Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006 will see the conclusion of the 2006 World eSports Games Masters tournament in Hangzhou, China. Last night, wNv Gaming faced off against Hacker Project in a rematch of last seasons Grand Final match up, the first map was close with a sixteen to thirteen score in favour of the Chinese. The match was looking to be a great one with both teams playing well, however, wNv really surged in the next map with great play from sakula and crushed Hacker Project by a score of sixteen to one and secure their second straight berth into the WEG Finals.

Complexity and Catch Gamer also played a thriller of an opening Semi Final map on Train. After grabbing a big eleven to four lead, coL looked to be in great position, but Catch stormed back and forced it into overtime. That was it, however, as coL would come back and win it in overtime. The second map also started of close with a first half score of eight to seven for coL despite Catch originally haveing a six to nothing lead. The next half coL shut Catch Gamer down and went on to win sixteen to eight, setting a date against the Chinese in the Grand Finals

According to the WEG administrators, the three maps in each match will be selected randomly through a coin toss, however, that has not been 100% confirmed. Stay tuned to GotFrag for all the updates, we will be your home for all the WEG Masters coverage.

Matches are scheduled to begin at 1:00am EST Tuesday morning (10:00pm PST Monday evening), but do not forget to set your Personal Timezone. By doing so you will automatically convert times on the website into your timezone so you will not miss out on any of the action. Stay locked on GotFrag as we will be your home for full coverage of the 2006 WEG Masters including scorebots, updates, galleries, previews, reviews and Gamesense statistics. Also, be sure to join GotFrag's Trevor "Midway" Schmidt and Mark "jESUIT" Cheben as they bring live commentary of all the action live from Hangzhou, China on ESPORT.org (information regarding esport.org can be found in the press release here).

Update: 5:24am EST - wNv Gaming has completed the sweep in the Grand Finals along with a dominating sixteen to one victory over compLexity to clinch their second consecutive WEG Title.

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2006 WEG Masters Prize Distribution
1. wNv Gaming - $70,000 USD
2. compLexity - $20,000 USD
3. Hacker.Project - $8,000 USD
4. Catch Gamer - $4,000 USD
5-8. Virtus Pro - $2,000 USD
5-8. SK Gaming (Sweden) - $2,000 USD
5-8. Four Kings - $2,000 USD
5-8. Team NoA - $2,000 USD

Total: $110,000 USD
Consolation Final: Catch Gamer versus Hacker Project

Catch Gamer and Hacker Project will both have one more match up as they face each other in the third place consolation match up on Tuesday. Both teams started of their first maps really well with two very close scores, but they could not manage to keep it up and dropped their second maps as well. With $4,000 USD already secured for either team, they will now play one another for a shot at an additional $4,000 USD and the third place finish. Hacker will be looking to solo and ryu once again and Catch Gamer will be hoping for OOPS and REAL to continue their strong play.


Catch Gamer Roster:
Jonas “bsl” Vikan
Geir-Stian “juve9le” Svendsen
Lars “Naikon” Olaisen
Preben “OOPS” Josdal
Sondre “REAL” Svanevik

Hacker.Project Roster:
YoungHwan "ryu" Ryu
SunHo "termi" Pyun
SungJae "BaiL" Lee
Park "hee" Jin
GeunChul "solo" Kang

Grand Final: compLexity versus wNv Gaming

This is the match that everyone will focus their eyes on. wNv Gaming and compLexity, the number two and number three teams in the World will clash for the top prize. The Chinese are here for the second time in a row after a close match on Dust2, but an absolutely dominating performance in Train. Complexity also had an extremely close match against Catch Gamer, but also ran away with it on Inferno. This will be the first ever match up between these two powerhouses, and it's shaping up to be a great one. Jungle will once again lead his team as they take on the AWP dominated compLexity team led by fRoD and Warden.


wNv Roster:
Zhen Wei “44'alex” Bian
Ke Fei “Jungle” Yang
Jiang “Mikk” Pu
Run Bo “Sakula” Wu
Xing Ju “tK” Ma

coL Roster:
Danny “fRoD” Montaner
Tyler “storm” Wood
Justin “sunman” Summy
Corey “tr1p” Dodd
Matt “Warden” Dickens

Semi Final scores (including Gamesense statistics) can be found on the next page.