Gamers for Giving 2012

We’re absolutely stoked for Gamers for Giving this weekend! To help you make sure you’ll have everything you need and be totally informed on Saturday’s happenings, we’ve created a quick overview of some of the event’s most important information. See you this weekend!

Gamers for Giving 2011
Saturday, June 18th – EMU Student Center
900 Oakwood Street
Ypsilanti, MI
Doors for check in / warm up / registration open at 10:00 AM
All tournaments will begin promptly at 1:00 PM
The event will end around 10:30 PM.

+ All players must bring their own WIRED controllers. We will not be providing controllers at the event.
+ If you are bringing a headset, bring all necessary peripherals with you to the event. For Astro A40 users, we will have a limited number of Astro mixamps for players to use at the event. It’s recommended that you bring your own if possible.
+ Remember, if you’re participating in the Console LAN, you’ll need to bring your own gaming console / monitor / ethernet cable to the event. See the Console LAN information packet for details.
+ If you’re competing in the Starcraft 2 tournament, you’ll need to bring your gaming PC / laptop to the event as well as necessary peripherals and ethernet cable. See the Starcraft 2 tournament  packet for details.

Quick links:

Activity Information
Halo Reach 2 vs 2
Call of Duty Black Ops 4 vs 4
Starcraft 2 Tournament 1 vs 1
Console LAN Party

Streamathon Broadcast Link
http://www.justin.tv/focusfirefeed

Featured Special Guests
Bravo
Walshy
Hastr0

Additional Information
Mini Tournaments
Console LAN Activities
Sponsors

For those participating in the Gamers for Giving Console LAN this weekend, we’ve lined up a few tournaments that will be taking place throughout the day on the Xbox 360 console. The winners of each will receive a $25.00 Best Buy gift card. Tournaments include…

Halo Reach Free For All
Approximate start time – 2:00 PM

*8 players in every game
*top 4 advance
*single elimination
*time limit : 10 minutes
*total kills : unlimited

*gametype : http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=17370507&player=MLG+Gametypes

*map : http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=17370519&player=MLG+Gametypes

Score ties will be broken using the following criteria in this order: Kills, Deaths, Assists, Headshots, Coin Toss. If Kills, Assists, or Headshots are used to break a tie, the highest number will win the tiebreaker. If Deaths is used to break a tie, the lowest number will win the tiebreaker. If a Coin Toss is used to break a tie, a Player must call “heads” or “tails” and then the Referee will flip a coin and allow it to fall to the ground, where the side facing up will determine the winner of the tiebreaker.

Halo Reach FFA
Map = MLG Zealot FFA v3
Game Mode = Slayer
Score to Win = Unlimited
Primary Weapon = DMR
Secondary Weapon = None
Time Limit = 10 minutes
Health Recharge Rate = 0% (No Recharge)
Melee Modifier = 75%
Starting Equipment = Sprint
Player Speed = 110%
Jump Height = 110%
Player Gravity = 150%
Spartan Loadout 1, Name = Marksman
Spartan Loadout 1, Primary Weapon = DMR
Spartan Loadout 2, Name = Warden
Spartan Loadout 2, Primary Weapon = Needle Rifle
Spartan Loadout 2, Equipment = Sprint
Spartan Loadouts 3-5 = Hidden
Suicide Penalty = None
Respawn Traits, Duration = None

Marvel vs Capcom 2 (Xbox 360)
Aproximate start time – 4:00 PM

Single Elimination Tournament
Best 2 out of 3
Turbo1
Players mutually agree on map
99 sec
Default damage
Default handicap
No glitches
No infinite combos

Mortal Kombat
Approximate start time – 6:00 PM

Single Elimination Tournament
Versus Mode
One vs One
Players mutually agree on Arena

Check in for the Console LAN will begin at 10:00 AM. You can register for the event at http://gamersforgiving.org/event/100-person-console-lan/. Hope to see you this Saturday at the EMU Student Center!

Providing the hook up to Gamers for Giving 2011 participants, Red Bull will be fully representing at this year’s event, giving free energy to competitors throughout the day. Alongside the ‘play the pros’ station outside the main venue hall will be a Red Bull bar – fully stocked with ice cold beverages for all attendees participating in the Halo Reach, Black Ops, Starcraft 2 tournaments and 100 person Console LAN.

Aside from their involvement with Gamers for Giving, Red Bull has been taking large steps to help progress the video game scene – recently sponsoring competitive gaming team “Status Quo,” and also producing a new series of invite-only events called the “Red Bull LAN.” Streamed through RedBullusa.com/LAN, the events bring together some of the world’s best gamers for intensive training sessions that help take their gaming abilities to the next level. With access to an incredible amount of resources, players engage in highly focused competitive training sessions, analyzing game play and making adjustments to their strategies during the course of a weekend. Red Bull will be streaming their next LAN event from New York City the weekend after Gamers for Giving, June 24th – 26th, over at Redbullusa.com/LAN. Gamers Outreach board member, David “Walshy” Walsh, will be one of the gamers featured during the event.

On another front, Red Bull has also recently partnered with The Entertainment Consumers Association (the advocacy group that represents consumers in the video game industry) to provide free annual memberships to individuals interested in joining the organization. The ECA provides a number of discounts and benefits to its members, and also represents the voice of game consumers in State and Federal legislation issues relevant to the video game industry. Registration for free memberships to The ECA can be found along the right side of the video game section of Red Bull’s website here.

We’re stoked to have Red Bull be a part of this year’s Gamers for Giving, and even more excited to see them helping to progress the video game industry! This Saturday, for all those competing in Gamers for Giving tournaments, Red Bull will be giving you wiiings!

Statistically speaking, we see the majority of attendee sign ups during the final week leading up to Gamers for Giving. As a thank you to those on the early end of this week’s registration rush, we’d like to extend the following special promotional offer –

The first 20 Halo Reach / Black Ops participants to register and pre-pay between now and Thursday will receive free seats for their team in our BYOC console LAN.

If you’re competing in Halo Reach or Call of Duty, and you want to keep your skills sharp throughout the day, or not have to worry about grabbing a warm up station – this is the perfect way to give yourself an extra edge over your opponents. The console LAN will have room for 100 individuals. Not only will you be able to stay fresh throughout the day, you’ll be able to enjoy games with other attendees and also play with some of this year’s special guests.

If this is an opportunity that interests your team, here’s what you’ll need to do…

+ Register your Halo Reach / Call of Duty team and pre-pay between now and Thursday (select ‘Checkout using Paypal’)

+ Post in our LAN Seating chart thread your team name, followed by the seats you’d like to reserve for your team.

We’ll be keeping a close watch on our registration to identify which lucky teams make the cut. As soon as the 20^th give-away seat has been taken, we will post an update sharing the news. If your team does not make the cut, you can still register as normal to participate in the console LAN.

If your team has selected to ‘pay at the door,’ and you would like to take advantage of this offer, simply re-register your team and pre-pay.

Information on our console LAN can be found here.

Hope to see you this coming Saturday, June 18^th at the EMU Student Center!