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On March 12 2011 03:38 ChaoticBlack wrote:
So far we have 17 people from UQ (maybe 20 if Suc's friends go there) and a total of 28 people who have expressed interest. I have a friend in first year med who doesn't play much due to study but will sign the form so we might have 29.
Tute rooms should be fine. Where do you think would be the best place to meet to play SC2? Would we bring our own computer or use the uni's one? Another choice is a LAN house. When the form is accepted by UQ, I'll arrange a meeting so everyone can vote on how the club will run and tell us what times would be the best
I would have envisaged booking out tute rooms to watch the GSL etc on the projector, but not to play. It's generally helpful to bring your own laptop, although the in-built ones are there if needed.
LANs are tricky. It would be really awkward to do that kind of thing at uni. First off I suspect booking a computer-equipped room is more difficult than a normal one. I'm also fairly sure all the UQ systems are running windows 2000 on mac hardware, which - aside from being flat-out retarded - might also be incompatible with sc2.
I do know, though, that SC2 is happy enough if you dump a complete install directory on an external and then copy it to a uni PC to play. Done it at QUT a couple of times.
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On March 12 2011 09:51 Belisarius wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2011 03:38 ChaoticBlack wrote:
So far we have 17 people from UQ (maybe 20 if Suc's friends go there) and a total of 28 people who have expressed interest. I have a friend in first year med who doesn't play much due to study but will sign the form so we might have 29.
Tute rooms should be fine. Where do you think would be the best place to meet to play SC2? Would we bring our own computer or use the uni's one? Another choice is a LAN house. When the form is accepted by UQ, I'll arrange a meeting so everyone can vote on how the club will run and tell us what times would be the best
I would have envisaged booking out tute rooms to watch the GSL etc on the projector, but not to play. It's generally helpful to bring your own laptop, although the in-built ones are there if needed. LANs are tricky. It would be really awkward to do that kind of thing at uni. First off I suspect booking a computer-equipped room is more difficult than a normal one. I'm also fairly sure all the UQ systems are running windows 2000 on mac hardware, which - aside from being flat-out retarded - might also be incompatible with sc2. I do know, though, that SC2 is happy enough if you dump a complete install directory on an external and then copy it to a uni PC to play. Done it at QUT a couple of times.
Apparently societies can book the Schonell theatre and other venues for free :D
and with the LAN part, I think it's feasible, except if you aren't used to mac mouse acceleration (which I am not :S), I'm sure there's a way to turn it off, I just don't know how.
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Assuming we get everything squared away before then, do we want to do something for the GSL final?
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I'd be more worried about the fact that they're the stupid mac mice in the first place. Worth a go.
GSL final sounds like a great idea. The trouble with the Schonell theatre and its ilk is not how much it costs, but how much demand there is.
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On March 12 2011 09:20 Leak wrote:
Hey not a bad idea me and my college mates from kings will be signing up, were all second and third years at UQ.
Awesome! Ill see you there.
On March 12 2011 09:51 Belisarius wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2011 03:38 ChaoticBlack wrote:
So far we have 17 people from UQ (maybe 20 if Suc's friends go there) and a total of 28 people who have expressed interest. I have a friend in first year med who doesn't play much due to study but will sign the form so we might have 29.
Tute rooms should be fine. Where do you think would be the best place to meet to play SC2? Would we bring our own computer or use the uni's one? Another choice is a LAN house. When the form is accepted by UQ, I'll arrange a meeting so everyone can vote on how the club will run and tell us what times would be the best
I would have envisaged booking out tute rooms to watch the GSL etc on the projector, but not to play. It's generally helpful to bring your own laptop, although the in-built ones are there if needed. LANs are tricky. It would be really awkward to do that kind of thing at uni. First off I suspect booking a computer-equipped room is more difficult than a normal one. I'm also fairly sure all the UQ systems are running windows 2000 on mac hardware, which - aside from being flat-out retarded - might also be incompatible with sc2. I do know, though, that SC2 is happy enough if you dump a complete install directory on an external and then copy it to a uni PC to play. Done it at QUT a couple of times.
I think for the LANs we could find a LAN House. There is a LAN Party called (GGF -Good Gaming Fun) where they organize LAN. We need to bring our own equipment (like PCs, game) but they provide the internet and cables needed as well as sitting. They try to aim at usually 100 people but there are LANs with 30~. Their site is http://www.ggflan.com/ if you want to check it out.
Would the computer rooms be possible to hire on the weekend? Or in the night?
On March 12 2011 10:05 Cybrewaste wrote:
Assuming we get everything squared away before then, do we want to do something for the GSL final?
On March 12 2011 10:09 Belisarius wrote:
I'd be more worried about the fact that they're the stupid mac mice in the first place. Worth a go.
GSL final sounds like a great idea. The trouble with the Schonell theatre and its ilk is not how much it costs, but how much demand there is.
I wouldn't mind watching the finals. Ill check out the reservation number on Monday and see if there are any tute room or lecture theatres available for free. When is GSL finals?
On March 12 2011 10:05 Suc wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2011 09:51 Belisarius wrote:On March 12 2011 03:38 ChaoticBlack wrote:
So far we have 17 people from UQ (maybe 20 if Suc's friends go there) and a total of 28 people who have expressed interest. I have a friend in first year med who doesn't play much due to study but will sign the form so we might have 29.
Tute rooms should be fine. Where do you think would be the best place to meet to play SC2? Would we bring our own computer or use the uni's one? Another choice is a LAN house. When the form is accepted by UQ, I'll arrange a meeting so everyone can vote on how the club will run and tell us what times would be the best
I would have envisaged booking out tute rooms to watch the GSL etc on the projector, but not to play. It's generally helpful to bring your own laptop, although the in-built ones are there if needed. LANs are tricky. It would be really awkward to do that kind of thing at uni. First off I suspect booking a computer-equipped room is more difficult than a normal one. I'm also fairly sure all the UQ systems are running windows 2000 on mac hardware, which - aside from being flat-out retarded - might also be incompatible with sc2. I do know, though, that SC2 is happy enough if you dump a complete install directory on an external and then copy it to a uni PC to play. Done it at QUT a couple of times. Apparently societies can book the Schonell theatre and other venues for free :D and with the LAN part, I think it's feasible, except if you aren't used to mac mouse acceleration (which I am not :S), I'm sure there's a way to turn it off, I just don't know how.
Do you know how we can hire the Schonell Theatre (what number to call to check availability)?
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All it said on the UQU site was to contact someone called James (only once you have become a society) and that Schonell could be booked out after 6:30pm on Tues/Wed/some Sundays with a system involving "Grant Credits". It says you can also try and negotiate other venues if none of the ones listed there are suitable: http://www.uqu.com.au/filelib/HOW_TO_SPEND_YOUR_GRANT_CREDITS.pdf
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On March 12 2011 11:07 Suc wrote:All it said on the UQU site was to contact someone called James (only once you have become a society) and that Schonell could be booked out after 6:30pm on Tues/Wed/some Sundays with a system involving "Grant Credits". It says you can also try and negotiate other venues if none of the ones listed there are suitable: http://www.uqu.com.au/filelib/HOW_TO_SPEND_YOUR_GRANT_CREDITS.pdf
Do you know how to earn the credits (couldn't find anywhere on the site).? $500 credits to hire Schonell theater so I don't know how easy it is to get $500 from UQU
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On March 12 2011 11:49 ChaoticBlack wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2011 11:07 Suc wrote:All it said on the UQU site was to contact someone called James (only once you have become a society) and that Schonell could be booked out after 6:30pm on Tues/Wed/some Sundays with a system involving "Grant Credits". It says you can also try and negotiate other venues if none of the ones listed there are suitable: http://www.uqu.com.au/filelib/HOW_TO_SPEND_YOUR_GRANT_CREDITS.pdf Do you know how to earn the credits (couldn't find anywhere on the site).? $500 credits to hire Schonell theater so I don't know how easy it is to get $500 from UQU
No clue atm, but I'd speculate that you get a set amount per year from UQU, probably with differing amounts between societies.
Feel free to chime in here if you know anything, Belisarius, you said that you were president of a small society. (and just a guess, was it chess?)
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On March 12 2011 11:53 Suc wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2011 11:49 ChaoticBlack wrote:On March 12 2011 11:07 Suc wrote:All it said on the UQU site was to contact someone called James (only once you have become a society) and that Schonell could be booked out after 6:30pm on Tues/Wed/some Sundays with a system involving "Grant Credits". It says you can also try and negotiate other venues if none of the ones listed there are suitable: http://www.uqu.com.au/filelib/HOW_TO_SPEND_YOUR_GRANT_CREDITS.pdf Do you know how to earn the credits (couldn't find anywhere on the site).? $500 credits to hire Schonell theater so I don't know how easy it is to get $500 from UQU No clue atm, but I'd speculate that you get a set amount per year from UQU, probably with differing amounts between societies. Feel free to chime in here if you know anything, Belisarius, you said that you were president of a small society. (and just a guess, was it chess?)
And UQU proudly throws in over 130 000 dollars to help make these events happen.
I don't know if this means for all the 120~ clubs but if it was we would get ~1000 if it was spread equally among all the clubs
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On March 12 2011 03:38 ChaoticBlack wrote:Show nested quote +On March 11 2011 21:26 Rhodan wrote:
Im at uni (QUT) until around 4-5ish Tuesdays so I wont be able to make it over - let me know when you organise another time, Im normally free mon/wed/fridays My Friday finishes at 1pm so I might make another meeting at same place, I'll check which time those who missed the meeting prefer. When could you get there?
Friday Ill just be studying/doing uni work (playing starcraft....) so I can get there whenever you're free, so 1pm is fine by me :D
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I'm happy to meet on a Tuesday/friday as those are complete days off (to "study")
as well as wednesday and thursday after lunchtime, since I only have morning classes.
Funfun to this starsoc.
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On March 12 2011 13:48 Rhodan wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2011 03:38 ChaoticBlack wrote:On March 11 2011 21:26 Rhodan wrote:
Im at uni (QUT) until around 4-5ish Tuesdays so I wont be able to make it over - let me know when you organise another time, Im normally free mon/wed/fridays My Friday finishes at 1pm so I might make another meeting at same place, I'll check which time those who missed the meeting prefer. When could you get there? Friday Ill just be studying/doing uni work (playing starcraft....) so I can get there whenever you're free, so 1pm is fine by me :D
On March 12 2011 13:50 reebuns wrote:
I'm happy to meet on a Tuesday/friday as those are complete days off (to "study")
as well as wednesday and thursday after lunchtime, since I only have morning classes.
Funfun to this starsoc.
We could do 2 days of signing the expression of interest form, that is if we don't get enough on Tuesday.
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On March 12 2011 13:48 Rhodan wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2011 03:38 ChaoticBlack wrote:On March 11 2011 21:26 Rhodan wrote:
Im at uni (QUT) until around 4-5ish Tuesdays so I wont be able to make it over - let me know when you organise another time, Im normally free mon/wed/fridays My Friday finishes at 1pm so I might make another meeting at same place, I'll check which time those who missed the meeting prefer. When could you get there? Friday Ill just be studying/doing uni work (playing starcraft....) so I can get there whenever you're free, so 1pm is fine by me :D
On March 12 2011 13:50 reebuns wrote:
I'm happy to meet on a Tuesday/friday as those are complete days off (to "study")
as well as wednesday and thursday after lunchtime, since I only have morning classes.
Funfun to this starsoc.
Alright then, the meeting will be from 11am - 12pm on Tuesday and if anyone else has a better time it will be from 1.10pm - 2.10pm on Friday. Ill update the OP
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On March 12 2011 11:53 Suc wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2011 11:49 ChaoticBlack wrote:
Do you know how to earn the credits (couldn't find anywhere on the site).? $500 credits to hire Schonell theater so I don't know how easy it is to get $500 from UQU No clue atm, but I'd speculate that you get a set amount per year from UQU, probably with differing amounts between societies. Feel free to chime in here if you know anything, Belisarius, you said that you were president of a small society. (and just a guess, was it chess?)
Actually nothing of the sort lol. One of the Christian groups. Go figure.
The credits are an allocation that UQU gives for use on club-related things, which includes the hire of major venues. It can also go towards stuff like pizza at meetings, which is largely what we used it for.
You get them more or less automatically once you submit the members' list. A normal amount is between $400 and $800 per club per year, from memory, but really big clubs may get even higher allocations. I'm not sure if we'd realistically be looking at hiring Schonell, but I think even a small club should get enough to do it once.
Normal rooms, like tute rooms etc, shouldn't cost money or credits.
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On March 12 2011 18:29 Belisarius wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2011 11:53 Suc wrote:On March 12 2011 11:49 ChaoticBlack wrote:
Do you know how to earn the credits (couldn't find anywhere on the site).? $500 credits to hire Schonell theater so I don't know how easy it is to get $500 from UQU No clue atm, but I'd speculate that you get a set amount per year from UQU, probably with differing amounts between societies. Feel free to chime in here if you know anything, Belisarius, you said that you were president of a small society. (and just a guess, was it chess?) Actually nothing of the sort lol. One of the Christian groups. Go figure. The credits are an allocation that UQU gives for use on club-related things, which includes the hire of major venues. It can also go towards stuff like pizza at meetings, which is largely what we used it for. You get them more or less automatically once you submit the members' list. A normal amount is between $400 and $800 per club per year, from memory, but really big clubs may get even higher allocations. I'm not sure if we'd realistically be looking at hiring Schonell, but I think even a small club should get enough to do it once. Normal rooms, like tute rooms etc, shouldn't cost money or credits.
Ah k, Im guessing the lecture theater in Hawken Engineering Building would also be a bit expensive to hire?
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Um... I don't think so. I'm fairly sure Schonell is a special case because it's used commercially as well.
At the very least, I know the tute rooms in Hawken - the reasonably nice ones with the red chairs, straight ahead as you walk in the entrance near the library - should be free to access, and the projector etc in there is absolutely fine for ~30 people. You don't really need anything approaching a lecture theatre unless we get like 100+ show up.
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On March 10 2011 21:36 JesusOurSaviour wrote:Show nested quote +On March 10 2011 19:16 Scarlet_Pinata wrote:On March 07 2011 21:49 JesusOurSaviour wrote:I am not going to play SCII yet, (or else I might fail Uni from practicing too much). But yea, awesome stuff bro, I'm at UQ doing Med in my second year. Hope to see you guys lan it up at UQ, gotta break the firewall though  Haha, second year med student at UQ as well...Now I wanna know who you are. And to the OP, brilliant idea, am so in. Michael You're Michael as well !?! I'm Michael !!! Michael Hsieh's the name here, in my 2nd year of MBBS proper... um... I'm based at the Mater, I attend 20% of the lectures (because I don't wake up on time  (((.... I'm cramming my portfolio WHILE watching GSL, which is a total fail. Ya now who are you :D What'up Mikey - Nathanael here. 
We should catch up sometime.
Nice to see you on tl.net.
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On March 12 2011 22:47 Belisarius wrote:
Um... I don't think so. I'm fairly sure Schonell is a special case because it's used commercially as well.
At the very least, I know the tute rooms in Hawken - the reasonably nice ones with the red chairs, straight ahead as you walk in the entrance near the library - should be free to access, and the projector etc in there is absolutely fine for ~30 people. You don't really need anything approaching a lecture theatre unless we get like 100+ show up.
Ah k then, I never been in those tute rooms and the ones I went where incredibly small (~20 people)
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Not a student but I'd definitely be interested in attending a GSL finals viewing if that ever gets organized.
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On March 14 2011 13:04 Krozlink wrote:
Not a student but I'd definitely be interested in attending a GSL finals viewing if that ever gets organized.
On Tuesday I'll talk with the others to see if they want to watch the GSL finals. If we have ~10 people going ill see how to book a tute room and how to get the projector working.
For UQ students, is the internet fast enough to stream GSL?
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