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By Heieun Kim
IeSF 2010 Asia Conference held in Taebaek city was ended in a great success. It was
held 3 days, from August 11th to 13th with the participation of Asia members and
associate members including Korea, Chinese Taipei, Vietnam and Malaysia.
In this Issue:
(IeSF 2010 Asia Conference)
IeSF 2010 Asia Conference
in Taebaek cityIeSF Conference in Taebaek
e-Sport Academy
LG Mobile World Cup
Bulgaria is European Champion
in FIFA
IeSF 2010 Qualifications
September events in Romania
Proleague, the biggest eSport event
People of this month
(IeSF Torch)
1
associate members including Korea, Chinese Taipei, Vietnam and Malaysia.
The gathering was not only for discussing important issue regarding e-Sports but also
for celebrating IeSF torch-lightening event. During the day, participants had a heated
discussion on international standardization, qualification and Intellectual property right
just like the day of IeSF 2010 Euro Conference. Also in the early evening IeSF Torch
lighted the night of the IeSF 2010 Asia conference.
The torch-lightening ceremony was the climax of the entire event. On pushing ignition
button with representatives of each member and guests concerned, the IeSF Torch was
turned on, meaning the start of IeSF 2010 Grand Final. Soon the mini-rocket from the
IeSF torch was fired to torch cradle making a big fire. At the center of the stage, a
torch bearer representing IeSF showed up, took the light from the cradle and went into
the LED screen, starting online torch relay. Start with South Africa, IeSF online torch
went around 15 member countries and returned to Daegu city where the IeSF 2010
Grand Final will be held. The journey of IeSF online Torch will be ended with the
opening day of the Grand Final and the IeSF torch in the Taebaek city will be
lighted once again during the Grand Final period.
You can see the promotion video, online torch route and torch bearers at IeSF online
torch relay webpage: www.ie-sf.com
(Torch-lightening ceremony) (Torch-lightening ceremony)
In this Issue:
South Africa
By Colin Webster
LG Electronics (LG) today announced the kick-off of the LG Mobile World Cup South
African Championship 2010, the world’s largest competition celebrating mobile
culture culminating in an international tournament to find the world’s fastest texter.
Participants will be battling for a place in the World Championship to be held in New
York in January 2011 to win the ultimate prize of USD 100,000.
Additionally, the fastest texter in the competition will have the chance to challenge the
current Guinness World Records® established last year by Pedro Matias of Portugal,
who set a new world record by accurately texting a 264-character sentence in just two
minutes. Now in its third year, the LG Mobile World Cup continues to build on the
success of the 2009 season with teams from over 20 countries including Argentina,
Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Guatemala, India, Indonesia,
Japan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Panama, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa,
Thailand, Philippines, the US, Venezuela and Vietnam. South Africa will partake in
the competition for the second time, after a colourful finish from two University of
Pretoria students, Kgothatso Moerane and Natalie Witoslawski.
Third Annual
LG Mobile World CupIeSF Conference in Taebaek
e-Sport Academy
LG Mobile World Cup
Bulgaria is European Champion
in FIFA
IeSF 2010 Qualifications
September events in Romania
Proleague, the biggest eSport event
People of this month
2
“It was an amazing experience in that we got to compete against some of the world’s
best. The competition also afforded us the opportunity to visit New York and make
new friends,” enthused 22-year old Moerane.
This year’s competition will take on a fresh twist as new elements have been
introduced. The texting video game -- which was unveiled only at the World
Championships last year -- will now be part of the national competition.
The national competition is endorsed by Mind Sports South Africa. Through Mind
Sports South Africa, participants can also earn provincial, national and even Protea
Colours. Mind Sports South Africa has gone the extra mile to ensure that the texting
competition is properly accredited so that the participants who represent South Africa
at the final championships in New York will receive Protea Colours.
“The success of this global event shows how big and diverse mobile culture has
become,” said Dr. Michelle Potgieter, Marketing Director of LG Electronics South
Africa. “Our purpose through this international competition is to demonstrate just how
homogenous the generation growing up with everything digital is and how technology
can bring diverse people closer together, not push them further apart,” adds Dr.
Potgieter. How to enter:
Qualifying rounds will be held in September 2010. To enter, participants should
log on to http://zaw.lgmobileworldcup.com on their phone’s browser. Eight of South
Africa’s fastest and most accurate texters will then go through and compete to win a
total of R80,000.00 in prize money at the National Championship to be held at the end
of September 2010. The two top texters will qualify to compete at the World
Championship early next year.
(Natalie Witoslawski and Kgothatso Moerane )
In this Issue:
Bulgaria
The greatest success of the Bulgarian national team in the European Nations
Championship came after a nail-biting encounter. Bulgarians with a minimum score
prevailed 7-5 against the leader nation in FIFA - Germany. After meeting the Balkan
opponents the German team gave a complaint for an intentional delay of the game.
Subsequent review of the record of the meeting followed and the Bulgarian nationals
were exonerated.
Bulgaria is the European
champion in FIFA!
The Bulgarian team at the finals
Kliment Ionchev "Alkazar" - manager
Krasimir Ivanov "Krasi" - captain
Jordan Rahnev "PeacheZ"
Stanislav Chakurov "WickyBG"
George Dimitrov "Crazy_kon"
Final standings
First place - Bulgaria - 4,000€
Second place - Germany - 2,000€
Third place - Romania - 1,500€
By Belosveta Peneva
IeSF Conference in Taebaek
e-Sport Academy
LG Mobile World Cup
Bulgaria is European Champion
in FIFA
IeSF 2010 Qualifications
September events in Romania
Proleague, the biggest eSport event
People of this month
3
The victory is strongly significant because Germany has lost only one final in ENC till
present. Despite the enormous scale of FIFA scene in the country and significantly
larger prize funds for competitions in Germany, Bulgaria picked up the cup and proved
its superiority.
About the championship
"European Nations Championship" is a national competition in e-sports for the Europe
an region. The event runs from 2004 onwards and allows all European countries to
compete in various disciplines for the honor of their country. The finals of the event to
have been watched live by thousands of visitors and are broadcast on television over
the Internet.
Phases of the competition:
1. The first phase of the event is conducted online and includes qualification rounds.
Countries are ranked according to results from previous editions - some groups are
invited and others are figting for a place, through qualification matches.
2. The second phase group is completed until it reaches a specific number of countries
- 12. They are divided into two groups of 6 teams, each playing against the others.
The first teams of both groups go directly to the finals while the second and the third
have an additional round.
3. The third phase includes the playoffs – countries that finish second in the group
stage play against the third team from the other group for the finals spot.
4. Finals - 4 countries are participating for a discipline. Normally the finals take place
within the huge events like this year’s Gamescom 2010 - one of the largest
exhibitions of games.
In this Issue:
South Korea
Proleague, The Biggest Starcraft Tournament
On August 7, main rival of two telecommunication companies in Korea, KT and SK
telecom, met to make an end to ‘Shin-Han Bank 09-10 Proleague Finals’, at the
Gwanganri beach in Busan, the port city of Korea.
The ‘Proleague Finals’ held in Busan city is the biggest e-Sports event with Starcraft,
the favorite e-Sport game in Korea, and other games. Totally 12 professional teams
participated in the Proleague and competed each other to win the titles. Even the
sweltering heat of the sun could not surpass the fever of the spectators’ passion for e-
Sport. A mass of spectators flocked in front of Gwanganri beach and took over 10,000
seats in an instant. Although extra 3000 seats for the rest of people were prepared, there
was no seat left in a short time. Most of the spectators were youngsters in their teens
and 20s and people with their family. This summer festival for everyone lasted late
night till 10 pm.
Although there was competitive cheering of each team, the KT Rolster earned the glory
of winning the game in the Starcraft title in the end. The KT Rolster won SK T1 by the
score of 4 to 2. It was remarkable achievement for KT team because it was their first
ever win at the ‘Proleague finals’ for 10 year.
By Heieun Kim
Romania
September Events in Romania
IeSF Conference in Taebaek
e-Sport Academy
LG Mobile World Cup
Bulgaria is European Champion
in FIFA
IeSF 2010 Qualifications
September events in Romania
Proleague, biggest eSport event
People of this month
4
Austria
The Austrian eSport asscociation (ESVOE) offers new and unique trainings for its
members. The emphasis of the training focuses around a wide range of relevant eSport
topics, like sponsoring, event organization and project management. One highlight will
be the introduction for a license in eSport. The attendants will benefit of a high
learning quality in small groups instructed by professionals from economy and industry.
Each training offers new skills and gives the opportunity to meet like-minded
people.
e-Sports Academy
starts up this yearBy Elisabeth Haider
Romania
Romania is now preparing for the IeSF National Final, that will take place on
September 18, an event where it will select the players that will represent Romania in
the IeSF Grand Final in Daegu in late October. Based on the fact that Romania
managed to get the Silver medal during IeSF 2009 Challenge, Romania has high
hopes that its players will make it on the podium this year.
Besides preparing for the IeSF National Final, Romania is also preparing for Samsung
Euro Championship 2010, that will be held during 3-5 September in Berlin. The
country managed to have 9 players qualified for this event (Counter-Strike, FIFA10,
Trackmania, Warcraft3 and Asphalt5 mobile). Since only Germany managed to have
so many players qualified as well for this event, it is very proud !
By Stroie Silviu
In this Issue:
By Elisabeth Haider
IeSF 2010 Qualifications!
Israeli eSport Association has just finished its e-Sport event in Hod-Hasharon city
which included the IeSF qualifiers was a big success. More then 5,000 gamers attend
the event, and it was twice the numbers from our last event – Israeli eSport
championship 2008. It has its first winners in FIFA and WC3 (1 winner in each
tournament). The second part of the qualifiers will take place in Petah-Tikva city
during September.
Another good thing is that the main news channel in Israeli came to the event and
broadcasted an item about the event and the IeSF qualifiers talking about eSport that on
Israel
Qualification in Hod-Hasharon city
(Hod-Hasharon Gaming event) (Atidim junior high school basketball hall)
IeSF Conference in Taebaek
e-Sport Academy
LG Mobile World Cup
Bulgaria is European Champion
in FIFA
IeSF 2010 Qualifications
September events in Romania
Proleague, the biggest eSport event
People of this month
5
At the moment the qualifications for the IeSF Challenge 2010 take place in Austria.
The National Final will be held on the 28th of August; after that the Austrian “dream
team” will be complete. The Open House Party II takes at the ESVOE headquarter;
located in the 21 district in Vienna. The happy winners of the National Final can enjoy
the IeSF 2010 Grand Final in South-Korea where they are representing Austria at the
competitions in FIFA 10 and Warcraft III. South-Korea can be tagged as THE gaming
mecca of the world, where the scene of the professional eSport gamers is coming
together.
Austria
Open House Party II
broadcasted an item about the event and the IeSF qualifiers talking about eSport that on
its way to became a real sport.
* please go check the website.
(http://www.mako.co.il/news-channel2/Channel-2-Newscast/Article-
602622febbaaa21004.htm)
India
Indiagames, one of the associate members of IeSF, has just finished its qualification,
“IeSF India 2010 Grand Final” held on August 13~14. The national players of each
title will join with other qualifiers the IeSF 2010 Grand Final.
The IeSF India 2010 Grand Final has
ended
People of this month By Misha Krug,
In this Issue:
Netherlands
In my search for the question whether an e-Sports policy should be used when creating
a game, I started interviewing different actors (game studios, associations, pro-team
and community portals) in the e-Sports scene. This time I want to share my interview
with Daniel Stemkoski aka Artosis is a respected member in the Starcraft scene, he is
been playing competitively for 11 years and moved to Korea about 2 year ago to work
for the IEG (international eSports Group. IEG are the owners of the ESTRO Team. He
makes a lot of video's for the Starcraft scene on the website sc4all.com. Besides that he
does a lot of commentating at events like Blizzcon, eStars soul, WCG World finals,
ESWC all sorts of events. Currently he is playing Starcraft II and go ahead with his
pro-gaming career with the MYM team and enjoying life.
In this interview, Artosis shares his vision on how he thinks e-Sports evolves and that it
is important game developers pay more attention to e-Sports.
Misha: Do you think eSports increased in popularity the last couple of years?
Artosis: Ah yes I would say so, you know there was a boom a view years back with
CGS and all that, but I think now its a totally legitimate boom. It’s not that there a ton
of money being pumped in that opens people eyes. It’s becoming more legitimate and
there for more people getting interested in it and watching it more. Especially with the
work SC4all.com and teamliquid.net which are community site for pro-gaming news
have done, bringing the Korean scene to light it’s just so professional that also brought
in a lot more fans.
Misha: Do you think the ladder or online service like Steam, Battle.net of a developer
IeSF Conference in Taebaek
e-Sport Academy
LG Mobile World Cup
Bulgaria is European Champion
in FIFA
IeSF 2010 Qualifications
September events in Romania
Proleague, the biggest eSport event
People of this month
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Misha: Do you think the ladder or online service like Steam, Battle.net of a developer
has influence on the participation of eSports?
Arotsis: Yeah I kind of liked Starcraft’s approach, Battle.net was a great place very
functional one of the best multigame/online service whatever you want to call that. And
they kind of let it be, we had iCup and other servers before that and they kind of let it
be, ok don’t make money of it you can do it. That kind of really helped eSports out,
especially iCup helped pro-scene a lot everyone played on it. So stuff like that helps.
Misha: Do you think eSports will be playing an important role in game development
in the years to come?
Artosis: Yeah you know some games, they tried it in the past some games I know they
are still trying it now here and there. Some games are being developed specifically for
eSports games. They try to develop it in such a way that it is going to be perfect for
tournaments and high skills sealing and stuff like that. You know it influences it that
way but that’s kind of small it is on the edge. I think that Starcraft II is really showing
how much eSports can influence game development because Starcraft II primarily is
not been made for eSports. This is been made for people who like this kind of game this
great multiplayer online game that you can play.
Misha: What do you think eSports has to offer?
Artosis: I think it is really entertaining, if anyone can come and stand behind these top
Starcraft I players like JayDong or Flash and take a look at how fast they are and how
controlled they are and then go watch a good commentator explaining what is going on
you know if you have some sort of basic understanding of the game that is something
actually very entertaining. I love to sit down and just watch Starcraft I games I don’t
really think about it.
* Please check out the full article at www.ie-sf.com