Online gaming at Cardiff Uni

That's a shame. From what the FAQs seemed to indicate, that sort of thing is a possibility as the ports used for games like that are also very easily hackable if anyone wanted to get into the network and cause trouble etc, so it's understandable why that sort of thing is blocked.

That's definately a shame, it's something that I'll miss doing, but if I can get the grades required for my Cardiff offer then this isn't going to change me wanting to put Cardiff as my first choice.

God I hate this damn thing. Everything is basically in text. It's annoying.

You have it too?

Mine cleared up this morning and TSR is back to it's regular format and skin. If yours is still bad, try using that Proxy that was linked before. I found that the regular text format was alright, but I had to use that proxy to post new threads or advanced replies as the buttons just weren't there in basic text.

Has anyone managed to get xbl?

I tried the MAC clone trick and it allowed the console to connect to the internet, but not to Xbox live. Anyone had this/ anyone give any advice? Cheers

I tried the MAC clone trick and it allowed the console to connect to the internet, but not to Xbox live. Anyone had this/ anyone give any advice? Cheers

As for specific games, whilst we don't intentionally block any games, we typically don't open any ports on the firewall unless there's a valid academic reason.
I appreciate that some of these games now behave differently from the last academic year but we're now running a new firewall system that was introduced at the start of this year's intake.
On the plus side, should there be enough demand for a specific game, we would consider making a change to the firewall policies to allow these through, providing that no security risks would emerge from their usage.
At the moment, you're the only person who's requested use of these games, should you know anyone else in halls who would like to use these, please get them to log a call with our service desk, advising so.
Although it's no guarantee that we can make the changes, it would certainly strengthen the case.

Hey, an update for any PC gamers still watching this thread.

I've spoken to INSERV and they claim Steam should work, and... alright, it sort of does, and mostly doesn't. I'm emailing them to explain exactly what the situation is, and will continue to pester them until it's sorted.

Interesting. I was grabbed by some people from the Cardiff Computer Gaming Society on my walk back to my residences the other day who asked me to sign a petition for Xbox Live/PSN/Steam, apparently Cardiff Uni/INSERV approached them about it at the start of this year, not the other way around so we may see some change.

Two questions -

How would I go about speaking to INSERV and "log a call with their service desk"?
Was that a direct quote from the Inserv guy copy/pasted from an email, or just a paraphrased description of what he said to you in person?