Event

EWB Video Game Championships

Much like a Pikachu that touched a Thunderstone, our "Race for Samne" Mario Kart 8 Tournament has evolved! For this year's event, entrants will begin by competing in Mario Kart 8, much like the preliminary rounds of the "Race for Samne" tournament from 2015. The Top 16 competitors from the Mario Kart round will move on to compete in challenges from various other Nintendo games to try to advance to the finals of the event! A Hyrule Edition New Nintendo 3DS XL will be our top prize for 1st Place! A copy of Mega-Man the Board Game will be the 2nd Place prize, and a $50 G2K Games will be the 3rd Place prize! Trophies will also be awarded to the top 3 finishers.

Tournament Format:

Everyone who signs up will be given a 30 minute time block in the morning session to compete in races in Mario Kart 8. Scores from the set number of races will be recorded, and we will continuous update the current Top 16 in the tournament room and on the Facebook event page. Those who race in the earlier rounds are welcome to hang out for the day and watch more of the competition, or they can follow the Facebook page and return for the Top 16 round if need be. Lunch will be provided around 12 pm, and we tentatively plan to start the Top 16 round about 1 pm. (This will depend the on number of entries.) The tournament room will be open to spectators, so feel free to come out and watch the excitement!

The official order of the games in the Top 16 round and onward through the final are below:

Super Smash Bros for Wii U
Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (3DS)
Pokken Tournament (Wii U)
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (Wii U)
Super Mario Maker (Wii U)

All proceeds of the event will go towards the EWB-USA Tri-Cities TN Chapter Samne, Peru clean drinking water project. For more information about EWB-USA Tri-Cities, please visit our website: http://www.ewb-tricities.org/.