ESWC 2008 Malaysia National Final has come to an end, now starts the journey to take back the world champion title.

The Champions are

Trackmania Nations Forever © Nadeo
Tang "luige" Chee Keong

Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne © Blizzard
Yan "eNet | Paulyan`" Meng Choon

Counter-Strike 1.6 © Valve
Champion: Hybrid
Sanjay "sniggy" Anantharajah
Leong "fions" Khaw Jin
Gerard "rico" Anand
Abdul "jab" Hakim B. Yazid
Abdul "bobo" Azim B. Yazid

Defense of the Ancients © Blizzard
Champion: KingSurf

*Please leave your comments on the event so we could improve more in upcoming tournaments.

I'm sure there will be ppl leaving comments like more chix, more freebies xD

Need more chicks and more freebies
kthnxbai

need the love of quake
or whatever console games that might come up next year
(console games didnt get love this year so probably next year)

and better game commentators

- More organized registration structure.
- Less delay.

- Projector screen or/and house speaker at Main Stage need to bring forward, so that it will not disturb the players on stage.
- and, yes, better commentator plz...we can't barely hear her and we dun really understand what she's saying. (no offence ah...)

-OT- linkin, bila ko dtg melawat?

aku tak gi pun. Aku tau tu mmg tak cukup lol

Boss(Nles) is so damn worry about your event huh?
Although event finished jor still post a comment poll....

Well , just improve the registration method next year o.O . thats for qualifier . And that hot chicks giving freebies are good , but they are REALLY SLOW!!!! Some marshal says we have to wear the T shirt in order to enter so my team just rushed out to the eswc station and end up waiting there until we were late for our matches which was supposed to start 15 minutes ago . Then we end up seeing our opponents not wearing them .

1. Registration should be made through reservation online only unless there is 32/64-> no limited slot .
2. Announcement should be made at least 30 minutes before not right when the matches are gonna start and you announce it .
3. The Marshal that is responsible for setting up matches should talk on stage not right in the middle of the crowd where by the contestants hardly able to see him , considering he wears the same T shirts that most of the contestants are wearing and makes him stand out is the MIC which is hardly noticeable .
4. Don't use steel series mouse , they are uber hard to grab . xD <-- you can ignore this .

added with some of the points made by Chapree and I guess it would be a greater event next year @@. Considering that Marshals this year seems to be more "pro" than last year's eswc . That deserve some credit as well .

Oh, I forgot to add this.
As for marshaling + tournament management, it can't get any better than combination of Douglas, Ben, Nles and their whole team members. Kudos to that.

Also, thanks to Go International Group for providing support to media members, especially prizes for Multiplay readers. It was quite a lot till we still got few more to give away soon (hint!)

the event definitely a lot of flaw in the management side..



the prize giving ceremony was more like "Just Do It" where else it was suppose to be the time where the winners can bask in their glory and can be proud off. So definitely it shld b plan nicely with no delays and interruption and with a proper set.



And as for the screen for viewers, it can b place in a better way bcoz those who play on stage can actually watch the game thru the screen. Plus there is no restriction between the players on stage and the viewers down below. So people can actually just go and tell to the onstage players whts going on the other side.



Although it is the 1st time but it is no excuse because ESWC is an international event. So i hope next year it would be better and all my critics are just constructive critics. No hard feelings yea ^^



And please...



test out the commentators ability 1st.. dont just choose just bcoz can speak english...

Hmm.. The only thing I wanna comment is about the lack of seats for spectators.. A wider area with more seats next time would be appreciated. ^^

And as for the screen for viewers, it can b place in a better way bcoz those who play on stage can actually watch the game thru the screen. Plus there is no restriction between the players on stage and the viewers down below. So people can actually just go and tell to the onstage players whts going on the other side.


yeah.nles could have done better!

I think, the event was a sucessful one. Good job on that. For my personal opinion, It can be better if more freebies and side-games was held to attract more people to join and make things merrier.

Overall, the marshalls was very helpful with the replays and even our enquiry.

About the commentator, It's hard to find a girl who can really talk about DotA that well. So, I think she did a great job.

something to add:
a small stadium stage something like ESWC indonesia will be a nice addition for next year event

then HLTV for stage matches or probably all the matches for CS
and live streaming around the tournament area

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=736914

needs more spectator PCs and area for people to sit and view. then, the booths around the area look very pasar malam like... not proper.

there wasnt much space for the people to walk around the arena as well.

next time, it best be in a convention hall. i realise that tournament in malls tend to be too noisy and distracting.

i think let us see the bracket online?

better tables for cs pls.. lol

This post has been edited by HALLER!: Jul 8 2008, 08:33 PM

got demos ?

anyway, it looked like cs was left at the side and more effort was put into the dota. i guess its understandable, since dota was your main game.

tables for the TWO cs islands looked bad. come on, is it that hard to get better tables n arrangement for two islands..

some stuff you guys could work on in the future; maybe an online update @ the site. the brackets and scores maybe. or you could go into detail for each game like what multiplay did.. but, i think the bracket n score updates are more then enough.

edit : also, im curious. i saw people going around taking videos of the matches. are you planning to release like a video of the event to the public ? if so, where/when can we see it ? =)

This post has been edited by NecrosavaNt: Jul 8 2008, 08:31 PM

oh yea despite the registration havoc , nles had the problem solved pretty fast . Of course , kudos to those at the back stage that involve as well . And I read jali's comments they were great rofl considering that he is a fifa player that commented on DotA like he said .

Well, we do have consoles games. Just that we couldn't fit everything in that area. hopefully next year we can get a wider area.


Well, the tournament schedule went well just like what I planned xD. It's her debut in comentating, defintely lots of places to improve give her some chances lolx

Coner32 my CS marshal, thx for the hardwork

Thx alot for your comments, no worries will make improvement for upcoming tournaments.

Thanks for your great support man, we shall meet one day for waffle. Congratulation for getting 2nd in Trackmania Nations Forever

The projector screen was a last minute addon, we got counter measure for preventing player on stage viewing the projection anyway. Well, I think in any other tournament also, ppl can just shout under the stage and tell what's happening.

Anyway I must salute on the bravery of GO International Group in taking up such a huge event where they hasn't done or see any gaming event before. 90% non-gamers xD

If we could get a wider area in 1 Utama haha

Gavin lose liao dun cry la.

I can host ESWC in a stadium with boxing ring if you want to, will u come and watch?

There's always HLTV for the stage match all the while. What you mean?

We have drinks sponsor from Cool Rhino, you didn't get them? pity you

I owe u alot, thx for your support and hopefully we will be able to pull something off in the future

Hmm, too bad we have no internet connection at the area except 1 Utama Wireless lolx.

CS tables are actually better than the DotA ones. It's bad because it's uneven? or what?

I can't be putting all games in front right >_<

Tables for CS island is actually beter than the ones for DotA, in fact I was suppose to use the same table for DotA. It's the same setup for for DotA and CS island, it's only dota island surface is not that nice so need table cloth on it

No internet conection oh EHhEHee

Thanks for everyones comment, and I hope it doesn't end here.

I can still take more of it, come come.

This post has been edited by nles: Jul 9 2008, 04:58 PM