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The Arcade is hosting a Super Smash Brothers: Brawl (for Wii) Tournament Thursday, March 13 at 5:00pm. This event is completely free and there will be prizes for the tournament placers. There will be chips and sodas to snack on as well. If you are planning to attend and can bring a Wii, Wiimotes, GameCube controllers and/or Smash Bros: Brawl game disk, please contact Tyler Beckett via e-mail at theUNFarcade@yahoo.com.

Rules, etc so far:
~Depending on the number of participants, we will be doing purely 1v1 Tournament all the way through, or we may do some 4-for-all (4 player free-for-all) in the first round or two.
~Most likely the Tournament will be Single Elimination.
~Items will be turned off.
~Maps will be announced at the event and there will be 1 map per Round.
~Players will be required to pick a character at the Tournament Registration and use that same character throughout the event.
~More to be announced...

The Arcade is hosting a Rock Band Drum Tournament, using the new Rock Band game for Xbox360. If you haven't gotten a chance to try this game out, nows the time! Likely we'll be playing full 4 player (Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals) for fun afterwards.

When: Thursday, Nov 29th @ 5:00pm
Where: UNF / 14/1601

Completely FREE event with soda, snacks, and prizes!!!

Event will be 1 vs 1 drums setup, possibly Tug of War or something... gotta look into it more.

What: Guitar Hero 3 Tournament
Platform: Xbox360
When: Thursday, Nov 15, 2007 @ 5:00pm
Where: Bldg 14, Room 1606
Why: Free, fun, snacks, sodas

Rules: TBA, most likely Face-off or Pro Face-off

Notes: If you own an Xbox360 wireless controller, it'd be appreciated if you could bring it in... post here if so. Otherwise, we will be using my 2 White Xplorer controllers (the short ones from GH2). Everyone's welcome to come play/watch, but only UNF Students can win prizes. Post questions, etc here.

The dates remaining for our events are as follows:

Fall:
11/15/2007 5:00 PM 11:00 PM 14/1606
11/29/2007 5:00 PM 11:00 PM 14/1601

Spring:
1/16/2008 5:00 PM 11:00 PM 14/1601-02
2/12/2008 5:00 PM 11:00 PM 14/1605
3/13/2008 5:00 PM 11:00 PM 14/1602-03
4/17/2008 5:00 PM 11:00 PM 14/1602-03

Suggestions for these events are requested, so please post ideas!

Halo 3 comes out Sept 25th (morning) at Midnight, and the Game Room will be getting 2 copies and staying up LATE playing Halo 3 on their 2 Xbox360s! The Arcade is hosting a Halo 3 Tournament in the Game Room on Friday, Sept 28th around 6pm (tentative). If you preordered your copy of Halo 3 at the EB in the Town Center, you can participate in a Halo 2 tournament on Sunday, Sept 23rd.
Details to follow.

UPDATE:
Halo 3 Tournament
When: Friday, Sept 28th @ 6:00pm
Where: 14 / Gameroom
Why: Free Prizes, Pizza, and Soda!

Type: Single Elimination Free For All (# of players per match depends on total attendance)
Maps: Will be announced before each round (again, depends on attendance)
Setup: 4 TVs, each with an Xbox360, back to back to back
Notice: Bring your own UNMODIFIED OFFICIAL Xbox 360 controllers if you like

Rules: Slayer Defaults
--Starting Weapon = Assault Rifle
--Weapons = Map Default
--Vehicles = Off

Other Rules:
--No restrictions on weapon usage (sword, etc)
--Play nice or get disqualified
--No throwing controllers or anything else
--Do not nag organizer to find out what round you play in, etc, announcements will be made
--Use temporary accounts to log in
--Make your control settings before the game starts

Check here for updates

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