World Cyber Games - Team Ireland

Kinetic^

Right lads, the World Cyber Games is coming up again this year in October, it's being held in Seattle this time around. The Irish qualifiers are going to be held sometime in September.

What has to be confirmed is what games we are going to be represented in, so Biohazard (Team Ireland Captain) is looking for some feedback as to what games you think we would do best in so that he can arrange for the qualifiers to happen for them, for both PC and console. You'll see a full list of games in the link below.

Have a read of this thread which is located in the LAN Parties forum and hopefully you could leave some feedback.



Here's the official site (which doesn't seem to work in firefox for me)

Kinetic^

Oh yeah lads, I forgot to say, if you enter and win you get sent to Seattle, all expenses paid.

Timans

You have to be 18 I'm guessing?

Rainbow 6 should be chosen before GoW imo. More tactical and more skill involved.

Kinetic^

Yeah you have to be 18 and you have to be Irish too.

WCG put it to vote and that's what was chosen. Although it was probably just a farce and microsoft probably picked the games that were to be played.

GOW is still a very tactical game in fairness.

TheDoc

I lost complete faith in this due to the absolute bull **** that went on last year. Warcraft 3 was pulled from qualifying so we could send someone over to play dead or alive on xbox, was absolutely gutted was training for months to be told like a week before.

Kinetic^

[DM]-TheDOC- wrote:

I lost complete faith in this due to the absolute bull **** that went on last year. Warcraft 3 was pulled from qualifying so we could send someone over to play dead or alive on xbox, was absolutely gutted was training for months to be told like a week before.

I think it's fair to say that were not enough competitors last year for it, which would've meant a low standard at the qualifiers. The games that will be put forward this year will be chosen in the next few weeks and they will be the ones the comps will be run in.

Last year was a rush job, they didn't have enough notice like this year.

koneko

Kenny 5 wrote:

Yeah you have to be 18 and you have to be Irish too.

Boooooo

Kinetic^

koneko wrote:

Boooooo

Sorry Koneko but those picked will be representing Ireland.

koneko

I know that, `just saying is all'.

Kinetic^

koneko wrote:

I know that, `just saying is all'.

Cool It's not that we don't like ya or anything.........if you be my wife you can get citizenship

Timans

You're not Irish? You learn something every day.

Over 18 eh? Shame.

Kinetic^

Yeah, basically bringing people under the age of 18 would bring things to a whole new level of responsibility for the organisers.....and they don't want it tbh. Plus at least if ye're over 18 you're going to be somewhat mature......somewhat

Timans

What are you insinuating?

FranchisePlayer

Kenny 5 wrote:

Yeah you have to be 18 and you have to be Irish too.

WCG put it to vote and that's what was chosen. Although it was probably just a farce and microsoft probably picked the games that were to be played.

GOW is still a very tactical game in fairness.

Won't be 18 for 3 years:o but just wondering do you have to be born in ireland or can you have irish parents and live here.

Kinetic^

You need an Irish passport........you can sleep with whoever you want to get one but that's what you need.

Kinetic^

If you read the other thread then you'll see that there's plans for a GOW comp at the Lan, winners will be crowned champs of Ireland :cool:

Kinetic^

Signups for this comp are now available at www.LanParty.ie

There's also going to be a pre-qualifier event at Gamecon 12, Midlans LAN and Galway LAN. If you qualify through these then you get in free to the main event on September 15th in The Digital Hub.

PGR3 has been chosen as the Xbox 360 game to be represent in at the WCG event in October.

You can see the rules and tracks that will be used for this comp here

Remember, you need to be over 18 and hold a valid Irish passport to compete. Should you win you'll also need to be able to travel on 2nd-8th October for the WCG event in Seattle.

Kinetic^

Anybody interested in this at all?

Kinetic^

Taken from here

BioHazRd wrote:

In light of some irc chats, I believe there may be some confusion in how the WCG events are running this year, so I hope this post will resolve that to everyones satisfaction.

The main area of confusion seems to be around the qualifiers, so I will now explain how it works.

1. the reason for the qualifiers is to create interest in lan events that are run around the country, and to offer an incentive to the people who attend these events

2. You DONT HAVE to attend a qualifier if you want to take part in the WCG finals in Dublin

3. Winning a qualifier just means that you get FREE entry into the Dublin finals, and you are automatically passed into round 2 of your competition

4. If you dont win a qualifier, you can still enter the Dublin finals, but you will have to pay the €15 entry fee, and you start in round 1

3. Not all WCG competitions will be run at the qualifiers due to may of these lans running their own conflicting competitions. We are not in the business of competing with other lans

4. If you intend on going to the Dublin finals, you MUST sign up on www.lanparty.ie - Please ensure you sign up for the WCG finals aswell as a lanparty.ie account. Please make sure you use a valid email address when signing up as this is how we will disseminate further information to you as we get closer to the event

5. To enter the Dublin finals, you MUST be over 18 and have a valid Irish passport, and be available to travel to Seattle in October should you win. Passports will be checked at the finals - No Passport = No Competition

6. To enter the qualifiers, you MUST be over 18 and have a valid Irish passport, and be available to travel to Seattle in October should you win. Passports will be checked at the finals - No Passport = No Competition.
It would make life easier for us if you brought your passport to the qualifiers, but it is not essential

Birth Certs, Drivers Licence, notes from your mother will not be accepted

Can I also ask that people sign up for the event as soon as possible, as we need to gauge space / power requirements. We havent decided on a close off date yet for signups, but there will be one, and it wont be too far away

Any further questions, just ask

Bio

Tazzle

Stickys give terrible visibility

Kinetic^

Tazzle wrote:

Stickys give terrible visibility

I know yeah, seems like I'm talking to myself in this thread.......at least it's intelligent conversing though

Tazzle

You could always try something along the lines of what I did in the CS forum

Kinetic^

Tazzle wrote:

You could always try something along the lines of what I did in the CS forum

True that.

o Diablo o

I assume halo 2 isnt on the list?

Kinetic^

o Diablo o wrote:

I assume halo 2 isnt on the list?

You assume right.

Nailz

They picked Fifa instead of Pro Evo! Fúck off!