Well, did Malaysia proved anything at the WCG 2007 Asian Championship ? Not quite good but we did a big impact for the dota scene. Our representative, Cybertime RoA managed to qualify for the final stage (they win all the games in the grouping stage) and they managed to get 2nd ! Getting 2nd here means that Malaysia is no 2 in Asia (for the time being). Well its quite sad that they lost to China (for the final) but hey, the China's team (World Elite, WE) was among the best clan for Warcraft 3 and one of their top players, Sky, played for their dota team. They are a fully sponsored team (a lot of sponsors) and they have their own training ground, blazing fast connection, a manager and yes, a salary so that they can just concentrate on what they do best, play games.

" Team Malaysia, Cybertime RoA grab the 2nd spot for Dota All-Stars "

The lost was not a big one. According to some of the spectators, RoA put up a big fight but eventually lost due to WE's BristleBack (BB). I cant talk more because I haven't watch the replay but BB is too imba if it were used by the right team.

" The first place goes to World Elite (WE) "

For the first final round, the quarter, WE defeated the famed Micronology (who beated Zenith to represent Singapore) to advance to the semi-final while RoA crushed New Zealand's M.C.C to advance. The other remaining teams were XDT from Korea against NG.LF from Thailand which NG.LF won and XCN from Indonesia vs Philippines's Flow where Flow managed to defeat XCN (XCN in Indonesia is actually like Zenith in Singapore, strong and hardly defeatable). It a suprise Flow managed to beat them but like I said, nothing can be analysed till the replays are out. For the semi, RoA is up against Flow and they won while WE defeated Ng.LF. The third place for dota goes to Flow.


For Warcraft III, the 1st spot was taken by none other than Soju, a pro gamer from Korea. He is quite known in the international scene and I guess there is no suprise that he won it.


During the event, there is also another event called the GXL Season 1 Finals where some Malaysians took part also. Some of them are Chapree (Need For Speed), ct-serry (Warcraft III) and Hybrid (Counter-Strike). Chapree managed to get third for Need For Speed. Congrats to him !

" This is Chapree @ CELGames "

Soju who won the Warcraft 3 tournament, got interviewed by Wind from wNv-Gaming. The most interesting part that I want to share here is this:

" Soju, from Korea "

" Now that you won AWCG, what do you plan to do with your prize money ?
Like most other professional gamers, I'll give all of the prize money to my parents "

He love his parent I tell you. In Malaysia, I dont think the gamers who won any tourney will give it to their parents. I think it is because of the prize money is not as much as WCG's or maybe, its just me :P !

Again, I would like to say congratulations to Cybertime RoA for getting 2nd place and Chapree for placing third in those events. To the others, there are still more to come and WCG Malaysia is just around the corner. Good luck, play smart.

Pictures are stolen from DotaSG, wNv-Gaming, and Asian Cyber Games.
Some of the replays for WCG 2007 ACG can be downloaded here.

Quickie: Dota 6.46 is out. Get it here.

Dota players has grown to quite a number here in Malaysia and the rest of the world. It is easy to play for a newbie and it gets interesting once you have mastered it and it will become much more intense when it comes to tournaments. In Malaysia, Dota dominated the local gaming scene and almost all cyber cafes in Malaysia have the mod dota in their computers with about 60-80% of their customers are playing it. Tournaments for Dota are held almost every month. There are a lot of reasons for this Dota phenomenon but I should talk about it next time. As usual, the downside of this is that other games such as Counter-Strike, Warcraft and Starcraft are getting less and less popular and thus some of their community began to flame (criticize) Dota. This can be accepted because in Malaysia, the gaming community is still not that large and when about 60-80% of them are already on Dota, the chances of the other games to reach a competitive level will be quite hard (Counter-Strike, Warcraft, Fifa etc etc) especially when the only tournaments held is for Dota. Of course there will be a lot of complaint among the gamers and eventually this leads to the flaming of Dota. As a fellow gamer, especially for Dota, I will hereby state some defensive statements to some of the bad remarks thrown by the others. Im not a fanboy or anything but I think it is an injustice to hate Dota just because it is popular. There are other ways to promote the games that you play. Take a look at Counter-Strike. Last time it was the most famous game in Malaysia and for your information, it is a MOD also, just like Dota. Counter-Strike also changed the gameplay of Half-Life like Dota changed the gameplay of Warcraft.

" In Counter-Strike, its all about timing, aiming and instinct and not forgetting, strategy ! "

Lets start with “Dota are for noobs who dont know how to micro-manage (control a lot of creeps/heroes/units) thus they cant play Warcraft and opt to play the more easy and almost no usage of micro-manage, Dota” and “Dota are for noobs because it is an easy game where you control only 1 unit”. Eventhough im not a fanboy but this really sound harsh to me as a gamer who plays Dota a lot. I don't think this type of remark is logical at all. It is just plain flame. For starters, not all who play Dota are interested in Warcraft-type of game (rts = real time strategy). So when they play Dota, does that mean that they tried to play Warcraft and suck at it ? Even if its true, who cares ? Not all gamers can play an rts-type game and be pro at it. Thats why there is a lot of genre like example fps (first-person shooter, Counter-Strike) and sport (Fifa). Dota is theoretically not a pure rts-type of gameplay anymore. You dont need to build buildings for units to spawn or balance ur supply of food for ur base but you do need to farm for gold. In Dota, you just control 1 hero and you can see that it is similar to Counter-Strike where you control just 1 unit. So in Dota, ofcourse the skill micro-manage dont apply but you need a quick response and be alert because each of the characters in Dota have their own abilities (up to four per char) for you to use depending on the situation (same like Counter-Strike where you need to practice your aiming and also your alertness and instinct is very important). So dont ever compare Dota and Warcraft in terms of gameplay. Never heard people comparing Counter-Strike and Half-Life. Heck, people praise the makers of Counter-Strike.

" You need to micro-manage ur heroes and units well in Warcraft to be able to win matches "

Next is “Dota has a boring type of gameplay, imbalance heroes and spells”. Ok, if they found that Dota is boring then what I can say here is that Dota is not their cup of tea. Hey, I do like Counter-Strike and Warcraft but I play Dota more often because people around me play Dota and I can play it comfortly at my home while Counter-Strike is quite hard to play at home (it is a very obvious reason here in Malaysia). For Warcraft, I admit, rts is not my cup of tea no matter how much I like it. For me, Dota is an interesting game overall. There are a lot of things u can do with it. For example, there are a lot of items and each of the items have its own properties, quite a number of heroes to choose with their own abilities and also, for teamplay, there are a lot of combos to use and timing it with the right skills, spells and abilities is important to perfectly execute a combo and you say this is easy and not challenging ? Its almost the same as those pushes and rushes in Counter-Strike. About the imba thingy, well not all game started perfect, heck even Starcraft and Warcraft have patches until today to fix the imba issue. Have you not heard of the imba mass human tower for Warcraft ??

" Teamwork, timing and combo is the main important thing in a Dota match "

Last but not least, “I bet you all that those 'dotards' (Dota fanboy) for sure don't know a thing about the original game, Warcraft and heck I dont think they play through all the campaign in it”. Ok, now all who play Counter-Strike, can you raise up your hand if you play the original Half-Life through its story and mission. Huh ? Only a few ? Nuff said.


Before I end this, I just want to state that I am not a fanboy of Dota nor I hate Warcraft and the other games. Its just that I feel its unfair to diss dota just because its gaining more popularity than the other games (especially in Malaysia). There are a lot of ways you can do to gain the popularity of the games you play. Take a look at Need For Speed and Fifa. The gamers who play it in Malaysia found ways to gain players hence making it a popular game. Slowly but surely, you can see the Counter-Strike scene in Malaysia is building up again with a lot of new clans popping up. For Fifa, there is an online league created by these gamers to play against each other and recently, there is this tournament called 'CelGames' where games like Fifa and Need for Speed is involved (the other games involved is Battlefield 2142 and Command and Conquer III) and mind you, there is no Dota and I dont see any Dota players complaining about it and to think of it, even in WCG (World Cyber Games), they dont have Dota except for the mini-event, Asian Cyber Games. If a pro Warcraft player in Malaysia, for example, paulyan, can play Dota (with team RoA and they will represent Malaysia for the upcoming Asian Cyber Games this weekend at Singapore) and doesnt have a problem with it, I dont see why we still need to flame Dota anymore.

If you are an active dota player in Malaysia & Singapore especially online, you must have played or saw the nick 'kukujiao'. Personally, I dont know who is this guy but damn, he is really pro using the sentinel hero, Shaman. Above is a video uploaded by him on youtube. Enjoy.

"My pc's 'mobo' and processor has served me well for about 4 years. Its time to RIP"

Yesterday, while burning data into my dvd, I notice a weird sound coming from my pc. Just a one time sound. So I take a look inside my computer and to my amazement, the big black fan at the back of my casing just died. Well, its just the fan I thought, when I went back to my chair and check my burning progress, it was stuck at 5%. I was like WTF ? Then I notice my mouse movement is experiencing some sort of 'hiccups'. Well, damn, wasted a dvd and now need to restart 'pulak'. Then you know what happen after I restarted the pc ? It can't be turned on. Weird 'error sound' coming from the 'mobo' (motherboard). So I cleaned everything inside my casing (obviously dust is the major crisis here). After cleaning, I still can't turn my pc on but no more noise though. After a bit of testing, I conclude that the problem may be coming from the 'mobo' or the processor. It was an ABIT mobo coupled with an AMD Athlon Xp processor (yes, it is ancient). This morning, I tried again and it is still the same, it cant freaking start. So I guess I am left with a dead pc now in my room. So where am I goin to dig some cash for a new pc ? Gg.

Lets stop gaming or whateva you are doin now for awhile for some serious matter concerning the world's most famous chickens. This matter has been around for quite some time and I've just discovered it few days ago. Now, I want to share it with you all. Ever heard of KFC ?

" Yummy ? Think again ! "

It stands for Kentucky Fried Chicken and obviously everyone knows that. It is now been branded Kentucky Fried Cruelty by some protesters. So why they branded KFC as Kentucky Fried Cruelty ? It is because KFC did some cruel things to the chickens. The way they bred and kill it is way too cruel for some people to accept. Heck, I don't think anyone can accept it but thats how it works. Just shut your eyes and eat teh chickens. Well people say that talk means nothing without proof. So lets take a look at the video below so that you can justify it for yourself.

This whole anti-KFC campaign is totally supported by PETA. Now, everywhere in this world, once in a while, they will run some campaign for people to realise how cruel KFC has become. Not just by PETA, a lot of people seems to join the bandwagon. After all, teh chickens needs to be taken care of with love before they are slaughtered and eventually, become our food. Its all fair and square rite ? If it is treated brutally and killed with cruelty, its a one-sided thing and its not good for our reputations as a human. The aliens will look down on us.

" Alien: Treat those chicken fairly or we will invade you ! "

Anyway, below are some pictures I found on the net regarding this 'Kentucky Fried Cruelty' campaign.

" The chickens are really mad now ! "

" Hajimemashite (nice to meet you). Choose the KFC's 'chicks' or choose us. "

" An nyong ha se yo (hello). Say no to KFC ! Kam sa ham ni da (thank you) "

" Tak nak KFC ! (don't want KFC) "

" Dlya menya eto ochen'neobychny sposob znakomstva (I don't usually meet people in this way). Just wanna tell you that KFC tortures 'chicks' "

As far as I'm concern, KFC Malaysia don't practice this kind of 'cruelty' to their chickens. Although there is some rumours goin around all this while, it is still not proven and heck should be considered a hoax. Are you up to it ? Are you willing to sacrifice KFC just because some part of this world, KFC did some injustice towards teh chickens ? Time will tell but for me, don't think that I'm ready yet. Anyway, if you support this movement, you can get you own Kentucky Fried Cruelty Sign and put it in your blog, website, friendster or whatever-lah. I did one for myself too since its free. We can't reject free things. Anyway, you can read more on this by visiting here and here.

" Ownage "

Quickie I: Congrats to the winner of IZone Cyber Cafe's Dota Competition (at Nilai organized by INTI College) which is MkvL (1st place), Champion (2nd place), & L1 (3rd place).

Quickie II: Congrats to Cybertime1 for winning the SMM Dota Selangor Qualifier. Also congrats to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th place, which is Blitzone-1, sT, and CA.

The World Cyber Games : Asian Championship return again for the 2nd time and it will be held at Singapore (like last year) from 2nd to 5th August 2007 @ Suntec Convention Centre Hall 602. It is the Pan-Asian regional league that comprises of 12 Asian Countries including Australia and New Zealand. It is a side event from the WCG management and it aims to bring the best out of the Asian gamers in a competitive yet friendly environment. The participating countries are Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Malaysia is participating in 3 out of 5 games involved which is Dota All-Stars, Fifa 2007 and Warcraft III. Below is the group fixtures for the games (including the other 2 games which is Dead or Alive 4 and Age of Empires III) courtesy of nles@lowyat.net who watched the videos and captured a screen shot of it.

"Malaysia's Representative : loOn4tic"

"Malaysia's Representative : battleangel"

"Malaysia's Representative : Cybertime RoA [Paul_Yan, po, doidoi, gin, & kindaichi]"

For Dota All-Stars, Malaysia are grouped together with Australia and Thailand. From my point of view, Australia's dota scene is quite big and recently they even announce a dota league to spread their dota scene even more. So, Australia might be Malaysia's toughest opponent here. This is because, eventhough Thailand also have a dota community, they lack international exposure where else our own representative, RoA participated in the recent MYM Prime #6 and managed to reach the quarter-final. From this, I might say that we can win against them.

Meanwhile, our neighbouring country, Indonesia and Singapore are grouped together with India. India shouldn't be a problem for them. I guess its just going to be between Singapore and Indonesia. Both have international exposure but Singapore do have an advantage because their result(s) internationally are better than Indonesia. Time will tell for both countries. Who knows, India, with a relatively unknown dota scene, might beat Indonesia or Singapore.

Is this Malaysia's path to stardom ? With recent results from our representatives in local and international scene, this event might just be the platform to launch our country as one of the feared countries in cyber games. I wish all the best for them. GG.

Quickie: Congrats to DNA-SK for winning the Batu Pahat tourney. Also congrats to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th place, which is Zenith, MKvL, and Cybertime-RoA.

"Moshi moshi, are you 046461234 ?"

Guys, not sure if this is old news or not but recently, a local telephone number has been spreading around like wild fire. This is because it is rumoured that the phone number is actually haunted. Is it told that after you dial the said number, a sad girl's voice will be heard repeating words like "Jai Jian le" (see you again, jumpa lagi) and the weird thing is, you wont be charged for the call. Scary huh ? Anyway the haunted number is 046461234 (number from Penang, Kedah or Perlis). Anyone have the guts to try it ? Some even claimed that before putting the phone down, they can hear the girl said "you have 7 days remaining". OMG ? Similar to the horror story from Japan, 'The Ring'. Furthermore, it is said that the voice belongs to a girl before she commit suicide.

A quick search using Google reveals more and more website about this number. There is a lot of claim from Malaysian. Some of them are bullshyt I must say but some are real that it will make you shyt on your pants. I will list some of the claims/reactions about the haunted number gathered around the net (especially from lowyat.net) copy-pasted without any editing.

'my colleague and i called at the same time and it really got through'

'DANG..I keep calling the number but suddenly the voice changed and said 'want come to accompany me?' WAHLIAU!....Don't call wei!'

'i'm using prepaid, and it doens't charge my credit..hope it doesn't charge my blood..'

'She was saying 'Jai jian le' (Goodbye)and then she suddenly screams 'Pu yao ta lai le' (Don't call here anymore. I threw my phone and break it. Thats the last word and its echoing in my head now. Is there really such a person? Can someone tell me the truth?'

'it could be land line connected to a answering machine or a programmable device... There's lot of people said that you won't be charged for calling this number... strange... base on the format of the number it's not a toll free number... or tm make it a toll free number? or the waiting tone is changed to the recorded voice... it must be tm people doing it'

'experienced before..but with different number and a girl was on the line shouting "help me help me !" and i was like wtf ?'

'hey, even hantu won't subscribe for a TM fixed line. He/she has to stay for another 12 months to pay for the bills, ahaks!'

'I'll pray for you guys if none of you post after 7 days. Peace.'

'SH!T! i got 7 days life left T_T this is wat the phone told me when i disconnect, after disconnect, there still got sound tat telling how many days life i got left....TS (thread starter), u murder me!!!!'

'it's a trap. prepare to receive scam sms/calls from marketing companies in the future'

'I call telekom ask them if this number is available they say no. I ask why , they ask me back why I need to know this number. I cincai say I like this sequence of digit for my house phone want to buy from the owner of this number, so they tell me , it is currently under pending for some investigation. I ask what , they say the girl own this number murder her own family and commit suicide. I ask then investigate what , just release the number and let me have it lah , the operator say need to know the reason for suicide bla bla bla, I dont dare to dial'

'I called and she gave me this Saturday's Magnum 4D first prize number'

'ok i was pretty afraid to call that number so i call telekom to verify and they told me the exact story above...plus something extra... they say the phone number is pending investigation and blocked! and no way anyone could call that number anymore. why the number is blocked?
becoz they received reports that strange things happened to those who listened to that voice...
and to think that u guys actually successfully called the number zai jian la...wooooooo'

'i heard my uncle say the number is a scam if u dun belive but u will be scared and this is what happens AFTER 7 DAYS if u called the number:

the number will call u back in 7 days at nite exactly at 1 am and 3 am... will u dare to pick up?'

'All that I could remember is that I black out after calling this number. I could listen to a voice putting me to sleep. She gently told me to let go. I don't know let go off what. I just feel really sleepy and I doze off. My girlfriend said I was mumbling 'Goodbye' in Mandarin. And she tried waking hard waking me up. After applying 'Minyak Cap Kapak' under my nostrils, I woke up blurry. Thats all that I can remember. I'm scared'

'i was trying to forward the number on the net yesterday night around 10 pm... suddenly my line no more interenet access... the DSL is stable... but cant connect to streamyx... i called streamyx n they said my line is active... they had file me the report... i wonder is there anything related after i called tat number.... still got 6 days more =..='

'i think jai jian le until the person saying also sien'

'oh my god when I dialed the number my dog started barking at me, then I felt a cold wind. a really cold wind, no joke! am I going to die?'

'She's a nice girl. I talked to her a couple of times. She told me she was lonely and she just wanted someone to talk to. I thought, why not la huh. I'm alone sometimes and everybody needs a friend also. So I called her. There was no ringtone. She answered right away. I chatted with her a while. She told me her parents were out and she doesn't sleep much.Everything was okay. Until the moment I asked her, her name. She just kept repeating 'Jai Jian Le'. And I heard the exact whisper behind me.Gosh, I must have fainted'

'The ghost gonna be very busy in 6 more days, hunting all of you and others. Thanks for the workload. Any girl who don't want to die a virgin can contact me'

So guys, anyone dare to call the number ? If you are scared to call, n's from lowyat.net managed to record the song. You guys can download it here. Anyway, watch a live ghost in action below. Will scare you till you shyt yer pants.

Quickie: For those who ask for Rita Rudaini pics, can take a look here (15SX).

I guess yesterday was a big surprise for us, Malaysians. The headline 'Iran defeat brave Malaysia' means a lot to some Malaysians. Doesn't matter if it rains, players still sux, played 10-0-0 formation, Iran played safe to avoid injury or wateva, the score still remain 2-0 in favour of Iran. Why was it a big surprise ? It is because everyone thought that we could end up again 5-0, 5-1 and some even predicted 10-1, 11-1 also not forgetting those who bet Malaysia to lose more than 3-0. Overall, doesn't matter how sucky the game was yesterday, Malaysia did their best and you can see it in their faces. You know, it's not entirely their fault that they sux. They just need proper guidance, training, and also a healthy sportsman's diet.

"Nice punch from the keeper"

"Dude, wheres your defenders ?

Below are some comments from fans for Malaysia Football Team.

hot_station03: camtu la malaysiaa... kitowang tak mintak kemenangan..tapi good game and result.. tak kesah la org ckp "bley la tak byk score pasal defend byk"..tapi tu jerk taktik sesuwai.. no doubt ok.. ni tak.. jgn nak tunggu sampai PM kite letak jawatan baru nak main betol2.. berubah tuk Bola Sepak Negara Pliss!!! anyway.. good game guyss..

(that's the way Malaysia... we dont ask for a win.. just a good game and a nice result.. eventhough some people are saying that Iran scored only 2 because we play a lot of defend but thats just the right tactic against good team(s).. no doubt about it.. please don't wait until our PM quit his job before you all can play seriously.. please change for the betterment of our country's soccer!!! anyway, good game guyss..)

Sir Odetakhun: say no to Shahidan 'gila kuasa' Kassim

(say no to Shahidan 'crazy for power' Kassim)

"Make sure next time, you score with this kind of opportunity"

"Nice set-piece but still no goal ?"

sh4zraf: malaysia sucks. iran taknak injury je tu. chances nak score berlambak2. iran nampak sgt hold back taknak injured. 2-0 dekat scoreboard je buat pe. quality takdee. and the commentator mmg nampak sgt nak amik hati penonton, puji puji sket padahal passing teruk, defender macam tunggul. still problem ngan headers, taknak lompat and dari tengah padang clear? wtf tengah padang dah dpt bola, control la..85% of the time clear or lose possession. GG...

(Malaysia sux. Iran just dont want any injuries to their players. They have a lot of chance to score. Obviously they are playing safe so that their players can play the next match. 2-0 at the score board is nothing if the game sux and no quality. The commentators also obviously want to take care of the fans's feelings. They kept giving good comments for the Malaysian players but actually, the passes are bad, the defenders just stood still like a wall. They also still have this problem of not jumping for air possession and even they got the ball in the middle of the field, they will clear it. Wtf ? They should have control it but all I can see is 85% of the time, they just clear the ball or lose the ball. Good Game...)

"If only the ball went inside the net"

"Iranian Girls: All love and no hate"

From my opinion, FAM really need to be restructured. From the top to bottom. It should elect someone (politician or non politician) not just based on their influence on the government, sponsors, & people but also competent in football administration. For starters, Norizan got sacked from his position. Whats more to come ? Lets all hope for the best.

"Dollah Salleh & Azman Adnan FTW !!"

"Am I getting fired ? This is madness !"

Hopefully, FAM will realise their mistake(s) and improvise so that for any coming tournaments, there will be no more results such as 5-1 or 5-0. Winning is hard but losing 5-0 is not an option either (hopefully).

The pics were taken by 'razlan (y4e)' and 'AFC'.

Quickie: One of MYM members, TaZz has gone missing in Tasmania, Australia. Read about it here.

I was informed that last year's ICCG was quite interesting. Last year's ICCG, the public can see what's going on in big projected screens on spectator mode and a lot of 'gosu' (pro/master) gamers participate in the event. There are few problems during the event but not that catastrophic. One of the main concern is the timetables/schedules. Gamers/participants usually want to know a bit earlier whose their opponent is, what time the games are and such so that they can prepare themself accordingly. Another thing is, the updates, results and also the replays (for the games competition) were slowly updated eventhough they have their own blog/site for it. Well, nothing is perfect in this world even WCG (World Cyber Games) also have some problems. So how did ICCG fare this year ? Keep on reading to know more.

"During registration, Fatal the only one that posed for the camera"

We went there with MTH and Kenny's car. We woke up around 8-9 in the morning and since its kinda late, we took a quick bath, pack our stuffs and leave. Kenny waited outside (LMAO) for Fatal and Zed while me, Din, and Shuji followed Mth. To avoid the traffic jam, Kenny used a short-cut and we followed from behind. The short-cut that we used were actually some lanes in between the houses. Because we are in a hurry, I didn't manage to snap a picture. The roads there are so weird, we keep turning right, left, left, right, left etc etc. The surroundings are weird too and Shuji said that we must be in Shanghai or something, We arrived there (APIIT Bukit Jalil) around 10 and they quickly register themself (pay the fees) to the committees. In the middle of the building, you can see some booth and stalls (takoyaki, drinks etc etc) and one of it is the Gamer's Hideout where they display some XBOX 360 for the people to experience it. The owner of the booth is friendly and kept smiling all the way. By the way, the promoters (chics) for the booth, Granado Espada and Pc Gamer, is hot.

"Gamer's Hideout Booth where you can play XBox 360!"

"The hawt 'Granado Espada' promoters (chics). Note that I was nervous while taking this picture"

After registering and breakfast, we went to the notice board to check tDs.NT position and schedules. The first round is against the team FAITH and if they win it, they will meet TiTaNz (k3v's team provided that they win the first round). This is bad news. K3v's team obviously are among the best in the country (k3v is Malaysia's no1 QOP (self-proclaimed) and its hard to win against them. The battle grounds is at level 3 where the computer labs are situated at. Later the committees inform me that non-participants cannot stay in the battle grounds but they can spectate it downstairs. This is a big turn down for me and Din. We cant spectate or root for them (and I cant take some pictures boohoo). Nevertheless me and Din stayed there and try to avoid the committees. Somehow the committees didn't ask us to leave.

"The GodFather"

The first match for tDs.NT was quite a fight but FAITH did some mistakes here and there for tDs.NT to exploit and couple up with some teamwork, tDs.NT managed to get the upper hand and won the match. The next game, yeah you bet, is against k3v. Such a bad luck to meet them on the second round. tDs.NT ban QOP because they don't want k3v to use it (LMAO). Anyway, it was a tough fight, with tinker kept killing them early in the match (I couldnt elaborate more because I cant spectate the match and the replays is not uploaded yet). In the end, the more experienced team, TiTaNz won the match. They proceed on with the tourney and managed to get no 3. Another clan, Fitri dan rakan-rakan (Fitri and Frens) which happen to be one of our frens also joined the tourney. They also got knocked out by a more experienced team, IMU. Rumours that they are two Cybertime (Malaysia's current Dota top clan) members in that team. There are two groups for the dota tourney. Group A is the toughest group with clan such as Rev.G, TiTaNz (3rd place), say Thanks (1st place) and also tDs.NT (O'RLY ?). The top team of each group will battle for 1st and 2nd placing while the second of each group will battle for 3rd and 4th group. About the counter-strike tourney, I didn't get a chance to meet any of them. Anyway, below is the results for ICCG 2007.

Dota All-Stars (Ver 1.20c, I know, you can't view the replays. Need to revert back to 1.20c first)
1. say Thanks
2. IMU
3. TiTaNz

Counter-Strike 1.6
1. JAGZ
2. ACTIVATE
3. TOUFU

"tDs.NT during banning and drafting heroes ('pecah kepala' MTH)"

"ShibuyaD playing Sarlock (pun intended)"

"tDs.NT during the first match againts FAITH"

"k3v's team (TiTaNz) during their banning and drafting heroes againts tDs.NT"

"MTH: Damn k3v !! (DIN: Hot Takoyaki !!)"

"Zed: No sweat !"

Overall, ICCG this year is considered more than average (almost perfect) for an event (hey, it's an event organized by students, don't expect stuffs like WCG or something). The only letdown is the ability to spectate the games live. Last year they even have big projector screen(s) but they dont have it this year. Another thing they can improve is that, since everything is in 1 building and quite open, they can inform any event thats currently happening such as 'tDs.Nt defeated FAITH' or 'Team Fitri and rakan-rakan. Please prepare yourself. Your game is in a couple of minutes from now". Oh yeah, it could be handy to the participants if they could release the schedules earlier (same like last year) but I don't think the other tourneys practice this also so its not a big problem anyway. Just handy. Lastly, congrats to all winning teams and the losers, try hard next time ok ? This goes to tDs also. By the way, I would like to state again that the Granado Espada and Pc Gamer's promoter (chics) is hawt.

"From left, Zed, DIN, Kenny, Antabax, MTH, ShibuyaD (Shuji), and Fatal"

ps: Wondering when the replays are going to be released to the public.

So, another round of applause for our fellow players ? This time, no consolation goal(s) for our football team. They got thrashed again and unsurprisingly, it was only 5-0. Why only ? Because some predicted 10-0, 10-1, 11-0, 12-0 etc etc. This result will mark the exit for our team eventhough we still have 2 more games to play (meaning two more rounds of humiliation ? I hope not !). This time, Malaysia is much more generous. They give 1 free goal (penalty) for Uzbekistan so they can get their hope and spirit high to achieve a mininum of 5 goals so that China won't look down on them. Is Malaysia really a team for the other countries to practice their goal scoring ? We will see their next game against Iran and by then, we should know.

' Under-fire Malaysia coach Norizan Bakar admitted on Saturday that his side does not have the quality to compete with their Group C opponents @ AFC Asian Cup 2007 '

' This banner should struck the guys at FAM hard ! "We have world class facilities but third class management (mentality) ! FAM... What have you done ?" '

Like usual, below are some comments from angry fans.

hot_station03: nila akibatnye letak pemain tak bepelajaran.. sekola tak tinggi ape coach ckp tak paham...pastu blagak pandai plak.. arap rambut je panjang..otak tak gune... penat je tuhan anugerahkan otak.. teruatame yg keeper ngan botak tu.. balik main guli jela lagi baik... dah minit 90 baru nak terbang2...sblm tu asyik mencangkung jerk...ape apehal.. kami penyokong pasukan malaysia tetap menyokong penoh team ini waualupon tanpe sebarang kemenangan.. walaupon malaysia tak boleh menang.. tapi ade jugak perkataan 'boleh' itu digunakan malaysia boleh memenangkan team lawan.. yeah.. Malaysia Bolehh!!!!

This is the result of fielding the uneducated players. What the coach said to them, they can't understand and they act like they are good or something. The hair is long but the brain is dead. The god had given them brains but they failed to use it correctly especially the keeper and the bald guy. I guess, its better for them to go home and play marbles. Only when the time reaches the 90th minutes, you can see some 'flying' here and there. Before that, they tend to squat (kinda lazy ?) all the time. Even with all of the things that happened, we, the fans of Malaysia's football team, will still support the team eventhough without any win(s). The word Malaysia 'Boleh' (Malaysia can do it !) can still be used and applied. They can make their opponent win. Ofcourse Malaysia can do that !. Malaysia 'Boleh' !

i_amazon_i:kekalahan yg takbleh diterima.. kita sepatutnya kalah 12-0

A defeat that is unacceptable ! We should have lost 12-0, not just 5-0!

avicenna011: YEAH ! MALAYSIA KENE AYAM LAGI ! Commentator Astro dari awal sampai akhir kutuk Malaysia :)) ................ asal tak bolos byk lagi wei , kasi la 0-9 ke 0-11 ke.............

OH YEAH ! MALAYSIA GOT THRASHED AGAIN ! The commentator from Astro dissed Malaysia from the start till the end. Why just 5-0 ? Why not just give them 9-0 or 11-0 !

' Uzbekistan tried to play ala China style (Shaolin Kung-Fu). The result ? 5-0 ! '

insidious_07: FAM PATUT DIROMBAK !! OI DUGOY SILA LETAK JAWATAN !! APE JADAH 5-0 WEI !!!

FAM should be restructured !! HEY DUGONG ! PLEASE STEP DOWN FROM YOUR POSITION !! 5-0 ?? LOL WUT ??

invisible_mmu: AKU MALU JADI RAKYAT MALAYSIA..... AKU NAK TUKAR WARGA NEGARA INDON, THAILAND DAN VIETNAM... TEAM BOLA MALAYSIA CAM POKEMAK~!!!!!!

I feel shame to become a Malaysian. I want to change my nationality to Indonesia, Thailand or maybe Vietnam. Malaysian Football Team is like Pokemon !(he is actually cursing with the word pokemak)

' I sometimes pity the keeper. He try his best to take care of the goal post. But, he is just not yet an international standard (it means that he sux). This explains all the shots that he didn't manage to save '

lordofseventhsin: Kamon Malaysia! U can't do it!

Come on Malaysia! You can't do it !

pyschospiritz: 5-0 sempena 50th merdeka. congrats. sangat bermakna kepada msia.

5-0 in conjunction with 50th Merdeka. Congratulations. Its such a meaningful thing for us, Malaysians !

The pics were taken by 'Lurker@photokaki' and 'Getty Images'.