PUGG’s 11 in '11: an all-around success

Cheers rang throughout Calumet Falls as a group of students watched the intense conclusion of a "Mortal Kombat" brawl. The Purdue University Gamer's Guild hosted a celebration for gaming of all kinds, with a few prizes thrown in to sweeten the deal, for their 11 in '11, which was the 11th anniversary of Fall Games Night.
Video games from "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" to "Super Smash Bros. Melee" were played throughout Calumet Falls. Tabletop games such as "Monopoly," "Apples to Apples" and "Vampire," a card game based around collecting vampire sets, were played as well.
"I love [PUGG's game night]. It's good to come out and get a couple of wins in," sophomore CGT major Ryan Lomax said after the "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" tournament.

Garcia (foreground), Purdue Calumet Alumni, hosts the Scrabble tournament, while Andrew Head (background), PUGG Sergeant-at-Arms, makes an announcement about the "Modern Warfare 3" tournament during PUGG's 11 in '11 game night on Thursday, Nov. 10

Fourth year PUC student Taylor Mason added, "PUGG's game night is fun and entertaining. It really allows students to socialize and try out all different forms of gaming."
PUGG Adviser Jade Greenberg expressed her excitement about the chess committee that was added this semester.
"We noticed that there were a few attempts at a chess club throughout the years. It seemed as though from semester to semester it either got smaller or did not return, so we voted on it and decided to bring it into our guild," said Greenberg.
PUGG has expanded heavily throughout the past couple of years, through constant events and even charity work.
Past PUGG members such as Ben Wolfe-Perez, from Lowell, made appearances while PUGG's founder, William Race, graced the games night with his presence and dropped a bit of PUGG history on the scene.
"I was in a role-playing club in high school, but after that people tend to go their separate ways, so I decided to join [PUC's] gaming group, but there wasn't one," said Race.
From there, the PUGG was born in late 2000, and Fall Game Night appeared two years later.
As the night started to wind down and the Mountain Dew started to fade from the back table, Greenberg gathered the students for prize distribution. There were five different tournament awards given out. Dante Vidal Silguero won the chess prize. Next was the "Vampire" game winner, Michael Cline, who was praised for all of the work he put into running and setting up the game. Third was the "Scrabble" winner, Samantha Press. The "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" winner was Theodore Napierkowski, who received a t-shirt and a poster. The last award was given to Eric Williamson for his extensive work as support staff.
All in all, 162 students graced PUGG's 11 in '11 this year, with tons of students awaiting the next group event.
To find out more information about PUGG or to join the guild, send an email to pucpugg@gmail.com.




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