DarkLAN – 2 Days to Go

DarkLan Halo 3 Tournament ’07

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Places ARE disappearing, so book NOW !

   Just ONE place left, book up now . . . get your names in for your GameTags for the day.

Updated: 16th November 2007 marks the downhill run to DarkLAN 2007. I like the sound of that… Anyway, I’d just like to give you all the latest in organization, tournaments, prizes and plans we all have for our upcoming event.

How to get there.

Local Area Maps

First of all – thank you to all who have paid. This makes both my life and the life of GameOn a lot easier and guarantees your spot at DarkLAN ’07. There are still some outstanding, but as expected there should be a rush of payments coming through the next week, but remember, there are only 24 playable places and I’d hate for you to miss out.

OzFalcon has been kind enough to organize the tournament structure for Halo 3.

 

The DarkLAN Halo 3 Tournament ’07 will run as follows:

Location:

Game On XBOX Lounge
Shop 1,591 The Kingsway
Miranda, Sydney
NSW, Australia.

Registration:

All players wishing to participate must be present at the event by 9:30am to register in the tournament. The draw will be up at 9:45am with the first match commencing at 10am sharp

Tourament Style:

This tournament will be Free For All.

Tournament Structure:

• Competitors will, in front of everyone, have their names drawn from a hat and randomly placed in groups of 4. There will be a maximum of 6 groups forming a standard tournament bracket. In the event of an odd number of players, some groups may have 5 competitors.

• All groups of 4 will play three 10 minute rounds, each round on a different map. The 2 players with the highest average kills will advance to the next round of competition.

• This format will follow all the way through the bracket until we have identified the final 4 players.

• The final four competitors will make our DarkLan final where three 15 minute rounds will be played, each round on a different map. The player with the highest average kills will be our DarkLan Halo 3 champion!

• The game type will be Slayer.

• The maps will be Guardian, Pit and Epitaph.

• Default weapons, vehicles and radar will all be enabled. We will be running 3 second random respawns.

• In the case of a tie at any time throughout the day, the players with the least average deaths will advance to the next stage of the tournament bracket.

Prizes:

My understanding is that there will be prizes allocated for this DarkLan Halo 3 Tournament ’07, most probably for the Top 4 competitors making the final. DarkArmada and the other OZ will be able to shed some light on the prize list. See list below for some of the prizes available on the day.

So thanks to OzFalcon for organizing this for us – it’s looking great and should be a great way to add a drop of competition into the day. I’ve left it up to OzFalcon to handle the prizes for the tournament, remember, be creative!

Additional Fun On The Day

COD4 Play-Offs

• Also:

Guitar Hero III

GrathiusXR has suggested for some of us to get together for some Guitar Hero III co-op action – this is a great idea for those of us who play and if you have the means, bring along your wicked axe for some rock godliness.

•Important:

Please remember, if you can, mark your belongings so as to avoid confusion.

XboxOZ360 has been very busy working the rooms of GAME @ Parramatta over the last week or so. After speaking with some key members of the local arms of both Activision and GAME at the recent Pre-Release Evening at GAME Parramatta, we may very well have some special COD4 Pizes to give away at the DarkLAN ’07. This means that we should all be ready for some COD4 action on the day, so bring your copy of the game as there will only be 8 copies available on-site. There are several other ideas in the pipeline re: COD4 and Activision, so watch this space.

Prizes! So far XboxOZ360 has donated all the prizes on behalf of XboxOZBlog – again, many thanks to you. It’s greatly appreciated. There are still some ideas in the pipeline re: prizes, so stay tuned. Below is what is currently on offer…

Prizes todate:

• Joytech Nitro Racing Wheel
• Joytech NEO SE Controller
• Joytech Communicator
• Joytech Recharging unit

The following guides

• Achievements Parts 1 through to 4
• Achievements Live Arcade 1 & 2
• Guide to 360- Gaming 1 & 2
• Import Gaming
• Live Arcade
• Online Success
• Halo 3: The Ultimate Companion

Again – this is greatly appreciated, especially for the Joytech equipment as there are some juicy prizes in there to suit anyone… Pidgeo, although currently on leave, did mention that he will see if he can round up anything around the office. Once he returns, I will let you know if there is anything else put up on offer.

There have been various ideas thrown around to fall under the DarkLAN label and as such, may very well come to fruition. Let’s have a great DarkLAN 2007 and hope that we can enjoy such events in the future. I will keep you all updated

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