Changes

The '''2008 Elite Summer Contest''' was known as ''New Blood Rising''.  2008 differed from the previous four [[Elite Summer Contest]]s in that:

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* Contestants were not ranked by seeds.

The '''2008 Elite Summer Contest''' was known as ''The Everyone Wins Edition''. 2008 differed from the previous five [[Elite Summer Contest]]s in that:

* Four Divisions gave the new generation a great opportunity to make the field.

The Contest kicked off on '''Friday, June 1st of 2007'''.  To vote, Eliters sent the name of their daily choice to [[Ngamer]] over AOL Instant Messenger at '''ImNgamer''', or mailed their choice to '''ngamer AT gmail DOT com'''. To be eligable to vote, one of four conditions had to be met:

* The Contest field was expanded to 128 players

 

The Contest officially kicked off on '''Sunday, June 1st of 2008''', following a Play-in on the previous day.  To vote, Eliters should have sent the name of their daily choice to [[DK]] over AOL Instant Messenger at '''DKK5''' or at '''DavidK519@gmail.com'''. If DK was involved in the match that day, or was offline, everyone sent their votes over to [[Ngamer]].

 

To be eligible to vote, one of four conditions had to be met:

* Membership in the [[Goldeneye]] or [[Perfect Dark]] Elites.

* Membership in the [[Goldeneye]] or [[Perfect Dark]] Elites.

* Membership in [[TimeSplitters 2]], [[Super Smash Bros. Melee]], or any other [[NGC-Elites]] ranking.

* Membership in any [[NGC-Elites]] ranking.

* 100 posts on [[The Elite]] message boards.

* 100 posts on [[The Elite]] message boards.

* 20 hours logged in [http://the-elite.net/chat.html The Elite Chatroom].

* 20 hours logged in [http://the-elite.net/chat.html The Elite Chatroom].

Those not sure of their eligability contacted Ngamer about their official status.

Those not sure of their eligibility should have contacted Ngamer over AOL Instant Messenger at '''ImNgamer''', or at '''ngamer@gmail.com''' about their official status.

== The Contest & Subcontests ==

== The Contest & Subcontests ==

* [The Complete Bracket]

* [http://www.thengamer.com/elite/2008/ The Complete Bracket]

* [[2008 Elite Summer Contest Spread Betting|Spread Betting]]

* [[2008 First Vote|Nightly First Vote Competition]]

'''The 2008 Elite Summer Contest was won by [[Wouter Jansen]]''', who defeated Phil "[[Phil McCanna|octo]]" McCanna 42 votes to 39 in the final match.

This was octo's second straight Silver Medal, having missed out on the Gold by a single vote in [[2007 Elite Summer Contest|2007]].

 

* [Vote of the Day]

 

* [http://www.thengamer.com/updates/elite/2008 Complete Match Tallies]

 

* [[2008 Elite Summer Contest Predictions|Bracket Predictions]]

 

 

The complete listing of '''Contestant Biographies''' for 2008 is listed below.

The complete listing of '''Contestant Biographies''' for 2008 is listed below.

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{{2008 Elite Summer Contest}}

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