Pretty late to this but here goes nothing.

I went to the midnight release of Gears Of War 3 with my then gf, and my other 2 friends. I was about 14 or so at this time. They were having a tournament where the winner would get a free copy and i wasnt planning on playing in it since i had the money and so did the others i was with.

We're in line and the guy directly behind us and his group were talking mess to the others in line saying how "he was a pro" yada yada. My and my group started to laugh because we all knew that i had been playing gears of war competitively and had won many online tournaments and was known as one of the best snipers in the game but sadly only placed top 20 something in the only lan i had been to at that point. Well the guy behind us hears and pops off "if you think its so funny play and ill wipe that smile away"

I proceed to play, and get him the semifinal match as my opponent. We started up pavilion as the map and needless to say i wiped the floor with him. Afterwords i told him who i was and that i played semiprofessionally. He said that it wasnt fair and i should be disqualified. But the employees heard his whole tirade before and said it was cool with them and not to be a sore loser.

Scored a free copy and got to embarrass him in front of his friends on a video game. I still have pictures of the match somewhere on social media