Just in case you somehow forgot, even then we told you to
mark it on your calendar and circle it twice, there's a
Gears of War 2 After Hours event going on tonight at 9:30PM held at Gamestop stores nationwide. True, we've already been given the distinct honor of viewing the
exclusive video clip prior to its official airing tonight, but there is also some
Gears of War tournament goodness going down too. You could win a t-shirt or some Microsoft points and maybe even mingle with some fellow Gearheads. It'll be fun, we plomise. Heck, we'll even commit to attending an After Hours event in central Minnesota. We're cool enough to attend ... are you?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
7-25-2008 @ 7:04PM
Michael said...
I'll be playing Halo :)
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7-28-2008 @ 1:33PM
Dark Gatremag said...
power to canada and EBgames f*** gamestop
7-25-2008 @ 8:18PM
xMONSTER POWERx said...
I'll be there. ^_^
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7-25-2008 @ 8:23PM
Stridery said...
I'll be there. Might as well, it's not like I have anything else going on tonight.
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7-25-2008 @ 9:05PM
UNSCleric said...
I'm too disgusted with the way I look to attend.
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7-26-2008 @ 3:02AM
bonzai said...
HAHAHA i actually laughed out loud
7-26-2008 @ 6:18AM
UNSCleric said...
It's not really funny, it eats away at me nearly every moment of every day.
7-26-2008 @ 7:21AM
Lord Bowser said...
Buy Wii Fit and get some new clothes. Cocaine also helps.
7-27-2008 @ 1:44AM
UNSCleric said...
Wii Fit? I'm 6'6" and 195 pounds.
7-25-2008 @ 9:17PM
YoRone22 said...
Well it seems like it's mainly based around the tournament and there won't be any swag for just attending. So I won't be going. Figures. I finally get a Gamestop close to my house, and the event is meh.
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7-25-2008 @ 10:05PM
jake18oly (XBL,PSN: RSXtypeSfan) said...
My wife and I might attend. One thing that caught my eye though, on the official rules it says something about the weapon swap option and how the gamestop employees are supposed to "remove" all of the power weapons. What is up with that?
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7-25-2008 @ 10:15PM
Vcize said...
Just got back, it was fairly lame. Execution, first to 1 with a 20 second bleed-out and no power weapons. But the really lame part was that it was splitscreen on like a 20" monitor (it was played on one of those little demo stations they have in the store with the controllers that have been sitting out there for a year with only like half the buttons working).
I finished 2nd in our tourney and got a t-shirt. Free stuff and it didn't take long.
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7-26-2008 @ 3:39AM
xFenixKnightx said...
I went to mine and damn it was way diff than what you guys are describing. I myself wasnt expecting it since I had previously prnted the guidlines but they werent followed at all at my GS. There were 16 people. They gave us a choice between 1 vs 1 or 2 vs 2 so we all picked 2 vs 2. They also let us pick which map as well so we all quickly said "Raven Down" but of course they didn't have the maps dl'd damnit :( We settled for War Machine. My buddy xXGanoBoyXx and I TOOK that fucking tourney!!! :D It went fairly quick and yes it was split screen on 2 small 20 inch demo kiosks but it was still fun. We got 2 Gears T's with the Logo on the bottom side and 2 1600MS point cards each. Got the Gears tourney bracket poster and we took a pic too. Gonna Upload on Myspace tomorrow :P Shiiit yeah!! It was at the GS in Houston on Beltway 8 and Wallisville. The manager there Enrique is a pretty cool dude. All in all I had a blast...
7-25-2008 @ 11:20PM
Deezul said...
I walked over to my local Gamestop at 8:30. Guy behind the counter said no signed up for the tournament. So I asked for a T-Shirt, and I got one for free. I have another Gears T-Shirt from the first game, as Best Buy was giving it out with pre-orders.
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7-25-2008 @ 11:33PM
Adorada said...
Yeah, just got back too. My brother and I both went to different Gamestops near our house. Like another poster said, it was pretty lame considering that it was splitscreen on some 20" Samsung lcd tv. Not only that, but both my brother and I are about 6'5" and the controllers were extremely low to the ground. Plus, to add, both people are host. I came in first, getting both the t-shirt and gamer points. Went to see my brother and he was just finishing the tourney up. He also came in first, getting the gamer points and t-shirt. What was funny was the fact that the gamestop employee challenged my brother to a game and said he was really good.....hahaha. My brother won that game too, and walked away.
For those wondering what the t-shirt looks like, it is a black shirt with a pretty big GoW logo (red of course) on the left side hip area. There's also a Gamestop logo (or sign, whatever you wanna call it) on the left shoulder, and finally a Gears of War 2 sign on the top middle back area.
Overall, it was decent, free stuff is always good.
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7-26-2008 @ 12:44AM
Vcize said...
But yes, you have every right to be pissed at gamestop for not mentioning it.
But really, the whole thing was half assed and most of the guys enforcing it probably knew very little about Gears at all, much less the changes to the lancer with each patch. Our guy organizing it said we would be playing "Extermination" mode. Lol.
But yea, pretty much as soon as I saw they were going to remove all the power weapons, and then saw that we were playing splitscreen, I pretty much knew this wasn't going to be a "real" tourney where the people setting it up actually put any thought into it.
7-26-2008 @ 12:45AM
Vcize said...
Woah, good fight comment system.
That was supposed to be a reply to ccc's post, not yours.
7-26-2008 @ 3:02AM
bonzai said...
Man, you're all kinds of awesome Adorada.
7-26-2008 @ 12:10AM
ccc said...
I went and lost.
Why did I loose?
I was on Gridlock in the open field where the grenades would normally be.
My enemy had out his shot gun and I my Lancer.
I unloaded my entire clip into him and he didn't down.
He hit me twice with the shotty from about 15 feet away and I was downed.
So why did I loose?
This problem bugged me all the way home when just before I reached my front door it came to me why I lost.
The GOW played in this tourny was the unupdated version.
If you all remember they updated the title to improve the Lancer and even out the shot gun.
This is the version of Gears I have been playing the last year and a half.
I was intent on staying away from shot gun battles in this tourny due to the sometimes random nature of the battle and hell bent on using the Lancer. As when I play the game normally, if you hit someone consistantly with a Lancer for more than 3 seconds they are down.
It never even crossed my mind that this would be the older version of Gears and I'm kinda pissed off about it and the fact that NO-ONE even bothered or thought about that factor in this event.
REALLY REALLY GAY Cliffy. I'm angry with you and mad at myself for not even considering that. I was more worried about wether or not it was gonna be a split or fullscreen event. Turns out the main factor was something not even anyone at Epic thought about or anyone else for that matter.
Bottom line, the Gears we all play on a daily bassis was very much different from the one that was at this tourny.
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7-26-2008 @ 12:27AM
Jake G said...
how is it cliffy b's or epics fault? blame gamestop