A number of Malaysians players will cross the Causeway to join two large scale tournament. One is KODE5 SEA which reward the winner with a ticket to KODE5 World Finals in Moscow, Russia. Meanwhile, another one is GXL Season 2 which reward a lot of money to the winners. I will try my best to bring coverage from both events with the help of folks from GameSync.net and GXL.

Below are local players that going to participate in both events.

KODE5 SEA

CS: Hybrid
WC3: Pin
(Fixtures)

GXL'07 Season 2 Finals
PC
DotA: Kingsurf (fixtures)
WC3: Pin (fixtures)

Yes, we got no CS rep in GXL this time. Gah!

Xbox 360
FIFA'08: [W|nDs]Si_jali, Jaylike7
Halo 3 2vs2: GH.Alpha, GH.Beta, GH.Charlie
Halo3 FFA: labbit13 (Blake!!!! ), mav3tan1, ed1001, Syujisy, unkool
(fixtures)

There's also Beautiful Katamari and Guitar Hero 3 which I'm not sure who is Malaysians among the participants. (apart from teh ghey Mutsumi joining Katamari...but that was last time, dunno now how buwahahahah.) I believe I missed few more participants. So, please update me if I miss your name.

Another note, if you live at JB and have some free time, please come down to Republic Poly in Woodlands and give them some massive support!

Multiplay will have daily recap on the event. Just keep a look at these:
http://multiplay.lowyat.net/category/inter...-esports/kode5/
http://multiplay.lowyat.net/category/inter...-xtreme-league/

UPDATES:
[Friday - 6:38pm]
Players list updates
- mKvL not going to compete due to sponsor problems [source]
- FoRza might not be able to make it as well due to personal reasons. [source: si_jali]
- same goes to ghey Mutsumi because nobody want to make him beautiful sponsor problems. [source: he said it himself]

[Friday - 6:49pm]
GXL already opened up the event coverage launchpad: http://gxleague.com/league/news.asp?id=1528
GameSync.net WC3 scoredboard is already up as well: http://gamesync.net/2007/12/14/kode5-sea-wc3-scoreboard

[Friday - 7:00pm]
I just saw the news at Team Hybrid website that Hybrid|rico not going to KODE5 with the team due to birthday celebration. That means Hybrid will use 5 players lineup instead of the earlier 6 players rotating lineup after the inclusion of Jackal. [source]


[Saturday - 1:50pm]
- Some players list update, Achilles not attending.
- Multiplay's coverage is up: http://multiplay.lowyat.net/2007/12/15/kod...day-2-coverage/

Players update

- Pin will meet Singapore's top player, fsk3.gosubay in KODE5 SEA Warcraft 3 quarter finals tomorrow, after being seeded straight for his online qualifier achievement. It's a single elimination tournament, so it's going to be a do or die mission for Pin.

- Kingsurf is now in the middle of battle against Indonesian powerhouse, XcN.Trilogy. It's their first match of double elimination stage.

- First casualties of the day. GH.Charlie is out of the tournament. Being second in their group, they didn't managed to qualify for the double elimination round.

- Meanwhile, I still haven't got any news for CS.

[Saturday - 2:15pm]

Some photos have been uploaded. Check out Multiplay's link and GXL gallery.

[Saturday - 3:42pm]

It seems that Kingsurf has lost their match against XcN.Trilogy. They now need to fight back all the way from lower bracket.

[Saturday - 4:50pm]

- Kingsurf will meet Outbreak in their first lower bracket match.

- Nooo, more casualties are coming as the day progress. mav3tan of GH.Beta and labbit13 were eliminated from Halo 3 FFA tournament!

[Saturday - 5:20pm]

GXL folks just uploaded more piktors. One picture caught my attention: it seems that Syuji joined Halo 3 FFA as well.

[Saturday - 5:45pm]

- I forgot to mention that our Warcraft 3 player at KODE5 SEA also among the final 16 player at GXL. Pin is scheduled to meet his 1st opponent, HowToAbuse in the double elimination stage at 8:00 pm.

[Saturday - 10:00pm]

- Syuji and unkool (of GH.Alpha) were eliminated from the Halo 3 FFA tournament, while another player - ed1001 managed to proceed up to Round of 32 and then got eliminated at that stage.

- Seems that Pin already won his match since his name already appeared at the double elimination bracket.

- Same goes to the current MYM PriDe #8 Top 4 team, Kingsurf. They won against Outbreak and set battle against Sweety in the next round.

[Saturday - 10:20pm]

- Good news! GH.Beta is among the final 8 teams for Halo 3 2vs2! Kudos to lunatism and mav3tan! Thing were not as good for GH.Alpha though since they shared the same fate as GH.Charlie.

[Saturday - 10:50pm]

- Finally some news about FIFA'08. Apparently [W|nDs]Si_Jali and Jaylike7 didn't make it through group stages.

- Meanwhile, Kingsurf defeated their opponent, Sweety. With that victory, they are going to meet Impreza in the lower brackers semi-finals. If Kingsurf able to pull this off, they will meet Zenith in lower brackets finals.

- Pin just received the word that OxygeN- will be his first opponent in GXL double elimination stage.

[Sunday - 1:00pm]

- Kingsurf defeated Impreza this morning and are fighting against Zenith in lower bracket's finals. This mean Kingsurf already booked at least 2nd runner-up placing. That's one confirmed achievement already.

[Sunday - 3:00pm]

- w00t! Kingsurf defeated Zenith! They are going to finals and going to face XcN.Trilogy once again. It's a Malaysia vs Indonesia showdown, people. *clap2*

[Sunday - 4:00pm]

- Ah, OxygeN- defeated Pin! Pin is now in the lower bracket and is up against...FsK3.Gosubay, his opponent at KODE5!

[Sunday - 5:00pm]

- Another defeat for Pin. FsK3.Gosubay have eliminated Pin from the tournament.

- I still fail to get any update on KODE5. Sigh.

- Halo 3 2v2 double elimination matches have begun. GH.Beta opponent will be FsK3.Underrated.

- Marcus of GXL reported that Kingsurf managed to score a win against the Indonesians thus forcing them into a tie-breaker match. Go Kingsurf!!

[Sunday - 6:00pm]

- The finals between Kingsurf and XcN.Trilogy have finally come into an end. Sadly, Kingsurf lost the match with the final score of 2 - 1. Still, they are going home with SGD 2,000 reward.

- GH.Beta also lost to FsK3.Underrated which brought them to Halo 3 2v2 lower bracket. Sadly, they also lost their lower bracket's match against Team.Xtreme.

[Sunday - 6:40pm]
Finally! Some update from KODE5!!!

- Sadly to say, Team Hybrid didn't make it to Top 8 stage. Apparently, Team FeelThePain is at the top of their group and only one team can advanced.

- There's still no news about Pin at KODE5 though. But the chances are pretty slim as he already lost to FsK3.Gosubay during GXL lower bracket match.

[Sunday - 8:45pm]
Final update for today.

- Pin made it up till semi-final at KODE5. He was defeated by Girlyluck who eventually became the KODE5 SEA Warcraft 3 champion.
- It is not yet known what is Pin final standing, whether 3rd or 4th placing. Still, it's an awesome job by Pin. (UPDATE: He got third place!)

With that, the coverage has already came to an end. Thanks for tuning in!

This post has been edited by chapree: Dec 17 2007, 12:00 PM

Only starts later today. Plus, most of the players will only play on Saturday.

XsM, no?
Eh, how about you guys? You guys qualify for GXL correct?

Republic Poly, Woodlands - http://www.rp.edu.sg/location.asp

First post updated with players latest update and Multiplay's link.

GH.Charlie finished second in their group. That mean they cannot qualify to elimination stage

More updates. Kingsurf lost to XcN and now have to fight back from lower bracket.

Oh, and some photos have been posted at Multiplay.

This post has been edited by chapree: Dec 15 2007, 03:45 PM

I think it's still a bit early...also not sure whether GXL will release demo or not.

Anyway, more updates!

- Kingsurf will meet Outbreak in their first lower bracket match.

- mav3tan and labbit13 were eliminated from Halo 3 FFA tournament. I'm not sure they really playing or not, but since their names is on the bracket, I assume they did.

This post has been edited by chapree: Dec 15 2007, 04:58 PM

New update: GXL folks just uploaded more piktors. One picture caught my attention: it seems that Syuji joined Halo 3 FFA as well.

No update yet, but seems that Si_Jali did play the matches according to this pic at GXL gallery.



More updates:

- Syuji of GH.Charlie were eliminated from the Halo 3 FFA tournament, while another player - ed1001 (yes, the Gamers Hideout dude) managed to proceed up to Round of 32. There goes our challenge in Halo 3 FFA.

- Seems that Pin already won his match since his name already appeared at the double elimination bracket.

- Same goes to Kingsurf. They won against Outbreak and set battle against Sweety in the next round.

Updatoooo againn:

- Another good news! GH.Beta is among the final 8 teams for Halo 3 2vs2! Kudos to lunatism and mav3tan!

- Thing were not as good for GH.Alpha though since they shared the same fate as GH.Charlie a.k.a eliminated.

Yes it is. It's so handsome that one auntie want my jacket at GXL Season 1. LOLZ

Anyway, finally some FIFA'08 updates...

[W|nDs]Si_Jali and Jaylike 7 didn't make it through group stages. NOOOOOOOOO

So I guess only left GH.Beta in Xbox 360 category.

Meanwhile in PC category...

- Kingsurf beat Sweety to proceed to lower brackets semi-final against Impreza. If they pull this off, they will meet Zenith in lower brackets finals. My god, the Indonesians - XcN - is on fire, beating everybody on their way

- Finally Pin got to know who is his 1st opponent in GXL double elim stage. The fella is OxygeN-.

Good day everyone! Let's continue the updates...

- Today's coverage at Multiplay: http://multiplay.lowyat.net/2007/12/16/kod...day-3-coverage/

- Kingsurf defeated Impreza and booked themselves in lower's bracket finals. That means they already got at least 3rd place prize.

Do you guys somehow have any updates on Team Hybrid? I can't any updates from my source

Yes! Kingsurf defeated Zenith and are going to the finals! They are going to meet XcN.Trilogy again in what seems to be a Malaysia vs. Indonesia battle.

I'm sorry bro, I still fail to get any updates on KODE5.

Meanwhile, few more updates from GXL:

- Halo 3 2vs2 just started. GH.Beta will fight against FsK3.Underrated.
- Pin lost again, this against FsK3.Gosubay which means he has now been booted out from the tournament.
- Kingsurf managed to score a win against the Indonesians thus forcing them into a tie-breaker match. Go Kingsurf!!

Alright, this should be the last update of the day...until we finally got KODE5 update.

- The finals between Kingsurf and XcN.Trilogy have finally come into an end. Sadly, Kingsurf lost the match with the final score of 2 - 1. Still, they are going home with SGD 2,000 reward.

- GH.Beta also lost to FsK3.Underrated which brought them to Halo 3 2v2 lower bracket. Sadly, they also lost their lower bracket's match against Team.Xtreme

To sum our GXL performances:
- Kingsurf: 1st Runner Up (DoTA)
- GH.Beta: Top 8 (Halo 3 2vs2)
- Pin: Top 8 (Warcraft 3)
- ed1001: Top 32 (Halo 3 FFA)
- [W|nDs]Si_Jali, jaylike07: Group Stage (FIFA'08)
- GH.Charlie, GH.Alpha: Group Stage (Halo 3 2v2)
- labbit13, mav3tan, Syujisy, unkool: Group Stage (Halo 3 FFA)

Congrats to Kingsurf once again!

This post has been edited by chapree: Dec 16 2007, 06:37 PM

Alright, finally some updates from KODE5.

- Team Hybrid didn't make it to Top 8 stage. They didn't came on the top of their group. Instead it was Team FeelThePain.
- Still no news about Pin's progress at KODE5.

Last update of the day:

- Pin made it up till semi-final at KODE5. He was defeated by Girlyluck who eventually became the KODE5 SEA Warcraft 3 champion.
- It is not known whether Pin did get 3rd or 4th placing. Overall, it's still an awesome work by Pin.

No worries, Jali! You have tried your best. Give yourself a pat because at least, you dare to compete there. It's never easy to play on a different platform and next time...take a train.

Good game to all participants as well. You all already did your best.

Anyway, I just received a news this morning. Pin got 3rd place at KODE5!! Wooohooooo!

KODE5 CS brackets:http://gamesync.net/2007/12/16/kode5-sea-cs-scoreboard
KODE Warcraft 3 brackets: http://gamesync.net/2007/12/14/kode5-sea-wc3-scoreboard

Team Hybrid review of KODE5: http://teamhybrid.com.my/comment.php?comment.news.148