours. Our new PC events
officer, Rob, will also be arranging a Minecraft trophy for Tuesday
night, and a Hearthstone trophy for Thursday night!
That's all for this week!
Tríona Barrow
GamesSoc Secretary 2014/15
Hey guys,
Last week we had our Annual General Meeting, in which we voted in our
committee for the next year. Thanks to all who showed up, and
congratulations to next year's committee, I'm sure you'll all do a
great job. The full list of newly elected members can be seen below.
Also, due to third year projects and the amount of stress they cause,
we decided to postpone our Unreal Tournament tournament until this
Tuesday at 6pm.
--AGM Results--
--Trad Gaming: Mon 6pm - 10pm, Wed 6pm - 10pm XG01--
--PC Gaming: Tues 6pm - 10pm, Thurs 6pm - 10pm C204--
--PC Gaming Tournament: Unreal Tournament 2004: Thurs 6pm - 10pm C204--
--Console Gaming Tournament: Mortal Kombat: Wed 2pm - 6pm XG14--
--AGM Results--
Congratulations to all below for their positions on the next committee
of GamesSoc. Thanks to all of our members for a great year this year.
Chairperson: Kilian Sullivan
Secretary: Tríona Barrow
Treasurer: Michael Clonan
PRO: Martin Nolan
Trips & Events Officer: Freddie Hayden
Consoles Officer: Sam Mc Keague
PC Officer: Rob McGrane
Trad Officers: Fionn Mitchell & Aisling Hurley
Webmaster: Edward Moriarty
Good luck to all of you for next year.
--Trad Gaming--
After the disruption that St. Patrick's Day caused last Monday, Trad
Gaming is back in full swing with some new games added to our already
extensive catalogue. So, come along to play new games and have fun and
stuff.
--PC Gaming Tournament--
Due to our current PC Officer's third year project being due on
Friday, we had to postpone our Unreal Tournament 2004 Tournament until
this Thursday. The details remain the same, it'll start at 7pm and
entry is EURO 2. PC Gaming will also be on on Tuesday, and you can play
whatever you want then.
--Console Gaming Tournament--
Console Gaming has a Mortal Kombat tournament for the PS3 this
Wednesday, signups again cost EURO 2 and it'll start at about 3pm.
Something, something, something, other games and consoles.
That's all, folks,
Niall Gaffney
Hey guys,
As I'm sure you all know because you read the emails all the time,
we'll be having our AGM this Wednesday. As well as that, we've got all
of our usual events on as well, so read on to find out exactly what's
going on this week in GamesSoc.
--AGM: Wed 6pm - 7pm, XG01--
--Trad Gaming: Wed 7pm - 10pm XG01--
--PC Gaming: Tues 6pm - 10pm, Thurs 6pm - 10pm C204--
--PC Gaming Tournament: Unreal Tournament 2004: Thurs 6pm - 10pm C204--
--Console Gaming: Wed 2pm - 6pm XG14--
--AGM--
This week our AGM will take place in XG01 at 6pm. We'll be electing an
entirely new committee. If you want to run for any position, please
email
us by the end of Monday.
--Trad Gaming--
Trad Gaming won't be on this Monday due to college being closed as it
is St Patrick's Day, but it'll be back after our AGM on Wednesday in
XG01, so you can vote for people and you won't even have to move to
play some games after!
--PC Gaming--
This Thursday we'll be having an Unreal Tournament 2004 Tournament in
PC Gaming. As is normal, it'll start at 7pm and signups will be taken
on the day, and it'll cost EURO 2 to enter. If you, like me, don't play
twitchy shooters, you can come along anyway and play whatever you want
on either Tuesday or Thursday in C204.
--Console Gaming--
Pre-AGM Console Gaming will take place in XG14 as normal this week. So
come along and play whatever it is you play at Console Gaming.
Have fun,
Niall Gaffney
DCU Networking Society Helpdesk 2013-2014
DCU Games Society Secretary 2013-2014
Yo,
This week, we're announcing our AGM, and also, in Consoles, we'll be
having a Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament! So, read below to see
what's happening.
--AGM--
--Trad Gaming: Mon 6pm - 10pm XG01, Wed 6pm - 10pm XG01--
--PC Gaming: Tues 6pm - 10pm, Thurs 6pm - 10pm C204--
--Console Gaming Tournament: Super Smash Bros. Brawl: Wed 2pm - 6pm
XG14--
--AGM--
We'll be holding our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday the 19th of
March at 6:00 pm. At the AGM, we'll be electing our new committee for
next year. If you wish to run for any position, please email the
committee to express your interest by Monday the 17th by the latest.
The following positions will be available:
Chairperson
Secretary
Treasurer
Webmaster
Public Relations Officer
Console Events Officer
PC Events Officer
Trips & Events Officer
2 Traditional & Tabletop Gaming Officers
If you have any questions about any of the positions on the committee,
feel free to email us asking about it. We will be confirming the
location
of the AGM next weekend.
--Trad Gaming--
Trad Gaming will be on as usual on Monday and Wednesday in XG01 from
6pm to 10pm both days. Go along to enjoy some traditional games, and
stuff.
--PC Gaming--
After the hugely entertaining Minecraft tournament that was run last
week, PC Gaming goes back to its normal affair with plenty to be
played, even if you don't have your own Steam account!
--Console Gaming Tournament--
We'll be playing Super Smash Bros Brawl on the Wii this week as our
Console Gaming tournament. It'll cost the usual EURO 2 to enter and
we'll
be taking signups until the tournament starts at 3pm. If you don't
want to participate, go along and play on our PS3, Xbox 360s or Wii U!
Enjoy,
Niall Gaffney
DCU Networking Society Helpdesk 2013-2014
DCU Games Society Secretary 2013-2014
Hey all,
We're a quarter of the way through the semester, and this week, we've
got a special PC gaming tournament in store for you all! We've also
got some good news about the hoodies, so make sure you read below if
you ordered one!
--Hoodies--
--Trad Gaming: Mon 6pm - 10pm XG01, Wed 6pm - 10pm XG01--
--PC Gaming: Tues 6pm - 10pm, Thurs 6pm - 10pm C204--
--PC Gaming Tournament: Minecraft: Thurs 6pm - 10pm C204--
--Console Gaming: Wed 2pm - 6pm XG14--
--Hoodies--
We received the shipment of hoodies on Friday, so anyone who ordered
one will be able to collect theirs at any of our events. If you aren't
able to make it to our events, please email the committee to organise
an alternative time to collect your hoodie.
--Trad Gaming--
As usual, we have Traditional & Tabletop gaming in XG01 on Monday and
Wednesday from 6pm - 10pm. We'll have a wide variety of games for you
to play on both days, so head on down and have some fun!
--PC Gaming--
This week's PC Gaming tournament is Minecraft! Our PC Events Officer,
Padraig, will be running an Ultra Hardcore map for Thursday evening.
Players will team up in teams of two, but only one person can win!
The usual EURO 2 entry fee applies, and the tournament will start at
7pm
on Thursday.
If you aren't around for the tournament, you can play pretty much
whatever you want on the lab PCs on Tuesday and Thursday from 6pm -
10pm.
--Console Gaming--
Congratulations to Mark and Jamie who came first and second
respectively in our Need for Speed Rivals tournament. It was great fun
and we hope everyone enjoyed it.
As for this week, Console Gaming goes back to normal with plenty of
the usual games in XG14 from 2pm - 6pm on Wednesday. Hope to see you
all there!
Enjoy the week,
Niall Gaffney
DCU Networking Society Helpdesk 2013-2014
DCU Games Society Secretary 2013-2014
Hey all,
This week we have a special tournament in conjunction with
Entertainment One Films and Gamestop. More information can be found
below! Anyway, we hope everyone was happy with their exam results!
--Trad Gaming: Mon 6pm - 10pm XG01, Wed 6pm - 10pm XG01--
--PC Gaming: Tues 6pm - 10pm, Thurs 6pm - 10pm C204--
--Console Gaming 2pm - 6pm XG14--
--Console Gaming Tournament: Need for Speed--
--Trad Gaming--
Once again, Trad gaming will take place at 6pm, Monday and Wednesday,
in XG01. If you haven't been to trad before, why not start going now?
It's plenty of fun, and you'll meet some new people!
--PC Gaming--
PC gaming continues this week after the Team Fortress 2 tournament
last Thursday in C204 on Tuesday and Thursday. Whether you play
Minecraft, Dota 2, or anything else, there's probably some games that
will suit you.
--Console Gaming Tournament--
Console gaming will be on in XG14 again this week, with a special
tournament as well! We'll be playing the new Need for Speed game,
which is based on the upcoming film.
The winner of the tournament will take home a copy of Need For Speed
on PS3, as well as two tickets to the preview screening of the film.
The tournament will cost the usual EURO 2 to enter, and we'll be taking
signups until 3pm, at which point the tournament will start.
We'd like to take this opportunity to thank Gamestop for providing us
with a copy of the game, as well as Krust Bakery, who will be giving
us some food for the event.
Have a good week.
Regards,
Niall Gaffney
DCU Networking Society Helpdesk 2013-2014
DCU Games Society Secretary 2013-2014
