Gamers - No special events are planned for this month’s LAN-A-GEDDON. However, there will be a bunch of new folks coming for their first time. So, let’s "Roll-Out" the red carpet and make these new guys feel welcome. When that's all done, then you can be free to blow-up a rocket in their faces. This is all figuratively speaking of course. Seriously folks, I am expecting a good turn-out of people this month - so let's game on! Remember, it's free for first-timers and only $5 dollars after that. Also, don't forget to patch your COD4 up to v1.7 this way you will be ready for game time action. More details of our events are given out on our email group site, but you need to be a NGC member to apply "http://gamesource.groups.yahoo.com/group/Gamers2/". I’ll see you there.

Now that the dust has settled, the NGC would like to acknowledge the winners and thank all those who participated in making this event one for the record books. Besides being one of the oldest monthly LAN parties in Texas, a record number of 42 people came in attendance. In the 2-on-2 Quake 4 competition, First Place went to Soapy_Mudd (Jonathon Leon) and Duckbutter (Alex Tigor). Second place was won by two guys that were so fast I didn’t even get their names! (But they did leave a silver bullet!) The third place winnings went to TRIPPPR (Phillip Trip) and Corey Steward, who is only 8 years old. In the Call of Duty 4 competition the top prize went to the great one and only Sandsukka (Jimmy Elzorkoni). Congratulations to all. Whether competitors took home only a memory key chain or one of the many door prizes that were given away every hour, no one left empty handed from this one-of-a-kind party. X-Sarge débuted his new karate game that used a camera to track hand movements allow the player to literally “karate chop” his opponents. Finally, the NGC wishes to thank the generosity of everyone who brought food and desserts to this event. It was truly a bounty beyond compare. This was one LAN Party that will not be quickly forgotten.

Gamers, For all those who don't know Quakecon is held right here in Dallas, Texas. It's considered the world's greatest LAN gaming event. This LAN Party will take place from July 31 to August 3, 2008 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel. This is a FREE event. If you want to go, you must be signed up. It's a simple 3 step process. Register at the Quakecon web site at www.quakecon.org. Click on Register. Then, just fill-in the info about yourself and what you are bringing. We hope to see you there!

The members of the NGC would like to express our gratitude to the Association of Computer Machinery (ACM) for inviting us and allowing us to participate in Texas A&M - Commerce's first ever LAN event. We were all quite impressed with the turn out and the professional attitude of the ACM folks. The staff were all very dedicated to making the evening both exciting and eventful. The facilities and equipment were top-notch, especially those large screens! We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and were glad to be part of your LAN event.

Gamers, Last Saturday's LAN Party was a truly an awesome experience. I can't remember when we had so much going on in one day. I share Kdogg's opinion that Guitar Hero, Rock Band, and Wii really added to the overall gaming event. Those folks that brought that stuff have my thanks as well. Now if you missed last Saturday, the LAN Party that really rocked, the one that had seen more people at it & connected than any other LAN Party since I've been a member - You get another chance. Phillip Wells, a TAM-C student and a VP of his own group the ACM has invited all of us out to his LAN event in Commerce. Phil was at our LAN party last Saturday and stayed until closing. He can play some serious COD4 too. Be sure you have TeamSpeak installed and bring headsets as we will be using it as our main comms. For more info about this LAN Party see the web link: orgs.tamu-commerce.edu/acm/lanparty/index.html. I'll look forward to seeing you gamers there!

Gamers, The only way I can describe it is Power-Packed. I tell you can feel it! The excitement, the nervousness, its all building up for this Saturday. Are you ready for the Game? It's NGC's LAN-A-Geddon at L-3's Rec Hall. Gaming starts at 10:00 AM. This is your personal invitation to come. New feature games will be Assassin's Creed and C&C3 Kane's Wrath. From our closet we will bring out FarCry and give it a test. We will be doing a lot of Guitar Hero as well. If you want to get a good taste of what a Game Day is all about then this SATURDAY is it! I look forward to meeting you there both on and off the battlefield

It's LAN Party Time at the Rec Hall. NGC's LAN-A-Geddon is this Saturday, March 15th. NGC's Game Day is the best deal in North-East Texas. We have over 40 games on our server, many newly released such as Crysis and Call of Duty 4. This month's new feature game will be "Frontlines: Fuel of War". We have a variety of game consoles and a wide screen projector. Whether you're playing on your Xbox360 or a PC gamer we have something for you. So don't let the cold weather or rain get you down, come out where it's hot. You'll always enjoy the food and stay for the fun. We'll see you there

Gamers, Please take a moment with me to reflect upon the NGC events this past year. It is my belief that we've had a very good gaming year. We met our annual quota of meetings, once per month or 12 per year. We gave away cash prizes totaling approximately $200 dollars. At the start of the year, we had new T-Shirts made up with your individual nick-name on each one and gave them away to you and all our members for free. Then, later on this same year, everyone who came to Game Day received a pair of eDimensional's "EDI-100 AudioFX Force Feedback" Gaming Headsets also for free. Membership also included access to our exclusive FTP server with over 40 downloadable games, many just recently released, plus CD patches and many windows utilities. You are also tied-in to our Gamers2 email group were you can get help and advice to technical questions from our group, buy and sell things to other members, and a host of other information concerning games and LAN parties. Lets talk about the LAN Party, because I also forgot to mention the food, snacks and drinks that are always in ample supply at every game day. Besides the friendship that you will find, there is an abundance of pure fun going on. Need help installing something on your PC? That's what we do best! 2007 was a very good year! Let's make 2008 one that's great! Join the NGC now.