ESWC faces bankruptcy Author : M1-MeDiX (Moderator)   06 April 2009 22:58:14

The parent company of ESWC, Games-Services, is undergoing liquidation which means all bisuness operation will cease to exist and all employees and managers will be relieved from their duties. This stands clear after yesterday's press release on Games-Services.com.

Should Games-Services have enough assets to pay their debts, another company might take over after an organized "trade-in or resale of the company's assets" which includes the Electronic Sports World Cup and the website overgame.com.

Earlier reports and press releases surfaced the financial difficulties the company were experiencing, which forced a postponement of the Grand Finals.

The ESWC Masters of Cheonan, financed by local sponsors in South Korea, will still take place from May 2 to 5.

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NASCL relaunches ESI Author : M1-MeDiX (Moderator)   06 April 2009 21:42:51 NASCL relaunches as E-Sports International!


A new invitational league is starting!
Starting April 4th, 19:00 CET, top foreign Starcraft teams will fight to find out who’s best. That's right! NASCL returns, reborn as ESI (E-Sports International) with a new set of tricks up our sleeve The confirmed prize pool consists of a cool $600 in winnings, which is a gradual step up from the $100 claimed by champions Los Reyes Del Mambo last season.

Revamped Format


Schedule
Qualification Division
Round of 8 - Saturday, April 4th, 19:00 CET
Round of 4 - SAME DAY IF POSSIBLE otherwise Sunday, April 11th, 19:00 CET


Premier Division
Playday 1 - Saturday, April 11th, 19:00 CET

Invited Teams
Premier Division
1. Los Reyes Del Mambo, LRM - Season 1 Champions
2. Lzuruha, LZH - Season 1 Runner-up
3. ESC.ICY-BOX, ESC
4. Templars of Twilight, ToT
5. Fnatic Team
6. eXpertise, eX
7. mTw 360 Degrees Gaming, mTw
8. Zajebiscie Zjebany Zespól, ZZZ

Qualification Division
1. NaW-
2. fOsc.
3. Sky.G)
4. GeT
5. St)
6. osR-
7. (rs)
8. IMP

Banned Teams
1. Nervous Gaming, NvG

Matches will be played on the iCCup server, and the map pool will consist of a set of official iCCup maps.

Organizational Changes
Last season, you were able to check Match results, Player Statistics, and more thanks to our league management software. However, there were many problems, including a serious lack of replays... not anymore! All matches will be handled and reported on the ESI website in much the same way as iCCup clanwars, meaning that all replays will be released. You can check results, download replays and follow the progress of your favorite team at [url="http://www.esportsi.net/"]http://www.esportsi.net/';document.write(""+url+"");

Live Streams and VOD coverage
The best matches of the week will be covered with VODs and commentary thanks to SC2GG and highlight matches will be streamed live.

King of the Hill & Showmatches
Most valuable admin draKoTz will return to organize last season's popular King of the Hill and Showmatch series, so stay tuned

Shoutouts & Trackback
Thanks to eSi.draKoTz as always and Sonde from SC2GG!
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Excuse our website for the time being, I'm still transferring / editing content!

Updates
After talks with fellow Admins, LZH was been granted a Premier birth due to Runner-Up position in Season 1.


Source:
TeamLiquid.net

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Cyber Fusion 2009 Author : M1-MeDiX (Moderator)   19 March 2009 21:04:16

According to Guinness World Record 2009: Gamer’s Edition - page 177, the current record for longest mass-participation LAN Party is 36 hours and was done by 203 gamers at NVISION 2008. Looks like the record is going to be broken in few months time at our own backyard.

The longest LAN Party record breaking attempt will be held at an event called Cyber Fusion, organized by AMD, Cyberview Sdn. Bhd., GameGen and Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) with collaboration from Game Developers’ Club (GDC) of Multimedia University (MMU), Cyberjaya. This event will take place from Friday, 10th April until Sunday, 12th April at Grand Hall, MMU Cyberjaya.

Breaking records will not the only thing to be done at Cyber Fusion. Other activities will include GameFest’09 by GDC which incorporated Boardgames, Cybergames and Game Development sections. Cyber Fusion itself will have a tournament featuring Call of Duty 4, Counter-Strike 1.6, DoTA and FIFA’09, with cash prizes said to be in total of more than RM 45,000!

Right now, details are still pretty sketchy, apart from those that we wrote above. The event information actually was not made known directly, instead it was (partly) revealed by GDC’s announcement of next week’s E-Sport 09, whereby top two teams or players from FIFA’09, CS1.6 and DoTA will be seeded directly into Top 16 of Cyber Fusion.

Do look forward to more information about the event, once we received more of it at the press conference, scheduled to be held at Cyberjaya next Friday, 6th March - as told by GameGen’s representative in a short phone conversation yesterday. They also wish to invite fellow gamers that are interested to participate in the record breaking attempt to the conference as well, so keep an eye on Multiplay periodically for updates.


Source:
Multiplay.Lowyat

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Stardock Release "FENCE" Author : M4st3R (Administrator)   23 February 2009 14:04:45

Fences is a one-of-a-kind program, allowing you to draw labeled shaded areas on your desktop, which become movable & resizable containers for your desktop icons. These groups can help bring organization and consistency to your computer's desktop, solving the "constant mess" problem that has plagued the desktop since its inception.

Fences also helps you finally appreciate the wallpaper you have hiding behind all that clutter.
In addition to its organizing features, Fences offers a novel quick-hide feature (in-patenting-process). Double click your desktop, and all your icons will fade out. Double click again, and they'll return.



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Happy Lunar New Year! Author : M1-MeDiX (Moderator)   29 January 2009 20:48:14 Dear users,



We at MAS-1 would like to wish you guys a Happy Lunar New Year!

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AMD Dragon : Fusion Technology With MIGHT Author : M4st3R (Administrator)   16 January 2009 14:07:50

The AMD platform technology codename "Dragon" is a superior performing desktop platform based on its performance, visual experience, and energy efficiency. The AMD Phenom™ II processor, the ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 graphics card and the AMD 790GX chipset delivers screaming computing power for gaming with an efficient design and an unbeatable HD experience for the money.¹ Get ready for the PC platform that delivers the power to play it all.



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