Video game crowd competes at UCSD
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- Controllers rest near a monitor between bouts of Super Smash Bros. tournament play. Photo: Will Parson
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- A player dances along with a motion-tracking video game. Photo: Will Parson
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- Kate Finley and Chris Kemlon play Rock Band. Photo: Will Parson
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- UCSD student Joey Jauregui and Jaime Hernandez Rodriguez from Mexicali play Super Smash Bros. during the UCSD’s Winter Game Fest. Photo: Will Parson
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- A man plays Katamari during the UCSD event. Photo: Will Parson
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- Players compete during a late round of a Super Smash Bros. tournament. Photo: Will Parson
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- Bryan Walsh from Redwood City plays Rock Band. Photo: Will Parson
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- Carlos Zambrano from Imperial Beach plays his friend Lee Martin from New Orleans, LA in a late round of a large Super Smash Bros. Photo: Will Parson
Gamers battled at UCSD on Saturday and Sunday at one of the largest video game tournaments in Southern California, competing for more than $7,000 worth of prizes.
The seventh annual Winter Game Fest featured more than 50 Gamecubes and Wii stations, 10 Playstation 3s, 16 Xbox 360 consoles, 100 computers and 20 projectors will run beginner-friendly games and professional video game tournaments. Competitors played in nine tournaments for games such as Super Smash Bros. Melee, Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, Halo Reach and Call of Duty: Black Ops.
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Posted by Kathy Day
on Jan 25, 2011. Filed under Featured Story, La Jolla, News.
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