Events: Finished semester 1 and parts of semester 2, is a draft

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## Events
### Overview
## Semester 1
### meet_greet.exe
- Introductory event to the society.
- Idea was to give a taste of future events and a social mixer.
- Venue: We booked KBG15 from 18:00-21:00.
- Announced via Discord and emails.
### Skynet Introduction
- Introductory event to Skynet.
- Idea was to help members with setting up their accounts.
- Venue: Room 3 to allow enough room for incoming members.
- Members were required to bring their laptops to set up their Skynet accounts.
### Capture The Flag
- Interactive Event: Members were asked to bring their laptops to participate in the event.
- Venue: Room 3 was booked to allow appropriate space for our participants
- Email and Discord announcements were written to advertise the event.
### Movie Night
- Because it was Halloween, we decided to organise a movie night being projected.
- Venue: Room 3 was booked to allow enough room for our participants.
- We made a post on Discord and wrote an Email to advertise to our members.
- We asked our members to vote for which movie they wanted to watch on Discord.
- We acquired the movie, and we purchased food beforehand.
### Pycon
- A large event that had plenty of organisational overhead, and was a trip to Dublin.
- We lodged in the membership money for newer members who joined after the announcement for Pycon.
- Bought event tickets and tote bags.
- We applied for the trip's approval through Wolves.
- Sent emails to Pycon.
- Event costs were subsidized for members as a result
- Payments were tracked through wolves and processed online.
### Game Engines - Presentation
- Presentation about game engines; rehearsed beforehand.
- Venue: Room 3 for participants.
- Email had been written with some humor to enhance member engagement.
### Advent of Code
- Long-term running series of events, throughout December and early 2nd semester.
- Useful to giving first years more coding experience.
- 2 posters were made, and sent by emails.
- Our own leaderboard was created for our members to compete, code for it was emailed separately.
- Coding challenges released with Advent of Code were analysed and members were given chance to solve them.
- Separate forum topic was created on Discord for this purpose, members received help with the programming challenges.
## Semester 2
### Lightning Talks - Co-op
- Lightning talks from students who were returning from Co-op.
- Each talk was set to a maximum of five minutes.
- Goal was to have a relaxing social event to promote networking.
- Venue: Room 3, we had plenty of members and speakers coming in.
- We had pizza at the end to cap it off.
- We announced it via emails and a Discord announcement.
### Film Night
- Last minute event proposed by a member.
- The movie in question was an hour-long video about Randy Pausch's last lecture on achieving your dreams.
- Venue: Room 3 to allow enough room and chairs for members.
- We purchased food beforehand.
- We advertised it via emails and Discord announcements.
### Minecraft LAN
- Firstly we had a brief presentation on how to install a mod for voice chat in Minecraft, then helped people to join the server.
- Members were required to have a Minecraft account and a Minecraft Launcher installed.
- Members also required a Discord account in the CompSoc server and link to Wolves.
- This event occurred right after an EGM so plenty of members
### Quiz with Games Dev
### Licenses Presentation
### Minecraft Server Event
### Domain + Hosting
### Treasure Hunt
### Virtual Machines
### RetroPi