University of Ottawa Gaming Club

Dealing with Spam

2010-09-14T08:13:00.000-07:00

Hey folks!

I realize that everyone's been getting a lot of messages over the past few weeks/months/years from events from this group, some of which you don't really care about.

My solution is this: If you want info about a specific type of event: Board Games, Dungeons and Dragons, or Magic the Gathering - send me (Kyle) a message, and I will add you to a specific distribution list.

I'll keep my send outs to a limited population of people this way, and hopefully not bug the hell out of you.

In addition, new memberships are going to be available this Friday! Yay!

Elections are going to be the last Friday of the month. There are four positions you can apply for: President, Treasurer, V.P. Boardgames and V.P. RPGs.

Get your geek on,
Kyle

Working on the website, etc.

2010-05-13T14:33:00.001-07:00

Currently updating the usability of the website, features, appropriate links etc. If you have any recommendations, please let me know.

1:36 AM

2010-01-25T22:39:00.000-08:00

Updated Executive. Adam is finally up there.
Sean - I need a new picture of you!

Updated front page: Now this blog is fed onto there! Whooppee!
Links to the facebook and yahoo. Now to get the facebook group going.

I wonder how things are going to go.

Needed: A few things: I have created some posters, but I am waiting for a few certain companies to reply with permission to use their licensed pictures/properties.

We need more dungeon masters, so we can host most LFR days. Recuitment campaign, anyone?

I also think we need a new logo, something to brighten the visual identity of our group. Or perhaps retrofit our old one to accomodate our growing needs?

Working at 1 AM

2010-01-25T22:07:00.001-08:00

Thanks to all members for bringing their boardgames in!

Keep on finding our games!

Updating the website with info about DnD and Magic.

Boardgames to follow shortly (we have some now!)

If anyone wants to help catalogue some boardgames, we need some help on the 5th, or on Wednesday night.

Website woes again? - Reformation of myself and my work

2010-01-07T15:43:00.000-08:00

Dear Ian,

As you are probably the only person who is reading this blog, this entry is dedicated to you. Happy New Year.

Okay. So, things might not have been going as well as could have been hoped. In fact, my entire presidency may have been a sham. I will admit, things have not gone as smoothly as I would have hoped - and this may be due to my rather complicated lifestyle of leaving things to the last minute, hoping for the best.

So, what I have done is gotten organized. Outlook, Blackberry, schedules, you name it, I am probably using it. And that means the club gets to have its time in the spotlight as well.

As you may or may not know, I am the Magic geek in the club. So I put a bunch of time to that end of things, and a bit into Dungeons and Dragons. And not so much time into boardgames. Which is a problem, and one I intend to rectify.

For inspiration, I have been reading Dormitories and Dragons.. and got distracted from writing this post.

More later?

New Cards?

2009-09-23T20:23:00.001-07:00

Depends on whether I get re-elected. Also, I need to find a lamination machine.

Website Woes

2009-09-22T19:34:00.001-07:00

So, apparently officelive is not the most user-friendly of methods for configuring websites. The same old URL (www.uogc.ca) now redirects to a google site. Cool, eh?

The E-mail

2009-05-03T16:02:00.000-07:00

Just finished cleaning out 140 spam messages from the Club. Also, apparently the club e-mail sent out nude pics of some poor sap in Britain? I am impressed with whoever is managing to fake these e-mails.

On the other side of things, I am winding down the changes to the website in order to plan out exactly what we need for the online side of things. Any ideas for the website would be greatly appreciated. In fact, you can send them using the Contact bar on the site itself!

Woot woot!

The death of Geocities

2009-05-01T21:55:00.000-07:00

After a freaking long time, the UOGC website is going to be moving. Geocities is closing its proverbial doors, and shutting down its website hosting projects later on this year. What does this mean for the UOGC? Well, the club now has www.uogc.ca, meaning their is an easier URL to remember, and now I am looking into other options for hosting the website (not that it is regularly updated).

I am also looking into ways of rebranding the site to encourage participation in our activities, and remarketing ourselves in a more open nature. Frankly, our retention rate of students is, to say the least, horrible. We shall, however, endeavour on.

Update anyone?

2009-01-26T21:55:00.000-08:00

Apparently, I am supposed to keep this blog updated. Well, here is an attempt.

Last Friday, amidst the cold and dreary Ottawa night, a DnD Delve Night was held. Here are a few notes:
Ten people showed up
Seven were not 4th Ed players
None had 8th level characters.

After about two hours of character creation, we got underway. Subsequently, ten rounds of combat ensued... Which lasted three hours.

Consider that: three hours. For ten rounds of combat.

I wish I was so effective at using my time... Oh wait.

On the bright side, this upcoming weekend is looking packed with lots of neatness from www.spellkeeper.com! Most importantly, it is Magic Pre-release weekend, meaning we get to try out some new cards!

Facebook will be updated soon.

Update for the Week of October 6th

2008-10-06T15:16:00.000-07:00

I will be the first to admit a few mistakes have been made.

Good idea: Running a Magic the Gathering Tournament.
Bad idea: Having more than one price for entry into a tournament.

The concept of forcing people to donate food is a good one, but I should probably have focused on breaking even at the very least. Hopefully, in the future, we will be able to do such.

Good idea: Advertising in an unusual way with Magic cards.
Bad idea: Advertising for an event only in an unusual way.

People did not seem to get the message. I would postulate that a more comprehensive advertising mechanism would be more effective.

Good idea: Tabling to advertise the club.
Bad idea: Only having two people table... for the entire day.

I would like to get a few more people out to these shindigs. Anyone who wants to.. please let me know.

Shards of Alara Launch Party!

2008-09-30T15:33:00.000-07:00

Details can be found here on the facebook page!

Please bring a donation of non-perishable food for the Bon Apétit Food Bank!

Can I get a...

2008-09-21T19:37:00.000-07:00

Proper birthday cake? I will admit, I was excited that the Rideau bakery was going to craft us our very own d20, but this? (Picture will be posted in the near future).

However, the Living Forgotten Realms coming next weekend should be a great success. Too bad I will not be around to enjoy it.

Still plugging away

2008-09-16T13:04:00.000-07:00

Well, the calendar is up, and should keep people informed as to what the hell is going on each week. Anyone that needs a room should e-mail me at president.uogc @ gmail.com so I can book things. I, at the moment, actually need to find another room for this Friday.

Hopefully, we will get the Terminus, or at least a few tables in it, to hold onto a bit of the spill off, as I suspect there will be quite a few people playing this Friday.

Assuming no one actually reads this, good luck.

Update for the Week of September 19th

2008-09-15T09:57:00.000-07:00

This is the week of the clubs 20th Birthday! Rideau Bakery has confirmed that the cake will be marble, as was advised by both of our VPs. Pizza delivery still has to be worked out. Beverages are also in the work, but no alcohol will be provided as per the club constitution.

Room bookings are in the works to have an extra room every week for various groups playing their RPGs. Also, I am looking into storage space for boardgames in 215, in tandem with the Pride Centre.

The beginning of a public record...

2008-07-28T06:47:00.000-07:00

Let it be known that this is the first official public record of the University of Ottawa Gaming Club! I will try to keep this as a method of informing the club as to what is going on, in addition to the yahoo work group.