The Falcon Challenge

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http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=908971

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/NovintFalconContestQueue

Win a NOVINT FALCON!

Tom Novint (CEO of Novint) announces plans for "Falcon Challenge" on the Steam Forums!
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Excerpt from Tom's post on the Steam Forums:

It will be a contest in Team Fortress 2, where people using the mouse can play against a Novint employee, John T, using the Falcon.

We'll be hosting the contest on Edge Gamer servers (http://www.edgegamers.org) - they're a very cool group with lots of members playing online games. They will host the servers and moderate the contest. You probably will recognize them from their servers which have the "=(eGO)=" name.

If you can beat John, we will send you a Falcon/pistol grip for free, if you cover shipping costs. Even if John loses every game, there's no limit to how many Falcon's we'll send in the contest.

More details to follow. We would also like to note that this is not our JohnT, but an employee from Novint that apparently shares his nickname.
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[acefisher1]

Wow. This is amazing. Not only is it great publicity for us, and recognition for our great servers and how we manage ourselves, but it is an awesome chance for most of us to win one as many of us are really good : )

 

[Abris]

This sounds like fun! :w00t:

 

[CriticalJeff]

This sounds great! I haven't read through all the posts, so I'll just ask - have dates/times been set for this yet?

 

[eAStW00d]

RE

those things suck so badly, i played with it in a local PC store couldnt last 15 minutes with it, its unnatural position to play games

 

[Tronic]

I will do it but i cant cover shipping lol 13

 

[b0bfath3r]

19000+ views on the page already! wow!

 

[Rovert]

So sick I know im excited

 

[Benwen]

*wishes he could beat JohnT*

 

[b0bfath3r]

from the steam page posted by the CEO guy:

Originally Posted by Landsharky View Post
It's best 2 out of 3. I did a search for JohnT on steam and there is someone by that name who is part of (eGO). Supicious...

Interesting you noticed that. It's a weird coincidence - he is our contact at Edge Gamers, but he isn't the JohnT playing. There are two JohnT's involved.

I'm confused. Is the JohnT that happens to be our eGO leader playing? or is some random JohnT from falcon playing?

 

[Darth]

from the steam page posted by the CEO guy:


I'm confused. Is the JohnT that happens to be our eGO leader playing? or is some random JohnT from falcon playing?

Not our JohnT, but a JohnT from the company.

 

[xKoreanboy]

i will try to win that thing

 

[Whisker Biscuit]

I hope this doesnt turn out like World of Warcraft Southpark :O

And just to clarify what he said: "We would also like to note that this is not our JohnT, but an employee from Novint that apparently shares his nickname."

 

[Cakeman]

Oh wow. I hope your really good with it John! And good publicity for us, I suspect we'll be getting some new members.

 

[Darth]

I think that instead of just having one sign up thread on the steam forums, they should create one here for eGO (since were providing the server) and merge the two threads in order of posting. I dont see the point of us having to go to the steam forums, creating a new account and posting there when you can just do it here.

 

[Nosnibor]

Just give it to RyMo, rofl!

 

[Synn]

those things suck so badly, i played with it in a local PC store couldnt last 15 minutes with it, its unnatural position to play games

Your sig broke my forum! RAWR!

I guess getting a spot in the contest will be pretty hard... hopefully I'll be lucky enough to get one.

 

[())_Crayola__)>]

you must be good

 

[Tomain]

Freaking sweet! Let's do EEET!

 

[VizierKane]

Tight!!!

 

[Ash//]

oh btw
It will be 1 v 1 matches. I know that TF2 is a team based game and a lot of the fun and skill is in how teams match up and how the classes are so balanced, but the point of the contest is to test controller skills.
also,
- The class will be the same for both players to keep it fair, and it will be chosen at random for each match of each game. Everyone has a favourite class, and even if John were using a mouse, it would be a big disadvantage for everyone to have their favourite class against John needing to match. Clearly we can't eliminate TF2 skill vs mouse skill - and given we don't have a local professional player we'll try to focus on mouse/Falcon skill vs TF2 skill as much as possible. Keep in mind John's in the same situation - he doesn't get to pick his favourite either.
This is going to be hard, if they choose a class your terrible at.
Also, he fails at spelling favourite.

Ash//