Topic: General News

The AUGamers website was down yesterday due to a DNS glitch at the hosting provider. Then when it came back up, some may have noticed that all updates since 28 Sept were missing. That was due to a server migration issue. Everything is back up and running now and should be current as of the time it went down due to the DNS glitch (early morning 15 Oct). Sorry for the interruption, especially so close to TigerLAN.

The web server will be down for upgrades for about an hour on 14 June 2007 starting at 23:00 CDT.

The web site will be unavailable during this time period, but should be back up and running right afterwards.

The Auburn University Computer Gaming Club was recently informed about the death of its founder and first President. Ryan "Stick" Stich was involved in a fatal motorcycle accident approximately two weeks ago. His fiancee has offered all of Stick's gaming items to the club as it is what he would want. AUCGC has no firm plans on what to do with the equipment and games but suggestions have included keeping some of it for club, giving some away for TigerLAN prizes, and donating some to charities or educational groups, all of which are intended to improve gaming in the community.

Stick left behind a legacy of creative gaming and promotion of gaming in the community. He and a handful of others started the club in late 1996, the first official meeting was in 1997 and the club received a permanent charter from Auburn University in 1999. This not only makes the AUCGC the oldest university-sponsored computer gaming club in the country but also makes Ryan Stich a pioneer in the push to create a stable gaming community.

AUCGC has not yet determined exactly how it will memorialize him, but there will be something permanent. Talk has begun about creating a tournament at all future TigerLANs with Stick-style rules but the details are in flux. To make suggestions please see the forums ( www.augamers.org ); there is a topic under Official Announcements titled "RIP Stick."

Our thoughts are with his family, fiancee, and friends in these tough times. If anyone wishes to contact them for any reason then please contact an AUCGC officer (Ack, Gouji, Coyote, LordByron, xero) so that they are not bombarded with random contacts. Thank you.

Stick, you will be missed sorely and we will try to continue your legacy of fun and creativity.

Panda Security is giving away gaming gear to clans.

Grand Prize
$1000
Dual AMD Opteron Server
10 Titanium Antivirus

Weekly Prizes
4 GeForce 7600GT video cards
4 Platinum Internet Security

http://www.pandasecurity.com/promotions/gaming/default.aspx

Let's get club involved to try to win some of this gear for club, members, and TigerLAN. Go to the link above and enter your information. Select AUCGC as your clan and tell your friends and family. The more entries we have under that name the more likely we are to win.

We are gathering interest for a organizational picnic to occur in the upcoming weeks. Read below for info:

xero wrote:
I'd like to have an organization picnic soon into the summer semester.
Dates could be 19 May (first Friday), 26 May (Friday before Memorial Day), or whenever.

Club could buy a few pizzas and drinks and members could bring other random food, standard picnic style stuff. (All of this would of course be eaten outside the lab...)

However, there are no chairs outside the lab and it's a small space and a bit sterile, so it's possible to have it somewhere else and at a different time.

Anyway, time and place don't matter.

The point is to get the members, the advisor, the admins, and any alumni that can make it together for a social event. That means you Roy, Paul, Mike, Bandit, T-BirD, Vector, Stick, X, Speed, etc. :P

Reply on the forums (and vote for an option) and let's discuss interest and options for time and place.

Forum here