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Last weekend, from 19 to 21 December, our Medley team attended the sold-out XL Party in Cascais, Portugal, with hopes of achieving Top 3 performances in three distinct tournaments.
The XL Party is a renowned Lan Party which attracts the very best Portuguese clans and players due to the variety of the tournaments and pretty enviable prizes scattered amongst all 18 tournaments.
Our team partook in the Team Fortress 2, Halo 3 and Crysis Wars tournaments and after some hard-fought battles they accomplished their main objective by placing 1st in Team Fortress 2, 2nd in Crysis Wars and 3rd in Halo 3 .
Last but not least our very own  Pedro ‘Ramalho’ Ramalho drove his way onto 2nd place on the highly contested Need for Speed: Undercover tournament, while Eduardo ‘w00tnot’ Lopes didn't get to the event in time for his FIFA 09 semi-final on the Xbox 360 but still got a respectable 3rd place.
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Here is the full list of winners at XL Party Cascais 08 :
WGT CSS
1º - Marujos |LP| e-sports
2º - K1ck
3º - uPgaming
4º - E5
5º - Area76
WGT FIFA09
1º - Red & Deco
2º - Ikers & LENAMMMM
3º - Neons
4º - Renas & kyro
WGT TMN Forever
1º - dignitas\Gallo
2º - Haze
3º - Abreu
4º - Hito
5º - Silence
PC - CS 1.6
1º - k1ck
2º - phamtoms
3º - xnet4p
4º - Mindhack
5º - Hipopotamus
PC - Crysis PC
1º - Energie5.Sota
2º - NinthGaming
3º - NoxTeam
4º - Animatronic Gaming
PC - FM2009
1º - FGWeed
2º - Becks
3º - MvMafioso
4º - God
PC - Cod2
1º - Exotic
2º - DigitalSense
3º - TaMeSports
4º - Stick Your Guns
PC - UT3
1º - Hypno
2º - Dypper
PC - Team Fortress 2
1º - NinthGaming
2º - SkillZone
3º - Team Maravilha
4º - Ze's Team
PC - Cod4
1º - Exotic
2º - Sam
3º - DigitalSense
4º - uPgaming
X360 - Halo 3
1º - 8ks
2º - Royalty Games
3º - NinthGaming
X360 - GH3
1º - XtremeFlash
2º - Burnz
3º - Wicked
4º - Lourenço
X360 - Mirror's Edge
1º - NacroPT
2º - Smooth
3º - Numitor
X360 - NFS Undercover
1º - Overdone
2º - Ramalho
X360 - FIFA 09
1º - DaniM
2º - Tiagochelas
3º - w00tnot
X360 – Bomberman
1º - Fighter
2º - Lady
3º - MNAF
4º - Ninjatoris
X360 - GOW2
1º - k1ck
2º - 8ks
3º - Royalty Games
X360 - Street Fighter
1º - Phobosurf
2º - TerminatorPT
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So that wraps up another stirring and successful edition of the biggest Lan Party in Portugal which NinthGaming conquered by placing Top 3 in no less that 5 distinct tournaments .
XL Party Cascais merely marks the second LAN event attended by our Medley team which has already won a remarkable amount of 7 awards across 7 different games .
We wish our Medley team the best of luck in future events, and may they enjoy their prizes while continuing to divulge the NinthGaming organization.
Links: XL Party Cascais 08 / XL Party Official Website |
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| Published by Ramalho at 22.12.2008 23:46 |
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| WCG Portugal 2008 |
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WCG Portugal 2008
After much speculation about whether Portugal could host a respectable edition of World Cyber Games in 2008 or not, I had the opportunity to take part on this event and find out if it really lived up to everyone’s expectations.
This event was hosted on Estoril’s Congress Center and the organizers expected 20.000 visitors. This would probably mean that, at some point, the Congress Center would be at capacity but during my three days at the event I could never shy away from the feeling that it was never more than half-full.
Half-empty or half-full?
That being said, the competition between clans and players was intense, within a pleasant and friendly atmosphere. From my experience at the event, I never saw a glimpse of bad conduct or lack of fair-play (bearing minor exceptions).
Nostalgia land.
The Congress Center turned out to be a rather comfortable setting; the players were pampered with bean bags, couches and lot of Xbox 360’s for everyone to try out different games. You could put your rodeo skills to the test on the mechanical bull or experience some nostalgic moments on the retro gaming section, which wasn’t as complete as the organizers had claimed.
No one dares riding the bull.
Different activities unfolded during the event; there was an award for best game character costume of the event (not a lot of people participated though), you could win an Xbox 360 by playing on a gondola and you could even make an appearance on national television if you played Guitar Hero III well enough, while being filmed of course.
Being a rock superstar, for three minutes.
On the tournament side of things, there were six games to partake in. Counter-Strike 1.6, WarCraft 3, Halo 3, Need for Speed: ProStreet, Fifa 08 and Guitar Hero III. Also taking place on Estoril’s Congress Center was the PowerColor Iberia Source Cup, which awarded the best Iberian Counter-Strike Source clan.
The organization of the event, however, was very underwhelming. It was clear that some individuals on the Staff were not well informed and clearly not suited for this kind of event. This event was supposed to be an attempt at bringing eSports to a wider audience and yet it lacked professionalism when dealing with the players. The complete disregard to schedule shown in the Halo 3 Tournament, which began nearly six hours late, forced me to quit the tournament.
Everyone waited for the Halo 3 Tournament to start. For a long time.
Moreover, the award ceremony was nothing short of unacceptable. Third placers got neither a prize nor a place on the podium. The Staff didn’t even know the names of some of the winners and the crowd consisted of no more than twenty people.
No one likes an empty crowd.
The winners in each category were:
João 'JNC90' Carvalho - Guitar Hero III;
Pedro 'LastNight' Caiado - Fifa 08;
Rogério 'VGSpeedPro' Barroso - Need for Speed: ProStreet;
 Team Console eSports - Halo 3;
Defining Stars - Counter-Strike 1.6;
The award ceremony.
Overall, the event didn’t live to its promise. Highly advertised and sponsored, with so many endorsements, I expected the tournament to be a lot more rewarding. The sheer fact that the award ceremony was so ignored and that the winners were so mistreated made the whole tournament feel somewhat out of purpose. Ultimately, this event was thought to give eSports a boost in Portuguese ground but, ultimately, it turned out to be more of a publicity stunt to promote corporations like ZON, EA, Samsung and Microsoft. |
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| Published by Ramalho at 17.09.2008 23:17 |
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