The glowcade, part of the roundup week, turned out to be a successful replacement for the gameshow on Aug 24 at 7 p.m. The gameshow was cancelled because the company helping to put on had their things stolen last week, and they weren’t able to get replacements in enough time. The event was put on by student life and orientation.

Emily Edwards, exercise physiology freshman, said she liked it, and would come back to an event like this in the future.

“It was great. It was a good way to get the incoming students out of their dorms and meet new students,” Edwards said.

She also said her favorite part of the event was the mini putt putt game because she enjoyed the obstacles. Lindsey Dhacker, exercise physiology freshman, also liked the event, but said her favorite part was the shuffleboards.

“I liked it because it was something different to me. It wasn’t an interesting game,” Dhacker said.

She said she came out to the event because she wanted to make new friends, which she thinks she found. Derrick Hackett, psychology junior, also said it was a good way to meet people and be social.

“It’s nice because it gets people out, you know? It’s something fun, and new. People like this kind of stuff,” Hackett said.

Since the original event was canceled, student orientation wanted to bring something else in so students still had something to do. Charles Frazier, athletic training senior, and a member of student life and orientation, said this event was chosen because it had been done before, and students seemed to like it.

“University programming board had put this on before in the past and people liked it, so we thought we could bring it back. So far, it seemed like a good idea,” Frazier said.

Students like Dhacker were somewhat disappointed the game show was canceled, but was happy with the event.

“I’m glad we got something instead of it just being canceled without a replacement. And having it replaced with this is pretty cool,” Dhacker said.

While the event was a success, there were things students didn’t like. One of which was noise. Both Dhacker and Edwards said it was hard to be social and communicate with others with the music being as loud as it was.

“It’s pretty hard to hear at times. I like the music being played, but it is pretty annoying sometimes,” Edwards said.

Another thing students didn’t like, according to Hackett, was that there was no direction and no timing for the games.

“I wish they had lines for the games. I didn’t know when to jump in. It’s kind of crazy, you know?” Hackett said.

While there were problems, students said they enjoyed it, and they would come to another event like this in the future.