The final chapter to the WCG USA 2009 video list is finally here, with IdrA, iNcontroL (cubby bear), and Louder being just a few names who were interviewed by Artosis after the event.

Some random notes: Machine wrestles his friend Nate in an awkward MMA match.

IdrA interview
iNcontroL interview
Louder interview
KawaiiRice interview
Machine in bed interview
Machine interview
MMA wrestling match - EG style
G5 interview
Nyoken interview
Xeris interview…  More

The results are in and as expected it will be Bisu, Stork and Jaedong going through to the global finals in Chengdu, China:

The globals are more of a formality as far as Starcraft goes. Jaedong already expressed his confidence in Korea bringing home the gold, this is the strongest Korean lineup in years and Korea has never been in danger of losing the gold to any outsider. These players might as well go out and say they're going…  More

To your right: the most successful esport player of recent history, holding a mouse of solid gold as a testament to his cheer amazingness. His hourly pay? Less than an undergraduate student flipping burgers at mcD's.

I am talking about Lee Jae Dong, the Zerg superstar from team Hwaseung Oz. His contract with the team recently came to an end, in an attempt to improve his working conditions and salary his parents declared him free to pick up for other teams.

To keep him on the team, Oz promised to …  More

Geof or INcontrol (WCG 2007 US champ for Starcraft) was eliminated last week during the gamer reality TV show: WCG Ultimate Gamer. To bad the challenge game was DDR instead of Starcraft

Anyways please check out his interview here with djWheat on his LO3 podcast. He talks more about the show, some behind the scenes info and other tidbits.



Last year I had a chance to interview INcontrol myself about his thoughts on StarCraft II:
I interview INcontrol - WCG 2007 US Starcraft champion

Oh and …  More

djWHEAT and Slasher's Live on Three (LO3) is back after last week's absence while Marcus was at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.

Because of this, we will be having a double-header this week with shows on both Wednesday night and Thursday night (early Thursday morning and Friday morning for our European friends).

A lot has happened in the past 2 weeks of competitive gaming to talk about including the ESL finals, the KODE5 USA finals, WCG Ultimate Gamer's debut on the Scifi channel, Moon's reco…  More

Everyone should now be aware of who NonY is, if you don't know them let me give a quick introduction.

NonY is the recent Spirit tournament champion where he faced some of the best foreigners from around the world and took out ClouD in the finals. He's also the recently crowned WCG USA 2008 champion and will fight for his e'life at the grand finals in Cologne, Germany between November 4th - 9th.

Onto the interview:

Q: Alright NonY thanks for taking some time to do a quick interview with us so that y…  More

INcontrol won the US 2007 championship and competed on team US during last year's WCG. US won the WCG overall... I pinged INcontrol the other day to chat Starcraft to get his thoughts on the current state of Starcraft 2.

INcontrol on the right

Lipton: Hey INcontrol how have things been going for you these days since the WCG?
INcontrol: Great that was 7…  More

The quest for WCG 2008 TEAM USA has begun.

Registration is now open for the WCG USA tournament at http://www.worldcybergames.com/usa. Gamers are invited to sign up for their favorite game(s) and play their way to Cologne, Germany.

 

 

The World Cyber Games (WCG) recently announced the largest lineup of tournament games in its long and storied history, with 14 official titles.

 

Now US organizers for the world’s biggest and most prestigious video game tournament are calling up…  More

The World Cyber Games global rankings have been updated with the latest tournament results...

The national WCG ranking has been updated with the latest tournament results. This year, the top 10 countries have not changed much from last year. Especially, the top 3 remains the same: South Korea, Germany, and USA. Some big movers this year are Norway (up 11 ranks), Montenegro, and Ajerbaijan (both up 13 ranks). We have also 6 newcomers who are in the lower ranks, but hope to see some nice resu…  More

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Xercen said: Koreans are so good at games lol Someassholestolejaerba said: Pj got to the finals, where did Incontrol and Mondragon get to? :P Lipton said: Well the scene in China is probably bigger then some other countries, but its all about the players once they get there The US fielded some great ...

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