UCLA Ranked #4 in Computer Gaming

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>This year's controversial university rankings have inspired the Global Gaming League (<a href="http://www.ggl.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ggl.com&lt;/a&gt;) to release its first official ranking of the Top 10 best American universities in the competitive field of computer gaming. For better or worse, UCLA is now featured on the front page of the article and is also ranked #4 nationally, beating out USC. Highlights include our Counter-Strike prowess and frequent LAN parties in the dorms. :rolleyes:</p>

<p>As the end of summer approaches, hundreds of thousands of college students are reporting to their institution of choice. Which can only mean one thing: fire up your rocket launchers, boys and girls. It's time to take your classmates to school.</p>

<p>Ranking methodology: <a href="http://www.ggl.com/news.php?NewsId=3886%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ggl.com/news.php?NewsId=3886&lt;/a>
Feature article on UCLA: <a href="http://www.ggl.com/news.php?NewsId=3886&Page=4%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ggl.com/news.php?NewsId=3886&Page=4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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#4 University of California at Los Angeles - Los Angeles, California</p>

<p>Population (25,000) ***</p>

<p>Geographical Location *****</p>

<p>Student Organizations ***</p>

<p>Tournaments and LANs *****</p>

<p>Tech-friendliness *****</p>

<p>Internet Connection *****</p>

<p>Curriculum N/A </p>

<p>UCLA is, in gaming terms, at least a few years ahead of crosstown rival USC. It boasts two student gaming organizations (Enigma, a card gaming and video gaming club, and a 'Dance Dance Revolution' club). But that's not all. </p>

<p>UCLA has its own 'Counter-Strike' team, Generation-XAssassions (GXA), competing on the CAL-IM level online. Additionally, entire floors of its residence halls have been known to join for communal CS games. </p>

<p>"Last year, people on my floor built a server from spare parts, and we would all just play with our doors open, yelling when crazy frags happened," said Edward 'reflex' Chang, a former resident of Rieber Hall. Chang added that large Xbox parties take place in the dorm lounges because of the availability of big screen TVs. The dorms also have a dual T1 Internet connection, which is modest in terms of bandwidth, but provides excellent ping times for gaming. </p>

<p>The university is, of course, in the same LAN hotbed that USC is in. Multiple LAN cafes are located in SoCal, and such teams as SK Gaming's Girls Got Game (GX3) and most members of Aggression, the former Check-Six Counter-Strike squad, also call it home.

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Complete list of the Top 10:[ol]
[<em>]University of Texas, Austin - Austin, Texas
[</em>]Penn State University - State College, Pennsylvania
[<em>]Rochester Institute of Technology - Rochester, New York
[li]University of California at Los Angeles - Los Angeles, California[/li][li]Digipen Institute of Technology - Redmond, Washington[/li][</em>]University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
[<em>]Georgia Institute Of Technology - Atlanta, Georgia
[</em>]University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus - Minneapolis, Minnesota
[<em>]University of Michigan, Dearborn Campus - Dearborn, Michigan
[</em>]Full Sail Real World Education - Orlando, Florida
[/ol]</p>

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<p>hahaha nice. some of the juniors i know hold dota parties. they can get really serious about the game (i.e. arguments/yelling)</p>

<p>now, the influence is spreading to the freshmen.</p>

<p>:rolleyes:</p>

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<p>OH GOD YES</p>

<p><em>orgasms</em></p>

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<p>"The university is, of course, in the same LAN hotbed that USC is in. Multiple LAN cafes are located in SoCal, and such teams as SK Gaming's Girls Got Game (GX3) and most members of Aggression, the former Check-Six Counter-Strike squad, also call it home."</p>

<p>GX3 is leet.</p>

<p>ok sorry, my cs days are coming back to me</p>

<p>-___________-</p>

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<p>who played cs on the xbox live..i remember this one guy i played with..his gamertag was uclakid.i was like ****..u got in!! omg..thats a hard school..good luck kid..and here i am..damn cs</p>

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<p>"In related news, UCLA gamers also ranked fourth in two other important categories including 'Not Knowing How to Speak to a Woman' and 'What's a Woman?'"</p>

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<p>Hmm what's South Carolina ranked?</p>

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<p>Those USC students sure love to show their Gamecock pride... :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>Wow I wouldn't mind going back to CS. Haven't played at a competitive level for a couple of years now.</p>

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<p>cs is dangerous. too many real-life shootings over that game</p>

<p>=&lt;/p>

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<p>Yeah I remember some guy told me he was going to shoot me because I kept knifing him. Nothing happened though.</p>

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<p>thats sad. WoW forever? </p>

<p>good thing i quit :)</p>

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<p>What a dubious honor, haha</p>

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<p>WoW really sucks the life out of people. I've seen it. it's bad for your health!
kids should just play capcom fighting games haha.</p>

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<p>Its is a REALLY bad thing that there are Universities in front of Digipen in terms of gaming....and also a bad thing that there are schools in front of my own, because it is ****ing crazy here, all the WoW, Halo, Css, Civilization, etc players</p>

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<p>wow does suck life out of ppl. but they think they're living it up :)</p>

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<p>dorks.............</p>

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<p>idle #gxa and #benchwarmers</p>

<p>thanks!</p>

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<p>oh gosh, perhaps I have enough CS skills left to get recruited
(i was a back-up for an cal-IM clan back in 10th grade)</p>

<p>:/</p>

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<p>"For better or worse, UCLA is now featured on the front page of the article and is also ranked #4 nationally, beating out USC."</p>

<p>Worse... Definitely worse.</p>