China tastes the vinegar at WCG Asian Championship

Upset by Vietnam in DOTA? I'll pretend to show shock at this stupendous upset, the shock I would show if I knew anything about how good China has been at DOTA.

Match results:

DOTA All Stars	Guitar Hero World Tour	FIFA 09
1st rank: Vietnam	1st rank: New Zealand	1st rank: Vietnam
2nd rank: Malaysia	2nd rank: Singapore	2nd rank: Korea
3rd rank: Singapore	3rd rank: Chinese Taipei	3rd rank: Malaysia

This year, there were lots of unexpected results especially from Vietnam. In the DOTA All stars quarter finals, Vietnam won against China, who was the champion in Asian Championships during last 2 years, and won the gold medal. Vietnam also won gold medal in FIFA 09.

(Link)

WCG 2009 looks tasty in this hot promo

China's National WCG Finals Kick(ed) Off in Shanghai! (a long ass time ago)

I'm so behind the times. So last month the first round of finals were held in Shanghai to see who would make the team that would represent China in the World Championships to be held in Chengdu, China later this year. 3,000 spectators watched 450 contestants battle it out over three days, and as far as the official WCG tells me, no results are available yet. I guess they'll be waitin till the rest of the results are in from the competitions yet to be held in other parts of China.

(WCG National Finals in Shanghai)

UPDATE: The players who have moved on to the next round can be found here:

Or just read this:

WCG2009三星电子杯中国区锦标赛预选赛已晋级名单 (winners)：

魔兽男子 Warcraft (men)

上海赛区：历生辉（Future），唐涌辰RyH.Darken，曾文睿（WE.09.kenshin）

北京赛区：武麟（Wulin），张芦Sayno

杭州赛区：徐真（Hopestar）

魔兽女子 Warcraft (women)

上海赛区：吴婧（Eva），张丽君（KK_Wind_mm）

北京赛区：竺励（Colagirl），米彤（Moonfish）

星际争霸 Starcraft

上海赛区：刘玻豪（Fnatic.Lbh）,陈昊（SC_Eva），孙一峰（Fnatic.F91），刘寅（Lovett）

北京赛区：黄慧明（SC_Toodming），王恩平（WYW），沈鹏（Onlycc）

CS：Counterstrike

上海赛区：Tyloo，fst

北京赛区：Excellent.Luckyday

DOTA

上海赛区：CD

北京赛区：TTi

WCG2009三星电子杯中国区锦标赛外卡赛晋级选手名单 (wildcards)：

魔兽男子 Warcraft (men)

外卡赛：黄翔（Mouz.Th000），李晓峰（WE.Pepsi.Sky），周成龙（Sai）

星际争霸 Starcraft

外卡赛：沙俊春（SC_Pj），罗贤（=PNZ=Legendary），叶荣龙（Fnatic.Never）

WCG 2009 Rules and Regulations Announced

Announced, and they aim to "Increase Gameplay and Spectator Excitement Worldwide."

Find all the juicy details here


And did I mention that it's taking place in Chengdu, China?

(Thanks SK Gaming!)

WCG 2009 in China??

According to gotfrag.com, this appears to be the case. This is big, this is huge, this is the Ron Jeremy of Video Game competitive events!

From the official WCG website:

National finalists then convene to compete in the ultimate international tournament in e-Sports, the World Cyber Games Grand Final, where each country's best players battle for the largest and most prestigious prizes in competitive gaming. The WCG 2009 Grad Final will be held in Chengdu, China.

Sweet, now I gotta figure out how to get there.

(Details in Chinese here and here)