Tournament Winners:
Counter Strike 1.6 - Sponsored By Steel Series
First Place: Motus - previously qualified for WCG
Second Place: No Luck - qualified for WCG
Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne - Sponsored by VisionTek
First Place: Colin Hamilton
Second Place: Toby Svelnis
Starcraft: Broodwar - Sponsored by TRENDnet
First Place: Simon Park
Second Place: Colin Hamilton
Halo 3 2v2 - Sponsored by Argus Camera
First Place: Nico Sagmaquen & Farrel Sagmaquen
Second Place: James Simpson & Gordon Earwaker
Halo 3 4v4 - Sponsored by Steel Series
First Place: Nico Sagmaquen, Farrel Sagmaquen, James Simpson & Gordon Earwaker
Second Place: Alex Neville, Shayn Bennett, Harlin Brandvold, Michael Walker
Guitar Hero 3 - Sponsored by Steel Series
First Place: Rachel Kuta - qualified for WCG
Second Place: Darnell Hochstein
Combat Arms - Sponsored by Nexon
First Place: Brennan Webster
Second Place: Kory Cross
Third Place: Darnell Hochstein
First, I would like to thank all of our sponsors:
Shaw Cablesystems, Nexon, Red Beard, Argus Camera, VisionTek, TRENDnet, G4 TechTV Canada, SteelSeries, CapLAN Crew, Ctoan LAN, CPU Magazine, author Michael Kane and Viking Books, VS Gaming Arena, Blade Radio, Orpheus Sounds & Mendella, Long and McQuade, and of course, Village Gamer
And our Suppliers:
Rocky Mountain Sound, Sudden Impact Clothing, Abbotsford Printing and PS Productions
While Digital Storm wasn’t as well attended as we’d planned for, we had many good reports from those did attend - they appreciated all of the swag - especially those who stayed right until the Counter Strike tournament wound down and we handed out all of the draw prizes. It’s unfortunate that there weren’t more gamers in attendance, and that so many WCG qualifiers required gamers to be 18 years of age or older in order to move on to the Nationals and then the Grand Finals in Cologne, Germany but I guess that is the nature of the beast.
I know that several of you are waiting to see the photos from Digital Storm, and we apologize for their lateness - we had a few other events over the past week and a bit which took up a fair amount of our time - but we will get them posted as soon as we’re finished picking, choosing and editing them.
Mendella’s performance rocked the house, and in our opinion they gave one of their best performances ever. We know they made several new friends and fans at Digital Storm, which is exactly what we hoped would happen, and we hope that all of those are able will come and see them on Wednesday, August 13th, 8:30pm at the Roxy on Granville. This will be their final Vancouver appearance until 2009, when they will be returning as recording artists with an album on store shelves.
It was very disappointing and frustrating for us that there were thieves in attendance at Digital Storm, making off with not only our personal Xbox Elite 120gb hard drive and controller, but also those belonging to one of our volunteers. It is happenings like this which mar events and cast a poor light on the gamer community as a whole. If any of you know the identity of the person (or people) who stole our equipment, please get in contact with us via the contact us form on our site - we would appreciate its return.
Over the next month or so, we will be removing most of the 2008 information and gearing up for 2009. Digital Storm 2009 will be held in October (of 2009), and will have several changes to the format - including new and secure measures to protect our equipment. For those who are concerned about qualifying for WCG 2009, you can rest assured that we will be involved with a local qualifying event, along with our friends from CapLAN and Ctoan LAN. Our three groups have formed a new alliance to bring you, the gamer community, a 2009 full of exciting LAN events.
See you in 2009, and thank you again to our sponsors and suppliers - we couldn’t hold fun events without the support you all contribute.
