Since I began posting here I see post here and there about people playing in the NWC but never any stories about the blockbuster world championship so I figured I'd include mine and see if anyone else has any.
For the first championship they had in 1994, A friend and I decided to try the Genesis division and I ended up winning for the whole state of South Dakota and got a trip to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for the World Championships. I remember getting 40 something in a half in NBA Jam for the first week, Some insanely high score on Sonic 3 the next (thank god for the bonus stage), and a fair time in Virtua Racing the last week. The only thing that really mattered was getting a high score in Sonic since that made up for any errors on the other games.
In going to Florida for the championship I amassed a small pile of interesting items that I have never seen anyone else have. This includes a duffle bag, t-shirts, and a hat with the world championship logo, many different folders of information that was sent ahead of time to let you know which games would be played and what would be expected, and also promo items for various games (clayfighter tournament edition shirt, boogerman sticky ball, nintendo play it loud hats (one of which ended up being worn by my grandpa for a long time since he found it laying around and started wearing it) and other things like that.
I totally bombed in the championship part in Florida but it was still a great experience since I got to play a bunch of stuff that wasn't released yet and got loads of free stuff.
On a side note, when I started a job two years ago, I found a guy that was in my training class that ended up placing second to me in the state so he didn't get to go to Florida because of me.
Anyone else take part in this and have any stories?