Organized Outreach Objective

For a campus like UTD, I'm surprised there haven't been more attempts at video game related events. I'm not saying we should set up some big tournament kind of thing, but we could at least have more public gatherings for things like Guitar Hero/Rock Band, Halo, or Smash Bros. A lot of people on campus play these games and I'm sure that there would be plenty of people willing to come to a larger setting where they can play against or with new people. Last semester I started attending weekly meetings of ATSA, or the Atec Student Association, and it wasn't so much an organizational meeting as it was a LAN party where we would usually play Team Fortress 2. Despite what you might assume, there was a lot of socializing going on and I got to know some of the people in my major better because of it. I think we could do something like this as well. Obviously, without access to some computer lab we would need to stick to console based games, and I would be wiling to bring what I can from what I own to minimize what cost there will be. I see this as a weekly or bi-weekly event, where we could supply some small snacks like cookies and drinks. It would also be nice if we could get a clubhouse to use in order to house large groups.