With summer half over, it’s time to break out the games in full force. For those of you who have no plans, here are some excellent opportunities to get your game on in the coming weeks.

July 23rd-25th – PONG Community Game Weekend
Many members will be hashing it up on some of the more popular games this weekend in order to keep their skills fresh. Join your fellow PONG members online and jump into a game or two – or simply drop your fellow gamers a line to see what they’re up to. Remember to practice, practice, practice!

August 20th-21st – AWOL LAN
Head over to Eau Claire to get some massive gaming in. These guys put on a decent show and have some impressive prizes to boot. Held at Action City, AWOL is one of the bigger LAN parties in the area and caters to a large crowd. Cost is $25 for entry, with meal plans to be added if you so wish. Click on through to see what the fuss is about.

Parts have started arriving for PONG’s new dedicated game and LAN servers! These machines will replace the 10 year old P3s that have been running all of our events nonstop for these past years. Say goodbye to the old, and hello to the new shiny. More information about the build and the progress of the parts will be posted here and on our forums as soon as we know.

Dan “Longblonde” Wald
PONG President

That’s all folks! The Aloha LAN has drawn to a close, and so has the school year. Check back periodically over the summer for news updates and changes (Servers!) to the organization, and get set for one hell of a year. With a bigger budget, better equipment, and the new now know-how to get things done, PONG is coming back strong as ever.

If you haven’t checked out the gallery of the Aloha LAN, feel free to browse through the images in the gallery.

See you around,
Dan “Longblonde” Wald
PONG President

It’s 4am, and there are quite a few people going strong – thanks in part to the caffeine injection from Vroom Foods. The Left 4 Dead 2 tournament is drawing to a close with Team Awesome in the lead. Other participants are busy in Suicide Survival trying their best to ward off bushes and other shrubberies. More information will be posted as it comes in, but make sure to come stop by and check out the event before all the prizes are given away!

Dan “Longblonde” Wald
PONG President

It’s time for PONG’s last LAN of the 2009-2010 school year, the Aloha LAN! The LAN will start up at 4 p.m. on Friday, May 7th and continue until 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 8^th in the MSC Ballrooms. Bring your gear and be ready to game. If you have any questions please head on over to our forums at http://pong.uwstout.edu/forum/. There will be prizes given away from Gameskulls, Crucial, and other companies.  As always, this is a free event! Hope to see you there.

Gameskulls has decided to send a gaming headset fit for General Patton as well as some Tshirts for some lucky tournament winners. This is one snazzy prize that you won’t want to miss.

We don’t know what they’re sending us, but we have the go-ahead to let you know about their sponsorship. Make sure to email them and show some love, because they might be coming to a LAN next semester.

Makers of Buzz Bites, Vroom Foods has sponsored PONG’s upcoming May Aloha LAN. Better yet, they even gave us 20% at vroomfoods.com with the code WWMAG! Check out his seriously caffeinated company and order your supplies in time for the LAN.

Well PONG has some bad news to share to our community today. Unfortunately the organization will not be recognized for next year due to a registration error from last year. This year was not caught due to our use of funds generated off campus (cable sale) but, in order to officially punish the organization, SSA has moved the probationary period to next year. This means our funding for the following year has again been cut to zero. I plan to address this funding shortfall at the meeting tonight and some solutions to remedy the problem.

Regretfully,
Dan “Longblonde” Wald
President

EDIT: April Fools is over, so back to a fully funded year in fall 2010!

Dremel stepped up to the plate and sent us a 100 series multitool to give away at the next LAN. Please consider thanking this fine Wisconsin based (Racine) company for sending us a fabulous prize.