WCG selects Kunshan for 2012-2013

18-11-2011 17:53

The World Cyber Games has announced that the Chinese city of Kunshan will be the host city for the Grand Finals in 2012 and 2013.

Reports about this move surfaced last month, claiming that the WCG CEO Brad Lee had been in Kunshan to sign a two-year contract, which would grant Kunshan the rights to host WCG in 2012 and 2013.

Today, the WCG announced that Kunshan will indeed be the host city for 2012 and 2013, with the event taking place at Kunshan International Convention & Exhibition Center. This is will be the second time China gets to host WCG, following the 2009 Grand Finals in Chengdu.

WCG CEO Brad Lee stated the following on the WCG website:

"This year's host city selection process was very careful due to the intense competition among excellent candidate cities and after considering many factors, the World Cyber Games Committee came to a clear decision to go with Kunshan.

WCG 2009 in Chengdu was extremely successful and we believe WCG 2012 & 2013 in Kunshan will be the greatest ever with the wholehearted support from Kunshan city."

Kunshan, a city located in the greater Suzhou region in China, has enjoyed a massive economical growth over the past 10 years, and was ranked first in the "25 Best County-level Cities in China" study by Forbes China in 2010.

The 2011 Grand Finals will be taking place next month in the South Korean city Busan, running December 7-11 in the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center Hall 3.

n1 china

2011-11-18 17:54

sad for europeans viewers

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2011-11-18 17:55

for europeans viewers? and about us? haha remember... 4pm in china = 4am brazil ):

2011-11-18 18:21

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still viewable...9am, nobody's home (weekdays) weekends 9am normal people are asleep after a long night

2011-11-18 18:51

Same here when it cames worldcup 2014.

2011-11-19 05:14

yeah, another year when i won't see great teams playing :/

2011-11-18 18:47

2 times in a row :((

2011-11-18 19:26

who told cs 1.6 will even be picked up?

2011-11-19 12:42

english:sad your uncle chinese: sad ni da ye

2011-11-19 09:29

!!!!

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faiL

:DDD

2011-11-19 05:15

nice ;D:D:D:

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GO GO GO POWAH RANGERS ! ~

2011-11-18 19:42

nice+

2011-11-18 17:56

omfg thats a bad thing

2011-11-18 17:57

n1ce xD jk

2011-11-18 17:58

This will be the last major tournament in CS 1.6 Enjoy.

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or maybe will be first wcg without one point six

2011-11-18 18:02

2007 "This will be the last major tournament" 2008 "This will be the last major tournament" 2009 "This will be the last major tournament" 2010 "This will be the last major tournament" 2011 "This will be the last major tournament" 2013 "This will be the last major tournament" What a funny people, CS is a different game, i bet that CS 1.6 still live in 2015, maybe die in 2017, maybe.

2011-11-18 18:12

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i agree a little! but i think CS 1.6 will die in 2 years or so... and hopefully Global Offensive taking after that!

2011-11-18 18:22

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lol dude that shit not gonna suceed, maybe for kids that will play it on PS3

2011-11-18 18:39

i sad hopefully, retard

2011-11-18 21:27

Global offensive aka Cs:Source 2.0

2011-11-18 18:48

u crazy? even Chet says That's what Counter-Strike is: a game of skill. And this is what CS:GO is: an effort to put anyone who has or should play Counter-Strike into the same game.And you saying it's gonna replace 1.6? a game which has a chance to replace 1.6 is CS2.

2011-11-18 19:08

2011-11-18 21:28

no ... cs 2 will come in 2013 before half life 3

2011-11-18 20:11

Actually this undead game was dead few times. In 2004 it was CS Condition Zero, 2005 it was CS Source. Other games dies and born, 1.6 is just immortal.

2011-11-18 18:32

CS:CZ and CS:S are both from 2004.

2011-11-22 18:28

We will see :)

2011-11-18 18:34

Good choice

2011-11-18 17:59

Good Choice :) imo

2011-11-18 18:01

hmmmkay

gonna be hard to spectate from Europe but good choice

2011-11-18 18:03

wondering how many €€€€ he got into his pocket for "selectin" Kunshan suddendly for 2 years :P

2011-11-18 18:05

Go WCG Europe !!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-11-18 18:06

fail

2011-11-18 18:09

Can't wait for more delays ^^

2011-11-18 18:10

SHIT ! BIG ONE !

Happy for China but it's sad for European viewers, I was really hoping that WCG 2012-2013 would be in Europe.

2011-11-18 18:11

Thats good for European but bad for cs WORLD.

2011-11-19 05:22

hahahahahaha

2011-11-19 06:15

fuck. time of matches of hell. enjoy CRAP

2011-11-18 18:16

2012 end of the world :D

not for WCG :D

2011-11-18 18:27

Hein ? Ignorant :)

2011-11-18 18:44

nicee

china korea...only china and korea... go japan (:

2011-11-18 18:25

Corrupt shit, WCG has shrunk a lot in my eyes

nsss =DD

2011-11-18 18:29

lol.Im happy for CS and other WCG games. they have really big market for games there,also the biggest fans' supports. only sad thing is the internet companies suks in my homecountry,hope they can change that one day. waking up early to me isn't a problem,since I use to stay up all night to play CS. i think they made a good choice.

2011-11-18 18:30

maybe without cs...

2011-11-18 18:31

Hltv.org propably referring to Kunshan?

2011-11-18 18:35

kunshan,not kushan : /

2011-11-18 19:13

My point exactly :D

2011-11-18 23:02

noooooooooooooooooooo

2011-11-18 18:37

does this mean there will be HLTV problems for the next 2 WCGs? ruh roh

2011-11-18 18:41

WCG staff is insane, it will be verry low view rate... But hey, N1x0n will eat sushi and rice ^_^

2011-11-18 18:46

But actually we don't eat ANY sushi in china,that's a kind of Japanese food.

2011-11-18 19:17

China has other "delicacies" that I wish I never tried >.<. Last time I went I just stuck to McDonalds :P. Lots of respect to China and everything but I don't know what are the fascinations for insects and stuff >.>

2011-11-22 18:51

lol you are offending the chinese ppl by saying they eat sushi..

2011-11-18 19:49

suxx hard

Welcome to China everyone!

2011-11-18 18:50

tnx =DDDD

2011-11-19 10:03

hi there... But we want WCG in Europe someday... most PRO's are from europe i dont understand that why they choose China for organize this event..

2011-11-18 18:54

Because cs it`s a small game in wcg.

2011-11-18 19:09

good for cybersport :) bad for non chineese viewers)

2011-11-18 19:01

Why do they keep holding events in china when the majority of the viewership is in Europe and the Americas?

2011-11-18 19:19

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Please remember to count asia in term of eSports fan, not only CS

2011-11-18 20:13

Why are you too naive to see that CS isn't the only game being played at the event?

2011-11-18 20:46

Where in my post do i mention just cs? If you combine all game views, there are still more viewers outside of asia combined.

2011-11-19 01:57

lol,I think the number you are talking about are kind of limited,i remember last year when they hold WCG in LA,not even close to the WCG in Cheng Du.They are looking for the number that ppls attend the event, One more thing I think that bring WCG to China is chinese fans are crazy about these gamers.As I always believe,we have the best fans in China.They love these games and gamers more than you can believe.So the gaming environment is probably the best. I dont mean that european countries or US dont have good fans,but at least to me they like the games,but they are not crazy about them.

2011-11-19 04:16

thats why u have to host WCG in sweden or Germany for example... you will have tons and tons of fans coming in from all over europe.

2011-11-20 09:51

sad for american and european viewers

2011-11-18 21:44

yes, i can see the indonesia team (xcn) will played

2011-11-18 23:58

when will do one in Lisbon :D!

2011-11-19 00:24

enjoy the f***ing net of China plz!

2011-11-19 02:20

CS ?

2011-11-19 02:21

CS,WAR3,dota,ect

2011-11-19 04:17

Very nice

2011-11-19 05:34

europeans are gigantic pussies. How about having almost no tournament in NA for multiple years? Oh no, you might have to get up early for 3 days a year from now, better off yourselves now or you might be subjected to that later on

2011-11-19 06:05