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Singapore Sword crowned CGS Pan-Asian Champions

[center][img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/articles/cgs07_swordchampions.jpg[/img] [size=1][color=grey]Singapore Sword lifts the CGS Pan-Asian trophy -- Photo courtesy of [url=http://multiplay.lowyat.net/2007/10/18/cgs-pan-asian-championship-2007-the-grand-finale/]Multiplay[/url].[/color][/size][/center] Singapore Sword buried Sydney Underground 30-18 yesterday to be crowned champions of the Championship Gaming Series 2007 Pan-Asian Final in Kuala Lumpur. Read more »

CGS: The Sword slays the Dragon

[center][img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/articles/cgs07_swordoverdragon.jpg[/img] [size=1][color=grey]Photo taken from TheCGS.com[/color][/size][/center] Singapore Sword knocked Wuhan Dragon (China) out of the inaugural Championship Gaming Series Pan-Asian Final at the semi-final stage yesterday, thanks in no small part to its relative strength in the console titles. Read more »

Singapore through to CGS World Championship

[center][img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/headers/events_cgs_sword.jpg[/img][/center] Singapore Sword has qualified for the Championship Gaming Series 2007 World Championships yesterday after defeating Kuala Lumpur Taufan (Malaysia) and Seoul Jinhwa (South Korea) at the Pan-Asian Final held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Read more »

2007 GXL Season 2 games, prizes announced

[center][img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/headers/gxl.jpg[/img][/center] A S$25,875 prize pool has been announced for Season 2 of the 2007 Games Xtreme League, which will feature Counter-Strike 1.6, DotA Allstars, Enemy Territory Quake Wars and Granado Espada as competition games. Read more »

CGS KL franchise draft and GM revealed

[center][img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/articles/cgspanasian.jpg[/img][/center] The Championship Gaming Series held a Live Qualifier for the Kuala Lumpur franchise last weekend, during which the General Manager for the team as well as the team draft was revealed. Read more »

China-Taiwan dispute enters realm of e-sports

[center][img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/articles/wcg07gf_taiwan.jpg[/img] [size=1][color=grey]Project Gotham Racing 3 bronze medal winner Liu "D2C-BURBERRYqq" You-Shen displaying the Taiwan flag instead of Chinese Taipei flag -- Photo taken from [url=http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=60580]Team Liquid forums[/url][/color][/size][/center] China and Taiwan's long standing political disagreement spilled into the realm of e-sports after nationals from both countries got involved in an altercation during the prize presentation ceremony of the World Cyber Games 2007 … Read more »

WCG 07 Grand Final medal tally

[center][img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/headers/wcg.png[/img][/center] The USA stormed its way to the top of the World Cyber Games 2007 Grand Finals medal tally, thanks in no small part to medals earned from console games. Brazil managed to place 2nd due to a gold and bronze in Carom3D, while South Korea also came in 2nd with medals in its traditional strength, strategy games. Full medal tally by country after the jump. Read more »

The E-Games mystery closure

[center][img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/articles/egames07deserted.jpg[/img][/center] Gamers making their way to E-Games in Prinsep Street since last week have been going away disappointed. The long-time favourite lan centre haunt had shut its doors two weekends ago. GameSync did some investigaing and found that there may be more than meets the eye to the closure. Read more »

ESWC 08 map pool announced

[center][img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/headers/eswc.jpg[/img][/center] The Electronic Sports World Cup has announced the [i]Counter-Strike 1.6[/i] and [i]Warcraft III[/i] map pool for the 2008 edition of their global tournament. Read more »