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Issue date: 11/19/07 Section: News

Student officials help keep score and watch over the matches on Friday and Saturday nights at the Halo 3 tournament in Bexell Hall. The tournament "Halo for Heroes" was raising money for the charity National Military Families Association. The gaming began with round 1 on Friday and continued into Saturday with rounds 2 and 3. [Click to enlarge]

Halo 3 gamers had an opportunity to show off their skills and win some prizes in the process.

Over the weekend, Bexell Hall hosted a Halo 3 tournament. For a small donation fee, Halo players all over campus had a chance to compete for a variety of prizes including Xbox 360 games, controllers, gift certificates, bragging rights and a grand prize of a Xbox 360 console.

It cost $10 to reserve a spot in advance or $13 at the door. All profits were donated to the National Military Association, Inc., one of the top charities in the nation, to provide important aide to the hundreds of thousands of military families who need the support.

The charity was chosen because of the obvious relationship between the Halo theme and the U.S. military.

The tournament rounds consisted of three matches played between four individual players at a Free For All Slayer style with 25 kills to win the match.

Each match had a 10 minute time limit and the player with the highest cumulative kill count of all the matches advanced to the next round, eliminating all other players.

Round 1 was conducted on Friday while Rounds 2 and 3 were held on Saturday. Rooms with projected screens in Bexell Hall were provided by OSU's College of Business while the consoles were supplied by several tournament supporters and friends.

Certain prizes were donated by local firms such as Albany Costco, Timberhill Athletic Club, Pepsi, and SmithWeekly Consultants, while others were purchased with some of the revenue generated by the event.

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