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Oomba’s wOOt! Event With Special Guest Appearances Taking Place This Valentine's Day

Oomba's wOOt! event will take place this Valentine's Day with special guest appearances. Read on.


From the Press Release
Orange County tech start-up Oomba is calling all gaming geeks and competition seekers to share their love for tournaments this Valentine’s Day with an action-packed tabletop and gaming winter tournament in the Laguna Hills Mall. The all-day free event will feature the first Southern California Settlers of Catan qualifier of 2015, eSports tournaments, insane break-dancing competitions and crazy combat juggling, plus several other popular games, cash prizes and special appearances by famous gaming personalities.

Oomba’s wOOt! event – a competition-filled, day-long affair – will be highlighted by Settlers of Catan and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 tournaments, with special guest appearances by:

  • 2014 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 EVO Champion Justin Wong;
  • YouTube star Olga Kay;
  • Rock Paper Scissors Champion Master Roshambollah

Event guests can romance their Valentine with a game of Super Smash Bros., while those with a daring streak can learn the secrets of Japanese Kendama and combat juggling with free workshops – and even take on professional gamer, Justin Wong, in an Ultra Street Fighter IV match.

The winner of the Catan tournament will receive a grand prize of all travel expenses paid to Gen Con 2015 and a seat in the 2015 Catan National Championship. Oomba also will be awarding cash prizes and other wild giveaways to event participants.

The tournaments will start at 11:00 a.m. PST and run until 9:00 p.m. PST. Attendees can find Oomba next to Game Master in the Laguna Hills Mall. For more information and to register, visit www.oomba.com/woot.

About Oomba
Oomba, Inc. is a gaming-centric start-up company that provides users tools and resources to manage, plan and play in tournaments of any kind, anywhere. The company also runs Oomba.TV, which focuses on original tournament coverage and analysis from around the world. Based in Irvine, Calif., the company was founded by Michael A. Williams, who was previously CEO and founder of Planetwide Games and Tremor Entertainment. Aiding Williams in the creative development of Oomba is co-founder and visionary, Nolan Bushnell, founder of both Atari and Chuck E. Cheese restaurants. For more information, visit www.oomba.com.

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