Kuwait is setting fire to the gaming zone with another tournament. The prize money is set at KD 500 (US $ 1750). You can get more information at their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Following is some of the information.
Venue: RaceRoom, Baroue, The Avenues Mall.
Date: 24th March 2013
Registration ( Contact in person at RaceRoom or contact number 51109799 ).
Type of Game: Racing Simulation.
UPDATED: RaceRoom Tournament has now got a sponsor (as on 14th March 2013) from 'Fouad Alghanim & Sons Automotive'. Therefore now officially being called RaceRoom Audi Tournament.
Kuwait is nicely pulling off some video gaming tournaments. The banner says mostly everything. The Registration can be done online using KNET payment Gateway (CLICK HERE to go to registration page) OR by entering the Voucher details (One can purchase the Vouchers at Baroue, The Avenues. Viva 512 Kuwait on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
512KUWAIT: The important stuff about the tournament (Kuwait is +3 GMT):
Date of Tournament : March 2013 ( 21st, 22nd and 23rd )
Time on Thursday, March 21st: 4:30 pm to 10:00 pm Kuwait Time.
Time on Friday, March 22nd: 1 pm to 10:00 pm Kuwait Time.
Time on Saturday, March 23rd: 12 noon to 7:30 pm Kuwait Time.
The most important right now for all the participant is the RULES & REGULATIONS and also the TERMS and CONDITIONS. The next important thing is the practice until the tournament date. Get to your console and enter the following Game Setting which will be applied throughout the tournament. Keep playing to get a hang under these settings (360 Mall has a Freeze Club on 3rd Floor were one can practise Playstation 3 games - They Charge money - Not free).
Match Settings
Difficulty: World Class
Half: Four Minutes
Offside: On
Injuries: Off
Handball: Off
Camera: Tele Broadcast
Bookings: On
Time/Score Display: On
Radar: 2D
Referee: Random
HUD: Player Name Bar
Pitch Pattern: Default
Time of Day: 8pm
Weather: Clear
Pitch Wear: Random
Home Team: Coin Toss
Game Speed: Normal
Stadium: Home Team
Season: Autumn/Fall
Commentary: English
Tactics: Default
Defending: Tactical
Team: Club/Nation
The prize money is HUGE considering that LAST MAN STANDING get the amount of KD 5000 (US $ 17,500). Official Press release was on 19th February 2013 in Kuwait. CLICK HERE to view. The sponsors on board are a nice set. Viva, National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), Nike Store, Qualitynet, Mini Cooper, Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice, Ali Abdulwahab Al Mutawa Commercial Co, Goal!, Mr. Babu.com, and 52 Degrees. Electronics for the Tournament is powered by X-Cite - Alghanim Electronics.
UPDATED: After three days of battling it out the tournament came to an end. The most amazing things were the increase in sponsors and also surprise appearances at the event. On Friday evening, Bader Almutawa and other members of the Kuwait National Football Team dropped by to check out the event. They even played with some of the people at Fifa13 on PS3.
Kuwait National Football Team (Photo Courtesy of Kappa.ae)
Another interesting person was Achie Tarhouchi of Panna Wonders (Facebook, Twitter and Street-Madness.com) who was present during the Viva 512 Kuwait Tournament. The video below from his facebook page talks about his invitation to Viva 512 Kuwait.
The prize distribution was done with KD 5000 being given to the Winner. The Runners-up received a fully paid ticket to watch Manchester United Match. Also the winner and runner-up received mementos An autographed T-shirt of ManU was given also given as a Raffle Prize.
This Post is not about a Video game but some how appropriately coming out on 8th March which is celebrated as International Women's Day. Road Rush is the name of the event organised by the women of Kuwait who love cars and racing. It is a yearly event and this year marks their third. The cars are taken to Bahrain International race circuit where they enjoy two days of driving under controlled condition and expert trainers who give them tips on racing, drags and drifting. This year it is happening on 8th and 9th March 2013.
First and foremost, this has nothing to do with James Bond 007, except the thrill of jumping-off the top from Kuwait Tallest Skyscraper - Al Hamra Tower. It stands tall at 412.6 meters and is the tallest sculpted (stone clad structure / fully concreted) tower in the world. Yes, Kuwait holds this record. Now, to find someone daring enough to leap off this structure and be the first one in Kuwait to pull off base jumping from any skyscraper in Kuwait is organised and masterminded by Camco Global Events (Their Insatgram Page). As the statement by the event organiser go "Chris McDougall World Champion & Record Holder B.A.S.E Jumper is leaping off Al Hamra Tower". This person is famous for his base jumping and wingsuit flying.
The important information about the event are as follows:
Date: 8th March 2013
Time: 1 pm Kuwait Time (10 am GMT)
Location: Al Hamra Tower, Sharq, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Hint to getting to Location: Look for the tallest structure on the Kuwait Skyline and move towards it.
For information on the parking, and which roads next to Al Hamra Towers will be closed, CLICK HERE, Camco Events uploaded the information on their Instagram site. Instagram CamcoEvents, Instagram Al Hamra Tower.
Sponsors for this event are many (as seen the image above), Domino's Pizza (Hope they are giving out free pizza's during the jump), don't get me started with Zain - other than them having one of their outlets in Al Hamra.
Al Hamra Tower, Photo Courtesy to Wikipedia
Other Blogs that mentioned about SkyFall414 are below:
The Gaming Festival kicks off on 7th February 2013 and will go on until 9th February 2013. Three days of tournament which is being held in Kuwait International Fair (KIF) Grounds, Mishref (The same place where Infoconnect Exhibition took place). So starting off the weekend from Thursday 5 pm onwards Hall Number 8 at Mishref KIF will be the gaming zone. Parking should be sufficient as this event is targeted for Game Lovers. Entrance Charge is KD 5 for three (3) days and also entering into any tournament or tournaments. The whole event is sponsored by Quality Net and powered by White Tower. For more information about registering and other details, one can log into White Towers Site.
So breakdown are as follows:
K.O. Fighting Game Festival.
Thursday 7th Feb 5 pm till 12 midnight.
Friday 8th Feb 4 pm till 12 midnight.
Saturday 9th Feb 4 pm till 12 midnight.
One Charge : KD 5 (Kuwaiti Dinar) for spectators or tournament participents.
Purchase of Passes/Registrations : White Tower, Salem Al Mubarak Street, Al Burj Al Abyath, M
Venue: Hall No. 8, Kuwait International Fair Grounds, Mishref, Kuwait.
Games ( All games will be played on PlayStation 3)
Team Tournament (3v3) : Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition v2012. Prizes First: KD 2000, Second KD 600, Third KD 300
Singles (1v1) : Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3 Prizes First: KD 500, Second KD 250, Third KD 150
Singles (1v1) : Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prizes First: KD 300, Second KD 150, Third KD 100
All the above tournaments are Double Elimination. The trailers of the K.O. Game Festival can be seen below:
The Infoconnect exhibition will be starting on the 27th January 2013 with the opening ceremony being exclusively for VIPs. Click HERE to enter the official site. A whole week of this exhibition in Hall No 6 and 7 of Kuwait International Fair Ground in Mishref is definitely a place to check out. I am hoping for some amazing offers to be kicking in, be it the telecommunication, internet services or hardware. Usually the telecom companies Zain, Wataniya and Viva go all out during the exhibition making it the most happening place.
The timings for the week from Monday to Thursday will be 9 am to 1 pm and 4 pm to 9 pm. Friday 4 pm to 10 pm. One of my personal suggestions would be that people should check out the parking spaces for Hall no 6 and 7; and also the different entry and exits for the Kuwait International Fair grounds in the coming weeks, so that they can have less discomfort during the exhibition days as this is the cold and rainy season in Kuwait. The exhibition is to be closing down by 2nd February 2013. Update: Some photos from the Infoconnect Exhibition can be seen below.
The new year of 2013 has started and I am looking forward to some of the events that are going to take place in the month of January. The most awaited event is the GulfRun display of cars (just got updated by @GulfRun on twitter that the display takes place on 11th and 12th January 2013 @ 360Mall Kuwait). The GulfRun 8 event will take place in Bahrain in the last weekend of January (Around 24th-25th January). Usually they put on display the cars 2 weeks prior to the event. I am still awaiting the date and location of the display of the GulfRun participating cars. Last year around 58 cars participated. I hear some more cars might be participating. (Mark has also posted about this event, CLICK HERE for the post which is on his site 248am) (Also Qabaq has posted, CLICK HERE). (Q8stig had posted a lot of photos about last years event) Below is a video of the Highlights of GulfRun 7. For Gulf Run Youtube channel CLICK HERE and Vimeo Video. They also have Twitter and Instagram accounts
360 Mall, South Surra - Zahra - 6th Ring Road Kuwait. Photo Courtesy of 360 Mall
For car related Blogs I go through two Kuwaiti Bloggers - Qabaq and Q8stig
Courtsey to SWNS.com. The image from the Daily Mail UK article.
Talking about cars, it reminds me of another post about the supercars from the gulf. The main article is written in the Daily Mail UK, CLICK HERE to view it. The people in London get to see a display of the supercars from the gulf. I came across the article through two of the blogs. LadieswhodolunchinKuwait and Mark 248am. I just got an update from Hamad Al Sabah through twitter about the documentary which is posted online on youtube. Video posted below.
