NBA 2K8 Asia Championship: Taiwan Stage Highlights

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December 24, 2007

Yu-cheng Lin , the Grand Champion in the Taiwan Qualifier.
Image: Rico Shen.

The "NBA 2K8 Asia Championship" Taiwan Qualifier, organized by NBA Asia Corp. and sponsored by Microsoft Taiwan, was held on December 22 & 23. According to the organizer, Taiwan was chosen as the first on-site stage tournament because of some of the market share factor on the gaming industry and the gaming population.

In Taiwan's qualifier, the organizer successively invited models from Catwalk Production House and two Taiwanese bands for friendship matches with the public. With the entertainers' participation, it attracted media and press in the entertainment industry.

On the other hand, to conjunct with sports and gaming, the organizer set the experience area with not only the Xbox 360 gaming console but also a shooting machine.

In this 2-day qualifier, due to some issues on the arrangement of the schedule, some registered gamers offered to quit the championship, but it didn't take effect on the results of the single day champion, the 2-day champion, and overall champion. Finally, Yu-cheng Lin won the overall champion to participate in the Grand Final of the championship in South Korea on January 12, 2008.

According to the organizer, the Hong Kong qualifier will start on January 5 & 6, 2008 at Plaza Hollywood in Diamond Hill, Hong Kong.

[] Highlights with Images

Opening Day Competition.
Image: Rico Shen.

Not only younger people, but elders also enjoyed the basketball arcade machine.
Image: Rico Shen.

The 2-day Champion Shih-sheng Wang and On-line Cchampion Yu-cheng Lin .
Image: Rico Shen.

Executives from NBA Asia, Microsoft Taiwan, and Catwalk Production Studio.
Image: Rico Shen.

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