Virgin Gaming, 2K Sports & GameStop Announce NBA 2K11 $50000 Online Launch Tournament

[H to the Oza]

So why did Arizona, Connecticut, Maryland, North Dakota and Vermont not qualify? I thought I had it bad being from Canada, but those poor suckers cant even compete in a tourney in their own country.

[TravisG_06]

LOL @ 360 crybabies.

[fcabanski]

It's a nice idea but to me the best way to do a tournament like this is the way we did the original Madden Challenge. Travel to a number of different cities for live tournaments.

The main issue with online is that there is no way to verify the player holding the controller.

A great player could win, then also play for a friend and win for him, thus earning both of them a trip to the live event.

Way back in the mid 90's I was involved with an online tournament for Quake. 16 people from online won a trip to Atlanta for the live final event at E3. One guy played for a few of his friends and got 6 of them to the final event. They were all horrible at the final event. It became clear he had played for all of them.

[cedricjackson71]

i cant wait to this start because iam the best

[Ricky Rowe Zay]

I can only imagine the pitiful tactics guys are going to use.


People already cheese on online games with nothing on the line but bragging rights, but with the potential of 50K involved its going to be crazy.