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FF12 ia near!

comsoc — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:33:59 +0000

Not long now till Saturday, FF12 is drawing closer. Thought I’d post the flyer for the current event. Thank’s Chris and his girlfriend for taking the time to do it.

LoL

comsoc — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:20:24 +0000

Not the sort of LoL you might be thinking!

This time it stands for LAN on LABS. The wounderful Dept of Computer Science are allowing us free run of the games lab (FE-177?) to host a bring only yourself LAN party. Thats right no PC’s are needed as they have pretty powerful one’s ready and waiting. Games for the day will be preinstalled and configured on the machines so in theory we can get even more game time in than with the traditional LANs.

We are still working out the details, particually for game licences as this has to be done by the book. Some games we have got premission to use, but for others like Call of Duty 4 we might ask you bring your own copy to prove you have a licence and you effectivly play with that even thou you don’t really need the copy. If you don’t own it then you can play one of the other games that don’t require a licence.

More details such as the day and duration have also got to be worked out but things are looking promosing. This is looking to be a very special event.

FragFest 12

comsoc — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:11:44 +0000

In an effort to run more regular LAN parties we’ve setup the next one for Sat 8th March. Ususal arrangement as we always have, one of these day’s I’ll write a webpage with all the details on. Check the FF11 post below if you don’t know the drill. 10am-9pm. Lawns Centre.

This might be a problem for those staying in the halls as this is the lawns kick out date I believe. Hopefully it isn’t and you can come, but if not the LAN will still be going ahead on the 8th. Reason we picked this date over a more Lawns friendly one is because regular attendee’s can’t do the earlier weekend and lawns turnout has been poor recently.

Forum Downtime

comsoc — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:42:55 +0000

Appologies for the length of time that the forum has been down. It’s fixed now. Has taken a reinstall and several failed attempts and moving the backup db to the fresh db in order to retain users and posts. If you notice any board settings that are wrong please let me know and I’ll correct it. As I said it’s a fresh install so I may well have missed settings.

We have a society wide email address now so you needn’t email exec’s directly anymore. The email account will be passed down to the new set of execs each year to make future communications easy. The addresss is hullcomsoc@googlemail.com. We will send any future newsletters out via this address so add it to your inbox filters if you like.

FragFest 11

comsoc — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:25:26 +0000

The FF11 will be happening on Saturday 2nd Febuary. 10am to 9pm. Usual affair as the other FFs. Particular games of interest that should be played are CoD4, TF2, ET:QW and of course the customary RTS game. Also we’re hoping to introduce Savage2, the sequal to the version of Savage we have played thus far. Of course this isn’t a definitive list as it is likely to change as the mood takes us on the day. So pretty much come prepared and patched with the games you do own. I empathsise this point every time. Please run Steam online before you packup in the morning as Valve have a tendancy to release updates on the morning of the LAN.

New members or members new to the LANs are welcome. The rules are basic. No speakers. Bring your computer and headset. Any games you wanta play. Snack food. Power splitter and network cable if you have one. If not then we have limited spares. The bar will be opening upstairs in the lawns centre in the early afternoon selling drinks and sandwiches. We normally make a big take away order together in the evening.

It’s at the lawns centre, nearly forgot to mention that. Any questions then please post on the forum. Price is, can’t remember off the top of my head. Same as it was for the last one :p. Only a couple of quid to members i think, and a fiver to non members.

Anywho, see you there

Hello World!

comsoc — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:52:39 +0000

This site will take the place of the old frontpage and form the hub for all things HUCS. I will make posts here for news about events and society happenings. The same information will likely also be on the forum in more detail but this can serve as a clean and easy way to update yourself on whats going on.