[General] GAMECON-1

This Convention shall be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and even though the main focus is on GW and Boardgames, there will be Confrontation demos taking place. Here is the initial statement from the organiser:

"GAMECON-1 is CONFIRMED on 3-4 December 2005, from 10am-10pm, at the MidValley Exhibition Center (MVEC), Main Hall (18,000 sf).

The MAIN EVENT/HIGHLIGHT is "Last Defence of Humanity", a mass participation (modified) Warhammer 40K showdown between the Space Marine (PanGlobal chapter) and the combined forces of Necrons, Tyranids, Orcs and Chaos Marines. 1000 rookie commanders will be drafted between July-November 2005 to lead Space Marine squads/vehicles in the final showdown, which will take place over 12 terrains over 2 days. To prepare the rookies, 4 bootcamps will be held between that period at Bangsar Shopping Center, KLCC, MidValley and in 10 tertiary colleges, and in Penang and Johor Bahru.

Confirmed tournaments supporting the convention are:
1) Hottest Race in the World (inter school) - this is the official F1 game of the Sepang International Circuit.
2) Memoir'44 Overlord 3's.
3) BuyWord.
4) MENSA Select Challenge.
5) Warhammer Fantasy.
6) Warhammer 40K.
7) Magic: The Gathering.
8.) Pokemon.
9) VS: Marvel Super Heroes.
10) Pirates of the Spanish Main.
11) Star Wars.
12) Golden Pewter Miniatures Painting.
13) 1/8 Action Figure Diaroma.

At this point, we are inviting interested parties, clubs for showcases, and the following have been confirmed:
1) Miniatures - Confrontation, Warmachine, Dark Age ... more!
2) Board games - Days of Wonder, Fantasy Flight, Rio Grande, Uberplay, Face2Face, Shrapnel, Atlas.
3) Trading/collectibles - WOTC, Hasbro.
4) 1/8 action figures.

We are expecting 10,000 visitors over the weekend as we are promoting this event on:
1) Press - New Straits Times & The Star (weekly game columns from July - December).
2) Radio - Hitz.fm Cyber6 (prime time 7pm: daily from July - December).
3) TV - NTV7.
4) Magazines - KLUE, K-Zone, Sportsunite.
5) 4 boot camps from July - November.
6) Roadshows at 10 tertiary colleges and all TM Streamyx HotSpot (Wi-Fi) zone.

Official partners to-date:
1) HOST - PanGlobal Insurance.
2) Official Airline - Malaysian Airlines.
3) Official Hotel - Pacific Regency featuring Soi23 & Luna, the hottest restaurant & club in KL.
4) Official Technology Partners - HP & Adobe.
5) Official Digital Image Partner - Sony.
6) Official Broadband Partner - TM Streamyx.
7) Official Music - musiccanteen.com

Other non-gaming activities:
1) F1 driver search.
2) Lego Robotics.
3) musiccanteen.com
4) Brazilian soccer schools.

The official press launch will be 1st week of August and we look forward to confirming more participants and partners by then.


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