| 14 August 2010
Gamestop returns with its second Battle of the Gridiron tournament series, and they're teaming up with the GGL to run part of it. Most of this year's tournament series will be done online, so be sure to have an Xbox Live account handy.
Out of the thousands expected to compete, 16 players by way of the online and live competitions will compete in the Finals Tournament in an NFL city to be determined. The winner will receive $3,000, second place $1,500 and third $500, according to Gamestop.
Players can participate in the Live-online portion or the strictly-online tournament, run by the GGL.
The Live-online competition
This tournament begins Aug. 21 at almost every Gamestop in the nation. Go here to see what stores qualify.
In this event, every store will run a single-elimination tournament, with only the winner advancing to Round 2 - in past years, as many as four players would get out to Round 2, so keep in mind that each store is going all the way this time. The winners of the live tournament will compete in Round 2, which is an exclusive online single-elimination tournament that starts Sept. 12. It will be a ladder competition that lasts until Oct. 16. The top eight players based on ladder points will advance to the Finals Tournament.
The strictly-online competition
This tournament begins Sept. 12 on the GGL site. Players that competed in the live tournament have until Aug. 24, everyone else has until Sept. 11. Those that already have a GGL account can use that.
This is also a ladder competition, with the top eight players after Oct. 16 advancing to the Finals Tournament.
