The long awaited tournament is about to enter Round 1 on Monday 29th March.
There is free entry to members - yes thats you - and the possiblity of walking
away with the rather nice grand prize of €60 euro!
The tournament will see a new game being played every week, starting with
Goldeneye this Monday coming. You will also be given the chance to practice
for the next week so you wont turn up wondering what that all important
'Fire' button is again. Posters are up all over the place giving the timetable
but in the event you havent seen any here it is:
Monday 29th March ROUND 1 Goldeneye
Monday 5th April ROUND 2 Super Monkey Ball
Monday 12th April ROUND 3 Halo
Monday 19th April ROUND 4 Dead Or Alive 2
Monday 26th April ROUND 5 Mario Kart : Double Dash
The games themselves will be organised as follows::-
Each week you will play 3 times at each game. i have tried to make the games
as fair as possible for n00bs vrs. Vets. Points are awarded for the overall
winners of the games. 1st place will score 3 points, 2nd place 2 points
and 3rd place will score 1 point while 4th recieves 0 points.Heres an example
to help you understand ::-
Players Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Totals
A 1st(3pts) 3rd(1pt) 2nd (2pts) 6pts
B 4th 1st(3pts) 3rd(1pt) 4pts
C 3rd(1pt) 4th 4th 1pt
D 2nd(2pts) 2nd(2pts) 1st(3pts) 7pts
Leader Board
1st D 7 points
2nd A 6 points
3rd B 4 points
4th C 1 point
Some games there will be special changes. For example in Super Monkey Ball
the First Game will be Monkey Fight, the second Monkey Race and again for
the third Monkey Fight. Similarly for Mario Kart Games 1 and 2 will be tournment
races while Game 3 will be in Battle Mode.
For more information and up to date news concerning the Console Tournament
log on to the Games Societies website at
http://games.redbrick.dcu.ie
Cheers,
John Doyle
PRO
