Angry Birds championship

Yesterday saw the final of the first Angry Birds championship in Helsinki.  Two Finnish giants - Nokia and Angry Birds - teamed up to tour the country in order to find the country's best Angry Birds player.  A couple of weeks ago the travelling contest visited Jyväskylä, and I went along.

Many people stopped to play and watch

The event was hosted in the Forum shopping centre and featured several big screens hooked up to various Nokia devices as well as a huge catapult for playing a simplified "real life" version of the game.

This seemed to be much harder than it looked

Although I had only tried Angry Birds briefly a few months ago, I decided to give it a go.  I knew didn't have a chance of getting anywhere in the contest, but I thought I could at least win a small prize for taking part.  I also asked my boyfriend to play so we'd have twice the chance of winning something.  Okay, I just really wanted one of those Angry Birds soft toys!


I had fun playing and didn't do too badly considering my lack of experience.  I even managed to win an Angry Birds lanyard.  Not exactly what I wanted, but my boyfriend did better:

He won the red one for me!

In all, it was good fun to take part.  Congratulations to Jonas Koivula who was crowned the first Finnish Angry Birds champion yesterday in Helsinki, and even made the news.

University of Jyväskylä open as normal after gun scare

According to Keskisuomalainen, the Mattilanniemi campus of the University of Jyväskylä is open today as normal.  It seems that the gun scare was just that; a scare.  The police acted upon a report from an individual that apparently heard the sound of a gun being loaded.

Gun scare at the University of Jyväskylä

I just received this email from the University of Jyväskylä:

University buildings on Mattilanniemi campus cleared for security reasons

University’s Mattilanniemi campus buildings MaA, MaB, MaC and MaD are cleared and staff and students are requested to leave the premises immediately, because the police investigating a gun scare in the buildings. The police asks people to leave all doors to offices and classrooms open and unlocked, so that the buildings can be checked quickly. Staff and students can leave campus for today. The buildings will be open normally on Friday unless otherwise notified.

Information is currently a bit sketchy; Keskisuomalainen and Helsingin Sanomat are both currently following this story online.  The whole picture should be clear later today or tomorrow.