The eStars Continental Cup is one of the more interesting events to take place in 2008. With a quirky format derived from RTS games, the folks behind eStars have turned a CS and WC3 tournament into an east versus west smack down.

So how does this whole thing work? There are four matches between Warcraft 3 and CounterStrike, a “Threesome” match and a “Deathmatch” match for each game.

In a Threesome match the coach will assign teams/players to play on predetermined maps, they then face off against the opposing teams/players that were assigned to the same map.



In a Deathmatch match the slate of three CS squads/WC3 players will participate in a King of the Hill style match. The teams will square off on a CS map with the losing squad being eliminated from the match and the winner facing the next squad from the other team. This continues until one side has no more squads left.



At the end of this the team that has secured more match wins will win the overall East vs. West showdown. If the overall score is tied two to two then a single CS match will be played to break the tie. Below are the lineups for the East and West teams:

	Team East	Team West
Coach	Dong-soo "Garimto" Kim	Jorgen “XeqtR” Johannessen
WC3 Players	Jae Ho "Moon" Jang	Manuel “Grubby” Schenkhuizen
	Xiaofeng "Sky" Li	Mykhaylo “HoT” Novopashyn
	June "Lyn" Park	Kim “SaSe” Hammar
CS Teams	e-STRO SeonHo “termi” Pyeon GuenChul “solo” Kang Jinhee “hee” Park SooYoung “ari” Jeong SungJae “bail” Lee	fnatic Patrik “cArn” Sattermon Patrik “f0rest” Lindberg Oscar “ins” Holm Oscar “Archi” Torgersen Haley “dsn” Orwall
	Lunatic-hai Beumho “mal” Choi Minwoo “cliper” Choi Youngmo “enemy” Ahn Okju “okju” Ryu Minsu “glow” Kim	emuLate Mathieu "R!Go-" Bridet Michael "HaRts" Zanatta Jeremy "ioRek" Vuillermet Mickael "mSx" Cassini Mathieu "MaT" Leber
	Dragon Zhi "3#" Li YuanJun "7hreeCat" Fang Ke "K|ngZ" Tang Chen "KangTa" Hui Nan "prom1se" Wang	MeetYourMakers Mariusz “Loord” Cybulski Jakub “kuben” Gurczyński Lukas “LUq” Wnek Filip “Neo” Kubski Wiktor “TaZ” Wojtas

Prize Money Distribution

Winning Team - $50,000

Coach - $2,000
Warcraft III - $4,000 per player
Counter-Strike - $2,400 per player

Losing Team - $25,000

Coach - $1,000
Warcraft III - $2,000 per player
Counter-Strike - $1,200 per player