Yesterday, we wrapped the intense Rock Band 4v4 event which had bands playing their hearts out to beat out each other’s scores. There were injuries, soreness, sweat, and tears, but one band stood out from all the others. Army of the Republic put up massive scores each round leaving everyone in the dust. Loading Reality put up a good early fight, trying to eliminate AoR from dominating, but came up short. Loading Reality did however, put up the highest scored song in the entire tournament, with a whopping 2,557,215 points on Welcome Home.

EDIT: Forgot about the Bronze Medal match scores! Green Grass and High Tides was one of The Cavegirl’s chosen songs, and PraetoriaGuard nailed it scoring an amazing 2,610,555points! Check out their video:

The Cavegirls’ chose Welcome Home for every round, turning out to be our best scoring song. Here is a video of us playing our song:

PraetoriaGuard and Tied The Leader proved to be excellent bands, but neither could take down AoR. Congratulations to AoR for dominating the tournament and taking home the gold. Here is a breakdown of the medals, congratulations to our winners!

GOLD MEDAL
Army of the Republic

SILVER MEDAL
Tied the Leader

BRONZE MEDAL
PraetoriaGuard

Check out Gold Medalist AoR play Dani California:

View: Final Rock Band 4v4 brackets

Thank you for playing everyone! This indeed was a great event to watch and play. This week, we return to Halo 3 for some FFA action. Check back to find out what happens!

*Note, I will be out of town from August 8th - 19th, so there may or may not be an update for the FFA next week. If not, I will include it in the Fragolympics final write up when I return. Good luck everyone!

This week: Halo 3 FFA
View: Halo 3 FFA thread/brackets

Fragolympics Leaderboards:

This past week we had the Halo 3 2v2 event which put duos against one another. This event has less action than previous events so there were a lot of byes and forfeits, but that still didn’t make winning the gold medal any easier. The 9th Player, Tied The Leader, and PraetoriaGuard all put up great matches, and with that, here are this event’s winners:

GOLD MEDAL:

Tied The Leader

SILVER MEDAL:

PraetoriaGuard

BRONZE MEDAL:
The 9th Player

View: Final Halo 3 2v2 brackets

Congratulations to our winners!

This week, we rock out with the 4v4 Rock Band event where bands try to achieve the highest cumulative score possible. Check back next week to find out what happens.

This Week: Rock Band 4v4
View: Rock Band 4v4 brackets, forum thread

Fragolympics Leaderboards:

This week we wrap up two events in our Fragolympic adventure. The Guitar Hero 3 1v1 challenge and the Halo 3 FFA All Night Snipers. The all night sniper match lasted 8 hours starting from Saturday night going into the wee hours of Sunday. I heard there were many cramped hands, and a few people who couldn’t handle it to the end, but overall, people had a good time. After 8 hours of sniping, the gold medal came down to a difference of 4 points! We did something a little different for the sniper match, giving out bonus points for headshots, killing sprees, and sticks which made it an interesting match. With that, I would like to present the medals to the winners of the Halo 3 FFA All Night Sniper Match:

GOLD MEDAL:
BSG Alekat of Buddy System Gaming

SILVER MEDAL:
Sereninja of The Cavegirls

BRONZE MEDAL:
TheDarkNorseman of Army of the Republic

Congratulations guys and girls! And Thank you all for participating in this test of endurance event. Up next, we have the results of the Guitar Hero 3 event. 9 guitarists battled it out, but only one came out as the true guitar hero. There were many close matches throughout the event, but the guitarist who knew how to use their star power wisely seemed to come out ahead. Check out bs angel’s blog entry about her guitar hero match to see just how close these matches really were.

Two players flew through the brackets losing only one song between them before meeting up to face off against each other in the finals. Here is a screen of the final match, played on expert:

With that, I would like to announce the winners of the Guitar Hero 3 1v1 event:

GOLD MEDAL:
MCmaniacDBR of PraetoriaGuard

SILVER MEDAL:
AoR Killerhawk of Army of the Republic

BRONZE MEDAL:
TTL Locke of Tied The Leader

View: Final Guitar Hero 3 1v1 brackets

Congratulations guys! These events were really exciting to watch. Up this week is the Halo 3 2v2 event. Check back next week to find out the results of this event. We’re approaching the halfway point now, but still plenty of opportunities to score some medals. Good luck everyone!

This week: Halo 3 2v2
View: Halo 3 2v2 Brackets, forum thread
Download: Halo 3 2v2 gametypes & maps

Fragolympics Leaderboards:

It’s the beginning of a new week and we have the results of the Halo 3 4v4 event for our Fragolympics tournament. 11 teams entered, but only 1 came out on top. There were many good matches especially between Tied the Leader and SBG Gaming, having to go to a tie breaker game to see which team moved on to the semi-finals. Loading Reality and Army of the Republic had an early first round match that was very close. There was also Buddy System Gaming who did not receive a bye in any round but still made it all the way to the finals. And of course the competitive teams of Podtacular and PraetoriaGuard meeting up in the semi-finals made for a great match up. This event was very exciting to watch and I would like to thank all the teams for participating. With that said… I would like to hand out the medals to our winners for our Halo 3 4v4 event:

GOLD MEDAL:
PraetoriaGuard

SILVER MEDAL:
Buddy System Gaming

BRONZE MEDAL:
Podtacular

View final brackets: Halo 3 4v4 final brackets

Congratulations to our winners!! You three have taken the earlier lead in the Fragolympics but it is still anyone’s tournament. We still have 6 events left to play in the next few weeks. PraetoriaGuard has posted a write up of their semi-final match against Podtacular and should be posting another write up of the final match against Buddy System Gaming, go check it out. This week, we shift gears and have a guitar battle with this week’s event taking place on Guitar Hero 3. We are also doing the Sniper All Nighter match on Saturday. Should be some interesting matches. Check back next week to find out how this week’s events turned out!

This week’s events: Guitar Hero 3 1v1, Halo 3 FFA All Night Snipers
View: Guitar Hero 3 1v1 Brackets
Download: All Night Sniper Map & Gametype

Fragolympics Leaderboards:

This week we begin our first Fragolympics tournament which consists of 12 invited gaming communities, battling it out in 7 events for the next six weeks. Each week, a new event will be played to find out which communities will be awarded a Fragolympic medal. The community that wins the most medal points by the end of the tournament, will be crowned the Fragolympics champions! Check the front page at the end of each week to get updates and to view the progress of the tournament. Thank you to all the communities who are participating and we wish you all good luck!

Community Participants:

Army of the Republic
Buddy System Gaming
CBTS Legends
Frags Unlimited Five
KRA
Loading Reality
Podtacular
PraetoriaGuard
SBG Gaming
The 9th Player
The Cavegirls
Tied The Leader

This week’s event: Halo 3 4v4

View: Halo 3 4v4 Brackets