ESWC Grand Final postponed

20-3-2009 19:35

The Electronic Sports World Cup has just announced in a open-letter, that the season’s grand final event has been postponed to the last quarter of 2009.

Another one bites the dust, or at least seems fairly close to. The ESWC had already year’s back financial issues, when NVIDIA dropped as main-sponsor. The organization recovered, but is now once again faced with big issues, as no ESWC partners have renewed its support for 2009, except Ile-de-France.

ESWC ask all partners to suspend their national license fee payment until further notice and announce that no more games will be added to the current game list.

The ESWC Cheonan Masters will still take place as stated, as the event is entirely financed by local Korean sponsors.

Game-Services, the company behind ESWC, are also facing a serious cash flow crisis, which might lead to ESWC being organized by a third part or a new business owner.

The ESWC Grand Final scheduled to take place in June has been postponed to last quarter of 2009. ESWC will be looking for new opportunities in France and other countries during this time.

You can read the letter at following link. The letter is written by Matthieu Dallon, President of ESWC. We will stay tuned and wait for updates from ESWC side.

bad.. =(

2009-03-20 19:37

buu, but still on :D

2009-03-20 19:38

The world eletronic sports has defeat... oh sh*** :S

financial issues... sad

2009-03-20 19:41

Nothing here not to have to wait a while.

Fcuckccc all the ESWC's, just bring CPL back

2009-03-20 19:44

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Yeah bring CPL back...? so people will go there an no receive any prizes cuz they don't have the funds... lol

2009-03-21 02:14

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Vova, listen, -we both know what I meant. I'd like to have back CPL at its top.

2009-03-21 10:33

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I know... CPL's before 2005 were the best

2009-03-21 17:53

This is bad bad bad. I truely hope they will recover. Its hard times indeed, but ESWC going down, would be a great loss for eSport.

2009-03-20 19:47

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great loss?

2009-03-20 20:33

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Big, great, huge, enormous... Think you get me ;)

2009-03-20 20:42

Ye, I got it from the first time, just didn't knew you could use it in that way 8)

2009-03-20 21:52

Great doesnt always mean good. Hitler was a great man, he just had REALLY bad motives

2009-03-20 21:36

Great in what meaning? neonazi? :O

2009-03-21 08:19

like CPL I think, that was the first great loss

2009-03-21 01:28

Got it ;)

2009-03-21 11:05

It's English, not Belgian. =)

2009-03-21 23:32

Thank you for pointing that out, sherlock.

2009-03-22 10:44

bad :S:S

2009-03-20 19:55

Well, at least postponed is not the same as already cancelled :) The crisis may shatter our schedules, but it cannot break our spirit.

2009-03-20 20:04

ESWC is my favourite tournment. It would be a big loss if it stopped. Really.. The e-sport wouldn't be the same.

2009-03-20 20:07

So happy to be french ^^

2009-03-20 20:21

Eh,bad! I hope ESWC will survive financal crisis

Well, at least it's not canceled... yet. *fingers crossed*

2009-03-20 20:45

#12 haha xD

2009-03-20 21:16

Money rules the world... shit I really hope eswc survive. #12 haha =]

2009-03-20 21:48

n/c

2009-03-20 22:03

me crying boohoo :'l

2009-03-21 07:14

what a drama for all the french communauty and the others! We thought we were going to see again our favorite players and teams, although maybe we are not, that's a whole particular ESWC end, but let's hope that everything is gonna be okay ;). It would be so sad not to organize what we were promised to.

2009-03-21 10:58

This is first real dangerous sign for esports, screw some teams going out of business, this is bad.. :(

2009-03-21 13:58

Agree with you Nomad. This IS bad :|

2009-03-22 04:53

Reduce cash prize for this year but keep doing the great work with all the ESWC tounaments please... All the teams are competing to get the title more than cash, I think it's the first priority before getting cash.

2009-03-22 12:50