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Gamers Unite: DWC To Host Holodek
Tournament
(Nashua) – Gamers from across the region
will be converging on Daniel Webster College, Nashua, August 5 and 6 for
their chance to show off their own gaming skills and "win big" or root
for their favorite team at HoloDek's first tournament in the Granite
State outside their Hampton, N.H., headquarters.
The first place team will walk away with $2,000, with lesser amounts to
be paid to the second through fifth place team of the 32 five-person
teams that will be playing.
The tournament is unique in that it will be largest of its kind ever
staged in the entire region, according to tournament spokesman Torrey
McPheters. “We are all very excited to brining the Holodek tournament to
Daniel Webster College and the Nashua area,” said McPheters. “This is an
extraordinary opportunity to create a sporting-like atmosphere for both
gamers and gaming fans. It’s a chance to draw people from areas in
southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts that we normally have
not had traditional access to.”
Holodek has long term goals as well. “Our goal is to provide more
tournaments on a regular basis to the gaming community, and we have been
extremely happy with how Daniel Webster College has embraced our
program” McPheters said. “The tournament will be professionally
operated. We see this as an opportunity to show off what we do and how
well we do it.”
"It's a wonderful relationship that benefits both organizations," said
Heidi Crowell, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chief
Information Officer. "HoloDek is able to offer its unique program to
people outside the New Hampshire Seacoast area, while Daniel Webster
College can reach out to "gamers" throughout Southern New Hampshire and
beyond, showcase its own programs and its ability to successfully work
with us to put on a exceptional program.”
Tournament entry fees for each day are $20 at the door or $15 if prepaid
before August 2. Spectators may attend for free. Players may
pre-register and prepay for their team online, in person at HoloDek, 8
Merrill Industrial Drive, Hampton, N.H., by calling 603-758-1010, or by
e-mail at info@Holo-Dek.com to assure their spot, as the maximum number
of teams is limited.
Seeding rounds begin at 10:00 a.m. and the double elimination
tournaments begin at 5:00 p.m.
The tourney will be held in the Collings Auditorium at Daniel Webster
College, 20 University Drive, Nashua, N.H. Directions
Players are welcome to bring their own peripherals including mouse,
keyboard, mouse pad, headphones, and X-Box gamepad if they wish,
according to McPheters.
The gaming tournament works in perfect unison with the addition of DWC’s
new major in Gaming, Robotic and Design in the Fall of 2006. The College
also offers disciplines in computer science and information systems.
Daniel Webster College provides undergraduate and graduate programs to
traditional and non-traditional students from its Nashua and Portsmouth
campuses in a wide breadth of professional areas, including aeronautic
and mechanical engineering, aviation flight operations, air traffic
management, computer science, business and management, and social
science. For more information about Daniel Webster's programs, visit
www.dwc.edu.
Holodek Tournament at Daniel Webster College, August 5-6
Saturday, August 5 — Counterstrike 1.6
* Prizes: First place team, $2,000, second place, $1,000; third place,
$500; fourth place, $250; fifth place, $100.
* Seeding rounds begin at 10:00 a.m.
* Double elimination Tournament begins at 5:00 p.m. for top 16 teams.
* Maps will be: de_inferno; de_nuke; de_train; de_coble; de_dust2.
Sunday, August 6 — Halo2 Slayer 2v2
* Maximum of 64 five person teams.
* First place team wins $1,000; second place team, $800; third place
team, $200.
* Seeding rounds begin at 10:00 a.m.
* Double elimination Tournament begins at 5:00 p.m. for top 24 teams
* Maps will be: Lockout, Midship, and Warlock
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