This weekend saw two events run simultaneously in two very different locations. The first was the ESWC Masters of Athens in Greece which held tournaments for Quake 3 and Warcraft3 and which saw Ryan 'Skanky' Over, June 'Lyn' Park and Sung Sik 'ReminD' Kim in action for SK Gaming.

Meanwhile across the waters the Extreme Masters Montreal event in Canada was taking place with SK Gaming and SK Gaming EUROPE in the thick of it.

Warcraft3 GOLD: SK.Lyn claims revenge and defeats MYM.Moon in Grand Final

June 'Lyn' Park shape was strong throughout the tournament. His opponent and long time rival, Jae Ho 'Moon' Jang, had made quick work of the other Korean Orc, Du Seop 'WhO' Chang, in the semi finals and this set up a highly anticipated final between the 2 Korean players.

Lyn had plenty of practice versus Korean Night Elves finding himself in the second groupstage amidst Sung Sik 'ReminD' Kim, Hyeong Ju 'Check' Lee and fellow finalist Moon.

Lyn's only defeat of the tournament had come courtesy of Moon in that second groupstage but the rematch in the Grand Final saw Lyn victorious with a 2-0 scoreline and earn $7,500 and direct qualification to ESWC 2009 for his efforts.

ESWC Masters of Athens TOP3

1. June 'Lyn' Park - 7,500$ + Direct qualification to ESWC Grand Final 2009
2. Jae Ho 'Moon' Jang - 4,500$
3. Yoan 'ToD' Merlo - 2,000$
4. Du Seop 'WhO' Chang - 1,000$

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Video: Moon says Orc is Imba
Video: ReMinD sums up Day 1 in Athens

Quake3 GOLD: Rapha the comeback King frags all

Ryan 'Skanky' Over earnt 3rd place and $4000 in the ESWC Grand Final but persevered in the ESWC Masters of Athens to be rewarded with what most believe he deserves, a gold medal.

Rapha staged a legendary comeback in the semi-final against Maciej 'av3k' Krzykowski after a fumbling start with Rapha going on to take the series 2-0 to move into the Grand Final.

In the Grand final he found himself faced with the ultimate dark horse of the tournament Sebastian 'Spart1e1' Siira who took the first map off him 20:11 but once again Rapha dug deep to win 16:14 on pro-Q3Tourney4 and finally 13:8 on no-DM9 to seal victory and a cheque for $7,500.

ESWC Masters of Athens TOP4

1. Shane 'rapha' Hendrixson - 7,500$ + Direct qualification to ESWC Grand Final 2009
2. Sebastian 'Spart1e1' Siira - 4,500$
3. Maciej 'av3k' Krzykowski - 2,000$
4. Alexei 'Cypher' Yanushevsky - 1,000$

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Video:SK Rapha: I took it by the horns and made it mine

World of Warcraft GOLD: SK.WoW Europe rise to the challenge in style

SK Gaming EU performed superbly this weekend with no problems struggles at all in the group stage despite facing four of the world's best areana teams in Group B. SK Gaming EU Finished their group with 3 wins and 1 loss.

The team then proved to everyone that they still have that professional streak to them, as the last Extreme Masters saw a haphazard performance from their American counterparts. The Grand Final was against Gravitas Gaming and it was a gritty one but it was close but no cigar for Gravitas as SK Gaming.EU took 1st place and $15,000.

Extreme Masters: Montreal TOP6

1.SK Gaming EUROPE - $15000.00
2.Gravitas Gaming - $6000.00
3.against All authority Rat - $3600.00
4.x6tence - $2400.00
5-6Pandemic - $1500.00
5-6GotGame East - $1500.00

CS 1.6 SILVER: SK settle for silver despite valiant comeback

SK.CS entered the Extreme Masters: Montreal ending 81 weeks of silverware drought with a gold medal in Extreme Masters LA. This time SK reached the Grand Final through the upper bracket and like EM:LA disposed of Made in Brazil but this time in the semi-finals.

The Grand Final meant another Swedish meeting between SK and fnatic , Fnatic had a horrific EM:LA but EM:Montreal saw a return to form and they put up a strong fight.

SK Gaming narrowly lost 13-16 on de_inferno but then chose to play de_inferno again going for T side first but it was not until they swopped to CT they came into their own including a 4-man clutch round for Jimmy 'allen' Allen. However it was not enough and SK Gaming's attempted comeback was too late and they settled for 2nd place and $10.000 and a silver medal.

Extreme Masters: Montreal TOP6

1.fnatic - $25000.00
2.SK Gaming - $10000.00
3.Made in Brazil - $6000.00
4.Gravitas Gaming - $4000.00
5-6.Evil Geniuses ca - $2500.00
5-6.Sway Gaming - $2500.00