My name is Trevor “qu1k_sh0t” Henry, clan leader and captain for =BFB= and the laRd team, I was lucky enough to be given a whole heap of Logitech goodies to take with me and test out at the September 2009 MPLD Call of Duty 4 Tournament!

The idea was to field test these gadgets and gizmo’s and see if they could keep up in the heat of battle! The Logitech G19 Keyboard, the Logitech G9x Mouse, Logitech G35 headset and the Logitech G13 What better way to do this than by using Incredible Connections sponsored players!  This is part one of the three part story following last weeks events.

MPLD, or Montly Pretoria Lan Day, is a LAN party that takes place the first weekend of every month. This event plays host to 150 gamers each month and is widely regarded as one of the LAN’s to attend if you wish to compete in high level competition! September was no different and the Call of Duty 4 (COD4) tournament played host to a wide variety of teams, most of whom have many hours experience competing against the best of the best. This months event included some of the strongest teams in the country, Synergy Gaming, Ubersoldaten, sKy Gaming and Element. Against all this competition is where I would test out the Logitech products. As most of the =BFB= players are based in Cape Town for this event, I played alongside Andrew “xiR” Harper, a fellow =BFB= member and 3 players from a rival team known as the Cyborgs. This mixed team is known as xiR’s Pimps and they have won the previous event hosted here at MPLD in June. Could it be done again?

Logitech Goodies G13, G9x, G35 and G19

As the morning of the competition arrived, the teams were seeded and placed into different brackets. A double elimination format was selected. meaning that you had to loose two games to be knocked out.

So as the first battle lines where drawn xP awaited there first opponent. Team Mouse would be the first team to face off against the reigning champs xP! After a map elimination it was decided that we would play mp_crash. With the map decided it was time to get down to playing! A shaky start meant that we were going tit for tat round for round. And with the score level on 3 – 3, Team Mouse was getting excited about the possibility of keeping up with xP! xP however had other plans, after a few rounds getting into the swing of things they managed to power ahead and take most of the remaining rounds finishing the half with a score of 8 – 4. Defending is the easier side, and xP would need to pull up their socks on attack. After a few rounds it was clear that xP would walk away with the win, however Team Mouse would not go down without a fight. For every two rounds xP would take, Mouse replied with one of their own, a final score being 13 – 7 to xP.

With the first win in the bag, xP would go on to face a stronger team in the second round. The format of Double Elimination means that as you progress further and further into the tournament the teams get stronger and stronger. xP was hungry for more games, and we would not be disappointed, xP had to play off against, Element Air. This team is has qualified for the invite only tournament at rAge and consisted of players with lots of experience in this competitive format.

The game started with the map being mp_strike. xP won the knife round and managed to get the slightly easier side of defending first. This time around xP did not underestimate their opponents and they went into the game wanting every single round. The xP players managed to best the Element team without much hassle and it seemed as though whatever Element through at us, we could deal with. xP ran away with the game to a final 13 – 4 victory.

Logitech G13 Gamepad

After this game xP had to face off against its strongest competition at the event, Synergy Gaming (sG). This team is competing for top honours and was the favourite going into the competition. How would xP fare against sG?

The next part of this blog, will show the last three games that we played and whether or not xP managed to grab the win. Finally the third part will touch on some of the goodies used!