2005 World Cyber Games
Encyclopedia
The World Cyber Games 2005 was held in Singapore
at Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre from 16 November to 20 November 2005. There were over 800 players from 67 countries. Over 39,000 spectators turned up at the games to cheer for the players. The grand prize for the game is US$
435,000.
PC
games
Xbox
games
Special tournament game
Mobile tournament games
Promotional event game
About 800 national representatives who advanced from the WCG 2005 national championships stayed at the Players’ Village during the WCG 2005 Grand Final.
Premier sponsors
Official sponsors
Official suppliers
Host broadcaster
Official media partners
Official gaming magazine
Official partners
Marcus Graham
Nickname: djWHEAT
WCG events covered: WCG 2004 Grand Final in San Francisco, WCG 2003 Grand Final in Seoul
Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source
, Dead or Alive Ultimate
, Halo 2
WCG 2005 was Marcus' 4th World Cyber Games Grand Final event. Marcus' biggest break into the world of e-Sports commentary came when he was unable to follow clan519 to Paris
to compete in LAN
Arena 7. It was decided that he would provide coverage from home so people in North America
could follow the tournament as it progressed. The event sparked a lot of interest in the Quake community, and Marcus realized the potential impact that this form of organized game coverage could have on the entire gaming scene. After spending nearly nine months studying both sports and e-sports commentary, Marcus was ready to unleash his might on the world. Marcus' passion for gaming is fueled by the people with whom he works and the fact that he believes e-Sports commentary is an essential element in making professional gaming a reality.
Stuart Saw
Nickname: TosspoT
WCG events covered: WCG 2004 Grand Final in San Francisco
Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source
, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
, FIFA Football 2005
Stuart's gaming passion is deeply rooted in ID's Wolfenstein
series. Stuart has been prominent in the Return to Castle Wolfenstein
and Enemy Territory
communities for many years. More recently, he's ventured out into the world of gaming and has dabbled in Counter-Strike
, Quake, and Real Time Strategy games. The WCG Grand Finals in San Francisco in 2004 was Stuart's first LAN
event, but he is eager to return to the event that gave him a chance to see how amazing competitive LANs
can be! Stuart provided commentary for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
and FIFA
in San Francisco.
Paul Chaloner
Nickname: ReDeYe
Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source
, Need For Speed: Underground 2
, FIFA Football 2005
A long time online gamer with over five years of experience in Unreal-based First Person Shooters, Paul took up game commentary on his own, borrowing servers for EuroCup 2003. Since then, Paul has covered the Finals of many events, such as Unreal Tournament
, UT2003, and UT2004 in EuroCup and Nations Cup, and also Counter-Strike: Source
Cup Finals.
Some of his credentials include coverage of the highly publicized Jolt/PC Zone Reader's Challenge. Paul was also featured in PC Zone magazine (UK
).
Jason Hutchison
Nickname: NiceGuyEd
Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source
, FIFA Football 2005
, Need For Speed: Underground 2
, Dead or Alive Ultimate
, Halo 2
Jason has been gaming for almost his entire life. His love of gaming became evident after his mother demanded he go outside and play: his response was to take the television out onto the deck and continue to play Mike Tyson's Punch Out outside. Jason's online gaming career began with Quake II
, where he first met Marcus 'djWHEAT' Graham. Jason also plays a large variety of Massively multiplayer online game
s, beginning with Ultima Online
and more currently, World of Warcraft
. He has played Quake II, Unreal Tournament 2004
, and Soulcalibur II competitively with some degree of success.
Christopher Iannitti
Nickname: WaCKSteVeN
WCG events covered: WCG 2004 Grand Final in San Francisco, WCG 2003 Grand Final in Seoul
Games covered: StarCraft: Brood War
, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Chris is a gamer first and a broadcaster second. Starting at the age of five on his Atari
and branching out from there, Chris spent his childhood honing his skills on such titles as Kung Fu Master
, Contra
, and Bad Dudes
. This love of computer games
and a rather unhealthy obsession with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
led a friend to introduce him to a book on computer animation, which increased his interest. E-Sports commentary has been a great deal of fun for him, allowing interaction with professional gamers and people in the industry. In addition to playing Real Time Strategy games such as Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
and StarCraft: Brood War
, Chris has covered Enemy Territory
and Unreal Tournament 2004
. He has been an important voice at the WCG Grand Final in 2003 and 2004.
Nicolas Plott
Nickname: Tasteless
Games covered: StarCraft: Brood War
, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Nick has been playing games competitively for as long as he can remember. He boasts the title of sponsored member of the RSGaming pro-team, which is currently one of the most elite StarCraft
teams in the Western hemisphere.
At the World Cyber Games USA National Qualifiers, Nick had the opportunity to show the world his extensive knowledge in StarCraft
, which secured him a spot on the Grand Finals coverage team.
Kim Phan
Nickname: bunny
Games covered: StarCraft: Brood War
, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Kim didn't start playing PC games
until college, but she's been playing console games since the age of five. The first PC game to really capture her attention was StarCraft: Brood War
, which she played addictively for four years. She later began playing Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
when it was released by Blizzard Entertainment
, thus branching out to another type of Real Time Strategy game. She continues playing to this day with over 4000 games logged on her Battle.net
account.
Kim got into game commentary two years ago, casually at first then on a more serious basis when she joined Gamesports.de. Her online commentary experience includes leagues such as ESL WC3L, MCL, and Revelcell Masters. Kim has also covered regular online tournaments such as the WC3M, inCup, Show Matches, and Invitationals hosted by various clans and teams.
The opening ceremony officially indicated the beginning of WCG 2005 Grand Final. Over 700 players from 67 countries, national partners, VIPs, sponsors, and spectators attended the opening ceremony.
Pre-show
Time: 5:20 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
The pre-show consisted of the performances of famous cheer leaders and the Singapore Heart Beat.
The ceremony
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
The ceremony started officially with the entrance of VIPs and MCs, followed by the ingress of 67 teams, carrying their national flags, who had advanced from their nations' preliminaries. Once the representative of WCG 2005 Grand Final Host City, Singapore, announced the opening of WCG 2005 Grand Final, the torch was lit and WCG flags raised, after which the players and referees then took oaths of fair play in front of the spectators.
Post-show
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
'3Dash1', the winners of The Straits Times
2005 School of Rock Competition, and Sheikh Haikel, the winner of the regional talent show Asia bagus, performed in the opening performance, while Syarif, Nathan Hartono, Debbie Christine, and Meryl Joan Lee appeared in a local celebrity show.
Venue: Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre Level 2, Room 208–209
Programme schedule
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| 10:30 - 11:00
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| rowspan=3 | StarCraft
Final
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| 11:00 - 11:30
| rowspan=2 | Video Clip
WCG 2004 Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Final
| rowspan=2 | Video Clip of 1st Day
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
at Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre from 16 November to 20 November 2005. There were over 800 players from 67 countries. Over 39,000 spectators turned up at the games to cheer for the players. The grand prize for the game is US$
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
435,000.
Games played at WCG 2005
Official gamesPC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
games
- Counter-Strike: SourceCounter-Strike: SourceCounter-Strike: Source is an FPS video game developed by Valve Corporation. It is a complete remake of Counter-Strike using the Source game engine. As in the original, Counter-Strike: Source pits a team of counter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in a series of rounds...
- FIFA Football 2005FIFA Football 2005FIFA Football 2005, also known as FIFA Soccer 2005, FIFA 2005 or simply FIFA 05, is a football video game released in . It was developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Xbox, PlayStation Portable, GameCube, mobile...
- Need For Speed: Underground 2Need for Speed: Underground 2Need for Speed: Underground 2 is a cross-platform racing video game published and developed by Electronic Arts. Released in 2004, it is the direct sequel to Need for Speed: Underground, and is part of the Need for Speed series, available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance,...
- StarCraft: Brood WarStarCraft: Brood WarStarCraft: Brood War is the expansion pack for the award winning military science fiction, real-time strategy video game StarCraft. Released in 1998 for Windows and Mac OS, it was co-developed by Saffire and Blizzard Entertainment. The expansion pack introduced new campaigns, map tilesets, music,...
- Warcraft III: The Frozen ThroneWarcraft III: The Frozen ThroneWarcraft III: The Frozen Throne is a real-time strategy computer game developed for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Mac OS X by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the official expansion pack to Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, requiring Reign of Chaos to play...
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of WarWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of WarWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment based on Games Workshop's popular tabletop wargame Warhammer 40,000. It was released by THQ on September 20, 2004 in North America...
Xbox
Xbox
The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...
games
- Dead or Alive UltimateDead or Alive UltimateDead or Alive Ultimate is a multiplayer fighting game developed by Team Ninja and released by Tecmo for the Xbox in 2004...
- Halo 2Halo 2Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second installment in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved...
Special tournament game
- freestyle
Mobile tournament games
- Bruce LeeBruce LeeBruce Lee was a Chinese American, Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement...
- Chopper Rescue
- Goolie
- Midtown Madness 3Midtown Madness 3Midtown Madness 3 is an open world racing/arcade sequel, part of the Midtown Madness series. For the first time in the series, the game was released only on the Xbox, with a Windows version rumoured for later release, but ultimately scrapped....
Promotional event game
- Carom 3D
Awards and medals
| Classification | Game | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Fourth to eighth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official games | Counter-Strike: Source Counter-Strike: Source Counter-Strike: Source is an FPS video game developed by Valve Corporation. It is a complete remake of Counter-Strike using the Source game engine. As in the original, Counter-Strike: Source pits a team of counter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in a series of rounds... |
US$50 000 | US$25 000 | US$10 000 | Prizes (total US$50 000) |
| Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne is a real-time strategy computer game developed for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Mac OS X by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the official expansion pack to Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, requiring Reign of Chaos to play... |
US$40 000 | US$10 000 | US$5 000 | Prizes (total US$5 000) | |
| StarCraft: Brood War StarCraft: Brood War StarCraft: Brood War is the expansion pack for the award winning military science fiction, real-time strategy video game StarCraft. Released in 1998 for Windows and Mac OS, it was co-developed by Saffire and Blizzard Entertainment. The expansion pack introduced new campaigns, map tilesets, music,... |
US$20 000 | US$10 000 | US$5 000 | Prizes (total US$5 000) | |
| FIFA Football 2005 FIFA Football 2005 FIFA Football 2005, also known as FIFA Soccer 2005, FIFA 2005 or simply FIFA 05, is a football video game released in . It was developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Xbox, PlayStation Portable, GameCube, mobile... |
US$20 000 | US$10 000 | US$5 000 | Prizes (total US$5 000) | |
| Need For Speed: Underground 2 Need for Speed: Underground 2 Need for Speed: Underground 2 is a cross-platform racing video game published and developed by Electronic Arts. Released in 2004, it is the direct sequel to Need for Speed: Underground, and is part of the Need for Speed series, available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance,... |
US$20 000 | US$10 000 | US$5 000 | Prizes (total US$5 000) | |
| Halo 2 Halo 2 Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second installment in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved... |
US$20 000 | US$10 000 | US$5 000 | Prizes (total US$10 000) | |
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment based on Games Workshop's popular tabletop wargame Warhammer 40,000. It was released by THQ on September 20, 2004 in North America... |
US$20 000 | US$10 000 | US$5 000 | Prizes (total US$5 000) | |
| Dead or Alive Ultimate Dead or Alive Ultimate Dead or Alive Ultimate is a multiplayer fighting game developed by Team Ninja and released by Tecmo for the Xbox in 2004... |
US$15 000 | US$10 000 | US$5 000 | Prizes (total US$5 000) | |
| Special tournament | freestyle | US$20 000 | |||
Players' village
The Costa Sands Resort (Downtown East) in Singapore served as the WCG 2005 Players’ Village.About 800 national representatives who advanced from the WCG 2005 national championships stayed at the Players’ Village during the WCG 2005 Grand Final.
Sponsors
Worldwide sponsor- Samsung ElectronicsSamsung ElectronicsSamsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul...
Premier sponsors
- Intel
- Razer USA LtdRazer USA LtdRazer is a privately held computer peripherals manufacturer specializing in products specifically marketed to gamers.Razer's main slogan is 'FOR GAMERS, BY GAMERS'....
Official sponsors
- Singapore TelecommunicationsSingapore TelecommunicationsSingapore Telecommunications Limited , commonly abbreviated as SingTel, is a Singaporean telecommunications company, with a combined mobile subscriber base of 416 million customers from its own operations and regional associates in 25 countries at end of June 2011 increased by 19 percent from a...
- Video Pro
Official suppliers
- ProCurveProCurveHP ProCurve was the name of the networking division of Hewlett-Packard from 1998 to 2010 and associated with the products that it sold. The name of the division was changed to HP Networking in September 2010 after HP bought 3Com Corporation.-History:...
- Kingston TechnologyKingston TechnologyKingston Technology Company, Inc. is an American privately held, multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, sells and supports flash memory products and other computer-related memory products. Headquartered in Fountain Valley, California, USA, Kingston Technology...
- Ablerex
- SeagateSeagate TechnologySeagate Technology is one of the world's largest manufacturers of hard disk drives. Incorporated in 1978 as Shugart Technology, Seagate is currently incorporated in Dublin, Ireland and has its principal executive offices in Scotts Valley, California, United States.-1970s:On November 1, 1979...
- ASUSASUSASUSTeK Computer Incorporated is a multinational computer technology and consumer electronics product manufacturer headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Its product range includes motherboards, desktops, laptops, monitors, tablet PCs, servers and mobile phones...
- FoxconnFoxconnThe Foxconn Technology Group is a multinational business group anchored by the Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. , a Taiwan-registered corporation headquartered in Tucheng, Taiwan...
- Cooler Master
- VRnet
- DVDrama
- Radioitg
Host broadcaster
- MediaCorpMediaCorpMedia Corporation of Singapore, better known as MediaCorp, is a group of commercial media companies in Singapore, with business interests in television and radio broadcasting, interactive media, and, to a lesser extent, print publishing and film-making....
Official media partners
- Gameaxis
- HardwareZoneHardwareZoneHardwareZone is an IT-oriented Internet portal based in Singapore. It is operated by Hardware Zone Private Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Press Holdings...
- Hardware Magazine
- PHOTO-i
- PC MagazinePC MagazinePC Magazine is a computer magazine published by Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. A print edition was published from 1982 to January 2009...
Official gaming magazine
Official partners
- Blizzard EntertainmentBlizzard EntertainmentBlizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher founded on February 8, 1991 under the name Silicon & Synapse by three graduates of UCLA, Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham and Frank Pearce and currently owned by French company Activision Blizzard...
- EA SportsEA SportsEA Sports is a brand of Electronic Arts that creates and develops sports video games. Formerly a marketing gimmick of Electronic Arts, in which they tried to mimic real-life sports networks by calling themselves "EA Sports Network" with pictures or endorsements of real commentators such as John...
- EA Games
- MicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
- Tecmo
- THQTHQTHQ Inc. is an American developer and publisher of video games. Founded in 1989 in the United States, the company develops products for video game consoles, handheld game systems, as well as for personal computers and wireless devices...
- Valve CorporationValve CorporationValve Corporation is an American video game development and digital distribution company based in Bellevue, Washington, United States...
- Xbox LiveXbox LiveXbox Live is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service created and operated by Microsoft Corporation. It is currently the only online gaming service on consoles that charges users a fee to play multiplayer gaming. It was first made available to the Xbox system in 2002...
Commentators
Online audio and video coverage was provided by Inside the Game.Marcus Graham
Nickname: djWHEAT
WCG events covered: WCG 2004 Grand Final in San Francisco, WCG 2003 Grand Final in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Source is an FPS video game developed by Valve Corporation. It is a complete remake of Counter-Strike using the Source game engine. As in the original, Counter-Strike: Source pits a team of counter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in a series of rounds...
, Dead or Alive Ultimate
Dead or Alive Ultimate
Dead or Alive Ultimate is a multiplayer fighting game developed by Team Ninja and released by Tecmo for the Xbox in 2004...
, Halo 2
Halo 2
Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second installment in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved...
WCG 2005 was Marcus' 4th World Cyber Games Grand Final event. Marcus' biggest break into the world of e-Sports commentary came when he was unable to follow clan519 to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
to compete in LAN
Local area network
A local area network is a computer network that interconnects computers in a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, or office building...
Arena 7. It was decided that he would provide coverage from home so people in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
could follow the tournament as it progressed. The event sparked a lot of interest in the Quake community, and Marcus realized the potential impact that this form of organized game coverage could have on the entire gaming scene. After spending nearly nine months studying both sports and e-sports commentary, Marcus was ready to unleash his might on the world. Marcus' passion for gaming is fueled by the people with whom he works and the fact that he believes e-Sports commentary is an essential element in making professional gaming a reality.
Stuart Saw
Nickname: TosspoT
WCG events covered: WCG 2004 Grand Final in San Francisco
Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Source is an FPS video game developed by Valve Corporation. It is a complete remake of Counter-Strike using the Source game engine. As in the original, Counter-Strike: Source pits a team of counter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in a series of rounds...
, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne is a real-time strategy computer game developed for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Mac OS X by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the official expansion pack to Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, requiring Reign of Chaos to play...
, FIFA Football 2005
FIFA Football 2005
FIFA Football 2005, also known as FIFA Soccer 2005, FIFA 2005 or simply FIFA 05, is a football video game released in . It was developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Xbox, PlayStation Portable, GameCube, mobile...
Stuart's gaming passion is deeply rooted in ID's Wolfenstein
Wolfenstein (series)
Wolfenstein is a franchise of World War II fantasy-themed computer and video games first developed by Muse Software and followed up by id Software...
series. Stuart has been prominent in the Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a first person shooter video game published by Activision and originally released on November 19, 2001 for Microsoft Windows. It was made available on Steam on August 3, 2007. The single player game was developed by Gray Matter Interactive and Nerve Software...
and Enemy Territory
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is a free and open source multiplayer first-person shooter video game set during World War II...
communities for many years. More recently, he's ventured out into the world of gaming and has dabbled in Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike is a tactical first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation which originated from a Half-Life modification by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe...
, Quake, and Real Time Strategy games. The WCG Grand Finals in San Francisco in 2004 was Stuart's first LAN
Local area network
A local area network is a computer network that interconnects computers in a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, or office building...
event, but he is eager to return to the event that gave him a chance to see how amazing competitive LANs
Local area network
A local area network is a computer network that interconnects computers in a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, or office building...
can be! Stuart provided commentary for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos is a real time strategy computer game released by Blizzard Entertainment on July 3, 2002 . It is the second sequel to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, and it is the third game set in the Warcraft Universe...
and FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
in San Francisco.
Paul Chaloner
Paul Chaloner
Paul Chaloner , better known by his pseudonym ReDeYe, is one of the world's first professional electronic sports TV commentators....
Nickname: ReDeYe
RedEye
The RedEye is a daily publication put out by the Chicago Tribune geared toward 18 to 34-year-olds. RedEye was created due in part to the loss of readership among young people of the Chicago Tribune and other major newspapers...
Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Source is an FPS video game developed by Valve Corporation. It is a complete remake of Counter-Strike using the Source game engine. As in the original, Counter-Strike: Source pits a team of counter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in a series of rounds...
, Need For Speed: Underground 2
Need for Speed: Underground 2
Need for Speed: Underground 2 is a cross-platform racing video game published and developed by Electronic Arts. Released in 2004, it is the direct sequel to Need for Speed: Underground, and is part of the Need for Speed series, available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance,...
, FIFA Football 2005
FIFA Football 2005
FIFA Football 2005, also known as FIFA Soccer 2005, FIFA 2005 or simply FIFA 05, is a football video game released in . It was developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Xbox, PlayStation Portable, GameCube, mobile...
A long time online gamer with over five years of experience in Unreal-based First Person Shooters, Paul took up game commentary on his own, borrowing servers for EuroCup 2003. Since then, Paul has covered the Finals of many events, such as Unreal Tournament
Unreal Tournament
Unreal Tournament is a futuristic first-person shooter video game co-developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes. It was published in 1999 by GT Interactive. Retrospectively, the game has also been referred to as UT99 or UT Classic to differentiate it from its numbered sequels...
, UT2003, and UT2004 in EuroCup and Nations Cup, and also Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Source is an FPS video game developed by Valve Corporation. It is a complete remake of Counter-Strike using the Source game engine. As in the original, Counter-Strike: Source pits a team of counter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in a series of rounds...
Cup Finals.
Some of his credentials include coverage of the highly publicized Jolt/PC Zone Reader's Challenge. Paul was also featured in PC Zone magazine (UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
).
Jason Hutchison
Nickname: NiceGuyEd
Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Source is an FPS video game developed by Valve Corporation. It is a complete remake of Counter-Strike using the Source game engine. As in the original, Counter-Strike: Source pits a team of counter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in a series of rounds...
, FIFA Football 2005
FIFA Football 2005
FIFA Football 2005, also known as FIFA Soccer 2005, FIFA 2005 or simply FIFA 05, is a football video game released in . It was developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Xbox, PlayStation Portable, GameCube, mobile...
, Need For Speed: Underground 2
Need for Speed: Underground 2
Need for Speed: Underground 2 is a cross-platform racing video game published and developed by Electronic Arts. Released in 2004, it is the direct sequel to Need for Speed: Underground, and is part of the Need for Speed series, available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance,...
, Dead or Alive Ultimate
Dead or Alive Ultimate
Dead or Alive Ultimate is a multiplayer fighting game developed by Team Ninja and released by Tecmo for the Xbox in 2004...
, Halo 2
Halo 2
Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second installment in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved...
Jason has been gaming for almost his entire life. His love of gaming became evident after his mother demanded he go outside and play: his response was to take the television out onto the deck and continue to play Mike Tyson's Punch Out outside. Jason's online gaming career began with Quake II
Quake II
Quake II, released on December 9, 1997, is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Id Software and distributed by Activision. It is not a sequel to Quake; it merely uses the name of the former game due to Id's difficulties in coming up with alternative names.The soundtrack for Quake II...
, where he first met Marcus 'djWHEAT' Graham. Jason also plays a large variety of Massively multiplayer online game
Massively multiplayer online game
A massively multiplayer online game is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and usually feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on...
s, beginning with Ultima Online
Ultima Online
Ultima Online is a graphical massively multiplayer online role-playing game , released on September 24, 1997, by Origin Systems. It was instrumental to the development of the genre, and is still running today...
and more currently, World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994...
. He has played Quake II, Unreal Tournament 2004
Unreal Tournament 2004
Unreal Tournament 2004, also known as UT2K4 and UT2004, is a futuristic first-person shooter computer game developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes...
, and Soulcalibur II competitively with some degree of success.
Christopher Iannitti
Nickname: WaCKSteVeN
WCG events covered: WCG 2004 Grand Final in San Francisco, WCG 2003 Grand Final in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
Games covered: StarCraft: Brood War
StarCraft: Brood War
StarCraft: Brood War is the expansion pack for the award winning military science fiction, real-time strategy video game StarCraft. Released in 1998 for Windows and Mac OS, it was co-developed by Saffire and Blizzard Entertainment. The expansion pack introduced new campaigns, map tilesets, music,...
, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne is a real-time strategy computer game developed for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Mac OS X by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the official expansion pack to Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, requiring Reign of Chaos to play...
Chris is a gamer first and a broadcaster second. Starting at the age of five on his Atari
Atari
Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in...
and branching out from there, Chris spent his childhood honing his skills on such titles as Kung Fu Master
Kung Fu Master
Kung-Fu Master, known in Japan as , is a beat 'em up arcade game developed and published in Japan by Irem. It was later published in North America by Data East. The Japanese version was based on the Jackie Chan movie Wheels on Meals, known as Spartan X in Japan, and credited "Paragon Films Ltd.,...
, Contra
Contra (arcade game)
, known as Gryzor in Europe and Oceania, is a run and gun action game developed and published by Konami originally released as a coin-operated arcade game on February 20, 1987. A home version was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in , along with ports for various computer formats,...
, and Bad Dudes
Bad Dudes
Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja, often referred to simply as Bad Dudes, and known in Japan simply as , is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade game developed and published by Data East. It is based on the U.S...
. This love of computer games
Computer Games
"Computer Games" is a single by New Zealand group, Mi-Sex released in 1979 in Australia and New Zealand and in 1981 throughout Europe. It was the single that launched the band, and was hugely popular, particularly in Australia and New Zealand...
and a rather unhealthy obsession with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a fictional team of four teenage anthropomorphic turtles, who were trained by their anthropomorphic rat sensei in the art of ninjutsu and named after four Renaissance artists...
led a friend to introduce him to a book on computer animation, which increased his interest. E-Sports commentary has been a great deal of fun for him, allowing interaction with professional gamers and people in the industry. In addition to playing Real Time Strategy games such as Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos is a real time strategy computer game released by Blizzard Entertainment on July 3, 2002 . It is the second sequel to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, and it is the third game set in the Warcraft Universe...
and StarCraft: Brood War
StarCraft: Brood War
StarCraft: Brood War is the expansion pack for the award winning military science fiction, real-time strategy video game StarCraft. Released in 1998 for Windows and Mac OS, it was co-developed by Saffire and Blizzard Entertainment. The expansion pack introduced new campaigns, map tilesets, music,...
, Chris has covered Enemy Territory
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is a free and open source multiplayer first-person shooter video game set during World War II...
and Unreal Tournament 2004
Unreal Tournament 2004
Unreal Tournament 2004, also known as UT2K4 and UT2004, is a futuristic first-person shooter computer game developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes...
. He has been an important voice at the WCG Grand Final in 2003 and 2004.
Nicolas Plott
Nickname: Tasteless
Games covered: StarCraft: Brood War
StarCraft: Brood War
StarCraft: Brood War is the expansion pack for the award winning military science fiction, real-time strategy video game StarCraft. Released in 1998 for Windows and Mac OS, it was co-developed by Saffire and Blizzard Entertainment. The expansion pack introduced new campaigns, map tilesets, music,...
, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment based on Games Workshop's popular tabletop wargame Warhammer 40,000. It was released by THQ on September 20, 2004 in North America...
Nick has been playing games competitively for as long as he can remember. He boasts the title of sponsored member of the RSGaming pro-team, which is currently one of the most elite StarCraft
StarCraft
StarCraft is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The first game of the StarCraft series was released for Microsoft Windows on 31 March 1998. With more than 11 million copies sold worldwide as of February 2009, it is one of the best-selling...
teams in the Western hemisphere.
At the World Cyber Games USA National Qualifiers, Nick had the opportunity to show the world his extensive knowledge in StarCraft
StarCraft
StarCraft is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The first game of the StarCraft series was released for Microsoft Windows on 31 March 1998. With more than 11 million copies sold worldwide as of February 2009, it is one of the best-selling...
, which secured him a spot on the Grand Finals coverage team.
Kim Phan
Nickname: bunny
Games covered: StarCraft: Brood War
StarCraft: Brood War
StarCraft: Brood War is the expansion pack for the award winning military science fiction, real-time strategy video game StarCraft. Released in 1998 for Windows and Mac OS, it was co-developed by Saffire and Blizzard Entertainment. The expansion pack introduced new campaigns, map tilesets, music,...
, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne is a real-time strategy computer game developed for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Mac OS X by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the official expansion pack to Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, requiring Reign of Chaos to play...
Kim didn't start playing PC games
Personal computer game
A PC game, also known as a computer game, is a video game played on a personal computer, rather than on a video game console or arcade machine...
until college, but she's been playing console games since the age of five. The first PC game to really capture her attention was StarCraft: Brood War
StarCraft: Brood War
StarCraft: Brood War is the expansion pack for the award winning military science fiction, real-time strategy video game StarCraft. Released in 1998 for Windows and Mac OS, it was co-developed by Saffire and Blizzard Entertainment. The expansion pack introduced new campaigns, map tilesets, music,...
, which she played addictively for four years. She later began playing Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos is a real time strategy computer game released by Blizzard Entertainment on July 3, 2002 . It is the second sequel to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, and it is the third game set in the Warcraft Universe...
when it was released by Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher founded on February 8, 1991 under the name Silicon & Synapse by three graduates of UCLA, Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham and Frank Pearce and currently owned by French company Activision Blizzard...
, thus branching out to another type of Real Time Strategy game. She continues playing to this day with over 4000 games logged on her Battle.net
Battle.net
Battle.net is a gaming service provided by Blizzard Entertainment. Battle.net was launched in November 30, 1996 with the release of Blizzard's action-RPG Diablo. Battle.net was the first online gaming service incorporated directly into the games that make use of it, in contrast to the external...
account.
Kim got into game commentary two years ago, casually at first then on a more serious basis when she joined Gamesports.de. Her online commentary experience includes leagues such as ESL WC3L, MCL, and Revelcell Masters. Kim has also covered regular online tournaments such as the WC3M, inCup, Show Matches, and Invitationals hosted by various clans and teams.
Complete schedule
| Legend | Official event | Tournament |
| Venue | November 16 | November 17 | November 18 | November 19 | November 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre Level 6 | Group full league 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
Single elimination | |||
| 12:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | 10:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | ||||
| Mobile tournament 11:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. |
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| Cultural event 12:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. |
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| Sponsor pavilion 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
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| Opening ceremony 5:20 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
Closing ceremony 4:20 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
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| Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre Level 2 | VIP reception 7:00 p.m. |
Media party 6:00 p.m. |
Conference 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
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Opening ceremony
Date: 16 NovemberThe opening ceremony officially indicated the beginning of WCG 2005 Grand Final. Over 700 players from 67 countries, national partners, VIPs, sponsors, and spectators attended the opening ceremony.
Pre-show
Time: 5:20 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
The pre-show consisted of the performances of famous cheer leaders and the Singapore Heart Beat.
The ceremony
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
The ceremony started officially with the entrance of VIPs and MCs, followed by the ingress of 67 teams, carrying their national flags, who had advanced from their nations' preliminaries. Once the representative of WCG 2005 Grand Final Host City, Singapore, announced the opening of WCG 2005 Grand Final, the torch was lit and WCG flags raised, after which the players and referees then took oaths of fair play in front of the spectators.
Post-show
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
'3Dash1', the winners of The Straits Times
The Straits Times
The Straits Times is an English language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore currently owned by Singapore Press Holdings . It is the country's highest-selling paper, with a current daily circulation of nearly 400,000...
2005 School of Rock Competition, and Sheikh Haikel, the winner of the regional talent show Asia bagus, performed in the opening performance, while Syarif, Nathan Hartono, Debbie Christine, and Meryl Joan Lee appeared in a local celebrity show.
Conference
Date: 18 NovemberVenue: Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre Level 2, Room 208–209
Programme schedule
| Time | Company | Speaker | Topic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:00 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. | Keynote | IGDA International Game Developers Association International Game Developers Association is the professional society for over 10,000 video and computer game developers worldwide.It is incorporated in the United States as a non-profit organization.... |
Allan Simosen Chairman of IGDA Singapore |
Leveraging the Online Community |
| 1:40 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. | Session 1 | Intel | Tze Lin Ong Marketing Manager, Digital Home, Intel Singapore |
Gaming Capabilities Assessment Test |
| 2:10 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. | Session 2 | Razer | Robert Krakoff Razer Group President |
Future of e-Sports |
| 2:50 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Session 3 | HI Corporation | Mascot Capsule Engine & Game Development Tools | |
| 3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Session 4 | Break | ||
| 3:45 p.m. - 4:25 p.m. | Session 5 | Anark Corporation | Alvin Tang Software Engineer at Anark Corporation Singapore office |
Streamlining Game UI Development for Next-Generation Platforms |
| 4:25 p.m. - 4:55 p.m. | Session 6 | VideoPro | Fairuz B. Zainuddin, Video Pro Manager | WCG Official PC Personal computer A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator... |
| ASUS ASUS ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated is a multinational computer technology and consumer electronics product manufacturer headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Its product range includes motherboards, desktops, laptops, monitors, tablet PCs, servers and mobile phones... |
Joseph Hoo ASUS ASUS ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated is a multinational computer technology and consumer electronics product manufacturer headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Its product range includes motherboards, desktops, laptops, monitors, tablet PCs, servers and mobile phones... Account Manager |
Asus ASUS ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated is a multinational computer technology and consumer electronics product manufacturer headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Its product range includes motherboards, desktops, laptops, monitors, tablet PCs, servers and mobile phones... Gaming Software |
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| Cooler Master | Jensen Wang Cooler Master marketing manager |
We Bring You the Weapons, You Bring Us the Victory! | ||
| 4:25 p.m. - 5:35 p.m. | Session 7 | IGDA International Game Developers Association International Game Developers Association is the professional society for over 10,000 video and computer game developers worldwide.It is incorporated in the United States as a non-profit organization.... |
Alex Mitchell IGDA |
Game Education in Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... |
Live tournament broadcasting schedule
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! Time
! 17 November
! 18 November
! 19 November
! 20 November
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| 10:30 - 11:00
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| rowspan=3 | StarCraft
StarCraft
StarCraft is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The first game of the StarCraft series was released for Microsoft Windows on 31 March 1998. With more than 11 million copies sold worldwide as of February 2009, it is one of the best-selling...
Final
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| 11:00 - 11:30
| rowspan=2 | Video Clip
WCG 2004 Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos is a real time strategy computer game released by Blizzard Entertainment on July 3, 2002 . It is the second sequel to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, and it is the third game set in the Warcraft Universe...
Final
| rowspan=2 | Video Clip of 1st Day