Events

DFWGames @A-kon Offical Tournament and Activity Schedules

If you're a gamer looking for activites next weekend at the big Gaming Event downtown (Westin Hotel) then you should know that it's all posted right here ONLINE at DFWGames.com

• Console Gaming Tournament Schedules: copied below and always updated on A-kon Menu above or just CLICK HERE.

Console Gaming Tournament Schedule  - Westin Hotel Downtown Dallas June 4th-6th Refresh your browser for schedule UPDATES!   Check front page at WWW.DFWGAMES.COM for more details ****NOTE:   A-KON ENTRY FEES:  ENTRY To A-kon IS NOT FREE! You must PURCHASE A CONVENTiON BADGE, CLICK HERE FOR PRICES --OR--  You can PURCHASE a DISCOUNTED $20 GAMER BADGE at the CONSOLE GAMING ROOM for FULL ACCESS To ALL A-KON GAMING ROOMS (WESTIN HOTEL) (Not Anime Rooms)

Event Date/Time Other information FRIDAY Tekken 6 -  PS3 Friday, June 4th ,6pm istration starts at 2pm, Registration starts at 2pm, $5 - $10 (TBA) Standard Tournaments will Award DFWGames/A-kon Championship Trophies for 1st 2nd and 3rd Place AND pay $prize pots based on tournament attendance. BONUS TRACK SCAN SPONSORED PRIZE VIBRAS 360 SURROUND HEADSETS Guitar Hero 5 (MGC) 360 Friday, June 4th, 6pm Registration starts at 2pm   .MGC Tournaments are Free ENTRY!  JUST Play to WIN CASH & PRIZES!   Onsite Tournament Winners: 1st Place:  Winner gets entered in a bracket to compete in the vegas finals $100 Dollars Cash $25 American Guru Clothing Gift Certificate ASICS Winner T-Shirt Pair of ASICS Trail Attack Shoes $10 Gift Card to McDonalds 2ND Place: $50 cash $15 American Guru Clothing Gift Certificate ASICS Winner T-Shirt. Madden 10 (MGC) 360 Friday, June 4th, 7pm Registration starts at 3pm MGC Tournaments are Free ENTRY!  JUST Play to WIN CASH & PRIZES! Onsite Tournament Winners: 1st Place: $100 Dollars Cash Winner gets entered in a bracket to compete in the vegas finals $25 American Guru Clothing Gift Certificate ASICS Winner T-Shirt Pair of ASICS Trail Attack Shoes $10 Gift Card to McDonalds 2ND Place: $50 cash $15 American Guru Clothing Gift Certificate ASICS Winner T-Shirt. Halo 3 with NTGA  360 walk up FFA tournament   Friday, June 4th, 9pm Registration starts at 5pm, $5 - $10 (TBA) Standard Tournaments will Award DFWGames/A-kon Championship Trophies for 1st 2nd and 3rd Place AND pay $prize pots based on tournament attendance. BONUS TRACK SCAN SPONSORED PRIZE VIBRAS 360 SURROUND HEADSETS SATURDAY Halo 3 with NTGA 360  2v2 tournament Saturday, June 5th,5pm Registration starts at 1pm, $5 - $10 (TBA) Standard Tournaments will Award DFWGames/A-kon Championship Trophies for 1st 2nd and 3rd Place AND pay $prize pots based on tournament attendance BONUS TRACK SCAN SPONSORED PRIZE VIBRAS 360 SURROUND HEADSETS Need for Speed Shift (Cell Phone Version) (MGC) Saturday, June 5th,5pm Registration starts at 2pm MGC Tournaments are Free ENTRY!  JUST Play to WIN CASH & PRIZES! Onsite Tournament Winners: 1st Place: Winner gets entered in a bracket to compete in the vegas finals Wins Samsung Strive cell phone $25 American Guru Clothing Gift Certificate ASICS Winner T-Shirt Pair of ASICS Trail Attack Shoes $10 Gift Card to McDonalds Super Street Fighter IV - PS3/360 ScrewAttack CrossOver!!! http://sgconvention.com/ 360 and PS3 Tournaments PS3 is the LEAD EVENT Saturday, June 5th,6pm - PS3 Saturday, June 5th,9pm - 360 Registration starts at 2pm, $5 - $10 (TBA) Standard Tournaments will Award DFWGames/A-kon Championship Trophies for 1st 2nd and 3rd Place AND pay $prize pots based on tournament attendance BONUS TRACK SCAN SPONSORED PRIZE VIBRAS 360 SURROUND HEADSETS BONUS: ScrewAttack CrossOver Tourney This DFWGames tournaent will spill over to the SGC Gaming Convention 1 Month LATER at the Same Westin Hotel!!!   Winners in 1st - 3rd win Angry Video Game Nerd DVDs AND get free ScrewAttack passes to come back and compete with DFWGames and A-kon events July 2nd-4th at SGC! Super Smash Bros. Brawl  (MGC)  Wii Saturday, June 5th,7pm Registration starts at 3pm   MGC Tournaments are Free ENTRY!  JUST Play to WIN CASH & PRIZES! Onsite Tournament Winners: 1st Place: $100 Dollars Cash Winner gets entered in a bracket to compete in the vegas finals $25 American Guru Clothing Gift Certificate ASICS Winner T-Shirt Pair of ASICS Trail Attack Shoes $10 Gift Card to McDonalds 2ND Place: $50 cash $15 American Guru Clothing Gift Certificate ASICS Winner T-Shirt. A-kon 21  Video Game Costume Contest  Fri. & Sat. Costume Contest Rules   To compete and win: 1) Wear your Video Game Costume to the Console Gaming Room in the Westin Hotel.  2) Register and get your picture taken all day Friday (11am-10pm ) or Sat. before Noon ( 8am - 12noon) 3) Finalists photos will be selected and winners judged by 4pm Saturday 4) Winners we be presented and prizes awarded at Sat. Night's Main Cosplay Half-time Ceremony in the Sheraton Hotel. This year's A-kon Video Game Costume Contest  is brought to you by www.GameOrigin.com "Where your Gaming Begins" 1st Place $125 CASH + Trophy 2nd Place $75 CASH  + Trophy 3rd Place $50 CASH  + Trophy A Bonus Fan-Prize will be awarded as Voted on by A-kon CosPlayers! Players go to GameOrigin.com to get great prices on New & Used Video Games •  FREE Shipping! •  Most Video Game Systems SUNDAY OPEN PLAY OPEN PLAY OPEN PLAY

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Ok! Since we are now in the home stretch before the event starts, I just want to post this infomation (some parts have been updated)
 
General Duties
 
Provide customer service and courteous whenever possible.
Work as a team within your shift and the staff in general
Show up at least 15 minutes before your shift starts
Wear your staff T-shirt while you are on shift unless you have special permission to wear cosplay.
Do not skip on your shift unless you are excused by management to do so
Do have fun in the room if everything is under control
 
Main Registration Duties
Gather registration information for free membership to DFWGames.com
Direct tournament players to the tournament registration table, or accept tournament entries if neccessary
Provide a customer service /help point for general questions that are not tournament specific.
Control of the check-in/check-out of all assets in the room and the hotel room keys.
Announce special events or public situations to the room (Example: Tournament sign up availability, help to locate lost child, etc.)
 
Tournament Registration Duties
Accept tournament registrations within the allocated time period only!
Relay any information provided by the Game Leader to the player
Once registration is complete, create bracket/seeding information via TIO for the Game Leader
Secure cash register and other equipment before end of shift (Take it to the secure area if neccessary)
 
Security Duties
Provide security for the equipment and people in the gameroom
If room gets too crowded, stop people at the door until the room is back to a normal level
Check bags from all con-goers safely, be wary of sharp objects in bags, a good once over with your eyes is sufficent.
If you notice hardware missing, inform the Shift Leader or management immediately
Kindly warn and/or escort unruly patrons of bad behavior, bad smell, etc.
Help the Shift Leader in doing an inventory of the room assets 30 min before shift ends.
 
Media Duties
Accept entries into Video Game Cosplay contest within allocated time period
Do updates on Coveritlive of events that are happening on the room
Help record special matches with provided equipment if neccessary
Assist Security in watching the room.
 
Shift Leader
Be the "Go-To" person for general questions regarding the console room
Conduct periodic check of assets in the room and in the secure area
Provide the decision to temporarily lock down the room in case of overcrowding, security breach, etc.
From the core staff prespective, you are the person that is allowed to handle the games in the consoles , place them in or out of the secure case, and update the spreadsheet.
Do a asset check of all equipment on the floor in use 30 min before shift ends
Coordinate with Game Leaders that are running tournament of any changes in equipement that may be needed
 
Tournament Aid
Assist the Game Lead in running the specific tournament
Prepare the tournament stations for the tournament.
Coordinate with Security with the intergrity of the room
When tournament is complete, revert stations back to normal
 
Floater
Be familiar with all positions and be able to fill in as neccesary
 
 
Crash Space
Everyone that I have entered on my spreadsheet has been allocated in a crash space. Go to the A-kon 21 Mastersheet and look at the "Contact Information" tab for room assignment.  IT WILL BE VERY CRAMPED,but it is the best we can do with the number of people we have. And before you ask, Room 1 and 4 already has a number of people there, so only a couple of people we assigned there.
The room keys will be controlled at main registration desk in the game room. You must check out the key for the room you are assigned to there, and when you are done, bring it promptly back to the room. If you need to sleep or will be in there for a while, have a fellow staff member check the key back for you.
Make sure that you are take showers and perform good hygeine when you are in the room.
Once again, let me empahize: crash space is a PRIVILEDGE, NOT A RIGHT. PLEASE don't do anything that will get you kicked out of the room!!
 
Parking
In a word, expensive. The closer you are to the hotels the higher the cost can be. There are a few places that will charge 5$ per 12 hour period, and, on Sunday, parking is free when you are by a parking meter on the street, bringing at least $25 will help you with parking.
Food
 There is a number of fast food resturants that will be open that weekend, but not late night. Bring enough money to make sure you can eat comfortably

DFWGame A-kon 21 Halo Tournaments 
Courtesy of the North Texas Gamers Assoc.
along with any other 360 FPS tournaments 
are getting a big VIBRAS BOOST!!!

Come & Play with the GREAT VIBRAS Headsets
June 4th-6th - DFWGames @A-kon 21

Thanks to the DFWGames NVGA connection the fine people at Track Scan®  will be bringing their awesome SURROUND SOUND 360 HEADSETS as both PRIZES and FREE DEMOS to the Console Room

PC Version Headset Pictured Above
 

Here's the Track Scan official announcement: 

Track Scan® will be providing setups for all PC and FPS setups at SuperCon 2010 as well as Road to SuperCon locations. Locations such as DFWgames, home to the SuperCon 2010 regional qualifier A-kon and OKgamers, home to the SuperCon 2010 regional qualifier Tokyo in Tulsa, will allow players to experience the greatness of surround sound in causal and/or tournament play.

In addition to that every 1st place winner in a FPS or PC events will receive headset(s) in addition to any trophy cash prize.

NTGA at A-Kon 2010

 In addition to the great Track-Scan sponsorship DFWGames is hooking up with our new partners at the North Texas Gaming Association to add some tight competitive level HALO TOURNAMENTS where you'll use those cool surround headsets.

NTGA plans to run 2 Halo Tournaments in the A-kon 21 Console Room.

We will be running a walk up FFA tournament on Friday June 4th (Kind of like the Gamebattles Arcade).

On Saturday June 5th we will be running a 2v2 tournament.

Both tournaments will be use the NTGA rules

We are going to be allowing free play while tournaments are not going on, as well as free play late into the night Friday and Saturday.

The Halo tournaments are sponsored by the Vibras Five One Gaming Headset (http://www.track-scan.com/2/xbox-360-51-ch-gaming-headset.html).

A-kon 21 Video Game Costume Contest
Celebrate Gaming in Costume! 
Compete and WIN PRIZES!
Be chosen for the Best Video Game Character!

A-kon's Legendary CosPlay Fans prove they can do Gaming as well as Anime!

This year's A-kon Video Game Costume Contest  is brought to you by
www.GameOrigin.com
"Where your Gaming Begins"

1st Place $125 CASH + Trophy
2nd Place $75 CASH  + Trophy
3rd Place $50 CASH  + Trophy
A Bonus Fan-Prize will be awarded as Voted on by A-kon CosPlayers!

Click READ MORE BELOW FOR RULES and DETAILS of the Competition

June 4th - 5th DFWGames @A-kon 21!
Console Gaming Goodness. 
Tournament Schedule is GOING UP Now!

The Gargantuan Gaming Party weekend is right around the corner!  You can come out for plenty of casual play on a variety of Console Games and even Cell Phone Games.  The fun will be non-stop.  

If you're the type that wants to seriously compete though then you'll want to register and compete in a tournament or several tournaments.  The basic schedule has gone up and official tournament schedule page which will be updated as well with any changes can be found RIGHT HERE:

MGC Tournaments

• Need for Speed Shift (Cell Phone Version)
• Madden 10 (MGC) 360
• Guitar Hero 5 (MGC) 360
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl  (MGC) Wii

Standard Tournaments

• Halo 3
• DDR
• Super Street Fighter IV
• Other Games will be present and tournaments may be added as well as a BYOC area
• Stay tuned and watch for updated info as we get closer on the tournament details and possible added tournaments and other goodies...  

DFWGames A-kon 21 Video Game Costume Contest
brought to you by www.GameOrigin.com

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