{"id":591,"date":"2012-03-15T21:02:14","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T02:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vgheaven.com\/?p=591"},"modified":"2012-03-15T21:02:14","modified_gmt":"2012-03-16T02:02:14","slug":"the-iowa-pro-gaming-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vgheaven.com\/?p=591","title":{"rendered":"The Iowa Pro Gaming Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong>The Iowa Pro Gaming Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">All eyes are on Iowa, as TIPGC 2012 goes big this weekend!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iowaprogamingchallenge.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/tipgc-2011-photos\/1043.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iowaprogamingchallenge.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/tipgc-2011-photos\/1086.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Iowa Pro Gaming Challenge (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#search?q=%23TIPGC\">#TIPGC on Twitter<\/a>) is a regional video game tournament, being hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetsetstudio.net\/\">Jet Set Studio<\/a> in Des Moines, Iowa this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>TIPGC is the largest gaming event in Iowa and over the past three years, has been established as an destination for competitive gamers all around the country.<br \/>\nTIPGC 2012 is showcasing three different team divisions: 4v4 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, 4v4 Gears of War 3, and 4v4 Halo: Reach.<\/p>\n<p>Along with being an exciting <a href=\"http:\/\/jetsetstudio.net\/video-game-event-management\">live video game event<\/a>, the professional TIPGC live stream definitely sets this tournament apart.  Tournament Director, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/benmcdougal\">Ben McDougal<\/a>, is expecting over 350,000 viewers this weekend and is excited to offer online viewers full commentary, prize giveaways, community interviews, and an interactive live chat on this year\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/focusfirefeed\">official Twitch.TV channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The tournament website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iowaprogamingchallenge.com\/\">www.IowaProGamingChallenge.com<\/a>, has more information about this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatheringofgamers.com\/video_game_tournaments.php\">video game tournament<\/a>, past event highlights, supporting sponsors, big prizes, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jet Set Studio manages, promotes, and connects an entire spectrum of video game enthusiasts to some of the best <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatheringofgamers.com\/video_game_tournaments.php\">video game tournaments<\/a> in the country, and TIPGC is one of the biggest live events they manage all year, so we can be assured this will be big.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Tune into The Iowa Pro Gaming Challenge this weekend \u2013 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/focusfirefeed\"><strong>www.Twitch.TV\/focusfirefeed<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong>About Jet Set Studio<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iowaprogamingchallenge.com\/wp-content\/themes\/tipgc\/images\/sponsors\/jet-set-studio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"102\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jet Set Studio was established in 2007, to support the launch of a social network just for gamers, at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatheringofgamers.com\/\">www.GatheringofGamers.com<\/a>. To connect this online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatheringofgamers.com\/about.php\">video game community<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatheringofgamers.com\/video_game_tournaments.php\">video game tournaments<\/a> and live <a href=\"http:\/\/www.video-game-tournaments.net\/\">video game events<\/a>, Jet Set Studio offers professional <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetsetstudio.net\/video-game-event-management\">video game event management<\/a>. More information is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetsetstudio.net\/\">www.JetSetStudio.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Iowa Pro Gaming Challenge All eyes are on Iowa, as TIPGC 2012 goes big this weekend! 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