World GameMaster Tournament 2008

World GameMaster Tournament 2008 Wrap-Up

This year's WGT was a paragon of a gaming tournament, even if we do say so ourselves - it ran smoothly, and featured a host of great gamers.

The technical setup was a thing to behold - 30 ASUS PCs, sexy Razer peripherals, ten 50in plasmas and a giant projector... that's a lotta tech. And it all helped show off some incredible skills and kills on the day. And speaking of kills...

This year's CS event was hotly contested all day, but in the end Fighting 4 Freedom rose above the competition, taking home a tidy sum of cash as well as mess of hot ASUS gear.

Counter Strike Winners

1st: Fighting 4 Freedom

2nd: Sublime

3rd: limaX - Livid

zeal0r (really, do they invent these names to make them tough to type?) walked away with the Quake 4 cup, handily railing, plasmaing and generally pwning his way to victory.

Quake 4 Winners

1st: zeal0r

2nd: uNhoLeee

3rd: hect1c

In the more strategic arena of Warcraft III Glade took home the top prize, and more ASUS prizes to boot.

Warcraft III Winners

1st: Glade

2nd: Filthy

3rd: Bowt

It was a day that showcased the best gaming talent that Australia has to offer, and ASUS and Atomic are already looking at ways to make next year's WGT the BEST event in the country.

Thanks to ASUS, of course, for sponsoring the event and being ever-generous with the prizes, and mordain and lambo for running the competition for the last three months. Also, thanks GameArena for hosting the initial heats and rounds.

We've got a gallery of shots of just the event, so be sure to check 'em out!

Plus, our friends at Kotaku have placed this video online as well...thanks guys!

Snapshots of 2008 Event

The WGT Tournament 2008 Grand Finalists:

Counter Strike: Source	Quake	Warcraft
- Team Immunity - CintX-FIRE - paintrain - qlimaX - Livid - Synergy - Fighting 4 Freedom#	- zeal0r - uNhoLeee - blinx - SumWun - Pablo - Beaver	- HaNdFisH - Mez - Oors - Bowt - Sydneyelf - Moon-Glade - Filthy - FOrdarkness