Made in Brazil and Mousesports who finished second and third in the public poll and received over 30% of the votes, slipped to fourth and fifth in the end results "due to poor performance in the last season" according to the eStars press release.

SK Gaming who were unfortunate to miss out last year will join the first place finisher in the overall poll mTw , as well as the team-to-beat fnatic in Team West. Fnatic are the only team to receive an invite who participated last year with emuLate missing out this year and WICKED eSports clearly suffering in the polls due to their change in organisation.

Elsewhere for Team East, WeMade FOX who also had a poor finish in the public vote taking 6th place, jumped to finish 1st place in the final decision. They will be joined by Chinese team TyLoo , and k23 from the glorious nation of Kazahkstan. e-stars Seoul 2009 will be held from July 24 to July 26 in the Seoul Trade Exhibition & Convention centre.

Team West

SK Gaming
fnatic
mTw

Team East

WeMade FOX
TyLoo
k23