Team Legends is the Best of the Battlefield
And the $250,000 they just won proves it.
Published: February 20, 2006
Electronic Arts is nothing if not altruistic when it comes to fans of their games. The annual Madden Challenge has risen to a whopping $100,000 grand prize this year, and that goes to just one man. Considering the Battlefield has only been on consoles for one game now, the $250,000 grand prize for their Best of the Battlefield competition to determine the best Battlefield 2: Modern Combat is downright splurging.
What began in November was finally narrowed down to two teams: Team Legends and Team Professional Skills. In the end, the latter's skills weren't quite pro enough, and Legends edged them out by a scant 3 points in a 340-337 showdown that was likely very, very close. The finals of the tournament were played in our back yard at EA's posh headquarters down in Redwood City.
The total cash prize was fairly ridiculous: $300,000+ bucks to the winners. The grand prize was obviously the bulk of that (each member of the team took home $25,000), but Team Professional Skills still nabbed $50,000, and the two teams that made it to their brackets but lost pocketed $10,000 each. It should be noted that the teams were originally broken down by platform -- PS2 and Xbox -- and when it came to the final teams form each version of the game, the more Xbox-familiar team had the most points and stuck to their native system, which may have helped them edge out the PS2-familiar team.
So once again, EA is making it plain to see that you can indeed pocket a little cash by just playing games all day. Just, y'know, make sure they're EA games, they say.
What began in November was finally narrowed down to two teams: Team Legends and Team Professional Skills. In the end, the latter's skills weren't quite pro enough, and Legends edged them out by a scant 3 points in a 340-337 showdown that was likely very, very close. The finals of the tournament were played in our back yard at EA's posh headquarters down in Redwood City.
The total cash prize was fairly ridiculous: $300,000+ bucks to the winners. The grand prize was obviously the bulk of that (each member of the team took home $25,000), but Team Professional Skills still nabbed $50,000, and the two teams that made it to their brackets but lost pocketed $10,000 each. It should be noted that the teams were originally broken down by platform -- PS2 and Xbox -- and when it came to the final teams form each version of the game, the more Xbox-familiar team had the most points and stuck to their native system, which may have helped them edge out the PS2-familiar team.
So once again, EA is making it plain to see that you can indeed pocket a little cash by just playing games all day. Just, y'know, make sure they're EA games, they say.
