Grl Gmrs Tournament

www.thinkmakeplay.co.uk/grlgmr

The Rocket, Holloway Road - Saturday 25th Oct 08
5 games, 5 winners, 1 champion

Inviting all female gamers to an action-packed celebration of prowess in the virtual arena - the Grl Gmr tournament will kick-start the annual London Games Fringe, a week-long festival where you can enjoy all that is great about games and interactive entertainment.

Winners 2008:

- Wii Tennis - Simone
- Tekken 5 - Jennevive
- Unreal Tournament - Andy - Supreme Champion
- Kuri Kuri Mix - Andy
- Mario Kart - Jennevive

The event garnered positive press coverage from Dollymix, BBC London, Islington Tribune.  It also provoked an extreme reaction from dozens of game fan sites as soon as the press release went out. Thousands of posts protested about the very idea of holding such an event, siting reasons such as the inability of women to play computer games with any competence, the sexism inherent in a "girl-only" event, the poor choice of games on offer and the strange design of the flier...

On the other hand, Nintendo TV covered the event for their channel and the footage appears to show a mixed crowd thoroughly enjoying themselves.

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