For the first time, I:GAU players from various regions of the country have descended upon Chicago's Crowne Plaza O'Hare hotel to see how their skills stack up against some of the best in other areas of the country. Friday night held a lot of action, with 8 Injustice pools, and 4 for Mortal Kombat 9 as well.
UPDATE: I:GAU Top 8:
Here are the matches set for I:GAU's Top 16:
In Mortal Kombat action, the following people have made it into the top 8:
Also, an exciting (and enjoyably salty) Character Auction tournament was held late last night, with everyone bidding to win their character of choice. By the time all the dollars had been laid on the table, some participants had bet more than their entrance fee (and in some cases, more than the price of the actual video game itself) for the privilege of playing with their character of choice. Catwoman notably sold for over $60 -- only to lose handily in her first match.
Several players were able to notch their tournament main characters, including DJT, Ohio's Playing2Win, and the Toryuken I:GAU champion GGA Jeremiah. Denzell brought out an extremely strong Green Lantern, with a variety of double-rocket frame traps that posed problems for the rest of the competitors, and beat GGA Jeremiah in an exciting Grand Finals set to take 1st.
Of special note is Alabama's "Hollywood" Glass_Sword, who secured his alternate Wonder Woman and blazed a trail through friend and foe alike to place 3rd.
Good luck to everyone competing -- and here's to 2 more days of thrilling I:GAU and MK action.
Credit: Pig Of The Hut, EGP Wonder_Chef
UPDATE: I:GAU Top 8:
Winners:
GGA Slips
WoundCowboy
AGE Chris G
TS Arturo
Losers:
CORN|Alucard
ForeverKing
GGA Dizzy
RDK Godspeed
Here are the matches set for I:GAU's Top 16:
Winners:
GGA 16 Bit vs (W)GGA Slips
RDK Godspeed vs (W)WoundCowboy
GGA Jeremiah vs (W)AGE Chris G
GGA Soonk vs (W)TS Arturo
Losers:
(W)PerfectLegend vs GGA Pimpimjim
(W)GGA Dizzy vs DJT
(W)ForeverKing vs RDK Awesomo
(W)Alucard vs Pig of the Hut
Credit: Art Killer B
In Mortal Kombat action, the following people have made it into the top 8:
Winners (Updated @ 5:59PM EST)
GGA 16 Bit
Dizzy
MIT
FOREVER KING
Losers
Wafflez
PimpimJim
GGA Soonk
Perfect Legend
Credit: GGA 16 Bit for the top 8 info*
Also, an exciting (and enjoyably salty) Character Auction tournament was held late last night, with everyone bidding to win their character of choice. By the time all the dollars had been laid on the table, some participants had bet more than their entrance fee (and in some cases, more than the price of the actual video game itself) for the privilege of playing with their character of choice. Catwoman notably sold for over $60 -- only to lose handily in her first match.
Several players were able to notch their tournament main characters, including DJT, Ohio's Playing2Win, and the Toryuken I:GAU champion GGA Jeremiah. Denzell brought out an extremely strong Green Lantern, with a variety of double-rocket frame traps that posed problems for the rest of the competitors, and beat GGA Jeremiah in an exciting Grand Finals set to take 1st.
Of special note is Alabama's "Hollywood" Glass_Sword, who secured his alternate Wonder Woman and blazed a trail through friend and foe alike to place 3rd.
Remaining Schedule:
-There are 8 more Injustice pools today, and although none of them will be shown, we'll pick the Top 16 -> Top 8 back up at 8pm CST on http://twitch.tv/vgbootcamp
-The Top 8 for MK9 will be played live on stream tonight at 10pm CST on the VGBootCamp stream.
Injustice Top 8 is Sunday morning on http://twitch.tv/leveluplive, at the rousing hour of 9:30 AM CST (asian prime time).
Good luck to everyone competing -- and here's to 2 more days of thrilling I:GAU and MK action.
Credit: Pig Of The Hut, EGP Wonder_Chef
