04/28/2026
I wanted to take a moment and thank everyone that came out to the video game tournament this past Saturday. We ended up with a pretty good turnout and I think everyone had a lot of fun. We had great weather and an even better event. Also, a special thank you to all the people that helped out that day. All the employees from Barry Electronics came to work on their day off to help out. We had my Niece Brandi Contini - Barry who came up from Columbus to help out my lovely wife Christy with registration. Scott's wife Ang helped out with the food and many others. Mega Replay Lima sent over Ian and Adam who were AWESOME!! They ran the games in the theater rooms and made sure everything ran smoothly. Especially thank you to all our sponsors, Sky Zone Lima, Mega Replay Lima, Cartridge Gaming, Frickers Lima, Regal American Mall 12, Sara's Sweets, Alter Ego Comics, KICKER, Clay Cards, Bounce off Inflatables, By Designs, and The Met. Together, we raised over $1400 to donate to the Lima Police Department's DARE and Safety City Sponsored By Lima Noon Optimist programs. And finally, Congratulations to all the winners. It takes an enormous amount of talent to win with this kind of competition. "See Dad, playing video games did pay off!" I especially wanted to congratulate our two special trophies for last place in Smash and the most Enthusiastic players. These are the future generation of gamers and by coming together as a community and making this a great and fun event, we will hopefully have many more years of these in the future. Finally, I'd love for everyone to repost this and pass this along. Together, we have done something great for the community while having fun and more people need to see the positivity of this. Thanks.
