The World Series of Video Games died today. Thousands are now orphans. Why?
I could write how this news is not as earth-shattering for WoW players or Guitar Hero 2 addicts as it is for the Quake community. Quake will die and deathmatch will not re-emerge for a long time and all that.
But everyone knows that. The questions that really needs to be answered is how and why did this happen? Why did the World Series of Video Games fail and why do tournament organizers in general fail? Continued…
After it was announced that the World Series of Video Games is shut down, GGL Wire has talked to the people that are affected the most - Johan “Toxjq” Quick, players competing in the circuit and other industry people.
Johan “Toxjq” Quick, WSVG 2006 champion
I was looking forward to finishing this season of WSVG and Quake4, so I’m disappointed about the news. I think it’s a setback for pro-gaming but those things can happen and I’m sure it will rebound, so we just need to see bright side of the future. Continued…
The World Series of Video Games is closing its doors. The WSVG tournaments in Los Angeles, London and Jonkoping have been canceled, much to the shock of the competitive gaming community.
The board of Games Media Properties, the organizer of the WSVG, has come to the conclusion that holding live tournaments is not profitable enough. Instead, GMP will focus on the online media component, Gameriot in particular, as it delivers better results. Continued…
Last weekend had a bountiful amount of esports action with ESL’s European Nations Cup and NGL One finals at Games Convention in Leipzig and the World Series of Video Games in Toronto. Well over $150,000 was given out in cash prizes.
NGL ONE
NGL One has had two LAN finals for their Counter-Strike 1.6 and Warcraft 3 leagues with four teams in a double elimination bracket in each of those. For CS 1.6, the Swedish team Fnatic won in a competition with Team NoA, Mousesports and SK Gaming.
Fnatic went through the bracket beating SK in the semi final (2-0) and Mousesports in the UB final (2-1). SK Gaming came back to the grand final from the lower bracket after beating NoA and Mouz, 2-1 each. Fnatic was the best lineup of the tournament and solidified their position as one of the most consistent teams this year, next to Made in Brazil and PGS Gaming. Continued…
This weekend, Wire hopes to be flooded with coverage from the floors of Games Covnention, but we are not forgetting the World Series of Video Games tournament in Toronto, Canada. When Johan “toxjq” Quick’s name is (hopefully) read out for the Player of the Year eSports Award, the Swede should be railing the living hell out his opponents for prize money and ranking points.
Toronto will be the third WSVG tournament to feature Quake 4 this year. The retirement of players like Jason “socrates_” Sylka and Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel has not really made the competition any weaker. Alexei “Cypher” Yanushevsky and Maciej “Av3k” Krzykowski, two players too young to be eligible to compete last year, have pushed Toxjq more than those that have quit. Continued…
The big news in competitive World of Warcraft lately has been the “purchase” of the American Insurrection team by the major European team Fnatic.
