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Further updates from Gamers Inc cybercafe

[b]Teams Micronology, Wrath* and BiH are through to the finals of the Gamers Inc/LanLab DotA Competition 2007. The final round 2 match, dN* vs Nightmare, is still in progress.[/b] At about 48 minutes into the match, all 10 game clients involved in the dN* vs Nightmare match crashed. dN* held the early advantage, but Nightmare managed to counter their strategy and fought back hard. During a full 5 v 5 clash at the Scourge (dN*) base mid tower, the crash happened. At this point, Nightmare was ahead purely in terms of towers, items and gold. However, the marshals decided that the match was … Read more »

Gamers Inc/LanLan DotA Competition preliminary update

[b]Teams MoM, xqR, Gamers Inc, Gamers Inc`Alpha and Zenith are through to the finals of the Gamers Inc/LanLab DotA Competition.[/b] Several round one matches have been delayed due to the teams participating at the AMK Raiders Team Open tournament. These include Martell vs. Wrath and MYRMIDONS vs BiH, which are currently ongoing. According to a game marshal, Sunday's match fixtures will be redrawn again by a live draw. This is to address comments raised by various people that the organizers placed their home teams (Gamers Inc and Gamers Inc`Alpha) into relatively easy draws compared to … Read more »

Experience, play and win at EA Play 2007

[b]Game publisher Electronic Arts will be holding its second ever EA Play at the Singapore Institute of Management on the 16th and 17th of March. Visitors will get to test drive an exclusive preview of Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, attend a game industry forum and take part in game competitions.[/b] Visitors to the event will get to preview highly anticipated EA game titles on the PC, Playstation 3, PSP, Wii and Xbox 360. The highlight will be an exclusive hands-on preview of Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, which will feature as a competitive game in … Read more »

10 slots remaining for IGC cybercafe round

[b]There are still 10 slots available for the upcoming Intel Gaming Cup cybercafe round to be held at H.I.G.H Cyber Lounge on March 15.[/b] [center][img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/headers/igc.png[/img][/center] Today is the closing date for registration to compete in the upcoming Intel Gaming Cup cybercafe round at H.I.G.H. Yet, at the time of writing, there are still 10 slots left open. Team Zenith's "Ant" believes he has an explanation: "Cause it clashes with inter-sch!" Team xqR leader and regular GameSync commentator Wilson Tang, also known as "d4rkw1sH", was prevented from … Read more »

Official World Cyber Games 2007 global game lineup revealed

[b]The official global website for the 6th World Cyber Games to be held in Seattle, USA has been launched. The official game lineup has also been revealed.[/b] [center][img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/headers/wcg.png[/img][/center] The website was launched on the 5th of March and at present features an overview of WCG 2007. The official game lineup has also been revealed on the site, and are as follows: [list][*][b]PC - 7 games[/b] [list][*]WarCraft III : The Frozen Throne (1v1) [*]StarCraft : Brood War (1v1) [*]Half-Life : Counter-Strike (5v5) [*]FIFA Soccer 2007 (1v1) [*]Need for … Read more »

Interschool E-Gaming Challenge DotA schedule released

[b]The team list and match schedules for the Funan Interschool E-Gaming Challenge DotA preliminaries have been released.[/b] [center][img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/headers/funan-egaming.jpg[/img][/center] Next week, hundreds of students will turn the Funan DigitaLife Mall into a virtual battleground. 128 teams will fight for supremacy in the popular Warcraft III custom map DotA Allstars, while up to 32 teams will be competing to see who is the best in Gears of War on the Xbox 360. The DotA teams are students representing schools as diverse as secondary schools, ITE, junior colleges, … Read more »

Revised schedule, format for Intel Gaming Cup announced

[b]Rapture Gaming has revised the Intel Gaming Cup schedule, postponing the upcoming Woodlands CC competition to 31st March. The next event will be held at H.I.G.H Cyber Lounge on the 15th of March instead.[/b] [center][img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/headers/igc.png[/img][/center] Registration for the H.I.G.H Cyber Lounge competition is open to all members of the public and will close on the 10th of March. Registration costs S$50 per team. Mr. Andy Tan, a spokesperson for Rapture Gaming, also explained the overall format of the Intel Gaming Cup. Those who failed to win the cybercafe … Read more »

Domain renewal woes grounds GameSync

[b]Some visitors to GameSync were greeted with a domain expiry notice instead of the more familiar informative news updates earlier today. This was the result of GameSync's web hosting service provider, Sysrealm Technologies, failing to renew our domain on time.[/b] We contacted Sysrealm Technologies once the problem surfaced. They explained that they had forgotten to top up their domain reseller account. As a result, the transaction failed during processing. Sysrealm further explained that additional funds have been transfered and are awaiting approval. To our web host's credit, the … Read more »