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2018 EWB Video Game Championships

The Mall at Johnson City
Johnson City, TN

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2018 EWB Video Game Championships

You all asked for it, and it's happening...only bigger and better! The 2018 EWB Video Game Championships are being held Saturday July 14th! This year, we are Switching things up a bit and hosting the competition at The Mall at Johnson City. Entrants will begin by competing in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The Top 16 competitors from the Mario Kart qualifying rounds will move on to compete in challenges from various other Nintendo games as they try to advance to the finals! Trophies and prizes will be awarded to the top 3 finishers in the competition. Top Prize will be a $100 Visa Gift Card!

Tournament Format:

Everyone who pre-registers online will be given a 30 minute time block in the morning session to compete in races in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. We will also take walk-in sign-ups the morning of the competition to fill each time block. Scores from the set number of races will be recorded, and we will continuously update the current Top 16 in the tournament area 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. The Top 16 round is tentatively scheduled to start at 2 pm. (This will depend the on number of entries.) The tournament area will be open to spectators, so feel free to come out and watch the excitement!

Announced games for the 2018 EWB Video Game Championships:
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo Switch)
Splatoon 2 (Nintendo Switch)
Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo Switch)
Mario Party: The Top 100 (Nintendo 3DS)
Pokken Tournament DX (Nintendo Switch)
Super Mario Maker (Wii U)

Special thanks to our event sponsors:
Walmart

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/.