WCG Virginia

[s]event_wcg[/s]The more the main media covers e-sports and mentions Starcraft in their news, the more I smile. This is about the WCG event held in Springfield, Virginia, USA. It is of course not seen from our gamer point of view, but through the main media focus.

Michael McGuirk's eyes narrowed in concentration and his fingers danced across the keyboard as he battled aliens and other players in a brutal round of StarCraft. With headphones clasped to his ears, he was completely unaware of anything except the action on the screen. Finally, he took a break.

"I just won a game," he said. "I'm hoping I can keep winning more but who knows? I'm playing for fun because the people are cool."

Michael, 16, traveled from Pennsylvania to Cyberzone Centers, a modern-day video arcade in the Springfield Mall, to take part in regional qualifiers for the World Cyber Games.You can read the rest of it at » The Connection

A part that really made me smile was this one."THIS IS REALLY big. Really, really big for this to be at our store," said Steve Garcia, the manager of Cyberzone Centers, which opened last year. "I didn't know the gaming community was this large."Wake up world we are coming, and we are coming in numbers. Game on!
WCG 2004 VA PreliminariesNow from the gamer's point of view. You can check the whole bracket here with one click » VA Prelim Brakets. Michael McGuirk's aka was ReaPsTA and his battle.net is ReaPeR]x. He did not do too shaby.

The winners

1. Neo)ass - Yusypchuk, Drew
2. Nyoken - Eidson, Daniel
3. Tossim - Mark ??


#1 Neo)ass -------- #2 Nyoken
Both Neo)ass and Nyoken will be heading to San Francisco for a shot at the gold.

Links
Connectionnewspapers.com - Source
WCGUSA.net - Source