Ok, so after a long, cold summer of sadness, the website is back, and believe it or not, the GW Gaming League is getting ready for a new school year. Long story short: website got lost, website got restored, website lost a lot of data (I believe it was a vulnerability exploit), website is now restored to previous state. Unfortunately, we lost the plethora of things that happened between the first restoration and the second loss.

Anyway! Things are back, and we're moving into the new year full steam ahead! Announcements and emails to come in the next day!

Don't miss the Guitar Hero II Launch Party - Sponsored by RedOctane and the GWU Program Board - all evening tomorrow at the Marvin Center GRAND BALLROOM! With free play of Guitar Hero I and II throughout the event, live music, free food and prizes, this is a great chance to forget about work or classes and rock out.

In addition to freeplay, tournaments will be held throughout the day. If you would like to register for a tournament, please send us an email and arrive during the registration period.

2:00 - 3:00: Registration
2:30 - 3:00: Performance: BillyAttak!
3:00: Guitar Hero I Expert Tournament
5:00: Guitar Hero II Hard Tournament
7:00: Performance: Electric Wombats
7:30: Guitar Hero II Expert Tournament
9:30: Guitar Hero II Doubles Tournament

The Grand Ballroom is located on the third floor of the Marvin Center, directly across from the elevators. Once again, for directions and building details, please see the Marvin Center website at [link]

Hope to see you there!

We are pleased to announce that The GW Gaming League will be hosting a Guitar Hero II Launch Party on November 12, sponsored by RedOctane! You are invited to celebrate the title's upcoming release with us at The George Washington University's Grand Ballroom, in the heart of our nation's capitol in Washington, DC.

Entry to the party is FREE and open to all. There will be freeplay for both Guitar Hero I and Guitar Hero II, free food and drink (with energy drinks provided by Red Bull), and a live band.

Where:
The George Washington University
Marvin Center, Grand Ballroom
800 21st St. NW
Washington, DC 20052

When: Sunday, November 12, 2006.
Party begins at 2pm, individual tournament times TBA. Party will end by around Midnight.

IN ADDITION, tournaments for both games will be run for prizes, to be announced prior to the event:

1. Guitar Hero I Tournament, $10 Buy-In (RSVP), $15 at the door
- Expert Mode Only
- Double Elimination
-- Player 1 chooses first song
-- Player 2 chooses second song
-- Moderator picks third in the event of a tie

2. Guitar Hero II: Singles Tournament
- Hard ($7 Buy-In) and Expert Modes $10 Buy-In (RSVP), $15 at the door
- Double Elimination
-- Player 1 chooses first song
-- Player 2 chooses second song
-- Moderator picks third in the event of a tie

3. Guitar Hero II: Doubles Tournament
- Expert Mode Only ($15 Buy-In Per Team)
- Double Elimination
-- Team 1 chooses first song
-- Team 2 chooses second song
-- Moderator picks third in the event of a tie

4. Best in Show
- Show us your moves – we’ll be watching you!

Tournament participants under age 18 should be accompanied by parent or guardian, or bring signed permission. You are invited to bring your own controllers for the tournament: only approved, standard RedOctane SG controllers will be permitted, but you are encouraged to bring any modded or third party controllers for free-play (or to show off =)). Controllers will also be provided.

PLEASE RSVP with gaming at gwu dot edu, indicating which tournament(s) you would like to participate in. You may participate in any of the tournaments, but may only choose either the hard or expert bracket for the GH2 singles tournament.

For directions, parking and building information, please visit the Marvin Center website at [link]

Hope to see you there!

Congratulations to the winners of Saturday's Quake III Tournament!

1st Place: qr7, $50
2nd Place: xiphux, $30
3rd Place: Wombat, $20

Thank you to everyone who came and tried out for the team, and congrats to those who were drafted! Looks like we'll have a great team this year and we look forward to witnessing the pwnage.

Our first regular meeting will be held tonight at 7:30 in the Davis-Hodgkins House. Come check it out if you're interested in getting more involved in the GW Gaming League, or if you'd like to meet some new people! We'll be generally introducing ourselves as a group and starting to plan for this semester's events. The agenda will be posted this afternoon.

The DH House is at 609 21st St. (between G and F streets).

Hope to see you there!

No, it's not permanent, don't get all panicky. Don't give me that look either. But it is nice and simple so I can start configuring everything better, so any general comments or suggestions are still welcome =)

Please be aware the site may be down briefly while we... (I) work on upgrading and moving it. After the transition it will be under development, but should be mostly functional. Enjoy.

PLEASE BE ADVISED that the originally scheduled date has been moved from Friday to Saturday due to scheduling conflicts in the Marvin Center. We apologize for any inconveniences this has caused.

Get ready for the GW Gaming League's last event of the year - which may also be it's biggest!

Come check out Stress-Free Game Night at the Hippodrome, where we'll have board games and video games for everyone. Halo, DDR, Guitar Hero, Super Smash Brothers and more, on systems ranging from Nintendo 64 to the Xbox 360. You don't want to miss this!

Also, there will be FREE food and Prizes for mini-tournaments (TBA).