GameSoc Halo tournament

rainbow kirby

Well after a little bit of discussion... it looks like the GameSoc Halo tournament is going to be on the 3rd of October, either at 6 or 7pm.
So if you're interested...
-sign up for Gamesoc in Fresher's Week (it's only €2 to sign up)
-turn up!
It's going to be Halo 1 that we're playing... so concentrate your practise on that until then

rasher_b2

I'll go to this but why Halo 1 over Halo 2?

Mr.Nice Guy

Good stuff but I don't have an Xbox. Is it easy to get the hang of Halo?

Syth

rasher_b2 wrote:

I'll go to this but why Halo 1 over Halo 2?

I think kirby doesn't like halo 2.

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

Good stuff but I don't have an Xbox

You don't need to bring anything, all the hardware will be provided. Granted you might get whipped....

There will probably be a LAN party the week after freshers week (ie the week before this halo tourniment, ie then week of the 17th of September). Details will be forthcoming.

Mr.Nice Guy

Syth wrote:

You don't need to bring anything, all the hardware will be provided. Granted you might get whipped....

There will probably be a LAN party the week after freshers week (ie the week before this halo tourniment, ie then week of the 17th of September). Details will be forthcoming.

I think I'll sign up for this, even if it means getting whipped! Now if it was Pokemon, I'd be unbeatable! (don't laugh)

How come GamesSoc has finally gone down the computer game route?

Dave!

Is it on the Xbox? I'm not too good on the Xbox, lol... Will you guys be doing any other tournaments in the near future? Like maybe Pro Evo 4 on the PS2! I would sooooooooooo whoop anyone's ass in that game SOOOO.



What does a LAN party entail, also? Do you need to have a laptop or something? Or is it through the campus computers? What games will be played?

ghostchant

I'll probably get whipped in Halo but if it were pro evo 4 or super smsh bros. melee I might be able to hold my own...

Jonny Arson

Do you play any old-skool games in GamesSoc Kirby like the classic Mario Kart or Street Fighter 2?

The SNES fugging rawks til this day!

rasher_b2

Syth wrote:

I think kirby doesn't like halo 2.

:eek: But it's so good! *Blows dust off Halo 1*

rainbow kirby

*cough*
Kirby traded in Halo 2. Because it's crap compared to Halo 1, and I wanted Burnout 3 but had no money.
But another copy of Halo 2 *can* be acquired if that's what y'all want.
*go working in GAME*

Good stuff but I don't have an Xbox. Is it easy to get the hang of Halo?

The controls are pretty generic console FPS controls. So fairly handy to pick up. Think TimeSplitters, but with jumping.

I'll probably get whipped in Halo but if it were pro evo 4 or super smsh bros. melee I might be able to hold my own...

I'm actually a HUGE Super Smash Bros Melee fan... The reason I picked Halo for this is because it's one of the most popular multiplayer games on ANY console and we'd like to see some of you freshers getting involved.
If the interest is there... I'll see about running an SSBM tournament in November or January.
Same with a Pro Evo night... but it'd have to be the Xbox version because I've only got a GC and Xbox.

Slippers

rainbow kirby wrote:

*go working in GAME*

You work in GAME?
I was in the one on Dawson Street today.
The inside has been redone since the last time I was in there.
It looks much better. Brighter.

rainbow kirby

It looks exactly like the one in Dundrum tbh. Very generic and no character to it imo... but then I'm used to Dawson St being the relatively pokey branch.

PaulDoh

Zane from MTV2 wrote:

Do you play any old-skool games in GamesSoc Kirby like the classic Mario Kart or Street Fighter 2?

The SNES fugging rawks til this day!

And its very easy to download an emulator and a version of Super MarioKart - a snes (via PC) night might be a good idea.

rainbow kirby

I have a SNES
It's pretty bashed, but it works...
Ah, memories... I'm starting to think a retro night would be fun at some stage too
I'd bring the N64... Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64...

PaulDoh

rainbow kirby wrote:

I have a SNES
It's pretty bashed, but it works...
Ah, memories... I'm starting to think a retro night would be fun at some stage too
I'd bring the N64... Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64...

I still have a commodore 64 but I think the tape deck went AWOL. The nostalgia...
Unfortunately I traded my SNES in for a Playstation One back in about 1997. Biggest mistake ever.

Dave!

rainbow kirby wrote:

*go working in GAME*

Wow, you really are a nerd

I'm sure you'd be able to get a loan of a PS2 from some members of the soc! Tis no big deal really.

I may join this soc after all! :cool:

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rainbow kirby wrote:

I have a SNES
It's pretty bashed, but it works...
Ah, memories... I'm starting to think a retro night would be fun at some stage too
I'd bring the N64... Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64...

aww dude, get those babies and you have my eternal membership! :eek:

rainbow kirby

Wow, you really are a nerd

lol
*puts nerd hat on*

arbeitsscheuer

Spectrum rules all.
Well... After you give it about 3 hours to load... But then it rules all!

Anyway, I'm up for this. Haven't played Halo in f**kin ages, so I'm v rusty, but I'll give it a go.

rainbow kirby

good good
The more the merrier

Syth

I got 'elected' to the gamesoc committee to be webmaster (hey I updated the website today! go me!). I like console games and don't play much/any table top RPGs. The GameSoc auditor (Brian Wilson) asked me to do more console stuff. Since Kirby will have a lot more free time than me. (Hmmm final year vs 2nd year...), I asked her to come up with an event, she publicised it here and hence it's getting popular. Of course there will still the same old gamesoc events, it's just that none of those gamesoc committee members are on boards.

As for LANs, there have been a few last year but they were basically not advertised unless you were in the gamesoc clique. There's an internet cafe in dun laoghaire called nethouse that we go to. Mainly cause the auditor knows someone who works there so can get it cheap. The machines are oooooooold (yay windows 98!) and there ain't much space. We'll have to see what the interest is for this.

The few I've been to we've played Battlezone, Natural Selection, Starcraft, that sort of thing. Computer Services certainly wouldn't let us use their machines (hey, they're dicks!). Plus all the buildings are close at 10pm!

College societies are run by students, completly volutarily, if there's some event you'd like to see and can organise it, speak to one of the committee members for that society and odds are they'll be more than happy to rubber stamp it for you. Societies need fresh blood, after all the committee changes each year, and lots of societies have died because noone was able to take them over, so we're always happy for people to get involved.

DaveMcG wrote:

Wow, you really are a nerd

And she's a girl too. Crazy!

HappyCrackHead

i'm up for it... i'll roxorz ur boxorz as they say in internet slang

Syth

Forgot to mention that if you like games, netsoc will be running it's tetris competition again this year. You basically play tetris and it records you high score. Last year we gave an original game boy (with tetris) as first place. You have to be in netsoc to play. Great fun, a great sense of competition since the contest lasts for a few weeks and you can see the score board all through that. The person with the highest score at the end wins.

Slash/ED

rainbow kirby wrote:

I have a SNES
It's pretty bashed, but it works...
Ah, memories... I'm starting to think a retro night would be fun at some stage too
I'd bring the N64... Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64...

Now you're talking. 4 player Goldeneye was simply one of the best multiplayer games ever, same with Mario Kart 64, or two player on Super Mario Kart.

But playing PES on anything other than a PS2 is wrong.

rainbow kirby

I'm sensing some good vibes about a retro night

Mr.Nice Guy

We need a Street Fighter tournament at some stage.

Hadoken! Shoryuken!

Slash/ED

Mortal Kombat was always better really.

rainbow kirby

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

We need a Street Fighter tournament at some stage.

Hadoken! Shoryuken!

I'll consider all suggestions

Mr.Nice Guy

Slash/ED wrote:

Mortal Kombat was always better really.

No way. Give me Ryu and Ken over Scorpion and Reptile any day. :cool:

Slash/ED

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

No way. Give me Ryu and Ken over Scorpion and Reptile any day. :cool:

Hurray for schoolyard arguments again

Definitely Mortal Kombat was better, and I was a Snes man myself and the best MK was on the megadrive but it was still better. Sub Zero and Scorpion was just far cooler than any street fighter character, and Raiden just ruled. He could teleport ffs, the best street fighter had was someone who could stretch a bit.

PS Oasis or Blur?

Mr.Nice Guy

Slash/ED wrote:

Hurray for schoolyard arguments again

Definitely Mortal Kombat was better, and I was a Snes man myself and the best MK was on the megadrive but it was still better. Sub Zero and Scorpion was just far cooler than any street fighter character, and Raiden just ruled. He could teleport ffs, the best street fighter had was someone who could stretch a bit.

PS Oasis or Blur?

This argument has been settled in some style right here.

Take that Raiden!

Oh, and as for the other thing, definitely Oasis.

monkeyfudge

Bah... I wish I was going to college these days....

Back in the 20th Century when I was in college all we had was food poisoning.

Slash/ED

Well of course Ken will win if he has Chun-Li hopping on for him :rolleyes: And she had a gun bigger than his body too, and yet he still took it to the wire and really would have won on points anyway.

In a fair fight we all know Raiden would beat any street fighter character, except maybe Blanca, he was cool.

And at least you restored some street cred by saying Oasis :cool:

ghostchant

street fighter all the way - mortal kombat 2 was good, but it just doesn't compare to street fighter 2 turbo
oh yeah I used to prefer oasis, but now I'm leaning towards blur...

a retro night would be the best!

Dooid

I'll be signing up for that too me thinks. Halo 1 though! It's good and all but couldn't you have a bit of halo 2 as well?

Street Fighter 2 gets my vote over Mortal Kombat but they were both excellent though both committed the crime of too many crap sequels, especially MK3 and beyond. If anyone fancies some xbox live Street Fighter 2 add Dooid to your friends list, I'm always on the lookout for people to play that with.

Mr.Nice Guy

Slash/ED wrote:

Well of course Ken will win if he has Chun-Li hopping on for him :rolleyes: And she had a gun bigger than his body too, and yet he still took it to the wire and really would have won on points anyway.

In a fair fight we all know Raiden would beat any street fighter character, except maybe Blanca, he was cool.

If it went to a decision, Raiden would have been DQ'd for hitting a woman. :eek:

And the fight was plenty fair considering they were double-teaming Chun-Li!

Ryu is clearly the best character though.

The real question is, Mario or Sonic?

ghostchant

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

If it went to a decision, Raiden would have been DQ'd for hitting a woman. :eek:

And the fight was plenty fair considering they were double-teaming Chun-Li!

Ryu is clearly the best character though.

The real question is, Mario or Sonic?

Mario of course!

Mr.Nice Guy

ghostchant wrote:

Mario of course!

Definitely. :cool:

blondie83

Syth wrote:

Forgot to mention that if you like games, netsoc will be running it's tetris competition again this year. You basically play tetris and it records you high score. Last year we gave an original game boy (with tetris) as first place. You have to be in netsoc to play. Great fun, a great sense of competition since the contest lasts for a few weeks and you can see the score board all through that. The person with the highest score at the end wins.

Ah I remember joining Netsoc last year just to enter that. And two of the boards girls came 2nd and 3rd in it Liking the sound of this meet-up, but have very little experience in Halo - still will prob go anyway if I'm allowed. On the retro evening front Street fighter must be played

Mario of course!

Seconded!

rainbow kirby

blondie83 wrote:

Ah I remember joining Netsoc last year just to enter that. And two of the boards girls came 2nd and 3rd in it

Blondie 2nd, me 3rd
(and she only beat me by about 200 points...)

And it looks like I'm (reluctantly) going to have to make this Halo 2 because you're all not gonna be happy otherwise... I'll buy a preowned one in work and then just return it the day after the tournament.

arbeitsscheuer

Dammit I prefer the original Halo as well.

Ah screw it, I'm gonna get pwned anyway.

Andore

This is great, I can't wait to join the games society. I played Halo online through xboxconnect for ages and like Kirby I hated 2

Since there's so much interest in Street Fighter I could bring over my copy of Anniversary Edition and we could get some games of Third Strike or Street Fighter 2 going some time? Street Fighter 3 is pretty much my favourite game at the moment.

Slash/ED

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

The real question is, Mario or Sonic?

Ah that's easy. Weather he be rescuring princesses (In 2d or 3d form), go karting or playing a round of golf, Mario is the king. Definitely superior to Sonic in every way, including short lived cartoon shows.

rainbow kirby

As a Nintendo-head, it must be said...
Mario >>>>>>>>>>> Sonic.

Jonny Arson

I actually prefered Luigi over Mario for some reason. Dunno kinda felt sorry for Luigi due to the lack of attention and publicity he gets in comparison to Mario. Go Luigi!

ghostchant

If Luigi wants the attention he'll have to do something worthwhile. Mario busts his ass saving the princess and what does Luigi do? He vacuums big mansions. He needs to check his priorities

tribulus

yeah so an N64 night.... i still have mine mariokart, goldeneye and perfect dark all the way...ahhh many a sleepless night

Slash/ED

tribulus wrote:

yeah so an N64 night.... i still have mine mariokart, goldeneye and perfect dark all the way...ahhh many a sleepless night

Many a quality four player goldeneye session too. Or perfect dark with the gun that could shoot through walls, ah class.

I always won though. Always.

tribulus

Slash/ED wrote:

Many a quality four player goldeneye session too. Or perfect dark with the gun that could shoot through walls, ah class.

I always won though. Always.

boll0x you did, you were a spawn camper anyway :mad:

though the eh neighbour used to get very pissed!!!

Slash/ED

tribulus wrote:

boll0x you did, you were a spawn camper anyway :mad:

though the eh neighbour used to get very pissed!!!

I can only assume spawn camper is an insult :mad:

And yeah he did, but it was funny all the same. And i was the master, put me in the control (I think it was) and I was unbeatable :cool:

tribulus

spawn camper: you waited around where you knew people start after dying then shot them in the back...in the back, for shame

Slash/ED

First of all, there's no shame in success, second of all, I refute those alligations anyway. My tactic was all about picking the smallest person (I forget the name of him now, he was a hero anyway) and crouching to the point of insane frustration for all who played me.

And it worked.