Gamers Club Back-to-Back Tournaments

by Nick Caramico
edited by Phil Enright

The Gamers Club held back-to-back video game tournaments Sunday evening with a mixed turnout.

The first tournament featured the WWE professional wrestling game “Smackdown vs Raw 2008” for the Xbox 360. Five students participated in hopes of winning wrestling related prizes. Jeremy Clauntzer, Gamers Club member and organizer, said, “We decided to put this tournament together because this kind of game is not usually represented in our clubs tournaments.”

Junior Joe Landini came in first place and recieved a luchador mask and a replica championship belt. The second place participant was awarded with a package of memorabilia designed after the WWE superstar Rey Mysterio.

With the support of a group of his friends, Landini went undefeated in the tournament. “Even though I dominated, I had good competition and it was a fun time,” said Landini. In all four of the matches Landini participated in, he played as former World Champion Edge. While only five students participated in the actual tournament, there was a group of ten spectators.

Immediately following the wrestling tournament, Pierce Hall began to fill up for a “Super Smash Bros. Brawl” tournament. This event drew nearly forty students last year and fell just short of that this year. Like the previous tournament, there were more spectators than participants, but Gamers Club officials considered it a successful event. The winning student received a gift card for Nintendo Wii Points.