University of Bristol Computer Gaming Society

Spring Updates

March 7, 2011 | Posted in IRC Bot,News,Website, Tagged

Here’s a list of the updates to our various sites & services:

  1. Our forums and home page have had a re-skin – for a while we’ve wanted to make an attempt to change things so that there’s less of a disconnect between the two portals.
  2. IRC statistics have been updated and can be found at the usual place
  3. A new COGSBot feature, !scratch has been added. If you often find yourself connecting to IRC from different machines and are fed up of losing or emailing yourself links to webpages, this may be of interest to you. As long as you are identified with NickServ you can use “!scratch message” to save your own personal list of stuff. You can retrieve this scratchpad (as long as you’re identified) anywhere by typing !scratchpad
  4. A !committee trigger has been added to COGSBot, which allows you to attract the attention of a committee member if you need to bring something to our attention, e.g. we got the date for an event wrong. Or you found our cash box. Or whatever..
  5. We’ve handed a nice ergonomic keyboard to COGSBot, as the demands on typing are high these days. Hopefully this is going to help cut down on those spelling mistakes that have been cropping up.

Feedback on any & all of the above is most welcome. Feel free to get in touch with us on the forums or IRC.

-WiFi

Team Fortress 2 PC Gaming Night

March 7, 2011 | Posted in Events,Gaming Night, Tagged

TF2 seems to have fallen out of popularity in COGS, but the updates keep rolling; so now is your chance to see what new gear, mounts, and raids hats, weapons, and maps have been added. Yes, this fortnight’s gaming night we will be playing Team Fortress 2!

  • Time: Thursday 10th of March 8PM
  • Game: Team Fortress 2
  • Help: Ask in IRC. If you need help with IRC either ask in IRC, or consult the guide
  • Chat: Voice chat to everyone on the night on mumble.

For any additional information or discussion, see the forum post.

Unreal Tournament 3 Gaming Night

February 23, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized, Tagged

For this fortnight’s gaming night, we will be playing Unreal Tournament 3!

We will be playing on Thursday the 24th of February at 8PM! We’ll be playing some Unreal Tournament 3 (on public servers due to restrictions on our dedicated server), the sequel to UT2K4. Join us, as usual, on the COGS mumble server (mumble.cogsbristol.co.uk) to chat to everyone whilst you’re playing the game, and ask on IRC if you have any questions about getting the game or mumble running

For more information and discussion, see the forum post.

Pizza Order (CL5)

February 20, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized, Tagged

Order your pizza using this here form:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/cogsbristol.co.uk/viewform?hl=en&ndplr=1&formkey=dGtxNkZya2s1TnhnLW9EZkF3YURfdFE6MA

Orders close at 4pm. ORDER BEFORE FOUR PM. If you have any problems/issues, speak to Pretzel (blue hair, panda hat), or sort it out when money is being collected 4-5.

CL5 Timetable

February 14, 2011 | Posted in Events,LAN Timetable, Tagged

Timetable

10:45 – LAN Start

11:00 – Team Fortress 2

12:00 – Trackmania Nations Forever (Free)

14:00 - Dino D-Day (Free HL2: Episode 2 Mod) TBA!

15:00 – RTS and Co-op – Organise by shout-out your own RTS and Co-op games e.g Supreme Commander, Age of Empires II, Magicka, Killing Floor, Alien Swarm

18:00 - CS:S Gungame (Mod is entirely server-side, check COGSBay thread for cheaper copies of CS:S)

19:00~ (After pizza) - Armagetron (Free)

20:00 - Unreal Tournament 2004

21:00 – LAN End

If there’s a game you want to play then please ask, the committee are happy to organise new games! As always, there will be consoling all day!

Pizza Orders

The traditional big pizza order will, of course, be happening, Wyrm is the man to shout at if you need help, but a blog post will be up by noon on the day with any and all information needed!

Edit: Added cheaper supreme commander link, and for the record the cheapest prices for games is almost always here.

LeachLAN 7 Approaching

February 5, 2011 | Posted in Events, Tagged

In just a couple of months, on the 24th of March, the seventh LeachLAN will be held! This popular SWLANS event, staffed partially by members of COGS, is the perfect compliment to the single-day COGS LANs, four days of gaming and social fun with your COGS buddies and other gamers from further afield! I personally recommend LeachLAN to anyone who can make it, as it is a great chance to spend some time with your COGS buddies before the Easter holidays, and is in general just a great weekend!

Event Details

LeachLAN 7 will be held in Westwoods Centre in Northleach, from 6PM on Thursday the 24th of March until 6PM on Sunday the 27th of March (the weekend before term ends) and will feature a full timetable of gaming as well as a free barbecue, several tournaments (possibly minecraft, Supreme Commander, Armagetron and Unreal Tournament 2004) and a gaming-related pub quiz in the on-site bar. Also present will be Mongle Radio, returning again to its birthplace!

Getting There

To help get yourself, your PC/Laptop and possibly a tent from Bristol to Northleach, the COGS lift sign-up system is open, so sign up if you want to be part of the COGS travel arrangements for LeachLAN7.

If you are attending and can help lift people or equipment to LeachLAN 7, please consider signing up as a lifter to help your fellow COGS and improve the LAN experience for everyone, it will be greatly appreciated!

If you wish to get to LeachLAN 7 by other means, the SWLANS website has more information about the transport links.

Accommodation

LeachLAN 7 has male and female toilets and showers as well as on-site camping and a couple of communal rooms that can be slept in at night, so a sleeping bag and perhaps tent (ask around at the next COGS LAN or social if you’re looking to find people to share with) will be all you need to house yourself for the duration of the LAN. Food is largely your own responsibility, though there is a free BBQ on one day and usually a large group curry order on another.

Discounts

For anyone who has never attended a LeachLAN before, a booking costs only £5! All you need to do is get a friend who has been before to vouch for you (with the number of COGS who attend, this will be no problem, just ask the committee or contact someone directly to arrange this.)

And if you’re not eligible for that, a discount to £35 is extended to anyone who books before midnight on the 14th of February, so book now!

Booking

LeachLAN, though popular with COGS, is run by SWLANS and is not a COGS event, so to sign up you will need to book with SWLANS on their booking page. They accept payment with BACS, NoChex (Credit/Debit Card) and Paypal.

LeachLAN

LeachLAN

CL5! On a Sunday!

February 3, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized, Tagged

The date has now been confirmed and CL5 is approaching. The next LAN will be on SUNDAY 20th February in the Avon Gorge room as usual. This is no ordinary LAN though, as it’s on a Sunday the start and finish times are slightly different. We aim to have everything set up by 10:30 Sunday morning, but if it isn’t quite ready by that time then please don’t nuke us. In fact, any help would be greatly appreciated and would make us more likely to hit the 10:30 target. We’ll also be ending the LAN at the earlier time of 9pm as the union closes at 10.

This does mean that we will have to fit all the gaming into a shorter space of time. We ARE setting you a challenge. Do you think you can game hard enough to make up for the time loss? Do you think you can handle the compressed gaming without breaking down and crying like a little baby who’s just had one of those dreams where you’re naked in front of a bunch of people? Do you want to attend an event that as far as we know has never happened before, and may never happen again? If you answered yes to any of those questions, COGS needs YOU.

Signup here and do so by Thursday 17th at high noon if you need a lift (low noon is NOT good enough).

Pizza order

January 29, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized, Tagged

Pizza orders!

Any issues speak to Wyrm or sort it out when money is collected (1700-1730).

CL4 Timetable

January 26, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized, Tagged

Timetable

10:30 – Altitude

12:00 – Monday Night Combat (Ask around to get a copy from a 4-pack for £7.50, or on the day for one day guest passes)

14:00 – RTS and Co-op – Organise by shout-out your own RTS and Co-op games e.g Supreme Commander, Age of Empires II, Magicka, Killing Floor, Alien Swarm

19:00~ (After pizza) – Pirates, Vikings and Knights II

This LAN we are trying a sparser timetable with more emphasis on organising games between the timetabled ones, so please ask around if there’s a game you want to play, and as always, there will be consoling all day!

Pizza Orders

The traditional big pizza order will, of course, be happening, Wyrm is the man to shout at if you need help, but a blog post will be up by noon on the day with any and all information needed!

New Year’s Placeholder

January 18, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized, Tagged

Welcome back everyone; we are starting to ramp stuff up for the new year so watch this space! Gaming nights and consoling will resume shortly so send in any requests to us and we’ll try to provide. Wyrm’s N64 is back in Bristol so odds are good that Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, MarioKart Smash Bros. and Conkers Bad Fur Day will make an appearance fairly soon!

CL4 signups are open, and CL5 date is still being worked out, and we’ll keep you posted. Ditto on the CL4 meal front.

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