The Official Online Newsletter of Pilipino Americans in Science and Engineering at UC Davis

Table of Contents

The Iliad and the Engineer: If Homer were a PASER

Economics 101: Finance for Engineers    

A Brief Word from our Presidents

PASE Starcraft Tournament

What A Journey It Has Been

PASE LET’S BOWL

Credits

PASE Starcraft Tournament

By Kim Jardin

On November 6, 1999 PASE held a Starcraft tournament and barbecue at Lester’s and James’ place. There were eight computers setup on a network, though there was some initial difficulty getting some of the computers to recognize the network. After an hour of troubleshooting though, the tournament started.

Seven people were signed up for tournament play, and things started off with an eight player (a computer player was thrown in as well) free-for-all game as a warmup. Because there were an odd number of people involved, the winner of the warmup got a bye for the first round of matches. As soon as the warmup was over the players were paired off into one-on-one matches on random maps that were selected beforehand, with the winners advancing up the bracket.

As people got eliminated and the tournament entered the quarter and semi-finals, other people were able to play Starcraft for fun on spare computers. While the tournament matches were being played out, other people were enjoying themselves spectating, playing the video game consoles that were setup in the living room, and eating burgers and hot dogs cooked on the barbecue grill.

After the completion of the semi-final rounds, we had Dave Heldebrant and Mike Weaver in the finals, with Paul Fulton and Mike Kim playing for third place. Utilizing the TV-out on one of the computers, both these matches were televised on the big screen TV in the living room. The third place match was pretty entertaining, with the audience watching on the TV cheering and yelling along with the action. The game was even at first, but eventually Paul gained control of the majority of the map and was able to win. The finals match also was entertaining, but the outcome was pretty much predicted from the start. Through better scouting, Weaver recognized the map as being mainly composed of islands and was able to alter his strategy accordingly. Dave noticed this too late, and though he had some moments where the momentum seemed to have shifted in his favor, Weaver’s better start and scouting of the map proved to be the difference as he eventually won the game!

Afterwards, most of the tournament players stayed to play some more games on the network. The event was pretty much a success, and several people have indicated that they are looking forward to possible future tournaments, perhaps with other games.

Jan Ramiro and Chris Munoz pose for the camera during the Starcraft Tourney.

Darius Nagal and his family (the Clan) at the Tourney in Lester and James' apartment