EA @ MFest: Sunday.
Posted 11-08-2008 at 11:04 AM by garethj
Sunday was hectic on the EA Stand.
We had challengers taking on Apollo in a 4 way FFA match on Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3, several players, including the UK WCG FIFA 08 Champion Chrissy B take on Baker011 and Omni at FIFA 09, Dead Space and Mirror's Edge Demo's and the EA Staff on Rock Band.
PLAY Apollo @ RA3..
6 people had the chance to take on the UK WCG Command & Conquer 3 Champion in two 4way FFA games, apollo was lightening quick and couldn't be beaten, demolishing the first two opponents in the first game within minutes, the remaining player held on for as long as he could but pretty soon it was game over and time for the next 3 players to get involved.
The next game was a little different, apollo, in yellow, started to attack the green base, he then scouts out the blue base, see's an army being readied and backs off, the blue player seemingly oblivious to this activity. Not long later apollo returns with more units and war breaks out between the two factions, suddenly the green army becomes involved again, then orange and soon green and blue are defeated leaving apollo free to attack the orange base.
Later that day we had more challengers in the PLAY EA @ FIFA event. The score to beat was 4 goals which remained the winning score, despite EA taking on Chris Bullard who later picked up a gold medal in the WCG Awards and who will be representing the UK at FIFA in the World Cyber Games. Chris won the game 1-0 but struggled, as many others did, to break down the EA Defence.
Sunday also saw a repeat of the Mirror's Edge demo, an eager crowd turned up early to see a run through of a level and were rewarded with Mirror's Edge Comics.
The demo went down well again, despite our demonstrators hangover and tendancy to fall off the level, many people hung on at the end to ask questions and talk about the game they are so excited about.
A similar thing happened later on in the day when we had a private over18s only viewing of Dead Space. Two PS3s were set up and a couple of pads were passed round the 8 or so people who came along to play for an hour, gasps and squeels were heard as monsters were squished and blood filled the screen.
This was a nice gentle end to the evening after the previous couple of hours saw an EA Staff band take on a few songs in Rock Band, to a sizeable audience.
Away from the EA Stand Sunday saw the WCG Awards, with Apollo, Chrissy B and Stune picking up gold medals in C&C3, FIFA and NFS.
They took home £100, a 26" Samsung TV, a bottle of champagne and a tiny little trophy. More importantly they will be heading off to Germany to represent the UK in the World Cyber Games, so congratulations is in order!
Its now monday and things are starting to wind down, we have given away boxes and boxes of Spore T-Shirts and Battlefield:Bad Company smiley grenades this morning as the departing gamers collect up swag to take home.
Thanks to everyone who has visited the stand, we hope you all enjoyed it!
Pictures can be found here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29402414@N06/
We had challengers taking on Apollo in a 4 way FFA match on Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3, several players, including the UK WCG FIFA 08 Champion Chrissy B take on Baker011 and Omni at FIFA 09, Dead Space and Mirror's Edge Demo's and the EA Staff on Rock Band.
PLAY Apollo @ RA3..
6 people had the chance to take on the UK WCG Command & Conquer 3 Champion in two 4way FFA games, apollo was lightening quick and couldn't be beaten, demolishing the first two opponents in the first game within minutes, the remaining player held on for as long as he could but pretty soon it was game over and time for the next 3 players to get involved.
The next game was a little different, apollo, in yellow, started to attack the green base, he then scouts out the blue base, see's an army being readied and backs off, the blue player seemingly oblivious to this activity. Not long later apollo returns with more units and war breaks out between the two factions, suddenly the green army becomes involved again, then orange and soon green and blue are defeated leaving apollo free to attack the orange base.
Later that day we had more challengers in the PLAY EA @ FIFA event. The score to beat was 4 goals which remained the winning score, despite EA taking on Chris Bullard who later picked up a gold medal in the WCG Awards and who will be representing the UK at FIFA in the World Cyber Games. Chris won the game 1-0 but struggled, as many others did, to break down the EA Defence.
Sunday also saw a repeat of the Mirror's Edge demo, an eager crowd turned up early to see a run through of a level and were rewarded with Mirror's Edge Comics.
The demo went down well again, despite our demonstrators hangover and tendancy to fall off the level, many people hung on at the end to ask questions and talk about the game they are so excited about.
A similar thing happened later on in the day when we had a private over18s only viewing of Dead Space. Two PS3s were set up and a couple of pads were passed round the 8 or so people who came along to play for an hour, gasps and squeels were heard as monsters were squished and blood filled the screen.
This was a nice gentle end to the evening after the previous couple of hours saw an EA Staff band take on a few songs in Rock Band, to a sizeable audience.
Away from the EA Stand Sunday saw the WCG Awards, with Apollo, Chrissy B and Stune picking up gold medals in C&C3, FIFA and NFS.
They took home £100, a 26" Samsung TV, a bottle of champagne and a tiny little trophy. More importantly they will be heading off to Germany to represent the UK in the World Cyber Games, so congratulations is in order!
Its now monday and things are starting to wind down, we have given away boxes and boxes of Spore T-Shirts and Battlefield:Bad Company smiley grenades this morning as the departing gamers collect up swag to take home.
Thanks to everyone who has visited the stand, we hope you all enjoyed it!
Pictures can be found here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29402414@N06/
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Posted 11-08-2008 at 12:52 PM by garethj
