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Counter-Strike: WEG less then a month from kicking off

By: Trevor Schmidt - Published December 29, 2004 at 2:41 AM EST - Writer Archive
The Koreans are at it again with the WEG 2005. Don’t get it confused with the WCG, it’s the World E-sports Games. The timetable for this new league is very soon as matches will start in late January. The concept for the CS end is eight invited teams, current reports have it with four Asian teams and four European/American teams with $95,000 in prizes.
The Koreans are at it again with the WEG 2005. Don’t get it confused with the WCG, it’s the World E-sports Games. The timetable for this new league is very soon as matches will start in late January. The concept for the CS end is eight invited teams, current reports have it with four Asian teams and four European/American teams with $95,000 in prizes.

As of now, NoA is the only confirmed team as they released on their website. Other top teams have been rumored to be interested in this CS 1.6 league. One issue for teams accepting is the situation. Unlike normal events, this league will take place over 8 weeks. Most of the current information for the league can only be found in Korean or Chinese but GotFrag will be keeping the International audience up to date.

As of now the official media broadcasting will take place on Korean built Streaming Video. Those worried about Korean or Chinese only streaming won’t have to worry as sources confirm to GotFrag that their will be English versions. WC3 will also be a part of the competition with 16 invited players. The next official release is expect in a week.
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i can't tell if you're serious or not, n0s. regardless, this is VERY interesting news.
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2005 is gonna be an interesting year for E-Sports.
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it certainly is #3
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yeah its going to be hard for them to get teams to come to korea for 8 weeks
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Only true "pro teams" will be able to do this, so rule out any teams with players attending high school, college, or working a job.

This is really as close to a "professional" CS league we've seen, and because of that, I'm very interested as to who will be competing and what the format will be.
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so all these teams will be moving to korea during these 8 weeks?
who knows?
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sounds crazy
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so 3 other pro teams

WORK IT OUT HERE FOLKS
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Intriguing.
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will be very exciting
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Starlight, starbright, first e-star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight.
That WEG 2005 is legit and more pro teams get an invite,
Just like that first e-star that I see tonight.
cs addict gaming geek tied to the rig being IV fed non-stop playing
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i still want to move to korea...
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both NoA and GamerCo are going
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wow is going to be very nice :D, the first major event of 2005 , wel sounds like noa has this in the bag, hope to see noa vs maven :]], this is like korean starcraft leagues, tv cast, commentaries on air and awesome audiences and stages, glglgl to noa
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neat
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1.6, nice
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yea is it some kind of LAN league in korea, or what?
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Looks good, although I'm pretty sure they won't release demos of the games, just VODs (if OGN's WC3 coverage is anything to go by).
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go NoA
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I reckon the four europe/usa teams are:

NoA - Cos they just are, and theyre confirmed.
GamerCo - Not sure whether their confirmed, but apart from NoA, probably the best US team (from what i know), not sure how 3D mite react tho....

Now the 2 US teams are sorted, im guessin the other 2 must be european:

SK.swe - For obvious reasons, theyre ranked number 1, and no matter how much anyone argues, they have proved that they are consistently in at least the top3 in most tourneys.

Begrip.swe/EYE/spiXel/mousesports/The-titans - I think after SK, this is the order i wud put the other teams chances. Begrip is first because they showed at cpl that they are an immense team. I feel they have a btr chance than EYE, simply because EYE's normal team are just not good enough. Unless EYE and spiXel combine again, I think Begrip have a much better chance. After this i would put mousesports, since although they may lack in skill nowadays, they have always been a professional cs team, and this could give them that last spot. Although some may say titans should be above all of them, theyre best player (whimp i think his name is), wont be able to attend cos im guessin he wont be able to ditch school for that long, and the-titans' cpl proved that they aren't at their best without him.
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I heard Gamerco is going also.
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gooooo noa
aeros WHAT~
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2005 Will be very goo for the E-Sport movement.
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I agree, this is one of the best things to happen in awhile as it is a REAL e-sports league. All other organizations are just tournaments right now.
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this is just like regular StarCraft and WarCraft Premier or Prime leagues. it seems pretty new to the world outside of Pro-Gaming Korea, but to them, it's like normal. I wanna live in Korea
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the euro candidates are sk.swe/eye/mouz/titans
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I hope to see a different team win this WCG
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its not WCG
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will see
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This means GamerCO won't be playing in CALinvite this season :P
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lol ITS WEG not WCG
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also means those teams arent attending CPL
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I cant see sk.swe going, they need to sort out their team first.

#33 CAL is online why cant GamerCo compete? CALs ping rule is what 100ms? If i can get 150ms from Aust to US servers i am sure Korea to US will be closer to 100 with their interent infrustructure

#35 what the .... ?

This comment was edited at 12/29/2004 9:09 PM
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sounds good, awesome prize money :o
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I thought it was weg less then a month from wacking off, but I was wrong..
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Well the post of the Event is a bit fuzzy to me. They state that they plan to start a whole season that will consist of four regular season and a World Championship. So far, so good. In which category this leauge exactly falls? Is it one of the four seasons? Is it a demo of the World championship to just see if it will attract viewers? Is it a way for the organisation to get more money from it's sponsors by just announcing a league and then showing off some numbers of viewers?

The press release practically says nothing and promises a lot. This is not good for press releases, it sounds like a political speech that only promises things!

We will have to just wait and see. I don't have much hopes in a world league but after all i am a pessimist.
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sounds like a lot of fun.... gl to those teams invited!
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Maven and GeekS will be there along with Abit and one other team out of china
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@36

why play in an online league (cal) with no money involved in a different timezone when u move to a country for a lan league (weg) with a lot of money involved?
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a lot of money
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Do you know when we are going to find out the rest of the teams involved for Counter-Strike in WEG?
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Should be fun

This comment was edited at 01/02/2005 10:05 PM
He lacks the power of conversation, but sadly not the power of speech
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We will see. Must be fun for all of us!
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Well, SK.swe isn't going anymore cuz they no longer exist. So, i think NoA will win this too.

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