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| − | The site's [http://www.gocrosscampus.com/edit/gxcgame.php?game=121 first tournament] open to Columbia students pitted anyone with a [[columbia.edu]] email address against students from the other seven Ivies | + | The site's [http://www.gocrosscampus.com/edit/gxcgame.php?game=121 first tournament] open to Columbia students pitted anyone with a [[columbia.edu]] email address against students from the other seven Ivies. Columbia finished fourth, after a phoenix-like rebirth following one of the myriad game pauses. |
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Revision as of 03:38, 15 September 2008
GoCrossCampus (GXC) is a group that hosts team-based massively multiplayer games in order to encourage social interaction. The site was founded by Isaac Silverman, CC '08, and four Yale students. GXC has been featured in articles in the New York Times, TechCrunch and the International Herald Tribune as well as a number of student and local newspapers.
About
GoCrossCampus is essentially a large-scale, online adaptation of the board game Risk.
History
The site's first tournament open to Columbia students pitted anyone with a columbia.edu email address against students from the other seven Ivies. Columbia finished fourth, after a phoenix-like rebirth following one of the myriad game pauses.
