PES12 Tournament On PS3

 Promotional Flier Of This Tournament

Well, I just accidentally aware of this tournament. With my mind at the meantime is very high in entering so many competitions. With the intention to increase my side income. Yes, it just another effort that I can think of. And normally I give up even before I try for it, just like previous contest or competition.

But not this time. As I saw a sight of a booth, with few LCD TV’s behind them, make me thought of something. So I approach that person and I am right, they are holding Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 (PES2012)/Winning Eleven 2012 (WE2012) competition here in Wangsa Walk. Yeah, great opportunity. I register right away. But, I didn’t play with my XBOX 360 for over 3 weeks now. Let alone PES11. Yes, I don’t have PES2012 yet. But I believe the system between PES2011 and PES2012 is about the same.

Where The Tournament Took Place At Wangsa Walk (Courtesy From Irshad Zamani Photo)

So, I go back home and practice for a few matches. This time, I put harder situation on me as I am expecting tough fights tomorrow. Well, few matches training are not enough. Just let me feel comfortable with the control configuration. And I still don’t know their regulation yet. Whether we choose our team and also the formation going to be.

Sunrise on Saturday. The competition starts today. I thought about my friends who lived nearby and passionate about PES. Yes, I thought of someone. He is Irshad Zamani, my former friend during our SAMBEST days. But unfortunately his contacts is not in my phone. So I contact Abdullah Aiman for Irshad’s number. Yeah, I got his number from Abdullah Aiman.

Alhamdulillah, there is not so much obstacles. Irshad is willing to join. He deems this is interesting also. So I instruct him to walk-in and register at Wangsa Walk. He did it without hassle and Basle.  Yeah, at least I got a friend who will fight alongside me. But we fight for our own.

They said the briefing will start at 12 noon, but there are heavy delays as they want to gather as many contestants possible for this competition. I arrive at Wangsa Walk a bit later than 12 noon but nothing started yet. So, accompanied by my beloved ones and Irshad, we just train ourselves for one match on PS3. Later, we just window shopping while wait the organizer to get ready.

After a long wait, at 3.30 p.m. then only they announce the match draw. My name were at lower place. They randomize it but I believe they set those matches between adult and kids. So most of the match will meet one grown man and another kid from school. But there is a match between adult and adult. So Irshad will contest first with a form 1 student. He won with 4-0 score. That form 1 kid with his brother both loss their respective match.

Then after I wait a while, my turn come. Yes, my opponent is form 1 student. I shake his hand to respect my opponent. Later on we started our match. The regulation is unique, the pairing opponent must choose same team for this 1^st round match. So we choose Real Madrid. Then with minor change in formation and team strategy we started our match. I scored first goal in the first half. As I try to focus in the second half, it become mush mo distracted. My opponent then scored his goal, So we are tied then until the match ended. They set it to be immediately enters the penalty shootout. After the heart pounding penalty shootout, finally I come out as a winner. But I almost lose my face to lose against that teen. Hahaha.

As we wait for the next match, we walk a while on our own. Then an hour later come Irshad turn. However his opponent doesn’t show up so he is declared as the winner. He then just have to wait for his last match of the day. Later on, my turn come again. This time my opponent is much little than the previous one. I don’t know which standard (darjah) he is currently study is. Even Irshad jokingly asking “Is there any other bigger(older) contestant available?”. Hahaha. Well, again I just shakes my hand with that boy. This is the kid that attract so much attention before. Having beaten much older person than him.

So we start our match. As this time we can choose our own team. That kid chooses Real Madrid and I with my familiar side, Manchester United. I think I forgot, I do familiar with MU but only on XBOX360, not PS3. My golden age with Playstation and PES have ended about 4-5 years ago. I did have precise freekick scoring ability, long-shot specialist and last-minute goal grabber. But these are my past. I don’t think I be able to achieve those skills again.

I do having my hard time with this little fella. Hahaha. I almost scored but that long shot just hit the cross bar. I just got a little chance to try on this kid’s goal post. However he found it harder to reach mine as I extensively uses defensive method. Eventually, I again enter penalty shootout session. There is one chance that if I scored, I win immediately. But I didn’t. and again, just another shot to make me as a winner but again, I failed. Few shot later, that kid save my shot and he become the eventual winner of our match. I congratulate him with despair. Haha. Well, it just a game though. Now I wasted my 7 hours and 5 ringgit for eventual oust. But the experience is priceless.

Go back to Irshad, I mentioned earlier that he has given a free win to proceed to the next match. Now, his opponent is much skilled. An adult and I believe that person also have a deep passion on PES. So before the match start that guy really concentrate on formation build up and also his strategy. Meanwhile Irshad just put some simple change on the formation. Irshad with Real Madrid and that guy with FC Barcelona. In real world we called it as El Classico. But too much surprise, Irshad won with a single goal margin. 1-0 the score but that is enough to humble that passionate guy. Supported with many of his friends but still a game must have a winner and a loser. I congratulate Irshad and he will enter the next round of the game tomorrow, Sunday. But it is unfortunate for me as I have another errand to fulfill tomorrow. I couldn’t accompany him.

Well, Irshad is completely deep with PES as I already fallen in love a bit on FIFA. Two biggest sect in football gaming industry. But now, I am neither expert in PES nor FIFA. I just play both game as I can. Well, finally I have been beaten with a little kid and I’m going back home. Thanks to my special ones to accompany me during the competition and again I want to heavily congratulate Irshad for his success today and wish him good luck for the next match tomorrow. Hopefully he will be crowned as the champion at Wangsa Walk and made him eligible to enter the final round at Mid Valley next week and eventually become as Malaysian representative to Hong Kong. And the dream never finish, hopefully he will represent Asia to the grand final in UK. Gambatte Kudasai Irshad.

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