The echoe of the World Cyber Games scandal with teams winning crucial matches due to calls made by referees are still resounding. Anton “Cyclone” Lapshenkov, a WCG finals referee has posted a blog where he talks about the insider’s perspective on the controversy in the WCG Counter-Strike competition.

Lapshenkov was one of the referees of the eSTRO vs. MYM match. In the blog, he claims that he was excluded from the discussion between the Koreans and the referees and clearly takes the side of the Norwegians. The result of the game was changed, even though the match documents were signed. Towards the end of the event, the Russian decided to resign as a WCG referee. Continued…



Fnatic got back to their winning ways at the Extreme Masters invitational in Los Angeles. By beating SK, they put themselves right on the pedestal of competitive CS.

Fnatic looked like champions from the first match on. They moved from round to round without any problems. By doing so, they showed that they are most likely the best team on earth. Their final against SK Gaming was so one-sided that their celebration after the last round could hardly be called ecstatic.

With a new team, SK Gaming was not able to get a better result than second place. A mix of players from the early 2007 SK Gaming and Ninjas in Pyjamas did well to get to the final. Such a good start wins them the time to work on solidifying the good shape without the pressure of their fans’ expectations. Continued…



The Korean World Cyber Games qualifier is over. Three formidable StarCraft players will be looking to emulate last year’s feat of IloveOOv, JulyZerg and Midas taking all three medals.

The strongest country in the world in the realm of RTS games will field one of the scariest lineup of players in history if you look at StarCraft and Warcraft 3 combined. Continued…



The Championship Gaming Series has added a Seoul-based franchise in Asia. The announcement was made at the International E-Sports Symposium.

The new, unnamed franchise is the first officially announced team in the Asian region. Its Counter-Strike Source team is none other than the good old eSTRO lineup. The same eSTRO that finished last in the WEG e-Stars Counter-Strike 1.6 event and first at the CS:Source CGS qualifier last weekend. Continued…



This weekend we have two twin tournaments in South Korea - the International E-Sports Festival 2007 (formerly called the China Korea Cyber Games) in Gangneung and the World E-Sports Games e-Stars 2007 event in Seoul. Both had StarCraft, Warcraft 3 and Counter-Strike 1.6 competitions with a combined total of $194,000 in prize money. Continued…



One of the best Counter-Strike teams in the world, the Made in Brazil team, has undergone dramatic mood swings in recent hours. Roster changes have been made as Lincoln “fnx” Lau, one of MiBR’s players, did not board the plane to the WEG e-Stars event in Seoul, Korea. One player has managed to deliver enough drama to fill at least a week of CS coverage. Continued…