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The '''2008 Elite Summer Contest''' was known as ''The Everyone Wins Edition''. 2008 differed from the previous five [[Elite Summer Contest]]s in that:
* The Contest field was expanded to 128 players
* Round One consisted of 32 four-way battles with only the winner advancing to a traditional 1 vs 1 format for the remainder of the Contest.
* With the field expanded, the Champs returned! (except [[Clark]] and [[Ngamer]])
The Contest officially kicks off on '''Sunday, June 1st of 2008''', following a Play-in on the previous day. To vote, Eliters should send the name of their daily choice to [[DK]] over AOL Instant Messenger at '''DKK5''' or at '''DavidK519@gmail.com'''. If DK is involved in the match that day, or is offline, then send your votes over to [[Ngamer]].
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 eligable to vote, one of four conditions has to be met:
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.
* 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 eligibility should contact Ngamer over AOL Instant Messenger at '''ImNgamer''', or at '''Ngamer@gmail.com''' 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 ==
* [http://www.thengamer.com/elite/2008/ The Complete Bracket]
* [http://www.thengamer.com/elite/2008/ The Complete Bracket]
* [http://www.thengamer.com/elite/2008/predictions.php Main Bracket Predictions]
* [http://www.thengamer.com/elite/2008/predictions.php Main Bracket Predictions]
* [[2008 Elite Summer Contest Theme Music|Contest Theme Music]]
* [[2008 Elite Summer Contest Theme Music|Contest Theme Music]]
* [[2008 First Vote|First Vote Competition]]
* [[2008 First Vote|First Vote Competition]]
* [[2008 Euro First Vote|European First Vote Competition]]
* [[2008 Euro First Vote|European First Vote Competition]]
* [[2008 Elite Summer Contest Spread Betting|Spread Betting]]
* [[2008 Elite Summer Contest Spread Betting|Spread Betting]]
== Wrapup & Statistics ==
== Wrapup & Statistics ==
'''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]].
* [http://www.thengamer.com/updates/elite/2008/ Complete Match Tallies]
* [http://perfectdarkelite.yuku.com/topic/13679 Results & Post-Matchup Writeups]
* [http://www.thengamer.com/xstats/elite/ranks.php?year=2008 Final X-Stats]
* [http://www.thengamer.com/xstats/elite/ Contest Simulator]
The complete listing of '''Contestant Biographies''' for 2008 is listed below.
The complete listing of '''Contestant Biographies''' for 2008 is listed below.
{{2008 Elite Summer Contest}}
{{2008 Elite Summer Contest}}
[[Category:The Elite]]
[[Category:Elite Summer Contest]]