World Series of Video Games
The World Series of Video Games (WSVG) was a global e-Sports Tournament Series. It was founded in 2006 as the unofficial successor to the CPL World Tour , as it was also sponsored by Intel and many of the former CPL employees contributed to it. The host was Games Media Properties . The second World Series of Video Games in 2007 was canceled during the current season and the end of the WSVG was announced on September 12th.
2006
In the first season, Counter-Strike , Warcraft III and Quake 4 were the main disciplines, and there were also tournaments in North America in the Xbox games Project Gotham Racing 3 , Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter and Halo 2 . The total prize money was $ 750,000. There were a total of five stops and one final event.
Events
World Series of Video Games 2006 date Surname place 15-18 June Louisville , USA WSVG Lanwar 2006 17th-19th June Jonkoping , Sweden WSVG Dreamhack Summer 2006 5th-9th July Grapevine , USA WSVG Intel Summer Championships 2006 7th-9th September Chengdu , China WSVG China 2006 13-15 October London , UK WSVG UK 2006 9-11 December New York City , USA WSVG Finals 2006
winner
World Series of Video Games Finals 2006 discipline winner Second Third Counter-Strike 
Alternate aTTaX
Team 3D
fnatic
Warcraft III 
Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen
Chun "Sweet" Jung Hee
Cho "FoV" Dae Hui
Quake 4 Johan "toxic" Quick
Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel
Jason "socrates_" Sylka
2007
In 2007 another World Series of Video Games was announced. Quake 4 , Fight Night Round 3 , Guitar Hero II and World of Warcraft were selected as disciplines . The game selection met with amazement in many places. The new WSVG tournaments received little attention in e-sports, almost exclusively Quake 4 and the side tournaments were reported.
On September 12, 2007, after three completed events, the cancellation of the 2007 World Series of Video Games was announced. Games Media Properties stated that hosting the tournament series was not profitable enough.
Events
World Series of Video Games 2007 date Surname place 1st - 3rd May Wuhan , China WSVG China 2007 21.-24. June Louisville , USA WSVG Lanwar 2007 5th-8th July Grapevine , USA WSVG Summer Championships 2007 23-26 August Toronto , Canada WSVG Toronto 2007 18.-21. October Los Angeles , USA WSVG E for All 2007 (canceled) 16.-18. November London , UK WSVG London 2007 (canceled) November 29th – 2nd Dec Jonkoping , Sweden WSVG Finals 2007 (canceled)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ readmore.de: Intel presents the World Series of Video Games
- ↑ a b readmore.de: World Series of Video Games gives up
- ↑ readmore.de: WSVG without CS 1.6, but with WoW and Quake 4