Okay guys, listen up. I've been asked by the In2 Marketing, the organizers of this year's Malaysia WCG2008 to ask on whether you guys are interested in participating in this year's World Cyber Games 2008. They want to know what's the response like for console gamers.

As you know, there are also Xbox 360 games in the competition, but we need to find out how many Xbox 360 players here own these games and whether they're willing to take part and compete among other players to represent Malaysia at the WCG2008. If you have the following games, please mention it in your post and state the games that you're willing to compete in.

- Project Gotham Racing 4
- Guitar Hero III
- Halo 3
- Virtua Fighter 5

Also due to the difficulty of sourcing for Xbox 360 consoles for the competition, would you guys mind bringing your own console to the competition? I know it's a hassle but since Microsoft Malaysia isn't focused on the Xbox 360 here, we will need to improvise. In2 Marketing says they can at least arrange for monitors and speakers, so all you have to do is bring your console and controller. What do you think?

I strongly believe that the console gamers in Malaysia can put up a good fight against other players around the world. The response at last year's Consoul 2007 was fantastic, and I believe this year's community of Xbox 360 players is even greater. If we can pull it off, we can show to Microsoft and other gamers that the console gaming community in the country is live and active. Malaysia Boleh!

EDIT:: Sorry, my line was down over the weekend so I wasn't able to update the list.

List of players who want to join (or people who have expressed interest) so far:

Halo 3
- jaylike7
- daidzz
- Syujisy
- Firearms
- Breakthru
- Mavetan
- Mr.Pikachu
- PrivateJohn
- infe_red555
- Latios507
- kimseng
- lightonokira (?)

Project Gotham Racing 4
- jaylike7
- msn83235502
- ImSIEBEL
- chapree
- infe_red555
- gM | Mutsumi-san
- kimseng

Guitar Hero III
- blacktrix
- Mr.Pikachu
- infe_red555
- kimseng


Virtua Fighter 5 (lol)
- infe_red555

There are some people that I haven't included because I'm not sure which games they want to be in. Please state which game you want to participate, thanks!

This post has been edited by Ruff Bark: Apr 3 2008, 11:04 AM

If you're below 18, you'll need your parents to sign a parental consent form.

As mentioned before, we need to know which of the 4 listed games you have (PGR4, GHIII, Halo 3, and VF5) and which games you're interested in competing in. So if there're a lot of, say, Halo 3 and Guitar Hero III players who want to compete, then In2 Marketing may hold those competitions.

Right now, they're gauging the interest for Xbox 360 game competition in the WCG2008. I'll check back with them later for the minimum number required to have the competition. I think we can gather a fair amount of players for at least Halo 3.

Nope, sorry. Need to be one of the official Xbox 360 games as decided by the WCG committee.

You have to understand that since Microsoft does not officially support the Xbox 360 here in Malaysia, then it's very hard to source for units to be used in the competition. Not many game shops are willing to sponsor that many consoles either, not even Gamer's Hideout. And what happens if something happens to the unit during the competition? Who will take responsibility? Even during Consoul 2007 players had to bring their own consoles. And I don't see anyone slamming Jason, Bobby, or Eddy over it.

In general we need about 6 - 10 consoles. Doesn't sound like much but if more games are being contested, then you'll need more consoles so that the games will run faster. Imagine having 50 players sharing 6 consoles - for sure the matches will take ages to complete. More consoles = more matches run at the same time. If everybody bring their own console to compete, then it should make things go smoother. Don't have to worry about settings or what, since they all use the same hardware.

For a contest to happen, we need at least 30 - 40 players who want to compete per game.

First post updated with list of players who have expressed interest or want to participate. If you want to join, state the game(s) that you'd like to take part. Thanks!

Game marshals should be chosen by In2, so it shouldn't be a problem.

Remember guys to post your intention to play and participate in the games you want to see happening in the tournament, or are these all we have for WCG?

Note the word "Tentative".

As I said before, if there's enough demand or players for a X360 comp to be held for a particular game (e.g. Halo 3 or Guitar Hero 3), then it is possible that In2 may have it. We still got time until the prelims and Finals, so it's not too late.

This Sunday at Gamer's Hideout, I'll poll the GH3 players and ask whether they want one or not in this year's WCG.

This post has been edited by Ruff Bark: Apr 2 2008, 02:22 PM