World Cyber Games 2005
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The World Cyber Games 2005 was held in Singapore at Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre from 16 to 20 November 2005.[1] There were over 800 players from 67 countries. Over 39,000 spectators turned up at the games to cheer for the players. The combined prize pool for the games was US$435,000.
Games played at WCG 2005
[edit | edit source]Official games
PC games
- Counter-Strike: Source
- FIFA Football 2005
- Need For Speed: Underground 2
- StarCraft: Brood War
- Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Xbox games
Special tournament game
- freestyle
Mobile tournament games
- Bruce Lee
- Chopper Rescue
- Goolie
- Midtown Madness 3
Promotional event game
- Carom 3D
Awards and medals
[edit | edit source]| Classification | Game | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Fourth to eighth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official games | Counter-Strike: Source | US$50 000 | US$25 000 | US$10 000 | Prizes (total US$50 000) |
| Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne | US$40 000 | US$10 000 | US$5 000 | Prizes (total US$5 000) | |
| StarCraft: Brood War | US$20 000 | US$10 000 | US$5 000 | Prizes (total US$5 000) | |
| FIFA Football 2005 | US$20 000 | US$10 000 | US$5 000 | Prizes (total US$5 000) | |
| Need For Speed: Underground 2 | US$20 000 | US$10 000 | US$5 000 | Prizes (total US$5 000) | |
| Halo 2 | US$20 000 | US$10 000 | US$5 000 | Prizes (total US$10 000) | |
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War | US$20 000 | US$10 000 | US$5 000 | Prizes (total US$5 000) | |
| Dead or Alive Ultimate | US$15 000 | US$10 000 | US$5 000 | Prizes (total US$5 000) | |
| Mobile Tournament | Chopper Rescue | US$3,000 | US$1,000 | US ? | Prizes (total US$ ?) |
| Special tournament | freestyle | US$20 000 | |||
| Promotional Event | Carom 3D | US$3,000 | US$2,000 | US$1,000 | Prizes (total US$ ?) |
Players' village
[edit | edit source]The Costa Sands Resort (Downtown East) in Singapore served as the WCG 2005 Players' Village. About 800 national representatives who advanced from the WCG 2005 national championships stayed at the Players' Village during the WCG 2005 Grand Final.
Sponsors
[edit | edit source]Worldwide sponsor
Premier sponsors
Official sponsors
- Singapore Telecommunications
- Video Pro
Official suppliers
- ProCurve
- Kingston Technology
- Ablerex
- Seagate
- ASUS
- Foxconn
- Cooler Master
- VRnet
- DVDrama
- Radioitg
Host broadcaster
Official media partners
- Gameaxis
- HardwareZone
- Hardware Magazine
- PHOTO-i
- PC Magazine
Official gaming magazine
- Gameaxis
- Playworks
Official partners
Commentators
[edit | edit source]Online audio and video coverage was provided by Inside the Game[dead link].
Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source, Dead or Alive Ultimate, Halo 2
Stuart Saw (TosspoT)
Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, FIFA Football 2005
Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source, Need For Speed: Underground 2, FIFA Football 2005
Jason Hutchison (NiceGuyEd)
Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source, FIFA Football 2005, Need For Speed: Underground 2, Dead or Alive Ultimate, Halo 2
Christopher Iannitti (WaCKSteVeN)
Games covered: StarCraft: Brood War, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Nicolas Plott (Tasteless)
Games covered: StarCraft: Brood War, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Kim Phan (bunny)
Games covered: StarCraft: Brood War, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Results
[edit | edit source]Official
[edit | edit source]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Counter-Strike: Source | Team3D United States |
Josh Sievers (Dominator) |
k23 Kazakhstan |
Dauren Kystaubayev (AdreN) |
Team EG Canada |
Matt Stevenson (bl00dsh0t) |
| Michael So (method) |
Alexander Yakovlev (beAst) |
Pasha Lari (LaRi) | ||||
| Salvatore Garozzo (Volcano) |
Asset Sembiev (Solaar) |
Griffin Benger (shaGuar) | ||||
| Kyle Miller (Ksharp) |
Anvar Nasirov (anv1k) |
Robert Tyndale (blackpanther) | ||||
| Ronald Kim (Rambo) |
Nurtas Mamytbayev (Nur1k) |
Jimmy Lin (Lin) | ||||
| Need For Speed: Underground 2 | Brazil Giovani Magri (GearGG) | Brazil Danilo Barros (N4_Godsmack) | Russia Konstantin Vanisov (USSR_MrKot) | |||
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War | South Korea Ryoo Kyung Hyun (TmG SeleCT) | Brazil André Zilio (TmG QuanChi) | Germany Simon Pletzer (TmG InSAnE) | |||
| StarCraft: Brood War | South Korea Jae-Hoon Lee (fOru) | Russia Andrey Kukhianidze (3D Androide) | Australia Peter Neate (Legionnaire) | |||
| Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne | China Li Xiaofeng (SKYCN) | United States Dennis Chan (BenQGeiLShort) | Netherlands Manuel Schenkhuizen (Grubby) | |||
| FIFA Football 2005 | Germany Dennis Schellhase (styla) | Russia Gusev Victor (x4Alexx) | Spain Moreno Torralbo (eDuYepp) | |||
| Halo 2 | Team3D(OGRES) United States |
Dan Ryan (OGRE1) |
Evil Geniuses Canada |
Nelson Triana (Gspot) |
Halo1style France |
Maxime Billieres (MaCks_Myers) |
| Tom Ryan (OGRE2) |
Jason The (SadPanda) |
Philemon Kammer (phiL) | ||||
| Dead or Alive Ultimate | Japan Tomoyuki Inui (Katsuninken) | Singapore Wilson Chia (Tetra) | South Korea Dong-Heon Han (Shinobi) | |||
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Special
[edit | edit source]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| FreeStyle | BOXOUT South Korea |
Chung-Hee Kim | SAMASAMA South Korea |
Hyung-Kwon Song | NicePlay Taiwan |
Hsieh Chao-I |
| Song Sang-Yup | Jang Ju-Yuk | Ma Te-Ru | ||||
| Yun Bin | Jung Yong | Chou Ming-Hung | ||||
Mobile
[edit | edit source]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Bruce Lee | ? | Taiwan Chang Ming-Tsung | India Kamal Arora | |||
| Chopper Rescue | South Africa Tammy Brook-Smith | Philippines Paul L. Antonio | ? | |||
| Goolie | ? | ? | ? | |||
| Midtown Madness 3 | ? | ? | ? | |||
Promotional
[edit | edit source]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Bruce Lee ASIA PACIFIC | ? | India Kamal Arora | Taiwan Chang Ming-Tsung | |||
| Carom 3D | Bulgaria Kaloyan Botev | Brazil Luidy Fraga | Spain Jose Cubero | |||
Results by table
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| File:Flag of France.svg France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 9 | 10 | 9 | 28 | |
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Notable participant
[edit | edit source]- Verena Vlajo (Austria), the first female participant
References
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