Gamer’s Hideout League Double IT
Sunday, April 13th, 2008Yesterday (April 13th) was the finals for Gamer’s Hideout (GH) League Double IT challenge or competition. Lots of people turn up for this event for local gamers in Selangor state whom are also regulars that shop their original games over there… well, the ONLY shop that sells original games (that’s another story but if you are interested to know about the local scene of gaming in Malaysia, just message me).
So there I was an hour and and a 1/2 early and it seems I’m the only contestant there for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. Everyone was setting up the consoles for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare with six monitors/consoles and a gigantic 47 inch Toshiba TV.
Oh, before I forget, this is purely an XBox 360 event. There aren’t any Nintendo Wii or Playstation 3 event like these (and the owners of the other two consoles are quite angry about it) but it’s always an XBox 360. So there are two games involve: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (COD4MW) and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (GHIII).
Prize money are shown there and it’s one of these events that brings people up for challenge. I was up for it for GHIII because I love the game a lot. And there were 19 of us that registered for the challenge during the qualifications but yesterday for the final, 1/3 did not turn up at all and thus it’s much faster to finish.
For GHIII, this was the Pro-Face Off challenge. Each contestant have to choose a song and the difficulty that is available in the game (not included downloable songs) and challenge each other in a 2 round match. The winner is based upon the score/percentage of both players and the number of frats pressed that will determine the outcome of the result.
There are lots of popular songs there to be choose to play like "When You Were Young" by The Killers, "Barracuda" by Heart, "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" by Pat Benatar, "Black Magic Woman" by Santana and so on. But the killer song of all was "Through The Fires and Flame" by Dragonforce, a seriously crazy song that is more than 7 minutes long and pressing the frat buttons until your eyes and fingers will definitely bulging out for good.
The guitar controllers are the only controllers allowed during the match (not the standard Xbox 360 controller). As you can see, there are two different controllers there - the Guitar Hero II X-Plorer wired controller (white version) and the Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Gibson wireless controller (black version) that can stand at least 30 feet away from the screen. Some of the best players are there but at the end of the match, it has unexpected results.
I on the other hand lose a match during the match but I had fun knowing lots of other guitar heroes there (even though they are not real guitarist, except one player who does play real). It was a long day and it started from 2:30pm till 9:30pm (for both games). I left early as I was tired and found out who won later at night. Still, it was pretty cool and I hope GH will do more events in the future (I’m aiming for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 if they are up for it).
