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ESWC Zénith 2016
The Electronic Sports World Convention (ESWC) (formerly known as Electronic Sports World Cup) was an international professional gaming championship. Every year, winners of national qualifier events around the world earned the right to represent their country in the ESWC Finals. The ESWC was originally created by a French company, Ligarena, that had previously hosted smaller local area network (LAN) events in France under the name of LAN Arena. In 2003, Ligarena decided to do something on a larger scale and the ESWC was born. In 2005, Ligarena became Games-Services. In 2009, ESWC was bought by another French company, Games-Solution, which became the owner of the brand. In 2012, Oxent, an agency specialising in electronic sports, acquired the ESWC. The grand finals and masters of ESWC have had a total prize purse of €1,721,000 between 2003 and 2010. In October 2023, the ESWC brand was acquired by the Esports World Cup Foundation. Overview The first Electronic Sports World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendell
Johnathan Wendel (born February 26, 1981), also known as Fatal1ty (pronounced "Fatality"), is an American entrepreneur and former professional esports player. He made his professional debut at a 1999 Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) tournament, securing third place and $4,000. Wendel continued to compete in CPL events, claiming multiple championships and accumulating $110,000 in prize money. His success soared in subsequent years. Wendel won the CPL World Championship for '' Aliens vs. Predator 2'' in 2001. He became a world champion in ''Unreal Tournament 2003'' after winning the 2002 CPL Winter event. Wendel's achievements extended to ''Doom 3'', where he became the inaugural champion at QuakeCon 2004. In 2005, he won his fifth world title in as many video game titles, after winning the CPL World title in ''Painkiller'', securing an unprecedented $150,000 prize. By the end of his playing career, he had amassed an esports record of $450,000 in prize winnings. Although We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li "Sky" Xiaofeng
Li Xiaofeng (), who also goes by the pseudonym "Sky" or "WE.Sky", is a Chinese former professional gamer of the popular Blizzard Entertainment real-time strategy game '' Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne''. He played for the China-based World Elite team. He is considered one of the best Human players in the game's history by World Cyber Games. In the past few years he has been heavily involved with coaching Team WE's ''League of Legends'' team. Li Xiaofeng is featured in the documentary film '' Beyond the Game'', and as a cameo in drama series '' Gank Your Heart'' as himself. Game style He is widely known for his aggressive playing style with the Human race, which many considered to be a “slow” defensive race. He is known for using a fast tech build with a lumber mill, which leads to a push using the Archmage, Beastmaster, militia, towers and numerous summoned creatures to overwhelm the opponent. In numerous Warcraft III forums this strategy has been coined “Sky Rush." H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen
Manuel Schenkhuizen (), better known as Grubby, is a Dutch internet personality and former professional esports player. He competed in the real-time strategy genre, predominantly playing ''Warcraft III'' (WC3), '' Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne'' and ''Starcraft II''. Grubby is one of the most successful WC3 players of all time, as an Orc player, having won more than 38 LAN tournaments, of which six were World Championships. His command over the Horde placed him early enough among the elite of the ''WC3'' players, while his clash with Jang "Spirit Moon" Jae-ho rewarded him with a legendary status among the fans of the game. Grubby is known for being part of some of the most successful ''WC3'' teams in history, namely the British 4Kings. Later teams include the Danish MeetYourMakers and the North American Evil Geniuses. Grubby is widely regarded as one of the greatest Orc players of all time. Grubby is now a popular full-time streamer on Twitch. Esports career Grubby has bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CompLexity
Complexity characterizes the behavior of a system or model whose components interact in multiple ways and follow local rules, leading to non-linearity, randomness, collective dynamics, hierarchy, and emergence. The term is generally used to characterize something with many parts where those parts interact with each other in multiple ways, culminating in a higher order of emergence greater than the sum of its parts. The study of these complex linkages at various scales is the main goal of complex systems theory. The intuitive criterion of complexity can be formulated as follows: a system would be more complex if more parts could be distinguished, and if more connections between them existed. , a number of approaches to characterizing complexity have been used in science; Zayed ''et al.'' reflect many of these. Neil Johnson states that "even among scientists, there is no unique definition of complexity – and the scientific notion has traditionally been conveyed using partic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager
Sander Kaasjager (; born 21 June 1985), who plays under the pseudonym Vo0 (), is a Dutch professional player of the first-person shooter games ''Painkiller'', ''Quake II'', '' Quake III '', '' Quake 4'', ''Quake Live'' and '' Quake Champions'', as well as the MMORPG ''World of Warcraft''. He has won the most titles and prize money from professional ''Painkiller'' tournaments out of all other players, having won over US$250,000. Career Originally starting with ''Quake II'', Kaasjager later rose to widespread popularity with the release of a self-made highlight montage (or "frag video") from the game '' Challenge ProMode Arena'', which showcases his unique aggressive style of playing. Kaasjager played ''Painkiller'' for esports team Fnatic. Kaasjager won two world championship titles in 2004, one with CPL and one with ESWC,. In 2005, Kaasjager competed in the 2005 CPL World Tour, in which he won at five out of nine stops and earned $223,000. Kaasjager was named the Most Valuable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Painkiller (video Game)
''Painkiller'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by Polish game studio People Can Fly and published by DreamCatcher Interactive in April 2004 for Microsoft Windows and ported to Xbox in 2006. The game's single player campaign follows a dead man in Purgatory who is offered a deal to defeat the invading forces of Lucifer's army in exchange for being allowed to enter Heaven. The game was particularly well-received for its multiplayer experience and was featured for two seasons on the Cyberathlete Professional League's World Tour. A reboot with the same title has been announced for release in Q2 2025. Gameplay The game is inspired by first-person shooters such as '' Quake'', ''Doom'' and ''Serious Sam'', with the emphasis on killing large numbers of monsters. The game is divided into five chapters, each about five levels long. The player's objective is to get through each level, from start to finish, by slaughtering hundreds of monsters. Fighting monsters often occu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pro Evolution Soccer 3
''Pro Evolution Soccer 3'' (known as ''World Soccer: Winning Eleven 7'' in Japan and ''World Soccer: Winning Eleven 7 International'' in North America) is a football simulation video game developed and produced by Konami as part of the ''Pro Evolution Soccer'' series. Initially released for the PlayStation 2, it is also the first in the series to be released on Microsoft Windows. While the Japanese version featured Japanese national team coach Zico, the European version cover features the image and signature of iconic Italian referee Pierluigi Collina, who had previously officiated the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final. This was unusual, as football games had come to almost exclusively feature only players and managers on their covers; plus, referees only appear in cutscenes in this game (they would only be integrated to the playing field in the next entry of the series). ''PES 3'' was succeeded by '' Pro Evolution Soccer 4'', which was released in 2004. New features * New graphics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurens "Lauke" Pluijmakers
Laurens "Lauke" Pluijmaekers (; sometimes spelled Pluymaekers; born September 22, 1984) is a Dutch former professional ''Unreal Tournament'' player. Lauke won the gold medal in ''Unreal Tournament 2004'' at the World Cyber Games 2004. Notable achievements Tournament and placement Source: *2001 WCG 2001 ''UT'', Seoul: #4 *2002 WCG 2002 ''UT'', Daejon: #5 *2003 Euskal 11 ''UT2003'', Bilbao Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the Provinces of Spain, province of Biscay and in the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper in northern Spain. Bilbao is the List o ...: #1 *2003 ESWC 2003 ''UT2003'', Poitiers: #5 *2003 WCG 2003 ''UT2003'', Seoul: #2 *2004 cXg ''UT2004'', Las Vegas: #1 *2004 WCG 2004 ''UT2004'', San Francisco: #1 *2004 ESWC 2004 ''UT2004'', Poitiers: #3 *2004 EOGC 2004 ''UT2004'', London: #1 *2005 GGL Digitallife ''UT2004'', New York: #1 *2005 ECG 2005 ''UT2004'', Hannover: #3 *2005 ESWC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unreal Tournament 2004
''Unreal Tournament 2004'' is a first-person arena shooter video game developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes. Part of the ''Unreal'' franchise, it is the third game in the '' Unreal Tournament'' series and an updated rerelease of '' Unreal Tournament 2003''. Among significant changes to gameplay mechanics and visual presentation, one of the major additions introduced by ''Unreal Tournament 2004'' is the inclusion of vehicles and the Onslaught game type, allowing for large-scale battles. A sequel, ''Unreal Tournament 3'', was released on November 19, 2007. In December 2022, the Epic servers for all games in the series were closed. Currently, no games in the series, including ''UT2004'', are available for purchase on any digital platforms and stores. Epic Games has not yet announced the reason for this decision. Plot The game is set in a universe where humans long before fought a war with the Skaarj, leaving their galactic empire in shambles. To assist in the rebuildin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chun "Sweet" Jung Hee
Chun Jung-hee () is a retired 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. He goes by the gamertag of Sweet (previously nOma) and is a member of clan WeRRa. He has been recognized among the top tier of ''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. After finished his military duty, he became coach of the Jin Air Greenwings ''League of Legends'' team. Career ''Warcraft III'' After the release of ''Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos'' in 2002 Jung Hee Chun rose to quickly be noticed as one of the strongest players in the South Korean scene, which was at the time known as the most competitive gaming scene in the world. He participated in several televised leagues and showed strong results, finishing top three in two of the bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
