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EM III kicks off with WoW at Games Convention
The ESL has officially confirmed what was not the most hidden of secrets: Extreme Masters III will kick off with a $30,000 World of Warcraft Global Challenge at the Games Convention trade show in Leipzig.
By Michal 'Carmac' Blicharz
Jul 21, 2008 23:58
The ESL has officially confirmed what was not the most hidden of secrets: Extreme Masters III will kick off with a $30,000 World of Warcraft Global Challenge at the Games Convention trade show in Leipzig.All the facts from ESL's initial announcements added up towards the conclusion that the opening event of Extreme Masters III would be a WoW Global Challenge at Games Convention on August 22-24. This has been confirmed by the ESL.
The Leipzig Global Challenge will be a 16-team invitational tournament with a prize purse of $30,000. Additionally, the top two teams at the event will win EM III World Final slots for their respective continents.
The Leipzig competition will be one of the four EM III Global Challenges. Two others will take place in North America (for both WoW and CS 1.6) and the fourth one will be held in Asia and will only feature a CS 1.6 tournament.
Adding the Continental and World Finals, Extreme Masters III will have a total of nine events this season. The structure of the circuit can be found right here.
The Leipzig Global Challenge will be a 16-team invitational tournament with a prize purse of $30,000. Additionally, the top two teams at the event will win EM III World Final slots for their respective continents.
"Ambitious teams that want to compete on the highest level in WoW Arena may apply for a wildcard into the tournament by sending an email to leipzig.wow.gc@esl-world.net. The application needs to contain links to all player's Armory-profiles and your achievements as a WoW-team in both on- and offline-tournaments."
The Leipzig competition will be one of the four EM III Global Challenges. Two others will take place in North America (for both WoW and CS 1.6) and the fourth one will be held in Asia and will only feature a CS 1.6 tournament.
Adding the Continental and World Finals, Extreme Masters III will have a total of nine events this season. The structure of the circuit can be found right here.
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thanks for the +2 bro : http://imageshack.dk//viewimage.php?file=/imagesfree/No255855.jpg
.....we should make Peggle an eSport. Has more avarage players then any other game out there....
2. Able to follow it - Not possible
3. Skill - doubtfully. Team management is true but personal achievement is so.. so low.
4. Has money - Check
5. Has a following - Check
"but every game which u can play against other players online is an esport!"
Not true, you don't have to be on a lan/online to play against each other and name it an esport. The first few console games on the WCG didn't have this option enabled.
2. People that play the game do follow it. I don't understand baseball and I am not able to follow it - does this mean it's not a sport?
3. If the same team wins 7-8 tournaments in a row... then I guess it's all about luck in WoW!
Thanks