{"id":1884,"date":"2019-09-21T23:44:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T22:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/?p=1884"},"modified":"2019-10-12T14:34:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T13:34:37","slug":"committee-discord-meeting-21-9-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/committee-discord-meeting-21-9-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Committee Discord Meeting 21\/9\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Committee Present<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ben Cowling (<strong>Chair<\/strong>)<\/li><li>Mubarak Salawu (<strong>Minutes<\/strong>)<\/li><li>Josh Brown<\/li><li>James Bulman<\/li><li>Karen Cheung<\/li><li>Jack Holden<\/li><li>Katie Stevenson<\/li><li>Aidan Riddell<\/li><li>Kieran Taylor<\/li><li>Ryan Treacy<\/li><li>Noah Valpy-White<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Committee Absent<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jack Holden (prior notice given)<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>14:10<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Meeting Start<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Freshers Week Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, have<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Furness, 19:00 &#8211; 00:00, most likely in Furness TV Room<\/li><li>Pendle, 19:00 &#8211; 00:00, Pendle Bar<\/li><li>Fylde, 19:00 onwards, Fylde Common Room<\/li><li>Cartmel, 12:00 &#8211; 18:00, Barker House Farm<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other colleges have not responded to other offers at the time of this meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Decided that we would have posters to hang up and give out, most likely A5 or A4, and Facebook events to advertise the Freshers events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Karen<\/strong> suggested having a different style for posters relating to the LANs and Freshers events.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now have County Bar booked throughout the year on Tuesdays from 7 pm to 11 pm, Freshers&#8217; Week included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Decided not to have a theme for the first County Social as to not mislead anyone as to what the Society is about.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Decided to have rotations for Freshers Fair, have the following rota at the time of this meeting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Morning<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>James<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Noah<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Ben<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Evening<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Aidan<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Katie<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to do at Fresher Fair?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Smash Bros Ultimate<\/li><li>Mario Kart<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Themes for consecutive socials<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Music<\/li><li>Sports<\/li><li>Cars<\/li><li>Retro<\/li><li>Space<\/li><li>Fighting<\/li><li>League of Legends<\/li><li>NUEL Games<\/li><li>Friendship Ending Games<\/li><li>Cool Maths Games<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ben<\/strong> suggested going with more &#8220;normal&#8221; themes for the first few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Decided to go for Retro, Sports, Fighting and Cars for the themes for the first four weeks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Would need:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Projector\/Display Output<\/li><li>Compatible Controllers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Retro Theme<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bomberman 1 Classic<\/li><li>SNES Mini Classic<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sports Theme<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Retro Ice Hockey<\/li><li>Sonic and Mario at the Olympic Games<\/li><li>FIFA<\/li><li>Rocket League<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concluded that we would need Emulators for certain games but agreed that we should not resort to piracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cars Theme<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Cars<\/li><li>Rocket League<\/li><li>Burnout<\/li><li>Cell Damage<\/li><li>TrackMania Turbo<\/li><li>Mario Kart<\/li><li>Forza Horizon<\/li><li>Twisted Metal<\/li><li>Burnout Paradise<ul><li>Multiplayer aspect not very good according to <strong>Ben<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Music Theme<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Beat Saber<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fighting Theme<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Mortal Kombat<ul><li>Not entirely sure if we can play Mortal Kombat due to the visceral gore not being appropriate for all ages.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Blaze Blue<\/li><li>Persona 4 Arena Ultimax<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weekly quizzes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Decided to rotate the creation of the weekly quizzes as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sports Quiz &#8211; <strong>Katie<\/strong><\/li><li>Retro Quiz &#8211; <strong>Aidan<\/strong><\/li><li>Fighting Quiz &#8211; <strong>Kieran<\/strong><\/li><li>Cars Quiz &#8211; <strong>Josh<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Freshers LAN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Created Google Docs for LAN timetable as follows at the time of the meeting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>12 noon<\/td><td>Finish Setup<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1 pm<\/td><td>Room: Remnant of the AshesRoom: Tetris 99 \/ Puyo Puyo Tetris<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2 pm<\/td><td><em>Break<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3 pm<\/td><td>Main Room: Speedrun BingoOther Rooms: Rocket League<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4 pm<\/td><td><em>Break<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5 pm<\/td><td>Main Room: League (Karen)Other Room: Crew Battle<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6 pm<\/td><td><em>Break<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7 pm<\/td><td>Main Room: Pizza + (Exec Intros)(No GM)Other Rooms: nothing -&gt; main room only<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8 pm<\/td><td><em>Break<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9 pm<\/td><td>Main Room: OverwatchOther Room: BorderLans (Recruits optional)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10 pm<\/td><td><em>Break<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11 pm<\/td><td>Main Room: Usher\u2019s Yeah 10 hrs in Minecraft Hunger Games<br>Other room: PT (Hideo Kojima horror game)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12 pm onwards<\/td><td>LUGES (after dark)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Karen<\/strong> suggested that we give away prizes during the Freshers&#8217; LAN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Committee responded stating that we should have the Discord swag and game codes to give away.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh<\/strong> stated that we wouldn&#8217;t be able to hand out paper forms to the Freshers to fill in that required any personal information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Esports Games Tournament<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Need to sort out bookings for the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Would need to ask Esports players on their thoughts on the tournaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Structure:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Online or,<\/li><li>One or two events per day &#8211; <strong>Ben<\/strong> in favour of this option<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Karen<\/strong> stated that a large part of the tournaments being successful would be advertising the event properly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Aiden<\/strong> suggested advertising on both Discord servers and creating posters<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kieran<\/strong> suggested that they could be online tools to create brackets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Smash.gg has these tools available but would need to contact the website administrators<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Decided to moderately space out the tournament either:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Once every two weeks to hold smaller tournaments<\/li><li>Once a month to host bigger tournaments<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Karen<\/strong> stated that if the planning for the tournaments is good then the tournaments should work out<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Games played during the tournament would include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>CS:GO<\/li><li>Overwatch<\/li><li>Hearthstone (No Epic, no Legendary)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two of the above games being run simultaneously for the smaller tournaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Creating brackets would need to be done after we have the total number of contesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Need to sort out starting times and venue\/set up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Considering starting around 2 pm sometime in Week 2.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Decided that we would need to moderate some of the games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Aiden<\/strong> suggested having a FAQs channel on the Discord for this.<\/li><li><strong>Ryan<\/strong> suggested an Introduction &amp; Rules section on Discord.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Decided to make social media posts about the 1v1 tournaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kieran<\/strong> might be able to stream the games but it was suggested that the Esports Co-ordinators should also be there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Considered applying for Twitch Student to gain benefits such as front-page features but we currently don&#8217;t reach the criteria for this as we currently do not stream frequently enough<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discovered a potential issue with paying for tickets as UnionCloud takes up to two weeks for funds to reach the society but decided that we should be able to manage prizes during that period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Decided to try and arrange a follow-up meeting to discuss our new Esports logo design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Esports Training<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Aidan<\/strong> asked if the training would be online or in-person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Aidan<\/strong> suggested having the coaching sessions organised by the Esports teams, with the Committee giving the teams the go-ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Aidan<\/strong> suggested advertising the training sessions to people who need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was elaborated that the training would mainly be for people new to the game(s) in question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Karen<\/strong> suggested that creating a coaching application to make the coaches official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kieran<\/strong> suggested that perhaps coaching is another way of asking for more structure for the Esports players from the Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Questioned how coaching try-outs would work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Could coach the A-Team to see how the coaches would work.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>16:14<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; Katie left (explained)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Need to clarify what the coaching would entail for members as this is potentially being done already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Decided to ask the Student Union about travel for funding for Esports events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ben<\/strong> asked to know more about the various events that Esports members are interested in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Community Cast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kieran<\/strong> decided to have the next Community Cast episode recorded next week (commencing the 23rd) using the same format as before with potentially two more Committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kieran<\/strong> stated that he would also like to have previous Committee members on the podcast and upload the video to Youtube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Modded Minecraft<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suggested having Skyblocks but <strong>Ben<\/strong> stated that it would be resource-intensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NUEL<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Karen<\/strong> suggested that we try to cater more to the demographics that we don&#8217;t have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Karen<\/strong> suggested that we also should prioritise planning events more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Karen<\/strong> also suggested that the Committee should have more effective posters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Decided to redo the LUGES Branding guide to be more colourful but still consistent.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Karen<\/strong> suggested talking the Union more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Karen<\/strong> also suggested getting more feedback on what people go to events for, what they do and if they are enjoying themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Karen<\/strong> also suggested that the Committee spread out more during LANs and other events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Karen<\/strong> suggested streaming off of other PCs using Parsec<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This could allow us to get multiple cheaper laptops instead of getting one more expensive laptop.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ben<\/strong> asked if, under the new County Bar setup, we would have members book the PC section in County Bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Kieran<\/strong> responded by saying that this would not be necessary as the games being played in this section would be mainly casual.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>16:41<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Meeting End<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Committee Present Ben Cowling (Chair) Mubarak Salawu (Minutes) Josh Brown James Bulman Karen Cheung Jack Holden Katie Stevenson Aidan Riddell Kieran Taylor Ryan Treacy Noah Valpy-White Committee Absent Jack Holden (prior notice given) 14:10 &#8211; Meeting Start Freshers Week Events Currently, have Furness, 19:00 &#8211; 00:00, most likely in Furness TV Room Pendle, 19:00 &#8211;&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/committee-discord-meeting-21-9-19\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Committee Discord Meeting 21\/9\/19<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meetings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}