The game room will add another gaming club as the Super Smash Brothers Club invades the Student Center for more playing space.
"It's a wildly popular game," said John Rountree, club president. "The goal is not to just perfect our skills at the game, but it's an opportunity for people to meet other people."
A lot of freshmen join the club as a way to make lifelong friends, Rountree said.
"We have a lot of freshmen come in who literally know no one at Auburn," Rountree said. "By the end of the year, they know a lot of people that they know on campus."
Ben Stewart, vice president, joined the club for the sole purpose of making friends.
"Personally, for me, it has helped me gain a lot of friends," Stewart said. "I'm from South Carolina, so I came here not knowing anyone. Thanks to the club, it has helped me find a lot of friends with a lot of interests in common with me, not just Super Smash Brothers."
The club travels to tournaments all over Alabama, and even parts of Georgia.
"We invite anyone who wants to come to join us at the tournaments," Rountree said.
"Riding for two to three hours to and from a tournament with a bunch of people allows you to get to know them really well."
The club traditionally stops at IHOP at midnight after each tournament.
"We'll also play Queen on the ride home," Stewart said.
Super Smash Brothers has even connected Rountree and a police officer.
"You would be surprised with how many people are familiar with the game." Rountree said. "Last year, after a meeting, I went home to find that my house was broken into. When we were being questioned by the police officer about where we were when the incident happened, we said the Super Smash Brothers Club meeting. He then said that he knows the game and has played the Nintendo 64 one."
The only problems the club is having are the number of television sets available to them, Stewart said.
"Once we can start using the game room, so we won't have to worry about TVs, it'll be a lot better for the club because people won't have to worrying about not playing," Stewart said.
Now the club is working with four or five TVs at a time, which play up to four people at a time, to accommodate 30 members at each meeting.
Rountree said part of the club's appeal is that it doesn't require extra work outside of the meetings.
"I think there's a place for clubs that it's not about doing a bunch of work, but it's just about coming out at the end of the week with your friends," Rountree said.
The club meets in the Student Center in Room 2218 Fridays from 6 - 9 p.m.
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