Arena
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First Air DateMay 01, 2002
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Original titleArena
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ReleaseMay 01, 2002
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Overview
Arena was a G4/G4techTV TV show about competitive gaming which aired from 2002 to 2004. The program's format featured teams taking on each other in the multiplayer video games of the time in the form of a LAN party. Many episodes of the series revolved around a continuing tournament format. Some video games overlap episodes, such as Unreal Tournament 2004 and Call of Duty. Teams are also given a chance to talk about themselves and explain the origin of their team name. Team ZoMBiE won the Tournament of Champions in 2004 to become the Ultimate Arena Champions. Team Kaizen won the Tournament of Champions in 2005 to become the Ultimate Arena Champions. The show was originally hosted by Wil Wheaton and Travis Oates, but both hosts left due to conflicts with the program's producer, Jim Downs, of which many were made public by Wheaton in a Slashdot posting. They were replaced by Lee Reherman and Michael Louden. The final hosts were Reherman and Kevin Pereira. The first two seasons were filmed in studio 2. In 2004, for the shows' third and final season, filming moved into studio 3, which was the largest studio in G4's old headquarters. When word of the TechTV buyout became public, and the show was going to be cancelled as a result, the series banked several episodes, and then scrapped the set in July 2004 to make way for X-Play, The Screen Savers, and Unscrewed with Martin Sargent, three former TechTV properties.
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Season 1 ( 2002-05-01)
Anvil vs. Steel
Challenger: Molten
Iron Vs Cobalt
Iron Vs Carbon
Team Deadbolt
Mercury Rising
Team Nova
Iron Vs Dev/Null
Team UMM vs. Team PK
Team Umm V Team 1/2&1/2
Halo Tournament
Team Leftovers
Halloween
Team Gamers
Umm Vs Judgment Day
Team Dynasty vs Team Unsung Heroes
Battle Depot vs Team Unsung Heroes
Team Donkey Horde vs Team Unsung Heroes
Team Heroes vs Team Four Horsemen
Season 2 ( 2003-02-19)
Team Unsung Heroes vs Team SDT
Team Wipeout Vs. Team Mephisto
Team Brain Dead
Team Boden
Team Boomstick
Bomb Skill
Eat Chew Up
Death Legion
Sitting Ducks
Team Smack
Four Score
Divine Annihilation
Zombie
NC
Nam
Teachers vs. Students
Circus of Ego
Team Crushing Power
Team Forbidden Donut
Armed for Warfare
Go Go Gazoo
Minority Castaways
Slapped and Dashed
C.T.C. on TV
Kickin' It With Kaizen
Angry Augury
Tournament of Champions '03 - Part 1
Tournament of Champions '03 - Part 2
A Minute With Kaizen
Girls with Big Guns!
Season 3 ( 2004-03-02)
AcroNYM
We Got a 10-51
Sausage Goes to War!
Militia Massacre!
Oodles of Boodles!
Domination on Our Station
307Mt
Deadly Dalliance
Cross-Eyed Team
Jumping is Useless?
R3Dn3X Round Up!
Time For Nightfall
Payback Plays
Rowdy Random Commandos
315Mt
Introducing Impact
The Mighty Mescaleros
Fogies Have Fun
Wonderful Weiner Boys
Cuddly Corpse Factory
Stomp!
Mad About Mizota
Tournament of Champions 'O4 Part 1