The event went longer than it was expected!, but the end result was great and the audience got to see some of the best matches in Tekken 6 ever.Casual matches were started from 12:00PM to 2:00PM so people could try out the arcade sticks and warm up before the main event. The tournament officially started around 2:15PM.

4 LCD screens were setup for the event but most of the players had difficulty in perfecting on different types of arcade sticks available at the desks. Thus in the end only 2 screens were used. By trend , as a tournament player it’s the player`s responsibility to bring his stick or controller along with him. Organizers can only provide a handful of sticks ( GMC had arranged 6 sticks) but players were only interested in picking only 3 out of them. So the end result was running over 127(2N-1, where N=64) matches being conducted on 2 screens only, 2N-1 is the formula for the double elimination tournament where N is the number of players).

Leaving that aside the tournament was fun to watch with excellent players from all over Pakistan with people coming from Gujranwala, Peshawar, Lahore, Quetta, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Jehlum and Islamabad. Most of the players were from Gujranwala and Lahore and even the final was between these cities at the end. Crowd was looking over the matches of Abrar(Lee), Saleh Habib(Steve), Awais(Marduk), Azam(Jack6) and Vicky(Jack6) and thought Azam will win the tournament. However, we all know things don't go as planned and Azam lost to Vicky in a very tight mirror match which was the Winner's Bracket final. Similarly, Awais also suffered a defeat from Vicky ending himself up in the loser bracket with nothing to lose. This is where Awais got the windings blowing with him, he had to win 4-5 consecutive matches in order to end up in the losers bracket final. And guess who was waiting for him in the match which will determine who will end up fighting against Vicky in the final? It was none other than Azam. Yes, both contestants who lost to vicky in the winners bracket battling it out to get a chance to get the revenge match against vicky in the final.

Loser Bracket Final
The match between Azam and Awais was a nail bitter(Seriously). Azam was winning the final match with 2-0 where he only had to win one more round but this is where Awais made his comeback and snatched the match from Azam.

Championship Final
So finally the two competitors meet up again and both fighting to earn the title of the best Tekken 6 player in Pakistan. Vicky quickly picked his main Jack6 but to our surprise Awais picked Jack 6. This was the first time Awais picked up Jack 6 and crowd was a little worried how things will end up from Awais end. Well his plan worked, he knew the Jack mirror match quite well and vicky as well as the audience got shocked when Vicky lost the first match to Awais. It was expected to see a come back from Vicky in the second match but Awais contained his composure and won the second match as well. 

It is thought Awais has won the tournament but as rules are recalled correctly this was the first time Vicky lost in the tournament which means he will get a rematch since in the double elimination you can't get eliminated unless you are defeated twice. Therefore, Awais will have to defeat Vicky again in order to win the championship

Championship rematch
So it all came down to this. Will Awais keep his rhythm and win the tournament or has Vicky got something up his sleeve. The first match was again a Jack6 mirror match and Vicky finally got a win against Awais. So now if Vicky wins the next match he will win the tournament. For this reason , Awais switched back to his Marduk. Awais did his best against Vicky to get himself a match in order to go to the next match to decide the final but Vicky knew this match up and claimed victory over Awais.

We finally found the best Tekken 6 player in Pakistan and that is Vicky.


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Congratulations to Saqib from Digitech for organizing such a grand event of console gaming. Digitech has set an example for the very first time in Pakistan that such events can be organized to encourage our talented players and gather over whelming response from all over Pakistan.

Digitech plans to organize similar events in the future and boost the confidence of our young players to be International Icons of Gaming.

Also many thanx to Kashif , Mohsin , Asad , Tahir , Zulqarnain and the rest of the GMC team for making this event a success.