The World Series of Video Games has announced the winners of the season’s first event of the year at Wuhan, China. US$50,000 in cash prizes were distributed to the event champions. The top four winners in the World of Warcraft competition received travel support bonuses in addition to their cash prizes so that they may follow the tournament along to its next stop in the USA from June 21-24.
The Wuhan event, the first of six planned for the WSVG’s second season this year, occurred during China’s Golden Week holiday and was one of the official welcome events for the Sixth Intercity Games of the People's Republic of China, the last major sporting event in China leading up to the 2008 Chinese Olympic Games.
"We were amazed to see such a turnout to watch a video game competition—there were 2,000 people in line outside who [sic] we could not let in,” said Matthew Ringel, president of the World Series of Video Games. “Last year’s event in China was the biggest stop on the 2006 tour with 17,000, and this year’s attendance of 80,000 is an incredibly promising beginning for our second season.”
Ultimately the top four competitors in Counter-Strike 1.6 and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne were awarded cash prizes, along with the top seven competitors in the World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade competition.
Counter-Strike 1.6 Winners
[TOTAL: $20,000]
• 1st. wNv.cn - $10,000
• 2nd. Fnatic - $7,000
• 3rd. TR - $2,000
• 4th. TR|united5 - $1,000
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
[TOTAL: $9,500]
• 1st. Jang “Moon” JaeHo - $5,000
• 2nd. Xiaofeng “Sky” Li- $2,500
• 3rd. Jung-Ki “Susiria” Oh - $1,000
• 4th. Manuel “Grubby” Schenkhuizen - $1,000
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
[TOTAL: $20,500]
• 1st. Pandemic - $9,000 ($3,000 travel)
• 2nd. Fnatic - $4,500 ($3,000 travel)
• 3rd. MoB TurtlePower - $3,000 ($3,000 travel)
• 4th. Part of Shadow - $2,400 ($3,000 travel)
• 5th. Obsidian - $500
• 6th. Warden - $500
• 7th. Extra Order - $500
• 8th. * Not awarded due to a disqualification
Highlights and video clips from the WSVG China event can be viewed at thewsvg.com.
World Series Schedule of Events:
April 30 - May 3 Wuhan, China
June 21 - 24 Louisville, Kentucky
July 5 - 8 Dallas, Texas
Aug. 23 - 26 Orlando, Florida
October TBA Major European city
Nov. 29 - Dec. 2 Jönköping, Sweden
