Blizzard Creative Writing Contest [Write An Epic!]
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Posted by on March 15th, 2009Ever dream of writing an epic story of a battle between the Orcs and Humans, or the on going animosities between the Tauren and Night Elves?
Well, then here’s your chance with Blizzard’s Creative Writing Contest!
Writers can submit their entries at the link above and have the chance of winning one of the following:
Grand Prize
- “Trip to Blizzard Entertainment headquarters in Southern California to meet and eat with the Blizzard writing staff, and a Frostmourne sword”
Runner Up
- “Seven runners-up will receive prize packages consisting of signed copies of the Diablo Archive, Warcraft Archive, StarCraft Archive, and the Warcraft War of the Ancients Archive. “
The rules are simple: To enter, submit a 3,000 to 10,000 word story written in English and set in the Warcraft, StarCraft, or Diablo universe by April 12 and earn your chance to visit the Blizzard Entertainment headquarters and meet the writers and staff behind the lore seen in the games and books.
See below for additional prizing details, or check out the official rules for more information.
WCG 2008: Day 2 Results
Posted by on November 8th, 2008
The second day of World Cyber Games 2008 marks the end of the group stage for all titles part of the event. Pakistan’s games for CS, FIFA and CnC3 have been completed and the results were not bad at all!
FIFA player ‘SmoothCriminal’ had a very impressive run in his group. With a total of four games that he had to play, he was up 2-0 initially. I personally thought he was going to qualify from his group since he was leading the points table at that time. He lost the next two games, however, due to which he was tied for second place. ‘Orchi’ from Bangladesh managed to win the tie-breaker between them and qualified from the group with SmoothCriminal finishing third. (EDIT: There was no tie-breaker between them. In fact second place was awarded directly to the winner of their head to head group match - Orchi).
Team ‘incredibles’ who are representing Pakistan for Counter-Strike went 1-4 in their group with their win being against Simplex. Their losses include a very close game against ’Assassin List’ from UAE.
For CnC 3, ‘Pantera’ was able to take two maps out of six, finishing 2-4 overall in his group.
WCG 2008: Pakistan off to a Good Start!
Posted by on November 7th, 2008
Day 1 at World Cyber Games 2008 has ended and with some encouraging results from the WarCraft 3 department, currently being represented solely by Bilal Rasheed. Bilal is an accomplished user of the Night Elf race.
Bilal’s, Group D, group had his international teammate Kim from the Chinese Taipei, the Croat P1nke and the German underdog S.o.K.o.L. He managed to win 4 out of 6 games leading to a three way tie between him, P1nke, and S.o.K.o.L. But after the tie-breakers, it was S.o.K.o.L who won the second qualifying spot form the group.
Friends from all over the world praised Bilal’s performance in the tournament. This is for the first time that someone this young has accomplished something like this.
WC3L Season XIV Update
Posted by on October 2nd, 2008
Warcraft’s most prestigious league, the WC3L, is heading towards the end of its current season. With a total of 11 playdays*, playday 10 is set to commence today with WE squaring off against SK.
When the season started, anyone could tell that by the end MYM, mTw, SK, fnatic and WE would be leading the pack. Infact, the competition between these 5 teams is so tight that only 3 points currently separate 1st place (MYM) from the 5th (mTw).
Click here to see what the rankings table looks like at the moment [taken from ESL]
Telenor Djuice Sponsoring ESWC Pakistan
Posted by on May 29th, 2008
Time to gear up for another mega gaming event taking on Pakistan. Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC) has finally made a come back in Pakistan after a their main sponsors changed this year. This year I am glad to announce it’s Djuice who are behind the National Qualifiers in Pakistan. The two games that Pakistan is playing in are Defence of the Ancients (DotA) and Counter Strike 1.6 (CS 1.6).
The qualification round will be held country wide from May 26th to June 10th. The national finals will be in Expo Center Karachi from June 13th to June 14th. And the Grand Final will be in San Jose (Silicon Valley), California from August 25th to August 27th.
- Preliminaries at participating Gaming Arenas : May 26- June 10th
- Participating cities Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Pindi,Faislabad, Hyderabad, Quetta
- Karachi Offline Pre-liminaries: June 6- June 8 (EXPO CENTER, Karachi)
- National Finals: June 13- 14th
- Grand Finale at California, USA
Registration opens on May 25th for all locations. Registration Fee Rs 1000 per team (Rs 200 per player).
Each registrant will get a djuice SIM or credit of Rs. 140 on their already existing djuice SIMS.For Registration, Rules and Regulations and participating gaming arenas go to Wired Up site.
To be able to participate it is mandatory to have a Djuice connection.
Teams from all over the world participate in this grand event, and the prize is more than prestigious. With a hefty purse for the winning teams, ESWC gives a lot of the winners the bragging rights about winning on the top level. ESWC has other categories that players compete in like WarCraft 3 1v1, FIFA 2008 etc. Click the image at the top left to gain more on where and how to register for the preliminaries!
World Cyber Games Announces Event’s List!
Posted by on March 15th, 2008
The much awaited response from the World Cyber Game’s organization about their poll about the most preferred games for 2008 events has finally come through. WCG 2008 will have the following games:
For the PC:
- StarCraft: BroodWar in 1v1
- WarCraft III: Frozen Throne in 1v1
- Counter-Strike 1.6 in 5v5
- FIFA Soccer 2008 in 1v1
- Need For Speed: Pro Street in 1v1
- Command and Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath in 1v1
- Red Stone in 4v4
- Carom3D in 1v1
- Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties in 1v1
For the Xbox 360:
- Halo 3 in 4v4
- Guitar Hero 3 in 1v1
- Project Gotham Racing 4 in 1v1
- Virtua Fighter 5 in 1v1
For the Mobile:
- Asphalt in 1v1
As usual, qualifiers and preliminaries will be held in cities around the world, and after national finals, teams will come forward for the Grand Finals, that are being held in Berlin (Correction: Cologne, Thanks Chapree) this year.
[Via SK Gaming]
Ted Owen talks Digital Games
Posted by on February 26th, 2008
Global Gaming League’s recently announced international mega-gaming event in Shanghai is gathering up pace and hype in the gaming community. Hot off the SK Gaming website that has an article with an interview of Ted Owen, the CEO of GGL. Read a primer about what this event is on our blog.
In an interview with GameRiot, the American enterpreneur discloses GGL’s plans as to his event. The general idea of the Digital Games is that it is going to be a cultural event more than a professional gaming event. GGL hopes to attract casual gamers with multiple genres and game platforms. Celebrity musicians and athletes playing video games are also supposed to be a part of the DG08, but esports tournaments will be included as well.
Read rest of the interview at GameRiot.
[Via SK Gaming]
Grubby loses out of the NGL One Finals as squads are announced
Posted by on February 21st, 2008
NGL One is one of WarCraft 3 community’s very well known leagues in which teams from Europe compete online to qualify for the finals, which are being held this year in Berlin. The format of the matches is slightly different to other leagues, but equally interesting.
Four players from each team are announced against four of the other team. For each pair of opponents there is a head to head match and the winner gets to play the next opponent in line. The first team to eliminate all four of the other team’s players wins.
From March 22nd to 24th, four teams that have qualified and annouced their squads will battle it out in Berlin for a total of $16,000. The break down for three podium spots are,
GGL’s Digital Games shakes hands with CIG, Website goes Live!
Posted by on February 20th, 2008
Global Gaming League (DG) and China Internet Gaming Organizing Committee (CIG) have signed a deal to jointly hold the Digital Games in Beijing China this year. This news comes to us in a press release on the GGL’s event website, that has gone live for registrations from all countries of the world.
In short the press release states that this would be an opportunity for all gamers from around the world to represent their countries, no matter what their skill level is. The qualifications would be held online. And as reported here earlier, the event will take place in Shanghai, in a football stadium. The incorporation of CIG as an official endorser of the tournament from the government of PR of China also brings to the table the Chinese council of committees that are organizing the Olympics, called “Our Olympics Organizing Committee,” or OOOC.
E-Sports at Beijing Olympics 2008! Rejoice!
Posted by on February 16th, 2008
The Olympics are world’s symbolic finals of all finals in sports. And what better a place would it be to have a little bit of e-Sports going on? Yes! Global Gaming League has signed an official deal with the Beijing Olympics organization committee that has made them the official welcome event.
Officials of the GGL, a California start-up, had been working hard to acquire permissions from the organizing committee to use symbols from the Olympics’ logo. Not just that, they also wanted to get an official endorsement from the committee for the e-Sports event they are going to call ‘Digital Games.’ Ted Owen the CEO of the firm says,
“The ultimate elevation of gaming and the culture of gaming to the world stage.”
