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Malaysia’s sends two Fifa11 players to France

Fifa11 gamers all set to battle for top spot at 7th ESWC, Paris Games Week

CYBERJAYA, 18 October 2011 – Two Malaysians will join over 150,000 games enthusiasts at Paris Games Week this 20-25 October 2011 to compete in the 7^th Electronic Sports World Cup™ (ESWC) Fifa11™ Grand Final tournament for a slice of US$17,000. Over 400 champions from 45 countries will compete in the stadium of Porte de Versailles, France – a much larger venue than last year’s finals at Paris Disneyland for the total prize pool of US$200,000.

Earlier this month, Fifa11 clan mates, 26 year-old Muhammad ‘[MyFeS] leOmes’ bin Zainun from Senawang, Negeri Sembilan; 25 year-old Mohd Syahril [MyFeS] WaRrIoR bin Mispardi from Rawang, Selangor and 28 year-old Zulkifly [MyFeS] zul bin Safei from Klang, Selangor took home the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals respectively at the ESWC Fifa11 Malaysian Qualifier at MyCORE Centre, a state of the art computer games and research operations centre in Cyberjaya. Over 32 Fifa11 game enthusiasts signed up for a change to win, while 100 gamers showed up to play in the casual GO.esc tourney.

ESWC 2011 Malaysia - Champion (middle) Muhammad bin Zainun aka [MyFeS] leOmes
flanked by 2nd Runner-up [MyFeS] Zul (left) and 1st Runner-up [MyFeS] WaRriOr (right).

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ESWC 2011 Malaysia - Champion (middle) Muhammad bin Zainun aka [MyFeS] leOmes
flanked by 2nd Runner-up [MyFeS] Zul (left) and 1st Runner-up [MyFeS] WaRriOr (right).

ESWC 2011 Malaysia - the official FIFA 11 bracket with results.

ESWC 2011 Malaysia - a great turnout for Fifa11, with 32 participants signed up for the tourney.  

Newsflash!

The ESWC 2011 Malaysia Organising Committee thanks Cyberview Sdn Bhd for their sponsorship support. As a result, Malaysia will be represented by not just ONE, but TWO ESWC Fifa11 players - Champion Muhammad Zainun a.k.a. [MyFeS] leOmeS & 1st Runner-up Mohd Syahrhil bin Mispardi a.k.a. [MyFeS] WaRrIoR to Paris, France this October. ESWC 2011 Malaysia organising committee will support the 1st Runner-up Fifa11 Champ (ESWC 2010 Champion - MyFeS WaRrIoR) by providing transfers & accommodation. We wish both gamers all the best as Malaysia's first TWO FIFA11 players ever to attend ESWC France! Thank YOU to all gamers for making it a great event on 2 Oct 2011 at MyCORE! Over 130 of you turned up this 2 October at MyCORE Cyber 8 and we thank each one of you! You can view photos in our FLICKR account.

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After months of preparation, Sweden Malaysia Innovation Days // FEYST11 put together 5 days of non-stop entertainment and featured over 500 youngsters who performed their homemade music, and played in competitive e-sports tournaments as well as casual games. On 9 May, an intimate live recording session took place at No Black Tie - Klang Valley's darling of live music, where 7 Malaysian singer songwriters - Jerome Kugan, Liyana Fizi, Reza Salleh, Bo Bedroom Sanctuary, Zalila Lee, Izzy Mohd and Dzamira Dzafri performed and then collaborated with their Swedish folk/blues friends, The Harvest. Over 100 people packed the cosy space in the heart of Changkat Bukit Bintang to listen to the live performance and made a part of an important audience for the live recording would be produced into a CD compilation by NBT Records and Doppelganger Industries to introduce our singer songwriters into the Scandinavian market later this year. The event came to a close with the Doppelganger Open Mic series held after the Sweden Malaysia Innovation Forum on Tuesday, 10 May with more performances by Angie Lym, Ady Suwardy, Bo Bedroom Sanctuary, Wani Ardy, Dzamira Dzafri and The Harvest. The organisers deeply appreciate all the assistance put forward by the Sweden Embassy to Malaysia and thank all involved. Watch this space as we announce more events in the next few months!

The crowd, listening to TILU, Pavilion KL

Performance by The Harvest, Pavilion KL

FEYST11 Music Forum

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