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Team MSYD’s Hearthstone Legends Brawl at CCC16!


Greetings to you, future partygoer!

“Your host, the great magus Medivh, invites you to a magical weekend party, that is sure to be talked about for centuries!

Come inside… Meet your friends at the door! We’ve got a feast like you’ve never seen before! Shake your stuff to our musical beat, play the game, but don’t you dare cheat!

Dive right in – you’ll never be the same!”

One-Night-In-Karazhan


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Moroes:

“There’s only one game in the game room and that game is Hearthstone, of course!

The masterfully crafted cards, the simple yet elusive strategies, the meeting of mind and RNG *ekhem*, I meant will! The Master just loves it. Yes, Hearthstone is the game, for this game room.

Oh pardon me, I am of course talking about the Legends Brawl Hearthstone Tournament organised by Team MSYD!”

 

Who are Team MSYD, you say?

They are only the biggest and most active Hearthstone group in Cyprus. Their aim has been to elevate the quality of gaming in Cyprus, as well as provide a platform to aid gamers via guidance, tournaments and an organised group to enhance their gaming experience! They wish to create a better community for the gamers in a cooperative as well as challenging environment. Their immediate goals include to put Cyprus on the international map, expand to other games and most importantly, be able to provide better rewards for their members!”


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The Legends Brawl Hearthstone Tournament at CCC16

Just like last year, the tournament will be a closed invitational, which will run through the whole duration of the Comic Con Weekend.

Team MSYD have invited 8 players to take part in their Legends Brawl.

The winner of last year’s brawl, George ‘SkepasG’ Skeparnides has rightfully claimed one of those eight places with his champion’s title and will be competing against 7 other players that were selected during the Preliminary Tournament that took place last Sunday, 28th of August!

The Preliminaries were open to all players in Cyprus that achieved the rank of Legend.


The Players

The eight confirmed players that will participate in the upcoming and most definitely epic, Legends Brawl Hearthstone Tournament at Cyprus Comic Con 2016 are:

  1. SkepasG
  2. GetRekt
  3. Kyps
  4. LeHuanPlayz
  5. Olethrus
  6. Grekori
  7. FunkyPanda
  8. Kazanas

Starting on Saturday, the tournament will be Round Robin, Best of 7, 5 decks with 1 ban, Conquest format. By the end of the day, four challengers will qualify to compete in next day’s Finals.

On Sunday, the tournament final will be Conquest format again, Best of 9, 6 decks with 1 ban, going into knock-out stages with a double elimination. This means that everyone has to lose twice, until one man is standing.

The players will need to show versatility with decks of different classes, exhibit good countering skills and the ability to detect (and perform) mind-games!


Watch the Trailermalchezaar

Your invitation to watch the Legend’s Brawl tournament live at CCC16 is enclosed in the following trailer, created by Team MSYD themselves!

 

Prince Malchezaar:

“Wait, what? You invited Jaraxxus, the weakling?!”

Photography and Videography at CCC16!


Spent months constructing an absolutely breathtaking cosplay costume and cannot wait to show it off at the upcoming Comic Con Weekend? Or just coming in your everyday common-man hero suit and want to capture the fun, so you can look back at the pictures and remember how awesome CCC16 was?

Don’t worry, we got you covered!

A number of professional photography teams and booths will be set up to make sure you have some amazing and magical photos to take back home after the Comic Con is over!

Keep reading for more information about the teams and what they will be offering to con-goers:


Cosplay Photography Booth

Photographers: Alex Kokkinos and Chrysos Andreou

Hired by world government agencies, Alex Kokkinos and Chrysos Andreou have taken up the role of finding, registering and most importantly, photographing gifted individuals.

“The Superhuman Registration Act has been both a blessing and a curse” says Mr. Kokkinos. “It’s great getting to photograph some of these amazing super people. But many of them are a little camera shy. Hulk has smashed our equipment three times so far. And Deadpool only poses with his behind to the camera; it’s exhausting!”

Mr. Andreou however expressed optimism about the upcoming conspiracy event.
“I think the Comic-Con trap is going to solve all our problems. Everybody who’s anybody is going be there. And we won’t be opening the facility exits until every last hero and villain are captured on camera!”

Will they succeed in their mission? Only the 3rd and 4th of September will tell!

For more details, follow their cosplay photography progress here.

Alex and Chrysos will be offering free photos for all competing cosplayers during the judging process of the Cosplay Contest, which will later be uploaded on Facebook in web quality. They will also be offering portraits, as well as full body shots in a themed prison backdrop. The full resolution images will be available for purchase digitally or printed.


Cosplay Videography

Freelance Videographer: Damien Heraclides

Damien was elected as one of the European Union representatives (Cyprus) at the 70th Venice International Film Festival set up by Europa Cinemas in partnership with the European Parliament, (28 Times Cinema).

He has worked on a number of prominent projects: club filming all over the island, recordings of world-renowned artists such as Armin Van Bureen, multiple video adverts for gyms, hotels, coffee shops, TV spots and more! He won fist place at the Young Lions film competition Cyprus earlier this year.


Green Screen Booth

The Team: Photo Experts Creative Photography

Photo Experts describe themselves as simply “the happiest team on earth”! They are an idea-driven team of photographers and cinematographers, that aim to implement creative photography in every singe project they take up, offering their clients and partners, something beautiful to preserve their best memories!

The Green Screen photo booth will be customised with Comic-Con appropriate backdrops of various pop culture themes, to suit every single cosplay costume and all fan bases! The photos will later be uploaded on the official Cyprus Comic Con page on Facebook.

Printed copies of the photos will also be available for sale on the day, to take home as a memento! Cosplayers will be able to have their photo taken at the Green Screen photo booth for free!

Visit the Photo Experts Creative Photography website.

Featured Sponsor: Gamers’ Boulevard


Gamers’ Boulevard is participating at Cyprus Comic Con for a third consecutive year! GB will be sharing its booth area with Japanese Flavours and together they have prepared a number of fun and exciting surprises for all comic con goers!

Visit Gamer’s Boulevard’s pages on FacebookTwitter and YouTube!

Gold Sponsor

Gamers’ Boulevard is proudly one of Cyprus Comic Con’s Gold Sponsors. The company will provide prizes for the Gaming Tournaments of Hearthstone, League of Legends 1v1, PES 2016 και Super Smash Bros, coupons for the FIFA tournament 2016 by Cyprus Gamer as well as for the Cosplay competition! Furthermore, they are bringing an arcade machine to Elia VIP for the classic 80’s and 90’s arcade game lovers!

Raffles

Comic Con visitors will be able to participate in a raffle hosted by Gamers’ Boulevard, with the chances of  winning two amazing collectible gifts:: A set of the DeLorean time machine and Marty McFly figure, from the popular culture legend ‘Back to the Future’, scale 1:6, as well as a real-size bust of Kratos, the main character from the gameGod of War’!

To participate in the raffle, interested parties are requested to purchase raffle tickets that will be available for sale at the convention. For the Back to the Future set, the raffle ticket costs €2, whereas for the Kratos bust the cost is €1. Participants can choose to purchase as many tickets as they want, to maximise their chance of winning! The lucky two winners will be announced just before the ending of Cyprus Comic Con 2016, on Sunday 4th September, but also online through the Comic Con social media pages as well as through Gamers’ Boulevard.

About the Company

bioworldGamers’ Boulevard was established in 2012, and to this day, counts three physical and one online store, where you can find amazing products and geekery, such as t-shirts, accessories, videogames and other collectibles from the gaming and comic book worlds! Since 2016, Gamer’s Boulevard has been the official distributor of Bioworld Europe in Cyprus, the top gaming clothing and accessories company in the world.

GB is the first online store in Cyprus that specialises not just in videogames, but in everything to do with gaming, whether that’s t-shorts, accessories, figures, or other collectibles. Keyrings, coffee mugs, jackets and hats, Gamers’ Boulevard is here to “reinforce” your passion about your favourite games and characters!

Other than the online store, Gamer’s Boulevard has three physical stores in the cities of Nicosia, Larnaca and Limassol, where you can find products from games such us Assassin’s Creed, Battlefield, Call Of Duty, Diablo, God Of War, Elder Scrolls, Minecraft and many other popular title!

The company was created by passionate gamers and is in perfect position to fully understand its clients’ needs and demands. It aims to always offer friendly and approachable service, with the utmost quality possible.

For more information, visit the company’s website at: www.gamersboulevard.com.

Store Locations:

  • Nicosia: 6 Constantinou Paleologou Avenue, at Eleutheria Square, phone no.: 99-300502
  • Larnaca: 10 Grigori Afxentiou Avnue, phone no.: 96-548788
  • Limassol: 5 Onisilou Street, phone no.: 96-354774

Jimmy D, Dj Englezos, Honston G on the Con decks!


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Ola DJ will be bringing the following three DJs to play at Cyprus Comic Con’s Fringe Festival:

Jimmy D: Jimmy D is a radio producer at Deejay93.5 and he has been on the radio for 13 years now. His show called “The art of music” is broadcasted daily from 15:00 to 17:00. His style consists of all genre music. From Funk to rock, to Electroswing pop and Electronica Jimmy D has played in various bars and events around the Island. He will be performing on the 3d of September at Comic Con. A 60 minute set of superhero music and more!

Dj Englezos: Since 2008, Vasilis Englezos, a turntablist from the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, known for using turntables as instruments, Master of Creating Video Routines with a lot of Blends, Toneplays, Jugglin, Wordplays and of course Scratching.

Honston G: Honston G Is known for his eclectic style of rock, metal, jazz, rock’n’ roll, boogie woogie, blues, electroswing, electroblues, psychedelic tech and everything in between. Inspired by movies with amazing Soundtracks , moments in time dressed in music and music that makes your feelings move, his style has become diverse yet always stays close by and related to blues, rock and alternative sounds.

Check out the schedule of Cyprus Board Gamers at CCC’16!


12247661_10153159749627344_1483149602671051057_oFor a third year in a row Cyprus Board Gamers will be participating at Cyprus Comic Con!

If you love playing board games, make sure to join in their activities!

Saturday 3/9
09:00 – 12:00   Family Games
12:00 – 16:00   Co-operative Games

Sunday 4/9
09:00 – 12:00   Family Games
12:00 – 16:00   Party Games
16:00 – 20:00   Fantasy/ Sci-fi Games

At the time of events there will be dedicated tables at which they will explain rules of the selected theme and help people start playing boardgames. Those who are interested in playing games not included in the specified theme can join them for free-play session where they can try any game from their selection.