Last weekend, SM Megamall became the battleground of Metro Manila gamers as they converged for the Manila leg of the Asus World GameMaster Tournament (WGT).

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KODE5 is taking the gaming revolution to the masses. For the first time, KODE5 brings together the best DotA gamers from around the world for the KODE5 DotA Challenge. Registration has opened only 4 days ago and there are only about 100 out of 512 slots left. What are you waiting for people? Get your gears running and form a team of the 5 best DotA players that you know then sign up here! Tournament runs from October 6 to December 15, 2008. Garena is the official gaming platform. Officially sponsored by Qpad and CM STORM.

Team that wins First Prize receives $1000 and hardware from CM STORM. 1st runner-up gets $500 and goodies from Qpad.

Day 2 of the Davao Leg of the World GameMaster Tournament proved to be a short but exciting one with six teams playing to be declared the best. It was held last September 21, 2008 at BoyzTrek Cafe.

Counterstrike
DC Clan arrived early and won via default over Saging Lang Ang May Puso to get the twice to beat advantage in the Finals Round. Saging Lang Ang May Puso lost a close fight with Losers’ Bracket winner Bratz.X02. In the finals, DC Clan easily won in one match over Bratz.X02.

The famed DC Clan, composed of leader Timothy Zachary “Shaggy” Te, Arnold John Reyes, Alvin Sinco, Eric John Villasor, and Tristan James Aquino, is finally flying to Manila to represent Davao in a Counterstrike Tournament. DC Clan has been the top CS team in Davao City and one of the most popular in Mindanao. They have won numerous local tournaments and was the Mindanao representative to the WCG three years ago. The Shaggy - Duke tandem is already considered a legend in the gaming scene here. Unfortunately, Duke has decided to prioritize DotA for this tournament. Nonetheless, his mere presence in the gaming arena gave DC Clan a much needed confidence boost. Along with the cash prize, the team is going to the finals in SM Marikina on September together with team Bratz.X02 to represent Davao City.

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The World GameMaster Tournament Davao Preliminaries Day 1 was a big success. It was held at the BoyzTrek Cafe last September 20, 2008.

9 DotA teams and 8 Counterstrike teams came to battle it out with each other. Here are the photos from that day:

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World GameMaster Tournament Davao Preliminaries
Day 1, September 20, 2008

DotA
Bracket A: FK, Sense, GO

Bracket B: High, Royals, Bratz.Pro

Bracket C: Nomets, Family Values, Beam

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The Davao eliminations of the World GameMaster Tournament (WGT) 2008 will be held at the BoyzTrek Gaming Shop this weekend. Davao and Mindanao teams will fight it out to be declared the best in DotA, Counterstrike, and Need for Speed.

In the DotA Tournament, ACG representatives NoMets of Davao City and BTE of Cagayan de Oro are expected to lord over the other teams. Nomets composed of Jay Arabia, Burnz Flores, Paul Limlao, Subang Padilla, and Cocoy Villaroman is undoubtedly the best provincial DotA team in the country and they are highly touted to be back in Manila for the WGT Finals. Also expected to show up are teams from Iligan City and Tagum. Davao teams FK, High, Sense, Bratz.Pro, and Game Over have also signed up to join the rumble.

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Mineski with a twice to beat advantage. These games are live via GG TV.

GAME 1
Bans:
Nomets (first ban) - Puck, Broodmother, Nerubian Assasin, Dragon Knight
Mineski - Warlock, Visage, Zeus, Tidehunter

Picks:
Nomets (first pick) - Queen of Pain, Viper, Omniknight, Skeleton King, Lion
Mineski - Priestess of the Moon, Leshrac, Tinker, Ogre Magi, Meepo

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After months of going AWOL on you, I’d like to say that I’m baaaaack!

Yes, drew is alive and well, despite that fabled “shark attack” incident in the Caribbean. In fact, I have been monitoring the site while I was away and have been in contact with some of the mods. So yeah, I was gone, but not quite. Now I brace myself for our upcoming mod conferences, which means more work for me but more fun for you guys! I think a banner change is also in order. Watch out for that too!

I’ll try my best to answer all your PM’s stuck in my inbox. If you need something urgent that hasn’t been responded to yet, send over a PM. Please don’t ask me to approve your strategy/hero idea/item idea though. That takes the whole team to do it.

Alright, see you guys around.

Tomorrow night at 9 pm, Mineski will battle it out with Nomets in the epic, must-see finals of the G Arena Philippine Battle of the Kriss Season 2 Tournament.

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