ESWC 2008 Grand Finals
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Posted by on August 23rd, 2008
The sixth version of the Electronic Sports World Cup is right around the corner, being held next week between 25-27th of August. This year’s grand finals will take place in San Jose, California and will include competitions for Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike Women, Quake III, Trackmania Nations, DotA and Warcraft III. The event boasts an impressive total prize purse of $200,000, which is to be split amongst the top3 contestants for each game. A detailed prize money breakdown can be found here.
The list of participants and pools for each game have already been announced (except for Trackmania) and can be found by clicking the following links:
GROUP STAGE 1: Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike Women, Quake III, DotA, Warcraft III.
Live results and updates can be found on their website throughout the event. There will also be a live video stream for main stage matches which can be viewed here. Live games can also be viewed on clients such as Waaagh!tv, GarenaTV, HLTV and TMTV.
This ought to be a great event so make sure you follow it!
Masters of Paris: Quake 3 Invitational [ESWC]
Posted by on May 7th, 2008
Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC) is paying homage to one of the great games that has been played on the competitive arena by sending an invitation to nearly 30 odd pro-Quake 3 gamers from around the world to participate in against each other and earn a berth in the upcoming ESWC tournament in Paris, France. The grand final will be attended by 3 of these 16 invited players who have not qualified through National Qualifiers. SK-Gaming has more,
The event will have sixteen international invitees and the top four French players from ESWC France. The three best players that have not qualified through national qualifiers will win berths to the ESWC Grand Final in San Jose.
The list includes the world’s top Quake 4 players that the fans haven’t had the time to forget, several unknowns and a few interesting “comeback names.” The major names missing are Johan “Toxic” Quick, Anton “Cooller” Singov and Paul “czm” Nelson.
Some of the names in the list have already retired or gone into hibernation or been playing Quake 4. It would be interesting to see some of the former best players of Quake 3 play this game once again in the ESWC Masters Of Paris. A small but passionate community of Quake 3 player still exists in Pakistan today. However, gone are the days when this game ruled the roost.
[Via SK-Gaming]
