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World Electronic Sports Games' $1.5M prize pool is tempting to every pro player. The registrations for American qualifiers just opened, and some of the best players in the region already put together national teams to compete starting next week.
BuLba+4 are the first to register for USA qualifiers, a squad featuring the TI5 Champion with Evil Geniuses Peter 'ppd' Dager. During the recently closed Fall Shuffle, ppd announced his decision to take a new approach for his eSports career by stepping down from EG’s leadership and accepting a managerial position at Twitch.tv. Although this decision will keep him away from the big scene as a player, his fans will be pleased to find him playing in the WESG qualifiers alongside Kanishka Sam 'BuLba' Sosale and three more players from the NA pro scene.
BuLba+4 roster for WESG USA qualifiers:
Ravindu 'Ritsu' Kodippili
Eric '747' Dong
Arif 'MSS' Anwar
Avery 'SVG' Silverman
Peter 'ppd' Dager
Kanishka Sam 'BuLba' Sosale (reserve)
The USA squads will start fighting for the two spots available in the regional qualifiers starting on September 26. Winners and runners-up will advance to the LAN regional qualifiers that will be held from October 21-23 in Sao Paolo, Brazil. The regional qualifiers will have a ?500,000 (~$75 000) prize pool.
