Archive for October, 2007

Zaccubus wins silver medal in THP8

Zaccubus wins silver medal in THP8

Zaccubus has won the silver medal in the WCG2007 THP8 competition, missing out on the top spot to DuVal_AK47. The match was played live on the Cyberspace I & Cyberspace II stages here at the Qwest Field Event Centre.
The two maps for the final were School and Main Street in Graffiti mode.
Despite pulling off [...]

GoW Semi Final Result

GoW Semi Final Result

Infused-Gaming lost out on going through to the Grand Final this morning, in 2 rounds against InFiNiTy. The scores from the two rounds were 5-4, 5-2 to the American’s.
They will face Malice in the 3rd place play off this afternoon at 15:30 PDT (23:30 BST).

Day 4 Match Schedule

Day 4 Match Schedule

It’s the last day of the WCG2007 here at the Qwest Field Event Centre in Seattle and the UK have at least 3 matches left to play in GoW, THP8 and C&C3 - 2 of them fighting for Gold in  Grand Finals!
Gears of War
Gears of War is back on schedule, with the semi-finals for that being [...]

Day 3 Round Up

Day 3 Round Up

Some fantastic news from Qwest Field in Seattle today; Team UK are through to the Grand Final with Zaccubus in THP8 and  Apollooo in C&C3! GoW is also looking promising for Infused-Gaming, although the semi-finals are still to play.
With the good however also comes some bad news, with ChrisY being knocked [...]

Finding our CNC3 chap… somewhere

Finding our CNC3 chap… somewhere

I go for a quick look see, up to the secure players only tourny area. I find Wizzo watching over the shoulder of our man Apollooo as he hands out another good thrasing.

GruntDude knocked out of DOA4

GruntDude knocked out of DOA4

GruntDude was knocked out of the DOA4 tournament this afternoon after a valiant fight by black_mamba.
GruntDude came top of his group with an undefeated streak until being knocked out in the last 8 after pushing the match to a third bout. A top notch performance all round and a shame about the [...]

England vs Germany Final

England vs Germany Final

An excellent performance by Apollooo saw him secure a place in the Grand Final of WCG2007 by beating Dackel.
He will now go on to face another German,  xeon in the final, due to be played tomorrow at 15:00 PDT (23:00 BST), which will be shown on Cyberspace I & Cyberspace II in the venue, [...]

*Glitz*… now with added people

*Glitz*… now with added people

Finally the event is filling up, thanks to Saturday arriving. Many more roaming punters have arrived

ChrisY knocked out of FIFA

ChrisY knocked out of FIFA

It was a close match that decided ChrisY’s fate in FIFA this afternoon, playing the unbeaten KreeganBG for a spot in the Quarter Final.
There were opportunities for either side to take the lead throughout and at the end of the day it was Kreegan who went through, sealing the deal in the 120th minute [...]

Novint Falcon - Force feedback rediscovered

Novint Falcon - Force feedback rediscovered

Whilst browsing the many stands here at WCG I stumbled upon a company called Novint, pimping their latest conroller the Novint Falcon Haptics. Now this really does bring force feedback into a new age, with demos and a working half life 2 mod.

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