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Fragolympics 2008

All events will be a mini single-elimination tournament. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places will be determined in each event. Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals will be awarded and are given a point value of 3 points for Gold, 2 points for Silver, and 1 point for Bronze. The overall Fragolympics community winner is determined who has the most medal points at the end of the Fragolympics!

Scheduled Events
Halo 3 4v4
Halo 3 2v2
Halo 3 FFA
Halo 3 FFA all night snipers
Rock band 4v4
Guitar Hero 3 1v1
Call of Duty 4 6v6

Halo 3 4v4 - Rules & Format

8 team limit, 1 team per community

Teams will be randomly seeded. Each match will consist of a best of 3 series. Two team slayer games and one objective game will be played. The final match will consist of 5 games. Three team slayer games and two objective games will be played. Teams move on once they win 2 games (3 games in the final). Losers of the semi-final matches will also play a 5 game series to determine 3rd place.

Halo 3 2v2 - Rules & Format

8 team limit, 1 team per community

Teams will be randomly seeded. Each match will consist of a best of 3 series. Two team slayer games and one objective game will be played. The final match will consist of 5 games. Three team slayer games and two objective games will be played. Teams move on once they win 2 games (3 games in the final to win). Losers of the semi-final matches will also play a 5 game series to determine 3rd place.

Halo 3 FFA - Rules & Format

24 player limit, 3 players per community

Players will be randomly seeded, except players from the same community will not be placed in the same party in the first round. For the first round, there will be 4 parties of 6 players each. The top 3 players move on to the next round. The final party will have 6 players and will determine 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Parties will play a 3 slayer game series of 8 minute limits on different maps. The total score of all 3 games determines placing.

Example of scoring:

Game 1 - Slayer on The Pit - 18 kills
Game 2 - Slayer on Guardian - 21 kills
Game 3 Slayer on Narrows - 12 kills

Final Score - 51 kills

In the event of a tie, the player with the least deaths wins. If the number of deaths is the same, number of assists is the next criteria.

Halo 3 FFA all night sniper match - Rules & Format

16 player limit, 2 players per community

This match will be played as one sniper game on one map for the entire night. The top 3 players with the most kills at the end of the match will be awarded the medals. This is an endurance event.

Rock Band 4v4 - Rules & Format

8 band limit, 1 band per community

Bands will be randomly seeded. Each match will consist of a best of 5 song series. Each band will choose two songs, and the 5th song will be randomly chosen by me (ahead of time so you know what song it is before making your song selections). Bands must be complete and you are allowed to “borrow” players from other communities if you do not have enough players to create a full band. Since you cannot play band vs. band online, you will have an opportunity to score the highest possible points on each song before the round deadline. Difficulty levels are up to the band members. The cumulative point total of all 5 songs determines which band is the winner and moves on to the next round. The final match will consist of 7 songs. Each band will choose 3 songs, and 1 song will be randomly chosen by me. The losers of the semi-final match will also play a 7 games series to determine 3rd place.

Guitar Hero 1v1 - Rules & Format

8 guitarist limit, 1 guitarist per community

Guitarists will be randomly seeded. Each match will consist of 5 songs, 2 chosen by each guitarist, 1 song randomly chosen by me. Guitarists will meet online and create a pro face-off private match. First round will play on medium, 2nd round on hard, finals on expert. Whichever player wins 3 songs first is the winner and moves on to the next round. The final match will consist of 7 songs, 2 songs chosen by each guitarist, 1 song randomly chosen by me. The losers of the semi-final match will also play a 7 song series to determine 3rd place.

Call of Duty 4 6v6 - Rules & Format

8 team limit, 1 team per community

Teams will be randomly seeded. Each match will consist of a best of 3 series. Two team slayer games and one objective game will be played. The final match will consist of 5 games. Three team slayer games and two objective games will be played. Teams move on once they win 2 games (3 games in the final to win). Losers of the semi-final matches will also play a 5 game series to determine 3rd place.

Schedule of Events:

July 7th - 13th - Halo 3 4v4
July 14th - 20th - Guitar Hero 3 1v1
July 19th - Halo 3 FFA all night sniper match
July 21st - 27th - Halo 3 2v2
July 28th - August 3rd - Rock Band 4v4
August 4th - 10th - Halo 3 FFA
August 11th - 17th - COD4 6v6

The new Halo 3 Legendary Map pack is out today and includes 3 new maps: Blackout, Avalanche, and Ghost Town. To celebrate the release of the new map pack, Xbox Live is hosting a Play & Win weekend sweepstakes from April 25th - 27th. You will be entered to win to fabulous prizes when you play the new maps during the weekend. To help celebrate the release of the map pack, The Cavegirls will be on April 26th from 6 PM to 8 PM pacific playing on the new maps. To register your gamertag and learn more information, please visit: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo3/legendaryweekend/

See you all online!

Welcome to the Date Night summary, outline shamelessly ripped from the depths of Bungie’s Life & Style section. Last Saturday, while not exactly a raging success (more like an issue-ridden not-dry run that should have been a dry run), did offer enough fun for a write-up and ensuing events. We had two rooms, the Shoulda-Been-Drunks (and shoulda-played-earliers) and the Drunks. While not everyone was a goner in the second room, enough were to amuse the rest into submission.

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