There is a gaming event coming up and it is only for the college/university students in Malaysia. It goes by the name "Inter College Cyber Games 2007" and its mission is to promote cyber games among the students. The main event of ICCG 2007 is a gaming tournament for the popular mod of Warcraft III : The Frozen Throne called 'Dota All-Stars' and Counter Strike 1.6. For more information about ICCG2007, you guys can visit their website here.

I have managed to get MTH, one of the local 'Dota' players, for a short interview about him, his clan and the ICCG 2007.

"MTH is in the same clan with me but he plays game on a competitive level !"

Hi MTH, thank you for putting time aside for this interview.
Can you quickly introduce yourself to the readers ?
The name is Syafiq. I don't blog, I hate to write. I'm forced to write this interview tho (damn u Antabax). I only play online games. People call me as Meth or in-game nick MTH. Currently studying at MMU here, GG university. I'm 23 (it's nvr too old to play games). So basically I sleep, eat, classes sometime, gaming always.

When did you start playing the mod 'Dota All-Stars" ?
Last 4 years if I'm not mistaken. The version was 5.84, now currently 6.45 wtf ?

I see. So when did you start playing competitively and not just for fun ?
Since I'm 18 but the first WCG that I joined was in 2005.

So you are in a clan called "tDs". Care to share with us how it all started ?
I wasn't one of them at first. I was invited to replace one of the members due to some problem. So actually I'm just a substitute that time. Now I'm officially a tDs member.

How is the team spirit ? Do you and the other members know each other well ?
The spirit is awesome. Melaka + Cyberjaya = Woot !!

Besides 'Dota', do you play any other games ?
Ragnarok, CS, RYL, RYL2, MapleStory, AAA, GE, Rose, but dota most of the time.

You are quite known in the 'Dota' Online community. How much time do you spend on 'Dota' everyday ? (including watching replays, reading related news and playing as well)
5hours/day. 10hours/day on holidays. HAHAHA.

What heroes do you usually use/prefer during you friendly matches online ?
Semi-Ace (Qop, Sand King, Priestess of the Moon). Commander most of the time.

There is a tourney coming-up only for college/university students in Malaysia and if I'm not mistaken, it is called "Inter College Cyber Games 2007" by APIIT. So, is tDs goin to join the tourney ?
Yes. But not as full team, more like tDs mix with nT.

Can you tell us how you guys prepare for the tourney ?
We play almost everyday. So basically, everyday is a training day. It's hard to gather all of them to go challenge in-house clans because we leave in different places (Cyberjaya, Melaka, Kedah). So we just train online.

Most probably, top seeded teams in the country will not join this tournament because it clashes with another tournament held at Johor/Batu Pahat and this tournament is only for students. So what is your aim for this tournament ?
Top 3 hopefully.

Do you think your team can achieve that ? Any obstacles that can stop tDs.NT from achieving it ?
Not sure because it's the first time tDs.nT go for tourney but I hope we can play our best.


Thanx for teh time, MTH. I would like to wish good luck and all the best to you and tDs.NT for the tournament ! Any last word(s) you want to say before we end this interview ?
Sorry to other tDs members who are not selected for this ICCG. It's a last minute invitation by nT because 4 of nT members decided not to play. SMM Melaka coming soon, a complete tDs team will join I hope or 2 teams perhaps ? Stop blogging and start training wahahahah.

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I would like to wish good luck again to tDs.NT for the upcoming tourney, ICCG 2007. Hope they can achieve their goal. To the other tDs members, prepare yourself for SMM Melaka.

I've been a Malaysian for almost 23 years now and well I do have some national spirit for the country especially in sports. Malaysia is one of the host for the AFC Asian Cup 2007 together with Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. Last night was the first match for Malaysia and its opponent is China. So whats the result ? From this quote "Han Peng and Wang Dong netted two goals apiece as China kicked off their AFC Asian Cup 2007 campaign in style with a 5-1 trouncing of Malaysia at Bukit Jalil National Stadium on Wednesday" taken from AFC website should be more than enough for us to understand that they played horribly bad. Malaysia became the first of the four co-hosts to lose a match in the competition following victories for Vietnam and Indonesia against United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, respectively, and a draw for Thailand against Iraq.

"Malaysia's line-up for the game !"

I'm so dissapointed with their performance. They were given a lot of spirit from us Malaysian and the government heck there were given a full set of jerseys sponsored by Nike. If they cant win the game (hardly), the least they can do is to minimize teh damage. But, what the heck, 5-1 ?? Well, whats done is done. Lets just hope they gonna win the next match against Uzbekistan or might as well give another 5-1 performance.

"The China players play their game, Shaolin Style (remember Shaolin Soccer ?), thats why the keeper couldn't handle the force of the ball !"

Below are some of the comments from the angry Malaysians croud.

avicenna: Argghhh.... tgk Malaysia main, mmg kena kluar jampi serapah !

(arghhh, seeing how malaysia play just now, I feel like cursing them !)

hot_station03: Hai... nak kate baju buruk... jersi dah nike..nak kate takde penyokong?? Stadium dah ampir penuh.. nak kate sampah marah!!!!... Tapi mmg player malaysia sampah.. buat abes duit negare jerk!!! Ni la skuad bola sepak kebangsaan kite yg kite banggekan?????

(Hmm, if want to say that the jersey is bad, it is now sponsored by Nike, if want to say that they are no supporters, the stadium just now during the match was almost full with supporters, people say they are bad, they'll get angry (the players) but in the end, they just simply sux. If go on like this, it will just waste our country's money. Is this the malaysia football squad that we are suppose to be proud of ??)

"Rita Rudaini was also there to give moral support for the 'players' (her boyfriend) !"

powerplayguy: weih
powerplayguy: tgk mesia main?
powerplayguy: bodo sial

(Hello, did u watch mesia (Malaysia) play just now ? So stupid!)

amriee_aru: MALAYSIA power !!!

(MALAYSIA is so strong !!!)

"Zh Zheng: Dude, what are you doin ?"

ahmattbellamy: Nanthakumar kena start! Fullbacks banyakkan tolong wingers! Strikers tolong hold bola secara kedap! Shukur lorongkan bola cantik2 sket! Rosdi dan Fauzi mesti tangkas berpatah balik

(Please put nanthakumar in the starting eleven! Wingers need more help from the fullbacks! Strikers need to hold the ball longer/better! Shukur, can you please pass the ball nicely! Rosdi and Fauzi must actively run to the front and back!)

veto lopez: tulaaa
veto lopez: patut 5-0
veto lopez: baru laaa kene dowh
veto lopez: 50 years malaysia merdeka
veto lopez: blh jadi present utk malaysia

(Hehehe, suppose to be 5-0 man ! Then it can be a present for the Malaysians in conjunction with Malaysia’s 50th Merdeka anniversary. 5-0 minus - = 50)

The pics were taken by mitmivec, gicks79, and Lurker@photokaki.com.

One of the biggest E-Sports events, which goes by the name of ESWC, has just ended. One of the members of the winning team for the Counter-Strike Female Tournament, MISSHARVEY of SK Ladies talks mainly about their played matches, her teams and the ESWC female tournament, and also about female gaming in general, too in an interview done by technics (MYM) just before their final match. Below is the video clip linked straight from the MYM website.

The results for the ESWC 2007

Warcraft III : The Frozen Throne
1. Soju
2. Creo
3. Grubby

Counter Strike 1.6 (Male)
1. PGS (Pentagram)
2. NoA
3. Fnatic

Counter Strike 1.6 (Female)
1. SK Ladies
2. Ehonor
3. BtB (Be the Best)

Warcraft III : Frozen Throne (Dota All-Stars)
1. tDs.Wanderer
2. tDs.Destiny
3. Absalom

For more info on the tourney, coverage and the likes, you can proceed direct to the MYM website.

P:S The Dota All-Stars winners is just a joke created by none other than the author itself.

To fellow smokers especially those who play games. I guess you all realiased that the prices for these 'ciggies' has gone up yet again. Not sure about the other brands out there, but any brand under the BAT (British American Tobacco) umbrella is affected. The new price range for its brands of cigarettes is now: RM9.20 for Dunhill Fine Cut 20s; Dunhill D360 20s and Pall Mall Plain 20s (RM8.60); Dunhill King Size, Kent King Size, Benson & Hedges King Size and Peter Stuyvesant 20s (RM8.20); Perilly’s King Size and Pall Mall King Size 25s (RM7.30) and Perilly’s 100s (RM6.90). For the 14s pack, Dunhill, Benson & Hedges and Peter Stuyvesant are now priced at RM5.90.

So guys, is it almost the time to stop now ? I once make a promise to myself that when a box of 20s Dunhill reach the RM10 mark, I will stop smoking. But with the current situation, RM8.20 is quite a burden from RM7.30. So I sit down and think for a while. Besides the joy of smoking, the effects from smoking is not good either. So why waste money to smoke ? If its just plain addicted, I dont think there should be any problem to stop. Smoking is actually a part of life to those who smokes. It is kinda the same like eating or drinking. Its not because of its addictiveness, its become more than that. It is a part of our daily routine. For me, everytime I go to work and between work, lunch and 6.00 pm (my office hour is till 6.00 pm), smoking is a must. I smoke around1 stick per hour. That doesnt sound too bad, rite ?

When you talk about smoking during games, everytime u die, especially when its in the middle stage of the game, u tend to smoke because u will get revive only after a minute or so. This is seriously a bad habit that me and my frens developed. Ive tried chewing gum or snacks but hey who am I lying to. Its just plain different. For starters, lets just try to ease on the smoking. Maybe I should only smoke 1 stick between morning, lunch and another stick between lunch and 6.00 pm.

Anyway, my brother in law, Joe, recently went to Thailand and he bought a 20s pack of Marlboro. Its different from the packs u have here in Malaysia. In Thailand, they have this very scary ad on every ciggies pack there. If these kind of ads were to be done in Malaysia, plus the recent prices for ciggies, I say good bye to fellow smokers. I'll try to stop. Or in other words, GG.



So guys, should we go on smoking or take this matter into consideration ? The choice is in ur hands. But for me, it is still safe to smoke. LMAO. For more info about this ads thingy, click here.

Guys, have you heard about the new airline, Firefly ? (supposed to be Malaysia's First Community Airline). It's parent company is none other than the infamous Malaysian Airlines. The airline is based at Penang and currently it flies to 5 locations in Malaysia, Langkawi, Kota Bahru, Kuantan and Kuala Trengganu. Besides local destinations, the airline also listed Koh Samui and Phuket in their flying schedule.

How easy to book a ticket from Firefly ? It is easy because the tickets can be purchased around the clock, 24/7 from its call center. It can also be bought at MAS's ticketing office in Penang, Kuala Lumpur, KLIA, Kota Bahru, Terengganu, Kuantan and Langkawi. The other alternative is to book/buy the tickets at the official Firefly website. They are offering tickets at rates starting from as low as RM 9, excluding taxes and surcharges. The airplane that they are using are from the type Fokker 50 where it can comfortably seats 50 passengers, with more than enough room for your luggage on board.

So will Firefly be BIG in Malaysia ? The potential is there. With these kind of rates, who wouldnt want to use their service ? It might not takeover Air Asia's share completely but maybe it will attract some customers from Air Asia or maybe more. With the proper planning and management, the airline can smell success probably in few months time. So gamers out there who are on a budget can use this service to travel to the other states for a friendly match ? Clan gathering ? Tournaments ? Gaming Events ? What ever the reason is, it is now affordable to fly and gamers who fly tend to look cooler than average.

"Optimus Prime: At the end of this day... one shall stand, one shall fall"

I guess this review is a bit late. There is tons of review that you can read elsewhere on the internet. So what makes mine different from the rest ? My review is based on myself as a general audience rather than an ultra-leet-fanatic transformers fan or ultra-leet-fanatic movie critics. Well, maybe as an ultra-leet-fanatic gamer (am I ?). Before I start anything, I would like to address to all Megan Fox's fan, there is a short video clip of Megan's Fox scene from the movie below just after the review. Its the part where she is checking Bumblebee's Engine. Rejoice !

"Sam 'Spike' Witwicky: Watch those curves...."

As I mentioned before, I watched Transformers last week at Midvalley Megamall with my frens (Dindetron, OptimusMth, ShujiScream, Donumblebee). Because of our attitude (lol !), we didn't book the tickets but we depend on our luck to get it by goin to the cinema a tad early and buy it there. As a result, we managed to get 5 tickets. Arent we lucky ? Well, not quite lucky because the seats are exactly infront of the screen and for that, Donumblebee queued for about 30-45 minutes. Its lucky to have a nice fren like that who are willing to sacrifice for others (just like Bumblebee in the movie).

"Optimus Prime: Need a light ?"

So how was it ? From my point of view, this is the greatest movie I've watched so far. Why ? Because it contains all the elements a good movie should have for example, eye-catching graphic, comedy/humour, love, action, suspense, and thrill plus the most important part, the robots. Cmon, who expect that the Autobots also have some sense of humour and make themself look like clowns (hint: the scene where they need to hide themself from Sam's Parent). Also, the voice of Optimus Prime is done by the same guy who did it for the cartoon. How cool is that ? Eventhough he is old, he still got that cool macho tone with him. Through-out the movie, I was glued to my seat because the flow of the movie was very organize heck once the movie end, I saw a few people rush out of the cinema to the toilet. I bet they hold their 'business' first until the movie finish.

"Bumblebee: I'm the fastest !"

Some of the reviews I read on teh net tend to criticize teh movie. I guess they must be in the ultra-leet-fanatic transformers fan category. They are dissapointed because they found that Michael Bay concetrated more on teh 'disgusting humans' rather than teh robots. Well who dont want to when you have the super-ultra-babe, Megan Fox, as the heroine. I can understand their attachment to Transformers but if you look it in a different way, like what I did, I found that teh movie overall managed to combine every elements it have. For me, they did quite a good job introducing about teh robots, teh mission, and also teh humans. Doesnt mean teh movie sux just because they dont concetrate more on teh robots, get what I mean ? I'm sure if they just concetrate about the robots (the fighting scene, introduction of their planets, bla bla bla) then it will be just the same with the cartoon. Michael Bay did a goob job on making it a bit different with a twist. This xplains why it is a box office movie not because of the franchise but because it appeals to almost all type of movie-goers.

"Sam 'Spike' Witwicky: What happen to my car ?"

The movie also include some easter eggs (on purpose or mistake) for the viewers to discover by themself. I won't list them all here but Only a few that I found interesting.

1) When Sam gets his pants ripped off by Frenzy, his pants are left somewhere on the ground. But when he gets into Bumblebee, his pants are back on.

2) As Ron drives Sam past the Porsche dealership, the reflection of the camera car filming them is briefly visible on the dealership's windows.

3) Barricade is destroyed by Bumble Bee. But later in the movie, when Megatron contacts the Decepticons, Barricade shows up again on the road, but he is no longer included in the fight scenes between the Autobots and Decepticons.

"Sergeant Lennox: Stay cool guys !"

"Sergeant Epps: Err dude, look behind ..."

Another part that is interesting about the movie is the use of quotes that will forever stuck inside your brain. Some of it are

1) Bobby Bolivia: A driver don't pick the cars. Mmm-mm. Cars pick the driver.

2) Sam 'Spike' Witwicky: It's a robot. You know, like a super advanced robot. It's probably Japanese.

3) Jazz: You want a piece of me Megatron?
Megatron: No, I want two!
(after that, Megatron rips Jazz in half, poor guy errr robot)

4) Sam 'Spike' Witwicky: I bought a car. Turn out to be an alien robot... who knew?


Overall, the movie is at its best and trust me, you won't be dissapointed with it (to those who haven't watch the movie). The acting and the cgi was truely marvellous and the robots were simply cool. What more do you want from a movie huh ? If you want to know more about the movie, you can go to the IMDb website.

Have you guys (gamers) encounter the publics (publics here refers to people who dont play games often) and you accidentally use words like gg, neep, noob or something like gb, bs and farm ? One of the good examples is when you meet with your old friend/high school friend or maybe your cousins (basically people who are not 'gamers'). For me, a lot of times I accidentally use these terms that are only known in the gaming world. The most famous is 'gg' and neep/noob. In the end, I need to explain to them the meaning of these words.

So to help 'gamers' to converse with the 'publics' a whole lot better, I will be explaining the terms used in games especially the ones that involve interaction between the players. I will start with the term 'gg' and 'noob/neep'.

So what is 'gg' actually ? GG is actually the acronym of the word good game. The main use of this word is for example in a dota game, when u win , u will type gg as in good game (thanx for the good game). So from there, the gg word has been modified for use in other type of situation. It now means something like 'its the end', 'doomsday', or maybe 'i'm finish'. Let say in the middle of the game, your team is getting pwned (owned) and you can see that there is no way to win, so u can simply say with ur teammates, 'damn man, this game gg!'. Or when you are playing, you see one of your opponent's hero got their godly item already, then you say 'gg man, they got radiance (the item) already, shyt!'. So you see, this gg word also can be apply in our daily life. Let say you wake up late for work, then your housemate is there. He will say to you 'gg work man!'. It means that your are dead today, your boss for sure will scold you. Another example is when you already checked your results for your final examination. Then your fren(s) ask you about it. You will say something like this 'gg man' because u fail 1 or 2 papers or maybe u fail all of your papers.

"Snipe VS (Vengeful Spirit) FTW !!"

"Hahaahaha, GG VS !!

The next word, 'noob/neep' is actually derived from the word newbie. From newbie, remove the ie. You will get newb and from there, u replace the middle words with oo to make it sounds better and the people who hears it will feel much more insulted. Neep is another word that have the same meaning with noob. So it is basically used to insult another person. Let say, in the game, you ask that person to help you kill an enemy. That person mess everything up and you both ended up dying. You have the right to scold him 'NOOB' because his actions are the same like a newbie (new player). Another example is when a player that is using an intelligent (magician) character and that player uses/builds an agility or strength weapon that wont benefit as much as an intelligent weapon. So that person is obviously a noob because he/she doesnt know what kind of weapon that are suitable for the character. This word can also be used in a real life situation. Let say you friend ask you to help him/her edit some pictures because there is a lot of pictures that needs editing. Then if you ask back 'Hmm what software should I use ?'. You will get flamed 'NOOB'. This is because if you spend hours on the internet and sitting infront of the pc for like almost 24/7 then you should know the software used for editing images like example Adobe Photoshop. Another example is during exam week (if you are still studying). You friend(s) ask you about something that they dont understand in their subject but you should know about it because its a major thing in your studies. It turns out that you dont know anything about it. So this makes you a NOOB because you dont know anything about it hence like a new student.

"These guys must hate me so much!"

"Damn, I'm dying..."

"Hahahaha, NOOB!"

I hope the way I explain these terms is understandable. After this, 'gamers' and 'publics' can use these words freely. Watch out for part 2, part 3 and so on.

Bojan, MTH, Shuji, Donny and I went to see the movie last night. Worth every single cent. I'm writing a review, but the Cybertron update couldn't wait. Updates coming up. Enjoy!

Booyaka-sha! - reckognize, I is 'ere wit de GAMEREYES massive - now, you be down wit dis bloggin bizniz - tell me.. how you peeps like whole new look tii'ing, aiii? Does I give you that sensation down your crotches? Complimints of Mr.D, check it. (de orrible fing on the side has nut'ing to do wit me)

What type of Miss do we have in our world ? Miss World ? Miss Universe ? Miss Malaysia ? Missy Elliot ? Anyway cut the crap. Rejoice fellow gamers. There is a new Miss in town !! Enter Miss Video Game.

So what is the "Miss Video Game" is all about ? The title should be enough to explain it. They (the organizers) are seeking a girl to become the role model for the video game industry. Their mission is to assist in the proliferation of females in gaming genres of all types, help raise awareness of the female gaming audience among game publishers and advertisers, and to make the gaming industry take women gamers seriously and also treat them with respect as equals. It also noted that they created the Miss Video Game to showcase the female gaming talent and marketable female gamers to gaming publishers and industry decision-makers as well as the gaming community as a whole.

They are a lot of contestants and only 50 girls make it to the finals. It was determined by an online voting system. 50 girls has already been chosen and out of all of them, I can say that 70% is truly gorgeous and can make the models a run for their money. Here is my top 10 list of the nominees.

"Helene #46, 22, France. A gun-trotting babe that loves Counter-Strike and Tomb Raider"

"Jaana #18, 23, United States. Any ninja chic for sure will get my attention !!"

"Nathalie #27, 19, Switzerland. This is a gamer that you can also bring to parties"

"Nikole #34, 19, United States. No comments, just admire the picture"

"Adi #19, 19, Australia. A nice and pretty looking girl gamer, grrr!"

"Alice #32, 21, United States. She is from the team, Schroet Kommando Girls"

"Anya Savvateeva #2, 21, Russian Federation. An angel in Counter-Strike ?"

"Eli #48, 16, Germany. An innocent sexy girl that are into FPS type games"

"Fleur #12, 22, Netherlands. A stylish girl gamer who likes Battlefield a bit too much!"

"Lauren #1, 19, United States. The one girl who rule them all!!"

So what do you guys think of the contestants for the Miss Video Game ? To see the other contestants, goals, mission statements and press releases, you guys can head on to this website. Lastly, Miss Video Game FTW (For The Win) !!