Despite unexpectedly finishing fifth in the Polish World Cyber Games qualifier for StarCraft, Krzysztof “Draco” Nalekpa is still going to play in the finals in Seattle, reports GosuGamers. Those of you that don’t think this is good news should definitely take a peek inside this post. 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…
WCG Korea for StarCraft, the fiercest World Cyber Games qualifier, is now almost down to the final four. The players that will battle for three tickets to the finals in Seattle are Hwasin, Stork and sAviOr. Either Free or Sea will join the club tomorrow.
Not one of the players that qualified for the WCG last year, incidentally, they took all three medals for StarCraft, will make it to the WCG this year. The 2006 gold medalist IloveOOv and the bronze medalist Midas were knocked out in the top 16. Continued…
Things are heating up in the Korean WCG qualifier for StarCraft as the competition goes into the quarterfinals. Hwasin and Stork are the 7th and 8th player in the final eight.
Earlier today, Jin “Hwasin” Yung Soo defeated the Blizzcon 2007 runner up, Kang “Nal_rA” Min and Song “Stork” Byung Goo beat Oh “AnyTime” Yeong Jong. Both games ended with 2-0 scores. Continued…
The legendary Kim “Bisu” Taek Yong and the World Cyber Games 2006 bronze medalist Jun “Midas” Sang Wook will not be going to the U.S. consulate in Korea any time soon. They were knocked out of the WCG qualifier for StarCraft today and will not be going to the finals in Seattle.
Tuesday was the second day of the WCG Korea top 16 stage. Two matches took place: Bisu lost to MBCGame HERO teammate Lee “Light” Jae Ho 1-2 after taking the lead in maps. Midas lost to Yoon “Free” Yong Tae, also 1-2. Continued…
Choi “IloveOOv” Yun Sung, the World Cyber Games 2006 champion for StarCraft, was knocked out of the 2007 WCG qualifier today by Park “Much” Yeong Min in the top 16 stage. The champion of last weekend’s WEG e-Stars 2007 tournament, Lee “Jaedong” Jae Dong, will not live to see the quarterfinal as well. 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…
The International E-Sports Festival 2007 has only got two matches to be played. In Warcraft 3, Yuwen “Infi” Wang will face June “Lyn” Park. But the main course will be the match between Kim “Bisu” Taek Yong and Ma “sAviOr” Jae Yoon in the StarCraft final. Continued…
WEG e-Stars 2007 is not the only major event held in South Korea this weekend. The other one is the International Esports Festival 2007 with top notch StarCraft and Warcraft 3 tournaments. Both are now in their quarterfinals. We already know Sky will not be winning the WC3 competition and we can hope that it will be Bisu and sAviOr playing in the final of the one for SC. Continued…
The Korean World Cyber Games qualifier for StarCraft is now well underway with sixteen players left playing for tickets to the finals in Seattle. It is a preliminary that defies the meaning of the word “qualifier,” as it is the only national tournament that is actually more difficult to win than the WCG itself.
Only a handful of players from abroad would have made it to the top 16 of this competition. A good indicator of this qualifier’s difficulty is the fact the winner and the runner up of Starleague, Kim “GGplay” Joon Yung and Byun “IriS” Hyung Tae, are already out at this stage. For those that do not know, Starleague is one of the two most prestigious events in StarCraft for solo players. Continued…
