Wow. Wish I could register a .gov domain.
I just got this email from our club advisor. I don’t know if its too late to take them up on it yet, but I am going to respond today.
*Brent,
I hope you summer went well. To be honest I can’t remember if you are still with us this year or not but I got contacted about a sponsorship opportunity that I thought I would throw your way. The Marines Officer program is touring the country with Call of Duty 4 to promote their efforts. They have a tent, some TVs and the games up for people to play. They are willing to contribute $500 to your organization for hosting them on campus. They want to be here next Thursday…you would need to move quick. I don’t think it would be to much work if this is something you feel fits with the purpose of the Fighting Game Community. If you are no longer with the group please pass this opportunity along to the next officers. This opportunity is also being extended to the ROTC.
Cheers,
Sean*
I have their email and number. It sounds like they just need us to sponsor them and tell them it is okay to come set-up under our club name.
I have a moral issue with the military using video games to recruit. I have nothing against the military, but the idea of using games games about war to try and get people to join seems some how dishonest.
I thought about it and realized that I also have moral issue with turning down $500 free dollars, which would cover the entire cost of NWM for last year instantly.
So we’ll see if its still available.
Edit: I am actually going to ask them for a little more information before I tell them we will do it. When trying to hold tournaments on campus, it might be bad if the first thing our name gets attached to is aggresive recruiters. If they have there own booth and all they want is a rubber stamp and a little help from us, then thats fine.
Sounds good.
I don’t support the military whatsoever myself, but I also agree that we should take them up on this if we can.
I am all for America imposing itself on the world, so long as it actually does it right with proper use of the D-BO stick and without significant cost to our troops. However, having Call Of Duty setups is pretty insulting.
Thing is, bullshit walks and money talks. Could they just set up a tent with no FPS games? Then again, if it is an integral part of their presentation there may be no choice.
I sent them an email saying we would be happy to host them, and that we have a lot of experience hosting game related events on campus. I am guessing that they will probably go with ROTC as a host if they can, but who knows.
By the way, nobody join the army k.
I am against joining the military. But someone needs to do it. If it isn’t poor minorities, I don’t know who else there is. However, Call of Duty 4 is a fantastic video game, and I would rape half the campus. Trust me guys; I have over a 1.0 kill/death ratio on XBL, and I only play Hardcore Team Deathmatch.
Dan
Dan
Executive Vice President
Fighting Game Community @ UW
e. dann@shoryuken.gov
p. (206) 543-2100 ext 1025
Right, I didn’t want to say ‘fuck the troops!’ Because they obviously put their lives on the line, and don’t get half of the support they deserve.
I’m just trying to say, “My friends in the NW, I would be sad if you died.” That’s all.
CoD4 is pretty awesome, yes it is. How come they aren’t setting up “America’s Army,” huh? Huh?
Oh oh oh! I bet you’re talking about me!
Lets see:
Inconsistent to bad Mag - Check!
overused of shockwave verging on zealotry - Check!
Newness - Che…hey wait, I was here last year -_-
By here I mean the UW since this is my first shoryuken post.
'sup!
Hey Danny,
Randomly enough, my cousins called me heavy d when I was younger. Good games yesterday. Keep at it, and see you around!
Dan
Dan
Executive Vice President
Fighting Game Community @ UW
e. dann@shoryuken.gov
p. (206) 543-2100 ext 1025
Heavy D, shit I want to start calling you that from now on.
Whats this about COD4? im ranked top 100 in the world. will there be a tourny or something?
I saw them on campus today, so I guess they went with the ROTC. Looked like nobody was there, though, so that oughta show 'em.
How about you get your ass to my place next time I have a marvel session. I am tired of your tomfoolery.
Brent - you get signed up, yet?
I’m really interested in trying to get gaming sessions set up on campus. I mean, I don’t know how much time I’ll have this quarter, but it’s just got to happen.
The HUB is pissing me off. They had a guy come in to service the MvC2 machine today, and he fixed NOTHING. I talked to the super nice ladies who run the games section down there, and they were complaining about it, but obviously not planning on actually doing anything about it.
Well, at least the Tekken 5 sticks and buttons are working now. How long did it take for that to get fixed, like half a year?
LOL. Nice username.
mayn i thought you graduated. i never see your whiny ass anymore. I stopped going to the HUB cuz im tired of playing sakura guy, hes like the only one there anymore. well, and grant sometimes. i heard dan got like 4th or something at majors? if thats the case, i probably would have won that since i rape dan all day.
anywayz, yeah just tell me when you are having marvel orgies. btw, whats yours and dans live tag? do you guys only do hardcore COD, or do you do team too? my gamertag is Rimsh.
Yeah, fuck that guy, seriously.
I guess they had a tech come in yesterday to fix the marvel machine. Guess what? Not fucking fixed. And the SC2 machine right next to it was sitting there, frozen. How hard is this? These people are amateurs. They are not fit to work with men.
Less than an hour ago, I had a dream about MvC3. Sadly, I was at the HUB, so the controls were completely fucked. I was on the second player side, and the buttons were randomly inputting. I got stuck with Magneto, Storm, and Juggernaught because the controls were going off during character select. I was like, “Fuck, I want to play some new characters!” I ended up getting my ass beat by some minority using Protoman, Jean Grey, and Sentinel. Sentinel was even better than in MvC2.