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Photos: 'Madden Challenge' hits S.F.

Players of the virtual-football game flocked to Frisco's SBC Park for the chance to move on to the finals in Vegas.

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Virtual quarterbacks line up outside SBC Park in San Francisco for a chance to test their skills in "Madden NFL 2005."

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Oakland's DeAnte Brown scores a high five in San Francisco at a regional qualifying tournament for the "Madden Challenge." The top regional players go to Las Vegas for the finals competition in mid-December, where $50,000 will be on the line.

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Despite a fourth-quarter rally, Oakland's Brown got knocked out in the first round of competition.

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"Madden" players wait to be assigned to a tournament bracket.

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Matt Clark of Marin City (left) cruised to an easy first-round victory.