Road to GameCon 2010

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 January 2010 20:18 Written by Tikal Tuesday, 12 January 2010 19:30

Its 2010 and time to start getting hyped for the 2nd Annual Little Rock GameCon! This year however we're gonna do things a little bit differently. The feedback we were centered around a few things: seeding, more games and more tournaments. So this is what we've decided to do. We're implementing a series of events dubbed: Road to GameCon. So what does that mean? Well we'll be hosting a number of tournaments leading up to GameCon 2010 (which we'll be announcing these dates very soon). The games will consist of games we'll be having at GameCon 2010 and the participants will gain seed points based on there ranking. There will be several locations holding tournaments so no matter where you live you should be able to find somewhere to get yoru game on. So here's the full details.

Road to GameCon
Tournament #1
Address: Kodata Game Solutions Building, 2100 Broadway St, Little Rock AR
Entry Fee: $10
Time: January 30th, 1PM till 10PM
Games: 1v1 Street Fighter IV (PS3), 1v1 Blazblue (PS3), 1v1 Tekken 6 (PS3), 1v1 Street Fighter 2 HD Remix (PS3), 1v1 Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
Details: All Tournaments are Double Elimination, bring your own fightsticks.

Seeding is based on the Elo Rating System. This is a system similar to ones seen in Chess, World of Warcraft Arenas and Xbox TruSkill's system. This system will reward anyone who plays in the qualifying tournaments, espcially ones who win. If you do not participate in the qualifying tournaments you will NOT be penalized. However you will be entered in at a base seed ranking.

It has begun!

GameCon 2009 Pictures are up!

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Written by Tikal Saturday, 21 November 2009 20:18

We've amassed all the GameCon 2009 pictures we have and put them on the site. You can find them in the Gallery tab! If you have any GameCon 2009 pictures that you'd like posted just send them to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ! Enjoy

   

GameCon Wrap Up!

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 November 2009 17:24 Written by Tikal Tuesday, 17 November 2009 02:36

 

It’s Monday and our first convention (sadly) is over. It was crazy weekend for everyone, staff and attendee alike! So here’s a recap for those people who didn’t or couldn’t come.
            Friday, as many know, did not turnout as expected. I can’t get into the details but we ended up having to find a different hotel…at the last minute. With the help of GPX Gaming and Imagine Games we were able to avert a crisis by setting up at the Comfort Inn and Suites.
            The great thing to see is that our attendee’s followed us faithfully! I was pleasantly surprised when I came out of the convention room to see over 150 gamers waiting to go at it! However by the time we were set up it was almost 7PM and I didn’t feel it was fair to try and shoe horn in the tournaments at that late of a time. I apologize to the gamers who could only come on Friday and could not play on Saturday. Instead we let in everyone for free on Friday so they could see the setup and meet some of the guest.
            Johnny Yong Bosch and Eyeshine drove from L.A to be at GameCon and played twice at Juanita’s. It was great watching the fans interact with Johnny. At some point he had a tail of girls following him around which was just too funny.
            Saturday was the definition of busy as we starting running Friday AND Saturday’s tournaments on one day. The fact we had to move to a smaller space meant that we got jam-packed immediately.  As far as the tournaments the turnout went from good to great. Gears of War 2 was the smallest with 5 teams competing and the biggest was Super Smash Bros Brawl which had 31 guys. Overall the competition was FIERCE and all the competitors did a great job.
            Reuben Langdon ninja’d his way into the convention. Without the fans even knowing he sat down and started playing Street Fighter 4 against the gamers. When we announced who he was and what he was doing, everyone was shocked! It was fun watching people run over to fight against the real Ken Masters.
            Reuben and Johnny sat down and had a joint panel, though Reuben’s voice was a little worn out from doing some work on Friday. Reuben showed some never behind the scene footage of Resident Evil 5.
            The guys from Screwattack came out and did interviews with the crowd and brought some classic games to sell. Make sure you check out Screwattack.com later on in week to see there footage!
            During the Tekken 6 tournament on Saturday one of the attendee’s proposed to his girlfriend! And not just with any ring, it was a Decepticon ring. Gratz to the happy couple.
            Daily Planet, Imagine Games and Hobbies and Conway Gaming Center had there big Magic: The Gathering Grudge match with Daily Planet winning the trophy.
            We had our Arkansas vs. Empire Arcadia matches and offered $500 to anyone who could Sanford and Andre in team Street Fighter 4. Many people tried..but no one could.
            Some of the tournaments ran so long that we had to push the cosplay contest to Sunday. We ended up letting the crowd judge the contest and the winner ended up being a girl dressed up as a bloody nurse from Silent Hill.
            After that we did a raffle and gave away over $500 worth of prizes! The combined pots for the tournaments were after $1800, with Brawl giving away the most. 1st place got $200!
            It was a great weekend and we got to meet a lot of gamers. There is no doubt that something’s went wrong (we blew a power circuit a few times) but overall the whole con went great. We know exactly all the things we want to fix and all the things we want to keep.
            Either way me and my staff thank of you who came to our show. I promised that we would have this convention no matter what, and we did. And thanks to your support we WILL be back next year. With a show even more grand and better than before! So if you have any good feedback about events, tournaments, and guest you’d like to see please let us know! Send it to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We are run by gamers and for gamers and your input is always needed.
            In the mean time we’ll be doing some small events throughout the year to keep the flow going. So check back often to see other little events we’ll be doing.
           
Happy 2009 to everyone and see you next year!

 

   

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