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The stop was relocated due to China banning the World Tour�s 2005 game Painkiller. Singapore, the replacement stop, has long been a hub for gaming in Asia with the WCG finals being held here in the past and this coming November.

This stop starts a three week blitz of World Tour stops as the last few players who need to qualify attempt to do so and those who have already qualified jockey for higher seeds. CPL Milan, the replacement for a cancelled CPL Germany, is the following weekend (20th to the 23rd) and the final WT stop in Chile is at the end of October from the 28th to the 30th.

This fast paced schedule will be hard on the players, but should open up opportunities to players lower on the totem pole due to the strenuous traveling required to attend all three stops. While not much is known about the Singapore WT stop, the CPL plans on releasing more details shortly.

Current CPL WT rankings:

295 Sander Kaasjager (fnatic.Vo0)
260 Johnathan Wendel (Fatal1ty)
243 Benjamin Bohrmann (SK|zyz)
218 Alessandro Avallone (Stermy)
194 Stephan Lammert (SK|SteLam)
190 Alexander Ingarv (Ztrider)
173 Andrew Ryder (Gellehsak)
160 David Treacy (zaccubus)
150 Nicola Geretti (forrest)
142 Sean Price (daler)
139 Alexey Nesterov (LeXeR)
139 Mark Larsen (wombat)
120 Fredrik Edesater (Aim)
113 Vincenzo Daurelio (play.it*booms)
102 Viktor Liljeblad (d.worre)
87 Brian Grapatin (nts`zen)
84 Carlos Cid (dj)
81 Riccardo Zanocchio (play.it*vicious)
78 Christian Dotzki (deatz)
58 Niels Van Tilborg (zhrance)*

* not qualified for the WT Finals

Qualified but not in the Top 20
56 Deniz Kalkmann (reptile)
53 Antti Tolvanen (FC-Gaming Rat)
52 Christian Lains (CLains)
31 Joakim Malmquist (Radical)

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User Comments

isnt WCG in Singapore too?

Yes it is. I still want to see Tibet make it to the circuit.

If they having events there #3 that anwsers ur question.

cool deal

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no #4, that means they have a warehouse with lamps

we have to go back

rofl @ 6 but is kindoff right.. The cpl bring all the comp's for the event :) they dont need to have pc's over there..

i am not saying they dont have comp's... friendly comment :)

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i dont think they have computers. they only have the two tallest buildings in the world

Man you guys are way off base... most of the Pacific Rim (Singapore included) is light-years of North America and still years ahead of most of Europe.

Singapore is the business and technology capital of all of Asia... so you're right, they don't have any computers...

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The Pandang should be "The Padang".

The location must be a mistake, because that place is a GRASS FIELD.

Yeah it's "The Padang" and CPL is building a 3,000 ft covered event in the "grass field." Stay tuned for more details.

This comment was edited at 09/12/2005 9:04 PM

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(To #3) *sigh* The guy with the top 3DMarks in the world resides here. Go figure.

(To #12) If what you're saying is true, it's not a very good idea. The monsoon's coming soon, and rain's gonna be bad to any sort of covered event.

#8 - you must be dumb, lan centres are abundant in Singapore and there is no lack of events in Singapore.

#6 - I think you never been to Singapore? There is even Television at our buses and wireless internet at most of the cafes and like mcdonald

Just trying to correct some people

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I was being sarcastic, brickheads. I'm from El Salvador and take "do you live in trees?" questions all the time. Grow up and get some humor

#17 I noticed that pnd. I was referring to #3 that was eventually deleted.

The television in the buses is a joke anyway. The shows suck, and the signal gets interrupted like crazy, and is unwanted noise.

this is pretty insane the CPL is gonna transform a soccer / rugby field into a computer gaming field hahaha how ridiculous is that.

there are tonnes of other places in Singapore that wont require building that tent. GG when it rains, cos when it rains it pours! i've been there!

even though the Padang is in the CBD, its kinda outta the CBD. people walk past there from a distance but no one really walks past right next to it. but its near hotels and food. Oh and can you say.. PORTA LOOs? :P

#8, i think its Malaysia who has the 2 tallest buildings (or Taiwan, if u're referring to the 101 towers)

CPL could have booked Raffles, like the OIC did, or use Suntec, like WCG. Or even the space in front of Taka

The northeastern monsoon season starts in mid- November and ends in March. Our event attendees can use the country club facilities, but we will also have mobile toilet facilities for the general public.

We could have used other venues, Suntec, etc but instead we are doing things differently. "Viva La Difference"

By the way the dates are also wrong on this release the Singapore World Tour stop will take place Friday, October 14 through Sunday, October 16, 2005.

This comment was edited at 09/13/2005 2:43 AM

You guys should stop thinking that the Koreans and the Japanese people are the only Asians who know how to play games... To #3

Suntec requires advanced booking. CPL Singapore was a sudden event here so unlikely be able to book suntec. Padang is a good choice, but Expo could be a better option ^^. But padang is still better because of the amount of quality hotels nearby.

Just to let those coming to know, its gonna be a wet event with pre-monsoon "sudden rain".

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why all the fuss? if they succeed in this event, they would have gone a stage higher in handling various places for competition. its a good challenge cpl should take up more in the future. try more, learn more and improve.

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