Super Smash Brothers Brawl 1 v 1 Event
December 20, 2008
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| XXXXXX (right) placed first, and Gage Smith (left) placed second |
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| The second half of the top four winners: Will Blanks (left) and A.J. Mack (right). |
HALO 2, 2 v 2 - Slayer / Swat
December 13, 2008
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| HALO 2, First place team, Aaron Rumford (left) and Caleb Herbison (right). Caleb wants you to notice the date
up to the left. "See that, it's the
13th, and we still managed to win!" |
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| LIQUID SUGAR AND SNACKABLE GOODNESS! Proudly
presented by Marc Romine (left), Dean Avery (center), and Tony Moss (right). Second place team, Marc and Tony. |
Halo / Gears Double-Header Event
November 29, 2008
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Today, we hosted our first "double-header"
event. We started
with a Halo 3 tournament
followed by Gears
of War 2. Players
had the
option of entering
either event or competing
in both.
People that played
in both events got in
over 11 hours of
digital-gaming goodness!
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| Gears of War 2, First place team, Alex Kopischke (left) and Marc Romine (right). |
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| Gears of War 2, Second place team, Elijah Longwell (left) and John Campbell (right). |
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| HALO 3, First place team, Luke Blanks(left) and Clint Dunn (right). |
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| HALO 3, Second place team, (left) and Kiefer Lund (right). |
HALO 2 Team Tournament, 2 v 2 Team Slayer/Swat
November 22, 2008
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| First place team, Alex Kopischke (left) and Alex Culpepper (right). |
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| The second place team consisted of team members
Aaron Rumford (second from left) and Marc Romine (right), |
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Team Tournament,
2 v 2
November 15, 2008
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| First place team, A.J. Mack (left) and Chris Hays (right). |
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| Second place team, Cory Goodman (left) and Tyler Moseley (right). |
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First place biggest losing team, Undefeated
in their loserness.
Elena A.(left) and Nathan Bryson (right). |
HALO 2 Tournament, 2 v 2
November 8, 2008
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| First place team, Caleb Herbison (left) and James Davidson (right). |
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| Second place team, Aaron Rumford (left) and Michael Green (right). |
HALO 3 Tournament, 2 v 2
November 1, 2008
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| Second place team: Elijah Longwell (left), and John Campbell (second from left). First place team: Alex Kopischke (second from right), and Marc Romine (right). |
Gears Of Wars Tournament, 2 v 2
October 26, 2008
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| First place team: Alex Kopischke (left), and Alex Culpper (second from left). Second place team: John Campbell (second from right), and Elijah Longwell (right). |
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl Slamboree 5
October 18, 2008
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We had a great Brawl event this past weekend.
Great turnout, and a great group of players.
Thanks to you all for making it such an enjoyable
tournament
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| XXXXXX (left) placed first, and Joseph Wells(right) placed second |
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| A.J. Mack (left) placed 4th, and C.J. Parchman
(right) placed 3rd. |
Halo 1, 2 v 2 - Team Slayer
September 27, 2008
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| HALO 1 winning team. Caleb Herbison (left),
and Will Blanks (right). James Davidson (in
middle) reminds the two how great of friends
they are, and that they should share their
winnings with him. Joseph Wells(in doorway) thinks about SSB Brawl strategies
and fights a round
in his mind. |
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| Spazz & Skid. Two thirds of Geekvalve.com |
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Slamboree 4
September 27, 2008
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| XXXXXX(left) placed first, and Gannon Ross (right) placed second |
Gears Of War Tournament
September 21, 2008
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| The winning team of today's event was none
other than the world famous A-Squared. Alex Kopischke (left) and Alex Culpepper (right), Photo courtesy of Matt Romine. |
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| C'mon Matt...what's the problem? You just
point the lens and push the stinkin' button! |
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| Hey, will you look at that? The logo went
away, I hope he doesn't take our picture
now. |
Rock Band Jam
September 21, 2008
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To wind down after the Gears tournament,
some of the guys got together for an impromptu
Rock Band jam.
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SoulCalibur II & IV Combo Tournament
September 20, 2008
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| Matt Romine (second place), Party Gnome (master of ceremonies), Tyrome Edmondson (first place), and Dean Avery (crazy gamer dude). |
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| NO ONE CAN PARTY LIKE A GNOME! |
Video of Dean, and Joseph, at Halo Tournament
September, 2008
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| Check out the new video of Dean, and Joseph
"ownin'
'em" at GeekValve. |
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HALO 2 - 2 v 2 Team Slayer Tournament
September 13, 2008
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These guys had never played as a team prior
to this event, then they played a great game
and won the tournament.
Good job!
(A2 was not in attendance today.)
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| Will Blanks(left) and Tyrome Edmondson(right) with their winnings. |
Crimson Skies Tournament
September 06, 2008
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Blackthorn was honored to have the highly
revered pilot Sir Matthew Reginald Simmons-Simmons
Cowperthwaite Fairfield Burney-Smythe Woodington
Romine participate in today's event.
While all felt honored
to have the mighty
flyer in attendance,
his reputation preceded
him and the other
flyers fought just a bit
more timidly.
Sir Matthew ultimately
won the event. The
pilot exclaimed "Chaps,
let that be
a lesson to all that
might challenge the
brave pilots of the
Chicago Royal Flight
Force."
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| My Gosh! Is that Sir Matthew? |
Fear not lad! I just stopped in for a bit
o' the pizza. |
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| The Mighty Pilot questioned "when did
they start making these pilots in miniature?" |
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| A good day! "Many have felt the wrath
of my burning shells!" |
Alas, I must take my leave! And with me,
I shall take a bit of the bubbly. |
HALO 1, 2 v 2 Team Slayer Tournament
August 30, 2008
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Congratulations to Will Blanks, and Caleb,
for winning our first XBOX Halo 1 Tournament.
Great playing!
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| Caleb(left) and Will Blanks(right) |
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Slamboree 3
August 23, 2008
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Well, it finally happened. Tyrome Edmondson
has lost his title as the reigning King-O-The-Brawl.
After seven rounds of SSBB, Tyrome was defeated
by XXXXXX.
XXXXXX was a total gentleman and didn't trash-talk
Tyrome, or brag about his win. Both players
were mutually appreciative of their opponent's
skills and shook hands prior to the final
round and after.
Thanks to both of
these guys for their sportmanship
and great game playing.
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| XXXXXX (left) placed first, and Tyrome Edmondson (right) placed second |
SoulCalibur2
August 16, 2008
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| Congratulations to Tyrome Edmondson for winning
first place. |
HALO 2 , 2 v 2 - Random Map Fiesta
August 9, 2008
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Yeah, Team A2 won again.
Blah,blah,blah...end
of story.
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| Alex the K(left) , Matt Romine, Shane (bro of A the K), Dean (orange shirt), Troy Brown, Alex the C (right) |
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Slamboree
July 26, 2008
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Once again, Tyrome Edmondson has won SSBB.
The event was 5 rounds of swiss, with the
top 4 going into single elimination rounds.
Tournament support
was graciously provided
by the following
sponsors:
- Computer Power User magazine: Free copies
of their magazine
for each player
- Roxy Movie Theatre in Dickson: Free Movie
Passes
- House Blend in Dickson: Certificates for
free gourmet coffee
or drink
- BAWLS Guarana: Free bottles of Bawls caffeinated
drink
First and second
place each received
half
a case of Mountain
Dew, and first place
won
a pass to enter their
next tournament for
free.
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| Tyrome(left) placed first, and A.J.(right) placed second |
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| Blanton Hamilton diggin' his copy of CPU |
Marc Romine checks out the "console" section |
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| Everyone had such fun at the tournament...they left some awesome tips! What a great
bunch of players. They were so appreciative,
they left keys to their cars, their wallets,
cell phones, even a cool flashlight. Thanks
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Okay, we ended up having a problem. I thought
all the guys were being nice and leaving
a tip for us for running such a great tournament.
It turns out the guy in the white shirt (The
alternate-reality evil-twin Alex) had been
"lifting" all the cool stuff from
the players while they were gaming.
This picture clearly shows him sneaking in
to "aquire' these unsuspecting gamers'
wallets. Look out gamer dudes! |
Mario Kart DS Tournament
July 19, 2008
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Congratulations once again to Joseph Wells.
The unstoppable, undefeated, unconditional,
unconformed, unconfined, unconfused, unconventional,
unconquered, undeniable champion of the track.
Second place goes
to Troy Brown!
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| Joseph Wells (left) and Troy Brown (right) |
Halo 2, 2v2 Tournament / SWAT format
July 12, 2008
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Okay, what's the deal? Does Team A2 own this
page or something? All we see are stinkin'
pix of team A Squared.
But seriously, we
have to give these guys
their props. This
was a great event with
loads of top-notch
players. Everyone played
a strong game and
had a good time.
Team A2 finished
the event undefeated with
a score of 7-0! Congratulations
on another
win, guys.
Each of the Alex's
took home a half
a case
of Mountain Dew,
bottles of BAWLS,
a copy
of CPU magazine,
and a free entry
into the
next eGame event.
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| Team A2 (A Squared): Alex Kopischke(l), and Alex Culpepper(r) |
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| Winners of the random drawing for BAWLS prizes |
Halo 2, 2v2 Tournament / Slayer format
June 29, 2008
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They have the skills, they can talk trash,
the other players hate 'em! Team A2 kicked
major donkey today and swept the event undefeated
for a final run of 6-0.
The only snag we had for the day was an xbox
that kept dropping from the network. Interestingly,
this xbox only lost its connection every
time Elijah Longwell used it. After many
accusations of being a "electronically-cursed-bad-juju",
it was discovered that we had a faulty ethernet
cable. After replacing said cable, the tourney
went on without a hitch.
Congratulations to
team A2.
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| Team A2 (A Squared): Alex Culpepper (l), and Alex Kopischke (r) |
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Wii Double Header Tournament
June 14, 2008
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Today, for one entry fee, players got to
compete in two events. The Wii Bowling tournament,
and the Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament.
Special trophies were made for each event
and additional prizes were provided by BAWLS
Guarana drink.
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Tyrome Edmondson wins Super Smash Bros. Brawl |
Tyrome had a fantastic streak for this event.
He won all four swiss rounds, then went on
to win the semi-final, then the finals. Using
Solid Snake as his character, he swept this event totally
undefeated!
Additionally, Tyrome
won the Magic TCG tourney
today as well.
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| Tyrome Edmondson with his custom trophy, and BAWLS prizes |
Joseph Wells wins Wii Bowling |
Congratulations to Joseph Wells for winning
our Wii Bowling Tournament. Joseph bowled
a high score of 266.
Joseph won a custom
trophy and swag from
BAWLS.
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| Michael Burnette (left), Matthew Nelson (center), and Joseph Wells (right). |
Halo 3 Tournament
May 31, 2008
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Before I go any further...you MUST check
out the outstanding video produced by Alex
Culpepper. The video was filmed and edited
by Alex and has been posted on YouTube. The
video gives you a feel of what the event
was like.
Thanks Alex for the
great work!
| Check out the video here |
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Thanks to everyone who participated in the
Halo tournament. We had 12 players competing
to win the "Golden Banshee", a
special trophy created for the event.
All players competed
in 5 round of swiss
paired matches with
4 players moving to single
elimination after
the cuts.
The final 2 players were Will Blanks, and
Matthew Romine. After a nerve-wracking match
between the two we faced a major predicament...the
game ended in a tie! Both players received
ten kills, and a decision had to be made
to make someone the final winner.
It was decided that
we would have to do a
sudden-death round
and that the winner would
be the "Grand
prize" winner.
Utimately, Will Blanks'
nimble thumbs got
the better of Matt
and won Will first place.
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Will Blanks (left) is awarded the Golden Banshee by Elena (right).
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| The Golden Banshee |
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Halo 3 Tournament
May 18, 2008
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On Sunday, May 18, Blackthorn Game Center hosted its first xBox 360 tournament. The
game was a 1-on-1 Halo 3 event. Ten players competed in four rounds
of modified swiss,
with four players cutting
to the top four for
single elimination rounds.
After the smoke had cleared, Alex Kopischke
emerged as the "last-standing"
winner.
Alex took home a
WizKids ActionClix
Banshee
game figure for first
prize.
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Alex Kopischke with his shiney-new Banshee.
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| The players during the tournament |
Pokemon DS Tournament 4
April 19, 2008
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Congratulations to Justin for winning our
fourth Pokemon DS tournament. Justin finally
broke the winning streak held by Cassie Meadows.
Cassie had won the three previous events..
The next tournament will move the Pokemon
up to level 75. We'll see if Justin can keep
his crown, or if we'll have a new winner.
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Justin Sanders (center) is awarded his trophy by Elena A.(left), and Joseph Wells (right).
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| Custom designed trophy for the fourth tournament. |
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