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Omegathon final round vid!
Sleepy One
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I'm shocked! Nothing up in youtube yet! I'm specifically interested in the opening dialogue by Cortana and the match between Gabe and Tycho.
PS - GREAT JOB OMEGANAUTS!\
edit: Great idea nVidia with the contest. Gave a wonderfully easy way to socialize! Grade A+!
PS - GREAT JOB OMEGANAUTS!\
edit: Great idea nVidia with the contest. Gave a wonderfully easy way to socialize! Grade A+!
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The opening dialogue is the same dialogue that was in the Halo 3 announcement trailer from E3 '06. Go watch that. I believe it was even the same graphic effect, but without the desert in the background.
I just need to get on my flight home.
It will be the first thing I upload.
SWEET! I can't *wait*.
Sorry about the title Legacy. I had gotten home at midnight, hastily set up my computer to find the video and had no luck. Didn't have much energy to spell check or make sure my title wasn't misleading, I was just exhausted.
Edit: Reason I'm asking for the opening vid is cause I wanted to verify if that was Cortana reading the 'Cortana Letters' or not. It sounded really really close. Gave me chills.
Can't wait for the vid to upload~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dTz7psNPjY
Watch that. Like I said, it's the same audio/visual stuff that was in the video but without the Desert background.
That's the "high def" version. For a "reg def" use the link below.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/24124.html
I would love video of the actual gameplay itself, if that is possible.
For finals round I can understand some confusion as the game is unannounced (although Halo 3 ain't a significant departure from Halo 2, a game anyone who will ever play a game against another person for a prize should be familiar with), but there were a lot of folks who seemed completely unprepared for the other rounds. I know if I had a cool prize on the line I'd at least make some effort to prepare myself for the tournament.
Omegathon should start with a larger pool of players (like twice or four times as many) and eliminate a large portion of them in round one and two in games with a high skill requirement (like Guitar Hero, a fighting game, or an FPS). That way the folks who aren't taking it seriously and haven't prepared can get the boot and leave the competition with people who want the prize and are going to at least have small amount of gaming ability.
http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/14275
Part two:
http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/14276
Enjoy.
http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/14275
http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/14276
Edit: Beaten by 3 minutes. Shameful.
They did well, considering.
While it's true that not everybody was totally prepared for every game for whatever reason, you can't really prepare yourself for what it's going to be like to actually be there and be playing it in front of other people with those kinds of stakes. The thing about the Omegathon is that you're not going to get people who are the best at any given game really; sure, some people might be really amazing at one game or another, but it's hard to be amazing at everything. Add onto that the fact that one of the games was a $10 download for a $600 dollar system and yeah, you're not going to see many people totally prepared for that (although I thought that Calling All Cars was one of the more exciting rounds). Anyway, I guess my point is that it's really easy to sit back and watch people play a game and be a critic. It's a totally different boat when it's you up there in front of sometimes thousands of people all criticizing your every move with huge stakes on the line. Give these people a break. There's always going to be someone out there better than you.
No. There is always one person in the world that no-one is better than. That person is me. And before oyu ask, no, I will not back up my statements. I'm tired, or something.
Ok, I gotta come to my own defense here. What was so wrong about the final rounds of the Omegathon? Rock Band was a complete surprise to all of us and Puzzle Quest was really good as well. As far as Halo 3 goes, well, I've never played Halo 3 before and thought I put on a descent show for everyone in my loss. Ryan (Accalon) was the better man and deserved his prize. Besides, why should I practice TWO FPS games? Really, what were the odds that Halo 2 or 3 was going to be the final? Most people thought it was going to be Street Fighter 2.
I put in a lot of effort to get ready for the Omegathon. First, I played Jenga every other night by myself or with some friends. Second, one of my friends loaned me his PS3 for two months. We played every friday in four player contests to we were blue in the face. Third, a different friend set up our own Quake 3 server and we tried to play 12 player DM games whenever we could find the time. Fourth, I played the hell out of Karaoke Revolution and tracked down all four versions of the game. Do you realize how many songs that was to learn only to find out it was going to be Rock Band instead? Fifth, I actually created a Excel spreadsheet on how to spend my level up points for my Wizard in Puzzle Quest. A lot of good it did when I found out it was level one characters only. Finally, there is NO way to practice for the finals. It could have been quite literally anything.
As Davertron said above, not everyone can afford to buy all these games and systems for a single contest. I know several of the Omeganauts hadn't played Calling All Cars and could you blame them? $600+ dollars for a 5% chance of winning a trip to Japan? Not to mention, a lot of Omeganauts, including myself, have other commitments like work and school. Then of course, there is the random factor. If you look at the line up of games in this years Omegathon, they were truly made to be fair for everyone involved. Jenga, CAC, and Puzzle Quest are all about chaos and a lot of luck. Look at my 3rd game of Puzzle Quest for the proof. My opponent, Tony_B, could not get blue mana to save his life. Further more, every time the board reset after a mana drain, it was my turn and the board would be chock full of 4 of a kinds and skull matches. It could have easily have gone the other way.
I'm not going to hurl names or start a war with you, I just think that it's unfair for you to say that the Omeganauts didn't try there hardest to win. Everyone did the best they could and I believe we churned out one of the better Omegathons to date. Maybe a time limit on Jenga would have helped, but other than that, it was pretty exciting all around in my opinion. Of course, nothing beats the true EPICNESS that was Combat from two years ago.
-Ben
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The final round was riveting, and no offense to MNC Dover as he did very well, but I was favouring Ap to win as I saw him as the most consistently good player throughout the rounds. I was wondering if Dover could tell me something however, during the finals Tycho was doing commentary as he watched Ap's screen and only Ap's screen. Could you hear him at all during that round? And did that help you any? I know the crowd reaction helped Ap a bit as sometimes he reacted out of nowhere just because the crowd tension got high, but Tycho was telling everyone Ap's weapon and general whereabouts several times throughout the round and if I was playing, I wouldn't like that very much.
Yeah, I heard him a few times, but to be honest, it didn't help me at all. If I had played the game for a long time, maybe I would have recognized the sounds that each weapon made when picked up, but there were so many new weapons that it didn't make a difference. I was far to focused on the game and having my balls rattled by the sheer volume of the bass on stage to comprehend anything Tycho was saying. I do clearly recall him saying, "What the last gun wasn't big enough for you?" at one point, which scared the piss out of me.
The crowd had me jumping as well. Glad to know it wasn't just me. The crowd definitely made me want to play better and get more cheers from them. Kinda like a drug....I just wanted another ovation, had to have it......
Legends of Runeterra: MNCdover #moc
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I've been in your exact position before. Last year when I watched Davertron and Leroys final round of Tetris I was saying to myself "These are the two final Omeganauts? I could do better than that..." Well guess what... I was in exactly Dave's position this year, and I sucked too!! So I know how it goes! And I didn't watch the rest of their rounds so I didn't know how good of players they actually were. I worked my ass off to practice for every round, and I feel I did very well considering some of the randomness of the games. I even played well on my weakest game Quake 3. FPS's have never been my strong suit and honestly, I can't stand Halo 2, so why would I play it a ton? And who would have guessed that it would be a new game like Halo 3? So I honestly had no way to prepare for it.
Bottom line was the final round was a lot of fun to watch even if we were both noobish, and I had a blast playing it. If you think you can do better, then I hope you get picked and come back next year and win! I know that's what I did.
*Proud member of the Photoshop Heroes*
The Omegathon is the ultimate all-around, casual gamer competition, and you both proved over six rounds that you deserved to be there. Ryan, awesome win. Ben, it could have gone your way in another time and place. And guess what? You get to go again! We'll be there rooting you through next year.
*Proud member of the Photoshop Heroes*
Actually Fall there are plenty of tournaments at PAX that "the best FPSer" or "best at a fighting game" can assert their dominace in. Perhaps you should have spent your time watching the Halflife 2 or CS Tournaments as they would have appealed more to your interest of watching people who specialize and spend all their time learning how best to frag each other.
Some gamers like RPGs, (including the pen and paper variety, remember those folks go to PAX too) some like action/arcade titles, some like sports titles, and yes some like FPS and Fighting Games but those two genres are not by far the ONLY relevant games around and are not the be all and end all of showing you have skill. My point is the actual spirit and concept of the Omegathon is to make it accessible to ALL gamers, not just the FPS and fighting genre crowd, thats what the specialized tournaments are for. Also its not nearly as much fun to watch "the pros" in an FPS.
As far as the Omeganauts not being prepared, the vast majority (like 19/20) of the Omeganauts did practice and did take the event seriously. Try to remember the difference between playing at home and playing on a stage. I'm not just talking about nerves either. If, for instance, you had practiced for Round 5: Puzzle Quest, for hours upon hours on the DS, how well do you think you would adapt at going from a five inch screen to a 10 foot screen? All of a sudden those patterns would get a lot harder to spot don't you think?
MNC Dover and Accalon survived through some impressive competition and were the best at adapting to a variety of games, platforms, situations, competitors and stress. Thats why they deserved to be in the final because that is the spirit of the Omegathon. (Note the "athon" part, as in marathon.)
Once again grats to Accalon, and the other 19 Omeganauts who put on a hell of a show all weekend.... and good luck next year Dover.
I was cheering for the other guy but that was only cause I was standing on that side. You played awesome, I can understand not being good at halo, I never touched an xbox controller till halo2! Me and my friends all had a great time, thanks for rocking it!
Opening to Final Omegathon Round PAX 2007
And Ryan is totally right; when you get up on stage in front of that many people, anything can happen, no matter how good you are at a game. That being said, I totally suck at Tetris so even though I felt a ton of pressure and could have probably done better I hadn't played the game in literally like 10 years so even without the pressure I would have lost. It's extremely nerve-wracking up there. You do realize as an Omeganaut who makes it to the final round that you're supposed to be the "best"; however, I bet if we were to go back and play the exact same games again, it could turn out differently (no offense Ryan, you were awesome). It's just the nature of the event. You basically get one shot and if you mess up, that's it, you're out.
It's a hell of a good time though either way and I'm definitely glad I got to participate twice. The VIP status alone makes PAX all that more enjoyable. Just look at it this way Dover, you're maximizing your enjoyment.
Sheesh! I am SO pissed off that I missed that because of douche friends that wanted to go home early to miss the freaking traffic.