GomTV have arranged an exhibition game between their English commentator Yoan 'ToD' Merlo and Korean commentator Jae Park 'EvenStar' Lee on 11th July. The exhibition game will be played on Melting Valley, just before the GomTV World Invitational final between Zhuo 'TeD' Zeng of World Elite and Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen of Team EG.

ToD is arguably the most successful Warcraft III player in France's history, winning world championships like WEG Masters, IEF Masters and Extreme Masters Season 1. Furthermore, he was named Warcraft III Player of the Year in 2007.

The 24-year-old called it quits this April before teaming up with Serious Gaming player Kevin 'RotterdaM' van der Kooi to provide professional English commentary for the new GomTV World Invitational. The duo have helped spark great interest in the online event through their commentary, so much so that it has caused server overloads as of late.

Tod's opponent in the exhibition game, EvenStar, was among the top-tier players in Korea in his time and he won the first place at Korea Blizzard Worldwide Invitational and Prime League Season IV in 2004. He joined SK Gaming to play alongside compatriots Dong Hyun 'May' Kim, Jung Hee 'Sweet' Chun and Tae min 'Zacard' Hwang in the following year before retiring five months later.

Source: Replays.net