The Nerd Olympics 2010

Hello and welcome to Shufflingdead’s annual look back at the world’s most grueling and infamous two-day, liquor soaked, Pizza-Pop-encrusted sweat fest, the Nerd Olympics.

A special message from Newbs: We posted an opt-out sheet at Nerd Olympics for those who didn’t want to appear in the videos, but no such sheet was available for photos. We’ve never had a problem posting pictures from previous Nerd Olympics, but if you don’t want your picture to appear in this article, or on Shufflingdead more broadly, please let me know. For the Shufflingdead readership sick of hearing about Nerd Olympics, don’t worry, this article will be it until next year.

This year’s official slogan came from the classic film and Nerd Olympics favourite, Starship Troopers:

The INOC kicked off Nerd Olympics 2010 with a rousing speech:

Settlers of Catan was a brief, but intense, event this year:

Ian the Limey refueling after a tough day of competition. Note the many, many liquor bottles surrounding him, they may or may not have been his:

sulci and Lindsey breaking down gender barriers as they face off for second place in the Magic: the Gathering Legacy tournament:

Weskimo dishes out some insurmountable questions during the Nerd Trivia event:

Our overall champions show great respect for one another:

The crowd gathers to honour the passing of yet another splendorous Nerd Olympics:

And now, for the parade of champions:

Special honourary awards:
Thanks: to Matt from Gamers Alley & Videos as Nerd Olympics’ first official sponsor
Sweatiest Nerd Fucker: Doug, for horrendous smell
Best Food Contribution: Leigh, for nachos
Bill Award: Clare, Kris, and Lindsey, for giving up their personal living spaces
Bullshit Award: Doug, for Magic
Worst/Best Drunken Showing: Leigh, for donkey punching her enemies and then passing out
Biggest Whiner: Ian the Limey
Hottest Attendee: DMUSER
Worst Medical Emergency: Brentor
Extracurricular Contributions: sulci, for the Event Guide, filming, and event preview articles
Out of Fucking Nowhere Award: sulci and Lindsey, for their Magic performances
Biggest Upset: Chantal, for destroying Weskimo in SNK vs. Capcom

To my fellow athletes: I look forward to seeing you on the battlefield at Nerd Olympics 2011. Nerd Olympics gets better every year, and 2010 was no exception, which means 2011 will rock socks and melt faces even more so than this year’s event.

Have a look at Shufflingdead’s video coverage of Nerd Olympics 2010:

This year, sulci was kind enough to write-up event descriptions for all the grueling tests our athletes would be competing in, you can check them out here:
Nerd Olympics 2010 Games Preview Part I
Nerd Olympics 2010 Games Preview Part II
Nerd Olympics 2010 Games Preview Part III