So we heard that there is to be a LAN Party in KDU College this weekend held in conjunction with the PLAY! Convention which is mainly a cosplay event but there are to be some gaming tournaments for Dota2, OSU! and Pokemon as well.
Here is a schedule of the PLAY! Convention, if you’ve missed day 1, then I hope you can make it to day 2.
We got a shock of our lives when we saw this banner from afar… very clever marketing…
We head straight to the registration booth.
But we found out later on that we were to collect our media tags from the Info Counter.
Already we can see some cosplayers eager to start, here is Deadpool!!
A snack booth is set outside the Switch outlet
and upon entering the main hall, we see some interesting booths.
First booth belongs to CIB Mall, here to promote their game(s)
Little Akiba is featuring a new trading card game called Weir-Swartz and will be teaching whoever is interested to learn about the game.
Speakingf of learning the game, KDU showcased their gaming booth where you can learn how to develop games.
No games in production yet but the CGI demo they had on is impressive indeed. So if you’re interested, give KDU a call now
The White Box booth featured driving simulators, 4 in total for everyone to try.
Even if you’re an anime character.
MSI is also part of the exhibitors with their gaming-oriented notebooks.
We take a closer look at their GS60..
And their GT70.. sweet looking machines
Other booths include anime related items for sale, Pokemon anyone??
Another trading card game booth; interestingly as the name implies, Politiko is a card game based on politics. Do give this one a try 😉
Next to that, another sales booth that sells delicious concoctions such as  potions for gamers
And nope I’m not kidding. We tried some of them, needless to say they were delicious.
Another trading card game is featured in the main hall, Avarium Academy is based on high school life. Interestingly, a set of cards can be played by up to 4 players. Avarium Academy is still in beta testing stages so keep an eye out for it.
According to Bruce, the marketing manager from MSI, they would provide these GT70 for competitions and exhibitions such as these to showcase the capabilities of their gaming notebooks.
Good luck to all the teams!
Moving along, here is the setup for the OSU! competition
Practice, practice, practice
Of course, we have people doing cosplays here and about.
and we’ve even manage to find Wally!!
We were a bit early at the event, not many are there yet.
But the people are as enthusiastic to get started nonetheless. Here the moderators are setting up the network.
Now this is something you don’t see very often, a Zalman ZM-T4 chassis! Participants are to bring along everything of their own.
One of the participant enjoying the gaming session.
and we took the liberty to feature his Corsair Carbide 300R
This setup inside an Aerocool Templarius caught our eyes.
A monster of a setup with an Asus Matrix series GPU. According to the owner, the next upgrade is an aftermarket CPU cooler.
Even the mods join in on the fun
We went around the room again to have a look at what other participants have. we noted that there were quite a few Cooler Master chassis around. BTW Nice headset there.
The Cooler Master HAF 912 as seen.
The budget friendly chassis Cooler Master K282 is spotted as well
and finally a CM690 Nvidia edition, classic indeed.
We took a stroll on the other venues and arrive to a console games lounge.
Which only has a single PS3 hooked up to an Edifier M1335 speaker and a projector.
Getting more crowded as time goes.
The OSU! army showing off their skills
The show has yet to start, we’ll be back for more of the stage
Taking a break on the road after a long journey through the sea, aye captain?
The DotA 2 Match live!
Stay focused…
Here’s DDZ from Arrow Gaming, anyone else you can identify?
Checkout their gears
When the cosplay competition began, the crowd’s attention shifted to the main stage.
Judges are flanked by the crowd
The first act, Black Rock Shooter versus White Rock Shooter – nice effort for the costumes.
Princess Mononoke is watching on the first act as well.
The second act is a participant displaying his combat prowess as a character from Assassins Creed, Ezio Auditore da Firenze. Sadly we had to stop the coverage short because of time constraint.
We spotted some cosplayers outside for a photo shoot on our way out
We enjoyed our time spent in the PLAY! Convention. The event overall was very interesting as we noted how creative the people were, particularly the people who created the trading card games as well as cosplayers.
The LAN Party has a rather small turnout but we were told that this is the first time that PLAY! Converntion was held in such a manner. We manage to share some information that might help out for future LAN parties and look forward to the next PLAY! Convention.
