World e-Sports Games

World e-Sports Games

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." [ [http://www.weglive.com/?page_id=5 About WEG webpage] , Accessed 2006-09-27]

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

World eSport Games I

The first edition of the World e-Sport Games took place from January 30 till March 20, 2005 [http://www.sk-gaming.com/feature/381/] and featured Counter-Strike and 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.

World eSport Games II

The second edition took place from May 29 till July 3, 2005 [http://www.sk-gaming.com/feature/490/] and was in most aspects comparable to the first edition except that qualifiers to determine the attendees took place in South Korea.

World eSports Games III

The third edition took place from October 19 till December 11, 2005 [http://www.sk-gaming.com/feature/600/] . 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.

World eSports Games Masters

From April 21 till May 3, 2006 [ [http://www.wcreplays.com/articles.php?get=396 WCReplays.com ] ] 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.

eStars 2007

It was recently announced [ [http://www.sk-gaming.com/scene/12649/ SK Gaming | WEG e-Stars 2007 announced ] ] 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.

World E-Sports Masters

Another edition of the World e-Sports Games titled 'World E-Sports Masters' is to be held in Hangzhou, China from October 26 till November 2nd (2008) and will feature eight professional Counter-Strike teams as well as eight professional WarCraft III players competing for a 100.000 USD prize pool. [http://www.mymym.com/en/news/14563.html]

Top four finishers

External links

* [http://www.weglive.com Official Site]

References


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