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The online game which aims to conquer JHU
Issue date: 2/28/08
Have you ever spent hours, maybe even days, attempting to conquer your opponents' teams in the classic world conquest board game, Risk? Or maybe you just like a little healthy rivalry and an excuse to boast about pride, no matter what for.
Want to meet more people in your building, waste some time between painful homework assignments or just waste some time, period? Then you should probably check out GoCrossCampus, the Johns Hopkins tournament, found at www.gocrosscampus.com.
You may have seen the blurb about it in the daily announcements e-mail. Or perhaps you even received a separate e-mail about the endeavor. Maybe your RA mentioned it during a floor meeting.
However you may have heard of it (or maybe you haven't yet), you most likely have yet to actually sign up and join the epic battle.
After taking it into her own hands to take this adventure for a test run by signing up. The News-Letter's Your News-Letter editor asks the RA who is fronting the game about this online board game, complete with a colorful map of Homewood Campus on which you get to place your own armies.
News-Letter: To start off, would you mind explaining what exactly the game is and how it works?
Adam C. Canver: GoCrossCampus (GXC) is an online version of the board game Risk, where the map of territories are the campus buildings and the teams are based on residence.?
Each day is one turn in the game.? Each player has 24 hours to place their armies in a territory that they own and then to attack another territory.? The team that conquers the entire map wins.? The more students who participate, the better.
N-L: Were you a fan of Risk when you were younger/now?
AC: When I was younger, I had played Risk every once in a while, though I would not say it was a particular passion.? I support this game now so much to help increase school spirit and bring together the undergraduate population.
N-L: How did you find out about GoCrossCampus?
Want to meet more people in your building, waste some time between painful homework assignments or just waste some time, period? Then you should probably check out GoCrossCampus, the Johns Hopkins tournament, found at www.gocrosscampus.com.
You may have seen the blurb about it in the daily announcements e-mail. Or perhaps you even received a separate e-mail about the endeavor. Maybe your RA mentioned it during a floor meeting.
However you may have heard of it (or maybe you haven't yet), you most likely have yet to actually sign up and join the epic battle.
After taking it into her own hands to take this adventure for a test run by signing up. The News-Letter's Your News-Letter editor asks the RA who is fronting the game about this online board game, complete with a colorful map of Homewood Campus on which you get to place your own armies.
News-Letter: To start off, would you mind explaining what exactly the game is and how it works?
Adam C. Canver: GoCrossCampus (GXC) is an online version of the board game Risk, where the map of territories are the campus buildings and the teams are based on residence.?
Each day is one turn in the game.? Each player has 24 hours to place their armies in a territory that they own and then to attack another territory.? The team that conquers the entire map wins.? The more students who participate, the better.
N-L: Were you a fan of Risk when you were younger/now?
AC: When I was younger, I had played Risk every once in a while, though I would not say it was a particular passion.? I support this game now so much to help increase school spirit and bring together the undergraduate population.
N-L: How did you find out about GoCrossCampus?
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posted 2/16/09 @ 2:22 PM EST
Are there any geographical limits for accessing the site? I am not from US but I am interested in this tournament. I have good experience with online game tournaments and I want to experience even more. (Continued…)
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