E-Stars Seoul is set to take place July 24-27, 2008. Stars from  the western European side of the world will be competing against the east Asian countries for both glory and prizes.

Candidates will be selected “50% from on-line poll result, 20% from achievements in 2007, 30% from the evaluation of the Continental Cup Committee,” according to E-Stars.

Voting will be open at http://www.estarsseoul.org.

Note: Yoan “ToD” Merlo, Warcraft III Human player, was not invited due to last year’s last minute drop involving a  conflict with tournament organizers.



By the looks of it, Korea will be sending two Night Elf players to the World Cyber Games. The semi finals of the Korean qualifier will see two NE vs. Orc match-ups. Cries about the NE race being too strong in Warcraft 3 will resound for months to go.

Lee “SoJu” Seong Deok (NE) will face June “Lyn” Park (Orc) for a spot in the WCG finals. In the other semi final, Jang “WhO” Du Sub (Orc) is waiting for the winner of the quarterfinal between Jang “Spirit Moon” JaeHo and Hyung Ju “Check” Lee (both Night Elf). Continued…