Gaming, Red Vs Blue Gets IMAX Treatment 34
An anonymous reader writes "The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California will host its third annual Maxgames videogame tournament on Friday, July 23. Finalists on several of the games will duke it out for the championship on the museum's Giant Dome Screen [82 feet in diameter, and covering 12,000 square feet] and its 13,000 watt, 44 speaker sound system. The tournament will also feature two of the creators of the well-known Red vs. Blue machinima series, who will talk about the series during the day, and then show episodes on the Giant Dome Screen during the evening. Bungie will also provide a hi-res version of their nine-minute trailer for the upcoming Halo 2." Plus, any tournament which has a Super Monkey Ball 2 Monkey Target competition is a friend of ours.
Re:first post (Score:2)
Re:Wow, Red vs. Blue on an IMAX screen! (Score:1)
Re:Monkey Target (Score:1)
List of games (Score:3, Interesting)
As much fun as LAN Parties are, there will be a massive Super Mario Kart: DD tournament here, along with several other games. If console competition is your thing, this event sounds like it would be right up your alley
And here [thetech.org] is a list of all the console games that will be played at the tourney along with rules, etc.
And as a courtesy to my fellow readers here's just the list:
# Tony Hawk 4
# DDR: Max 2
# Downhill Domination
# Mario Kart Double Dash
# Super Smash Brothers Melee
# Super Monkey Ball 2
# NASCAR Thunder 2004
# Halo
# SSX 3
Slightly Confusing (Score:3, Funny)
When it gets down to the final four players, we move to the large format dome screen where everybody gets to see who has the right stuff.
Does "everybody" include the players also or will they be supposed to be playing sitting in a cube with a normal display? If it does it'd be an advantage for some and disadvantage for some others depending on how well they can peep at the others' games.
But if it doesn't,
Finalists on several of the games will duke it out for the championship on the museum's Giant Dome Screen [82 feet in diameter, and covering 12,000 square feet] and its 13,000 watt, 44 speaker sound system.
from the post would be misleading i suppose
Re:Slightly Confusing (Score:5, Informative)
I'm helping The Tech get the word out about the tournament. To answer your question, the players sit roughly in the middle of the theater with their controllers. The console is hooked into a 5,000 lumen projector that projects onto the Giant Dome Screen.
Here's a good shot of the theater: Giant Dome Screen [jgpr.com]
If you have any other questions, I'll do my best to answer them.
Jim
Re:Slightly Confusing (Score:1)
thanks!
Why it's two players per match in the theater (Score:1)
The organizers realized that when you're dealing with a screen that size that anything beyond two players gets exponentially more complex and they wanted to make it as enjoyable for the finalists as possible.
We're already looking at expanding for the 2005 event (granted, that's a year down the road) but looking at a four-player game during the load-in and testing this year is something I'll see if we can do.
If you want, I'll post back here whether it's feasible for next year.
Jim
Re:Slightly Confusing (Score:1)
No DDR on IMAX this year (Score:1)
This year's DDR tournament will be Perfect Attack. I'm going to lobby that next year we team up with local DDR groups, do PA and Freestyle, and have the finals on the screen.
Sorry about that.
Jim
Are there going to be spectators? (Score:3, Interesting)
Make it big and loud and exciting and people will love to watch it (particularly 4-player SSBM).
Re:Are there going to be spectators? (Score:1)
Re:Are there going to be spectators? (Score:1)
I don't think the article was saying that video games could never have spectators.
As anecdotal evidence, I know lots of people who prefer to watch other people play games than to play them themselves.
I can imagine the chant (Score:1, Redundant)
Yikes. Pixellation? (Score:4, Insightful)
Pixellation hasn't been an issue (Score:2, Informative)
The videogame image is about 40'x60' and is remarkably crisp. I'm pretty sure we'll be running RvB off of a DVD.
BTW, the sound is amazing.
Jim
I miss DrunkGamers... (Score:1)