TGX 09 Mascot

Cosplayers, photographers, computer enthusiastic and gamers, both professional and casual, flocked to The Game Expo, which take place for the first time in Singapore. 3 major gaming events, namely the World Cyber Games Singapore National Championship, Asian Championship and the Compaq AMD Pro-gaming League, are hosted within the the expo itself. The organisers, co-organising with Singapore Cosplay Club and Animax, also hosted mini cosplay competitions as a pre-event for the upcoming Cosfest.

Shana Poster

Gaming competition are the main highlights of TGX09, taking place almost everywhere in the entire hall. At least 3 DotA matches, all from different competitions, can be ongoing at the same time slot, making some spectators rushing from one game to another hoping to catch the best scenes. The most memorable DotA moments got to be the last minutes of Day 1 Final Match: XtC vs Axis. Watch it to believe it.

Suteki Da Ne

One of the performance slotted in-between gaming competitions in Day 2 is a musical performance by SWS Youth Winds. Among the pieces performed by the Youth Winds are Theme song from Naturo, Final Fantasy Extravaganza, and Suteki Da Ne, along with a vocal. (video compilation). Only 2 cosplay competitions are open: best Shana look-alike and best cosplayer. Apart from the Shana competition, there are only 2 other cosplay performance on stage. This pretty much explains the cosplay scale for TGX 09.

Shana

With Cosfest coming in just a couple of days, let us take a peep at what we can expect to see from the cosplayers:

Disclaimer: I welcome any feedback in areas which I could improve for the my photo taking, just drop a message below. =)

Edit 15082009: Rapture Gaming, the organiser for the event, has release ALL DotA replays files for Asian Championship and Singapore Championship. You can download them here, or download the individual maps from our website.

For Youtube Replays, please scroll further down.

All DotA All-Stars Asian Championship 2009 replays are also available on GarenaTV

Replay File Downloads:
Final: Malaysia (iNc.xLo) vs (Star Boba) Vietnam [YouTube video below]
3rd/4th Placing: Korea (TOFU) vs (XtC) Singapore
Semi-Final: Malaysia (iNc.xLo) vs (XtC) Singapore [YouTube video below]
Semi-Final: Korea (TOFU) vs (Star Boba) Vietnam / alternate link
Quater-Final: Singapore (XtC) vs (MidCity) Australia
Quater-Final: Malaysia (iNc.xLo) vs (flow) Philippines
Quater-Final: China (cD) vs (Star Boba) Vietnam
Quater-Final: Indonesia (dMw) vs (TOFU) Korea
Group A: Singapore (XtC) vs India
Group A: Korea (TOFU) vs (eblacks) New Zealand
Group A: Korea (TOFU) vs (XtC) Singapore [TuDou video below]
Group A: India vs (eblacks) New Zealand
Group A: Korea (TOFU) vs India
Group A: Singapore (XtC) vs (eblacks) New Zealand
Group B: Malaysia (iNc.xLo) vs (XLU/SP) Bangladesh
Group B: Sri Lanka (Lions League) vs (Star Boba) Vietnam
Group B: Malaysia (iNc.xLo) vs (Star Boba) Vietnam
Group B: Sri Lanka (Lions League) vs (XLU/SP) Bangladesh
Group B: Vietnam (Star Boba) vs (XLU/SP) Bangladesh
Group B: Malaysia (iNc.xLo) vs (Lions League) Sri Lanka
Group C: Chinese Taipei (ESM) vs (flow) Philippines [YouKu video below]
Group C: China (cD) vs (flow) Philippines [TuDou video below]
Group C: China (cD) vs (ESM) Chinese Taipei [TuDou video below]
Group D: Indonesia (dMw) vs (MidCity) Australia [YouTube video elow]
Group D: Indonesia (dMw) vs Japan
Group D: Japan vs (MidCity) Australia

Related video replays available:
DotA Semi-Final – WCG 2009 Singapore – XtC vs Team Little
DotA Final – WCG 2009 Singapore – XtC vs Axis / Replay 2
Street Fighter VI videos in TGX 2009
Naruto theme song – SWS Youth Winds – TGX 2009 Performance
Shana CosCon excerpt – TGX 2009 Competition

Final
Malaysia (iNc.xLo) vs (Star Boba) Vietnam
Official Highlights (below) / Endgame Highlights / Match Details / Download Replay

Semi-Final
Malaysia (iNc.xLo) vs (XtC) Singapore
Endgame Highlights (below) / Match Details

Group A
Korea (TOFU) vs (XtC) Singapore
Full Replay (below) / Match Highlights / Match Details / Download Replay

Group C
China (cD) vs (ESM) Chinese Taipei
Full Replay (below) / Match Highlights / Match Details

Group C
China (cD) vs (flow) Philippines
Full Replay (below) / Match Details / Download Replay

Group C
Chinese Taipei (ESM) vs (flow) Philippines
Full Replay (below) / Match Highlights / Match Details / Download Replay

Group D
Indonesia (dMw) vs (MidCity) Australia
Match Highlights (below) / Match Details / Download Replay

Video of Australia vs Indonesia match highlights at WCG 2009 Asian Championship, Suntec City, Singapore on July 4

Details of match can be found here

Full WCG 2009 Asian Championship DOTA coverage is covered by Garena

1) Singapore Cosplay Club will bring us “The Cosplay Musical Show Experience”, presented by SWS Youth Winds (again!). They will be playing Music from Inuyasha, Final Fantasy Xtravaganza and many more pieces. The show will start at 2.45pm on 4th July 2009

2) Animax will be holding 2 cosplay competition on 4th July 2009.
- In the Best Shana Cosplay category, participants are expected to put on Shana costume provided by the event organizers. Judging will commence at 2pm and results / prize giving will take place 4 hours later. A perfect opportunity for people who wanted to cosplay Shana but does not have the required costume.
- Animax Open Cosplay category is a free for all kinds of anime or game cosplayers to participate. A photo will be taken upon registration, and judgement will be based on that photo taken. Results / prize giving will also take place at 6pm

More details for the cosplay competition can be found at the webpage and forum

3) Garena, the popular multiplayer gaming platform, is the exclusive broadcaster for WCG 2009 Asian Championship. You can catch online streams of the DOTA games played in Asian Championship via GarenaTV. More details can be found on Garena Asian Championship website.

4) XtC won Axis to clinch the spot to represent Singapore in DOTA for WCG 2009 Asian Championship. Edit 050709, Download replay

All fired up for the upcoming World Cyber Games 2009 Singapore Final and Asia Championship?

The Singapore Final will take place coming Friday on 3rd July, followed by the Asian Championship on Saturday and Sunday, 4th and 5th July. Winners of the tournament (for counter-strike) can expect to get up to $3000, AudioTechnica PRO5MS Headphones, and the right to represent Singapore in the WCG Grand Finals in Chengdu.

Do your homework and plan which matches you intend to keep track of. The latest schedules are below:

DOTA Schedule for Asian Championship:

FIFA 09 Schedule for Asian Championship:

Guitar Hero World Tour Schedule for Asian Championship:

All the schedules are taking from the official WCG websites. For more information, head over to the official website for more information:

Singapore WCG Schedule

Asian Championship WCG Schedule

Do check back PZportal for the latest information.