The “Be The 12th Player” roadshow was held consecutively over two days at Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s NP Orchard, grabbing the attention of students who walked past.

The venue was decked up with banners, posters, Hellgate figurines and even a popcorn machine.

Students were able to play small games to win some prizes. They had to go past 3 tests before they could walk away with $30 worth of Hellgate prizes. They had to dribble a soccer ball round several cones, bounce the ball on their head for a minute and finally aiming a kick into a goal post.

Of course, the main objective of the roadshow was to attract students to join the NP Cyber Soccer Cup, a FIFA Online 2 LAN tournament based in Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Helpers gave out flyers to passing students.

Students were also able to have a shot at playing the popular online football game. Soccer matches were screened on a 42 inch LCD screen, attracting the attention of students.

The top 2 players from each school will represent their schools at the StarHub Cup, the Singapore Qualifying tournament for the One Asia Cup. In addition, the top 4 players of each school will represent their Polytechnics in a friendly Inter-Varsity Polytechnic Challenge (IVP Challenge) match between Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore Management University and Nanyang Technological University.

The StarHub Cup will be held on 17-18 September 2009 and the regional One Asia Cup on 19 September 2009. The IVP Challenge will be held on 20 September 2009 which will feature players from Singapore Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Management University. Both tournaments will be held at the Suntec Convention Centre.