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6/10/2005 9:29:53 PM
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Halo 2 Worldwide Champion
The Xbox Live sponsored Halo 2 Worldwide Championship kicked off several months ago as players in 24 different countries began competing to crown regional winners. A series of mini events continued throughout each country until eventually one single person was chosen to represent in the world finals.
Today the finals took place over Xbox Live in a series of matches that would separate the best of the best and set the stage for the grand finale. While nobody at Bungie was in attendance for the finals, our contacts on the Live team did pass along some information regarding todays games.
The final pool of players came down to Japan, Germany, Netherlands, USA, France and Australia. The player from Japan won his heat giving the American, Aussie and French players their second loss and eliminating them from the competition. In the following round, Germany suffered their second defeat setting the stage for a Japan vs. Netherlands world finale.
Apparently it was a close match but King Tuur of the Netherlands pulled ahead and never looked back. Congratulations to Mr. Tuur who becomes the first ever Worldwide Halo 2 Champion and also the proud recipient of a 50" Samsung DLP HDTV, a Samsung DVD Player/Recorder, a personalized world champion trophy (featuring a 24k gold Halo 2 game disc) AND $1,500 in cash. Good stuff.
More information about the Xbox Live sponsored tournament and profiles of the finalists from each region can be found at Xbox.com.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Faded Destiny323 well i read all these posts....and i see these dutchies dissing the americans, so i sit there and think "Wait a minute...halo 2 is a game about UNITED STATES MARINES, made by an AMERICAN company on a console made by the UNITED STATES, which sole sales is in the UNITED STATES!...Face it dutchies and the rest of you who are dissing the USA, if it weren't for america.(The greatest country in the world) you wouldn't have microsoft, xbox, XBL, Halo 2, any of the decent xbox games, or anything else for that matter, Hell if it weren't for OUR marines, OUR airforce, OUR army, OUR navy, and any other branch of military that belongs the the united states....you'd still be kissing hitlers A$$. So next time take a second to think who the hell you're dissing and what they have done before you start talking trash. And yea, so what we didn't win the tournament....most of us have lives outside of XBL, and we don't need to impress other people to enjoy playing. [/quote] Hmmmmmm......unless you're an Indian (Native American), Afro-American, e.t.c. then all Americans are Native Europeans, right. I guess the only fair conclusion to give is.......if it weren't for Europe the Usa would never exist the way it does..... And for the other statements......hell, i could so easy do a "killtacular" on your ass, when it comes to history and politics, so just drop it....do your studies.....and I won't make a fool of you in this forums ;) [Edited on 6/12/2005]
