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Come join us for the release tournament of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on November 13th. Registration starts at 5PM sharp in room 924 of the CDM building.

We will have prizes in the form of gift cards for the top competitors as well as a raffle for an Acer 21.5″ monitor!

There will be a $2 entry fee to compete and FREE PIZZA!

Where: DePaul CDM 924
When: November 13th, 2009
Event Starts: 5:00 PM

Please send questions to: events@defrag.depaul.edu

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OPEN CALL for DeFRAG TF2 Players!

DeFRAG’s Silver Snakes* are holding tryouts for new members!
This Friday (Nov 6th) Join us in the PC Lab (CDM 920) as the remaining members challenge new players

Specifically looking for
-Medic
-Demoman
-Soldier

But all classes welcome!

*the Silver Snakes are a hybrid casual/competitive team who look for matches with other universities and real industry game developers. Competition is always friendly and never carries any prize beyond bragging rights.

The tryouts are going from 5-8pm on Friday (Nov 6) in the PC gaming lab! Come on down!

Hope everyone is getting their sleep schedules back to normal after Geek ‘Til Dawn. If you didn’t get enough zombie killing at Geek ‘Til Dawn, we’re hosting LEFT 4 DEAD NIGHT this Thursday, Oct 29th in the 9th floor PC Lab from 7-11.

So with Halloween approaching, and L4D2 coming out soon, hit up the PC Lab Thursday Night to get some practice headshotting infected!

See you then!

Just wanted to send a quick thank you out to all the people who made this Geek ‘Til Dawn the most successful one yet. We had over 200 people show up, and as of now we have yet to hear one thing from DePaul about our nightlong festivities.

DeFRAG has had one of the most successful and active years ever, and that’s due in large part to our ever growing membership. This is especially true for an event like Geek ‘Til Dawn that requires a lot of work from you guys as well.

So give yourselves a nice pat on the back for a job well done, and we look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events.

Heads Up: November 13th is our Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Tournament!

Hey everybody! DeTAG registration will be ending at midnight on Wednesday October 28th! You have the rest of Today and Wednesday to register for DeTAG! For those of you who have not yet registered, remember, you need to log into the website and verify your account on Campus Connect. Do that here once you have logged in. You can then register for DeTAG from the main navigation bar.

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Ed Fries was vice president of game publishing at Microsoft during much of the Xbox’s lifecycle. He was a prime evangelist of the platform to game developers and had an important role in the acquisition of developers Bungie Studios, Ensemble Studios and Rare.

Fries left Microsoft in January 2004. He consulted with a startup company, FireAnt, that was later sold to Sony Online Entertainment. He was also involved with several start ups including AGEIA, which aims to bring the first ‘physics accelerator’ chip for games to market, and Emotiv Systems, a company building an EEG based game controller.

Fries is currently working on bringing his favorite game, World of Warcraft, to three-dimensional life with his startup company, Figure Prints. The company makes 3D models of a player’s characters using a fleet of Z Corporation printers. Within the first 12 hours of his company going live, over 4,000 people had requested an order for a model. Fries explains in an interview that each model can take about 1 week to complete.

Due to technical difficulties over the weekend DeTAG registration will be extended through Sunday October 25th. Remember you need to have your account CampusConnect Verified. Once your verified go here to register. Thanks for all of your patience!

A link to the rules can be found here

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For everyone who hasn’t already noticed, DeTAG registration is open! DeTAG is a live action, team based re-envisioning of the classic game of tag. Work with your team to seek, trace, trap and tag your opponents. Spearheaded by Professor Jay Pecho’s GAM224 class, this session of DeTAG includes a new rule: The VIP. On each team there is now a VIP, a person who is worth double points if tagged. The catch? You only know your target team’s VIP, not your own. Once tagged, another member of your team is immediately assigned to be the VIP.

To register, First make sure your account on the DeFRAG website is Campus Connect Verified, then go here.

To download the rules, click Here.

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Update: Check out the Forums for a list of Do’s and Do Not’s at Friday’s Event!

Join us for the 4th installment of the ever popular overnight event, Geek ‘Til Dawn!

Sponsored by DeFRAG, JMAC, and CSS, Geek ‘Til Dawn keeps the CDM building open all night, and fills it with gaming, anime, puzzle challenges, and other forms of entertainment.

We will be raffling off an PS3 Slim Bundle, selling exclusive Geek ‘Til Dawn T-Shirts, and holding a silent auction/sale of some of the gaming labs older games and consoles to benefit charity.

Keep in mind, while students are able to leave whenever, the CDM Building closes at 11:00 PM. After 11:00 PM, if you leave, you will not be allowed back into the building.

This event is open to all students. Guests must be accompanied by a DePaul Student.

What: Geek ‘Til Dawn 4
When: October 23rd-24th, 8:00 PM – 9:00 AM
Where: DePaul CDM

Any questions, comments, concerns can’t be sent to: geektildawn@defrag.depaul.edu

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Join DeFRAG for some Gears of War 2 in the Console Lab on Tuesday, October 13 from 7pm-11pm. Blow off some of that midterms steam by blowing up a a Locust or two in Horde mode with DeFRAG!

DeFRAG Nights are simple game nights held in the labs every week. This is not an official DeFRAG Event. Keep an eye on the website for updates on future DeFRAG Nights and come out for this Gears of War 2 Night.