The 24th annual Midwest Awards Ball presents: Arcadia’s Paradise

Schedule

Sat Mar 15 2025 at 06:00 pm to Sun Mar 16 2025 at 02:00 am

UTC-05:00

Location

Grand Ballroom | Chicago, IL

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The 24th Annual Midwest Awards Ball presents: Arcadia’s Paradise
(All categories are based on characters from past and modern day video games)…
Saturday March 15, 2025
Ballroom Headquarters • 6351 S Cottage Grove, Chicago IL
Doors 6pm, Awards 6:30, Showtime 7pm sharp!
Admission: $40 VIP: $60
Tables go on sale Back 2 Basics weekend! 9/21/2024.
Honoring the Stars of today, the Statements of tomorrow and the forever Legends & Icons…
GrandPrizes Categories:
* $1K Super Mario Bros: BQ Twister vs Twister (Mario versus Luigi, The Revenge!) Super Mario Bros. is frequently cited as one of the greatest video games of all times! You were once brothers, and now you want your round. Revenge is sweet, when you take ‘em to the ground (dips that is)….

* 1K The Legends minus Zelda: BQ Legendary Runway Wars (Europeans vs All Americans) The Legend of Zelda is an action-adventure video game that takes place in medieval-inspired Kingdom of Hyrule, led by Princess Zelda, who, is a damsel-in-distress. Using your interpretation of either Link, King Gannon, Gannondorf, Navi the Fairy, Ezlo, or Midna as your choice of character to shade the rest, this quest should be no stress, of course.
* $1K Mike Tyson’s Punch Out: A 1987 boxing video game developed by Nintendo for NES. The Ultimate Trans Man Realness: Defeat all your opponents and meet the challenge against the World Heavyweight Champion as a shirtless boxer, in matching boxing shorts and gloves at his best!
* $500 Ms PAC Man: BQID vs FQ Performance: Ms. Pac-Man is a 1982 arcade video game that is a spin-off sequel to Pac-Man released by Midway Games. Ms. Pac-Man is a yellow disc with lipstick, a bow, and a beauty mark. We want BQID in yellow mini dress, a big pink bow, and pink heels; FQs in a yellow jumpsuit, a big red bow and red heels and don’t forget your beauty marks!
* $500 The Powerpuff Girls: Bad Mojo Jojo: FF Realness As a House: (any combination) Powder Puff Girls is a 2000 platform game developed by Sennari Interactive and was released on the Game Boy Color. Assemble a dope team of three that’s known to cause havoc on the floor, then come collect your coinz.
* $500 Life Size Barbie: FF Face The icon Barbie has had many video games across different gaming platforms and systems. Choose one and bring her to life, your way. Selling it, must be sold untold and not separately!
* $500 Gamer’s Paradise: OTA, who has thee most amazing games and systems? Be it original, miniature, handhelds or virtual reality; showcase your collection in a fun and exciting way, because it could net you one k.
**Full category list drops soon…
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Grand Ballroom, 6351 S Cottage Grove Ave,Chicago,IL,United States

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