Magic The Gathering - Malaysia

On the 15th and 16th of August, GACC 2009, a games, anime and comic convention was held in Multimedia University, Melaka Campus, and as part of the organizing committee efforts to offer more entertainment options and competitive opportunities into the event, I was invited to provide those services with the help of Hasbro Malaysia.



2 Magic tournaments are offered over the 2 days while Hasbro games are exhibited and demo'ed throughout the 2 days, with games like the new Monopoly Deal card game, Risk and Cluedo, while introductory games to Magic: The Gathering was also offered to the visiting public as part as the Non-Electronic Games division for GACC 2009.

A Facebook photo gallery can be found -> here.

Or read on for a photo gallery on this site itself.

Many thanks once again to everyone who took part in the event, played in the tournament or even those who swung by to take a look!

And also a huge shout out of thanks and gratitude to Hasbro Malaysia!

Hope you all had fun!




























































































































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Shingou Kurihara has crushed Martin Juza in Juza’s second finals appearance in as many weeks to become the GP Bangkok Champion!

As he sat down to face the Czech Republic’s Martin Juza in the finals, Japan’s Shingou Kurihara was all but convinced his Blue-white deck was about to get crushed by Juza’s powerful Red-black deck, just as Juza had lost to Olivier Ruel’s Red-black deck two weeks ago in the finals of Grand Prix–Brighton. And while Juza’s deck delivered as promised in Game 1, Kurihara whipped out his trusty Magebane Armor and took back games two and three decisively to become the Grand Prix–Bangkok champion in a Top 8 that was packed with talent. Kurihara bested the Netherlands' Ruud Warmenhoven (now living in Shanghai) and Koutarou Ootsuka, also from Japan, to reach the finals, and Juza got to the finals by beating Japan national champion runner-up Yuuya Watanabe and England’s Matteo Orsini Jones. Rounding out the Top 8 were Singaporean Ryan Luo and Zhiyang Zhang from China. The Magic 2010 action continues next weekend in Niigata, Japan. Will Martin Juza make it three Top 8’s in a row? Tune in to Magicthegathing.com to find out!

GP Bangkok Official Coverage



22 Malaysians out of the over 400 GP Bangkok participants made the trek to Bangkok despite a global flu scare and 5 players made the top 64, including a heartbreaking drop from the top 8 by Terry Soh due to the head judge decision, and another heart-breaker for Adrian Kuan who had hoped to qualify for Pro Tour Austin with a top 16 finish, but instead got 17th.

Edwin Lim, Bryan Chen and Gavin Goh rounds out the other top 64 finishers. Besides Bryan and Gavin, who got $200 USD for their efforts, the others got $400 for their top 32 finish.

Hit the link below for a photo coverage of the event while a Facebook photo gallery can be found here.



Captain of the Watch welcomes you...


So does Xathrid Demon...


The MCC Hall, GP Bangkok tournament venue, is huge!


Friday, and the last chance GP Trials are in full swing


Later in the day, even this side is filled.


Saturday, and over 400 players are fighting for a place in Day 2


A small crowd gather over Terry Soh's match, eager waiting to find out if Terry could make a Malaysian return to the GP/PT top 8


Terry Soh. Heartbreaking head judge decision drops Terry from the top 8 into 20th. A far cry from the 3.5k USD he could have won, but $400 is still nothing to scoff at.


Soh, Terry [MYS] vs. Nakajima, Chikara [JPN]


Bryan Chen fought hard to get back to back high profile top 8s after his 3rd place finish at Nationals, but had to settle for $200 and a 60th place finish here.


Chen, Bryan [MYS] vs. Tsai, Miller [TWN]


Adrian Kuan fought hard and won his match, hoping to top-16 to qualify for PT Austin, but hit a heart-breaker 17th finish, with $400 to take home.


Blohon, Lucas [CZE] vs. Kuan, Adrian Shen Jong [MYS]


Edwin Lim shows that he's no slouch to competitive Magic still despite without any recent notable local finishes, finished the GP at 19th and $400 richer.


Lim, Edwin Voon Fei [MYS] vs. Kasempatanakarn, Wiwat [THA]


Gavin Goh settled into the top 64 happily with his opponent with an ID, finishing 51st and $200 in his pocket.


Goh, Gavin [MYS] vs. Subcharoen, Jakguy [THA]


Day 2, Round 14, and with Pro Points and thousands of dollars in cash prizes on the line, many players are fighting it out till the very end.


Meanwhile, Nico Surinindran, although out of day 2 contention, managed to fight his way out to the top 8 at the GP's PTQ Austin.


Sadly, he fell in the quarterfinals.

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