GameCon-1

[fishyahoo]

Some early information for Malaysia's biggest gaming convention ever!

GAMECON-1
3-4 December 2005.
Mid-Valley Exhibition Hall.
10.00am - 10.00pm.

HIGHLIGHT
"Last Defence of Humanity" - Mass Warhammer40K participation. 1,000 participants! Simplified rules, each "rookie" controls 1 Space Marine PanGlobal Chapter squad/vehicle.

TOURNAMENTS
> Memoir44 Overlord Scenario.
> MENSA Challenge.
> BuyWord.
> Hottest Race In The World (Inter-school).
> Golden Pewter Painting.
> 1/8 Action Figures Diaroma
> Warhammer40K.
> Warhammer Fantasy.
> Pokemon.
> Magic: The Gathering.
> VS: Marvel Super Heroes.

SHOWCASE
> Miniatures - Confrontation, Warmachine, Dark Age, etc.
> Boardgames - Days of Wonder, Rio Grande, Face2Face, Uberplay, Fantasy Flight, Atlas.
> Trading/Collectibles - Wizard of the Coast, Wizkids, Hasbro, Upper Deck.
> Comics.
> Action Figures.

SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES
> Lego Robotics.
> Brazilian Soccer School.
> F1 Driver Search.

MUSIC POWERED BY musiccanteen.com

HOST
PanGlobal Insurance


MySciFiFan is planning to partake in this special event. Standby for updates...

[fishyahoo]

Recruitment of Space Marines to save humanity!

Friday Trial Boot Camp (12/8)
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Venue: Plaza Mont Kiara.
Time: 7.00pm onwards.
Drop by the trial boot camp for the "Last Defense of Humanity" Warhammer40K mass participation event at GAMECON-1. Heck, just sigh-up to be a rookie commander and look forward to four boot camps and the final showdown in December! At last count, there are already 13 rookies registered to come this Friday.

[ballistic]

This may sound like a stupid queston, but will there be cosplayers too?

[Haldir]

If there is no reason for them to come or they are invited/encouraged to come, see no reason why they'll come.

Anyway, it's a bad idea to use Cosplayers to attract more people to the event. Recently, I was not too happy when WCG here allowed all form of cosplay except JRock in their Cosplay Competition when they should had restricted it to online games only to match the event better.

[ballistic]

I didnt know u were there at WCG..... cool

[fishyahoo]

Here's the official Press Release for Gamecon-1:

PanGlobal ROCKS! With GAMECON-1

Kuala Lumpur – PanGlobal Insurance is proud to announce their up and coming GameCon-1, Malaysia’s very own first and largest Collectibles, Miniatures and Designer Boardgames Convention, and potentially the largest of its kind ever held in this part of the world.

This will be in line with PGI’s strategy to capture the imagination of future consumers, which it sees as the key to leading the industry in the medium to long term, as GameCon-1 will become the launch platform for introducing the world of non-electronic tabletop gaming to the masses.

PGi has already successfully developed strong communities and relationships with its target consumer segment through its other lifestyle activities:
• 10 years and below – Lego Robotics
• 11 years and above – Warhammer 40k
• 16-25 years – Musiccanteen.com
• 18-25 years – F1 Driver Search
• 18-25 years – PanGlobal Online

PanGlobal Insurance’s CEO Edwin Wong, has always believed that indoor non-electronic games such as boardgames and other various thinking games that are played over the tabletop have long had a positive impact on the mental and social upbringing of children. The games help promote friendly and competitive social interaction between gamers, besides encouraging creative and logical thinking.

GameCon-1 will be held at:

Venue : Midvalley Exhibition Center, Hall 1, Midvalley Megamall
Date : December 3 & 4
Time : 10 am – 10 pm
Entry : RM 15 per person (1 day)
RM 25 per person (2 days)
Free Entry for kids 12 years old and below

GameCon-1’s objective will be to raise awareness to the Malaysian public on the availability of these games, provide them an opportunity to learn how to play the large assortment of games available, and perhaps allow them to introduce these games to their families and friends as an alternative healthy lifestyle activity (besides watching TV and playing computer games).

Listed here are some of the activities that will be showcased during the event:-

1. Tournaments and Competitions

Not forgetting our existing gamers, PGi has also called for organizers to hold large scale tournaments during the event with extremely attractive prizes awaiting the winners! The tournaments include Magic The Gathering Comics Corner Supercup 2005, Pokemon TCG City Championship, VS Systems 10k Tournament, and Warhammer 40k & Warhammer Fantasy Tournaments.

There will also be a highly attractive Golden Dragon Miniatures Painting & Conversion competition, as well as a 12” Scale Miniatures Diorama competition, where entries will be on display to the public.

Smaller scale competitions will also be held throughout the day for walk in customers to take part in. These will include simple to learn and easy to play games such as The Hottest Race In The World, Memoir ’44, and Buyword amongst others.


2. Demonstrations & Freeplay Sessions

Expect to see a large number of demonstration and freeplay sessions at our various exhibitor booths where participants can learn to play and try out new games at no cost to them!

Our exhibitors primarily consist of game publishers & retailers, gaming communities and game designers from Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Expect to see games like Confrontation, Dark Age, Axis & Allies Miniatures, Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures and games from various publishers such as Wizards of the Coast, Avalon Hill, Days of Wonder, Rio Grande and lots more!


3. MySciFiFan Costume Contingent

The famous MySciFiFanClub will be making an appearance there with a costume contingent of famous sci fi and fantasy characters. Get ready to take photographs with Darth Vader & Legolas against a computer generated backdrop!


4. Talks by Mr. Tom Vasel

Mr. Tom Vasel from South Korea, is one of the most well known and respected game reviewer, has agreed to come down to GameCon-1 to give talks on the usage of boardgames in education, how to differentiate good and poor games, as well as the top 100 games in the industry.


5. And many more!

As if the above wasn’t enough, expect to see a host of other activities such as an Lego Robotics workshop and competition, performing Musiccanteen.com bands, fashion shows, Brazillian Football Academy demonstrations, and lots more!


Official website: www.gamecon1.com

[vkkf1977]

3. MySciFiFan Costume Contingent

The famous MySciFiFanClub will be making an appearance there with a costume contingent of famous sci fi and fantasy characters. Get ready to take photographs with Darth Vader & Legolas against a computer generated backdrop!

oh boooooy... something tells me i'm gonna be seeing my photo's blown up!!!

[The SITH OverLORD]

fishyahoo said:

3. MySciFiFan Costume Contingent

The famous MySciFiFanClub will be making an appearance there with a costume contingent of famous sci fi and fantasy characters. Get ready to take photographs with Darth Vader & Legolas against a computer generated backdrop!]

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Well I hope that the MySciFiFan Costumed Contingent characters posing for these photographs is not limited to just two costumed characters since the Contingent has a variety of interesting Sci-Fi and Fantasy character costumes as well.

[fishyahoo]

Photos from the Press Event today:


Briefing to the media


Wow!


The PanGlobal staff with a Star Wars visitor ;D


Jedi Master Plo Koon with Star Wars games

Showcase of games to the media:



Star Wars Miniatures boardgame


Star Wars Episode I: Queen's Gambit strategy boardgame



Warhammer 40K miniatures game


F1 racing game


Jedi... er, PanGlobal Rocks!

[Plo Strax-Avix]

Cool! Awesome Plo Kloon costume Richard!

Need to find(or make) the right lightsaber though...

Ep 1 saber:


Ep 2 & 3 saber: