Over 900 Gamers Ready To Invade Fan Expo
By Eli Green
Aug 19, 2008 - 14:30:00 PM
The
final tally is in, and Major League Gaming has put the number of
gamers that will be attending this weekend's MLG Pro Circuit Toronto,
Presented by Ford at over 900. That includes both professional and
amateur gamers from across Canada and the United States, and all of
them will be competing for cash prizes from a purse of more than
$70,000 U.S. This stop on the Circuit is a featured event of Fan Expo
2008, running this Friday, August 22nd through Sunday,
August 24th at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in
downtown Toronto.
306
of the competitors call Canada home, and they are not all Ontarians.
There are gamers attending from nearly every province, including
Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British
Columbia. All other competitors are making the trip up from the
States. The event will feature three four-on-four tournaments:
Halo
3
($20,000 top prize),
Gears
of War
and
Tom
Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2
($4,000
top prize).
The
Halo 3
tournament
isn't just the biggest of the three because of the money up for
grabs, it's also got the most teams competing, at a total of 138
teams (552 players). The
Gears of War
tournament
will see 67 teams (268 players) competing, while the
Rainbow
Six Vegas 2
tournament will have
26 teams (104 players) vying for the prize.
We'll
be covering the competitions, as well as a number of other events
happening at Fan Expo 2008. We'll be making our way across the show
floor, talking to attendees, gamers, creators and, hopefully, some of
the celebrity
guests. There is always so much going on it's hard to see
everything, even with three days to do it all. We event heard a small
rumour that
Gears of War 2
might be making an appearance, but who knows, it's just a rumour,
right?
Guest
List Updates
Comic
Book Expo 2008 – Ethan Van Sciver, Dale Eaglesham, Dan Slott, Dan
Didio, Jogn Barber and Jen Grunwald, Ivan Brandon, Bob Layton, Yanick
Paquette, Angel Medina, Dexter Vines, Kalman Andrasofsky and more
have been added to the list.
Sci-Fi
Expo 2008 – Jamie Bamber has cancelled. Many more
have been added, including Michael Easton, Aaron Douglas, Karen David
and others.
CNAnime
Anime Expo 2008 – Wendee Lee and Steven Jay Blum have cancelled.
Vic Mignogna, and Justin Ridge have been added.
Rue
Morgue Festival of Fear Horror Expo 2008 – Jon Saxon and Linnea
Quigley have been added as special guests. Here is the full guest
list.
Gaming
Expo 2008 – Victor Lucas, Jon “Neverdie” Jacobs and many others
have been added
to the list.
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