World Cyber Games – First Championship Game the World’s Largest

World Cyber Games (WCG) which officially launched the first is an electronic culture festival held in Seoul, Korea. Championships held on 5 – December 9, 2001 was attended by nearly 400 world’s top gamers from 37 countries.

Because this event is the largest gaming festival at the time, and also the first time carried out a formal opening ceremony was attended by some officials from the Korean and supporting companies, such as Samsung and Microsoft. Even Korean President, Kim Dae Jung, immediately deliver a speech at the opening ceremony.

The world’s top players are competing to emerge as the winner. After passing the playoffs begin on December 5, 2001, determining the winner of the first and second place on December 9, 2001.

Not only the players who got a gift here, the audience can get a variety of souvenirs from the organizers, ranging from Nike products until the Pentium 4 processor from Intel. The event was also broadcast live by local TV stations have special rights in this championship coverage.

With this championship, is expected WCG will play an important role as one of the entertainment culture of young people in the digital era and will grow as a global cultural festival of the first with the concept of esport.