Big congratulations to those who played in all the exhibition tournaments. There was a number of exhibition tournaments played, and these all went well:
Sponsored Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Conquest Cup
1st Team Sidewinder
2nd Team Exile5
3rd Affliction
Sponsored Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Squad Rush Trophy
1st Team Exile5
2nd Team Uprising
3rd Team Sidewinder
Sponsored Call of Duty 4 Cup
1st Archaic eSports
2nd Team Uprising
3rd LeftLean
Sponsored Counter-Strike: Source Cup
1st Watch Me Clutch
2nd Streamline
3rd parallax
Sponsored Team Fortress 2 Trophy
1st ysw
2nd On The Piss
3rd 9 inches
Sponsored Halo 3 Trophy
1st Team Sidewinder
2nd Mmmm Where's Your God Now
3rd Once Were Warriors
Sponsored Super Street Fighter 4
WINNER Kira
These teams and players took the top honours in the respective games, and showcased some awesome gaming. We look forward to seeing them all in action again very soon!
Posted by Arseynimz on Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 17:28:26 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Attendee Info - 4 days to go!!!!!
Firstly, thanks for supporting this event, without you guys, we wouldn't be able to get something like this together for New Zealand gaming and the LAN scene. We've got over $15,000 of prizes, and some very supportive sponsors who have provided xLAN & the WCG New Zealand Qualifier some huge support - so make sure you show them your support! And now...... for the main event!!!!!!!
Tournaments
All tournament teams are now locked and final. For those participating in WCG qualifying events, you will need proof of residency to be eligible for these tournaments - this is best in the form of either your passport or birth certificate.
Seating
If you have not yet picked your seat - please go ahead and do so with haste. These will be locking off Tuesday night at midnight, so you need to have a seat picked by then, else you face the wraith of the randomiser.
Where's this thing again!?
xLAN 2010 and the New Zealand World Cyber Games Qualifiers are being held at the TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre, 770 Great South Road, Manukau, Auckland. Entry is at the South end of the building (the end furthest from the Manukau motorway off ramp).
Registration, Entry Times, ID & Consents You can pre-register on Thursday the 8th from 2pm until 4pm. During this time, you will be given your pass, and have your ID checked. This will allow you to simply walk past the queues on Friday, and come in as you please for the weekend. Your ID needs to be photographic - Driver's Licence, Student ID, Passport, or similar. In the unlikely event you don't have photo ID, please bring something nationally recognisable (e.g. Birth Certificate) and an official letterhead from a bank, or IRD or similar addressed to yourself.
You can register on Friday the 9th from 10am. If you turn up after 4pm on Friday the 9th, it is the likely the registration desk will have moved down the venue to the helpdesk. In this instance, you will need to enter the Events Centre, and travel the right hand corridor until you hit the mass of people - the helpdesk will be marked.
If you are 16 or 17 and attending xLAN 2010, you must provide a consent form. The 2010 consent form can be found here. This is compulsory if you are aged 16 or 17.
Entry to the venue will be from 10am on Friday morning the 9th of July. You will be allowed to come and go as you please with your equipment until midnight Friday and Saturday, after which no equipment will be allowed to leave the Events Centre until 8am the next morning when the doors reopen at the main entrance.
Parking
The South carpark (entry through Gate 3 & 4) is fully paid for by xLAN Limited, and is available for use by all LAN attendees ONLY. Visitors need to park in the North carpark (entry through Gate 1 & 2), which is a pay carpark area. To gain entry to the southern carpark after Friday afternoon, you will need to have your event pass on you which you will receive after registration.
What do I bring?!
The list is endless, but the important things are:
Your PC and/or console (depending on your sign up).
A display, your peripherals (mouse, keyboard etc), and any necessary cables (monitor, power for your PC etc).
A multi socket power board - you have one plug socket available to you at the LAN.
A network cable of at least 10m.
All necessary software including those games that require verification of purchase (i.e. non digitally distributed) for tournament entry.
Any tools you may need as a 'just in case'.
Toiletries and anti-smell funny stuff.
Any bedding, blankets, sleeping bag and pillows if you are planning on sleeping at the LAN.
Playtech will be on site with network cables, and other cables, but they may not carry everything at the time, so be sure to double check your bag just in case!
Basic but Important!
Make sure your you set your PC to Automatically assign and IP address and DNS settings. This accounts for a large amount of 'OMFG, I can't do &*^% all' when people arrive at xLAN.
Stage Matches and PCs
For those who get the chance to go on stage and enjoy the atmosphere and pressure of such a match, there are a few things you will need to know. You will need to take your own peripherals on stage. You are not allowed any other equipment or items on stage, other than a small sipper bottle of liquid - this is to reduce the risk of any stage equipment being damaged by anything other than clumsiness! Yes you can bring a USB key with configs and/or drivers on stage, although these must have been allowed by the tournament admin and be loaded in quick time as all stage matches are on a limited time frame.
For those playing Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on stage - the game protections are such that we have installed the game as a disc only install. This means you will need to bring your DVD of the game on stage with you to play it. For those who have a Steam based install of the game, we will ensure there are some spare discs available thanks to EA, or at worst ensure there is a Steam install of the game on the machines.
Food, Alcohol, and other such riff raff
The venue cafe will be open, and will also have fried food trucks outside for you to purchase your greasy goodness from. The famous donut dude will be back also, and we have asked if he can stay for as long as possible through the night - he will do so as long as he is busy!
Just a reminder in respect to alcohol at xLAN - this is a no go. Anyone caught consuming alcohol, or found to be intoxicated will be escorted from the premises. Anyone who is clearly intoxicated and attempting to enter xLAN will be denied entry. This is a strict policy for the safety of the other attendees, the equipment at the venue, and also your own safety.
And of course, please don't be an idiot. We've gone to a lot of work to make sure this event is fun for everyone, and we sure don't want it ruined by any individuals who see it fit to try to ruin it for anyone else. Action will be taken against anyone who is not behaving appropriately.
Finally, HAVE FUN!!!!! Enjoy this event as much as we're enjoying bringing it to you. If you have any questions, or need to know anything else, then head on over to the forums.
GET SOME!!!! We will be.
Arseynimz, prolax & the xLAN Crew!
Posted by Arseynimz on Monday, July 05, 2010 @ 01:24:32 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: GET SOME!!!! Seats that is! ;)
We know it's late in the piece, so spread the word ASAP - the seating module is live!
So grab your seat while you can over here and get seated next to your mates...... or next to your enemies......... your call. The module has all the instructions on the page, and if you have any issues or questions, please head to this thread here.
11 days to go!!!!!! GET SOME!!!!
Posted by Arseynimz on Sunday, June 27, 2010 @ 14:12:57 New Zealand Standard Time
Well there was one week to go for sign ups to xLAN and the New Zealand World Cyber Games 2010, but we've pushed it out another week to get more of you along to what is shaping in to a very good looking event. If you haven't signed up or paid up yet, then it's time to jump over to the xLAN website and get it done!!!! You have another 8 days to go with payments now closing off next Sunday the 20th of June - there will be absolutely no more extensions to this date, so don't miss out!
Playtech have also come to the party and loaned us the use of their credit card portal for those who are caught mid pay cycle or waiting on cash in general! You can jump across to the Playtech website and search for xLAN (or just click this) to add a ticket (and a tournament or two) to the shopping cart, and follow through with payment. Make sure you put your reference in the shopping cart comments before you push the payment through!!!!
So what has the week brought us.......... Oh, well a whole host of news in fact!
xLAN 2010 Stage & Rental PC
As we mentioned in the last update, Playtech are putting together the rental PC's for the event for those who require them, but the most important part about these machines is that they are the stage PC's as well! So with the questions flying on the forums and Arsey's MSN as to what they'll contain...... wihtout further ado, we present you the Playtech xLAN 2010 Special:
On an MSI 880GMA-E45 Motherboard you'll find an AMD 1055T six core CPU, with some chilling thanks to an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro heatsink. Helping those along is G.Skill's finest Ripjaw 4GB DDR3-1333 CL8 Memory. Complimenting that salivating foundation will be an MSI R5770 Hawk ATI Radeon HD 1GB DDR5 DX11 Graphics card - pwning at xLAN will never have looked so pretty! Add to that your Corsair HX 650W Power supply to make it all work; chuck in an optical drive and you only need two more things - Microsoft's Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit, and something to wrap it all up in............ Oh yes, a case to make it all complete!
If you want to rent one of these exquisite machines, then the rental package options are all available on Playtech's website right here. Of course, if you want to take one home after the event you'll be able to do so at one hell of a price for what you will see is one heck of a machine!
Guess the Case!
We've purposefully left off the case part of the specs on the Playtech xLAN 2010 PC. We'll post up a picture of the case on the xLAN website, and we want you to guess what this brand new to New Zealand case is. We'll have a page set up for you to put in your entry, and each correct entry will go in to the draw for a 320GB Portable Hard Drive which will be drawn at xLAN (so if you're attending you'll be able to pick it up then!). So keep your eyes peeled on the xLAN website. In the meantime, here's a sneak peek: A cheeky bit of leg for you!
Hardware - before, during and after!
Typically xLAN brings along hardware specials for anything from cases, to displays, CPU's and of course the many gaming peripherals. This year is no exception, and in fact is elevated with the inclusion of a mini expo of the latest, greatest and all time favourites in gaming, PC or electronics hardware. We'll have a myriad of toys on show thanks to our sponsors and related exhibitors, and you'll be able to purchase most of them from Playtech or directly from the vendor. This said, Playtech will have a number of specials available before xLAN, and are offering free shipping for all orders over $70 - so you can upgrade that Hard Drive, get that RAM, install Microsoft's Windows 7, or even get that pair of Astros!
Boot Camp - get in fast if you want to!
We have already had requests for 40 seats at the Playtech LAN Arena, leaving another 40 seats left. Red Bull have been their truly awesome selves and are dropping off some drinks early, so those at LAN will be wiiing'd up! The Playtech LAN Arena is also getting the tweak treatment from TelstraClear as well - their VDSL connection resides at the Arena full time, and is prepared for the onslaught of console and PC Gamers alike. So organise your team, and get booked in - the space is available for any time from the start of July to any team who wants to utilise, and of course it is being made available for free!
Remember, please email Arseynimz to book space for you and your team mates. Arsey just needs to know who your team is, and how many you'll have attending.
Sponsor Announcements Stand by all, as this week coming we will reveal to you the businesses, suppliers, and brands that will be making xLAN 2010 possible, and a successful event.
First on the list to add to the stable of well recognised and respected sponsors and partners is the team from GameConsole magazine. Having just renewed their vigour, brand, and look, GameConsole is a media reflection of ON3 Network, and just like us they're excited to be not only attending, reporting, reviewing, and covering the many facets of xLAN and the WCG National Finals for 2010, but they'll be giving away their latest edition hot off the press. The format is awesome, and it includes community contributions to truly make it a New Zealand Gaming magazine - just on this fact alone they deserve our support, so head out and grab one off the shelf to support them and read up on all the latest gaming news! GameConsole are the official media partner for ON3 Network and xLAN 2010 & the WCG National Qualifiers.
TelstraClear is a major sponsor of this year's event, and the major sponsor of ON3 Network. They provide us with a number of internet services, and also assist with the costs of making the event happen. All services provided by the ON3 Network are unmetered for those who, like ON3 Network, are powered by TelstraClear. So if you're looking for a new ISP, or want to take advantage of unmetered gaming here in New Zealand, don't go any further than www.telstraclear.co.nz because they are a true supporter of gaming in New Zealand, and we're damned proud to have them working with us. Need we say more about the awesome of Playtech this issue? I think not, so just remember if you're looking for a crowd that knows, then make your first stop Playtech for your next PC or console related purchase.
A LAN weekend just isn't without an energy drink or...... 7!!!! Red Bull is providing us with their wicked product, and an area to kick back in, and entertainment across the weekend all the while making sure we get wiiings! The Hummer will be in to party across all three nights(!!!!!!) and we'll have the wiiings girls in the Red Bull Lounge - so when you're ready for a break from the gaming, you know you've got somewhere to relax!
The final word is to make sure you all get signed and paid up so you too are at this year's National LAN event! To all those who have paid, thank you for supporting this monster event as we draw closer and closer to the fun of xLAN 2010 & the WCG National Finals!
If you have any questions, or need to know anything further about the event, then head on over to the forums on the xLAN site, or feel free to send us an email.
Arseynimz, prolax & the xLAN Crew!
Posted by Arseynimz on Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 09:16:59 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: xLAN 2010 - on target! Are you ready?
It's coming up to xLAN time, and if it's crept up on you, don't panic you've got a little under 30 days till payments and tournament signups close. So make sure you've signed up and paid up for this year's xLAN and the New Zealand World Cyber Games 2010. If you're paid up - then make sure you've signed up for your tournaments, and organised your team mates and friends to get paid up too!
As new management, we've been hard at work to make sure this year's event is as good as last years and has a few extras to make sure the incremental improvements keep coming. So be assured that this already successful event will be even more enjoyable and exciting for all who attend.
We've brought back the expo, so you'll be able to look over the latest toys and technology from all the major brands when you get a break. Along with this, we've allowed you to play in multiple tournaments and with this we have over 20 options available to all attendees - more than ever before seen!
What have we got to come over the next few weeks?
Paintball anyone? Check the forums to see details of this.
Announcement of cash prizes!!??!
The seat selection system to let all the paid attendees select their exact seat.
Of course, a lot of what we do isn't possible without the generous support of our sponsors - we'll have an announcement or two of additional sponsors coming up, so make sure you stay locked on to the website to catch the big names we have coming along. But in the meantime if you're in the market for a phone line, mobile or internet connection then head over and visit TelstraClear - as a major sponsor of both ON3 Network and xLAN this year, they are the ISP of choice for gaming in New Zealand! And if you're looking for any PC or Apple hardware, components or peripherals, Playtech is the place to go as our other major sponsor and the hardware provider for this year's event.
If you have any questions, suggestions or requests, do not hesitate to contact us or post in the xLAN forums, otherwise wrangle up your mates, and get ready for New Zealand's biggest LAN event - the one you don't want to miss!
Arseynimz, prolax & the xLAN Crew!
Posted by Arseynimz on Monday, May 24, 2010 @ 00:27:29 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: xLAN 2010 - Registrations are GO!!!!!!!
Arseynimz writes:
You read it right. Sign ups for xLAN 2010 are now go for launch. But before you get all excited and click the button above, or this link to sign up, please make sure you read this article!!!!!!!!!!!
ON3 Network has of course picked up the baton of xLAN, and there are some minor gaming changes outside of the obvious change in popular titles and games that are currently being played by all. These changes include:
Multiple Tournament Entry - for a small premium on top of your PC or Console ticket price you can enter up to 2 PC tournaments, or up to 3 XBOX tournaments.
Increased Team Sizes - to allow for multiple tournament entry, we have allowed subs on your team. For games that have 2-5 players in game, you can have up to 2 subs, and for games with 6 or more players in game, you can have up to 3 subs. This is to assist with making sure any team clashes are manageable, as although we will do our utmost to ensure your schedule across the weekend does not clash - in the event it does, we don't want your team to be disadvantaged, although this may be a reality for some teams.
More Tournaments - yep, with multiple tournament entry, we have already increased the number of tournaments available to take part in, and we're still not done. WCG is expected to make another announcement regarding titles that will be played at the finals in Los Angeles, USA, so we will obviously look to add these if they are games of interest in this region. In addition, we're open to community suggestions for any titles or popular formats, and we welcome anyone who wants a community tournament of some description to let us know also.
There are more things we'll look to introduce in due course, but spread the word, and get yourself and your team registered. Payments can be made straight away, and of course you will get the discounted price if you register before the timer in the top left counts down to zero - that's the 30th of April if you're not so good with the calendar! When you do make payment, please be sure to read the email that gets delivered to your registered email address (so double check your profile to make sure it is the right one, and of course, always check your spam or junk mail folders in case your mail client or ISP gets a little over zealous). If you are entering multiple tournaments, then make sure you include payment for these, and also be doubly sure you only sign up for the number of tournaments you pay for, else you will be randomly removed from one of your tournaments if you oversubscribe.
Finally, and the best news of all!!!! Thanks to the our sponsors Playtech, we have 3 Ticketek vouchers with a value of $100 to give away to all you early birds! So make sure you give yourself a chance to win one of these by pre-registering and getting fully paid up before the end of the Early Bird period. By getting yourself registered and fully paid you will automatically go in the draw to win one of these vouchers!!!!
If you have any questions, please get on the forums, and ask away. Otherwise, we look forward to one hell of an event come July, and are certainly looking forward to the announcements we have for you as we lead up to that date.
Posted by arseynimz on Saturday, March 20, 2010 @ 23:25:39 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: ON3 Network presents xLAN 2010 - Book it in!!!!
Arseynimz writes:
As we formally bid farewell and hurl a mass of praise to both Deezilla and tmdude for the massive event they have created, and the massive boots they have left for us to fill, we still look to the 2010 xLAN event, and 2010 National WCG Qualifier. The show must go on, and indeed it shall, as the ON3 Network sets itself up to bring you this year's xLAN and what is sure to be a big WCG event.
The ON3 Network was set up as a venture to push forward gaming in New Zealand, and we intend to do that even more so than before with the continued hosting of GamerHub, xLAN, and more events both online and offline.
You might notice some new branding, and maybe a few new features around the place over the coming months. But you can rest, post, and play assured that this playground is here to stay. We're here for the long haul!
So you probably want to know who is behind ON3. I'm Arseynimz, and for those who don't know me, I've been involved with competitive gaming for over 3 years now, and prior to that, much like many of you, gaming in general since I was allowed to touch the family computer (Apple IIe playing Eagles and Wizadry I - lol). I'm now a clan captain for =[GD]=, Online Manager for Gamestah (eSports commentary and shoutcasting organisation), and used to own and run GameVault.
I founded ON3 with prolax, who has been gaming since he left the crib, and competitively so for the last 3 years also. He is currently a member of Team Sidewinder, but has run his own clans, as well as being involved in GameVault and CyberGamer on administrative levels also.
We will be making sure this place continues to grow, and make sure the events you have come to know improve on the already solid foundation and performance that tmdude and Deezilla have set. We are in the process of concluding arrangements with supporting parties, and the benefits of that support will of course come through to xLAN and WCG for 2010!
So without further ado..... The date has been set!!!!! Mark it off in your calendars boys and girls - Friday the 9th of July will be when it all happens again, and Sunday the 11th of July when it all finishes. A big year is planned, and already we are starting to see the makings of what will be yet another event to remember.
We welcome your feedback in the lead up to xLAN, and will have more updates very soon for all the important details, some lead up competitions, and of course where it will be held, the tournaments proposed, and the other important details!
Posted by arseynimz on Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 03:49:54 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: Goodbye from tmdude and Dee
Wow another year has passed and we wish you all a Happy New Year.
Last year was another successful year with a great xLAN and World Cyber Games Qualifier, eblacks getting results beyond expectations with a Gold Medal at the Asian championship and CounterStrike and TrackMania both progressing out of pool play at the World Cyber Games Grand final and the saving of ICONZArena(now Gamerhub).
This year plans is bigger than ever with two events the primary event in July and a second event held at Armageddon Auckland in October. Signups and further details for the July event will be available very soon.
Personally we have had some excitement, we are going to be having our first child mid this year. This has made us rethink our commitment to e-sports/gaming and with allot of sadness have decided to retire and no longer be an active part of the community to allow us to focus on our family. We of course do not want our legacy to be lost so have negotiated for another group to purchase xLAN and Gamerhub and they will continue to deliver events, game servers and World Cyber Game Qualifiers to the level that you have grown to expect.
The highlights of the years are many but I would like to remind you all of some of the greatest to us; Getting New Zealand official recognised as a separate region for the World Cyber Games, eBlacks winning the Asian Championship, five years continuous years of sell out events and running the biggest and most professional gaming event in Australasia.
We would like to thank the staff of our events without their support over the six years the events would not have been a reality. Additionally thanks to the select group of people who attended all our events coupled with the gratitude’s from many of attendees, this gave a purpose to what we did.
This is an extremely sad day for myself and Susan as it is an end of an era and can only hope what we have started will grow beyond our expectations.
It has been a great journey.
Tmdude & Dee-Zilla
Posted by Dee-Zilla on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 @ 23:18:28 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: xLAN 2009 Video Footage
We have just received the footage from the 2009 event and we have uploaded some to our xlanvideos youtube channel.
We have a few more videos uploading so be sure to rate comment and subscribe.
Posted by Dee-Zilla on Thursday, January 14, 2010 @ 15:14:58 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: After the Event
Another year finished and another successful event, we achieved most of our goals even with the struggles faced with the economic downturn.
Our goal of focusing on the larger tournaments and trying to give as many attendees as possible stage matches was achieved. The schedule was a little optimistic with a couple of stage matches being moved back to the BYOC but overall a large number of very successful stage matches. Generally tournaments were exciting this year with some major upsets creating some great matches.
We also provided more information and visibility for people who could not attend the event with fantastic live video streams from the Gamestah team and the live draws/results available on xLAN site. This meant no one missed the action with good feedback received from all over the world.
Some of the new inclusions for this year’s event were extremely successful with the first female only tournament and the comedy event getting good feedback and would surely make a return in any future events.
We have started to upload the photo’s and game demos be sure to keep checking out over the next few days while we complete them. While you’re waiting the tournament results are available at www.xlan.co.nz/results and some basic statistics for the counter strike tournaments are available at www.xlan.co.nz/cssstats and www.xlan.co.nz/16stats .
The hard work does not stop, we are working on the funding for the eblacks team to the grand final in Chengdu, China and hope to have announcement of what attendees from this year’s event will be attending very soon.
Lastly we would like to thank our sponsors who make this event happen, without the support we could not achieve such a event and this extendeds to our fantastic event crew who put many hours of effort to help deliver Australasia’s best gaming event.
Thanks,
Tmdude & Dee-Zilla.
Posted by tmdude on Friday, July 17, 2009 @ 14:01:36 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: xLAN Live Feed from Gamestah
Good afternoon from xLAN, the event in full swing with the best gaming action in New Zealand, Gamestah is covering the whole event with live feeds all weekend so check it out at this link below.
Posted by MordenNZ on Friday, July 10, 2009 @ 13:13:58 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: xLAN is upon us
Over the past few days the xLAN crew have been hard at work setting up for the big day, laying 16.8km of cable and setting up a power network able to power a small suberb. This all in preperation for tomorrow where 800 gamers are showing for the big event. Today we had over 200 preregistrations in preperation for tomorrow. Doors open at 10am tomorrow allowing the flood of PC's to begin so ready your rigs and prepare for a weekend to remember.
The venue ready to go
Posted by dee-zilla on Thursday, July 09, 2009 @ 21:46:51 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Windows 7 Sponsorship
We are pleased to announced that we have secured sponsorship with Microsoft and will be utilising the latest operating system Windows 7 on selected stage matches.
This will be a chance for you to have hands on experience with this fantastic new operating system.
Posted by Dee-Zilla on Monday, June 29, 2009 @ 19:26:39 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Samsung T220 Offical Monitor
Samsung's T220 PC monitor will be featured at New Zealand’s most prestigious gaming event, in two weeks time in Auckland.
The T220 adds one-of-a-kind style to your gaming room. SAMSUNG has created a design unlike anything you’ve ever seen called Touch of Color. The T220 not only has beauty, it also has brains. An amazing 20,000:1 contrast ratio and 2ms response rate deliver sharp contrast and virtually no blurring when watching movies or playing video games. You’ll be inspired to create your best work with the SAMSUNG T220. It looks more like a beautiful piece of art than a monitor.
Posted by Dee-Zilla on Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 10:11:38 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Draft Tournament Draws Live
We are pleased to announced all seedings and teams have been entered in to our tournament system and have made these live for you to see.
All of the draws provided on this site are draft and subject to change.
Final Draws will include match times and further detail such as maps for some tournaments.
Please post any questions in the correct tournament forum.
Posted by Dee-Zilla on Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 16:51:34 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Official Gaming Computers
PB Technologies have provided the details of the 30 official gaming computers for the New Zealand World Cyber Games. These are some of the best computers we have had for our stage machines and can’t wait to see the intense gaming action on them.
These computers are available for purchase after the event at some absolutely awesome pricing if you pre-order, If you are considering buying a new computer don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity!
System Specifications:
Intel Core i7-920 2.66GHz 8M
Gigabyte EX58-UD3R X58 MBD
G.Skill 6GB DDR3-1600 Tri-channel Kit (2GB x3)
Cooler Master Silent Pro 500W Modular PSU
Cooler Master V8 CPU Cooler
LG Dvd Writer 22x Sata Internal
Samsung 1TB Hard Drive 7200RPM Sata II
Posted by Dee-Zilla on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 @ 16:11:12 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Tournament Updates
We have now removed all non paid players and incomplete teams from all the tournaments. With our largest lineup of tournaments most exceeded our expectations.
With confirmed numbers we have adjusted the tournament format and are changing four of the tournaments to Round Robin(Pool Play) progressing to single elimination finals.
Details of the tournaments and format:
TF2 - Round Robin with two pools, top two from each pool progressing to semi finals then final. (Best of 3 maps for semi finals and final)
L4D - Round Robin with two pools, top two from each pool progressing to semi finals then final.
COD4 - Round Robin with four pools, top two from each pool progressing to qtr finals, semi finals then final (Best of 3 maps for qtr finals, semi finals and final)
CS1.6 - Round Robin with two pools, top two from each pool progressing to semi finals then final (Best of 3 maps for semi finals and final)
Posted by dee-zilla on Sunday, June 14, 2009 @ 20:43:31 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Sponsorship News
xLAN is pleased to announce that PB Technologies is the official PC Supplier for xLAN 2009. PB Technologies will have a massive store at this year’s event where you can purchase PC components and gaming peripherals.
They have 4 stores nationwide and they are the largest computer store in New Zealand. They have dedicated themselves to providing 'one-stop computer solutions' to a wide range of customers - from private and home users, small businesses, educations sectors, right up to high-end corporate clienteles. They have over 10 years operation in New Zealand's highly competitive and extremely demanding IT industry.
With signing on PB Technologies this has opened up sponsorship opportunities with CoolerMaser, SteelSeries, Logitech and Sennheiser, products from these companies and others will be available for purchase with some awesome specials for xLAN attendees over the weekend. These companies are also supplying the prizes for most of our tournaments.
Posted by dee-zilla on Friday, June 12, 2009 @ 17:58:03 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: xLAN has sold out for the 5th Year
Looking at the payments currently processing in to our bank account I can see that xLAN 2009 and the New Zealand World Cyber Games has sold out for the 5th year in a row, 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.
We hope to announce what tournaments will be World Cyber Games Qualifiers and also more sponsors, including our new PC Retailer.
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.
(I will be processing the payments in the morning)
Posted by dee-zilla on Monday, June 08, 2009 @ 23:12:56 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Payment Processing
Payments made from 10pm Friday through to Monday 8pm will not show in the account till Tuesday Morning . So please take this in to consideration when emailing, posting, private messaging or messaging on MSN the event organisers.
If you are not marked as paid and you paid before Friday please look in the administration forum for payments that have been made with no references or read this FAQ.
Posted by dee-zilla on Saturday, June 06, 2009 @ 21:47:33 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: 6 days till payments close
We are 6 days till payments for xLAN and the New Zealand World Cyber Games 2009 close; we have alot less seats available than the equivalent time last year and based on tournament signups many people will miss out due to not enough seats available. If we do oversell we are not planning to expand the capacity. If this occurs we will refund any of these payments as per previous years.
Please remember we will lock signups for the event and tournaments and remove all unpaid registrations on the morning of the 12th June. We will then remove incomplete teams and will address any tournaments that have not met the minimum numbers.
If tournaments or teams are changed/removed we will provide affected attendees additional time to move to other tournaments or possible alternative options.
If you have any questions please post in our forums and we will be happy to answer anything you have for us.
Kind regards
Tmdude & Dee|Zilla
Posted by dee-zilla on Thursday, June 04, 2009 @ 12:20:33 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Chat with the Organisers tonight
Its Wednesday once again and if you have any questions regarding xLAN 2009, you can come in to the xLAN Steam Chat Room between 8:30pm - 9:30pm and ask Dee-Zilla and tmdude anything to do with the event and your questions will be answered.
Posted by dee-zilla on Wednesday, June 03, 2009 @ 17:47:27 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Seating for Clans
We have had a few queries in regards to the seating for clans for people who are not paid or clans who are waiting on people to pay, and we would like to let you know we will move people around so you can sit together, but you have no choice in where you are going to be seated as we will place you where we can. Please note requests of sitting next to other clans will not be taken in to consideration.
Please post in this thread to request that you would like seating for your clan when you are all paid.
Posted by dee-zilla on Wednesday, June 03, 2009 @ 12:07:42 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: CSS 1 vs 1 Female Tournament
I am pleased to announce the first female only tournament at xLAN a CounterStrike Source 1 vs 1. It already looks like we will get a good turnout, so everyone please support the ladies as they will be competing on the main and secondary stages throughout the weekend.
Also guys if you have friends, partners, girlfiriends or wifes who play CounterStrike Source or any FPS and you think they might be interested get them to contact me .
Tournament details are here and ask any questions here
Cheers Dee-Zilla
Posted by dee-zilla on Sunday, May 24, 2009 @ 23:09:59 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Friday Night Comedy Show
The Friday Night Comedy Show will feature the following comedians all of which have been in the New Zealand Comedy Festival this year
Reuben Lee, Danny McChrystal, Stella Graham, Diane Spencer,Justin Sane and Urzila Carlson.
There is no charge for xLAN attendees to go to this and there will be a bar run by the venue caterers that will be able to serve you alcohol (R18), softdrinks and snacks at your own cost.
It is going to be a great night and this is one of the many extra things we have planned for xLAN 2009.
Posted by dee-zilla on Saturday, May 23, 2009 @ 21:04:12 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Official Radio Partner
We are pleased to announce that The Edge Radio station has come on board again this year as the Official Radio Partner for 2009.
Exciting details of how they will be involved at the event will be announced soon.
The only restrictions are PC Attendees can only select seats in the "Main Arena" and Console Attendees can only select seats in the "Console Seating". We do however reserve the right to relocate seating requests to resolve any seating issues.
You can change your seat as many times as you require until the 20th June, after this date the selections will be locked and any attendees who have not selected seats will be assigned to the available seats.
If you have problems please check this thread. To request bulk seating for large clans post in this thread.
Posted by dee-zilla on Sunday, May 17, 2009 @ 14:22:03 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: EA is secured as Sponsor
We are pleased to announce we have secured sponsorship from EA New Zealand for the FIFA 2009 physical xLAN tournament.
As part of the sponsorship for everyone who competes in the tournament they will receive a 10% discount on any game from the EA Online Store, after xLAN 2009.
Be sure to check out the EA website and see all the upcoming games and be on the lookout for our reviews.
Posted by dee-zilla on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 @ 12:31:15 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Update Email
The event is getting closer and it is just over 30 days till payments and tournament signups close for xLAN and the New Zealand World Cyber Games 2009, make sure to remind your fellow community members to signup and pay as we don’t want any of our tournaments to be dropped due to poor registrations.
We have been extremely busy working on this year’s event and its going to be another improvement from last year’s resounding success and below is a quick overview of what has been happening.
What’s happened over the last month: • We announced changes for console attendees to improve their event experience. This includes a new dedicated area that has more space for each attendee to allow for larger screens and multi console setups and since it’s not located in the main arena you can use sound without headphones.
• WCG officially announced additional qualifying titles these include FIFA 09, TrackMania, Carom3D, Red Stone, Wise Star 2 and Asphalt 4.
• WCG Announced this year’s Asian Championship will be held from the 3rd – 5th July in Singapore and the titles are DOTA All Stars, FIFA09 and Guitar Hero World Tour.
• Due to the Asian Championship dates we announced online qualifiers for this year’s Asian Championship Qualifiers on the 30th and 31st of May. All attendees/teams that are paid and signed up for the DOTA All Stars, FIFA 09 and Guitar Hero World Tour xLAN 2009 tournaments by the 24th May and meet citizenship requirements will be automatically entered into the online qualifier.
• Additional tournaments added to xLAN official line-up these include FIFA 09, Street fighter 4, Halo 3, Gears of War 2 and Forza 2.
• Weekly chat with the organisers on steam, every Wednesday night @ 8:30pm.
What’s happening over the next month:
• More details of the comedy event.
• Announcement of additional sponsors.
• Announcement of what titles will be New Zealand World Cyber Games qualifiers.
• Online qualifiers for Asian Championship on the 30th and 31st of May.
• A new seat selection system that will allowed all paid attendees to select their exact seat.
• Weekly chat with the organisers on steam, every Wednesday night @ 8:30pm.
If you have any questions or concerns do not hesitate to contact us or post in our forums.
Posted by dee-zilla on Sunday, May 10, 2009 @ 22:12:31 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Console Update
We have finalised our console plans for this year’s event and have made some major changes to improve the experience for console attendees. Firstly a new dedicated area that has more space for each attendee to allow for larger screens and multi console setups and since it’s not in the main arena you can use sound without headphones.
We also have expanded the tournament lineup adding Halo 3, Gears of War 2 and Forza 2. Like last year console attendees can enter multiple console tournaments so with the expanded lineup there will be plenty of gaming action!
Posted by dee-zilla on Saturday, May 09, 2009 @ 23:36:24 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Tournament Announcement
We are pleased to announce that Street Fighter 4 will be an official tournament at xLAN 2009.
With the amount of interest this tournament has shown over the past few months so we do not doubt there won’t be a big turnout for this tournament.
This tournament is only for console attendees.
To sign up for this tournament please click here - To discuss this tournament on our forums please click here
Posted by dee-zilla on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 @ 10:38:39 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Early Bird Discount CLOSED
The early bird discount has now closed and we are extremely happy that over 300 people took this new option. Those of you who are still procrastinating now have to pay $95 per ticket and remember payments close on the 10 June or earlier if we sell out(like the past 4 years).
Please note anyone who pays the early bird price from today will not get a confirmed seat until you pay the additional amount.
Posted by dee-zilla on Saturday, April 11, 2009 @ 18:31:49 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Videos 08: more more more
Here are some more videos from 2008
Chat with TSW
Counterstrike 1.6 final on the main stage
Asian Championship 08 Opening Clip
The New Zealand eblacks are #1
More videos are uploading so check back soon.....
Posted by dee-zilla on Friday, April 10, 2009 @ 12:57:09 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Email Update
Just a reminder that there is only 7 days until early bird payments close for xLAN and the New Zealand World Cyber Games 2009; our statistics show we have over 200 registrations and 150 prepayments more than the equivalent time last year! Don’t procrastinate or you may miss out on a ticket to the largest annual gaming event in Australasia. If you opt to not take up the early bird option, the price from the 10th April is $95 per ticket.
If you missed our original announcement some new things for 2009 include a Comedy Show featuring comedians from this year’s Comedy festival, the event opens earlier at 10am and we will have preregistration the day before the event with many more exciting changes to be announced.
What’s happened over the last 43 days:
· Event registrations opened with our highest registration numbers in the first week.
· We announced over 15 official tournaments.
· We held a “Design a new banner for the website” competition that received over 30 entries.
· Battlefield 2 tournament changed from 8v8 to 6v6.
· Weekly chat with the organisers on steam, every Wednesday night @ 8:30pm.
If you have any questions or concerns do not hesitate to contact us or post in our forums.
Kind regards,
Tmdude & Dee|Zilla
Posted by dee-zilla on Friday, April 03, 2009 @ 18:33:00 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: Asian Championship Prize Giving
The DOTA team receives their medals and giant CHQ at the Asian Championship 2008.
Massi4h receives his GOLD medal and giant CHQ at the Asian Championship 2008.
Posted by dee-zilla on Monday, March 30, 2009 @ 13:09:10 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: Videos 08: Halo3 Winners
Below is a video of "TSW Flowen" after their win at xLAN/ New Zealand World Cyber Games 2008.
More videos are being uploaded so check back soon.
Posted by dee-zilla on Sunday, March 29, 2009 @ 23:39:12 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: Banner Competition Winners
We are pleased to announce the winners of the "Design a banner competition" that has been running over the past month.
It was really hard for us to come up with 3 winners as everyone's entries were fantastic.
Taking first place is Rii his awesome skills have really amazed us and we will be working with him to come up with a design based on all of his designs.
Taking 2nd place is eyegasm his skills are also fantastic and alot of thought and time went in to these entries and he deserves 2nd place.
3rd place was not an easy decision and there was a lot of debating on who should win and we eventually agreed on KurtiZ
Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter this competition and those who posted support, we look forward to you all joining in the next online competition.
Posted by dee-zilla on Friday, March 27, 2009 @ 20:52:36 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: Videos: Asia Downunder & CNC3
Below is a video from Asia Downunder TV program on TV One and the main feature was about Mason "Massi4h" Maddox and the eblacks.
CNC3 winner from xLAN 2008 saying a few words after his win.
Posted by dee-zilla on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 @ 22:50:22 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: Banner Competition Is Closed
This competition is now closed, thank you everyone for your submissions we will announce the winners on Friday 27th at 8pm
To view entries that have been submitted please click here
Posted by dee-zilla on Monday, March 23, 2009 @ 10:39:47 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: xLAN 08 Video: PJ & Promo Video
Here are 2 more videos one is PJ our FIFA 08 winner saying a few words after his win and also the xLAN/WCG 08 Promo Video.
Posted by dee-zilla on Sunday, March 22, 2009 @ 18:35:50 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: xLAN 08 Video: COD4 Final & SILA
The second installment of videos are here from xLAN 08.
Today we have the Call of Duty 4 Final on the Main stage and also SILA get in a few words.
Posted by dee-zilla on Thursday, March 19, 2009 @ 11:06:38 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: xLAN 08 Videos: CSS with Newtype
We have been looking through the archives of the event videos and we are going to start uploading videos over the next few weeks.
Below are the first 2 from the CounterStrike: Source Final and a quick interview with NewType after their win.
Posted by dee-zilla on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 @ 00:02:49 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: Best videogame related joke!
In the interests of getting the posts flowing better on these forums, we here at xLAN have decided to run a few contests to lubricate the gears a bit.
In this contest we want you to post your favourite videogame related jokes. Feel free to enter multiple times but please post once per joke. Funny anecdotes and tales of your gaming experience will also be accepted as entries.
This contest will run for two weeks, ending 20th march.
No Racist, sexist or any other kind of -ist jokes will be accepted.
The winner will recieve:
- AMD Hat
- Microsoft sidewinder shirt
- WCG Backpack
- Magic: The Gathering Mousepad
- NFS:MW Car Chamois
- WCG 07 Shirt
The winner shall be decided by xLAN at the time of competition closure. No correspondence shall be entered into.
Posted by dee-zilla on Friday, March 06, 2009 @ 20:18:24 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: Battlefield 2 Tournament Update
Just an update on the Battlefield 2 tournament I have been in discussions with some of the community and we have changed the team size to 6 instead of the 8 as this a lines ourselves with international team competition sizes. This change will also allow Battlefield 2 to have stage matches throughout the weekend.
You can sign up as many teams as you wish, and remember there are no subs for any of our tournaments.
Posted by dee-zilla on Thursday, March 05, 2009 @ 17:32:29 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: Update on Banner Competition
The banner comp has been open for a week and a half and we have had some awesome entries, there are still a couple of weeks to get them in.
Great prizes up for grabs, including a ticket to the event, WCG merchandise, XLAN merchandise and much much more, there are prizes for 1st 2nd and 3rd, so start making your version of what the xLAN website banner should look like.
Please refer to this thread for more details and to see the ones that have already been submitted.
Posted by dee-zilla on Wednesday, March 04, 2009 @ 19:32:35 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: Tournament Administrators
We have opened crew applications and we are in need of tournament administrators. Below are the tournaments that have vacancies.
Battlefield 2 (PC)
CounterStrike: 1.6 (PC)
Dawn of War II (PC)
DOTA - All Stars (PC)
Freeware Gaming Marathon (PC)
Left 4 Dead (PC)
Trackmania Nations Forever (PC)
WarCraft III Frozen Throne (PC)
To apply for a role please click here and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Dee-Zilla
Posted by dee-zilla on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 @ 22:34:33 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: DOWII Tournament Announcement
Due to popular demand we have added Dawn of War II to the tournament line up.
You can now signup for the event and tournaments, more details of the event will be announced over the following weeks. We will be announcing more tournaments in March when we have the confirmed list of WCG titles.
Posted by dee-zilla on Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 12:01:28 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: Design a new banner competition
We are in need of a new banner for our website so we thought we would open this up you.
The size must be 900 x 100 pixels and offensive entries will be disqualified at my discretion. If you need any artwork from us please contact us and we will be happy to send you it.
We can’t wait to see what ideas you all come up with.
Prizes:
1st
Free Ticket to xLAN 2009
Warhammer online
Cnc3 – Kanes Wrath
Dead Space
Spore Galactic Edition
Bit defender 2008
Intel watch
AMD Hat
WCG T-shirt
WCG Backpack
2nd
AMD Hat
Too Human 360
Warhammer online
WCG T-shirt
WCG Towel
3rd
Warhammer online
xLAN 2007 Crew T-shirt
Entries must be sent to bannercomp@xlan.co.nz and the competition ends 23rd March, to discuss this or ask questions please post in our forum
Posted by dee-zilla on Sunday, February 22, 2009 @ 17:00:02 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: 24 Hour update and more
It’s been 24 hours since the official announcement and the response has hit record numbers, we are ahead in signups from the previous year also people are taking advantage of the early bird special this year as we have received payments in the first 24 hours, this is amazing.
2009 is shaping up to be the best yet, keep the signups coming and take advantage of the early bird payment price.
Tournaments also opened yesterday and here is a list of tournaments we currently have listed, please note we will be adding more tournaments in March.
Battlefield 2
Call Of Duty 4 (PC)
CounterStrike: 1.6 (PC)
DOTA - All Stars (PC)
Guitar Hero: World Tour (XBOX360)
Left 4 Dead
SpamTin Memorial CounterStrike: Source (PC)
Team Fortress 2 (PC)
Virtua Fighter 5 (XBOX360)
WarCraft III Frozen Throne (PC)
Act and Dress Like a Rockstar Guitar Hero: World Tour (XBOX360)
Food Eating
Freeware Gaming Marathon (PC)
Modding Competition
Trackmania Nations Forever
We will be announcing a competition involving your artistic skills so please keep checking the forums today/tomorrow for the details.
Posted by dee-zilla on Saturday, February 21, 2009 @ 13:14:26 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: 2009 Event Announcement
We are pleased to announce that after weeks of planning we can now announce xLAN 2009 the 6th chapter in our legacy of organising the biggest and best gaming events annually in Australasia.
Dates: 10 - 12 July
Venue: TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre, Manuaku
It will be another quality event and have worked hard to accommodate even more of the recommendations from you the attendees. We are anticipating a sell out event again so sign up and pay so you are not disappointed!
Some of the New Things for 2009:
A Comedy Show featuring comedians in this year’s Comedy Festival, we are also in discussions with the caterers to have an R18 section so you can have a few drinks while watching the entertainment. Everyone will be able to attend this but only those who are 18 or over will be able to drink.
Random Spot Prizes are making a comeback, also more xLAN and mini tournaments that we can guarantee more fun for the casual and competitive gamer.
The sleeping area will be expanded and will have round the clock ventilation.
We have changed our pricing structure as it did not add incentive for early payments. The new structure has an Early bird price (same as last year’s prepayment cost) if you pay before the 10th April after this date you will pay the standard price (same as last year’s door sale cost) until prepayments close on the 10th June.
We will be opening the doors at 10am this year to give you more time and allow relaxed schedules for the larger tournaments.
We are opening the preregistration desk the day before the event and will have a quick entrance for the preregistered attendees.
You can now signup for the event and tournaments, more details of the event will be announced over the following weeks. We will be announcing more tournaments in March when we have the confirmed list of WCG titles.
Please also remember to check our website for Announcements, Gaming News, Game Reviews, Videos, Interviews and much more.
Regards,
Dee-Zilla, tmdude and the xLAN Crew
Posted by dee-zilla on Friday, February 20, 2009 @ 13:00:01 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: 5 Years, 5 Events, 30 People
Looking through the archives we thought it would be interesting to see who has been supporting us from the get go, the following 30 people have attended 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Posted by dee-zilla on Saturday, November 29, 2008 @ 20:58:02 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: Official Debrief for 2008
2008 New Zealand Team
Another event has finished and things are starting to settle after the large amount of work to deliver the event completes. This year’s event was a major success and seen improvements across the board with many feeling it was the best event we have ever delivered.
We would like to congratulate our entire list of prize winners, many of these will be heading to the Asian Championships in Singapore in August and many more in November to the Grand Final in Germany. We are working on providing up to date coverage and live results for our team overseas this year, this combined with the blog from PCWorld should give the best coverage of our overseas teams than ever before! Also check out the new eblacks.co.nz site which is a site dedicated to the teams we send overseas, this site is sponsor free and is a sign of respect and honor for our top e-sports players.
Today we will start the large task of sorting and uploading to the xLAN photo galleryphotographs from the event, the TV articles and time-slip are already available on our youtube page with the team interviews being uploaded to it over the next fortnight. The general event video will be available in just under two months and will post when this is available.
A big thank you to the team from Gamestah who worked very hard all weekend on a very tight timetable, they worked with our dedicated stage team to make one some of the best esports coverage seen in New Zealand. We hope to have more stages next year to even include some non gaming action so expect to see even further improvements in this area. This leads to a big thanks to all of xLAN crew who worked hard for the event duration and without them the event would not happen, we can only hope to have many of them help with next year to make it an even bigger and better success.
Lastly a big thanks our sponsors Samsung, TelstraClear, Xbox 306, ASUS and Demon Energy for their fantastic support his year and our partners PC World, The Edge and Playtech. Remember to support them as they make this event a possibility and without them we would not be able to send New Zealand’s best gamers to compete against the world.
Cheers,
Tmdude and Dee-Zilla
Posted by dee-zilla on Friday, July 18, 2008 @ 21:45:26 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Preparations for xLAN 2008
The xLAN crew have been over at xLAN HQ and have been preparing for the event, we took some video footage and made a little video and I have included some photos.
Posted by dee-zilla on Sunday, June 22, 2008 @ 23:04:15 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Modify Signup Details
We have re-enabled the modify signup details on the event registration module till midnight this Sunday to allow any last minute changes of your details. This is extremely important as your clan and if you are a console attendee are used for seating assignment and your real name must match the Photo ID provided when you collect your ticket at the event.
We are still waiting for confirmation of New Zealand citizenship for some entrants in World Cyber Games qualifiers if you are entered in a qualifier please ensure you get this complete as soon as possible.
Next week dependant on the above confirmation we anticipate to have draft draws for most tournaments so please keep checking the forums and main page for updates.
Posted by tmdude on Friday, June 20, 2008 @ 22:57:47 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Gaming PC partner
xLAN is pleased to announce that Playtech is the official Gaming PC partner for the 2008 World Cyber Games New Zealand Qualifier, they will be providing the gaming systems utilised by New Zealand’s best gamers as they battle it out from the 11th till the 13th July at the Telstraclear Pacific Events Centre for the chance to represent New Zealand at the World Cyber Games grand final in Germany and the Asian Championship in Singapore later this year.
Playtech is New Zealand’s premier gaming and computer specialist retailer, their dedication to provide the customer the most detailed pre-sale product information and extensive product knowledge, sets them apart from the competitors in the market.
Be sure to check out the pre event specials in our forums or visit their fantastic new store inside of homezone, 60 constellation drive in the North Shore. If you’re not located in Auckland visit their web site at http://www.playtech.co.nz
Posted by tmdude on Friday, June 13, 2008 @ 12:03:21 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Official Radio Partner
We are pleased to announce that The Edge Radio station has come on board as the Official Radio Partner for 2008. Listen to Fletch & Vaughan during the Xbox 360 hour @ 3pm weekdays to win your tickets to xLAN 2008 - they'll be giving away 10 tickets the week before the event! (30th June - 4th July)
Join us in welcoming them to the best gaming and largest tournament ever held in NZ.
Please note you will NOT be able to enter any official tournaments other than the Guitar Heroes 3 tournament and you will be seated with the Xbox atteendees – we have put these tickets in the tournament so they will be including in the upcoming tournament draws.
Posted by dee-zilla on Thursday, June 12, 2008 @ 18:43:09 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: 2 days till prepayments close
There are 2 days till prepayments for xLAN and the New Zealand World Cyber Games 2008 close; we have less seats available than the equivalent time last year and based on tournament signups many people will miss out due to not enough seats available. If we do oversell we are not able to expand the capacity this year, so if this occurs we will refund any of these payments as per previous years.
Please remember we will lock signups for the event and remove all unpaid registrations for the event and tournaments on the morning of the 12th June. We will however leave the tournaments unlocked till the 14th June to allow all paid attendees to make any final changes.
On the 15th June we will remove incomplete teams and or remove tournaments that have not met the minimum numbers. If tournaments or teams are removed we will provide affected attendees additional time to move to other tournaments or possible alternative options.
If you have any questions please post in our forums and we will be happy to answer anything you have for us.
Kind regards
Tmdude & Dee|Zilla
Posted by dee-zilla on Saturday, June 07, 2008 @ 21:42:01 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: New Tournament
We are pleased to announce our Xbox based gaming marathon; this will be run on IDU's positioned in the venue with the selected Xbox live arcade titles. The top 5 scores on each title will be taken before prize giving and then combined to find the top 3 overall positions!
Current lineup for the Xbox based gaming marathon is:
Tetris Splash
Ikaruga
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
Metal Slug 3
This tournament is open to all PC and Xbox attendees and it is your chance to show your l33t skills. No registration is required or schedules just use your gamername on your Event ID when playing the game and or saving the high score to ensure your entries are recorded.
Posted by dee-zilla on Saturday, May 17, 2008 @ 18:24:00 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Food Places
NinjaSock and Spoonguard have made this awesome google map for all the food places around the venue.
Posted by dee-zilla on Saturday, May 17, 2008 @ 15:37:21 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Console Tournament News
Console attendees have a lot to look forward to at this years xLAN and WCG qualifiers with an impressive line-up of qualifiers for the World Cyber Games each with a first prize of travel to the grand final in Germany later this year representing New Zealand on the global gaming stage. The winners of both Guitar Hero 3 and Virtua Fighter 5 also getting the chance to attend the WCG Asian Championship in august competing against the best players in the Asia-Pacific region. Both competitions will have tough competition with best players from around the nation attending to test their skills. Virtua fighter being an intense 1v1 competition and Guitar Hero being fought out on Expert difficulty with Hyperspeed at the players discretion.
Halo 3 4v4 is also set up to provide some intense match ups with the winners representing New Zealand in Germany, this tournament is age restricted to comply with German law, as such players must be 18 at the time of the Grand Final in November, so that means even if you are 17 at the time of xLAN you can still compete. On top of that one 16 year old may compete in the qualifier as long as a sub is named for the Grand Final by the date of xLAN. Although only one WCG qualifier may be entered over the weekend others can be entered as well such as the PGR tournament, the same goes for the console gaming marathon featuring some of XBOX LIVE arcades classic hits and working on a high score system over the length of the weekend.
The case modding competition and eating contest is also open to those who wish to pimp out their favorite console or prove their superiority at the masterful art of food consumption. On top of this any console attendee is welcome to bring their PC as well as their console, the one condition being only one device may be active at a time to help with network and power limits. The same goes for PC gamers any of whom are encouraged to bring along a console to join in over the weekend. Its shaping up to be the weekend event of the year, so get signed up and paid to make sure you don't miss out.
Posted by mordennz on Monday, May 12, 2008 @ 00:18:38 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: CnC3- Kanes Wrath Announced
We are pleased to announce that Command and Conquer3 - Kanes Wrath will now be an official xLAN tournament for 2008.
Signups are now live and you can discuss this here
Posted by dee-zilla on Saturday, May 10, 2008 @ 13:46:57 New Zealand Standard Time
xLAN News: Demon Drinks
xLAN Limited is proud to announced they have secured sponsorship from Demon Drinks Limited for the New Zealand World Cyber Games Qualifiers and xLAN 2008.
They will be providing the volunteers/crew with Energy Drinks throughout the weekend and Demon Girls be selling Demon Energy Drinks from their stand in the exhibition and will also giving away samples of this awesome Energy Drink.
Be sure to check out their website and please remember to check out their stand in the exhibition.
Posted by Dee-Zilla on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 @ 15:09:49 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: The First Tournament Announcement
We are pleased to announce the first tournament announcement for xLAN 2008. We currently can only announce the following tournaments until WCG give us the go ahead to announce the WCG titles for 2008.
We have included alot of new titles this year to help grow eSports in New Zealand.
Tournaments that must meet minimum numbers for 11 June 2008
Call of Duty 4
CounterStrike 1.6
CounterStrike Source
DOTA - All Stars
FIFA 2008
Guitar Hero 3 - XBOX360
Team Fortress 2
WarCraft III Frozen Throne
Tournaments that are signup at the event
Case Modding
Food Eating
Gaming Marathon
The second announcement will include alot more tournaments for the console attendees!
Posted by dee-zilla on Sunday, March 02, 2008 @ 18:20:05 New Zealand Daylight Time
xLAN News: Event Announcement
After weeks of planning we can now announce xLAN 2008 and the New Zealand World Cyber Games will be held from the 11th till the 13th July.
We have also selected a new venue for this year’s event the TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre in Manuaku. This venue we will allow us to have an all round better event as this venue has better facilities that are more suitable for our event.
You can now signup for the event, however tournaments will be announced once we have conformation from the World Cyber Games of their official titles for 2008.
More details of the event will be announced over the following weeks.
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