ESWC returns in 2010 at Paris, Disneyland

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Paris, France – November 23, 2009

2009 edition did not happen, but 2010 will. World’s top gamers will be able to compete during the 7 th Electronic Sports Wold Cup™ 2010 Grand Final (ESWC 2010) in Paris, France from June 30 to July 4, 2010.

DIP-Organisation, well known in France for the several events handled since five years, will organize the event in partnership with well known video games organisations.

The ESWC 2010 will be held in Disneyland ® Paris, the famous entertainment park in the Paris neighbourhood.
Disneyland® Paris will host the video games event in Disney®Village, an area including shopping, dining, cinemas, dancing and live entertainment for the whole family and open to anybody, park client as simple visitor. Beside the event venue, Disneyland® Paris will also provide accommodations for the 600 champions during their journey among the numerous hotels of the resort.

ESWC 2010 competitors will vie for $200,000 in prize money divided between the World Champions and their challengers in several tournaments:

Counter Strike Counter Strike Women Warcraft 3: Frozen throne Trackmania ESWC

Virtual Tennis Need for speed Shift Street Fighter 4 Fifa 2010

ESWC organization committee might add more games early 2010.

Qualification process will start in January 2010, DIP-Organisation is aiming to gather 32 countries to participate in the ESWC come back.

DIP-Organisation bought the ESWC brandand trademark in August 2009. DIP-Organisation did not buy the company organizing ESWC so far. In consequences, DIP-Organisation is not in charge of any obligation to pay 2008 cash prize or any debt that have not been paid by the last organisation. However , in order to prevent more harm and damage to the ESWC image and to maintain coherent the ESWC project and spirit, DIP-Organisation is studying the possibilities to found a way to compensate the last ESWC champions.

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Note from Go International Group, Master License Owner for ESWC Malaysia: We’re currently undergoing negotiations with ESWC France to confirm Malaysia’s participation at ESWC 2010 and will make official announcements in January 2010.

Go International E-sport Cup launched – the gateway for Malaysian gamers to DreamHack 2009

GO.esc // DreamHack Malaysia Qualifiers

Just announced today… Go International E-Sport Cup (GO.esc) takes you directly to DreamHack Winter 2009. Registration opens 1st August 2009. Confirmed games include Counter Strike 1.6 and more to be announced later. Watch this space… or visit www.indieyouthfest.com for more details on the event.

Indie Youth Fest 2009

Coming soon…

indie youth fest 2009 - digital delirium poster

Despite the changes to the Electronic Sports World Cup 2009 as announced by Games Services France, i.e. the sad demise of the world revered e-sport tournament due to lack of sponsorship funding, Go International Group is still keen to support the electronic sports fraternity by organising an e-sport tournament at its annual INDEPENDENT YOUTH FESTIVAL at 1 Utama from 29 July – 2 August, 2009 kickstarting with the Selangor Road Show on 1 & 2 August at 1 Utama Shopping Centre (High Street & Rainforest), followed by a series of Road Shows nationwide in September, and returning to 1 Utama Shopping Centre again from 14-18 October 2009 for the 5-day festival of digital mayhem! Get ready, gamers for another challenge of your lifetime!

INDIE YOUTH FEST 09 will provide a platform for * indie musicians * dancers * entrepreneurs * fashionistas * gen Y greenies * video gamers * casual gamers * social entrepreneurs * multimedia design artists * and more!

Want to know more? Email us today KL@gointernationalgroup.com

What happened at Indie Youth Fest 2008 …

ESWC Global Grand Finals delayed

Media Release

ESWC Grand Final scheduled last quarter 2009

March 23, 2009
Paris, France

The Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC) Global Organizing Committee announced today that the 7th Grand Final of the ongoing season is delayed to the end of the year.

The current global economic context is not favourable to the organisation of the event in June 2009 in Paris as in previous years. Thus, more time is necessary to finance and properly prepare for the grand finals. New dates and location shall be announced in the upcoming months.

The ESWC Grand Final has been organised successfully the last 6 years throughout France and USA. The first two ESWC grand finals were held at the Futuroscope, the next three years in Paris (at the Carrousel du Louvre in 2005, in Bercy in 2006 and Porte de Versailles in 2007), and last year in San José, CA, USA.

Go International Group Sdn Bhd, the Malaysian Licensee for ESWC 2009 will make further announcements on the revised dates for its ESWC 2009 Malaysia Grand Finals, in conjunction with Independent Youth Festival originally slated to run from 24-26 April at The Spring in East Malaysia and 27-31 May at 1 Utama Shopping Centre in West Malaysia. The dates will be announced in the first week of April 2009.

For further information, visit www.eswc.com or contact Jeremy Yeo on (603) 7727 0093.

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About ESWC

ESWC is the acronym for “Electronic Sports World Cup” (registered trademark in 50 countries) and has been running for the past 8 years. Organised by France-based company, Games Services, it has garnered sponsorship support from Nvidia, Intel, BNP Paribas, Packard Bell, Orange, Mondial Assitance, Medion, Kaspersky, Région Ile-de-France, City of San José CA. It has also worked with game publishers like Konami, Blizzard, Nadeo & Focus, Sony Playstation and offered more than USD1Million in prize monies to video games champions since the first competition.

The ESWC Grand Final:

• Is a competition with PC/Consoles provided to the champions, accommodations provided to the champions, no fee of registration for the champions
• Is a show on stage open to public and spectators broadcasted across all media platforms including TV, IPTV, Mobile, Internet and gaming devices
• Is a show open to public to test games or participate to open tournaments on video games
• Brings together over 750 gamers from 50 countries

Go International Group is the Master Licensee of ESWC in Malaysia and directly manages:

• Conceptualisation and production of both events; the annual Independent Youth Festival and Electronic Sports World Cup in Malaysia
• Conceptualisation and production of various ESWC Qualifier tournaments throughout Malaysia
• Management and coordination of Team Malaysia at ESWC Global Grand Finals, Paris France
• Publicity campaign and media relations for Indie Youth Fest & ESWC
• Ongoing events for Generation Y in music, arts and gaming

ESWC achievements since 2003:

• 3,000 national and international events organized under ESWC’s brand
• 1,000 hours of TV Broadcasts and video reports worldwide
• Up to 6,000,000 Internet results on Google during Grand Final events
• Up to 5,000 photos of ESWC events on Flickr
• Up to 2,000 videos of ESWC events on Youtube

Media inquiries:
Jasmine Low
National Director – ESWC 2009 MALAYSIA www.eswc.com/malaysia
Managing Director – GO INTERNATIONAL GROUP SDN BHD . the marketing solutions company .
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Announcement: ESWC 2009 Malaysia

Hello there! Welcome to the ESWC 2009 Malaysia official blog!

The 2009 season has begun and we’ll be announcing details by March 2009. Gamers, are you ready for another round of the world’s most exciting e-sports championship? This year, we’ll be bringing a delegation of pro-gamers to compete against the rest of the world at the World Finals in Bercy Paris, France. For more info on the World Finals, visit www.eswc.com.

Competition rules and Games Settings Overview

Counter-Strike – 5vs5

* Game version: Counter-Strike 1.6
* Map pool: de_dust2, de_inferno, de_nuke, de_train, de_tuscan
* Games settings: max round 15, round time 1 minutes 45, start money 800
* Complete Rules

Warcraft III The Frozen Throne – 1vs1

* Game version: latest available version
* Map pool: Echo Isles, Secret Valley, Melting Valley, Turtle Rock, Twisted Meadows
* Games settings: gameplay «Fast»
* Complete Rules

Trackmania – 1vs1vs1vs1

* Game version: TMN Forever (or latest available version)
* Tracks: official pack of tracks released each two months files.eswc.com/regulations/2009/files/trackmania
* Match format: Cup mod, point limit 100, round limit 5, number of winner 2
* Complete Rules

Unofficial Games:

DOTA
PES / FIFA

ESWC 2009 General Regulations Overview

* Players and clubs must be duly registered on www.eswc.com and must have subscribed to a 2009 season’s license.
* Players must have the nationality of the preliminary’s country they will represent. If the preliminary covers more than one country, players must have the nationality of one country represented in the preliminary.
* For a player with more than one nationality, the nationality will be defined by the country of the first preliminary tournament the player attends. After the choice, players cannot change the country they represent during the season.
* Teams have to determine their nationalities and, in consequence, play the preliminaries of the country they represent. A team’s nationality is determined by the majority of all players’ nationalities. In the case of teams of 5 players, the majority is three or more players of the same nationality. Accepted nationality compositions: 5/0, 4/1, 3/2 or 3/1/1. A team of 5, without at least 3 players of the same nationality will not be eligible for ESWC Grand Final.
* Players must be at least 16 years old on the first day of the ESWC 2009 Grand Final.
* Complete Regulations

Creation of the “Defending Champion” rule

* For individual games, selected as ESWC official disciplines, winners of ESWC Grand Finals are granted of an autoberth to attend to the succeeding edition. This autoberth is granted to the natural person only and will not be transferable in any case.

* For games played in team, selected as ESWC official disciplines, winning teams of ESWC Grand Finals are granted of an autoberth to attend to the succeeding edition. This autoberth is granted to the club officially registered to the Grand Final and will not be transferable. To apply to the defending champion autoberth, the club will have to include in its team’s line-up, for the Grand Final, a majority of players who have won the previous edition. In the case of teams of 5 players, the majority is three or more players.
o If the granted club cannot confirm its team’s line-up, 60 days before the ESWC Grand Final, with a majority of players that have won the previous edition, the Defending Champion autoberth is definitely canceled.
o If the winning team’s club doesn’t exist anymore 60 days before the ESWC Grand Final, and if ALL the players who have won the previous edition are registered in another team’s club on www.eswc.com, then the Defending Champion autoberth is granted to this club. (This rule is not applicable if the original club still has a team playing competitions).

Defending Champions for ESWC Grand Final 2009 will be, in consequence, confirmed early May.