Any CompSoc members here?

#1 · 25-09-2009 06:17PM #1

Hey all, I signed up to CompSoc at Socs day and I'm looking forward to it since they mentioned that there'll be more of a focus on LANning this year. Any other Boards folk signed up and going to the events planned next week?

oisinmc14 · 25-09-2009 08:19PM

Compsoc FTW what time/days the events on at kinda zoned out when signing up

Claypigeon · 25-09-2009 08:31PM

Monday and Tuesday nights, think Monday is different stuff but Tuesday is usually Squareyes, again this is just what I heard from friends

X_X · 25-09-2009 10:22PM

Yeah I signed up and I think that they organise events in Square eyes every two weeks on a Tuesday and Mondays are usually when they meet up

TheCosmicFrog · 26-09-2009 01:40AM

CompSoc member here. Rock Band on Monday evenings at 7 :-)

X_X · 26-09-2009 02:01AM

Woo Rock Band can't wait.... actually is there a mention of Halo there somewhere

oisinmc14 · 26-09-2009 08:26AM

It seems that compsoc may be full xbox fanboys

TheCosmicFrog · 26-09-2009 09:49AM

Yup, Halo multiplayer if there's enough people on Mondays who are not playing Rock Band. It happens in the HUB in Aras na Mac Leinn.

X_X · 26-09-2009 10:53AM

This may sound stupid but where exactly is the HUB?... Obviously in Aras na Mac Leinn but where?.. lol

Claypigeon · 26-09-2009 12:06PM

I hate console gaming, so gimmicky and lame when it comes to actual controls. As for Rock Band / Guitar Hero, woo yeah pretend to play a musical instrument :P Not gaming so much as wasting time that could be spent learning a real instrument x.x

I hope there's plenty of PC gamers though as I love playing TF2 and Starcraft. Would be great to meet similarly interested gents for LANs outside Soc time, too. Sadly Squareyes makes me rage for virtually every game as the mouse sensitivity makes micro/accurate aim impossible and I didn't see any options to alter it anywhere >:

dmcg90 · 26-09-2009 12:15PM

oisinmc14 wrote: »

It seems that compsoc may be full xbox fanboys

Apparently so!

fuzzsc00ta · 26-09-2009 12:34PM

Compsoc's a great opportunity to get to know other people interested in tech. You also get free access to an SSH-accessible Ubuntu Linux server to mess about on.

There's loads of useful utilities, compilers and services on the server. These include LAMP to host your own website, an XMPP service to chat with other members or to build your own bots, version control software like SVN and Mercurial to manage code projects and lots more. There's some information on the wiki about these and a boards was recently set up so you can ask questions to the general membership.

If you're serious about getting a job in the industry after college you'll find your account on the server invaluable. It's also backed up nightly, with snapshots going back daily for one week. So when you nuke all your work (it happens!) at least there's recent backup to rely on.

Compsoc uses OpenLDAP to centrally manage user accounts, so your single username and password will work for the boards, the wiki, SSH and XMPP. The website desperately needs to be updated. If its something you'd like to do you could also hook it into LDAP.

To get an account on the server email committee@compsoc.nuigalway.ie from a nuigalway.ie email address with your full name and choice of username.

Aside from the admin side of things, the committee organise events such as game nights and beerings so you can regularly meet and get to know other members. There's also plans this year (so I'm told) for a trip abroad, tutorials, a robot building competition and an intervarsity LAN party.

Just remember that Compsoc is a non-profit, student society run by volunteers. You will only get out what you're willing to put in. There's a handful of people on the committee and on admin trying to keep the events and server going. Be proactive and ask how you can help.

26-09-2009 04:05PM

Hey guys! Shane here, auditor of Compsoc. Ye guys might have seen me on Socs day extolling the virtues of the society

Just to clarify the event situation, our main event is Monday Mashups, and the first one is kicking off at 7pm this Monday, they're on every Monday, and we do some console gaming, LAN gaming, and tutorials.

Then, every second Tuesday, we meet up in SquarEyes, from 7 to 11 to play a bit of everything, console or PC. The first one is this Tuesday so see you then! The deal is €12 for the 4 hours and there's a free hot dog or shake for everyone.

If you're interested in the tech side of things, and all the stuff mentioned in the post above, come along Monday and we'll sign you up for a Compsoc account so you can use all of our services. Even if you're not into the gaming side of things, at Monday Mashups, you can meet loads of people to chat about tech with.

This weeks Monday Mashup should be great, so come along and meet some cool new people. See you all in the Hub Monday at 7.

X_X · 26-09-2009 05:35PM

Actually are there many girls in the society?.... I feel like I'm the only one...

fuzzsc00ta · 26-09-2009 06:23PM

X_X wrote: »

Actually are there many girls in the society?.... I feel like I'm the only one...

It's is an equal opportunity society ;-)

TheCosmicFrog · 27-09-2009 02:51AM

X_X wrote: »

Actually are there many girls in the society?.... I feel like I'm the only one...

Yup, one of my friends is in CompSoc and she's a girl. And The HUB is in Aras Na MacLeinn, walk in through the front door and turn right. It's the café at the very end, under the stairs with glass doors. There's pool tables in there, you can't miss it!

X_X · 27-09-2009 10:00AM

Oh right that's the HUB... ... and cool I don't feel so alone lol

aido179 · 27-09-2009 07:02PM

comp soc first year here. been to two mondays.
both were really great craic. mostly consisted of halo/rockband but if people are interested, laptop lan-ing would be cool. I'll be there tommorow anyway!:D
there is definitely one other girl, a friend of mine, going. Her name's meg. NAO you can introduce yourself! haha. or of course...introduce yourself to me :rolleyes:

Claypigeon · 28-09-2009 11:50AM

Yo guys look forward to meeting ye tonight at the LAN!

I'll be bringing my laptop and my external hard-drive so if you bring yours I'll be happy to copy LANnable versions of Starcraft/Warcraft 3 onto your laptop and we can get some old school RTS on the go, I have an ethernet cable for myself only so hopefully someone brings LAN equipment to these things

Rob! · 29-09-2009 04:03PM

Compsoc rocks! tonight should be gr8! :rolleyes:

Claypigeon · 29-09-2009 04:04PM

Good fun last night watching my friend dominating people at H3 :P

Going tonight aswell looking forward to it

X_X · 29-09-2009 04:30PM

Ah that was your friend eh??... I was playing it and the log in name of Tooth was beating me like mad... Then it was Pringle... Then is was Surly...

I just think that he played all of the different profiles just so that he wouldn't get caught..

Claypigeon · 30-09-2009 12:12PM

X_X wrote: »

Ah that was your friend eh??... I was playing it and the log in name of Tooth was beating me like mad... Then it was Pringle... Then is was Surly...

I just think that he played all of the different profiles just so that he wouldn't get caught..

Nah he had the misfortune of playing as Pudding for 2 games and won 25-1x each time :P He's insanely good. My other friend played and won too but not sure what name he was under, probably Surly haha

X_X · 30-09-2009 12:15PM

Yeah one of those games was against me i think....

I didn't go last night... was it good?

Claypigeon · 30-09-2009 12:17PM

X_X wrote: »

Yeah one of those games was against me i think....

I didn't go last night... was it good?

Aye really good fun, played COD4 and COD5 with virtually everyone playing. Played tf2 en masse too but kind of boring since none of the new game modes/maps/weapons were there. Played a few small games of Half Life 2 and Crysis too which were the highlight for me :P

po0k · 30-09-2009 12:21PM

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DM: lanparty.ie:8303
TDM: lanparty.ie:8304
CTF: lanparty.ie:8305

X_X · 30-09-2009 12:26PM

Claypigeon wrote: »

Aye really good fun, played COD4 and COD5 with virtually everyone playing. Played tf2 en masse too but kind of boring since none of the new game modes/maps/weapons were there. Played a few small games of Half Life 2 and Crysis too which were the highlight for me :P

WOW well I'd better go the next time... COD4 and 5 are supposed to be really good.....

Claypigeon · 30-09-2009 12:27PM

X_X wrote: »

WOW well I'd better go the next time... COD4 and 5 are supposed to be really good.....

Uhuh they're great, was really funny hearing the different rooms full of people shouting at each other when either won/lost :P I prefer COD5 but in saying that I was so out of practice it was surreal, only played like 2 good matches out of 5-6

RichCRX · 30-09-2009 12:42PM

I joined in first year and think i'm still a member...have never been though on the basis that damn all retro games are played which kinda sickens me:mad:

I'm an old skool gamer true and true so if ye play a bit more medal of honour for pc lan gaming and a bit more n64/gamecube/sega stuff i'd go:D

RETRO FTW!!!!don't mind your halo/rock band etc...:P

aido179 · 30-09-2009 01:21PM

RichCRX wrote: »

I'm an old skool gamer true and true

engrish fail

cyberbemon · 30-09-2009 08:29PM

fuzzsc00ta wrote: »

Compsoc's a great opportunity to get to know other people interested in tech. You also get free access to an SSH-accessible Ubuntu Linux server to mess about on.

There's loads of useful utilities, compilers and services on the server. These include LAMP to host your own website, an XMPP service to chat with other members or to build your own bots, version control software like SVN and Mercurial to manage code projects and lots more. There's some information on the wiki about these and a boards was recently set up so you can ask questions to the general membership.

If you're serious about getting a job in the industry after college you'll find your account on the server invaluable. It's also backed up nightly, with snapshots going back daily for one week. So when you nuke all your work (it happens!) at least there's recent backup to rely on.

Compsoc uses OpenLDAP to centrally manage user accounts, so your single username and password will work for the boards, the wiki, SSH and XMPP. The website desperately needs to be updated. If its something you'd like to do you could also hook it into LDAP.

To get an account on the server email committee@compsoc.nuigalway.ie from a nuigalway.ie email address with your full name and choice of username.

Aside from the admin side of things, the committee organise events such as game nights and beerings so you can regularly meet and get to know other members. There's also plans this year (so I'm told) for a trip abroad, tutorials, a robot building competition and an intervarsity LAN party.

Just remember that Compsoc is a non-profit, student society run by volunteers. You will only get out what you're willing to put in. There's a handful of people on the committee and on admin trying to keep the events and server going. Be proactive and ask how you can help.

no overclocking???!!:eek::eek:...oh c'mon!!!!:rolleyes::rolleyes:

i hate controllers...Mousey n keboard FTW!!!1

Any CompSoc members here?

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