The list of attendees of the event has undergone serious changes compared to the original one. Eleven players have cancelled, among them players like Seong Deok 'SoJu' Lee, Xuwen 'InFi' Wang, Kim 'SaSe' Hammar, Xiang 'TH000' Huang, or Chul Woo 'Shy' Park.

So far, seven replacements have been found and there are some impressive names among them. Most notably, SK Gaming's Seo Woo 'ReiGn' Kang, Du Seop 'WhO' Chang, Weiliang 'Fly100%' Lu and The Fifth Race Jae Ho 'Moon' Jang. This raises the chances for Moon to make an appearance at the Electronic Sports World Cup for the first time in his life.

The other new names on the list are Kevin 'RotterdaM' van der Kooi, Marc 'yAwS' Förster and Daniel 'LiiLD.C' Claesson. Expect more names to be announced soon as the Masters is still missing four players to complete the list.

Current ESWC Masters list:
* Shahriar 'Demigod' Shaki
* Peter 'DNA' Agardi
* Manuel 'GrubbY' Schenkhuizen
* Mykhaylo 'HoT' Novopashyn
* Jae Wook 'Lucifer' Noh
* June 'Lyn' Park
* Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li
* Yoan 'ToD' Merlo
* Daniel 'ixi' Spenst
* Christophe 'Wolf' Laporte
* Mateusz 'hG' Pietrzak
* Leif 'KleeneX' Boutin
* Bora 'PsYkO' Kim
* Weiliang 'Fly100%' Lu (new)
* Seo Woo 'ReiGn' Kang (new)
* Du Seop 'WhO' Chang (new)
* Kevin 'RotterdaM' van der Kooi (new)
* Marc 'yAwS' Förster (new)
* Daniel 'LiiLD.C' Claesson (new)
* Jae Ho 'Moon' Jang (new)

The ESWC Masters of Paris will take place on July 5-6, one week after the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational 2008.