World e-Sports Games

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World eSport Games (WEG) is a competitive, international video game league with elite amateur and pro gamers from around the world battling to be crowned world champions. WEGs goal is "developing an accessible, world-class experience for broadcast and web TV broadcast viewers around the world."[1]

Headquartered in Seoul, WEG maintains offices in Los Angeles, Hamburg, and Beijing.

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[edit] World eSport Games I

The first edition of the World e-Sport Games took place from January 30 till March 20, 2005[2] and featured Counter-Strike and Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos as main titles. Players resided in Seoul, South Korea throughout most of the tournament and matches were broadcast on Korean television. The finals took place in Beijing, China. Attendees were all invited based on past performances and included the likes of Jang "Moon" Jae Ho, Team NoA and Li "Sky" Xiaofeng.

The prize purse for both competitions totalled 138,000 USD. Eight Counter-Strike teams and sixteen WarCraft III players participated.

[edit] World eSport Games II

The second edition took place from May 29 till July 3, 2005[3] and was in most aspects comparable to the first edition except that qualifiers to determine the attendees took place in South Korea.

[edit] World eSports Games III

The third edition took place from October 19 till December 11, 2005[4]. It was in most aspects comparable with the first two editions except that only the top three of the second edition was invited with the remainder of participants having to qualify. This edition also clashed with the World Cyber Games, causing several notable players to decline participating including Gediminas "WinneR" Rimkus the third place finisher in the WarCraft III competition of the second edition.

The number of WarCraft III players attending went down from sixteen to twelve in the third edition.

[edit] World eSports Games Masters

From April 21 till May 3, 2006[5] the Masters of the World eSports Games took place in Hangzhou, China. The top finishers of previous editions were invited as well as several top finishers in other major competitions such as Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen and SK Gaming.

The tournament moved from Korea to China and was noticeably shorter than the previous editions. The total prize purse for the event totalled 152,000 USD and eight Counter-Strike teams as well as eight WarCraft III players participated.

[edit] eStars 2007

It was recently announced[6] that a renewed version of the World e-Sports Games featuring Counter-Strike, StarCraft and WarCraft III is to take place in Seoul, South-Korea and will conclude August, 2007.

[edit] Top four finishers

Individual Gold Silver Bronze 4th
World e-Sports Games e-Stars[7]

Flag of South Korea Seoul

 Flag of South Korea Kim Sung "ReMinD" Sik Flag of South Korea Jang "Moon" Jae Ho Flag of the Netherlands Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen (3rd / 4th) Flag of South Korea Jae Wook "Lucifer" Noh (3rd / 4th)
World e-Sports Games Masters[8]

Flag of the People's Republic of China Hangzhou

 Flag of France Yoan "ToD" Merlo Flag of the Netherlands Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen Flag of the People's Republic of China Xiaofeng "Sky" Li Flag of South Korea Jang "Moon" Jae Ho
World E-Sport Games III[9]

Flag of South Korea Seoul

 Flag of South Korea Jung Hee "Sweet" Chun Flag of South Korea Kim Dong "Gostop" Moon Flag of South Korea Jae Wook "Lucifer" Noh Flag of Sweden Björn "ElakeDuck" ödman
World E-Sport Games II[10]

Flag of South Korea Seoul

 Flag of South Korea Jang "Moon" Jae Ho Flag of South Korea Kim Dong "Gostop" Moon Flag of Lithuania Gediminas "WinneR" Rimkus Flag of the United States Dennis "Shortround" Chan
World E-Sport Games I[11]

Flag of South Korea Seoul

 Flag of South Korea Jang "Moon" Jae Ho Flag of South Korea Tae min "Zacard" Hwang Flag of the People's Republic of China Xiaofeng "Sky" Li Flag of the People's Republic of China Hao Zhou "MagicYang" Chen
Team Gold Silver Bronze 4th
World e-Sports Games Masters[12]

Flag of South Korea Seoul

 Flag of Australia fnatic Flag of the People's Republic of China X7-Hacker Flag of Brazil Made in Brazil Flag of South Korea eStro
World e-Sports Games Masters[13]

Flag of the People's Republic of China Hangzhou

 Flag of the People's Republic of China wNv Gaming Flag of the United States Complexity Flag of the People's Republic of China Hacker.project Flag of Norway Catch-Gamer
World E-Sport Games III[14]

Flag of South Korea Seoul

 Flag of the People's Republic of China wNv Gaming Flag of South Korea Project.kr Flag of Norway team9 Flag of Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas
World E-Sport Games II[15]

Flag of South Korea Seoul

 Flag of Sweden Begrip Flag of Norway Catch Gamer Flag of the United Kingdom 4Kings Flag of the People's Republic of China Abit Strike
World E-Sport Games I[16]

Flag of South Korea Seoul

 Flag of Norway Team NoA Flag of the United Kingdom 4Kings Flag of Germany Mousesports Flag of the United States GamerCo

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ About WEG webpage, Accessed 2006-09-27
  2. ^ http://www.sk-gaming.com/feature/381/
  3. ^ http://www.sk-gaming.com/feature/490/
  4. ^ http://www.sk-gaming.com/feature/600/
  5. ^ WCReplays.com
  6. ^ SK Gaming | WEG e-Stars 2007 announced
  7. ^ SK Gaming | Final - SK.ReMinD Wins
  8. ^ http://www.weglive.com/?p=35
  9. ^ http://www.worldesportsgames.com/
  10. ^ http://www.worldesportsgames.com/
  11. ^ http://www.worldesportsgames.com/
  12. ^ GotFrag eSports - Counter-Strike News Story - fnatic, mibr, Hacker, eSTRO in eStars Seoul
  13. ^ SK Gaming | wNv are WEG Champions Once Again!
  14. ^ http://www.worldesportsgames.com/
  15. ^ http://www.worldesportsgames.com/
  16. ^ http://www.worldesportsgames.com/


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