Huge word of thanks to all of you who made this year’s festival a success. It’s this passion called ‘perfection’ that will keep us doing it better year after year. And it will become a global international event for sure, right here in our beloved country – Malaysia Shine on peeps and catch you soon with more events coming up in November. The season ain’t over yet…

IYF09 Malaysia’s 1st Human Beatbox Competition [Photo credit: Jasmine's E63]

Counter Strike 1.6 Champions Team LZ (centred) will represent Malaysia at DreamHack, Sweden

GO International E-Sports Cup // DreamHack Malaysia – Grand Final Results

Singer songwriter Yuna, getting interviewed by HITZ TV’s Sufian. Hello HITZ peeps!

Powered by CANON with projectors from VIEWSONIC blogger Kim Ong conducts ‘Blogging Clinic’ via Skype. She’s in Melbourne.

Team LZ battling it out at GO.esc // DreamHack Grand Finals! It was truly 5 days of digital delirium…

Bittersweet performed LIVE @ Studio V.

More pictures to be released soon…

Have you heard of her? Well… if you haven’t, do come by to 1Utama Ground Floor on High Street today and catch her melodic tunes.

Introducing YUNA…. at the closing ceremony of Indie Youth Fest 2009.

Want this?

1st prize Canon EOS 1000D!

Consolation prizes: PowerShot A1100

Write your Best Blog Review and WIN cameras graciously sponsored by CANON!

What? Digital Delirium Xpo @ Indie Youth Fest 2009 event has created this event for bloggers.

When? 14-17 October 2009.

Where? 1 Utama Shopping Centre

Cost? FREE!

Don’t wait! Register NOW at www.indieyouthfest.com.

NEW! NOTE: DEADLINE IS EXTENDED!!! PLEASE EMAIL US AT INDIEYFEST@GMAIL.COM FOR DETAILS.

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: INVITATION TO ALL BLOGGERS ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Malaysian Book of Records Attempt ‘The Largest Blogging Competition in Malaysia’ or ‘The Most Amount of Content Generated Online from an Event’

We, the organisers of Indie Youth Festival 2009 would like to invite all bloggers from all blog categories in Malaysia to break the Malaysian Book of Records. This festival will happen from 14 – 18 October 2009 in 1Utama, Kuala Lumpur .

Independent Youth Festival

During the 5 day Indie Youth Festival, there will be numerous activities from a human beatbox competition to the GO.esc // DreamHack electronic sports tournament, film screenings, casual gameplay, music, visual arts, techno-preneurship talks and also the Malaysian Book of Records attempt of “The largest blogging competition in Malaysia”. There is no registration fee charged, so participation is free!

Registration

To participate, please go log on to http://www.indieyouthfest.com. Registrations close at 3pm on Saturday, 17 October 2009. The competition will begin on 14 October 2009 and will run until 17 October 2009. All reviews MUST be posted up online before 5pm on the 17^th of October 2009. For ease and convenience,

Goodie Bags

Participating bloggers will receive an Indie Youth Fest BLOGGER BADGE  and goodie bag. All reviews MUST be posted up on your blogs with mention of indieyouthfest.com at 1utama by Saturday 5.00pm.

Prize

The winner walks home with a Canon EOS1000D DSLR. We will also endeavour to send the winner to accompany the video gamers to DreamHack, Sweden if more funding is raised for the flight tickets to Sweden. Consolation prizes are Canon A1100 Sureshot compact cameras.

Workshop

There will be 2 workshops conducted by Kim Ong, Canon ambassador blogger at 1.30pm on 18 October 2009 about the “Blogging Responsibly with Canon Camera”. and by Niki Cheong self-confessed Twitter addict and also Star R.A.G.E. journalist with own column, Bangsar Boy at 12.30pm on the 18^th of October 2009.

Your blog add will appear in our official website in order for us to drive traffic to your blog.  For further information please visit the Indie Youth Festival official website which is http://www.indieyouthfest.com.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Shereen Yuen

Gaming action powered by

And here’s the news, gamers. DiGi brings you gaming action by sponsoring GO.esc // DreamHack Qualifiers! So come one come all and if you’ve been thinking about ‘pimpin’ your broadband, head over to the DiGi booths at Ground Floor High Street 1 Utama SHopping Centre next weekend from 14-18 October 2009. Loads of activities, freebies etc to be given away!

We are also pleased to announce the totally new GO.esc OPEN tournament for Counter Strike 1.6 fans.Participation fee RM75 makes it affordable for ALL. This tournament is open to all nationalities, foreigners and visitors included. Prize winnings include:

1st prize: RM1,500 cash + medals + sponsored prizes

2nd prize: RM1,000 cash + medals + sponsored prizes

3rd prize: RM500 cash + medals + sponsored prizes

Consolation prizes & t-shirts for the other participants. So don’t miss out. Check out our newly revamped www.indieyouthfest.com to sign up before 15 October 2009 online.

Tournament Date: 16 & 17 October 2009

Location: High Street, 1Utama Shopping Centre

Greetings fellow IYF-ers!

If you’ve been following the news, you’ll know now that since the first signing ceremony with Go International Group on 13 July 2009 to admit Malaysia as the FIRST ASIAN COUNTRY to host a DreamHack Qualifier, more are sprouting up around the world faster than you can say GO! So now Singapore, China, Portugal, Norway and more have joined the ranks! That only means, gamers, you had better be ready for a great competitive month ahead.

Check out their latest website: www.dreamhack.se.

Now since we launched our search for the Malaysian Counter Strike team, we’ve done one qualifer in Penang. The following qualifiers:

Partner: Gizmo Gamer
Kuching, Sarawak
Date: 3 October 2009
Qualifies 2 teams
1st prize: RM500
2nd prize: RM250
Entry fee: RM100 per team

Partner: Subang FTZ
Subang, Selangor
Date: 10 & 11 October 2009
Qualifies 2 teams
1st prize: RM500
2nd prize: RM250
Entry fee: RM100 per team

Note: Johor Qualifier has been cancelled due to unforseen circumstances and will be replaced by an additional qualifier at 1Utama itself.

Updates:

Courtesy Malaysia Airlines, four of Malaysia’s indie acts made their way to Sydney to perform at the 19th Malaysia Festival on Tumbalong Park in Darling Harbour Sydney. Over 5,000 – 8,000 visitors came to the park, enjoying Malaysian cultural performances put together by the students from the various universities and, behind every successful Malaysian festival, there’s the FOOOD of course!

Don’t miss out! The organisers of Indie Youth Fest are pleased to announce this gig featuring One Buck Short, Liyana Fizi, Reza Salleh and Rashdan Harith happening at Darling Harbour Sydney this coming 27 September 2009. Visit www.doppelgangerkl.blogspot.com for more details. Pictures are available at www.flickr.com/photos/thegogroup

Check out the other links where you can read all about the Malaysia Indie Gig in Sydney.

www.flickr.com/photos/thegogroup (note mention to MAStravel in each picture)
www.indieyouthfest.wordpress.com
www.twitter.com/gojasminelow
www.twitter.com/indieyouthfest
www.facebook.com/gojasminelow
www.indieyouthfest.com
www.doppelgangerkl.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?gid=12044202543

Reza Salleh
http://i-want-a-djembe.xanga.com/713984713/sydney–malaysia-fest-09-pics/

OBS
www.obs.com (new site)

Like the banner above? It’s simple. Copy it LAH. Spread the love and paste the .gif into your blog!

Help us bring more peeps to 1Utama this coming Deepavali week and be a part of the yearly Independent Youth Festival // Digital Delirium Xpo from 14-18 October, 2009. Loads of freebies, fun & games. You’ll be sure to have loads of fun with your friends. Have a great idea to share with us? Email indieyfest@gmail.com and tell us about it! Who knows, we may incorporate your idea into the event.

Heya peeps! This is a vid we found on youtube and it’s mind blowing!!! Now, do you know anyone who plays like this? Tell us! We’d like to invite them to demo their skills at Indie Youth Fest’s Digital Delirium Zone this October at 1Utama. Email: indieyfest [@] gmail.com.

Thanks to our partners Studio V, this video was produced to document Indie Youth Fest Season Kickstart…. meanwhile, our Counter Strike qualifier road shows will take a break during Ramadhan and we’ll continue soon after that! Check it out!

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