Clubs And Societies Day

Anarking

Anyone know what day its on or have I missed it again?

CGorman

heard its 2nd nd 3rd of oct

Rhyme

3rd and 4th... have to re-new my subscriptions

CGorman

was fairly close off the top of my head...

Anarking

Maybe this time ill actually go to some of the societies. But I doubt it.



hmm, whats actually worth joining?

johnny_ultimate

Is it frowned upon to join the Murder She Wrote society without any interest at all in the works of Lady Lanesbury? The wake sounded like great fun to me... Well, have to see their stand. If Angela's there I might be impressed enough to join. MIGHT.

CGorman

they told us bout the wake during orientation... was sold on it by the syllable "jame"!

Winters

johnny_ultimate wrote:

Is it frowned upon to join the Murder She Wrote society without any interest at all in the works of Lady Lanesbury? The wake sounded like great fun to me... Well, have to see their stand. If Angela's there I might be impressed enough to join. MIGHT.

Are they even still running this year? I thought they fell apart last year due to being ****e. *shrugs*

Games Soc ftw.

robnubis

aye, Games Soc ftw.

Also, join Redbrick.

IgsTer

yeah im gonna join redbrick,games soc and maybe one other..dont know what it will be doh..prob a sport or poker or something

johnny_ultimate

I was thinking of joining games and Media Production. What's redbrick exactly?

IgsTer

its supposed to be a networking socitey..which means alot of chatting etc online i think using stuff liie irc and chat programs but im not sure..its supposed ta really help ya if your in comp apps because the people your talking to would most likely have done the course..

robnubis

Redbrick is DCU's networking society.

www.redbrick.dcu.ie

tis a must if you are doing computing tbh.

johnny_ultimate

Ah yes remember being told about that now.

Anarking

Are games soc actually going to do anything this year?

public_enemy

yes? They did a lot last year you know. Console and lab gaming every week? Halo tournaments? Mario Kart Tournaments? Lans? Their own CS server?

And it'll be even better this year.

johnny_ultimate

public_enemy wrote:

yes? They did a lot last year you know. Console and lab gaming every week? Halo tournaments? Mario Kart Tournaments? Lans? Their own CS server?

And it'll be even better this year.

I think Ill be joining that one alright. Just wondering though, is there wi fi access in the college? I gave Mario Kart a whirl on the DS the other day at lunch yet i couldnt log in...

RoB`

Probably going to join RedBrick for sure already an irc addict so another server of people to annoy
Was thinking of Games Soc but the flyer that said Console games Society kinda turned me off it PC>Console and FPS>*
And Murder She Wrote Appreciation Soc sounded great =D cos I am reall interested in that programme really I am *cough*WHISKEY*cough*

Any other Soc's or clubs u would recommend?

public_enemy

The flyer was just for the console event, not the society! Games Soc do loads for pc gaming, the lans and lab gaming were great last year.

RoB`

Sounds good =D what sort of PC games? any of the UT series?

public_enemy

Yeah we had a fair bit of UT2004 at the last lan, was good fun.

Lab gaming will have Quake 3, Starcraft, and of course, Counter Strike.

RoB`

UT99>2k4

Yay for Quake 3 =D Not a big fan of CS. Realism in games? no thtx :P
Never played Starcraft but gives me a reason to try it out now.

Cy_Revenant

Join Redbrick. You'll thank us all for it later.

Join Gamessoc and STOCS, then you'll be able to play every kind of game, from PC, console, and tabletop rpgs, wargames and boardgames.

Also, if you have an interest in anime or manga join AMS.

RoB`

Cy_Revenant wrote:

Join Redbrick. You'll thank us all for it later.

Join Gamessoc and STOCS, then you'll be able to play every kind of game, from PC, console, and tabletop rpgs, wargames and boardgames.

Also, if you have an interest in anime or manga join AMS.

Yeah was also looking at Anime Soc but what do u's do?
And was is the STOCS? D&D etc.?

Anarking

You play any bf2 at the lab gaming thing?

RoB`

Anarking wrote:

You play any bf2 at the lab gaming thing?

one of the things I notice about games he says are played on gaming lab is that non are big or new games. So I doubt bf2 would be played.
So I would guess bf2 would be played at a LAN like UT2k4 is.

Smyth182

What kind of PS2 stuff gets played?

public_enemy

Anarking wrote:

You play any bf2 at the lab gaming thing?

Well I wasn't involved with setting it up last year, but I don't think the computers we have are up for it. We'll certainly look into it again though!

As for PS2 games? Pro Evo was very popular every week last year, but anyone can bring their own games along and they'll be played. Hopefully there'll be some Guitar Hero this year. \o/

cognos

I missed clubs&socs day last year and it was impossible trying to join anything afterwords

Anyone know a good sports club where you dont have to be any good at the sport to join? Does the tennis club like beginners? Thinkin I might like to give that a go.

public_enemy

Archery were pretty friendly to beginners. That said, I only went to once practice.... it was fun though!

sunnyjim

cognos wrote:

I missed clubs&socs day last year and it was impossible trying to join anything afterwords

Every year there are 2 Clubs and Socs says, so how did you miss 'em both?? Well anyway, here is something that freshers and others alike should note - YOU CAN JOIN A CLUB/SOC @ ANY TIME OF THE YEAR. Just pop up to the clubs and socs officer (Not quite sure if thats woh, I'll get back to ya) and ask to be put on a club/soc. Sometimes you get away without having to pay the €4

johnny_ultimate

By the way what's the Ultimate Frisbee club like? Im a huge fan of Frisbee and would love to join....

Ferror

I'd really recommend joining the Caving club - having joined pretty much everything worth mentioning in first and second year, this is the one that's managed to stick!

You're always doing something fun/crazy, they're loads of drunken weekends away and some cute girls thrown in for good measure + in the summer they even run trips abroad to places like the Yorkshire dales, France and Romania.

They're a really active club and go out every week too. Freshers always welcome and you can turn up to training at the climbing wall (wed 5pm) to get an intro to rope techniques. :cool:

View the badly hosted redbrick website to see more: http://jakarta.redbrick.dcu.ie/~caving/index.jsp

The other club i'd recommend is the Hellfish surf and sail club (formerly dcu hellfish sailing club), another really active club teaching sailing, surfing and windsurfing, with trips throughout the year too! They also compete against the other universities in Ireland which is always a great laugh. Check 'em out on clubs and socs day

Ferror

sunnyjim wrote:

Every year there are 2 Clubs and Socs says, so how did you miss 'em both?? Well anyway, here is something that freshers and others alike should note - YOU CAN JOIN A CLUB/SOC @ ANY TIME OF THE YEAR. Just pop up to the clubs and socs officer (Not quite sure if thats woh, I'll get back to ya) and ask to be put on a club/soc. Sometimes you get away without having to pay the €4

It REALLY is best to join on the first clubs and socs day as joining at other times in the year, while perfectly ok, messes up the club or society's funding allocation for that year, meaning they have less money to be spending on ye

markpb

Ferror wrote:

It REALLY is best to join on the first clubs and socs day as joining at other times in the year, while perfectly ok, messes up the club or society's funding allocation for that year, meaning they have less money to be spending on ye

That's not really true....

There are plenty of small societies in DCU that get huge amounts of funding and plenty of big ones that get hardly any (relatively).

All that matters is that the society is doing things relevant to their name, submit a proper request and show they've put some work into it.

cooker3

Well I will be joining PokerSoc and Redbrick, I will naturally be avoiding games soc at all cost!
I heard bad things about the chair and most importantly his hair

Ste.phen

cooker3 wrote:

Well I will be joining PokerSoc and Redbrick, I will naturally be avoiding games soc at all cost!
I heard bad things about the chair and most importantly his hair

*LOL*

Winters

"GamesSoc chair has emo hair"
Its not true though ... his hair is uber .

Join GamesSoc or I will hunt all yore mothers down and give them a good seeing to. ¬_¬

Finch*

i'm being forced to join gamesoc just for cs.

i'm not gonna lie to you lads, it's the only thing i play, how often do you LAN it up with cs?

phantom_lord

Join pokersoc.

Finch*

i'd lose far too much money.


from all the celebrating i'd do when i destroyed all at texas holdem.

gizmo

cooker3 wrote:

I heard bad things about the chair and most importantly his hair

At least I have hair.

Don't worry Finch, we'll get you playing some other games. LAN wise is going to be slightly different this year, you'll just have to join to find out HOW different.

Ferror

markpb wrote:

That's not really true....

There are plenty of small societies in DCU that get huge amounts of funding and plenty of big ones that get hardly any (relatively).

All that matters is that the society is doing things relevant to their name, submit a proper request and show they've put some work into it.

I'm sorry, how does this relate to my post on joining clubs 'n socs on freshers day, as apposed to joining during the year? My point was that by joining then they can request more more on their grant app form...

markpb

Ferror wrote:

I'm sorry, how does this relate to my post on joining clubs 'n socs on freshers day, as apposed to joining during the year? My point was that by joining then they can request more more on their grant app form...

My point was that the number of members a society has bears almost no relation to the amount of money they get from the SPC. Join now, join later, it doesn't matter as long as they submit a good grant application.

Clubs are different because they have priorities which dictate (to some extent) how the money is allocated. Again, size isn't usually an issue there either.

The myth that big clubs and socs get more money than small ones is just that, a myth.

Ferror

markpb wrote:

My point was that the number of members a society has bears almost no relation to the amount of money they get from the SPC. Join now, join later, it doesn't matter as long as they submit a good grant application.

Clubs are different because they have priorities which dictate (to some extent) how the money is allocated. Again, size isnt usually an issue there either.

The myth that big clubs and socs get more money than small ones is just that, a myth.

Hmmm, well i KNOW that it does matter for clubs anyway - being on committee for two of 'em. This is especially true with the new points system introduced this year.

Not too sure about socs but DO join a club on clubs and socs day if you think you might be interested.

cooker3

phantom_lord wrote:

Join pokersoc.

well said!

robnubis

RoB` wrote:

UT99>2k4

Yay for Quake 3 =D Not a big fan of CS. Realism in games? no thtx :P
Never played Starcraft but gives me a reason to try it out now.

We will be adding new games to the roster too btw.

check out games.dcu.ie for more info

CuLT

robnubis wrote:

We will be adding new games to the roster too btw.

check out games.dcu.ie for more info

But *new* games aren't cool!

Only graphically poor games that you can play on a pocket calculator are coool maaaan. Back in my day we didn't even have "screens", people acted out the role of a pixel and we were happy to have it!

sunnyjim

Haha!!! That would be just like those talk talk ads!!!!

bazzman

just wonderin if the liverpool society is still up and runnin, couldnt find it anywhere?? cheers