Now, after a long break due to Internet irregularities at the WCG tourney we are resuming our report.

A new gallery from the WCG

Latest demos from the WCG Grand finals

In the Configs section there are new configs of pro players like ZeRo4, ProZaC, Stelam and others...

For the start I'd like to list the players who got to the Top 16 and will continue to fight tomorrow on the double elimination system. Nice to see all the 3 Russian players in the list: PELE, kik, LeXeR and James from Ukraine.

Group A: LeXeR, blokey
Group B: ZeRo4, Aim
Group C: PELE, Xeon
Group D: Sid, rinrin
Group E: kik, Pyton
Group F: St.Germain, menendez
Group G: ProzaC, radic
Group H: Stelam, James

Some comments to the groups' results. There were a lot of surprises, and the first of them - a really unsuccessful game by Makaveli and Socrates. Maka played very diffidently and after another loss he made a real uproar with loud curses and chairs' and headphones' throwing. And Socrates after having lost his first game on pro-dm6 to Python, probably understood that he's not ready for the tourney, and played in a relaxed way. As a result he, naturally, didn't pass the qualifier and ended up 4th in his group. ZeRo4 hasn't warmed up yet either, according to everybody's opinion. Slinger lost successively 3 games and refused the fight, too, but Stelam punched everyone in his group, so it'll be enough for them. A pity for Janus, but he lost important games and also left the competition. The rest of results are quite expected.

Now about our players' games. kik demonstrated a total quake and won with confidence all (!!!) the games in his subgroup. See the scores below. I was worried that the guy could burn out after long wait for the games, but it didn't happen. Socrates and Python were defeated in very beautiful matches, and the rest had no chance. ZeRo4 watched closely Kirill's last games. It's significant. kik is undoubtedly the tourney's discovery!

All PELE's games passed rather evenly, and the group itself was rather quiet. He stumbled only on Chip from Ukraine. Underestimated a little, and the map wasn't really his best (tourney2). And LeXeR increased his score in every game, defeating all in his group except Janus on tourney2. A lack of trainings on this map with strong opponents told. And in general it's all right, the authorities don't press morally on Alexey, everyone's worrying and the chances to win are good. All our players have already went to their Village to have a rest and to prepare for tomorrow's matches. The games start tomorrow at 10 am (local time).