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Congratulations to ArFs for taking 1st place in the UARK Summoner Showdown II!

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Winner of our 2nd UARK Summoner Showdown Team Logo Competition.

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UARK SS2 Quarter-Finals Announced!

Greetings summoners!

The UARK SS2 Quarter-Final brackets have been made! Through the process of randomly shuffling the seeds, it is available to view at http://challonge.com/uarkss2lan As always, be sure to come hang out and cheer on your favorite team tomorrow if you're not playing. To the teams participating tomorrow, may the best team win! We've hope everyone has had fun so far! GL HF

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UARKSS2 Finals - This Saturday!

This Saturday, March 2nd, Razorback® Gaming & Game Design will be hosting the UARK Summoner Showdown II LAN tournament finals at the University of Arkansas Bookstore in Fayetteville, AR. The top eight teams from last Saturday’s online qualifiers will face off in a single elimination best-of-three bracket.

These teams are currently qualified for the tournament: ArFs, U of A Nooblets, Stolz Der Nation, Salty Seaman, Handsome Shark, and Oniichan Daisukiiiiii. Currently two slots are yet to be determined from Pools 3 and 4. We will release the finals bracket once these two teams are decided.

On-site registration will go from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 and the first matches will begin at 11:00 a.m.

Please visit our Finals Page for in-depth finals information.

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UARKSS2 Online Qualifiers

The UARK Summoner Showdown II Online Qualifiers take place this coming Saturday, February 23rd with matches starting at 1:00 p.m. The format will be a round robin tournament consisting of 4 pools of 6 teams. The top 2 teams from each pool will advance to the March 2nd finals. Before the first matches start, all teams will need to check-in that day at your designated in-game chatroom by 12:45 p.m.

Please visit our Online Qualifiers page for additional rules and information. 

For the spreadsheet containing team pools please click here.

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Our Wordpress site went down. For the remainder of the tournament we will be using our Tumblr for compiling important UARK Summoner Showdown II tournament information.

Soon the razorbackgaming.org domain will be directed to this site.

Please forgive us for the continued technical problems we have faced throughout this tournament. 

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Please visit this page for tournament rules.

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The final UARK Summoner Showdown tournament bracket. Congratulations to U of A Nooblets for winning first place!

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Winner of our MS Paint Team Logo competition.

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The UARK Summoner Showdown is officially underway.

Here's how you can keep up with the matches this weekend:

twitter.com/razorbackgaming - for live updates and tournament pics

twitch.tv/razorbackgamingtv - for a live stream of the tournament w/ commentary

challonge.com/uarksdown - to keep up with the tournament bracket

Tournament Schedule:

Saturday

10:30 a.m.

UofA Nooblets vs. Super Scrubs

Victorious Secret vs. Creamy Twinkies

1:00 p.m.

Asian Sensation vs. dpr

Jaywalkers vs ToOop

Sunday

1:00 p.m. - Semifinals

3:30 p.m. - Finals

Good luck to all of the teams and thanks for playing!

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Online Round Resources (11/12 - 11/16)

This week marks the first round of the UARK Summoner Showdown. To accommodate 16 teams, we have added an extra online round to the tournament that will take place between now and Friday at 10:00 p.m.

During this time period, it will be to the teams to schedule their matches against their opponents. Teams will be competing in a best of 3 games and will send a screen shot of the end of their games to razorback.gaming@gmail.com with the Subject line "UARK SDOWN RESULTS Team [Your Team] v Team [Your Opponent's Team]"

Please use the tournament bracket we have made to figure out what team you are suppose to play this week: challonge.com/UARKSDOWN

For information on teams, including how to get in contact with them, please use this team spreadsheet we have created: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aj7rSRbQHNGWdDRMRFI2NzV4MzFNMUJwSDdyTE5HcVE#gid=0

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LOL Team Registration is Live! Closes Tomorrow at Midnight.

Summoners,

The team registration period is now active. The first 16 teams registered by tomorrow at midnight will be eligible to compete in the UARK Summoner Showdown.

To register your team, please designate a team captain and have him/her complete the following team registration form:

Team Registration Form

To accommodate 16 teams, an extra online round was added to the tournament. This round will take place this coming week between Monday, Nov. 12th and Friday, Nov. 16th at 10:00 p.m.

The tournament bracket, online play rules, and reporting procedures will be released within 30 minutes of the close of team registration. It will be up to the teams to schedule online matches with their opponents in a best of 3 games.

If you are still in need of a team or extra teammates please utilize this spreadsheet we've created containing all of the players that have registered to participate in the tournament. Also, feel free to use the in-game chat UARKSDOWN to find other players.

If less than 16 teams complete registration, we will form teams manually to make up the difference.

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Summoner Showdown Update: Now Open to 16 Teams! Extra Online Round Beginning 11/12

Based on the incredible number of people that have registered for this tournament and the feedback we have received, we have decided to expand the tournament by an extra online round that will take place during the week preceding the weekend LAN tournament. This will allow us to accommodate up to 16 teams instead of 8. In the event that there are less than 16 teams registered by Sunday night, we will manually match teams to make up the difference. At midnight on Sunday we will release a tournament bracket for the first 16 matches. Your team must play your assigned first-round opponent in a best of 3 games between this Monday, Nov. 12th and Friday Nov. 16th before 10:00 p.m. Additional rules for online play and game reporting will also be made available at this time. It will be up to the teams to decide on mutually agreed upon times to play. To make this easier on yourselves, please try to decide on a time earlier in the week. Recap of Timeline for Tournament Events: Friday, November 9th @ Midnight – Late individual registration for teammates ends Saturday, 11/10 @ 12:00 p.m. Noon – Team Registration opens Sunday at Midnight – Team Registration closes, Brackets Released Mon. 11/12 – Fri. 11/16 by 10:00 p.m. – 1st Round of 16 to be played Online LAN Finals Saturday, Nov. 17th at 10:30 a.m. – First Round of Quarter Final Matches (Teams 1-4) Saturday at 1:00 p.m. – Second Round of Quarter Final Matches (Teams 5-8) Sunday at 1:00 p.m. – Semi Final Matches Sunday at 3:30 a.m. - Final Match

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(Tournament registration links can be found at the top of this page.)

(The League of Legends Individual Registration is closed, Official Team Registration begins Nov. 10th at noon, 12PM)

Razorback Gaming & Game Design is proud to present to you our Fall 2012 Tournament Lineup! We have selected campus favorites with the ever popular League of Legends and sport favorite NBA 2K13.  Event hosting and prizes made possible by our sponsors at Rock City Kicks, Riot Games, The University of Arkansas Computer Store, and the University’s Student Technology Center! For more details and updates, please click the above poster, rules page, and our facebook all of which can be found above this post. Come out, compete for free, have fun, take home prize winnings and bragging rights of being the best on campus!

Space for both tournaments are limited. Register today!

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On Oct. 5th, Razorback Gaming & Game Design invited University of Arkansas Alum and Halo 4 level designer, Quentin Rezin, back to his alma mater to present on breaking into the video game industry.  Quentin discussed the path he took to break into the industry, some of the games he worked on, and did a Q&A after his presentation.

Thanks for coming out Quentin!

Check out our YouTube Channel for the rest of Quentin's presentation:

youtube.com/razorbackgamingtv

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A big thanks to our 2012-2013 sponsors! Thank you all for supporting Razorback Gaming & Game Design this year.