A survey of the Digital Battlefield @ WGT 2007!

Now what is this WGT event all about?

The mission of the WGT (World GameMaster Tournament) is to provide a healthy environment for the best gamers around the world to share the fun and excitement of PC gaming while challenging each other to be the best that they can be.

The meaning of WGT

• One of the world's largest game tournaments.
• A rapidly growing tournament that has attracted the elite players to compete against each other for the title of World GameMaster.
• A gaming conference in which the world's leading providers of gaming solutions joined forces to showcase the latest innovations in gaming.
• A worldwide youth festival held annually to celebrate the growing popularity of e-sport.

The Competition is sponsored mainly by Asus, and the official venue for the singapore leg of the WGT is Funan Digitalife Mall. Main co-sponsors this year are Kingston Technology and SteelSeries gaming peripherals.

Without further delays , VR-zone shall bring you forward to take an up-close and personal observation of this large and prestigious gaming event by one of the world's premier providers of computer hardware!

 

Its signature "Hangar" shaped structural design makes the WGT Arena stand out in any place you put it! It gives players a comfortable level of privacy, and provides a radiating aura of a professional event to audiences.

Large banners showcasing adverts of Asus's products cover the semi-domed structure. Curious onlookers can peer easily to see what the competitors are up to, without disturbing them! Very innovative design that catches the public's attention without too much loss of privacy !

Just look at the crowd, we have competitors observing their rivals, and members cheering their teammates on. and even curious passer-bys who observe with intense fascination!

 

What has now become their signature laptops , the Asus G1 and G2 series of laptops also lend their appearances to any Asus-sponsored event. These mobile machines are the epitome of Mobile warriors wishing to bring their gaming experieneces on a mobile adventure. Looks like there's no stopping Asus in dominating the Desktop - and the mobile - field.

The specifications of the G1 & G2 laptops! The G1 is more of a mobile workhorse and the G2 is a mobile powerhouse that is slated as a desktop replacement!

 

The Scene of the Carnage (part 1)

We have players and teams from all over sunny Singapore congregating here to compete in several popular game titles - Counter-Strike, Command & Conquer 3 and an extremely popular custom modification of the legendary Warcraft III - Dota (Defense of the Ancients). Wearing tangerine-white shirts, these players are easily identified anywhere in Funan Digitalife Mall. When not competing you can most probably hear them discussing about the latest tactics or happenings in previous matches, and an occasional discussion about their favourite moves or characters or so. It might be pretty interesting to know a professional or even a semi-professional player!

Asus has set up a large white screen ...

And it is a really big projector screen , where real-time matches are being fed into the main system and streamed out to a live audience, complete with commentators!

Asus has made top of the line systems for all participants in the WGT. Gamers can expect their senses to be tingled by the smoothness of the games and crispness of the images that the WGT systems provide.

A quick look at the tantalizing system specifications.

The Scene of the Carnage (part 2)

The official case of the WGT 2007 event, the Asus Vento 3600. Comes glistening in 3 attractive hues.

Close-up shots of the cases in actual physical appearance. Their glossy coatings and gamer-appealing aesthetics make these cases a sight to behold, oozing a touch of futuristic class.

 

Those of you interested in purchasing these performance heavyweight systems can do so at some shops in Sim Lim Square and Funan Digitalife Mall.

And Sound enthusiasts might be very interested to know that the Asus Xonar D2 is also available locally ! Finally, some serious competition to Creative's X-Fi series?

Peripherals for the WGT 2007 are provided by the premier gaming equipment maker SteelSeries, who are best known for their Steelpad and Steelsound products, and most recently the Steel series of Intellimouse explorer mice for Microsoft.

Kingston, a global provider of Memory products, also graces the event. WGT systems are all powered by Kingston's DDR2 memory!

WGT 2007 Grand Finale!

The final day of the WGT 2007 event finally arrived. After many rounds of exhaustive combat in the digital playground, there are those that emerged victorious.

The array of medals being readied to be awarded to the victorious.

The general public was not ignored throughout the entire competition timespan. There were demo systems on-site to provide entertainment.

There was even a high ended system there for users to try the full power of a DirectX 10 machine with a DirectX10 game - Bioshock ! These systems are the same that are used throughout the competition for all participants.

Curious onlookers peer into the innards of the WGT systems as WGT staff adjust components within.

 

DOTA Champion : Zenith

DOTA1st runner up: Micronology

DOTA 2nd Runner-up : wrath

 

C&C 3 Champion : Echo_eite

C&C3 1st Runner-up : Montainer

C&C3 2nd Runner-up : blue_print

This about sums up VR-Zone's gaming experience at the World Gamemaster Tournament 2007! With the incoming global rise of gaming events, the Asus-championed WGT will have lots of ground in the local gaming arena to claim!

And they are headed in the right direction!