The Top 10 Gaming Colleges

Pluvius writes "The top-ten list of party schools published by the Princeton Review every year has always been a popular metric among prospective American college students for determining the 'most compatible' university to attend. Because of this, the Global Gaming League has come up with a more geek-oriented list: The First Annual Top Gaming Colleges Survey. The entries were selected based on such factors as proximity to gamer meccas such as Southern California, the frequency of LAN parties, and the existence and strength of a game design curriculum. Here's an excerpt from the number one entry, UT/Austin: 'Last, if you don't feel like leaving your dorm, there's nothing to worry about. A blistering Internet connection will give you LAN pings inside Texas, 30 milliseconds of latency to the East coast and 40 to the West coast. "The Internet connection at the dorms is ****ing amazing. I was [on it] freshman year; I miss that part about moving out of the dorms."'"

Uh yeah.

[Skynet]

University of Virginia - Charlottesville, Virginia

Upside: Utterly ridiculous Internet connection. One former 'Quake 3' player from UVA had a single-digit ping all along the East coast. UVA also has some LAN parties.
Downside: Not a terrific location. The odds are that you won't have time for gaming because of a highly-competitive academic schedule.

So this is a reason I shouldn't go to UVA? Because I "won't have time to game?" What a trite article. Maybe you should go to a university because it will give you a competitive education, not because you can ping 9ms to your favorite server?

Dude, don't mess up a good thing!

[garylian]

I can see really intelligent parents getting a hold of this list and starting to shift kids away from campuses where gaming is a little too friendly. Don't give them information they don't need to see!

Though, I'd rather have my kid at a school where gaming was damn easy, as opposed to a school where drinking was the only thing to do every day.

Re:Uh yeah.

[GundamFan]

"So this is the reason I shouldn't [read the games section of slashdot]? What a trite [post]. Maybe you should [read the games section of slashdot for entertanment], not because you [are trying to pick a college].

The article is not about higher education... it is about exspensive goofing off. There are plenty of people who find extra curicular activity and fitting in at a college important, these kind of metrics may be of value to them.

Lose the stick, it makes you walk funny.