2008 Fatal1ty Scene Tour – Northridge recap
“Last Saturday, shoppers entering the Northridge Mall were treated to the usual ambience. There was the hum of chatter, people strolling and window-shopping, and others shouldering their way past the milling throngs in search of the next big sale.
Though there was one unexpected thing: the amplified, booming voice of Jason Lake. The LA Complexity’s General Manager was in the mall participating in the Fatal1ty Mall Tour along with LA players Megan “belle” Ceder and CJ “GTO” Nelson, along with San Francisco OPTX members Yazan “clowN” Ammari and Alessandro “stermy^” Avallone to form a CGS cast of players across a spectrum of games. The four stars took on challengers in Dead or Alive 4, FORZA Motorsports 2, Guitar Hero, and Quake 4, respectively.
It didn’t take shoppers long to realize this wasn’t the ordinary Saturday shopping fest. The action took place in the middle of the shopping center, ensuring that prospective buyers in all corners got an earful of gaming noises, the emcee exhorting the crowd, or the occasional brief Q & A with one of the star players. And anybody that stopped for a meal in the food court was treated to the full show, as the dining area was a mere hundred feet away on the upper pavilion.
Not surprisingly, hundreds of people stopped by to see what all the commotion was about. Everybody from passers-by, security guards, and even an employee named Brandon (who gave a shout-out to his homie in the T-Mobile kiosk) took in the action. There were kids, teens, young adults, parents, grandparents, and every age and demographic in between.
As for the event itself, it was fun, games, and domination. Stermy^ upheld his legacy in Quake, taking on all comers and leaving without anybody scoring a frag, which would have earned the challenger some Fatal1ty gear. One participant even said he was giving himself a birthday present of ‘getting professionally owned.’”
