## 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