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DarkPrince
24-02-2011, 11:26 AM
Hey Guys

Me and the GF have taken an interest into getting gaming events setup, unfortunately there is a huge lack of gaming event sin South Africa and hardly any games get decent launches. We wake up, we go to the shop on release day, we buy the game, we go home and play it, then end :)

We'd like to change this and we started with the release of Marvel vs Capcom3. It was a last minute thing that we decided, so we had the event at our own place. Even though it was last minute we had around 15-20 people pitch up for the event which was great to see. People got out of the houses away from their online and got too meet the people they might play online.

Even with the late notice we managed to get some great prizes and everyone left with something.

Now we are turning our attention to more game releases and launch parties, so any suggestions would be appreciated. We have had some interest from a certain group that may give us some great results in the future such as full support for game launches, prizes and venues.

Let me know what you'd like to see and what you get you interested in attending future game launches.

Also check out our facebook page which has some vids and pictures from our MvC3 launch party.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Get-Hype-Gaming-Events/181510855224401


Hopefully this takes off here in SA and it no longer becomes a routine of wake up, go to the shop on release day, buy the game, go home and play it, then end ;)

Die Jason
24-02-2011, 11:35 AM
Fantastic man, wish you good luck with your venture.

Yeah online play is cool but actually meeting up with people is brilliant, wish there were more events happening in this country. The only event I've been to was the FIFA11 Cape Town Regionals / SA Nationals and that was a big Telkom-sponsored event.

Cleric
24-02-2011, 11:37 AM
Cool innitiative. Good luck with it.

What release are you targetting next for a launch party?

DarkPrince
24-02-2011, 11:44 AM
Thanks guys, looking forward to it :) and we might have some big support behind us so hoping that comes through, if not we will just stick at it and move step by step.

The next event we looking at having a joint launch for Portal 2 and Mortal Kombat as they release in the same week, it should also bring in more people since the 2 games are quite different to each other.

The GF is handling the Portal 2 side and I'll handle the MK side :)

Cyberninja
24-02-2011, 12:26 PM
Great idea. We definitely need more gaming events in this country. All the best for your future events. I'd like to suggest (if it's possible) launch parties for both Tekken Tag 2 and SF VS Tekken, when they are released.

DarkPrince
24-02-2011, 12:58 PM
They will definitely get launch parties :p

Trying to get it for all big named titles and the some smaller one's as well.