While people are busy with the excitements of the Soccer World Cup, Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC) which will be held in Disneyland, Paris this year will also kick off from the 1st until 4th of July. The difference between Soccer World Cup and this ESWC is that some of our countrymen will be representing Malaysia for the upcoming ESWC. Malaysia will be sending their players for DotA, FIFA 2010 and Need for Speed: Shift, as they will be competing with the other players from at least 30 different countries.
Malaysia represented by Kingsurf had proved themselves a team to be scared of as they managed to came 2nd for DotA in the ESWC 2008, beating the European and American teams flawlessly till the Grand Final. That's when people started to recognize Malaysia as a force that can't be taken lightly in the DotA competitive scene.
Results for ESWC 2008 :
1st : Zenith (Singapore)
2nd : Kingsurf (Malaysia)
3rd : Meet Your Makers (Denmark)
Not long before that, they proved themselves to be one of the best DotA team in Malaysia, as they defeated the infamous SK Gaming from Sweden grabbing the 3rd place in the MYM Prime Defending #8. That is something for us, Malaysians to be proud of.
Results for MYM PriDe 8 :
1st : Virtus.Pro (Russia)
2nd : MYM (Denmark)
3rd : Kingsurf (Malaysia)
I bet there are lot of people outside who don't even recognize Malaysia as a country, but with those kind of achievements from our fellow Malaysian lads, at least we have something to show the world that we are really good at these kind of things.
Why do we have to wait for our national's soccer team to be in the World Cup when we have our own Malaysian team in the Electronic Sports World Cup. Actually there are no difference between this two kind of sports, as they require us to play as a team where the essential part when playing as a team is teamwork. It's the same shit, so let's show some support to our Malaysian DotA team and e-sports generally.
Nirvana.my will represent Malaysia for DotA in the upcoming ESWC although MUFC did won the qualifier, but due to the sponsor's problem they just couldn't make their way to Paris. So, let us hope the best for the Malaysian lads and may the best team win. Malaysia Boleh!
For those who wants to follow the upcoming ESWC 2010, you guys can check out these sites :
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