Hello everyone,

First off, welcome to Games Soc and thanks for signing up on the Clubs & Societies days, your money has been well spent! This is just an introductory mail to tell you what's going on this week.

-C&S days -Weekly events -Game programming -Brawl tournament -Intervarsity Gaming League

-C&S days- Both Clubs & Societies days were really successful this year, with Games Soc breaking it's membership record for fifth consecutive year with a grand total of 211 members. So once again, a big thanks to everyone who came out to support us and sign up.

Also congratulation to Ryan McCloskey, the winner of the Sega Megadrive raffle - the lucky number was 79.

-Weekly events- Now for the reason you all joined Games Soc in the first place: the gaming.

Traditional gaming will be on every Monday and Wednesday evening from 6pm in the Henry Gratten in CG20 so be sure to come along and get your fill of board games, card games, RPGs, war games and other non electronic games.

Console gaming starts off every Wednesday from 2pm. Unfortunately as of yet we still don't have a definite room set in stone. Fear not however as we shall most likely be set up somewhere visible in the Hub. Just follow the sound of Rock Band being played and you'll find us.

Last but not least, lab gaming makes its triumphant return in C204 in the Henry Grattan from 6pm on Thursdays. So if PC gaming is more your thing, come along and take part in games ranging from Counter Strike: Source, Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead to the likes of Dawn of War, Company of Heroes and Starcraft.

-Game Programming- For those of you who are interested in creating your own games, we are now holding programming tutorials every Tuesday from 5-6pm in L101 (that's the computing building). Don't worry if you're not a computing student, we have guest login details for anyone who wants to participate. So be sure to come along and check it out.

-Brawl tournament- Our first tournament of the year is happening in week 4 (thats Wednesday the 21st) with a free for all beat-em-up Super Smash Brothers Brawl tournament. Entry will only be €2 on the day, so be sure to join in for the chance to win snazzy prizes!

-Intervarsity Gaming League- This year we are participating in an intervarsity gaming league with several other colleges from around Dublin in a variety of gaming tournaments. So if you're interested in any way and would like to be part of the league or just want to see the list of games being played just send us a reply.

That's about it for this week. Be sure and sign up on our forums too at http://games.dcu.ie/forums and discuss all your favourite games or just want to talk about anything with your fellow Games Society members.

If you have any friends who haven't yet signed up, convince them to come along to an event where a committee member can take their details and have them registered in no time.

You can also e-mail us at games@redbrick.dcu.ie if you have any questions or suggestions at all.

Thanks, Seamus