The Computer Gaming Club will be holding a LAN party in the Student Center Ballroom starting Saturday, Oct. 19, at 9 a.m. and ending Sunday, Oct. 20 at 5 p.m.
The Student Center will remain unlocked for the duration of the event to accommodate the needs of the Computer Gaming Club and allow participants to come and go as they please.
The club will be holding tournaments during the hours of the LAN party. The tournament schedule includes: "Counter-Strike" Saturday at noon, "Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War" Saturday at 3 p.m., "League of Legends" on Saturday at 7 p.m. and "Minecraft" Sunday at 3 p.m.
All tournaments will have a $5 entry fee. The "League of Legends" tournament will have a $10 entry fee. Players will need to bring their own equipment for the event.
Those wishing to compete in the "League of Legends" tournament must sign up at the LAN party. Signup ends Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
Those without a team will be able to sign up to be matched with random players.
Players will be matched together or are free to pick each other.
A cash prize will be awarded to the winner of the "League of Legends" tournament. The cash prize will be scaled based on how many people compete in the tournament. The more who compete, the larger the prize.
The "Minecraft" tournament will be played out "Hunger Games" style. Players will be thrown into a world, left to their own devices, and pitted against each other.
The last player standing will be declared the winner and will be awarded a homemade prize.
According to Daniel Justice, junior in exercise science and head of public relations for the Computer Gaming Club, the prize will be memorable but would not reveal any details.
While the majority of the event is meant for computer gaming, a portion of the room will be sectioned off for console gaming.
Party games such as "Mario Party" will be made available to play.
Attendees are encouraged to bring and play whatever games they want.
"There's going to be a lot of pickup games," Justice said. "I remember last year we had 'Civilization 5' pickup games."
Alex Lewis, sophomore in computer science and member of the Computer Gaming Club, said he attended LAN parties in the past.
"I am definitely excited," Lewis said. "It's (the Computer Gaming Club's) biggest event of the year. We play whatever we feel like playing and get to see everyone's desktop rigs and everything. Really, if you feel like playing anything, you can go in the middle of the room and yell out, 'anyone want to play this?' and nine times out of 10 you will get at least one person."
Jonathan McGuckin, junior in software engineering and president of the Computer Gaming Club, said anyone is welcome to come.
"This is a place for people who love games to network with gamers while gaming." McGuckin said. "Don't be shy, we don't judge. Show up and have the time of your life."
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