World e-Sports Games
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World eSport Games 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."
Headquartered in Seoul
, WEG maintains offices in Los Angeles
, Hamburg
, and Beijing
.
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.
, 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.
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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.
and WarCraft III is to take place in Seoul, South-Korea and will conclude August, 2007.
Headquartered in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, WEG maintains offices in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, Hamburg
Hamburg
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, and Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
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World eSport Games I
The first time the World e-Sport Games took place, was January 30 through March 20, 2005 and featured Counter-StrikeCounter-Strike
Counter-Strike is a tactical first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation which originated from a Half-Life modification by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe...
and Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos is a real time strategy computer game released by Blizzard Entertainment on July 3, 2002 . It is the second sequel to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, and it is the third game set in the Warcraft Universe...
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
Jang Jae Ho
Jang "Moon" Jae Ho is a South Korean professional gamer of the popular Blizzard real-time strategy games Warcraft III and StarCraft II. He is seen by many as the best Night Elf player in the world...
, Team NoA
Team NoA
Team NoAYear founded: 2003Team NoA is a professional Counter-Strike team who are as well known for setting precedents as they are for being a successful team. Founded by Jonas "bsl" Alsaker, the team was several times regarded as the worlds best, taking home many prestigious "trophies"...
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 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. 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 GamesWorld Cyber Games
The World Cyber Games is an international competitive video-gaming event operated by South Korean company World Cyber Games Inc., and sponsored by Samsung and Microsoft...
, 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 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 GamingSK Gaming
SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments...
.
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 that a renewed version of the World e-Sports Games featuring Counter-Strike, StarCraftStarCraft
StarCraft is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The first game of the StarCraft series was released for Microsoft Windows on 31 March 1998. With more than 11 million copies sold worldwide as of February 2009, it is one of the best-selling...
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.Top four finishers
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4th | |
World e-Sports Games e-Stars Seoul |
Sung Sik "ReMinD" Kim |
Jang "Moon" Jae Ho Jang Jae Ho Jang "Moon" Jae Ho is a South Korean professional gamer of the popular Blizzard real-time strategy games Warcraft III and StarCraft II. He is seen by many as the best Night Elf player in the world... |
 Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen (3rd / 4th) |
Jae Wook "Lucifer" Noh (3rd / 4th) |
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World e-Sports Games Masters Hangzhou |
 Yoan "ToD" Merlo |
Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen |
Xiaofeng "Sky" Li |
Jang "Moon" Jae Ho Jang Jae Ho Jang "Moon" Jae Ho is a South Korean professional gamer of the popular Blizzard real-time strategy games Warcraft III and StarCraft II. He is seen by many as the best Night Elf player in the world... |
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| World E-Sport Games III Seoul |
Jung Hee "Sweet" Chun Jung Hee Chun Chun Jung-hee was a South Korean professional player of the real-time strategy game Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. He used to play for the Chinese professional gaming team Beijing eSport Team.... |
Kim Dong "Gostop" Moon |
Jae Wook "Lucifer" Noh |
 Björn "ElakeDuck" ödman |
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| World E-Sport Games II Seoul |
Jang "Moon" Jae Ho Jang Jae Ho Jang "Moon" Jae Ho is a South Korean professional gamer of the popular Blizzard real-time strategy games Warcraft III and StarCraft II. He is seen by many as the best Night Elf player in the world... |
Kim Dong "Gostop" Moon |
 Gediminas "WinneR" Rimkus |
 Dennis "Shortround" Chan |
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| World E-Sport Games I Seoul |
Jang "Moon" Jae Ho Jang Jae Ho Jang "Moon" Jae Ho is a South Korean professional gamer of the popular Blizzard real-time strategy games Warcraft III and StarCraft II. He is seen by many as the best Night Elf player in the world... |
Tae min "Zacard" Hwang |
Xiaofeng "Sky" Li |
Hao Zhou "MagicYang" Chen |
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4th | |
| World e-Sports Games Masters Seoul |
 fnaticFnatic Fnatic is a professional electronic sports organization based out of Australia, UK and The Netherlands. Fnatic was founded in July 23, 2004. Fnatic is particularly well-known for its highly successful Counter-Strike team, which is the single most financially-successful Counter-Strike team in... |
X7-Hacker |
 Made in Brazil |
eStro |
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| World e-Sports Games Masters Hangzhou |
wNv Gaming |
Complexity |
Hacker.project |
 Catch-Gamer |
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| World E-Sport Games III Seoul |
wNv Gaming |
Project.kr |
team9 |
Ninjas in Pyjamas Ninjas in Pyjamas Ninjas in Pyjamas was a professional Counter-Strike clan based in Sweden. They were considered to be one of the top teams in the world by many, including GotFrag.-2000 - 2002:... |
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| World E-Sport Games II Seoul |
Begrip |
Catch Gamer |
 4Kings |
Abit Strike |
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| World E-Sport Games I Seoul |
Team NoA Team NoA Team NoAYear founded: 2003Team NoA is a professional Counter-Strike team who are as well known for setting precedents as they are for being a successful team. Founded by Jonas "bsl" Alsaker, the team was several times regarded as the worlds best, taking home many prestigious "trophies"... |
4Kings |
 Mousesports |
GamerCo |