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WCG.SG Campus winners banned from joining other teams

[center][img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/headers/wcg.png[/img][/center] Are you a member of a Counter-Strike 1.6 or DotA Allstars team outside of your school? Are you planning to form a school team to take part in the Singapore World Cyber Games 2007 (WCG.SG) Campus Preliminaries? If your answer is yes to both questions, you may not be able to play with your usual team as a result of rule changes this year. Read more »

CAPL Awards Night 2007 nominees announced

[center][img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/headers/capl.png[/img][/center] Top player participants and teams in the CAPL 2006/07 season have been nominated for awards such as CS Marksman (Counter-Strike 1.6), Best Farmer (DotA Allstars), Most Valuable Player and Most Valuable Team. The results will be announced at the CAPL Awards Night 2007. Read more »

WCG.SG Temasek Poly competition postponed

[center][img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/headers/wcg.png[/img][/center] The WCG Singapore competition at Temasek Polytechnic has been postponed to a later date. This is due to the student body at TP being unable to get the necessary approval from the school in time for the competition. The new date has not been confirmed at the time of writing. Read more »

CS and TFT dropped from CAPL 2007/08

[center][img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/headers/capl.png[/img][/center] Confirming months of speculation and rumour, the Compaq AMD Pro-gaming League has dropped Counter-Strike 1.6 and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne from the game lineup of the 2007/08 league season, effective from the upcoming Spring Season. Read more »

WCG.SG 2007 SAFRA League registration now open

[b]Registration for the upcoming World Cyber Games 2007 Singapore SAFRA League preliminaries is now open.[/b] [center][img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/headers/wcg.png[/img][/center] The SAFRA League preliminaries will feature Counter-Strike 1.6 for the PC and Guitar Hero II on the Xbox 360. There will be a total of S$1,000 worth of cash and prizes up for grabs in the competition. Listed below are the details: [size=1][b]Counter-Strike 1.6 (PC, 5v5)[/size][/b][list][*][size=1]1st Prize: $500 worth of cash/products[/size] [*][size=1]2nd Prize: $300 worth of … Read more »

World of Warcraft rules for WSVG 2007 released

[b]The rules for the 3v3 World of Warcraft World Series of Video Games 2007 tournament have been released.[/b] WSVG 2007 will feature the first ever WoW offline LAN tournament when it makes its first stopover in Wuhan, China on 1 to 3 May 2007. Each match will be played in a 5 round 3v3 format. According to the rules, each team will have five minutes to pick a pre-made character, select their talents and equip gear from a fixed list. Each team must select three different classes; there cannot be multiples of the same class. At the end of each round, players will have some time to make … Read more »

PaGn closes its doors after nine years

[b]The PacNet Asian Gaming Network (PaGn) has ceased operations.[/b] The closure was announced in a message posted on the PaGn website. It said, "The PacNet Asian Gaming Network (PAGN) has finally closed it's doors after nine fun years of providing hours of gaming excitement for you." PaGn was one of Singapore's longest running gaming community forums. Many of the older generation of gamers have fond memories of PaGn. Old school gamer "noodleboy" said of PaGn, "I'm forever grateful for the Quake 3 and Half-Life servers PaGn started out with." He added jokingly, "If not for them i would … Read more »

Upcoming GXL Command & Conquer 3 event

[b]The Games Xtreme League will be organizing a Command & Conquer 3 event some time later this year.[/b] [center][img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/headers/gxl.jpg[/img][/center] In a post on the GXL discussion forums, Game Master Andrei revealed that there will be a C&C3 event "coming soon". The details for the event are yet to be confirmed. It seems that the event will be competitive in nature, as GXL staffer "Swordplay" expressed hope that the recently discovered [url=http://news.moddb.com/21253/-online-observer-exploit-breaks-the-game/]observer exploit[/url] would be patched … Read more »