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World Championship Winners:

Champion Carlos Borrego

Grand Prize Winner
Mexico Champion:
Carlos Borrego cdborrego
Age:
27
Hometown: Pachuca , México
Language spoken: Spanish
Years playing video games: 21 Years
First played PAC-MAN: 1986
Hours spent playing PAC-MAN on Xbox LIVE Arcade during Tournament? 16 Hours
Hobbies besides PAC-MAN: Programming video games
Do you think you can be the first-ever Xbox 360 PAC-MAN World Champion? "Of course."

Second Place Finisher
Austria Champion:
Robert Glashuettner vibemaster79
Age:
28
Hometown: Vienna, Austria
Languages spoken: German and English
Years playing video games: 24 Years
First played PAC-MAN: 1989
Hours spent playing PAC-MAN on Xbox LIVE Arcade during Tournament? 20 Hours
Hobbies besides PAC-MAN: Going out, playing music, table tennis
Do you think you can be the first-ever Xbox 360 PAC-MAN World Champion? "To be honest, no. I wanted to be a finalist and I achieved that goal. Everything that comes now is just a bonus."

Third Place Finisher
Canada Champion:
Dwayne Richard MrBigWig
Age:
38
Hometown: Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
Language Spoken: English
Years Playing Video Games: 26 Years
First Played PAC-MAN: 1981 (First video game ever played!)
Hours Spent Playing PAC-MAN on Xbox LIVE Arcade During Tournament? Non-Stop
Hobbies Besides PAC-MAN: Picking wild mushrooms, playing soccer, grad school
Do you think you can be the first-ever Xbox 360 PAC-MAN World Champion? "I think anyone who has scored a perfect score is my only competition."

Fourth Place Finisher
United States Finalist:
Jason Gahler Jbob007
Age:
25
Hometown: Perrysburg, Ohio
Language spoken: English
Years playing video games: 20 Years
First played PAC-MAN: 1987
Hours spent playing PAC-MAN on Xbox LIVE Arcade during Tournament? 35 Hours
Hobbies besides PAC-MAN: Hockey, playing bass
Do you think you can be the first-ever Xbox 360 PAC-MAN World Champion? "Yes."

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Other Finalists:

Major Nelson and Billy Mitchell

Major Nelson and legendary PAC-MAN player Billy Mitchell.

United States Finalist: Billy Mitchell Perfect PACMAN
Age:
41
Hometown: Hollywood, Florida
Language spoken: English
Years playing video games: 27 Years
First played PAC-MAN: 1981 (First person to score perfect score in 1999)
Hours spent playing PAC-MAN on Xbox LIVE Arcade during Tournament? 10 Hours
Hobbies besides PAC-MAN: Family and travel
Do you think you can be the first-ever Xbox 360 PAC-MAN World Champion? " That would be great … but I think I am going to get WHIPPED."

Japan Champion: Kitayatsu Hiroak hinanjo11360
Age:
34
Hometown: Namegata-shi, Ibaraki, Japan
Language spoken: Japanese
Years playing video games: 30 Years
First played PAC-MAN: 1980
Hours spent playing PAC-MAN on Xbox LIVE Arcade during the Tournament? 40 Hours
Hobbies besides PAC-MAN: Repairing electrical appliances and driving my car
Do you think you can be the first-ever Xbox 360 PAC-MAN World Champion? "No."

New Zealand Champion: Reuben Anderson Acheron NZ
Age:
15
Hometown: Foxton Beach, New Zealand
Language Spoken: English
Years playing video games: 11 Years
First played PAC-MAN: 2002
Hours spent playing PAC-MAN on Xbox LIVE Arcade during Tournament? 15 Hours
Hobbies besides PAC-MAN: HTML, BASIC Code, English Class
Do you think you can be the first-ever Xbox 360 PAC-MAN World Champion? "I hope so."

Taiwan Champion: Huang Wei Hua or "Dennis" TaiwanShrek
Age:
21
Hometown: Chung hua, Taiwan
Language spoken: Chinese
Years playing video games: Over 10 Years
First played PAC-MAN: 2007
Hours spent playing PAC-MAN on Xbox LIVE Arcade during Tournament? 56 Hours
Hobbies Besides PAC-MAN: Tennis
Do you think you can be the first-ever Xbox 360 PAC-MAN World Champion? "No, I just want to visit New York City and go to a Yankees game."

United Kingdom Champion: James Rodgers jimbot001
Age:
13
Hometown: Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Language spoken: English
Years playing video games: 8 Years
First played PAC-MAN: 2006
Hours spent playing PAC-MAN on Xbox LIVE Arcade during Tournament? 14 Hours
Hobbies besides PAC-MAN: Badminton and Chess
Do you think you can be the first-ever Xbox 360 PAC-MAN World Champion? "To be honest, no. I know that I will be up against some of the all-time greats who can achieve scores that I can only dream of."

United States Finalist: Timothy Balderramos pacmantab
Age:
39
Hometown: West St. Paul, Minnesota
Language spoken: English
Years playing video games: 25 Years
First played PAC-MAN: 1981
Hours spent playing PAC-MAN on Xbox LIVE Arcade during Tournament? 25 Hours
Hobbies besides PAC-MAN: Marathons, hockey, and family
Do you think you can be the first-ever Xbox 360 PAC-MAN World Champion? " There are quite a few who have what it takes to win it all—I'm just really excited to be getting a chance to play against them."

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