{"id":679,"date":"2012-07-27T21:36:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T02:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vgheaven.com\/?p=679"},"modified":"2012-07-27T21:39:16","modified_gmt":"2012-07-28T02:39:16","slug":"press-release-for-the-ncg-3-day-bash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vgheaven.com\/?p=679","title":{"rendered":"Press Release for the NCG 3 Day Bash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For Immediate Release:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3daybash.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/3daybash2012.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"132\" \/><br \/>\nWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (July 23, 2012) \u2013 National Championship Gaming (NCGpro.com), in partnership with GameStop (GameStop.com), announces one of the South&#8217;s largest gaming events of the year, the NCG &#8220;3 Day Bash&#8221; (3DayBash.com), which will be host to 14 tournaments August 17-19 at the Fox and Hound of Winston-Salem. Featured games include Modern Warfare 3, Gears of War 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, FIFA, Madden, NBA2K, Goldeneye, Mortal Kombat, UFC 3, WWE 12, Dance Central 2, Mario Kart, and Super Smash Brothers Brawl.<\/p>\n<p>More than 40 big screen LED televisions, along with plenty of Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii entertainment systems, will set the stage for the final day dubbed as &#8220;Championship Sunday.&#8221; An estimated $11,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded to the winners of this massive three-day event, including trophies, pro gaming medals, and collectible gaming memorabilia provided by Epic Games. Epic Games Multiplayer Designer Quinn DelHoyo, a familiar face in the Gears of War 3 community, will attend the Bash on Saturday, August 18 to sign autographs and mingle with players.<\/p>\n<p>The 3 Day Bash is expected to draw more than 500 amateur and pro gamers from New York to Texas. Marque tournaments, which include the 4v4 Modern Warfare 3 and the 2v2 Gears of War 3 showdowns, will harness the excitement of two of the most popular multiplayer games on the market.<br \/>\nTickets to play in the tournaments are available now at www.eTix.com, and the 3 Day Bash will be broadcast online at TwitchTV (Twitch.tv) starting at 9 a.m. EDT on August 17 on the NCGpro channel. The entire event will be streamed live worldwide, including the awards ceremony on Sunday, August 19 at 4 p.m. EDT.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KoOYFiNxQUg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Epic, Epic Games, Gears of War and Gears of War 3 are trademarks or registered trademarks of Epic Games, Inc. in the United States of America and elsewhere. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.<br \/>\n###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Immediate Release: WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (July 23, 2012) \u2013 National Championship Gaming (NCGpro.com), in partnership with GameStop (GameStop.com), announces one of the South&#8217;s largest gaming events of the year, the NCG &#8220;3 Day Bash&#8221; (3DayBash.com), which will be host to 14 tournaments August 17-19 at the Fox and Hound of Winston-Salem. Featured games include Modern [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265,3],"tags":[239,38,396,187],"class_list":["post-679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video-game-news-2","category-video-games","tag-3-day-bash","tag-ncg","tag-ncg-3-day-bash","tag-press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vgheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vgheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vgheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vgheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vgheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=679"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.vgheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":681,"href":"http:\/\/www.vgheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679\/revisions\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vgheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vgheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vgheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}