While some of you were running around fighting traffic and the smells of holiday shopping this weekend a few Dtoiders were fighting to the death for ridiculously fast gaming computers, courtesy of Intel and Cyberpower PC.  The finals took place via Destructoid's Steam Group in a series of hilarious and odd match-ups hosted and refereed by our usual Friday Night Fight administrators: Grim, Aerox, ScottyG and CaffeinePowered.

While it would have been easy to have a Counterstrike, Gears, or Halo tournament, we wanted to try something different: a Team Fortress 2 tournament where two soldiers had to duke it out with shovels only, Demolition guys with Sticky Bombs, and Heavy's fighting to the death with their fists. The result was pretty quirky -- we hope to bring you the videos soon. So who won the Intel Core i7 system? Hit the jump for the tournament ladder and results!

Didn't win a tournament slot?  No problem -- we hope to have more tournaments in the near future.  It's pretty challening to host a gaming tournament for a community of so many people all around the world, but we'd love to do bigger and better virtual events in the coming months.  If you have ideas on what you'd like to see we'd love to hear from you.

Match 1: Cox vs. Alocide

Round 1: Spy vs. Spy
Round 2: Demo vs. Demo (Sticky Bombs only)
Round 3: Heavy vs. Heavy
Round 4: Sniper vs. Sniper (Sniper Rifle only)
Round 5: Players’ choice 

Match 2: Wedge vs. Jacob

Round 1: Medic vs. Medic
Round 2: Soldier vs. Soldier (Shovel only)
Round 3: Scout vs. Scout (Pistol only)
Round 4: Heavy vs. Heavy
Round 5: Players’ choice 

Match 3: MeepJeep vs. Anti Gilbert

Round 1: Soldier vs. Soldier
Round 2: Scout vs. Scout (Bats Only)
Round 3: Engineer vs. Engineer (No building allowed)
Round 4: Pyro vs. Pyro
Round 5: Players’ choice 

Match 4:  Webangel vs. fowee

Round 1: Pyro vs. Pyro (Flamethrower only)
Round 2: Engineer vs. Engineer
Round 3: Spy vs. Spy (Knives only [Cloaking/disguise OK]}
Round 4: Sniper vs. Sniper
Round 5: Players’ choice 

Match 5: WINNER OF MATCH 1 VS. WINNER OF MATCH 3

Round 1: Soldier vs. Soldier
Round 2: Spy vs. Spy (Revolver only)
Round 3: Sniper vs. Sniper (Machete only)
Round 4: Scout vs. Scout
Round 5: Players’ choice 

Match 6: WINNER OF MATCH 2 VS. WINNER OF MATCH 4

Round 1: Pyro vs. Pyro
Round 2: Heavy vs. Heavy (Fists only)
Round 3: Medic vs. Medic
Round 4: Demo vs. Demo (Grenades only)
Round 5: Players’ choice 

(No-shows and third prize loser's match skipped, prizes given to highest scoring of previous matches)

Final Match: Alocide vs. Wedge

Round 1: Scouts
Round 2: Medics
Round 3: Spys
Round 4: Heavies
Round 5: Pyros
Round 6: Soldiers
Round 7: Demos
Round 8: Engineers
Round 9: Snipers 

So who won it?

3rd place - Davis Cox 

2nd place - Jon "Alocide" Edicola

1st place - Paul "Wedge" D'Elia!

Congratulations, everyone!