Whereas most buildings across Mississippi State University sit empty over weekend nights, the Saturday of Nov. 6 the rooms within Butler Hall hosted over 100 MSU students during a charity lock-in and livestream event, just one event among many put on by the MSU Video Game Club. 
The Video Game club is fairly young as far as student organizations go, having started in 2010, MSU Video Game Club President Joseph Brummett said. 
Brummett said he joined the club in 2013, and at that time the club had hit a lull following its initial growth. Soon after joining he was elected Vice President and quickly was called on to step up as president. Brummett, along with the club’s Secretary David Young, said they have been working to bolster their ranks, and plan to do so by frequently hosting tournaments with payouts as large as a grand as well as regularly streaming the casual weekend events that comprise the bulk of the club’s activities. 
“We are putting a lot of work into getting our notoriety back,” Young said. 
Brummett said the they are planning on hosting another lock-in event January, and it will likely be in Butler as well. 
“I feel like the Lock-in really exemplified what we are trying to do with the club,” Brummett said. “We’re building on a solid ‘Smash-bro’s’ base and are using that to branch out into other games.”
Young said the club believes the best way to grow the club is to create a name for itself as the local gaming tournament host, a position that is, for the most part, vacant in the Golden Triangle. 
“We want to create more infrastructure for our club,” Brummett said. “We want more events for people to participate in.”
Young said currently the biggest draw is the popular Nintendo game ‘Super-Smash Bro’s’ fighting game, followed by ‘Pokemon’ with several other fighting games such as Mortal Kombat as well other staples like ‘Minecraft.’
Brummett said a large part of hosting these events is not only garnering student attention, but also nailing down sponsors, broadcasting the events with online streams, and making sure the club attracts a diverse range of members. 
The MSU Video Game Club holds regular meetings centered entirely around pixels and stat growths, and any interested party can check out their Facebook page, MSU Video Game Club for event dates and information on how to tap into live streams.