Participants: Poops McGee, Freds Slacks, Compton, Unt, Cozmo, Scooby Doo, Num13e12s, Jade D, Jimmy, Yosevu, Black Dea7h, SpliT Diggy, and some Ne0 guy.

1st Place:  Poops McGee. 

2nd Place:  Ice Whore (Ne0 Iceman)

3rd: Yosevu

Description of tournament: 

All the tournament match outcomes can be seen by looking at the picture below or by opening the word document bracket.  The tournament as a whole went well I think.  The biggest problem was probably organization but it still went fairly smooth.  It kinda sucked that people that had said they would play ended up not showing but that was going to happen anyway.  The first round of the tournament was held in Midship.  Most of the matches went as expected, either total victory or complete defeat.  It was a race to the plasma pistol and then only a matter of time.  The second round proved interesting as the prospects of round one advanced onto Lockout.  There seemed to be two completely different strategies.  First there was SpliT Diggy's strategy of "just play to have fun".  The man was down by 5 at one point to me but did he result to bitchery?  Hell no he mannned up and started to mount a tremendous comeback, he was only defeated by one kill as he fell to his death going balls to the wall chasing me up the lift thirsting for a fight.  A tip of the cap to you my good sir.  On the other hand there was another strategy lurking in the shadows.  I will not name this non clan members matrix affiliated name but his game play was grotesque.  The match had just begun and we started face to face above the sword, he won that fight, so naturally I moved over to that area after I respawned to try to fight him again.  I entered the room and just as I passed by a corner there he was squatting in the corner (undoubtedly I interrupted his coveted anal fondling) just waiting for me with a shotgun.  So I turned toward him and firmly placed my lips around the barrel of the shotgun and watched my brains turn into a jelly stain on the wall. Obviously I was caught off guard,  wasn't this supposed to be a friendly competition among friends?  Apparently not.  On top of this particular persons questionable tactics,  I completed his supposed skill with a little shitty foot work of my own.  Yes I managed to fall not once but twice making the final score of the match 10 to -1 in his favor.  But with that match out of the way I was able to focus on the outcome of the rest of the tournament.  The third round took place in Ascension. This would be a test of sniping.  Poops manhandled Ne0 and Yosevu and SpliT hammered out a close-nit match in which Yosevu would win.  With that round over there were only a few matches left to determine who would be the winner of the first O7ah tournament.  Poops and Yosevu met up in Lockout and Poops pulled ahead again.  All Poops had to do now was wait for the loser bracket to sort itself out.  I was able to advance 3 spots thanks to people not wanting to play.  No doubt they were afraid of shiting on my already shattered Halo ego, or Hego.  So I found myself in a match once again with the masked man of bitchery.  This time it was different I had won the coin toss and it was up to me to choose the level.  I chose Ivory Tower.  As the match started I spawned by the shotgun so I jumped onto the hardwood just in time to see him running toward the over shield.  I checked the stream only to find that the rocket was gone.  So I figured I was going to go down a couple of points trying to get it back which I did.  The sad part was that every time he killed me with the damn weapon it took at least 2 shots.  I would dodge the first one, with a certain satisfaction I might add and then he would nail me with the second one because the trajectory of a man in the air is fairly simple to calculate.  Thanks a fuckin lot gravity.  Once I got the damn gun away from him with a sniper shot that forced his teeth to chew threw the back of his throat and his body to flip over in agony, I felt pretty comfortable again.  But oh no I forgot that I was playing captain SUPER WHORE.  I had no sooner finished reloading the god forsaken weapon then I saw him running oblivious to his surroundings toward the overshield.  So once he had that he rushed me I hit him with the first rocket forcing him to part with his shileds while simultaneously throwing him into the air I waited for him to fall back down. He landed an index finger away so I did the natural thing and shot another rocket at the ground between us and what happened?..........  The dust, smoke, sweat, teeth and hair cleared and all you could see was my body and the silhouette of an unscathed spartan reloading a rocket launcher with a smug like stride in his step.  I lost the match and also a hope the the Guardians did not in fact loathe my very existence.........  Oh yeah and uhhhh the tournament continued on.  Ne0 now had to face Yousevu they tied the first match and Ne0 won the second.  It all came down to this, Poops vs. Ne0.  The leader vs the betrayer.  The first match would go to Ne0. Why you might ask.  Its simple really.  Poops wanted to give him hope. Hope that Poops and Poops alone could shatter on a whim.  The final match was to take place on Lockout, yes that's right the same Lockout the Ne0..... I mean the unnamed cold matrix affiliated person had unleashed the fury of bitchery.  Was Poops shaken.  No sir he was not.  He was focused he new what had to happen.  9 Kills and 10 minutes later there was only one man standing.  Who was that man.  It was our Overlord Poops McGee.  With the tourney won and Ne0 in his place once more Poops removed the headset from his brow and placed his controller down.  The day was won and there was Deadwood to be viewed.

Side note:  Ne0 I am just messin' around no offense man. 

Tournament Bracket (right click save as, or open in new window):  The names in blue are links to the game.  The names in red are matches where a bye was given, and the name in green is the victor of the tourney.

Winners Bracket: