Zarkonis (right) and Eric (left) were our finalists.

The last day of our tournament weekend brought our largest crowd of gamers yet!  The competition was tough, but the prizes have now been handed out and a champion has walked away with the $100 BEST BUY certificate.  Congrats go out to Eric (our runner-up) and Zarkonis (our champion)!!!! 

Keep checking our blog to see what gaming events we’ll be announcing next!  And If you’d like to see all the pics and video we took during the tournament weekend, just click on the picture at the top of this post.

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So far we have all kinds of new gamers showing up for DDR craziness at VIRL. Door prizes have been handed out, gift certificates to Curious Comics and Chapters are gone now too. Make sure you come out tomorrow to qualify for the Grand Championship round and $100 BEST BUY gift certificate! w00t!
Don’t be late, tournament starts at noon Sunday.

Check out out the video and pics from Friday and Saturday’s Tourney:

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July Prize Winner stands infront of the DDR Scoreboard

Our next DDR tournament is approaching quickly (see my previous post for the details!), so this seems like the perfect time to start thinking about how to score the tournament.  In our July tournament, we counted the number of “Perfects.”  But, I know that some participants would have preferred us to use a different method of scoring . . . we could use the total points for example, or we could add up ”Perfects,” “Goods,” and “Okays.”  Anyway, if you have any suggestions, please post them here.  I can’t promise that we’ll use your method – but I’d definitely like to hear what you have to say!!!!

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Open Play Evenings, Wednesdays 4-8 pm, August 13, 20, and 27th
****Drop in to the library for any (or all!) of our open play evenings. We will have DDR and Wii Sports set up on large screens. Bring your friends/family and challenge them to a dance battle or to a game of Wii baseball, golf, tennis, bowling, and more! No registration is required for open play evenings, and it’s free to attend.

August Dance Dance Revolution Tournament:
Fri., August 29 5-8 pm; Sat., August 30 12-3 pm; Sun., August 31 12-3 pm
FREE ADMISSION! FOOD & REFRESHMENTS!
****Join us for our three-day Dance Dance Revolution tournament. Come impress everyone with your DDR skills! The grand championship winner will walk away with a $100 gift certificate to Best Buy!!! Haven’t tried DDR yet? No problem – come to the tournaments anyway and have a great time! There will be door prizes!

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Check out the fancy footwork seen Friday during the DDR weekend at the Harbourfront branch. If you missed the fun Friday & Saturday, make sure you come by Sunday from 12 to 3.  You may win the $100 Best Buy gift certificate, the runner up prize or maybe even a door prize!! You can’t win if you don’t drop by.

Eric won a $20 Best Buy gift certificate

Testing out the DDR pads at one of our open plays!

 Wednesday was our last DDR & Wii Open Play Evening for July.  Now, we’re busy preparing for the July tournament.  For those of you who haven’t yet registered for the tournament, I have good news – there is still space available for all three days!  So, please drop by the Nanaimo Harbourfront (downtown) library this weekend. 

The tournament times are:

Friday, July 25    5 – 8 pm
Saturday, July 26   12 – 3 pm
Sunday, July 27   12 – 3 pm

Please join us – there’s no fee to enter the tournament.  There will be LOTS of snacks, and you have the chance to win some GREAT prizes, including gift certificates to Future Shop and Curious Comics.  I even heard a rumor that our Grand Champion will be taking home a $100 gift certificate to Best Buy!!!!!  And, there will even be door prizes.  So, you could take something home just for attending!

This seems like the perfect time to thank the organizations that have donated prizes and/or food for the tournament - so a HUGE thank-you to Best Buy, Future Shop, Curious Comics, and Thrifty Foods for their support!  We couldn’t do this without you!!!!! 

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Registration forms for the tournament are now available at both Nanaimo library branches. Hurry down to either library to register as space is limited!

If you can’t make it down to the library, you can email jcarter@virl.bc.ca and tell me your name, age, and what days you will attend, and I’ll reserve a spot for you!

Now for those of you with questions about how the tournament is going to work, here’s a few details:

Competitors are welcome to attend one, two, or all three days of the tournament.

Each day will feature it’s own mini-tournament, with the best players from each day advancing to our Grand Championship event on Sunday.

The mini-tournaments will have two stages: Qualification and Elimination.

Stage One: Qualification
-Competitors will dance twice. The scorekeeper will total the number of “perfects” each participant achieves.
-The competitors who achieve the highest combined scores will move on to the Elimination Stage.

Stage Two: Elimination
-Competitors will be ranked based on their scores from the Qualification Stage.
-Based on their ranking, competitors will be placed in a bracket, and each pair in the bracket will dance one song against each other.
-The competitor achieving the higher number of “perfects” will advance to the next round while the competitor with the lower number of “perfects” will be eliminated.
-Eventually, only one competitor will be left standing, and he or she will be named champion of the mini-tournament!

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If you missed your moment of fame last Wednesday at the Open Play event at the Harbourfront branch, don’t worry, watch Shaw channel (4) to catch the interviews and see what you missed.

They even tried out the Wii themselves. I have say that Shaw interviewer has some dance moves (heh heh). I found the baseball really hard, but the bowling and golf were tons ‘o fun! Check out the pictures, just click the pic:

Don’t forget to mark your calendars for OPEN PLAY WEDNESDAYS!:
July 16, 23
August 13, 20, 27

See you Wednesday!

Librarychik