4/23/2008

Farewell, and Goodnight! Thanks to all of you who came out to play last night - we had an excellent turnout and we think that all of you had a great time. Well, it is the end of the semester for the Gamers' Alliance but have no fear! We will be back in the fall with even more exciting game nights, lockins, and (maybe) even a Gaming Conference! As some of you may know, our charter says that the President can only be the President for two years. Evie Powell has been the Gamers' Alliance President for two years and it is time for her to step down. Therefore, we have a rather huge hole to fill within the organization. As of right now, there has only been one person who has agreed to run for the Presidency. If you would like to be considered for this position, or indeed, any position on the board, please send an email to gamers-alliance@googlegroups.com with your resume attached and denote which position(s) you are applying for. Some of the jobs that we need to fill are... Club President Secretary Webmaster Press Secretary We will have more pertinent details coming soon! It's been a great year and all of you made it totally worth our time and effort. The Gamers' Alliance thanks you.

3/20/2008

Smash Brothers Brawl Tournament The long anticipated ultimate game night is finally here! Gamers' Alliance is hosting a Smash Brothers Brawl tournament at our next game night. Because we're anticipating a large turn-out for this event and we have no money for food (pout), we will charge a $1.00 at the door (not too bad) unless you bring food or drink to share. We're not picky! A bag o' chips or an off-brand 2 liter soda is sufficient. There is also a $1 tournament entry fee. The prize will be determined but should be pretty sweet. Who: Gamers' Alliance (cuz we are awesome) What: The bestest game night evar! When: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 6:30pm - 10:30pm Where: CONE Room 112 Why: again, because we are awesome As always, feel free to bring your own games, consoles, compys, televisions, etc... Standard check-in rules apply so your stuff is protected. If you wanna go ahead and fill out your checkin sheet print out this Game Night Check-In Sheet and either bring it to the game night OR send it to Evie. Wii-up and prepare to get smacked down! Hope to see all of you there!

3/20/2008

CANCELLATION ANNOUNCEMENT The UNC Charlotte Gamers' Alliance Game Development Lock-in Challenge has been postponed to a date to be determined (Fall 2008). We apologize for having to cancel the lockin, however, the Board Members have determined that this is the best course of action for the Gamers' Alliance at this time seeing as how we are collectively swamped with our own coursework and real work. Howevver, this does not mean that we won't have another Game Night...in fact, we are going to have a Game Night in April (date and location to be released later). Keep your eyes glued to the website for further updates. Also, we are going to have a Smash Brothers Brawl Tournament so Wii-up and prepare to get smacked down! Hope to see all of you there! 2/26/2008 UNC Charlotte Gamers' Alliance Game Development Lock-in Along with the new website, we are announcing something entirely new for the Gamers' Alliance - a Game Development Lockin. What is it: A Marathon of Game Development over 24 hours When is it: Friday, March 28, 6:30 pm- Saturday-March 29 @ 6:30 pm Where is it: UNC Charlotte, room to be determined We are inviting all UNCC and CPCC students, along with students from other Universities, to join in this exciting game development challenge! Players will work in teams with mentors (UNC Charlotte game students) to develop a game meeting challenge specifications (to be given out upon arrival) in 24 hours with a limited code set in XNA. If you are interested, please go to the following links for more information concerning the challenge... Official Rules Waiver for Participation Sign Up Form 2/12/2008 Battle of the Rock Bands! Tonight's game night was smaller than our previous attempts but was even more fun for the Gamers' Alliance staff than any other game night. While we had other games there, the focus of the evening was definitely on the new Harmonix game, Rock Band. Six teams strutted their stuff on the AfterHours stage, perfoming their three strongest songs for an appreciative audience. Third place went to Bunnicula (headed by Evie), second to AJ's team, and first to the darkhorse team that showed up out of the woodworks and blew the rest of us away with some serious skills. Congtats to all the teams that competed...it's definitely not easy to perform on stage as opposed to your living room! Also, keep an eye out for a totally informal and non game night chance for some redemption with your band. We don't have a time or a date yet but some of us are clamoring for a rematch! 11/20/2007 Retro Game Night! The theme this time is Retro games. This means N64, Playstation1, Sega Saturn, and older. If you have consoles that fall into this category, those would be preferred over newer consoles (PS2 and later). We will still have a room for newer consoles but it is smaller than the main room. Room 112 (the biggest room) will be the Retro room. We will still have some newer consoles in room 113 for those who want to play them (Wii, and Xbox360 primarily). And room 109 will be for the tournament. Speaking of which... The tournament: Street Fighter II on Super Nintendo! 10/23/2007 Halo 3 Tournament! Tonight was the first time that the Gamers' Alliance hosted a Halo 3 Tournament and, from the commentary received, it was a rousing success. With over 100 people in attendance, the night was full of XBox, Wii, Playstation, and PC gamers having a blast. Clint Rowland (first) and Jason Cambell (second) took the single player Halo 3 competition and stomped them into the ground. The Halo 3 Team Deathmatch competition went to Clint Rowland, Jason Cambell, Josh Cambell, and Gabriael R. Congratulations to all our winners and we hope to see you for the next game night, which will be November 20th and will feature a Retro Game theme for our members. 9/20/2007 100+ PEOPLE AT LAST GAME NIGHT Thanks to everyone that came out to the last game night and making it a huge success. We ran our first game tournament last night with Wii Boxing and everyone seemed to have a lot of fun with it. It is because of your dedication to games that the ideal Charlotte gaming community is finally being realized. We had such a positive response to Tuesday's game night that we've already started organizing the next event, which will be partially sponsored by Microsoft! We hope to see everyone there! Note: There may be a small cover charge involved. More details later. See calendar for more details on next game night.