WCGNZ News: WCG 2010 New Zealand Qualifier Winners!
With the massive gaming that went on all weekend, the WCG New Zealand Qualifiers certainly took centre stage, with some huge match ups on the qualifying events, with particular attention on the revived Starcraft players, and also that of the Guitar Hero face off between Rudeism and massi4h. The results were as follows:
Sponsored Counter-Strike 1.6 Cup
1st parallax
2nd Halcyon
3rd maelstrom
The winners for each of these competitions qualified for the World Cyber Games Grand FInals in Los Angeles, USA later this year. Well done to each of them on the effort they put in, and the results they achieved!
Posted by Arseynimz on Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 17:38:51 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: WCG 2010 Stage PC & Monitor
With a few days to go and the WCG PC production line in full swing, we can now add to that mix the Samsung Display which is confirmed to be the P2370H. Not a bad looking couple really:
With the confirmation of the P2370H we see 1080p gaming goodness come to xLAN on a 23 inch Samsung display which has the Samsung gaming standard 2ms response time. These displays have a 45W power usage to show as well as being powerful they are green. Combine these with the WCG Stage PC's which comprise the AMD Six Core 1055T CPU, with 4GB of Ripjaw Memory from G.Skill, MSI's 890 Motherboard, and their Hawk R5770 Graphics Card, and you know you have combination of epic gaming goodness.
The best part is the fact you can take these home after xLAN!! Playtech have the PC, and the display available for purchase now, and pickup directly after xLAN or shipped to you following their safe return to Playtech's warehouse. You can find either the PC purchase or display purchase here on the Playtech site.
The displays are going at the discounted rate of $310, while the PC will be clocking in at $1,449. A further small discount will apply if you buy the two together at $1,749.
Posted by Arseynimz on Monday, July 05, 2010 @ 19:00:52 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: the eblacks arrive back in NZ
The eblacks arrived back in New Zealand today and we were at the airport to congratulate Mason on his awesome win at the Asian Championship 2009.
Posted by Dee-Zilla on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 13:40:26 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: WCG Torch Relay 2009
We are pleased to announce New Zealand has been selected as one of the stops for the WCG torch relay 2009.
This year's torch relay begins in Singapore, where the WCG 2009 Asian Championship is held, and travels around 11 countries in 80 days to finally end up in Chengdu, China, the host city of WCG 2009 Grand Final.
Torch Relay Schedule
Jun 26 ~ Jul 5 - Singapore
Jul 6 ~ Jul 12 - New Zealand
Jul 13 ~ Jul 19 - South Korea
Jul 20 ~ Jul 26 - Italy
Jul 27 ~ Aug 2 - Germany
Aug 3 ~ Aug 9 - France
Aug 10 ~ Aug 16 - Colombia
Aug 17 ~ Aug 23 - Mexico
Aug 24 ~ Aug 30 - USA
Aug 31 ~ Sep 6 - Canada
Sep 7 ~ Sep 13 - China
Mason "Massi4h" Maddox was selected as our representative for the torch relay, this was not a hard choice for us, as he is the first gamer in New Zealand to receive a gold medal on the WCG world stage.
Posted by Dee-Zilla on Monday, June 29, 2009 @ 16:53:36 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: WCG AC Groups Announced
With the WCG Asian Championships only two weeks away, WCG has announced the groups each country's participant will compete in. The groups are as follows:
After the Group Stage is finished, the top two teams from EACH group will move onto the Single Elimination Tournament.
Posted by Dee-Zilla on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 @ 14:02:37 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: The results are in!
The New Zealand Online Asian Championship Qualifier is over and here are the results.
The eblacks will be competing in Singapore from 3rd - 5th July.
Guitar Hero World Tour winner is massi4h aka Mason Maddox......can New Zealands golden boy bring home the gold again..
FIFA 09 winner is Fobskiaka
Shahn Harris after competing in this tournament at the New Zealand World Cyber Games Qualifier in 2008 Fobski finally managed to take first place and earn a place on the eblacks team.
DOTA All Stars winners are Tickle Me Elmo aka escobar, sam.la, shazZ, minhae, ShymoN who steam rolled the competition. We are excited to have the first female to be an eblack and to be competing at the World Cyber Games Asian Championship for New Zealand.
Remember to look at the eblacks blog for updates for the eblacks when they are in Singapore.
Posted by dee-zilla on Sunday, June 14, 2009 @ 13:04:13 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: AC Online Qualifiers 2009
We will be holding online qualifiers for this year’s Asian Championship Qualifiers on the 13th and 14th June.
All attendees/teams that are paid and signed up for the DOTA All Stars, FIFA 09 and Guitar Hero World Tour xLAN 2009 tournaments and meet citizenship requirements will be automatically entered into the online qualifier.
The online qualifier is no additional cost so we will not be providing prizes other than the winners inclusion to be part of this year’s eblacks team that will represent New Zealand in Singapore.
The draw and rules can be found here (the draw will not be finalised till 11th June).
Terms and Conditions
You must be able to travel out of New Zealand the first week of July.
Return flights from Auckland, Accommodation and transportation to venue are included and all other costs are your responsibly.
You must be a New Zealand Citizen with a valid New Zealand Passport or be able to obtain a valid passport at the completion of the tournament.
You must be at least 16 years old.
You will be part of the eblacks with your photo/bio published on the eblacks website and be available for marketing opportunities as defined in eblacks contract.
An individual contract with the winning player must be signed to be able to travel with the eblacks team.
There is no minimum number for the online tournaments to go ahead.
Posted by dee-zilla on Thursday, June 04, 2009 @ 22:34:16 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: Asian Championship 2009
Many of you have been waiting and asking about this year’s Asian Championship 2009! Hot off the email is the official confirmation from the World Cyber Games.
It will be held from the 3rd – 5th July in Singapore and the titles are DOTA All Stars, FIFA09 and Guitar Hero World Tour. This year will see 14 countries compete for the Asian Championship with the prize money to be confirmed in the coming weeks.
Since this is before our event we will be running an Asian Championship qualifier(s) to select the eblacks for this event, we will announce more details about the qualifier(s) as soon as we have confirmed the details.
Posted by dee-zilla on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 @ 21:39:20 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: Support the eblacks
Show your support for the 12 eblacks competing in Cologne, Germany at the World Cyber Games Grand Final 2008.
We have a dedicated photographer and videographer travelling with us so he will be uploading photos, videos and posting in to the eblacks blog
If anyone wants to come to the airport to see them off they will be at the international departure hall from 3:30pm - 4:30pm on Sunday the 2nd November.
2008 eblacks team competing at the WCG Grand Final
Feroz ‘evolution’ Brouwer Counter Strike 1.6 (PC)
Bruce ‘infidel’ Lodge Counter Strike 1.6 (PC)
Khaled 'hellscraper' Salem Counter Strike 1.6 (PC)
Byron ‘simcore’ McLean Counter Strike 1.6 (PC)
Ryan ‘toonz’ Campion Counter Strike 1.6 (PC)
Hamish ‘kowi’ Parker Warcraft 3 – The Frozen Throne (PC)
If you require any further information on the eblacks please contact us
Posted by dee-zilla on Friday, October 24, 2008 @ 11:42:45 New Zealand Daylight Time
WCGNZ News: New Zealand's top gamers in action
Come see New Zealand's top gamers in action fighting for the chance to represent New Zealand at the World Cyber Games and visit the Gaming and Electronics Expo.
Spectator Cost:
Free
Location:
TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre
Hours:
Friday 11th July - 2pm till 8pm
Saturday 12th July - 9am till 8pm
Sunday 13th July - 8am till after prize giving
Posted by tmdude on Monday, July 07, 2008 @ 13:19:38 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: WCG PC supplied by Playtech
The WCG PC supplied by Playtech specifications are as follows:
PlayTech Striker 700i WCG2008 Limited Edition PC
Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2.66GHz 1333MHz FSB 6MB Cache
PlayTech Stage 2 supreme Air Cooling using Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7
Posted by dee-zilla on Friday, July 04, 2008 @ 15:33:38 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: Samsung Widescreen LCDs
We are proud to announce as part of the sponsorship deal from Samsung New Zealand they will be providing us with Samsung 21.6” 2253LW Widescreen LCDs for Stage and Cyberspace #1 matches.
These LCD's will be available for purchase as ex-demo units after the event via Playtech at a special price.
We will be announcing the specs for the WCG PCs being provided as part of our partnership with Playtech very soon.
Posted by dee-zilla on Thursday, July 03, 2008 @ 12:31:30 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: Win a ticket on The Edge this week
Did you miss on a ticket? You should listen to The Edge radio station starting tomorrow (30th June) till Friday (4th July) between 3pm and 4pm as Fletch and Vaughan will be giving away 2 tickets to the event each day. Anyone from around New Zealand can win these, you have to provide your own transport and accommodation but the ticket is on us!
If you missed out and want to come to the event for some casual gaming or you would like to try your hand at Guitar Heroes 3 and try and win a trip to Singapore in August and also Germany in November to represent New Zealand.
Anyone can try and win a ticket you could be a PC or console player, the ticket you win is a full ticket for the whole weekend only thing is you must be a NZ Citizen to compete in the Guitar Heroes 3 Tournament and be 16 or over to win a ticket.
Listen to win! You get to bring in your console or pc and join in all the fun.
If you don’t win a ticket you can still come and spectate for FREE, visit the Gaming and Electronics Expo and watch live commentated stage matches on the huge stage, Cyberspace 1 and Cyber Space 2 games like Team fortress 2, Call of Duty 4, Counter Strike 1.6, Halo 3, Guitar Heroes plus many more
Spectator Hours:
Friday 11th July - 2pm till 8pm
Saturday 12th July - 9am till 8pm
Sunday 13th July - 9am till after prize giving
For more detail on the event please visit www.xlan.co.nz
Bitdefender has kindly supplied us with some prizes to give away over the 3 days at the event. These prizes include multiple copies of Antivirus 2008 with Gamer Mode and Total Security. Every attendee will have a chance to win one of these over the weekend.
Be sure to look in their stand in the Gaming and Technology Expo to check out their products.
Posted by dee-zilla on Friday, June 27, 2008 @ 01:05:01 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: 2 weeks to go...
So we are getting close to the event this time in 2 weeks we would have completed setup and everyone will be tucked up in their beds or some wont be able to sleep as its feels like christmas to them, we can't wait for the huge weekend we have planned!
We thought you might like to see the layout of the event.
More details of the event to come!
Posted by dee-zilla on Friday, June 27, 2008 @ 00:35:53 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: NZ Torch Relay Video Part 1, 2 and 3
Back in April when the WCG torch passed through New Zealand we held a passsing of the torch ceremony from Korea to NZ/press event.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Posted by dee-zilla on Sunday, June 22, 2008 @ 23:48:41 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: WCG Qualifiers and xLAN tournaments
Tournaments and transfers are now locked; all tournaments will be going ahead as planned as everyone has met at least the minimum numbers. What is going to happen now is, the tournament administrators will be contacting all people in WCG Grand Final and Asian Championship qualifiers for details of passports and/or proof of citizenship, if you fail to provide the requested information you or your team will be disqualified and any tournaments that drop below the minimum number may be cancelled.
Thank you
Posted by dee-zilla on Sunday, June 15, 2008 @ 19:02:17 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: Sold Out
xLAN 2008 and the New Zealand World Cyber Games has sold out, demand for tickets was high this year with many people missing out who left purchasing a ticket till the last moment.
Preparations for the event are continuing and we will be leaking information to everyone over the coming weeks.
Please remember to keep checking our main page and forums leading up to the event as we will be posting important information for all attendees.
Thank you Dee-Zilla and tmdude
Posted by dee-zilla on Thursday, June 12, 2008 @ 19:10:01 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: Exhibitors for 2008
Gaming and Electronics Expo @ the event
Below are the companies who will be exhibiting and/or selling product at the event, be sure to check out each stand.
Posted by dee-zilla on Sunday, June 08, 2008 @ 23:08:27 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: Prize Pool Announcement
We are proud to announce that the xLAN and the New Zealand World Cyber Games total prize pool worth over $120,000 we have listed below the value of each prize, please note for the team based tournaments this is the total for your whole team.
This NOT cash prizes
Prizes are either RRP of sponsors products or value of overseas trips
Tournament Name
1st Prize
2nd Prize
3rd Prize
CounterStrike: 1.6 (PC) (WCG) (5v5)
$30,000
$1,250
$500
WarCraft III Frozen Throne (PC) (WCG) (1v1)
$6,000
$250
$100
Halo 3 (XBOX360) (WCG) (4v4)
$24,000
$1,000
$400
Guitar Hero III (XBOX360) (WCG & AC) (1v1)
$8,500
$250
$100
Virtua Fighter 5 (XBOX360) (WCG & AC) (1v1)
$8,500
$250
$100
DOTA - All Stars (PC) (AC) (5v5)
$10,000
$1,250
$500
FIFA 2008 (PC) (AC) (1v1)
$2,500
$250
$100
Need for Speed Pro-Street (PC) (AC) (1v1)
$2,500
$250
$100
Act and Dress Like a Rockstar Guitar Hero 3 (XBOX360) (2v2)
Posted by dee-zilla on Saturday, May 17, 2008 @ 17:13:16 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: Press Release
The hunt is on for NZ's Halo 3 Heroes
New Zealand World Cyber Games Halo 3 qualifier tournament sorts the marines from the grunts
AUCKLAND 05 May 2008 – Think you have what it takes to beat the world’s best Halo 3 players? The hunt is on for Kiwi Halo 3 fans to battle it out in the New Zealand World Cyber Games (WCG) qualifier with a chance to take on other Halo 3 champions worldwide.
More than 1.5 million gamers from 74 countries are set to take part in the global WCG tournament; all vying for a slice of the NZ$3.6m prize money.
To compete for a place on the NZ team, gamers need to register online (www.wcg.net.nz), attend the three-day New Zealand qualifier in Auckland, and prepare for battle.
Following the qualifiers, a team of up to 15 people will be named to represent New Zealand at the WCG Grand Final in Cologne, Germany in November.
xLAN Limited World Cyber Games New Zealand strategic partner managing director Susan Baikie says the addition of a Halo 3 WCG qualifier is an added bonus to the impressive line-up of tournaments at this year’s event.
“Halo 3 is such a popular title here in NZ and we are pleased to be able to offer Kiwis a chance to compete in the international stage. We have a talented group of Halo 3 competitors and we look forward to the exciting tournament ahead.”
The New Zealand World Cyber Games National Qualifier will be held non-stop, around the clock, from July 11-13 at the TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre in Auckland.
The competition games are Counter Strike 1.6 (PC), Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne (PC), FIFA 2008 (PC) DOTA All-Stars (PC), Guitar Hero 3 (Xbox 360), Virtua Fighter 5 (Xbox 360) and Halo 3* (Xbox 360). Exhibition matches will be played in Team Fortress 2 (PC), Call of Duty 4 (PC) SpamTin Memorial Trophy Counter Strike: Source (PC), and Act and Dress like a rock star on Guitar Hero 3 (Xbox 360), PC World Case Modding Competition and also the Legendry Food Eating Competition.
The demand for competitive gaming is growing globally at a huge rate. Worldwide, more than NZ$51.5bn was spent on video games last year, with NZ$100m spent in New Zealand. The New Zealand WCG Tier 1 sponsorship partners are TelstraClear, Samsung Electronics New Zealand and Microsoft New Zealand.
For more information and to register for the 2008 New Zealand WCG visit www.wcg.net.nz. Ticket price is $85 for the three-day event. Gamers compete for a place to the World Cyber Games Grand Final and prizes from sponsors.
*Halo 3 New Zealand World Cyber Games qualifier tournament is a ‘4 vs 4’ campaign. Players must be 18 years and over to register. For terms and conditions, please visit www.wcg.net.nz
Posted by Dee-Zilla on Monday, May 05, 2008 @ 15:13:14 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: 2008 Update
xLAN and the New Zealand World Cyber Games 2008 is just over 2 months away and we are hard at work getting everything ready for the best gaming event ever held in New Zealand. This year includes an improved technology expo with more stands and many big names in the technology industry giving you even more to do during the duration of the event.
Another improvement is the theatre at this year’s venue that will be transformed into a e-sports experience with its HUGE stage, event commentary, improved lighting and sound and spectator friendly seating that will showcase the professionalism and serious nature of the competitive play in many of our tournaments.
Subsequent to our last email we have announced all of our tournaments, the following are Asian Championships and/or WCG Grand Finals qualifiers and the winners will represent New Zealand at the WCG Grand Final in Cologne, Germany on 5th-9th November or the Asian Championship in Singapore from 7th–10th August.
* Counter Strike 1.6 (PC)
* Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne (PC)
* FIFA 2008 (PC)
* Need for Speed: Pro Street (PC)
* DOTA All-Stars (PC)
* Guitar Heroes 3 (Xbox360)
* Halo3 (XBOX360)
* Virtua Fighter 5 (Xbox360)
xLAN Tournaments are as follows:
* Team Fortress 2 (PC)
* Call of Duty 4 (PC)
*Command and Conquer3 - Kanes Wrath
* SpamTin Memorial Trophy Counter Strike: Source (PC)
* Act and Dress like a Rockstar (Xbox360)
* Project Gotham Racing 4 (Xbox360)
* Freeware Gaming Marathon (PC)
* The PC World Case Modding Competition
* Legendry Food Eating Competition
Based on statistics of previous years it is looking like another sell out event, you need to ensure the members of your team; clan or fellow competitors in tournaments don’t miss out on a ticket as we will NOT be able to increase capacity this year as our published numbers are the maximum we can seat. Pre-payments close on 11th June, one month before the event.
We now have a NZ Gaming Content section where you will start to find articles, Reviews on Hardware and Games, Gaming News, Interviews with Gamers (some video based). If you have any recommendations for any content please contact us.
If you have any questions the xLAN team is only happy to help, you can contact us through the contact page or the xLAN forums.
Kind Regards,
Tmdude and Dee-Zilla
Posted by Dee-Zilla on Sunday, May 04, 2008 @ 23:19:20 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: Online Competition Conclusion
Thank you to everyone who competed in the Torch Relay Online Competition and congratulations to everyone who won. It was a huge success for us and hope you all have a better understand of what the World Cyber Games is. Thank you to our sponsors, TelstraClear and Microsoft for providing the prizes.
Date
Winner
Prize
7th April
Matthew "Mog" O'Grady
TelstraClear Voucher
8th April
Malcolm "Malks" Baron
XBOX360 Game
9th April
William "William101" Slingsby
XBOX360 Game
10th April
Robert "Luse" Tilley
TelstraClear Voucher
11th April
Dean "Spigalau" Spittle
TelstraClear Voucher
12th April
Julian "Tank" Moller
XBOX360 Game
13th April
Allyn "Xtramalt" Creel
XBOX360 Game
14th April
Ben "Zeth" Price
XBOX360 Game
15th April
Anthony "ant" Mclauchlan
TelstraClear Voucher
16th April
Darryl "Phoenix" Adams
TelstraClear Voucher
17th April
Jason "drown" Riley
XBOX360 Game
18th April
Paul "NZLCHEWY" Meendering
TelstraClear Voucher
19th April
Svyatoslav "cRooootttt" Trufanov
TelstraClear Voucher
20th April
Peter "Lyesalot" Lyes
Windows Vista Business
Posted by Dee-Zilla on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @ 11:03:31 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: Media Partnership
xLAN Limited is proud to announced the partnership with PC World New Zealand, they are now the Official Media Partner for the New Zealand World Cyber Games and xLAN 2008.
They will be doing a live-blog during the event online at www.pcworld.co.nz and features of the New Zealand World Cyber Games and xLAN 2008 will show in the June, July, August, September, December and January issues of PC World Magazine.
The xLAN case modding competition has been renamed to the PC World Case Modding Competition and the winners will be shown in the August issue of the PC World Magazine.
“We are extremely happy to have such a prestigious magazine to partner with us as the official media partner and we look forward to working with them” said Susan Baikie – Managing Director xLAN Limited.
Please be sure to check out their magazine for coverage of the upcoming event.
Posted by Dee-Zilla on Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 22:20:41 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: New Zealand Torch Relay Ceremony
For the first time the World Cyber Games has implemented the concept of the WCG Torch relay and New Zealand was selected as one of the countries to receive the torch.
On the 14th April the inaugural New Zealand Torch relay ceremony for the World Cyber Games 2008 was held at the Hilton Auckland. It was an honour to have Mr Daniel Kim from International Cyber Marketing to pass the torch on to Hamish Parker New Zealand’s Torch bearer at this ceremony and we will gratefully hold the torch till the 20th of April when it heads to its next stop in Singapore.
The ceremony was attended by numerous VIP and Media with representatives from New Zealand's World Cyber Games main supporters, Samsung New Zealand, TelstraClear and Microsoft New Zealand. The event was a eye opener for many of the VIPs’ and media as they gained an insight into the global reach and size of the World Cyber Games and it already has generated media coverage that is increasing the public profile of the World Cyber Games in New Zealand.
Posted by Dee-Zilla on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 @ 12:46:19 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: Qualifier Console Titles
We are pleased to announce that we will be sending Guitar Hero 3 and Virtua Fighter 5 to the WCG Grand Final in Germany. These titles will also win a trip to compete in the WCG Asian Championship in Singapore.
Signups for these tournaments are now open.
If you have any questions please post in the relevant forum
Posted by Dee-Zilla on Saturday, April 12, 2008 @ 14:59:24 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: Tournament Announcement
We are pleased to announce two of the qualifying tournaments for WCG2008 Grand Final. CounterStrike 1.6 and Warcraft III. This is not the final list and we are hoping to announce a couple more in the next couple of days.
Full List of Tournaments
WCG Grand Final Qualifiers
CounterStrike 1.6 (5v5, PC)
Warcraft III - The Frozen Throne (1v1, PC)
WCG PAN Asia Qualifiers
DOTA All-Stars (5v5, PC)
FIFA08 (1v1, PC)
NFS Pro-Street (1v1, PC)
Guitar Hero III (1v1, XBOX360)
Virtua Fighter 5 (1v1, XBOX360)
xLAN Tournaments
Act and Dress Like a Rockstar Guitar Hero 3 (XBOX360)
Call Of Duty 4 (5v5,PC)
Freeware Gaming Marathon (PC)
SpamTin Memorial CounterStrike: Source (5v5, PC)
Team Fortress 2 (6 v 6 PC)
Case Modding
Food Eating
To sign up for any of these tournaments please click here
To discuss any of these tournaments please refer to the forums
Posted by Dee-Zilla on Thursday, April 10, 2008 @ 10:33:25 New Zealand Standard Time
World Cyber Games New Zealand is happy to announce an online competition open to celebrate the torch passing through New Zealand.
Each night one question will be posted on the main page of the World Cyber Games New Zealand website, by emailing the correct answer to competition@xlan.co.nz every correct answer will go in the draw for that day’s prize.
To get the answers you need to click on the WCG Torch Relay Module on the NZWCG Site
Terms and Conditions
1. Entries Close at 11:59pm each day
2. Only one entry per person
3. You must have a New Zealand Address
4. Prizes are not transferable
5. You must email your answers to competition@xlan.co.nz with your Username, Full Name, Address and Telephone Number
To discuss this pleaseclick hereto visit the discussion in our forums.
Posted by Dee-Zilla on Tuesday, April 08, 2008 @ 18:17:44 New Zealand Standard Time
WCGNZ News: Online Torch Relay Competition
This year as part of the celebrations leading up to the World Cyber Games, New Zealand is honored to take part in the global torch relay. The relay beginning in Seattle home of last year’s WCG grand finals will travel the world on its route to the location of this year’s grand final in Cologne. New Zealand, as the third stop along the route will host an event bringing the torch to our on torch bearer Hamish "Kowi" Parker.
To celebrate this event WCG New Zealand is happy to announce an online competition running over the course of 14 days beginning on Monday 7th of April. Each night one question will be posted about the World Cyber Games Torch Relay on the NZ WCG site, by emailing the correct answer to the address provided you will be put into the draw for that day’s prize. The next question will then appear at 12am the next day.
Prizes include TelstraClear Vouchers, Xbox 360 games, Windows Vista and much more. So to be in to win keep an eye on this site and the others in the network for the daily questions.
Online Competition will start at 9:00am 7th April 2008!
To discuss this pleaseclick hereto visit the discussion in our forums.
Posted by tmdude on Saturday, April 05, 2008 @ 14:31:29 New Zealand Daylight Time
WCGNZ News: NZ Torch Bearer
We have selected Hamish “Kowi” Parker to be the torch bearer for his outstanding achievements in representing New Zealand and most recently his silver medal at the PAN Asia Championship in Singapore in August 2007. The torch arrives in New Zealand on the 7th April and Hamish will be receiving the WCG torch in a ceremony in Auckland on the 14th of April. The torch will remain in New Zealand until the 20th April, then it will travel on to the next stop Singapore.
This event will be an opportunity for us to showcase to the New Zealand media and our partners the professionalism and sporting nature of the World Cyber Games and its parallels to the Olympic Games.
Please visit the New Zealand World Cyber Games website @ www.wcg.net.nz to view the Torch Relay route or click the photo.
Posted by Dee-Zilla on Friday, March 21, 2008 @ 19:01:24 New Zealand Daylight Time
WCGNZ News: Torch Relay
New Zealand has been selected one of the 12 countries out of the 74 competing countries at this year’s World Cyber Games to be a destination in the inaugural Torch Relay.
Torch Route and Dates ~ Mar 23 - US
Mar 24 ~ Apr 6 - Korea Apr 7 ~ Apr 20 – New Zealand
Apr 21 ~ May 4 – Singapore
May 5 ~ May 18 – Russia
May 19 ~ Jun 1 – Ukraine
Jun 2 ~ Jun 15 – Italy
Jun 16 ~ Jun 29 – France
Jun 30 ~ Jul 13 – Colombia
Jul 14 ~ Jul 27 - Brazil
Jul 28 ~ Aug 10 - Mexico
Aug 10 ~ Aug 24- Germany
Please visit the New Zealand World Cyber Games website @ www.wcg.net.nz to view the Torch Relay route or click the banner.
Posted by Dee-Zilla on Thursday, March 20, 2008 @ 19:56:07 New Zealand Daylight Time
WCGNZ News: Just an Update
The announcement for the WCG titles has been delayed, once these are available we will be able to publish our tournament line-up.
In the mean time post questions on our forums we will try to answer what we can, and sit tight and wait for the announcement of the event.
Thank you once again to all the FPS players who votes in the poll and to the CounterStrike 1.6 Community for your feedback.
Sponsored Counter-Strike 1.6 Cup
Sponsored Starcraft: Brood War Trophy
Sponsored Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne Trophy
Sponsored Trackmania: Nations Forever Trophy
Sponsored Forza Motorsport 3 Trophy
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