West Texas Gamers

West Texas Gamers (WTXG) is an electronic sports team that was founded in September 2008 by Jesse 'DonTony' Cardenas and Riley Wills. The headquarters for WTXG are located in the region it sponsors, Abilene, Texas. WTXG operates and attends tournaments, events in cities within the West Texas region. These tournaments, events are considered amateur level in comparison to scale of events held by pro leagues such as Major League Gaming, World Cyber Games, and others that host multi-country events. WTXG aims to introduce and create the competitive gaming scene in West Texas.

2009 Circuit

WTXG released a flyer, announcement to the West Texas community stating that March '09 will be the first official kick off. It is not known how many competitions will be held by WTXG at the moment.

Coverage Area

West Texas is the announced coverage area. This area includes several cities including San Angelo, Lubbock, Abilene, Eastland, Dallas, etc. The area has several media outlets, universities, and other sources of traffic for the gamer population. The winning team will go to a MLG Pro event in Dallas.

Supported Games

WTXG supports all games with no exclusion to genre, console, or rating. With the diverse audience it is stated on the official website that only supporting one or two games would hurt the attractiveness of the competitions. The website also says that HaLo 3 will be the introductory game for WTXG to see how the community responds and build a fan base. In the future games like World of Warcraft, Gears of War, Guitar Hero, etc... will be added to the supported games.

WTXG has been seen at local gaming events such as the recent TSTC Rez'D tournament on November 8 and 9th. According to recent posts in the WTXG Community forums they have intentions to attend Computer Stop's San Angelo events and local tournaments held by Gamerz Dome.

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