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Cyber Games - Counter-Strike Source Tournament Zamboanga
The Rotary Club of Zamboanga City North has just concluded the 1st leg of the Inter-School Counter Strike Source (CSS) Tournament held at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University Campus last Saturday, November 17, 2007. Eight Teams participated in this first ever International Gaming Competition held outside of Metro Manila. This is in cooperation with the World Cyber Games Philippine Operations Partner.
The competition was a single elimination match. Besting the other teams for the Finals were Team Marikonas-Curacha.com with Team Leader Miguel Luis Ledesma a.k.a. [HTK]Cashis and Team Trigger Happy led by Team Leader Robert James Iringan [Moon]Smokem. Trigger Happy emerged as Champions of the Tournament with a score of 11 wins against Curacha¢s 8 wins.
The World Cyber Games is a worldwide youth festival inaugurated in 2000 and held annually. This is the only single e-sports event organizing competition from six continents and the largest cyber-gaming event serving what is becoming the largest sports market in the world. WCG is a rapidly growing international olympics in which nearly one million players complete against one another for the title of world champion in separate events. It is also a gaming industry conference drawing industry leaders and technology experts as speakers and attendees to share ideas about the present and future of e-sports and their cultural relevance to society.
The winner of the series of tournaments held here will earn the right to represent the city/region in the Philippine leg of the 2008 World Cyber Games and ultimately participate in the 2008 WCG Grand Finals in Germany. For more information on the World Cyber Games log-on to www.worldcybergames.com.
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