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19 years ago

ToD announced Warcraft Player of the Year

Today the winners of the annual eSports Awards were revealed today in the ESL Intel Arena at the Games Convention. The Warcraft III prize went to 4Kings Human player ToD.



Earlier this evening, a large crowd, including all the nominees present at the Games Convention, gathered in the ESL Intel Arena to follow the announcement of the eSport Awards winners. Chinese Human player Xiaofeng "WE.Sky" Li, who obviously wasn't present as he's currently participating in the CEG in Wuhan, was nominated to the most prestigious prize - eSports Player of the Year. However, he was not declared winner.
WC3 Player of the Year Nominees
Norway Olav "4K^Creolophus" Undheim
France Yoan "4K^ToD" Merlo (Winner)
China Xiaofeng "WE.Sky" Li
Korea Jang "MYM]Moon" Jae Ho
Ukraine Mykhaylo "HoT" Novopashyn

The World Elite player was also nominated to Warcraft Player of the Year, along with MYM]Moon, SK.HoT and the 4Kings duo Creolophus and ToD. Somewhat unlogical, Sky was not made winner of this prize either as the title went to his fellow Human player Yoan "4K^ToD" Merlo.

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Photo by Fragbite.se.

Previous winners
2004: Korea SK.Sweet
2005: Netherlands 4K^Grubby
2006: Netherlands 4K^Grubby
The Frenchman has had a great year, living and practicing his game in China. He won both the Blizzard World Wide Invitational and the ESL Extreme Masters, while ending second in the Samsung Euro Championship. 4K^Grubby was the one announcing the prize in front of the crowd, and we assume he was very happy to give it to his clanmate.

Links
eSport-Awards.org - Source