{"336561":{"#nid":"336561","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Gamers Unite for 9th Annual Georgia Tech Gamefest","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGamers will come to campus from across Atlanta this weekend for Gamefest, a semesterly event hosted by Tech\u2019s eSports club.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrom first-person shooter to real-time strategy games, the two-day festival of video game tournaments will bring around 800 people to spend the weekend gaming. The event began in 2006 as a gathering of just a handful of people.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s a group of diverse people who all share a passion for gaming, both electronic and analog,\u201d said Henry Mei, president of eSports.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe eSports group is split into two divisions \u2014\u0026nbsp;one for manning the logistics of Gamefest, and the other for competitive gaming teams.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe provide support to our teams and act as an entity to help them spend more time gaming and less time navigating finances, entry fees, or gear,\u201d Mei said. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt Gamefest, tournament layout for each game depends on the number of people participating. For some games, such as League of Legends and Dota 2, the tournaments will be double-elimination. Others use single elimination or best-of-three. Team advancement is determined by bracket win or loss, and ties are broken by game scores.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe event will take place in the Klaus Advanced Computing Building from Saturday at 10 a.m. to Sunday at 9 p.m. Gamers will compete for numerous prizes, most of which are games or gaming equipment. Entry to play is $15, but spectating is free. Learn more or sign up at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtgamefest.com\u0022\u003Ewww.gtgamefest.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAround 800 people will spend the weekend gaming in Klaus.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Around 800 people will spend the weekend gaming in Klaus."}],"uid":"28128","created_gmt":"2014-10-23 11:31:22","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:19","author":"Nihit Tiwari","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-10-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-10-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"304541":{"id":"304541","type":"image","title":"Gamefest","body":null,"created":"1449244637","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:57:17","changed":"1475895009","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:09","alt":"Gamefest","file":{"fid":"199662","name":"2_teemo_hats_galore_crop.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2_teemo_hats_galore_crop_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2_teemo_hats_galore_crop_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":276513,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2_teemo_hats_galore_crop_0.jpg?itok=8waLpqoZ"}}},"media_ids":["304541"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtgamefest.com\/","title":"GT Gamefest"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"15231","name":"gamefest"},{"id":"2356","name":"gaming"},{"id":"167141","name":"Student Life"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:stucomm@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ENihit Tiwari\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["stucomm@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}