 February 18th, 2010 by sulci -
This week, sulci takes a look at the last 4 event taking place at Nerd Olympics this year: Mario Kart Wii, Halo 3, Rock Band 2 and Nerd Trivia.
Mario Kart Wii
The sixth game in the Mario Kart series, Mario Kart Wii adds motorcycles, a bunch of new characters, and a huge collection of 32 tracks to race on. The Wii version also allows you to steer your cart or bike with a steering wheel, although Nerd Olympians will have the option to use Classic Controller as well.
This year the INOC has decided to run 4 player races on random maps. Items will be set to strategic (no shells). The top two players of each heat move on to the finals. Tiebreakers will be a single run on the course Delfino, so make sure you practice that one. You can practice Mario Kart on any Nintendo console.
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February 11th, 2010 by sulci -
This week, sulci takes a look at 5 events taking place at Nerd Olympics this year: Warcraft III: Frozen Throne Tower Defense, Settlers of Catan, Magic the Gathering, Tetris, and Bomberman.
Warcraft III: Frozen Throne Tower Defense
In this year’s Blizzard Strategy category at Nerd Olympics 2010, we will be playing the Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Element 3.0 tower defense map. Warcraft III is known for Blizzard’s epic story telling and instantly recognizable UI and gameplay. In Tower Defense mode you must place and upgrade towers to survive waves of enemies (called creeps), carefully investing earned resources into new buildings and research.
The top two players out of each 8 player preliminary will move on to the final round. Warcraft III is exclusively for PC, but you can also practice with the immensely popular Element TD flash game.
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February 4th, 2010 by sulci -
This week, sulci takes a look at the first 4 events taking place at Nerd Olympics this year: SNK vs Capcom: SVC Chaos, Call of Duty 4, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2, and R-type Leo.
SNK vs Capcon: SVC Chaos
Starting out the events this year at Nerd Olympics is an old school, button-jamming arcade fighter. SNK vs Capcon: SVC Chaos is based on the play style of King of Fighters, and features 24 initial characters from KOF, Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, Samurai Showdown. and more. You can perform special moves by filling up your “groove” gauge to level 2 or maxing it out at level 3. You also get a special “Exceed” move when your health is less than half.
At the NO (Nerd Olympics) event this year, the game will be played best as a best-of-3, single elimination tournament, with stock characters only. You can practice this game on a Neo Geo arcade or X-Box.
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February 1st, 2010 by Weskimo -
Local ShufflingDeaders can check out the Event Guide for the 2010 Nerd Olympics.
May 18th, 2009 by Newbs -
The official Nerd Olympics logo.
Since we were children we have all been battling the same things: the space invaders, the little plastic cavalry valued at five, the artist’s rendering of a goblin printed on a piece of cardboard. We have battled them on kitchen tables and on basement televisions. We have fought with valiance and honour, yet something has always been missing.
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May 4th, 2009 by Newbs -
The Honour of Competition
Nerd Olympics is about the purity of sport, and its ability to elevate mere mortals to the echelon of gods. The demonstration of camaraderie in preparation for the Rock Band event, below, illustrates the commitment to excellence our athletes embrace.
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March 17th, 2008 by Newbs -
Day 0
In preparation for Nerd Olympics, a great deal of set-up was required. The day prior to the start of Nerd Olympics 2008, Doug and Weskimo worked laboriously.
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May 17th, 2007 by Newbs -
Honour. Courage. Greatness. For some men, these are merely words. For those brave enough to compete at The Nerd Olympics, they are a way of life. It is time, once again, to recount the glory of another Nerd Olympics, this being the 2007 edition, and the third annual.
Non-Humans
This year, our contestants competed for medals made of Magic cards themselves, the very fuel which fires the passion of our athletes.
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May 23rd, 2006 by Newbs -
Last year Nerd Olympics was spawned, the event was a huge success, due in large part to the noble heroism and ability shown by all the athletes involved. It should be no surprise, therefore, that the event became an annual one, just as I had hoped, and that year two was even more successful than year one.
Pre-Game Show
Weskimo created the brilliant medals to be handed out at Nerd Olympics by spray painting N64 and PS1 memory cards bronze, silver, and gold.
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March 19th, 2005 by Newbs -
The Olympic experience is one which many dream of, yet few experience. After all, who has not envisioned themselves standing atop an Olympic podium, holding up a freshly won gold medal while their national anthem blares over the stadium speakers? Who has not dreamt of a victory lap around an Olympic oval, proudly carrying their nation’s flag? It as an experience of the few, the proud, the elite. Only the best can compete in an Olympic games, it takes courage, talent, and the will to spend ones life in pursuit of a singular dream.
Recently, I have had the opportunity to participate in this grand theatre. I have had the honour of competing with the best of the best. I have stood shoulder to shoulder with gods. I have been raised up into the realm of the divine as I came to be victorious over the common man. I have experienced the glory of competing in the Nerd Olympics.
Pre-Game Show
There were only a few of us, hand picked out of a vast pool to compete in ultimate combat. There would be ten events over those two days, and it was clear from the start that we were all out for blood and victory!
I was picked up early that Reading Week morn’, by none other than my fellow competitors, Weskimo and “The Man Without a Nickname.”
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