When:
Friday, October 13th

Where:
Eckerd College 4200 54th Ave S,
St. Petersburg, FL, 33711

What:
An awesome Guitar Hero tournament sponsored by RedOctane, S.A.V.E.G.A.M.E. and Campus Activities. Featuring a double elmination-style tournament with Hard and Expert divisions. In addition to the main event, there will also be TVs set up so you can either practice your shredding skills or learn the basics.

For more informations, please contact: wouldyouliketosavegame@gmail.com

Listen up, Larryville shredders! Red Octane and EB Games are graciously sponsoring a FREE Guitar Hero tournament at the Lawrence EB Games on Saturday, Nov. 4th! Read on for the most excellent details and rules…

What: 1 vs. 1 Guitar Hero Tournament on PS2.

Where:
EB Games #4868
3140 Iowa St.
Lawrence, KS. 66046

When: Saturday, November 4th, 2006. From 1 PM until it’s over!

Who: Anyone 18 or older can participate in the tournament. If there are younger Guitar Heroes that want to participate in the tournament, they will have to have written permission from their parent(s) or legal guardian.

Why: Because we want to rock! (and because you know you want to show off AND pre-order a copy of Guitar Hero 2!)

Tournament Set-up and Guidelines:

1. The tournament will be setup in a 1 vs. 1 format with rounds consisting of a “best 2 of 3 songs” format for the winner to advance to the next round.

2. The songs being played in each round will be determined by the participants in the round. A coinflip will be used to determine who gets first song choice. The loser of the coinflip will choose the 2nd song, and, in the case of a 3rd song tie-break, the tournament organizer will pick a song at random.

3. Song difficulty will begin at the Medium level for the opening round of play, and as the tournament proceeds, the difficulty levels will increase to Hard, and eventually Expert for the Quarterfinals through the Finals.

4. Tournament seeding will be determined at random by the tournament organizers after registration has closed.

5. Tournament will be single-elimination style but is subject to change to double-elimination by the time the tournament begins if certain conditions are met.

6. All participants must register before the tournament by coming in-person to EB Games #4868 and filling out the sign-up sheet.

7. Registration for the tournament will end at 12 PM on November 4th, 2006.

8. There will be guitar controllers available for use at the tournament. Participants are welcome to bring their own guitar controllers for use in the tournament, but they are subject to prior approval by event organizers before they are used in competition.

9. Prizes will be announced one week prior to the event.

10. You must be ready to rock!

For questions/concerns or to contact the organizer, please call (785) 749-9444 and ask for Kevin.

When: September 30, 2006 6pm
Where: GameStop
992 Broadway
Thornwood, NY 10594
914-769-2713

MIDNIGHT GAMING CHAMPIONSHIP

Guitar Hero will be one of the games featured at the Midnight Gaming Championship. Tournaments will take place at McDonald’s restaurants around the Dallas/Ft Worth area. The Guitar Hero tournaments will be in a tent in the parking lot. All tournaments are free to enter. Tournaments start at 9pm. Players must be 18 years old or older. There will be eight tournaments with the winners advancing to a final on November 18. Once you win a guitar hero tournament, you cannot enter again until the finals.

Register online at: http://midnightgamingchampionship.com/

Schedule:

Saturday, September 23, 200 5960 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX 75206-1907

Saturday, September 30, 200 2100 Central Park Blvd, Bedford, TX 76022-6100

Saturday, October 07, 200 109 Harris, Red Oak, TX 75154-4216

Saturday, October 14, 200 104 Central Expy S, Allen, TX 75013-2769

Saturday, October 21, 200 17606 Midway Rd, Dallas, TX 75287-6739

Saturday, October 28, 200 5404 S Cooper St, Arlington, TX 76017-6108

Saturday, November 04, 200 509 W I-30 W, Garland, TX 75043

Saturday, November 11, 200 1420 Eastchase Pkwy, Fort Worth, TX 76120-4402

Prizes for qualifier tournaments:

* a $125 Best BuyTM Gift Card courtesy of Best Buy

* a G4 Prize Pack courtesy of G4

* a 1 year membership to GameZnFlix courtesy of GameZnFlix

* a $50 Arch card courtesy of McDonald’s®

* $100 cash courtesy of McDonald’s

* a copy of Guitar Hero 2 Game courtesy of Red Octane

Prizes for finals:

* a Championship Trophy

* a $1,000 Best Buy Gift Card courtesy of Best Buy

* an Xbox 360 courtesy of GameZnFlix

* a Sony PSP courtesy of Best Buy

* a $100 Arch card courtesy of McDonald’s

* $500 cash courtesy of McDonald’s

* a guitar autographed by the GH development team courtesy of Red Octane

THE AXE GRINDERS BALL AT THE MALL GUITAR HERO TOURNAMENT!!!

Date: SATURDAY ROCKTOBER 14TH
Time: 4pm-7pm
Location:
THE PLAZA DEL SOL MALL
2205 VETERANS BOULEVARD
DEL RIO, TEXAS
(830) 774-3634

Tournament Sign Up Location: EB GAMES #5205, (830) 768-0394

Official Rules And Set Up

1. Contestants under the age of 18 must have written consent from a parent or legal guardian at the time of registration.

2. Registration will end at 4pm the day of the event.

3. The tournament will be broken down into two brackets based on Hard and Expert classes with 12 axe grinders per class. Should more than 12 people sign up for either class a pre-qualifying round will be single elimination and will determine which 12 axe grinders will move on into the qualifying round. The pre-qualifying round will be held from 4pm-5pm.

4. The qualifying round will be held from 5pm-6pm. The qualifying round will be single elimination play until there are only 6 axe grinders remaining in each class. The final round will be held at 6pm and will be double ellimination best 2 out of 3 until only 2 axe grinders remain. The main event will be single elimination play to crown a victor.

5. All songs will be chosen at random.

6. Seeding and advancement will be based on high scores.

7. Axe grinders may have a one song warm up before each round.

8. The standard Guitar Hero controller will be available but it is recommended that all grinders bring their own axe.

9. Prizes will be announced one week before the event.

When:  Sat Oct. 14th at 11:00 a.m.

Where: Game Crazy   1701 West Imperial Hwy,  La Habra, Ca 90631  (inside the Hollywood video)  562 697 4082

Prizes: Winner will receive a $20 Game Crazy gift card to be applied towards your copy of Guitar Hero 2  preorder (more prizes to be announced soon!!)

How:  Bracketing format, random song pick, start at medium setting and it will get harder setting as people start getting eliminated, player with higgest score moves on to next round till there is only one left!!!

Space is very limited so come sign up today. Due to limited space we ask that you put a $5 deposit towards any game (preferabily Guitar Hero 2) (and get your rent one get one free coupon) to be able to sign up on list.

Where: Tastyworld.  312 E. Broad St.  Athens, GA 30601.  (706) 543-0797
When:  October 17th.  7 pm-11 pm.  Depending on the number of preregistered
combatants a seeding round might be held starting at 6 p.m.
Who:  Anyone over the age of 18 is welcome to participate
Contact:  Shannon Marshall.  (706)254-3392.  sonicsnaxx@hotmail.com

Battle Royale is proud to announce it’s partnership with RedOctane to bring
you the flagship Guitar Hero league and tournament of Athens, Georgia.  Just
like the other more well known survival program the rules are simple.  Win
and live.

1.  Only those that are 18+ and preregistered will be allowed to compete.
You can preregister by  e-mailing sonicsnaxx@hotmail.com and leaving contact
info. or by calling the sonicsnaxx headquarters at (706)254-3392 and leaving
a message with your contact info.  Pre-registration ends at 12 noon on
October 17th, the day of the competition.

2.  The battle format will consist of 2 brackets of 8 combatants each.
Expert division and Hard division.  Depending on the reception of our
inaugural contest, future contests would incorporate medium and easy
division.  In the event of more than 8 preregistered for either or both
brackets, a qualifying round will be held to determine the final 8 for each
bracket.  The fomati for the round will be high score on a random song with
the top 8 scores moving on to the bracket round.  Seeding will also be
determined by this high score also.  The standard RedOctane sg controller
will be available at the event but all combatants are encouraged to bring
their own ax if they wish.

3.  The competition will be based on a 2 out of 3 double-elimination for
each round.  Each combatant gets to choose one song to play.  In the case of
a third match, coin toss will determine who picks the final song.

4.  Prize distribution has yet to be determined, but there will be some
super-cool goodies to give out to the top combatants.  Welcome to Battle
Royale survival program.  Good Luck.

When: October 21st, 2006
Where: Game Crazy
2016 Kennedy Blvd.
Union City, NJ 07087
201-348-6133
Time: 2:00pm

FREE GUITAR HERO TOURNAMENT

When: November 25th, 2006
Where: Red Room - Portland, OR
Time: 8:00pm

Promo items and super secret main prize await those who prove that they have the best riffs! The tournament is at 8:00pm 11/25/06 at RED ROOM (2530 NE 82nd Ave, Portland), but the game is free to play, everyday; so, get on down to RED ROOM and practice up!