Warcraft III professional competition
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The expansion to the computer game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
has an active professional competition scene, particularly in China
, Germany
and South Korea
. The game is featured at electronic gaming festivals including the World Cyber Games
, the Electronic Sports World Cup
, the World e-Sports Games
and the World Series of Video Games
. Outside of the professional circuit, the game has many active competitive circuits, with users at Battle.net
ranging between the 70,000 and 100,000 at any given moment. In China, in which Warcraft III is very popular, fans and users often use an alternative client due to the country's poor internet connections to the outside world. Around 3,000,000 copies of the game were sold in the country . 500,000 Chinese competed in the Chinese qualifiers for the 2006 World Cyber Games. Recently the amount of prize money to be won monthly in various competitions averages 64,642 USD. Income for players flows from various sources. most professionals earn a salary from professional gaming teams. The Danish gaming organization known as Meet Your Makers reportedly pays their players 300,000 USD on an annual basis .
for an overview.
for an overview of prominent Korean competitions.
Current roster
Current roster
Current roster
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...
, 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...
has an active professional competition scene, particularly in China
China
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, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
. The game is featured at electronic gaming festivals including the World Cyber Games
World Cyber Games
The World Cyber Games is an international competitive video-gaming event operated by South Korean company World Cyber Games Inc., and sponsored by Samsung and Microsoft...
, the Electronic Sports World Cup
Electronic Sports World Cup
The Electronic Sports World Cup is an international professional gaming championship.Every year winners of national qualifier event around the world earn the right to represent their country in the ESWC Finals...
, the World e-Sports Games
World e-Sports Games
World eSport Games is a competitive, international video game league with elite amateur and pro gamers from around the world battling to be crowned world champions...
and the World Series of Video Games
World Series of Video Games
The World Series of Video Games was an international professional electronic sports competition. It held its first season in 2006, with competitions in six different games and six events held around the world including the finals of the event. The total prize purse of the season was US$750,000...
. Outside of the professional circuit, the game has many active competitive circuits, with users at 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...
ranging between the 70,000 and 100,000 at any given moment. In China, in which Warcraft III is very popular, fans and users often use an alternative client due to the country's poor internet connections to the outside world. Around 3,000,000 copies of the game were sold in the country . 500,000 Chinese competed in the Chinese qualifiers for the 2006 World Cyber Games. Recently the amount of prize money to be won monthly in various competitions averages 64,642 USD. Income for players flows from various sources. most professionals earn a salary from professional gaming teams. The Danish gaming organization known as Meet Your Makers reportedly pays their players 300,000 USD on an annual basis .
Professional Warcraft III players
Wikipedia has various articles dedicated to Warcraft III world champions.- Cho Dae Hui - FoV
- Cho became the first Korean player to win a major international tournament because of his victory at the 2004 Electronic Sports World Cup. For years following his victory he was a key player of the 2005 eSport Team of the YearESports AwardThe eSports Award is an annual award ceremony held since 2004 by Turtle Entertainment in which individuals, teams and organisations are recognized in several categories for their contribution or achievements to or in the field of competitive gaming....
the British based Four Kings and one of the most active Asian players in international competition. He currently plays for the Chinese based BeT Gaming and resides in China.
- Chun Jung HeeJung Hee ChunChun Jung-hee was a South Korean professional player of the real-time strategy game Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. He used to play for the Chinese professional gaming team Beijing eSport Team....
- Sweet
- Chun has been recognized among the top Warcraft III players since the beginning of the professional competitive scene and has won two world championships as well as several professional events in South Korea. Sweet's lengthy career includes being recognized as the Warcraft III Player of 2004ESports AwardThe eSports Award is an annual award ceremony held since 2004 by Turtle Entertainment in which individuals, teams and organisations are recognized in several categories for their contribution or achievements to or in the field of competitive gaming....
, winning the 3rd edition of the World e-Sports Games and the 2nd edition of the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational. Sweet was the first Korean to move to China to compete as a member of the Chinese based Beijing eSport Team [BeT].
- Jang Jae HoJang Jae HoJang "Moon" Jae Ho is a South Korean professional gamer of the popular Blizzard real-time strategy games Warcraft III and StarCraft II. He is seen by many as the best Night Elf player in the world...
- Moon
- Jang is known for his domination of televised competition in South Korea since Reign of Chaos, he won six televised leagues and the last five seasons of the on-going MBCGameMBCGameMBC Game is the South Korean non-'free-to-air' television network, which is well-known for its E-sports broadcasting.- Contents :...
World War series. He has won over 200,000 USD in prize money since 2005 and reportedly earns 9,000 USD in monthly salary . He currently plays for the korean based WemadeFOX and resides in South Korea. Widely considered the world's best Night Elf player, Moon has been a top contender in the professional circuit for many years. Known for his inventive playstyle and popularizing of many Night Elf strategies, Moon has been nicknamed "The Fifth Race"
- Fredrik Johansson - MaDFroG
- Johansson was a dominating Warcraft III player from 2003 till 2004 and is regarded an icon of professional gaming. He was the runner-up of the 2003 Electronic Sports World Cup representing Sweden and following this tournament travelled to Seoul, South Korea to compete in the country's televised leagues. He stayed there eleven months in which he won the first BlizzardBlizzard 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...
Worldwide Invitational and joined a Korean based professional gaming team. Upon his return to Europe he became the runner-up of the 2004 Electronic Sports World Cup and was recognized as the eSports Player of 2004ESports AwardThe eSports Award is an annual award ceremony held since 2004 by Turtle Entertainment in which individuals, teams and organisations are recognized in several categories for their contribution or achievements to or in the field of competitive gaming....
. MaDFrog is no longer active as a professional gamer, but announced that he would return to professional gaming upon the release of StarCraft II.
- Li Xiaofeng - Sky
- Xiaofeng won the 2005 and 2006 World Cyber Games representing China, regarded as Warcraft III's premier individual competition, his victories earned him a massive fanbase and turned him into an icon of China's professional gaming scene on a national and international level. He was recognized as the Warcraft III player of 2006 by competitive gaming media and is a member of the World Cyber Games hall of fame. He is known for revolutionizing the way the Human race is played in Warcraft III and has been considered the top player of the race alongside Frenchman Yoan Merlo since 2005. He has been considered China's number one player since the country's emergence as a major supporter of professional Warcraft III. He has been signed with Chinese based World Elite throughout his professional career.
- Manuel Schenkhuizen - Grubby
- Schenkhuizen won the 2004 and 2008 World Cyber Games representing The Netherlands and has been considered the western world's premier Warcraft III player ever since. He is known for his strength in international competition winning such tournaments as the 2005 Electronic Sports World Cup and the 2006 World Series of Video Games. He was signed with British based Four Kings, until the team's 2008 dissolution. Schenkhuizen has been a key player throughout his professional career. The Four Kings Warcraft III team was recognized as the 2005 eSport Team of the YearESports AwardThe eSports Award is an annual award ceremony held since 2004 by Turtle Entertainment in which individuals, teams and organisations are recognized in several categories for their contribution or achievements to or in the field of competitive gaming....
. Individually he has been recognized as Warcraft III player of 2005, 2006 and the eSports Player of 2006ESports AwardThe eSports Award is an annual award ceremony held since 2004 by Turtle Entertainment in which individuals, teams and organisations are recognized in several categories for their contribution or achievements to or in the field of competitive gaming....
. Known as the "Orc Emperor" in televised leagues, he has been considered one of the world's best players.
Warcraft III World Championships
There have been various Warcraft III world championships, see Warcraft III World ChampionshipsWarcraft III World Championships
This article contains a summary of the top four finishers in the various professional Warcraft III world championships from 2003 till present.-Individual competitions:-Team competitions:...
for an overview.
Korean Warcraft III Championships
Due to the intense competitive nature of Korean televised competition the top tier tournaments are often considered on the same level as world championships, see Korean Warcraft III ChampionshipsKorean Warcraft III Championships
This is an overview of all televised competitions and offline qualifiers for major international competitions that have taken place in South Korea and were mainly aimed at Korean competitors for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne....
for an overview of prominent Korean competitions.
Professional Warcraft III squads
Various gaming teams have a professional Warcraft III squad. These squads represent their team in such leagues as the Warcraft 3 Champions League and the NGL One professional league. Players also represent their team in various individual leagues. This needs to be updated.- Four Kings - United Kingdom
- Four Kings won four of the Warcraft III Champions League offline finals and were recognized as the eSports Team of 2005ESports AwardThe eSports Award is an annual award ceremony held since 2004 by Turtle Entertainment in which individuals, teams and organisations are recognized in several categories for their contribution or achievements to or in the field of competitive gaming....
. In 2004 the team spent several months competing in televised leagues taking place in Seoul, South-Korea, a period which also saw them rise as the team to beat in the leagues. Unfortunately, due to financial problems, Four Kings dissolved in January 2008 scattering then team members across the globe. Four Kings reunite in late February with all members excluding Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen.
- Meet Your Makers - Denmark
- Meet Your Makers rose to prominence as one of Warcraft III strongest's teams after moving to an all Korean line-up in 2005 signing several players that lead the team until today such as JaeWook Noh, Jung-Ki Oh and Jang Jae Ho. They stopped a long era of Four Kings domination by winning Warcraft III Champions League IX in 2006 as well as the first season of the NGL One Professional League, becoming the only team to ever hold two major titles at the same time. Following the dissolution of Four Kings in 2008, they added longtime rival Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen.
Current roster
Jung-Ki "Susiria" Oh Chul Woo "Shy" Park Hyo Sub "FoCuS" Eom JaeWook "Lucifer" Noh Jang "Moon" Jae HoJang Jae HoJang "Moon" Jae Ho is a South Korean professional gamer of the popular Blizzard real-time strategy games Warcraft III and StarCraft II. He is seen by many as the best Night Elf player in the world... Jae Shin "EVE" Park Kim "Storm" JaeWoong 
Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen
Renee "Ciara" Krag
Joona "Konna" Parikka (Inactive)
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- SK Gaming - Germany
- SK Gaming has competed in high level Warcraft III since 2002 and was considered the dominant western team of 2002-2003 (there was no offline competition between teams in those days nor international clashes between European and Asian teams). In 2007 SK Gaming defeated MeetYourMakers 3-1 in the WC3L offline championship after acquiring Kim Sung "Remind" Sik, Lee Sung "SoJu" Duk, and June "Lyn" Park.
Current roster
Daniel "Miou" Holthuis Sung Sik "Remind" Kim June "Lyn" Park Sung Duk "SoJu" Lee Seo Woo "ReiGn" Kang
- World Elite - China
- Upon its conception in 2005 World Elite signed a number of prominent Warcraft III players including Jung Chee Chun and LI Xiaofeng and the team was considered one of the world's absolute best right away. They have competed in various offline finals ever since and won the second season of the NGL-One Professional League 2007, making them the only team to win a major league next to Four Kings and Meet Your Makers since 2004. Nowadays the team is led by LI Xiaofeng.
Current roster
LI Xiaofeng "Sky" ZENG Zhuo "TeD" SU Hao "suhO" WANG Yuwen "Infi" "Keda" "Qeki" Kejing "Like" Li