It's my pleasure to announce our next Game Night tournament, to be held on Saturday, December 20th at 12:00 P.M. until 4:00 P.M.! The game being played, obviously, is Rock Band 2. We'll provide the instruments and songs, you provide the talent. We don't normally state all of the rules and regulations before the event, but we'll make an exception this time.
- You can sign up for it by calling 463-6350 or at the front desk of the Cape May Court House Library. You can also sign up at the event, but try to call ahead.
- In order to compete, you've got to have a 4 person band. A "free agent" sign-up sheet will also be available if you're a solo player that needs to find a band.
- This is a double ranking tournament, meaning that there won't be any prizes... But all competing bands will earn double points for the leaderboard (plus obvious bragging rights). We know who the best players are at Brawl, but who rocks out the most?
- Bands will be scored by a panel of judges (Mike, Chris, and Jesse) on the following things:
- Percentage (NOT score) - Up to 100 points per band member based on percentage of notes hit.
- Stage Performance - Up to 15 points per band member. Chris, Jesse, and Mike will award each band member 1-5 points each for stage presence, energy, and overall enthusiasm, so give us a good show!
- Skill Level - 1 point per band member playing on Easy, 2 points for Medium, 4 points for Hard, and 5 points for Expert.
- Song Tier - Anywhere from 1-5 points depending on the overall Tier Level (difficulty) of the song. (The full list of songs and their tier difficulty can be found here: http://www.rockband.com/music/songs)
So, that means that each band can earn up to 500 points per song! That's SCORE points for the round, not leaderboard ranking points. Depending on the number of bands that sign up, each group will be allowed to play 1-3 songs per round. It's a bracket system again, so bands will be competing against bands. Brutal, but that's the way rock n' roll is...
Call now to sign up for it, either as a group, or freelance. If you sign up by yourself as a free agent, though, you're going to have to find a band that needs you at the event itself or at Game Night. Good luck, and we hope to see you there!
Follow-up! Apparently, one of our frequent Game Night gamers wants to host a Halo 3 tournament on the same day! No prizes again, but we'll apply the double ranking points stipulation to this one, too. If you want to compete, just show up at the Rock Band 2 tournament at 12:00 P.M. and following that, he'll get the Halo 3 tournament underway!
8 comments:
HEY guys! I love the whole idea behind game night. I think it is a great way for kids to feel good about what they do.. However, as a parent of one of the gamers, I have a problem with HALO'S points being included in the leaderboard points. It is rated "M" and some of the kids do not play the game due to graphics, etc. So how about using the points from HALO for its' own leaderboard?
Good call! We completely understand that as a concern that some of our gamers and parents of gamers might have, so to accommodate, I'd like to initiate several leaderboards, each pertaining to the different games that we play at our tournaments. That way, everyone can more accurately keep track of which players are best at certain games and it won't discriminate against players that may not be willing or allowed to play "M for Mature" rated tites. Thanks for your suggestion, and I'll work on setting up the various leaderboards!
You guys are great. You really have the best interest of the kids in mind! Kudo's to you!!
Yo, whats up. Just sayin that I can't wait for the Tornement Sat. Its going to be crazy. Keep on rockin in the free world - Rich "The Drummer Man" D.
Yo, Richard! Thanks for stoppin' by. Yes, the tournament tomorrow is going to be completely awesome... We even got a brand new bass pedal for our drums that's top-of-the-line. I tried this thing out, and it's amazing. Plus it's completely metal, so there's no chance of this one breaking down on us!
See you there, man.
--Chris.
what kinds of games do you play
what kind of stations
At our Game Nights, we use Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii consoles. The games we play rotate from time to time, but among the titles we have are Little Big Planet, Guitar Hero: World Tour, Rock Band 1 & 2, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Halo 3, Soul Calibur 2, Dance Dance Revolution, Mario Kart Wii, and more! Feel free to stop by sometime and check it out.
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