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O.o I'm a president!! Woo!!
16 years ago
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Despite being sicker than a horse and missing a week of school and 2 days of work, things are finally looking up.
The school had their "Winter Networking Social" which is supposed to be a time to get together, learn some things about the people around you and join a club or two.....in reality it was a bunch of college kids showing up under the promise of free food and a chance to win a netbook. I was part of the latter (I wanted that netbook...oh well. I was 1 number off on the raffle).
Anyways, I get there and remember that I promised Mr. Liles, who not only teaches two of my classes but sponsors for the Unreal Club that I'm in, that I would show up to help represent the Unreal club. I had asked him earlier that week if I could possibly help lead the club, so I looked around for him when I got there.
Not only was he not there, but our club's place almost got thrown out because no one showed up. This was bad because the club (while awesome) did not have school funding and wasn't recognized as an official sponsored "club" yet. I rescued our place, and despite not having fliers or posters, or even a chair to sit on, I squeezed into the corner and gave an on-the-spot presentation of the club via microphone. (Did I mention I have a phobia of public speaking?) I managed to snag us a few more members and a few interested passerbys.
(I also represented the Animation Club, which I am a member of, but I didn't give a speech about it. Why do clubs I join not show up to these things?....)
Not only that, but the guy that is in charge of clubs at the school came over to talk to me about the club. Thinking I was the president, he told me I needed to come in to fill out some paperwork and (get this) we would become an official club with FUNDING.
Surprised, I told him that I wasn't the club president, and I explained the situation and that since I was the only one that showed up I took charge so that we could get more members, he just smiled and told me that that is exactly what club presidents do, and that I had just gotten myself the title. He told me to come in tomorrow and see him in his office to make everything official.
So now...I somehow ended up President of the Unreal club....got it to be a real club....and got it school funding....and (supposedly) doubled it's student count in one night....Just by showing up hoping to get a Netbook and pizza. GO ME :D
So what is the Unreal Club and what is the Unreal Engine?
The Unreal club is a club that teaches students to use the Unreal Development Kit (also known as the Unreal Engine) to make video games in conjunction with 3Ds Max and Maya. We also touch base on the Unity Engine. Both engines are free to download (though your computer better be fairly decent if you want to open them, my laptop can run Unity but not UDK). We take in kids from all majors (I even had a culinary student interested!) And no skill level is required to learn.
If you aren't sure what the Unreal Engine is, look it up online. A lot of professional 3D video games use the engine, including Bioshock 1 and 2, Gears of War, and Mass Effect, among others.
If you want to dabble in it yourself and don't go to the Art Institute of Seattle, you can download the engines here:
UDK: http://www.udk.com/
Unity: http://unity3d.com/
If you want more information about these Engines you can ask me and I can send you some of the material that we are using in club. It's really fun :3 The more I do this too, the more I learn so feel free to ask me anything!
So yeah, I'm excited. That and whatever I had that made me sick is finally calming down. Even though I went to the Social I'm feeling fine, my nose stopped running and I'm not coughing anymore. Hopefully I'll be able to work on Satuday and I'm going to go in to fill out that paperwork tomorrow at school. :3
I'm uber excited!!!!!!!
The school had their "Winter Networking Social" which is supposed to be a time to get together, learn some things about the people around you and join a club or two.....in reality it was a bunch of college kids showing up under the promise of free food and a chance to win a netbook. I was part of the latter (I wanted that netbook...oh well. I was 1 number off on the raffle).
Anyways, I get there and remember that I promised Mr. Liles, who not only teaches two of my classes but sponsors for the Unreal Club that I'm in, that I would show up to help represent the Unreal club. I had asked him earlier that week if I could possibly help lead the club, so I looked around for him when I got there.
Not only was he not there, but our club's place almost got thrown out because no one showed up. This was bad because the club (while awesome) did not have school funding and wasn't recognized as an official sponsored "club" yet. I rescued our place, and despite not having fliers or posters, or even a chair to sit on, I squeezed into the corner and gave an on-the-spot presentation of the club via microphone. (Did I mention I have a phobia of public speaking?) I managed to snag us a few more members and a few interested passerbys.
(I also represented the Animation Club, which I am a member of, but I didn't give a speech about it. Why do clubs I join not show up to these things?....)
Not only that, but the guy that is in charge of clubs at the school came over to talk to me about the club. Thinking I was the president, he told me I needed to come in to fill out some paperwork and (get this) we would become an official club with FUNDING.
Surprised, I told him that I wasn't the club president, and I explained the situation and that since I was the only one that showed up I took charge so that we could get more members, he just smiled and told me that that is exactly what club presidents do, and that I had just gotten myself the title. He told me to come in tomorrow and see him in his office to make everything official.
So now...I somehow ended up President of the Unreal club....got it to be a real club....and got it school funding....and (supposedly) doubled it's student count in one night....Just by showing up hoping to get a Netbook and pizza. GO ME :D
So what is the Unreal Club and what is the Unreal Engine?
The Unreal club is a club that teaches students to use the Unreal Development Kit (also known as the Unreal Engine) to make video games in conjunction with 3Ds Max and Maya. We also touch base on the Unity Engine. Both engines are free to download (though your computer better be fairly decent if you want to open them, my laptop can run Unity but not UDK). We take in kids from all majors (I even had a culinary student interested!) And no skill level is required to learn.
If you aren't sure what the Unreal Engine is, look it up online. A lot of professional 3D video games use the engine, including Bioshock 1 and 2, Gears of War, and Mass Effect, among others.
If you want to dabble in it yourself and don't go to the Art Institute of Seattle, you can download the engines here:
UDK: http://www.udk.com/
Unity: http://unity3d.com/
If you want more information about these Engines you can ask me and I can send you some of the material that we are using in club. It's really fun :3 The more I do this too, the more I learn so feel free to ask me anything!
So yeah, I'm excited. That and whatever I had that made me sick is finally calming down. Even though I went to the Social I'm feeling fine, my nose stopped running and I'm not coughing anymore. Hopefully I'll be able to work on Satuday and I'm going to go in to fill out that paperwork tomorrow at school. :3
I'm uber excited!!!!!!!
