UMX-Gaming not attending WCG

Once again a team is unable to attend the WCG Grand Finals, this time however it is not because of VISA rules as seen many times before, but instead a case of influenza H1N1.

Zotob.org is reporting that UMX-Gaming have chosen not to attend the WCG Grand Finals from fear that two of their members may be infected with Influenza A. Zian "Cedrik" Chen and Jiaheng "Kandinsky" Chen have both been showing symptoms. The team was paired with TyLoo, Nextlevel, F.azer.Z and AGAiN in group G, their withdrawl means the group will be reduced to 4 teams, as it had 5 originally it should not mean moving any teams around.

WCG has prepared a H1N1 prevention plan to help combat the spread of the virus, hopefully ensuring that all gamers can attend and return home without being exposed to H1N1.

Arbalet Cup reveals their plans for 2010, including six events in Moscow, National events in Russia and Ukraine and last but not least the Arbalet Cup event located in Europe.

The organization named Arbalet has expanded its borders massively over the past twelve months. This evening the organization revealed their plans for 2010.

First of all, there will be six events in Moscow, taking place in February, April, June, August, October and December. Each event will see eight invited teams; four Russian, two Ukrainian, one Kazakh and one Belarusian. From time to time one Uzbekistan team will play instead of one Russian. Each event will have a total prize purse of $25.000, including travel and hotel expenses paid.

Secondly, every six month there will be national Arbalet Cup held in Russia and Ukraine. The events will only be for domestic teams, tournaments to determine the best teams in the country. Total prize purse for these events will be $12.000.

Final but not least, an Arbalet Cup will take place in Stockholm, named Arbalet Cup Europe. This event will gather the best sixteen in the world. Some of the teams for the Europe event will qualify through some of the six events taking place in Moscow. The Arbalet Cup Europe event will have a staggering $100.000 prize purse, really putting Arbalet Cup on the map, in terms of being a new major event and organizer.

The organizer furthermore announced that they have decided to invite CMAX.gg (tp.uSports) and HellRaisers for Arbalet Cup Europe (the 2009 event). Both teams failed to reach the two qualifying spots this weekend, at the Moscow qualifier, which went to EYESports and KerchNET .

This means that the participant list for Arbalet Cup Europe 2009 looks as follows:

SK Gaming
fnatic
MYM
mTw
AGAiN
WeMade FOX
Alternate
Evil Geniuses
Power Gaming
Ledpc
KerchNET
HellRaisers
EYESports
CMAX.gg

[ adapted from K-ON! (manga) ]

Alternative title:
けいおん！ (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, slice of life
Themes: bishoujo, moe, music, school
Plot Summary: It's Yui Hirasawa's first year in high school, and she's eagerly searching for a club to join. At the same time, Ritsu Tainaka, a drummer, and her friend Mio Akiyama, a bassist, are desperately trying to save the school's light music club, which is about to be disbanded due to lack of members. They manage to recruit Tsumugi Kotobuki to play the keyboard, meaning they only need one more member to get the club running again. Yui joins, thinking it will be an easy experience for her to play the castanets, the only instrument she knows. However, the other members think their new addition is actually a guitar prodigy...

Anime ---> http://www.animea.net/forums/f54/k-m...24/#post591955