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WIT Gaming Soc
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To expand on what David wrote...
WITless Gamers do still exist in Waterford, just not in the college for the reasons given. A lot of the more hardcore members - i.e. those without social lives - i.e. me - graduated or dropped out, and switched to gaming in each others homes rather than in the college. There's still a good dozen of us floating around, including the guy who founded the soc back in the 90s. We even have one gamer from Warpigs, the group that predated us and was shut down for massive embezzlement. And it was a wonder that we didn't get a budget for the first two years...
It would have been the larkchristophicus wrote: »Thanks for the info Steve. When you refer to the traditional route are you talking about consoles ( ie. Playstation / Xbox / Wii ) , or are you talking about D&D,Warhammer, chess and all of that lark?
There was the occasional lan, as David said, but we never got any help from WIT for that type of thing. It was always in someone's house or a net cafe. They might have changed since then of course, but I doubt it.
If you do get this off the ground, let us know. Ex-students could join Societies back in the day, which was always a useful way to bump the numbers on paper. And that always made the college be more helpful.
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christophicus wrote: »Update: I just quickly set up a temp site so that I could get a gauge of who is interested and who is willing to help out. I want everyone's oppinions and suggestions. I really want to get everyone bouncing ideas off of each other.
Head over to www.witgs.co.cc and take a look in the forums.
Looking forward to hearing from everyone.
Sully can you edit the title to included the site address please, and also pit it in the first post.
Spread the word !!
Updated thread title to show its had a decent update.. added a bit of text with the website address to the first post also. 0 -
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Thanks for that Sully, I may look into that option. I'm going to PM you some of my contact details. If you could pass them on to that chap it would be great.
If there is enough interest I would prefer to keep the clubs seperate, but if there is not enough interest merging may be a way to make the two clubs viable.
btw Like your new subtitle :P
. I'd say a few people in the City forum are going to get onto you about that :rolleyes: . 0 -
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If you're dedicated to the society, you should have no problems with interest and participation! It's when events start getting cancelled and times changed that people start doing other things with their time (the unfortunate case I found the poker club in towards the end of the year when committee members fell by the way side).
I'll be happy to lend a hand anyway, while not being a PC gamer, I can certainly help with the console side of things (I think you need to cater for these people given how large the scene is now). I could also help with trying to get sponsorship and better deals from computer companies, game manufacturers etc.
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If you're dedicated to the society, you should have no problems with interest and participation! It's when events start getting cancelled and times changed that people start doing other things with their time (the unfortunate case I found the poker club in towards the end of the year when committee members fell by the way side).
That's just bad management! But also, towards the end of the year most clubs/socs get quieter.I'll be happy to lend a hand anyway, while not being a PC gamer, I can certainly help with the console side of things (I think you need to cater for these people given how large the scene is now). I could also help with trying to get sponsorship and better deals from computer companies, game manufacturers etc.
Sponsorship for a college club eh? Do the Clubs & Socs allow that kinda thing?This is all assuming I get into second year
Unless you failed a lot, or a critical subject for next year - that wont be a problem.0 -
If you're dedicated to the society, you should have no problems with interest and participation! It's when events start getting cancelled and times changed that people start doing other things with their time (the unfortunate case I found the poker club in towards the end of the year when committee members fell by the way side).
I'll be happy to lend a hand anyway, while not being a PC gamer, I can certainly help with the console side of things (I think you need to cater for these people given how large the scene is now). I could also help with trying to get sponsorship and better deals from computer companies, game manufacturers etc.
M8 it would be great if you could help out yeah. I was hoping someone would step up and be willing to push this side of the Soc with me. It has been many years since I last had a console ( my last one being the GC , yeah kids console blah blah blah, it had some amazing games on it :P ). But yeah man I really want to push the console side of this , I just need help as I am not really up to date with it . Head on over to the site ( www.witgs.co.cc ) and sign up and post your oppinions and ideas for the Soc. I really want to get as much input as possible as I feel that will make it a more successfull Soc.This is all assuming I get into second year
Same as myself mate :P .0 -
Is it going to be PC gaming or Console gaming?
I think console gaming could give you some serious revenue earning power and then maybe you could invest in some serious PC gaming machines.
An idea a few of the lads in our class were going to try before was to hold a fifa or pro-evolution tournament and charge entry. And these two games are due to be released come september so the timing would be perfect should you be needing a fund-raiser to gather funds for the club.
I am hoping to have the Soc cater to both PC and Console gamers equally. As I already said I am more up to date with the PC side of things atm, so forgive me ( and the site ) if it seems to be more PC orientated atm, I just need more input from Console gamers . I have started a fair few threads on the forums on the site with ideas and suggestions for the Soc.
Yeah we have been thinking about holding a Wii Tennis Tournament and a Guitar Hero Tournament. Perhaps we could get a Pro Evo ( although i hear Fifa is getting better then Pro Evo now ?? ) Tournament.0 -
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christophicus wrote: »I am hoping to have the Soc cater to both PC and Console gamers equally. As I already said I am more up to date with the PC side of things atm, so forgive me ( and the site ) if it seems to be more PC orientated atm, I just need more input from Console gamers . I have started a fair few threads on the forums on the site with ideas and suggestions for the Soc.
Yeah we have been thinking about holding a Wii Tennis Tournament and a Guitar Hero Tournament. Perhaps we could get a Pro Evo ( although i hear Fifa is getting better then Pro Evo now ?? ) Tournament.
Ah right ok. Well it's good to hear that it will cater for both sides of the coin. Why not pass out questionaires around the college and find out what games people are into at the moment.
A Wii tennis tournament would be a great idea, lots of fun to be had there, and also the guitar hero will have most people excited.Very good ideas there.:D
Yeah pro-evo or fifa, either would suffice. You're dead right Fifa is fast moving ahead of Pro-Evo. The new one shows a lot of promise and is guaranteed to attract a lot of the interest from most courses.
I presume GameStop would sponser you and the dome could be used as the venue, the college has a lot of flat screen tv's that could be used.0 -
That's just bad management! But also, towards the end of the year most clubs/socs get quieter.
Yeah, I put my hands up in shame over that. I was just under a load of pressure towards the end of the year.Sponsorship for a college club eh? Do the Clubs & Socs allow that kinda thing?
They do and they don't. All depends really. The softball team is sponsored by AOL and the Motorsport club were sponsored by a garage. We had to tread lightly with regards sponsorship given the nature of the activity we were carrying out but I think I found the right balance so that there were no complaints.Unless you failed a lot, or a critical subject for next year - that wont be a problem
Well for my first repeat exam, I woke up late and stood straight onto my calculator. Trying to calculate standard deviations etc isn't fun in your head!
Head on over to the site ( www.witgs.co.cc ) and sign up and post your oppinions and ideas for the Soc.
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Thanks for the input guys. I just made a quick poster that will be put up around the college hopefully next week. I fully admit that I am not great with photoshop, but we need to get the poster up quickly to spread awareness.
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